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October 27. 2012 8:34PM

NHIAA Football Roundup: Plymouth's Lenahan achieves milestone win


Plymouth Regional High School football coach Chuck Lenahan. (Alan MacRae)
The Plymouth Regional High School football team capped an unbeaten regular season and handed head coach Chuck Lenahan a milestone victory by beating John Stark 35-21 Saturday.

It was career win No. 343 for Lenahan, who has now won more games than any other New England high school football coach (past or present). Lenanan entered the game tied with former St. Thomas Aquinas of Dover coach Rod Wotton, who retired in 2010 with a career record of 342-81-3. Wotton also coached at two high schools in Maine.

“It's certainly a great milestone and a honor to be mentioned along with Rod Wotton,” Lenahan said. “I'm real proud of it, but it's not an individual record, it's a Plymouth record — the coaches and the kids. We're putting it down as a team accomplishment.”

Lenahan has a 343-69-1 record in 43 seasons as Plymouth's head coach.

Plymouth running back Brandon Goodale rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns on six carries in the victory. Goodale eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark in the first half. The Bobcats also received rushing touchdowns from Jared Kuehl and John Thomas, and a TD catch from Noah Crane. It was 35-0 at halftime.

Plymouth improved to 9-0 and will enter the Division IV playoffs as the only unbeaten team in the state. The Bobcats will be the No. 1 seed and will face fourth-seeded St. Thomas (6-3) in Saturday's semifinals. Plymouth beat St. Thomas 38-0 last weekend.

John Stark completed its season with a 1-8 record.

“We dressed 70 kids and we played all of them,” Lenahan said. “Now we have to prepare for the St. Thomas boys. We can't look past them just because of what happened the last time.”

Division II

Keene 20, BG 7: At Nashua, Keene did all of its scoring in the first half and held on to defeat Bishop Guertin 20-7 at Stellos Stadium.

Keene quarterback Lucas Luopa threw a 42-yard TD pass to Alex Austin and a 38-yard TD pass to Matt Delvecchio. Tom Galanes scored Keene’s other TD. C.J. Boykin scored on a 20-yard run for BG.

Division V

Bow 21, Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough 13: At Bow, Anders Hanson and Rily Keenen each rushed for more than 100 yards to help the Falcons finish the regular season with a victory.

Keenan ran for two touchdowns. Dylan Huddleston scored Bow's other TD on a 5-yard reception.

Bow, which led 14-13 entering the fourth quarter, completed its season at 4-5 overall and 3-5 in Division V. Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough dropped to 1-7.

Division VI

Franklin 32, Bishop Brady 26: At Franklin, the Golden Tornadoes clinched a playoff berth by posting their seventh victory in the team's last eight games — but needed three overtimes to do it.

Franklin tied the contest on a 70-yard pass play with three minutes remaining in regulation. After each team scored in the first two overtimes, Franklin prevailed when it blocked a field goal attempt and then scored a TD in the third OT.

Second-seeded Franklin (7-2) will meet third-seeded Campbell (7-2) in Saturday's Division VI semifinals. Bishop Brady completed its season with a 5-4 record.

Mascoma 24, Winnisquam 6: At Tilton, Mascoma extended its winning streak to five games and secured the No. 1 seed for next weekend's Division VI playoffs. Mascoma (7-2) will face fourth-seeded Newfound (6-3) in Saturday's semifinals.

Winnisquam finished with a 5-4 record.

Farmington-Nute 43, Raymond 7: At Farmington, the Tigers ended a seven-game losing streak and completed its Division VI record at 2-7. It was Farmington-Nute's first win since it opened the season by beating Gilford 37-14.

Raymond finished 0-9.

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