NHIAA Football | Portland at Exeter (D1) 10/24/25

001[Music] [Applause] [Music] it up. Bishop big rib shot on net save. Oh, number five. [Music] break to the right hand side 35 is on the right 3025. [Music] We want to welcome you to William Ball Stadium and Eustace Field for the final regular season home contest tonight featuring the Portland Bulldogs and Exit Bluehawks. And it's a special night. It's senior night where we acknowledge the Blue Hawks and their family members for all their dedication to being part of Bluehawk Nation. So, let's start things off. First off, number four, Captain Patrick Hathaway. He's joined on the field by his parents, Jeff and Christina. >> Next up, number 53, Captain Luke Stage and his parents Shawn and Jocelyn. [Applause] Next up, number 55, Captain Jonathan Adams and his folks, Lucas and Shannon. [Applause] Coming up next, number

00270, Captain Owen Wagner and his folks, Tom and Maggie. Rounding out our captains, number 83, Garrett White, and his parents, Cade and Audra. And now for the rest of our seniors, number two, Will Tobin and his parents, Kevin and Marie. coming down the shoot next. Number three, Raymond Plant and his parents Jeff and Maria. Next up, number five, Max Corzac. His folks, Kurt and Christa. Our next senior number six, Cole Kelly, and his mom, dad, Tom, and Heidi Kelly. [Applause] Let's go. Saturday night, you're my idol. >> Let's go, Zack. >> Up next, number seven, Brendan Gelanick and his mom and dad, Tom and Allison. [Music] [Applause] Let's go. >> Up next, number eight, Graham Knight >> and Jim Knight and Lisa Carter. Up next, number 10, John Gillis and his mom and dad, Scott

003and Sherry. [Applause] Let's go. >> Coming up next, number 15, Shane Witter and Brian and Aaron Witter. [Applause] Up next, number 17, Luke Oberlin. Has dad Tim Overberlin, mom Christina Venot, stepdad Adam Venot. [Music] Up next, number 22, Gavin Daly with Chad Corey and Sabrina Daly. [Music] Up next, number 50, Luca Theos with his mom and dad, Tony and Joy. [Applause] Up next, number 56, Ryan Morgan with his brother Daniel Morgan, his mom in spirit, Sarah Adams, and dad Von Morgan. Up next, number 62, Ethan Kramer with his folks, Scott and Stacy. Next number >> 74, Wyan Pellet and his folks Evan and Brittany. [Music] Rounding out our senior players, number 79, Ryan McCowski and his dad and stepmom, Joe and Don, and his mom and stepdad, Mary Beth Connley and Brian D. Benedto. [Applause]

004And the Bluehawk family would also like to thank the following folks part of the family. Trainer Heidi Kirby, the lady taking photos tonight, ladies plural, Sandy Healey and Jenny Bishop. Thank you for commemorating the event tonight from athletics. That's Kristen Moriceette and our athletic director Kathy Claremont. And of course, big thank you to Mrs. Ball Lori, the ultimate assistant coach. So, thank you to the parents and family members for your support of your student athletes and congratulations to all the seniors. But right now, I want to introduce the 2025 Exit Bluehawks. [Applause] Both teams come in with a one loss record of five and two. The Blue Hawks right now are in seventh place in class one in division one, excuse me. Okay. And uh I am Bill Taylor and I'm here along with >>

005Tim Hollister and Nick Brown >> and we're ready to uh bring you tonight's game. And uh boy, once again, it's a beautiful night here at Bill Ball Stadium. No uh wind, flag is straight down and this should be a very interesting football game. Nick, how about some three keys to a Blue Hawks victory? >> Yeah. Uh, first of all, as always, um, it's really cliche, but we got to not turn the ball over. Um, I think, you know, if you lose the turnover battle, usually I'd say 99% of the time you lose the game. Um, secondly, uh, I think we got to be good in special teams. Um, special teams underrated part of, uh, games. Um, those can easily win and lose games. Uh, we've been pretty good on special teams this year, so let's

