Ninth State Sports Show

A weekly conversation about high school sports in New Hampshire

Episode 321 - Boys Lacrosse Playoff Preview 06/05/2025

Episode 321 - Boys Lacrosse Playoff Preview It's time for the postseason to get underway and Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler go over the matchups and schedule changes for the first couple of rounds of the boys lacrosse playoffs. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36857165

Episode 320 - Girls Lacrosse Playoff Preview 06/02/2025

Episode 320 - Girls Lacrosse Playoff Preview The playoffs are here and with the brackets set to be released on Monday, Joe Marchilena and Helena Bird run down what they expect the pairings to look like and what games will be the ones to keep an eye on this week. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36812145

Episode 319 - Boys Lacrosse Playoff Pairings 05/31/2025

Episode 319 - Boys Lacrosse Playoff Pairings This is it, the final week of the regular season is here, and there’s still a few things to be determined before the boys lacrosse playoffs get underway next week. In order to stay up to date, the playoff picture will be updated daily with the most recent results and what is left to come. Here is what we expect the boys lacrosse playoff pairings to look like when the brackets are released on Monday. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36801950

Episode 318 - Girls Lacrosse Playoff Pairings 05/31/2025

Episode 318 - Girls Lacrosse Playoff Pairings This is it, the final week of the regular season is here, and there’s still a few things to be determined before the girls lacrosse playoffs get underway next week. In order to stay up to date, the playoff picture will be updated daily with the most recent results and what is left to come. Here is what we expect the girls lacrosse playoff pairings to look like when the brackets are released on Monday. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36801450

Episode 317 - Boys Lacrosse Week 7 05/29/2025

Episode 317 - Boys Lacrosse Week 7 The regular season is just about done and Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler take a look at some of the important happenings still to come before the playoffs begin next week. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36765205

Episode 316 - Boys Lacrosse Week 6 05/22/2025

Episode 316 - Boys Lacrosse Week 6 The playoff field is starting to take shape as the regular season continues to get closer to its conclusion, and this week, Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler talk about where teams might end up and what matchups to keep an eye on coming up. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36668600

Episode 315 - Boys Lacrosse Week 5 05/15/2025

Episode 315 - Boys Lacrosse Week 5 On this week's show, Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler discuss some key games from the last week and take a look at how the playoff standings are starting to shape up. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36573900

Episode 314 - Girls Lacrosse Week 5 05/13/2025

Episode 314 - Girls Lacrosse Week 5 Believe it or not, the start of the playoffs is just three weeks away. Joe Marchilena runs down the girls lacrosse playoff schedule before breaking down what's been going on in all three divisions. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36553670

Episode 313 - Boys Lacrosse Week 4 05/08/2025

Episode 313 - Boys Lacrosse Week 4 The grind has begun for a lot of teams, and on this week's show, Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler discus how they'll handle it. They also take a look at what was a big out-of-state slate last week and just how close a lot of teams are as the season reaches the midway point. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36480935

Episode 312 - Boys Lacrosse Week 3 05/01/2025

Episode 312 - Boys Lacrosse Week 3 Spring vacation week is upon us, and while the schedule may be light on games, it doesn't lack for key matchups. Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler discuss the ones to keep an eye on this weekend and who has played well of late on this week's show. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36383890

Episode 311 - Girls Lacrosse Week 3 04/29/2025

Episode 311 - Girls Lacrosse Week 3 On this week's show, Joe Marchilena gives a rundown of what's caught his eye in the first two weeks of the regular season. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36362145

Episode 310 - Boys Lacrosse Week 2 04/24/2025

Episode 310 - Boys Lacrosse Week 2 This week, Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler run down results from some intriguing matchups and discuss the implications of having so many key games early in the season. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36289950

Episode 309 - Girls Lacrosse Week 2 04/22/2025

Episode 309 - Girls Lacrosse Week 2 The regular season is just over a week old and Joe Marchilena runs down some teams that have started off strong before talking with Erin Boucher, the girls lacrosse head coach at Derryfield. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36267020

Episode 308 - Boys Lacrosse Week 1 04/17/2025

Episode 308 - Boys Lacrosse Week 1 The boys lacrosse regular season is only a couple of days old, but there is already a lot going on, and Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler are here to discuss all of it on this week's episode. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36201860

Episode 307 - Girls Lacrosse Week 1 04/15/2025

Episode 307 - Girls Lacrosse Week 1 The regular season gets underway and Joe Marchilena is joined by Timberlane coach Helena Bird to discuss the Owls' preparation for the year and the landscape of Division II. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36159550

