The NHIAA (New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association) is the governing body for competitions among all public and some private high schools in the state of New Hampshire. There are currently 57 schools (with five combining as one team) that have participating football programs throughout the state.
The NHIAA divided football into as few as three, but as many as six divisions between 1992 and 2017. There are four divisions in the state starting with the 2018 season. [1]
Go here for past divisional alignments.
(*) indicates multi-school co-op programs.
NHIAA State Football Champions since 1951 [2]
Year | Division I | Division II | Division III | Division IV |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Bedford | Pelham | Campbell | Somersworth |
2021 | Londonderry | Timberlane | Pelham | Somersworth |
2020 | Nashua North | Souhegan | Pelham | Newport |
2019 | Londonderry | Hollis-Brookline | Trinity | Winnisquam |
2018 | Bedford | Plymouth | Monadnock | Winnisquam |
Year | Division I | Division II | Division III |
---|---|---|---|
2017 | Winnacunnet | Plymouth | Campbell |
2016 | Bedford | Plymouth | Stevens |
2015 | Goffstown | St. Thomas Aquinas | Newport |
2014 | Pinkerton | Windham | Campbell |
2013 | Concord | Plymouth | Bow |
Year | Division I | Division II | Division III | Division IV | Division V | Division VI |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Exeter | Winnacunnet | Portsmouth | Plymouth | Monadnock | Franklin |
2011 | Exeter | Bishop Guertin | Portsmouth | Trinity | St. Thomas | Inter-Lakes |
2010 | Pinkerton Academy | Bishop Guertin | Souhegan | Lebanon | Kearsarge | Newport |
2009 | Salem | Bishop Guertin | Souhegan | Plymouth | Trinity | Inter-Lakes |
2008 | Nashua South | Bishop Guertin | Souhegan | Plymouth | Pelham | Franklin |
Year | Division I | Division II | Division III | Division IV | Division V |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Pinkerton Academy | Exeter | Plymouth | Laconia | Pelham |
2006 | Pinkerton Academy | Bishop Guertin | Plymouth | St. Thomas | Bishop Brady |
2005 | Pinkerton Academy | Bishop Guertin | Plymouth | Hanover | Bishop Brady |
2004 | Concord | Bishop Guertin | Souhegan | Hanover | Bow |
Year | Division I | Division II | Division III | Division IV |
---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Manchester Central | Exeter | Plymouth | Milford |
2002 | Manchester Central | Exeter | Plymouth | Hanover |
2001 | Manchester Central | Timberlane | Plymouth | St. Thomas Aquinas |
2000 | Concord | Winnacunnet | Plymouth | St. Thomas Aquinas |
1999 | Manchester Central | Timberlane | Laconia | St. Thomas Aquinas |
1998 | Londonderry | Exeter | Plymouth | Bishop Brady |
1997 | Nashua | Exeter | Plymouth | Somersworth |
1996 | Londonderry | Dover | Kingswood | Somersworth |
1995 | Manchester Central | Salem | Laconia | Newport |
1994 | Pinkerton | Londonderry | Laconia | Plymouth |
Year | Division I | Division II | Division III |
---|---|---|---|
1993 | Pinkerton | Kennett | Somersworth |
1992 | Pinkerton | Kennett | Somersworth |
Year | Class L | Class I | Class M-S |
---|---|---|---|
1991 | Pinkerton | Somersworth | Franklin |
1990 | Spaulding | Kennett | Newport |
1989 | Concord | Kennett | Newport |
Year | Division I | Division II | Division III |
---|---|---|---|
1988 | Trinity | Londonderry | Kennett |
1987 | Concord | Merrimack | Plymouth |
1986 | Pinkerton | Londonderry | Kennett |
1985 | Pinkerton | Londonderry | Plymouth |
1984 | Nashua | Milford | Bishop Brady |
1983 | Salem | Winnacunnet | Bishop Brady |
1982 | Spaulding | Timberlane | Newport |
1981 | Portsmouth | Somersworth | Bishop Brady |
1980 | Nashua | Somersworth | Plymouth |
1979 | Spaulding | Milford | Bishop Brady |
1978 | Nashua | Milford | Bishop Brady |
1977 | Portsmouth | Milford | Plymouth |
1976 | Portsmouth | Milford | Kingswood |
1975 | Salem | Bishop Guertin | Plymouth |
1974 | Concord | St. Thomas Aquinas | Kennett |
1973 | Manchester Memorial | Bishop Guertin | Newport |
1972 | Manchester Memorial | Somersworth | Plymouth |
Year | Division I | Division II | Division III | Division IV |
---|---|---|---|---|
1971 | Manchester Memorial | Spaulding | Bishop Guertin | Newport |
1970 | Manchester Central/Keene | Laconia | Bishop Guertin/Pinkerton | Bishop Brady/Newport |
1969 | Manchester Memorial | Laconia | Somersworth | Plymouth |
1968 | Manchester Central | Dover | Stevens | Hanover/Winnacunnet |
1967 | Portsmouth | Laconia | Somersworth | Plymouth |
1966 | Manchester Central | Laconia | Somersworth | Franklin |
1965 | Manchester Memorial | Spaulding | Exeter | Berlin |
1964 | Portsmouth | Laconia | Exeter | Towle*/Franklin |
1963 | Nashua | St. Thomas Aquinas | Exeter | Towle* |
1962 | Manchester Memorial | Portsmouth | Stevens | Hanover |
1961 | Bishop Bradley** | Portsmouth | Somersworth | Towle* |
1960 | Nashua | Keene | St. John's*** | Littleton |
1959 | Nashua | Laconia | Exeter | Winnacunnet |
1958 | Nashua | Keene | Exeter/Pinkerton | St. Anthony's** |
1957 | Nashua | Spaulding | Exeter | Woodbury**** |
Year | Class L | Class M | Class S |
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1956 | (No Champion) | Pinkerton | Littleton |
1955 | Nashua | Exeter | St. Anthony's** |
1954 | Nashua | Stevens | Hampton***** |
1953 | Nashua | Somersworth | St. Anthony's** |
1952 | Nashua | Somersworth | Towle* |
1951 | Bishop Bradley** | Laconia | Plymouth |
NOTES:
(*) Newport's Towle High School closed and was converted to an elementary school in 1966 as high school students moved into the new Newport High School. [3]
(**) Three Manchester Catholic high schools, St. Anthony's High School, Bishop Bradley High School and Immaculata High School, closed and were merged into Trinity High School in 1970. [4]
(***) Concord's St. John's High School was converted into an elementary/middle school in 1963 upon the opening of Bishop Brady High School. [5]
(****) Salem's Woodbury High School was converted to a middle school upon the opening of Salem High School in 1966.
(*****) Hampton Academy and High School was converted to a junior high school (Hampton Academy) after the opening of Winnacunnet High School in 1958. [6]
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