Five topics on the New Hampshire football landscape:

1. Chuck Lenahan's 300th victory

Congratulations go out to the longtime Plymouth head coach, who collected career victory No. 300 when Plymouth beat Kingswood 41-7 Saturday. The win extended Plymouth's winning streak to 35 games and improved Lenahan's record to 300-63-1.

Lenahan, 65, has won 16 state titles at Plymouth, including nine of the last 11 Division III championships. He began coaching at Plymouth in 1971, when his first team finished 0-6-1.

Plymouth set the state record for consecutive victories when Lenahan guided the Bobcats to 46 consecutive wins from 2000 to 2004.

2. Mike Boyle

While doing some research on Lenahan, this item of interest was discovered in the National Federation of High Schools record book: Mike Boyle, a former standout at Plymouth Regional who is now in his senior season with the University of New Hampshire football team, holds the national record for punts returned for a touchdown (15). Boyle is second nationally in punts returned for a touchdown in a season (he returned six in 2003).

3. That other coach

Strange as it may sound, Lenahan is No. 2 in career victories among active New Hampshire head coaches.

St. Thomas coach Rod Wotton will enter Saturday's game against Kearsarge with a 325-69-3 career record. Wotton won most of those games while he was coaching at Marshwood High School in Eliot, Maine. He guided Marshwood to a 220-33-1 record and 17 state championships from 1966 to 1992. In 1987 Marshwood owned the longest winning streak in the nation (45 games).

Wotton's teams won at least one state title in each of Maine's four classes (A, B, C. D). Marshwood was in Class D, the division for schools with the lowest enrollment, when Wotton began his coaching career. The Hawks kept winning and moving up the classification ladder. In 1989 a Class A team petitioned to play in a lower division. To help solve the scheduling problems that created, Marshwood offered to play a Class A schedule that season. The Hawks went unbeaten and won the state title.

It'll be no surprise if Wotton guides the Saints to another state championship this season.

4. Timberlane's Derek Furey

Overshadowed by Lenahan's milestone victory was the performance turned in by Timberlane running back Derek Furey on Friday night.

Furey gained 340 yards on 40 carries in Timberlane's 34-13 triumph. He rushed for four TDs.

5. Big-game hunting

The most appetizing game on this weekend's menu? Friday night's non-league game between Souhegan and Laconia in Laconia. Souhegan (2-0) is the favorite to win this year's Division III title, and Laconia (2-0) may be the only team that can derail Plymouth in Division IV.