DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
No. 3 Exeter vs. No. 1 Bishop Guertin

•When and where: Saturday (1 p.m.) at Nashua's Stellos Stadium.
•Team records: Exeter is 8-3 overall, 7-2 in Division II. BG is 9-2 overall, 8-1 in Division II.
•Regular-season result: BG won, 45-9, in Exeter.
•Noteworthy: This is the sixth time Exeter coach Bill Ball and BG coach Tony Johnson have opposed each other in the Division II championship game. Exeter won in 1997, 1998 and 2007. BG prevailed in 2005 and 2006. BG also beat Exeter in the 1973 Division II championship game (13-8). ... At least one of these teams has reached the championship game in each of the last 12 seasons. ... Top-seeded BG advanced by beating fourth-seeded Keene, 18-8, in the semifinals. BG trailed 8-6 in the fourth quarter, but scored 12 points in the final six minutes. ... Exeter reached the championship game with a 7-6 victory over second-seeded Timberlane. The Blue Hawks trailed 6-0 until quarterback Andrew Kukesh hooked up with Nick Provost for a 42-yard touchdown pass with 6:25 remaining in the first half. James Holler's point-after kick proved to be the difference. ... The 45 points BG scored against Exeter earlier this season were the most points an Exeter team has allowed in Bill Ball's 16 seasons as the program's head coach. The Cardinals outscored the Blue Hawks 21-0 in the second half of that game. ... BG has a 104-39 record since Johnson became the program's head coach in 1994. Johnson, who played on the 1975 BG team that won the Division II title, played college football at the University of Rhode Island. He was an assistant coach at Plymouth State and UNH before taking over at BG. ... Exeter fullback Zach Kelleher has gained a team-high 683 yards on 113 carries this season, but halfback Robbie Kisiel has rushed for a team-high eight touchdowns. Kukesh has completed 32-of-82 passes for 477 yards and seven touchdowns. He's been intercepted six times.

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