Division VI Semifnals

No. 4 Newport at No. 1 Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough

• When and where: Saturday (1 p.m.) at Inter-Lakes High School in Meredith
• Team records: Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough is 9-0. Newport is 7-2.
• Regular-season result: Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough won 28-14 in Newport
• Noteworthy: Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough enters the postseason as one of two unbeaten teams in the state. Division IV Trinity is the other. ... Newport finished the regular season in a three-way tie for second place with Epping-Newmarket and Franklin, but was seeded No. 4 via tiebreakers. ... This game features the last two Division VI champions. IL/M won the title in 2009, and Newport won the championship last season. ...IL/M built a 21-0 lead in its regular-season victory over Newport, which received two second-half touchdown passes from quarterback Ben Bates. After the Tigers made it 21-6, the Lakers returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown. IL/M received two rushing touchdowns from Conor Donovan. ... Cole Boone leads Newport in tackles with 131 (29 solo).

No. 3 Franklin at No. 2 Epping-Newmarket

• When and where: Saturday (noon) at Exeter High School.
• Team records: Epping-Newmarket is 7-2. Franklin is 7-2.
• Regular-season result: Epping-Newmarket won 22-14 in Epping
• Noteworthy: Epping-Newmarket established a program record for victories in a season (seven) and is making its first postseason appearance since Epping first had a varsity program in 2004. ... Franklin is one of three teams to win a Division VI championship. The Golden Tornadoes won the inauguaral title in 2008. ... Epping-Newmarket running back Daniel Espo set a program record for yards rushing in a season (808) when he ran for 183 yards in last Saturday's 32-6 triumph over Newfound. ... The teams haven't met since the season's opening weekend. Franklin made it a two-point contest when Sixto Garcia scored on a 51-yard screen pass from Conor Smith with 2:16 left in the third quarter, but Epping-Newmarket's Sean Day sealed the victory when he returned an interception 19 yards for a touchdown as time expired.

                                                                          -- Capsules compiled by Roger Brown

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