NH High School

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Any thoughts on boys or girls D1/2 for this fall?

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My daughter plays in DII so here is my take:

DII Girls will be all about if Pelham can repeat. Sounds like the team is largely in tact from last season. Loaded team up front. Bow begins life without the Lapearl twins so who takes over for them? Pembroke is strong and plays physical - they are always a hard game. Hollis Brookline will be strong again and Milford should be back. We didn’t play them last year, but there is buzz about Coe-Brown being a sleeper who took Pelham to PKs in the playoffs last year.

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D1 girls will see a change. Bedford was deserving title winner last year but they graduated like 7-8 starters including almost their entire All-State backline. Still some goal-scorers left, but interesting to see how they cope with the losses back there. I will go with Exeter. They lost a lot, but still have a lot. BG still has their best players, too, so expect them to go neck and neck with Exeter

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D1 girls will see a change. Bedford was deserving title winner last year but they graduated like 7-8 starters including almost their entire All-State backline. Still some goal-scorers left, but interesting to see how they cope with the losses back there. I will go with Exeter. They lost a lot, but still have a lot. BG still has their best players, too, so expect them to go neck and neck with Exeter

Coaching at Exeter 10x better than at BG. I would be surprised to see BG get to the finals.

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D1 boys isn't as open as last year but still plenty of contenders. Bedford, Hanover, and Windham have to be the favorites. Can't count out South either with what's been happening over there the last few years. 3peat tough to do.

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D1 girls will see a change. Bedford was deserving title winner last year but they graduated like 7-8 starters including almost their entire All-State backline. Still some goal-scorers left, but interesting to see how they cope with the losses back there. I will go with Exeter. They lost a lot, but still have a lot. BG still has their best players, too, so expect them to go neck and neck with Exeter

Agree Exeter should be tough, BG will still be tough solid seniors, but will need help from younger players.

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How about this for a scenario.... who would win if they had a coach from another current team? For instance, Bedford has underperformed over the years, is there another coach from a current team that could get them to win this year. Could be any team but I'm just using that as an example. North was probably a top 2 team in talent last year but IMO not a good enough coach to win it. Is there a situation like that this year?

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How about this for a scenario.... who would win if they had a coach from another current team? For instance, Bedford has underperformed over the years, is there another coach from a current team that could get them to win this year. Could be any team but I'm just using that as an example. North was probably a top 2 team in talent last year but IMO not a good enough coach to win it. Is there a situation like that this year?

This is off topic and every team has parents who want to complain about their coach even if they win. Apparently it’s always the coach or the refs fault.

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This is off topic and every team has parents who want to complain about their coach even if they win. Apparently it’s always the coach or the refs fault.

Well yeah. You understand the burden we are under having a perfect kid and knowing they interact with the lessers? How infuriating that is?

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This is off topic and every team has parents who want to complain about their coach even if they win. Apparently it’s always the coach or the refs fault.

Except there are clear cases of teams underperforming

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This is off topic and every team has parents who want to complain about their coach even if they win. Apparently it’s always the coach or the refs fault.

I may agree with you that some coaches make some silly roster moves and refs miss calls but, generally they do a pretty good job. It really comes down to players' performance. Many are not good, some are skilled but not tough enough, and only a few have the full package to really compete.

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I may agree with you that some coaches make some silly roster moves and refs miss calls but, generally they do a pretty good job. It really comes down to players' performance. Many are not good, some are skilled but not tough enough, and only a few have the full package to really compete.

High school is always a mix bag as it’s who you have I. The school for public’s. Private schools have a little room to move.

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Anyone catch any of the jamborees in Bedford over the weekend? Any teams surprise or stand out?

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Lots of average teams out there.

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I predict Hanover will take the title this year. No other team has a better balance.