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Advance: NH East-West All-Star Game

NEW HAMPSHIRE EAST/WEST ALL-STAR GAME
GAME PREVIEW

When and Where: Friday (6 p.m.) at Saint Anselm College’s Grappone Stadium. Tickets can be purchased in advance by visiting the CHaD web site.

The Format: The game will have 15-minute quarters. Each team can use five offensive formations and must declare its defensive front. Players not on the line of scrimmage must be no more than 3 yards from the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped. The offense will have two choices if there is a blitzing violation: Replay the down with a 5-yard penalty, or take the result of the play plus a 5-yard penalty.

Head Coaches: Salem’s Steve Abraham is the East’s head coach. Merrimack’s Kip Jackson is coaching the West.

Assistant Coaches: (East) Nick Alsup, Michael Bombardier, Jack Byrne, Matt Case, Jake Castricone, Justin Hufft, Steven Magri Jr., Steve Magri Sr., John Preston, Steven Quinn. (West) Ryan Barry, Joe Battista, Robin Bowkett, Jared Chandler, Jacob Dembow, Nick Hammond, Trevor Knight, Griffin LaFountain, Branden Lilly, Jordan Miranda, Pat O’Neil, Andrew Provencher.

The Teams: The East team can draw players from Alvirne, Campbell, Dover, Epping-Newmarket, Exeter, Farmington, Gilford, Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough, Kennett, Kingswood, Laconia, Londonderry, Pelham, Pembroke, Portsmouth, Pinkerton Academy, Raymond, Salem, Sanborn, Somersworth, Spaulding, St. Thomas, Timberlane, Winnacunnet, Windham, and Winnisquam.

The West team draws players from Bishop Guertin, Bedford, Bow, Concord, Con-Val, Goffstown, Fall Mountain, Franklin, Hanover, Hillsboro-Deering, Hollis-Brookline, John Stark, Kearsarge, Keene, Lebanon, Manchester Central, Manchester Memorial, Manchester West, Mascoma, Milford, Merrimack, Merrimack Valley, Monadnock, Nashua North, Nashua South, Newfound Regional, Newport, Plymouth, Souhegan, Stevens, and Trinity.

NOTEWORTHY: The path to victory for the East starts with an improved offensive effort. The West has won the last five games, and the East scored 23 points in the five losses. Two of those losses were shutouts. “We’ve tried to simplify things on offense,” East head coach Steve Abraham said. “The biggest hurdle is the terminolgy, since teams have different language for the same thing. We’ll need to control the football and certainly limit our mistakes.”… Bedford running back/linebacker Brody Helton was selected to the West roster, but is injured and will not play. … The West has a 10-3-0 advantage in the series. … “I think we’re we’e pretty good up front on defense,” West head coach Kip Jackson said. “Special teams are always important, but I would say even more so in this game. We’ve stressed that.”

Prediction: West 20, East 7.

New Hampshire East-West All-Star Game Results

2012: West 44, East 12. Bo Dickson MVP Award: Junior Brown (Manchester Central)
2013: West 13, East 7. Bo Dickson MVP Award: Rick Holt (Portsmouth)
2014: West 24, East 7. Bo Dickson MVP Award: Marc Gaudet (Concord)
2015: East 29, West 15. Bo Dickson MVP Award: Eric Fairweather (Londonderry)
2016: East 28, West 14. Bo Dickson MVP Award: Jason Hughes (Timberlane)
2017: West 25, East 14. Bo Dickson MVP Award: Justin Grassini (Merrimack)
2018: West 24, East 20. Bo Dickson MVP Award: Moises Celaya (Hanover)
2019: East 17, West 13. Bo Dickson MVP Award: Gannon Fast (Pinkerton)
2020: No Game
2021: West 29, East 6. Bo Dickson MVP Award: Jarrett and Jeremy Henault (Goffstown)
2022: West 26, East 0. Bo Dickson MVP Award: Joe Mikol (Bedford)
2023: West 13, East 10. Bo Dickson MVP Award: Toby Brown Jr. (Nashua North)
2024: West 24, East 0. Bo Dickson MVP Award: Kyle Ashley (Newport)
2025: West 13, East 7. Bo Dickson MVP Award: Colby Nyhan (Concord)

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