006keep it up tonight. And lastly, we got to play good defense. I feel like this year our defense hasn't been as good as years past, but um hopefully we can uh ramp it up right at the right time. >> And Tim, what are you looking for for tonight? Tonight's game. >> I'm looking for uh Brandon Gelick. I think he's going to have a good game. Last year when we played Portland Tower Bland, that power back had a good game on the uh power back trap. Uh so I'm looking for Bran Jnick to have a big night like he did last week. >> And now folks, the national anthem brought to you by the Exit Bluehawk band. [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] go. >> Okay, >> the captains are getting

007ready and getting ready to go to midfield for the flip of the coin. and we're looking forward to a good game. Last year, both teams were undefeated. The Blue Hawks came up with a 3525 win and it was a very, very exciting football game. >> Yeah, I think Portland is looking for a little bit of revenge this year cuz last year I remember we were their senior night game. So, like when we were warming up and like getting ready for the game, they were doing their senior night stuff. So, I think it's a little bit added um towards that revenge for Portland that this is now our senior night game. They want to give us a little bit of payback for last year, but exit with the senior night home field too, they're going to

008try their best to not let that happen. >> You know, it being a senior night, Nick, sometimes teams come out too hyped. >> Yeah. and the first quarter doesn't go the way that it should. >> Yeah. Um there there could be something to that. I remember my senior night uh we were playing uh Manchester Memorial. Um and I thought we came out with good energy. Um we blew them out that game. So I I didn't think it was a problem that night, but you're right, it can be a problem. I don't see it being a problem tonight. I think it's just they're going to play and uh I don't think it needs to be blamed on, you know, uh the senior night or anything for them be having a slow start or even maybe a

009really good start. Like it's just they're going to play the game how they play the game normally and try to uh block out the noise. >> What about you, Tim? >> Uh yeah, I know last year we played London. Um we had the opportunity to be one of the first extra undefeated teams in a in a minute. So, we had a lot of energy, but a lot of it was, you know, don't got to still be accountable. Uh, London had come out and, you know, given us some corkboard material. Uh, yeah, corkboard material. So, it we had a lot of energy and we kind of came out a little bit flat, but then we had a big defensive turnover and a quick touchdown off of that that really gave us that mojo that took us

010into the rest of the game and we ended up winning that game. What were they saying before the game? >> Uh they were saying stuff like X of their K, which is like they weren't really taking us seriously and you know they it was just another game to them and a lot talks about the history of London Derry versus Exit the year before we had um two rough losses to them. Uh, you know, we came out came out that game and I remember Tyler Granny had a crazy catch and the energy on the sideline that game was just amazing. It was probably one of the best environments I've ever been in. After game two in the locker room, we were banging on walkers and stuff. It was really, really a great environment. >> Well, exit

011won the toss. They elected to defer. Exit will kick golf and defend the Frankwater shed. Portland will receive and they'll defend this exit high school. I see two people deep for Portland lining up around the 10 yd line. >> Connor Bishop is the kicker for the Blue Hawks. He's got a leg on him. I mean, you know, Johnny Adams losing him before the year, that definitely hurt cuz last year he gave us some great >> advantages with being able to consistently pin them back at the 20 with his kicks to the back of the end zone. But Conor Bishop's been a good replacement. He's got same thing. Big leg, kicks it to the touchback, makes it on return, and basically negates those dangerous returns. >> Had some good kickers over the years, even lost my

012senior year. Okay, Bishop's getting ready to kick off. >> It is a short kick. It's going to bounce. Fielded at the 20 yd line by Portland. Good return. Gets it up over the 40 to about the 42. It will be first and 10 for the Bulldogs. >> Yeah, not how you want to start where we were we we got over our lanes a little bit on that one. That's how they're able to get good field position. But, uh, tonight should be a good challenge, uh, going against Portland. Uh, really good team. Um, should be a great game like it was last year. >> Here we go. The quarterback for the Bulldogs is Cordell Jones. Played a wide out last year and now is at quarterback. [Applause] >> Yeah. He's uh, committed to play at Maine

013next year. So, >> is he? >> Yes, he is. Uh so he's going to be really good challenge for us. >> Okay, they're in the shotgun. Motion towards the quarterback. Fake to give and he's going to keep off tackle. Pretty good gain. Ball gets out to about the 46, maybe the 47. Second down and five. Last year they were they were they had a the really big offensive line. This year they seem like they've similar size and Xer we've never really been one of the tallest teams. So I think that that'll be big this game if we can hold this. >> Jones with the give to number three but >> good job defensively there. >> Very good job. >> Number 23 and on the tackle that is Colton Ray. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I see

