NHIAA Football

NHIAA Football is the sport of high school football overseen by the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association (NHIAA) in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. There are currently 57 schools (with five instances of multi-school co-operative teams) that have participating programs throughout the state.

Division memberships

The NHIAA divided football into as few as three, but as many as six divisions between 1992 and 2017. There are four divisions in the state starting with the 2024 season.[1]

See also: NHIAA Football past divisional alignments

(*) indicates multi-school co-op programs

Division I (21 teams in three divisions)

Division II (16 teams in two divisions)

Division III (13 teams in two division)

Division IV (8 teams in one division)

State champions (1951–present)

NHIAA state football champions since 1951:[2]

2018–present (four divisions)

Year Division I Division II Division III Division IV
2024 Pinkerton[3] Souhegan[4] Campbell[5] Mascoma Valley[6]
2023 Bedford[7] Pelham[8] Trinity[9] Somersworth[10]
2022 Bedford Pelham Campbell Somersworth
2021 Londonderry Timberlane Pelham Somersworth
2020 Nashua North Souhegan Pelham Newport
2019 Londonderry Hollis-Brookline Trinity Winnisquam
2018 Bedford Plymouth Monadnock Winnisquam

2013–2017 (three divisions)

Year Division I Division II Division III
2017 Winnacunnet Plymouth Campbell
2016 Bedford Plymouth Stevens
2015 Goffstown St. Thomas Aquinas Newport
2014 Pinkerton Windham Campbell
2013 Concord Plymouth Bow

2008–2012 (six divisions)

Year Division I Division II Division III Division IV Division V Division VI
2012 Exeter Winnacunnet Portsmouth Plymouth Monadnock Franklin
2011 Exeter Bishop Guertin Portsmouth Trinity St. Thomas Inter-Lakes
2010 Pinkerton Academy Bishop Guertin Souhegan Lebanon Kearsarge Newport
2009 Salem Bishop Guertin Souhegan Plymouth Trinity Inter-Lakes
2008 Nashua South Bishop Guertin Souhegan Plymouth Pelham Franklin

2004–2007 (five divisions)

Year Division I Division II Division III Division IV Division V
2007 Pinkerton Academy Exeter Plymouth Laconia Pelham
2006 Pinkerton Academy Bishop Guertin Plymouth St. Thomas Bishop Brady
2005 Pinkerton Academy Bishop Guertin Plymouth Hanover Bishop Brady
2004 Concord Bishop Guertin Souhegan Hanover Bow

1994–2003 (four divisions)

Year Division I Division II Division III Division IV
2003 Manchester Central Exeter Plymouth Milford
2002 Manchester Central Exeter Plymouth Hanover
2001 Manchester Central Timberlane Plymouth St. Thomas Aquinas
2000 Concord Winnacunnet Plymouth St. Thomas Aquinas
1999 Manchester Central Timberlane Laconia St. Thomas Aquinas
1998 Londonderry Exeter Plymouth Bishop Brady
1997 Nashua Exeter Plymouth Somersworth
1996 Londonderry Dover Kingswood Somersworth
1995 Manchester Central Salem Laconia Newport
1994 Pinkerton Londonderry Laconia Plymouth

1992–1993 (three divisions)

Year Division I Division II Division III
1993 Pinkerton Kennett Somersworth
1992 Pinkerton Kennett Somersworth

1989–1991 (three classes)

Year Class L Class I Class M-S
1991 Pinkerton Somersworth Franklin
1990 Spaulding Kennett Newport
1989 Concord Kennett Newport

1972–1988 (three divisions)

Year Division I Division II Division III
1988 Trinity Londonderry Kennett
1987 Concord Merrimack Plymouth
1986 Pinkerton Londonderry Kennett
1985 Pinkerton Londonderry Plymouth
1984 Nashua Milford Bishop Brady
1983 Salem Winnacunnet Bishop Brady
1982 Spaulding Timberlane Newport
1981 Portsmouth Somersworth Bishop Brady
1980 Nashua Somersworth Plymouth
1979 Spaulding Milford Bishop Brady
1978 Nashua Milford Bishop Brady
1977 Portsmouth Milford Plymouth
1976 Portsmouth Milford Kingswood
1975 Salem Bishop Guertin Plymouth
1974 Concord St. Thomas Aquinas Kennett
1973 Manchester Memorial Bishop Guertin Newport
1972 Manchester Memorial Somersworth Plymouth

1957–1971 (four divisions)

Year Division I Division II Division III Division IV
1971 Manchester Memorial Spaulding Bishop Guertin Newport
1970 Manchester Central/Keene Laconia Bishop Guertin/Pinkerton Bishop Brady/Newport
1969 Manchester Memorial Laconia Somersworth Plymouth
1968 Manchester Central Dover Stevens Hanover/Winnacunnet
1967 Portsmouth Laconia Somersworth Plymouth
1966 Manchester Central Laconia Somersworth Franklin
1965 Manchester Memorial Spaulding Exeter Berlin
1964 Portsmouth Laconia Exeter Towle*/Franklin
1963 Nashua St. Thomas Aquinas Exeter Towle*
1962 Manchester Memorial Portsmouth Stevens Hanover
1961 Bishop Bradley** Portsmouth Somersworth Towle*
1960 Nashua Keene St. John's*** Littleton
1959 Nashua Laconia Exeter Winnacunnet
1958 Nashua Keene Exeter/Pinkerton St. Anthony's**
1957 Nashua Spaulding Exeter Woodbury****

1951–1956 (three classes)

Year Class L Class M Class S
1956 (No Champion) Pinkerton Littleton
1955 Nashua Exeter St. Anthony's**
1954 Nashua Stevens Hampton*****
1953 Nashua Somersworth St. Anthony's**
1952 Nashua Somersworth Towle*
1951 Bishop Bradley** Laconia Plymouth

NOTES:

(*) Newport's Towle High School closed and was converted to an elementary school in 1966 as high school students moved into the new Newport High School.[11]
(**) Three Manchester Catholic high schools, St. Anthony's High School, Bishop Bradley High School and Immaculata High School, closed and were merged into Trinity High School in 1970.[12]
(***) Concord's St. John's High School was converted into an elementary/middle school in 1963 upon the opening of Bishop Brady High School.[13]
(****) Salem's Woodbury High School was converted to a middle school upon the opening of Salem High School in 1966.
(*****) Hampton Academy and High School was converted to a junior high school (Hampton Academy) after the opening of Winnacunnet High School in 1958.[14]

References

  1. ^ "NHIAA Football" (PDF). nhiaa.org. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  2. ^ "FOOTBALL" (PDF). nhiaa.org. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "2024 Football : Division I". www.nhiaa.org. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  4. ^ "2024 Football : Division 2". www.nhiaa.org. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  5. ^ "2024 Football : Division 3". www.nhiaa.org. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  6. ^ "2024 Football : Division 4". www.nhiaa.org. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  7. ^ "2023 Football : Division I". nhiaa.org. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  8. ^ "2023 Football : Division II". nhiaa.org. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  9. ^ "2023 Football : Division III". nhiaa.org. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  10. ^ "2023 Football : Division IV". nhiaa.org. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  11. ^ "Historical Chronology of Newport, N.H." (PDF). Town of Newport, N.H. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  12. ^ "History". Trinity High School. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  13. ^ "Our Mission and History". Bishop Brady High School. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  14. ^ "History". Winnacunnet High School and Hampton Academy Alumni Association. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
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