DIVISION V SEMIFINALS
No. 4 Kearsarge at No. 1 Pelham

When and where: Saturday (1 p.m.) in Pelham.
Team records: Pelham is 9-0 overall, 8-0 in Division V. Kearsarge is 6-3 overall, 5-3 in Division V.
Regular-season result: Pelham won, 26-20, in Pelham.
Noteworthy: Pelham is trying to win back-to-back Division V championships. The Pythons beat Gilford, 21-7, to win last year's title. ... Pelham running back Bruce Vieira was the star when these teams met during the regular season. Vieira scored on runs of 36, 56 and 50 yards in Pelham's victory. The Pythons scored three TDs in the first quarter of that contest. ... Kearsarge was among the teams that moved to Division V from Division IV following the 2007 season. The Cougars reached their only championship game in 2000. St. Thomas beat Kearsarge, 33-13, for the Division IV title that season. ... Kearsarge quarterback Jack Morgan completed 12 of 21 passes for 151 yards and two touchdowns during the earlier meeting with Pelham this season. The Cougars also received a 6-yard TD run from D.J. Hodgdon, who made six catches for 60 yards. ... Pelham enters this contest with a 20-game winning streak. ... Pelham led all Division V teams in points scored (276) and points allowed (78) during the regular season. Kearsarge ranked third in points scored (259) and second in points allowed (111). ... The winner of this contest will face either second-seeded Trinity or third-seeded St. Thomas in the Division V championship game.

No. 3 St. Thomas at No. 2 Trinity

When and where: Saturday (1 p.m.) at Manchester's Gill Stadium
Team records: Trinity is 8-1 overall, 7-1 in Division V. St. Thomas is 7-2 overall, 6-2 in Division V.
Regular-season result: Trinity won, 21-20 in overtime, in Dover.
Noteworthy: The earlier meeting between these teams (Nov. 2) may have produced the most exciting game during the regular season. St. Thomas overcame a 20-7 fourth-quarter deficit when quarterback Jack MacNevin fired a 10-yard touchdown pass to Paul Brown on the final play of regulation. Trinity smothered the holder on the PAT attempt, however, and the game went to overtime. After tailback Zach Merrigan gave the Saints a 26-20 lead, Sean Lyons scored his third touchdown of the game and kicked the PAT to give Trinity a one-point victory. ... MacNevin, who injured his ankle on that TD pass to Brown, didn't play in last week's 13-12 triumph over Somersworth. ... Trinity, which played an independent schedule last year, scored a league-high 287 points during the regular season. Trinity's only loss came against Pelham, 29-14, on Sept. 12. The Pioneers enter the postseason with a seven-game winning streak. ... The Trinity program hasn't won a state championship since 1988, when the Pioneers beat Concord, 10-9, in the Division I championship game. ... St. Thomas coach Rod Wotton has a 330-69-3 career coaching record. No New England high school football coach - past or present - has won more games. Wotton guided St. Thomas to the Division IV championship in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2006. Wotton also won 17 state titles while he was the head coach at Marshwood High School in Eliot, Maine. ... Trinity's James Horn had a team-high seven interceptions during the regular season.

Coming Wednesday: Division II capsule previews.