014Ethan Kramer in the game. [Applause] >> It is third down. And >> Kramer's been Kramer's been good this year. I uh think he's made a lot of improvement from last year and seeing him play is really good. He's a good buddy. snap and the give to number five up the shoot. He's breaking tackles. Number five is Alex Martin. >> Yeah, that was that was great blocking by them just up the middle. Broke a few tackles. >> Let's see if we can see what happens. [Applause] >> Uh they just Good push up front. They just turned the people. >> Good run through contact. Took about four guys to bring him down. >> Okay. Jones in the shotgun. Motion towards him as number four Jones with the keep. He gets to the outside. He gets to the

015perimeter. He's gone. >> Touchdown. >> They set the edge on that play really well. They took out the corner and the safety and it was foot race after that. >> Had no chance defensively there. >> Backside safety. >> Quick drive. Yeah. Set the edge right there. Then five comes in with a block. >> Feel like we could have done better getting through those blocks trying to. It just felt like we gave up once guys were getting blocked. >> Yeah, they I think that really came down to Martin number five on Portland. He he set that block on Bishop or not Bishop, sorry, on um on Gibney who he was really the last guy who had a chance to stop that play. >> Extra point. The snap is fumbled, but the kick is away. It's good.

016If >> that's any indication, uh that drive uh it'll be a tough night tonight. Um at least challenging. Uh we we'll see how we respond here. But [Music] >> extra point by Bard. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] >> So that didn't take very long here. Uh >> no. Seven to nothing Portland. >> We got to respond here. Um see what happens. Put together a good drive. Um I'm sure they're really big up front also. So see how we can run the ball tonight. >> Yeah. If we get a return here, um if we can take it past the 30, get some momentum for our offense cuz that was a lot of momentum for Portland. So if if they you know tackle us on a short return or make a big hit, got got to kind of minimize

017the momentum that we let them get on this kick. >> Okay, Bard will kick for the Bulldogs. Three deep looks like tool plant and Ray kickers away. It goes into the end zone. Touchback. ball will come out to the 20 and it will be a first and 10 for the Blue Hawks. >> Also want to put together a good drive just to give our defense a rest too. Uh don't want them back out there right away. So >> big thing is is I see Cororsa out there. So that's a good sign for our offense. He beats guys up on the defense. He breaks tackles. And so he's a big piece. Here we go. Tight T formation. Re the quarterback under center. >> The give is to number five. >> Corsa. >> Corsette. [Applause] He gets

018out to about the 25. [Applause] >> Yeah, they were they were all over that. They bottled that up early on. [Applause] Second and nine. Excuse me. Only got out to the 21. >> Tight T formation once again. >> Portland in a fiveman front. But boy, their linebackers are right on the line of scrimmage. Ree is going to throw. Now he's scrambling. He throws it complete. >> Short pass to Plant. >> Great job by Re using his legs to extend that play and then finding the guy. I mean, Ty's been doing it all year. Great job extending the play using his legs. >> I don't think Plant was originally headed out. >> No, >> but he kind of worked his way out. So, it's third down and four. The ball on the 26 yd line. Third

019and four. 7 nothing the Bulldogs. First possession for the Blue Hawks. Tight T formation. Ree under center. Re's going to throw again. >> Nice catch. complete to number 23 >> Colton Ray. First down. >> Colton Ray. >> First down. >> Ray comes right through the back field, slips out into the flat. First down. Tight T formation again. Boy, Portland's got [Applause] All but two on the line of scrimmage. >> It's a good run. >> Good run. >> Very good hard run. >> Raymond Plant on that. >> If Raymond Plant's going to be the uh the power back, I think he him or Jonik, whoever gets that power back spot, he could have a big game. Saw it right there. The trap work kind of like last year you and me coach were talking about before

