After facing one another for four straight years in the NHIAA Division II boys lacrosse championship game, Derryfield School and Portsmouth High School clashed one round earlier this year.
Undersized and underestimated, the Derryfield School girls basketball team is now one win away from reaching the state championship game.
A home playoff loss was a tough pill to swallow, but the prognosis is bright for the Cougars moving forward.
Leading by five early in the second half, the Derryfield boys lacrosse team couldn’t hold on as rival Portsmouth stormed back to defend its title.
Pushing for its eighth state championship, and sixth in the last nine years, the Derryfield School boys lacrosse team faces off against rival Portsmouth today for the NHIAA Division-II crown.
Make no mistake, it was déjà vu in the best way for the Derryfield School girls tennis team Thursday.
The Derryfield School boys tennis team battled hard throughout Monday’s contest, but ultimately, their season came to a semi-sweet ending.
Traveling to Plymouth on Wednesday, the Cougars not only secured a 16-4 win to improve to 9-3, they clawed within one game of a top-4 seed in the Division-III playoff race. And while team accomplishments are generally regarded as more valuable than individual accolades, Wednesday’s victory featured both.
Though the Cougars fell to second-ranked Milford in the state semifinals at Pinkerton Academy Wednesday night, they certainly proved they belong among the D-II elite this season.
The young Cougars’ inexperience was on display Tuesday night when they let a sizable second-half advantage disappear in the fourth quarter.
The Cougars earned a 16-2 regular-season record, defeated Queen City rival Holy Family twice, secured a top-three seed in the Division I-V tournament and soundly dispatching No. 14 Pittsburg-Canaan, 78-49, in their playoff opener Monday night – among other notable accomplishments.
When the Derryfield School boys basketball team took the court Monday night, it had yet to experience the taste of defeat.
The winter sports season is officially underway and teams from Derryfield School are finding early success on and off their respective playing surfaces. Here’s what the head coaches have to say heading into the new year.
The Derryfield boys soccer team may not be scoring a lot of goals, but the wins have been coming nonetheless.
espite battling through injuries and other adversity this season, the Derryfield School field hockey team’s season ended exactly where the Cougars expected: in the Division-II playoffs.
