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Tales from the GridIron

2023 Football Season - Playoff Edition

Volume 7, Issue 11

Lancers in the News

News From Last Week:

Londonderry Times

"Lancers Start Playoffs With Huge Win Over Jaguars"

Chris Paul, November 11, 2023

"The Londonderry High School Football team made a very definite statement as they played their first game of the Division I playoffs, winning 47-0 over the Windham Jaguars at Lancer Park ."

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Lancer Spirit Online

"Hogs lead way for Lancers in quarter finals"

Dillon Tufts, Executive Sports Editor (and player #51), November 13, 2023

"In a game of inches, the Lancers ran for 321 yards against Windham with lots of credit going to the linemen, or “hogs” as they like to call themselves."

Seacoastonline

"Exeter Football Falls to Londonderry in NHIAA Division I Quarterfinal"

Brandon Brown, November 11 2023

“(Londonderry) killed us on the edge," Exeter senior Tanner Smith said. "They're aggressive, strong and a great team."

NH Union Leader

"Londonderry rolls into showdown with Pinkerton"

Dan Doyon, November 11, 2023

"The biggest fear Londonderry High School football coach Jimmy Lauzon had heading into Saturday’s Division I quarterfinal against Exeter was that his team would take a 35-0 regular-season victory over the Blue Hawks for granted and be caught looking ahead of what awaited them next week in the form of Pinkerton Academy.

Lauzon didn’t have anything to worry about, and the fourth-seed Lancers can fully turn their focus to their rivals after a 27-6 victory over No. 5 Exeter at a windy Lancer Park."

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Lancer Happenings

PLAYOFFS!

The Revenge Tour!?

The Lancer's head into the Semi-Final round of playoffs!

Londonderry get their chance for payback against the Pinkerton Astros at 1:00 PM on Saturday, December 18 in the Semi-Final Round.

On the line is the chance to continue on to the Championship game to play the winner of the Portsmouth/Oyster River (2) vs Bedford (3) matchup - giving the Lancer's another shot at a revenge game.

NHIAA Div 1 Playoffs

Upcoming Events

NHIAA Div 1 Playoffs - Semi Final Round

Nov 18 AWAY @ Pinkerton, 1:00 PM

End of Year Banquet 🍽️

Dec 3, @ DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester

Get banquet info & tickets here by Nov. 17

For all game times see:

Londonderry Athletics Calendar of Events

Gridiron Zone

GridIron Openings for 2024

There are a number of positions opening on the Londonderry Lancer Gridiron Club board at the start of next year.

Concessions Director
Fundraising Director
President
Members at Large

If you are interested in a position next year please reach out. These are elected positions, and we will have more information coming soon regarding elections.

Varsity Wrap-Up

Home vs

Exeter

11-11-2023

Final Score

27 - 6

game captains Conor Williams, Ty Miles, Jaydon Navarro, Jake Perron

Coach's Summary

The team played well on Saturday and have really stepped up their execution the past few weeks. I am exceptionally proud of the special teams for changing the game in a positive way for us. The blocked punt was arguably the game changing play we needed, and we’ve been waiting most of the season for it to happen. We also blocked an extra point and we’re hopeful that things have started to click for us in that area and that it will continue.

It is hard to beat a team twice, especially a program like Exeter, but the boys were up for the challenge and did what they needed to. The defense did a great job again and have done a great job all season. We’re looking forward to a tough battle this weekend.