020the game. And they loaded up the off tackle, the trap worked. They loaded up the trap, the off tackle works. So I think coach Ball is trying to see that. See if that'll work this year, too. >> Tight T Ree >> with the give to the second back through when he went nowhere. That was Corat. >> No, it wasn't. That was to Jellinet number seven. This is a interesting backfield I'm seeing tonight. Throughout the entire year it was Corsat Gelneck or Plant. They've been splitting that three back spot and then Cole Kelly. I wonder if Coach Ball saw something that said maybe we give these guys a little bit of a break. Um >> I think Kelly's in the game now. Third and three. toss blew up. >> He was met in a hurry far

021as that. >> That was uh John, I believe. [Applause] [Music] >> Yeah, they were all over that one start. >> That was John. >> 52 just blew it up. >> Punt is away. It's good. number five on the return and he's got some yardage. She's got some good speed. >> Nice open field tackle by number three plant >> the punter. If he doesn't make that >> all the way back to make that >> he doesn't make that tackle, that might be a touchdown. [Applause] >> Big drive right here defensively. Got to get a stop. Get the ball back. >> Yeah, got to kill some of this momentum from Portland. Balls on the Portland 43 yd line. >> Here comes Jones. [Applause] >> Motion both directions. >> Toss. That looks like >> good tackle by Gibney

022there. Wang ball. >> That was Alex Martin again. [Music] [Applause] Thompson was uh blocking Gibney there. Gibney was able to keep that outside arm free like coach Ball talks about. Able to make that tackle even though he's getting blocked. >> Yeah, that was a very nice tackle. >> Saved like five five yards too. >> Second and four. [Music] I think [Music] motion give is to number four. >> Cuts it up inside. That is Charlie Abramson Thompson. >> Took a big hit there at the end. I think he ran into his own guy maybe. >> First down Portland. Ball is on blue in blue hawk territory on the 47 yd line. >> Coopera just checked into the game for the Blue Hawks. I think they're trying to get a different TNT lineup going here. See if

023they can find someone that'll be successful against this offensive line. >> I think Nebraska has adds a little more beef. >> Yeah, >> keeper again. He's gets to the outside. He's in the open field. Nice cut back by Jones. >> They're setting the edge really well. >> He gets down to the uh 16 yd line. >> It's plays like that why he has 13 division one scholarship offers. >> Exactly. >> He had a nice jump cut there. [Music] >> He's a shifty guy. It's hard to tackle one-on-one. >> Okay, the ball is at the 16. Motion across the formation. The give is to Martin. He bangs it inside. Alex. >> Yeah, looks like they're going size here for a defensive line for coach ball. They got Dylan O'Cane, Owen Wagner, and Cooper Lebrasa. The three

024biggest kids on the team. They're just trying to get some movement on this O line. I think [Music] >> Jones was looking to draw him offside. He keeps. He goes to the middle, bounces to the outside once again. >> Good stiff arm there. >> He's got a lot in his arsenal. Juke moves. >> He does. >> Tough to tackle, stiff arms. I mean, this would have been a tackle for no gain, maybe a yard if you know he doesn't use his strength to kind of put that corner. >> You say that the corners need to be ready to tackle tonight. Seems like he's running it outside a lot. >> Yeah, hit low on him. Got a tackle wrap up. First and goal. Ball on the five yd line. >> Jones gets a snap. He goes

025up the middle. >> Hesitates and comes back up the middle and has a good gain. >> He was looking to bounce that one outside. I think that's kind of what Nick was saying. He It might not even be the play design. He kind of likes just taking outside and running, trying to get some open field. >> But that time they didn't let him bounce it out. He tried to push it back in and minimal gain there. >> Second and goal from the three. >> Jones all alone in the back field straight ahead. I'm looking for a sign. I don't see a signal. Think he's short. Third down and less than a yard. Well, uh you think this is two down territory. So, if we stop him here, get another stop, that'd be uh big for

026momentum boost for us. >> I'd say Jones is coming up to shoot again. >> Oh, he jumps. >> Yep. Got it. >> It's over. >> Quick, quick start for Portland. They they have shown dominance on the offensive side. Feels like they're gaining about four yards every play at least. >> That's always a dangerous play. reach out. >> Yeah, >> could fumble. >> Looks like he might not even reach the ball. Just jumped head first. >> Okay, Bousard's going to attempt the extra point. >> The the snap was fumbled last time. If we can get a little bit of pressure on the kicker, I think we could block this. >> Oh, he fumbled it again. >> It's low. >> Blocked. >> And it's blocked. blocked or kept. But that again, fumble the snap that sometimes it's

