Division V Semifinals

No. 4 Bow at No. 1 Trinity

• When and where: Saturday (2 p.m.) at Manchester's Gill Stadium.
• Team records: Trinity is 9-0 overall, 8-0 in Division V. Bow is 7-3 overall, 6-3 in Division V.
• Regular-season result: Trinity won, 59-0, in Manchester.
• Noteworthy: These teams are meeting for the second time in as many weeks. Trinity posted a 59-0 victory last Saturday. ... The Pioneers are one of five unbeaten teams in the state. Salem (Division I), Bishop Guertin (Division II), Exeter (Division II) and Plymouth (Division IV) are the others. ... Bow won its first six games, but will enter this contest on a three-game losing streak. The Falcons were held to 18 points in those three losses. ... Bow is 1-2 against teams in the playoff field. Its victory came against Pelham (17-14). ... Trinity led all Division V teams in points scored (347) and points allowed (98) against Division V competition. ... Bow was outscored 142-176 in its eight Division V games. ... Trinity is seeking its first state championship since it beat Concord 10-9 for the Division I title in 1998. Bow won its last title in 2004, when it beat Pelham 28-7 to win the Division V championship. ... Trinity lost to St. Thomas is last year's Division V semifinals.

No. 3 Bishop Brady at No. 2 Pelham

• When and where: Saturday (1 p.m.) in Pelham.
• Team records: Pelham is 8-2 overall, 7-2 in Division V. Bishop Brady is 8-2 overall, 7-2 in Division V. 
• Regular-season result: Pelham won 25-7 in Pelham.
• Noteworthy: The Pelham defense dominated the game when these team met in the regular season. The Pythons led 25-0 before the Green Giants scored with less than a minute to play. Pelham's Conor McColgan scored two touchdowns in that game. He returned an interception for a TD and fell on a blocked punt in end zone. Pelham quarterback Joe D'Angelo also threw for two touchdowns. DeAngelo has thrown for at least 300 yards in a game twice this season. ... Bishop Brady has won four games in a row since the loss to Pelham and held its opponents to 41 points in those four contests. The Green Giants surrendered 109 points in its eight Division V games. Among Division V teams, only Trinity (98) allowed fewer. ... Pelham has won the last two Division V championships. ... Pelham lost to both Trinity (20-0) and Bow (17-14) during the regular season. Bishop Brady also lost to Trinity (36-14), but defeated Bow (32-11). ... Bishop Brady is seeking its first state championship since 2006, when it beat Franklin (49-21) for the Division V title.

                                                                -- Capsules compiled by Roger Brown