Episode 306 - D3 Boys Lacrosse Preview 04/10/2025

Episode 306 - D3 Boys Lacrosse Preview It's time for the final boys lacrosse preview, and this week, Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler answer questions about what to expect in Division III this season. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36078580

Episode 305 - Girls Lacrosse Preseason 04/08/2025

Episode 305 - Girls Lacrosse Preseason On the first episode of the Ninth State Sports Show: Girls Lacrosse podcast, Joe Marchilena runs down changes for the upcoming season before interviews with seniors Karina O'Donnell and Maren Lowell from Nashua South, and seniors Sabrina Hill and Charlotte Petrella from Hollis Brookline. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/36057795

Episode 304 - D2 Boys Lacrosse Preview 04/03/2025

Episode 304 - D2 Boys Lacrosse Preview The season previews continue on, as Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler answer questions about the teams in Division II this season. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/35985290

Episode 303 - D1 Boys Lacrosse Preview 03/27/2025

Episode 303 - D1 Boys Lacrosse Preview The season previews begin this week, as Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler answer questions about the teams that will be battling in Division I this season. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/35880375

Episode 302 - Boys Lacrosse Week 0 03/19/2025

Episode 302 - Boys Lacrosse Week 0 The Ninth State Sports Show is back for another spring lacrosse season, with Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler running down the important updates to get you ready for the beginning of the preseason next week. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/35782920

Episode 301 - Indoor Lacrosse Week 5 12/31/2024

Episode 301 - Indoor Lacrosse Week 5 On this week's episode, Joe Marchilena looks back on another top 15 moment before being joined by Hadley Bethke, of Kimball Union Academy, and Ozzy Rosenholm, of Hopkinton. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/34665935

Episode 300 - Indoor Lacrosse Week 4 12/24/2024

Episode 300 - Indoor Lacrosse Week 4 It's the 300th episode of the podcast! For this week, Joe Marchilena was joined by Chris Hettler to reminisce about the history of the show. They also discuss some of the coaching changes in boys lacrosse and other offseason news around New Hampshire. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/34594580

Episode 299 - Indoor Lacrosse Week 3 12/18/2024

Episode 299 - Indoor Lacrosse Week 3 On this week’s episode, Joe Marchilena sits down for an interview with Ava Martin, a senior from Merrimack High School, and Reilly Collins, a senior from Portsmouth High School. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/34517965

Episode 298 - Indoor Lacrosse Week 2 12/11/2024

Episode 298 - Indoor Lacrosse Week 2 On this week's episode, Joe Marchilena sits down for an interview with Talula Gregg, a junior at St. Thomas who recently committed to play lacrosse at Vanderbilt, and Cam Hayden, a junior at Bishop Guertin who recently committed to play lacrosse at Penn State. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/34404750

Episode 297 - Football Season Recap 12/10/2024

Episode 297 - Football Season Recap On the final football show of 2024, Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman take a look back at what was an exciting year of high school football in the Granite State. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/34359630

Episode 296 - Indoor Lacrosse Week 1 12/04/2024

Episode 296 - Indoor Lacrosse Week 1 On the first Indoor Lacrosse episode of the season, Joe Marchilena is joined by a pair of seniors, Maddie Kiely from Bedford and RJ Proulx from Derryfield. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/34292635

Episode 295 - Football Championship Recap 12/03/2024

Episode 295 - Football Championship Recap Pinkerton captured the 2024 Division I football championship with a 42-7 win over Londonderry, and on this week's show, Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman breakdown the title game from start to finish. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/34258850

Episode 294 - Football Playoff Recap 3 11/26/2024

Episode 294 - Football Playoff Recap 3 Two more football champions were crowned and two more teams earned the right to play for the final title in 2024, and Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman recap what happened during an exciting weekend of high school playoff action. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/34151155

Episode 293 - Football Playoff Recap 2 11/19/2024

Episode 293 - Football Playoff Recap 2 Another round of playoffs is in the books, and Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman discuss the results for all the games, whether it was the quarterfinals, semifinals, or the first championship game of the postseason. They also take a look ahead to this weekend, when two more champions will be crowned. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/33989087

Episode 292 - Football Playoff Recap 1 11/12/2024

Episode 292 - Football Playoff Recap 1 It was an exciting opening to the football postseason and Joe Marchilena and Mike Lochman discuss what happened and take an early look at the matchups for this weekend's games. /episode/index/show/nhhighschoolsports/id/33891872

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