027the little things. If Exer can get a little bit of momentum, can get some some plays going on that might affect Portland later down the road, but that is tough. Another fumbled snap. >> Yeah, the holder fumbled the one last time. That one is a little offline. >> Yeah, it looked a little low >> and uh Yeah, >> keep an eye on it the rest of the game. >> Yeah. Especially if we can force them to punt. Maybe they have some more issues when it comes to the snaps or getting the snaps. >> Sometimes all it takes is one play. Get the get the boys yelling, cheering, get some momentum on our side. Maybe we can make a big play. >> That was one of my three keys to the game. Make a special teams

028play. >> Yeah, >> right. Done that. >> Okay, Portland's getting ready to kick. Tobin Plant and Ray are back deep. >> Booard's going to kick. >> You know, Portland seems to be kind of feeding off of their last game. Last game they beat Lewon 45 to zero. So, I think they they came into this game with >> a whole lot of confidence, but good return there by Tobin. Oh, still going. >> Very good return by Tolvin. There you go. >> Gets it over the 30 to about the 35. >> Took it right up the middle. >> Good blocking. >> And then just once he gets wrapped up, the support from the boys pushing him forward. Gained them an extra four yards it looked like. >> First and 10. Portland uh Blue Hawks. Ball on the

02936 wing T set. [Applause] Jelanick >> in the wing T. >> So that's going to be somebody's lining up offside. >> Offside Portland up too close. Maybe maybe that's why we're why they're getting so much success. They try and teeter on that neutral zone, try and see how close they can get. So, first and five for the Blue Hawks. Balls on the 41 now. Once again, wing T set, wing back set to the right. He gave us to the second back through >> off the left side. >> He had some room outside if he could have broke that tackle. >> Yeah, good tackle there by VMA. He stopped a uh stopped a big big carry if >> that was plant on the carry. >> Good good pull. >> Yeah, Plant looked like he had about

030six more yards if VMA 14 doesn't make that tackle. Looked like Theos is number 50. Had a good pole block. >> Yeah, >> Luca's been having a good year this year. Good interception against Dover. Good game last week. >> Wing T set, wing back set to the right once again. The give >> Cors. Oh, nice tackle. >> My goodness. >> Number one, Will Loki. Boy, I don't know where he came from, but he came there in a hurry. >> Yeah, that's that's a great play right there. I mean, big tackle. He had blockers in front of him. That's that's a huge tackle. They The one thing I'm noticing from Portland early is they are amazing at solo tackles. They are really good at, you know, just one-on-one. We're going to bring you down. We're going

031to win that battle. And you know, it's whenever your team is able to make those one-on-one tackles, it it uh kind of limits those explosive plays. >> Third and four. >> Number one's a back linebacker. >> And Re's going to throw. He throws it. >> Good catch. >> Nice catch. >> Oh, they're saying incomplete. >> Good. >> I think he got a foot down. Good effort though from Tobin there. [Applause] >> Oh, landed hard, too. >> Okay, fourth down. The Blue Hawks are going for it. Down 13 nothing. Coach Ball says, >> "I agree with this decision." >> Yeah, it needs some momentum. I think we're gonna go burr. [Music] >> That's motion. >> Think we might have jumped early. >> Illegal procedure by the back. >> They were trying the freeze count. And uh

032>> that's what I meant by burr. >> Yeah. Although if he would have gone in motion, he would have been okay. >> Yeah. [Applause] [Music] >> Fourth and 10 now. It's a little bit harder. Maybe fourth and nine. It's a little bit harder to justify going for it, especially when you're so deep in your own territory. Fourth and five. I would have liked to see us go for it with uh trying to get some momentum on their side, but punt here. >> Blue Hawks are going to punt. >> Save some field position. >> Good snap. Good punt. >> Good kick. >> Oh, good punt. >> Uh where is our proceed? Oh >> boy. Good wall by Portland. >> He's gone. >> Alex Martin takes it to the house. That was a >> 80 yards. >>

