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XTRA: Division III previews

DIVISION III SEMIFINALS
No. 3 (North) Stevens at No. 1 (North) Monadnock

Team records: Stevens is 7-2. Monadnock is 9-0.
Regular-season result: Monadnock won 20-6 in Swanzey.
Noteworthy: Stevens advanced by beating Campbell 32-0 in Saturday’s quarterfinals. Senior running back Richard Bell ran for 159 yards, a touchdown and a two-point conversion in the victory. He also tossed a 78-yard touchdown pass to Parker Smith.  Bell has run for 828 yards and 15 touchdowns on 93 carries this season. … Stevens quarterback Henri Bourque, a sophomore, passed for 207 yards and ran for 51 against Campbell. He ran for a 6-yard touchdown, and connected with Smith for a 21-yard scoring pass and a 41-yard TD pass. Bourque has completed 89 of 144 passes for 1,425 yards with 15 TDs and  six interceptions this season.  Smith caught 41 passes for 946 yards  and 13 touchdowns. … Monadnock is the only unbeaten team in Division III. The Huskies beat Somersworth 42-0 in the quarterfinals. The Toppers were held to 14 yards rushing on 15 attempts, and had 10 yards passing in the loss. … Senior running back Levi Bassingthwaite set the school’s single-season record for rushing yards against Somersworth. Jesse Leiby held the previous record (1,477 yards). … Monadnock’s Jarod Redfield has also surpassed the 1,000-yard rushing mark this season. Redfield caught a 25-yard pass from quarterback J.T. Cloutier and ran for a 5-yard touchdown when Monadnock beat Stevens during the regular season. … Monadnock has allowed 31 points in its nine games. Six of its nine opponents failed to score. … Stevens is seeking its first state championship since it won the Division III title in 1968. The Cardinals also lost to Bow in the 2013 Division III championship game. … Monadnock’s last state title came in 2012, when it beat Somersworth 9-0 in the Division V championship game.

NHFR Power Ratings: Monadnock 53.6, Stevens 28.5

No. 2 (North) I-L/M at No. 1 (South) Bishop Brady

Team records:  I-L/M is 7-2. Bishop Brady is 8-1.
Regular-season result: I-L/M won  35-7 in Concord.
Noteworthy: Bishop Brady is the only representative from the North Conference still in the playoffs. The Green Giants reached the semifinals by beating Newport 46-20 in the quarterfinals. Newport won last year’s Division III championship. … Quarterback Joe Bernard passed for six touchdowns against Newport. Junior Richard Sullivan caught five of those TD passes. Sullivan has 11 touchdowns in his last three games. … Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough moved on with a 42-0 victory over Somersworth in the quarterfinals. Andrew Brothers ran for a 9-yard touchdown, caught a 35-yard TD pass and returned an interception 58 yards for a TD in that game. His interception return was the fifth defensive TD he has scored this season. Brothers has run for 1,002 yards and 14 TDs on 110 carries this season. He has also caught 13 passes for 254 yards and five touchdowns. … The Lakers, who lost to Newport in last year’s Division III championship game, also received two TD runs from Thomas Robinson. … I-L/M quarterback Ryan Kelly completed 10 of 16 passes for 147 yards and made seven PATs against Somersworth.  Kelly has completed 80 of 109 passes for 1,280 yards this season. He’s thrown for 17 touchdowns and has been intercepted twice. … Bishop Brady allowed 455 yards (268 through the air) and had three passes intercepted during its regular-season loss to I-L/M. Kelly completed 18 of 22 passes in that game. Colin Sheehan had seven receptions for 134 yards … Bishop Brady won its last state championship in 2006, when it beat Franklin 49-21 in the Division V championship game. … I-L/M is seeking its first state title since it beat Epping/Newmarket, 29-7, in the 2011 Division VI championship game.

NHFR Power Ratings: Bishop Brady 43.8, I-L/M 35.3,

 

 

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