Top Games from 2025: No. 9

By rbrown
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Updated: January 7, 2026

TOP 10 NHIAA GAMES FROM 2025
No. 9: Laconia 15, Gilford 14

This game proved that how you finish a game can be a lot more important than how you start one.

After Gilford went on a 10-play, 71-yard scoring drive to take a 14-8 lead in the third quarter, the Laconia defense rose to the occasion.

Gilford ran eight plays for minus-5 yards and was 0 for 3 passing with an interception on its final three offensive drives. The Golden Eagles had the ball for 3:51 over the game’s final 17 minutes.

The game’s key play came late in the fourth quarter, when quarterback Carter Jones tossed a TD pass to Sean O’Sullivan to tie the game, 14-14. Laconia capped the scoring when sophomore Sam Hogg kicked the PAT.

Gilford took possession on its 35-yard line with 2:59 to play, but Jacob Tryon came up with a game-ending interception on Gilford’s second play to secure Laconia’s first win of the season.

No. 10: ConVal 21, Kennett 20

This Week 1 contest was decided on the game’s final play.

After ConVal quarterback Kurt Dean scored on a 5-yard run and Spencer Bishop added the point-after kick on the first possession of overtime, Kennett pulled within a point, 21-20, on a 2-yard TD run by quarterback Abraham Kelsch. Kennett’s rush for the two-point conversion — and the win — was stopped short of the goal line, however, handing Brad Davis the victory in his first game as the program’s head coach.

It looked like ConVal would breeze to victory when the Cougars scored twice in the opening quarter. Dean tossed a TD pass to Max Erickson and then Wetu Selby scored on a 25-yard run to help the Cougars grab a 14-0 lead.

Kennett made it 14-6 at halftime, and then tied the game in the third quarter on a rushing touchdown by Jason Baker and a two-point conversion.

ConVal nearly took the lead in the fourth quarter when Jack Telofski intercepted a pass and returned the ball to the Kennett 3-yard-line, but the Eagles kept Cougars out of the end zone and forced a missed field goal. It was 14-14 heading to overtime.

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