033See laundry on the field though. >> You do? >> Yeah. Right. There it is. >> 45. >> It's coming back. [Applause] [Music] >> Big thing I'm seeing right now is our our uh punt coverage. He almost broke one on that first punt. Seems like we might be overcommitting a little bit to uh to one side. Boy, I'll tell you, Portland did a good job setting up the wall to the coat bench side. >> Yeah, and it seems like their communication as to where he's going to run into. >> There's one good block. >> I think I see the hold right by the 50, but that was a good return. Good blocking. They do a great job, like you said, of setting up that wall and just kind of setting up the wall to where they

034know the runner is going to be. Seems like they determine it beforehand. And you know, I know a lot of times it's we're going to go right or we're going to go left, but they do a great job of really being like we're going to make sure you can actually go right and not that you run right for three yards and get tackled right away. >> Okay, first down for Portland. Ball is on the 44 yd line. First and 10. [Applause] motion >> number 17. >> Oh, good tackle there. >> In motion number 54 in on the tackle. >> Tripped him up. It's like >> that is Gavin Smith. >> Yeah, Gavin Smith made a huge tackle there. Able to really get through that O line. >> Well, they had a Yeah. >> Oh, looks

035like he might got blocked into him. >> I think you're right. >> Yeah. Got kind of blocked into the making that tackle, but hey, we'll we'll take anything right now. >> Second and nine as the first quarter is coming to an end. The Blue Hawks losing 13-0. Motion. There's number five again. Martin tries to get to the outside. Number 27 did a good job turning him back in. [Music] >> Yeah. Forcing forcing him inside. >> Jackson McDonald. >> Jack Jackson McDonald. Uh, you know, setting that edge. That's really what Coach Ball tries to coach into us corners and safeties is keep them, push them towards where your guys are. He did a good job on that one. >> Third and five. The ball's on the 49 yd line. >> He's got a stop here. I'd

036say watch out for the quarterback running around the edge. >> Yeah, outside quarterback run. [Music] >> Got to stay disciplined. Got to get back too if you jump. If you jump, got to get back. Maybe they won't call it. No reaction, but tough play. >> Offside. That should be a first down. See if they give them it. >> I'm looking for >> just short. >> Oh, >> fourth and in inches. >> Big stop here. Oh, they're going to give him the first. [Applause] [Music] >> I don't know if they're >> That's the end of the first quarter with the score. Portland 13, exit nothing. Yeah, there's been a couple plays where, you know, exiters that they had a couple good plays during this drive, but that offsides puts Portland in a easier position than if

037they, you know, obviously didn't get it. But right now, it's third and inches. They I'm not sure if they're going to conference and maybe give them that first. But I mean, it was third and five, so it should be a first down >> unless it was a little bit. It might be like third than like an inch, but yeah, definitely tough. >> Do you want to catch every touchdown, home run, and slam dunk? Look no further. Blue Hawk Media is your ultimate destination for all things Blue Hawks. From electrifying plays to game highlights, we've got you covered. Make sure to like and follow at Bluehawk Media TV on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to stay on top of the action and never miss a moment. Well, two receivers to the right. >> Oh, it is a

038first, >> one to the left. It is a first down. First and 10. >> Portland to No, he fakes a toss and goes deep. >> Oh, it's a nice catch. >> Was a quick kid. >> Charlie Abramson Thompson. >> That is not the first time we've called his name tonight. He's been making some plays all night. >> Holy mackerel. >> He He's a quick kid. >> You know, when that was thrown, I thought it was overthrown. Yeah, a little catch. Me too. A little bit. >> He nice catch stretched out caught in his hands. >> That looks like that uh catch that throw from Drake May to Kan Booty against Titans where Booty has to kind of put his arms all the way out and good job hauling that ball in. He's a quick kid.

039>> I'd say that was at least a 45 yd pass. >> Yeah, that was that was I think the delay they kind of delayed the fake toss on that. Yeah. >> So it kind of threw the defense off. Maybe a broke maybe they thought it was a broken play but he just snuck right over the top as quick start from Portland here. It's a shame they don't have anyone in their stands to >> 20 to nothing. this. >> Holy mackerel. >> That time I didn't see too many issues with the holding. Maybe they got a new holder in there. But >> I'll say this that uh I'm getting visions of the Bedford game again. Yeah, that was, you know, they the Bedford game, they had a couple of injuries going into it and they lost

040they lost Patty Hathaway early in the game, but this game, I mean, you got some guys back. It really is just, you know, this Portland team's a good defense. They're not really letting us move the ball. You know, like Bedford, their offense is just looks unstoppable right now. And I would say this, uh, where we rely on a possession game, >> Yeah. >> we haven't possessed the ball for very long. >> Yeah, we've had some quick drives. They've >> Bard with the kick. It's taken by I believe that's Tolman again. >> Oh, >> it's tackled at about the 30. >> Took a hit there. It's a little slow getting up. >> Yeah. >> Don't need another injury. >> Yeah. Especially Tobin. Tobin's been so good this year. He's making some We saw him make almost

041an amazing catch on the sideline. He's He's been great this year. So, losing him would be losing him would be bad, especially because it gives our pass game a threat having him out there. Can't let team saw it on the run. >> Okay. Tyler Ree Ball is on the 30 yd line of the Blue Hawks. >> First and 10 Blue Hawks. >> First and 10. >> Boy, they almost have 11 guys up. >> Yeah, >> they pass it. He's got >> Oh. Oh, he missed him. >> Yeah, I was going to say >> he should have gave it to him sooner so he could have run with it. >> Cole Kelly's He's dangerous with the ball, too. If he just gets a little bit earlier, they sold out on the run. >> Yeah, that's had

042a shot there. >> That's why we uh they called the pass play. >> Yeah, >> Kelly was wide open early. >> Yeah, for some reason he held on to it. >> I think he was looking to that that uh deep tight end. And I think that was Tobin on I think they have Tobin and Kelly on the same side. And I think he's looking to Tobin and wait a bit too long. >> But a good gain. Second and six. >> Tight T again. No wing T set. Wing back set to the left. >> Oh, >> give inside. Quick give there. [Applause] >> Number 26, >> Kenji Chase. [Music] That kid last year, he was on the um Chase was on the JV squad last year, sophomore year. He was immediately everyone kind of knew this

043like as a junior, he was going to have a pretty big role on varsity. And that was a good run right there. I'm not quite sure, but I think that is our second or first first down of the game. >> I think it's our second. We had one on the first drive. >> Yeah, we had one on a pass. So, first and 10. Ball on the Blue Hawk 40 yd line. Wing T set again. Wing back set to the right. Excuse me, to the left. Give >> good tackle there. 55. It looked like >> Jelanic went nowhere. >> Huntington Huntington made a good tackle there. >> Boy, they were keying on They're keying on Jelling it to the outside. >> They're taking that away. >> Yeah, we saw it last week. Jonik is an explosive

044guy if you let him get any space. So I think right now I think that's a big thing with our backs is if you give them any space they're going to make it make you pay. And I think right now Portland's really keeping us from doing that. >> Wing T set once again. >> Re's going to throw. He's going to throw deep. >> Good catch. [Music] >> Almost a good catch by Mray. Mole Ray had that huge play against Portland. That was our only touchdown of that game. And he he's a dangerous guy. He's dangerous dangerous player and almost came down with a great catch there. It's tough double coverage. Couldn't quite bring down. [Applause] Maddox Mi made a great play on that 17. >> Third and 15. Not where you want to be. No,

045especially with >> an X to their offense >> and how this defense has played. >> Yeah. >> Okay, we've got >> one back split to the right. >> Motion. Ree's going to throw. He throws it deep. >> No, >> I thought he had him for a second. >> Me, too. I think I think he had just a little too much strength on that ball. >> Intended for Kelly. [Music] >> This uh this game is really getting away from us quickly here. >> Yeah. >> Yes, it is. >> We're seeing Portland, you know, three of their they have three games where they've held their opponents to seven points or less. And then also in their last three wins, they've outscored their opponents 122 to 26. So, I think we're seeing a little bit of that Portland

046team right now. >> Good punt by Plant. Stakes a bounce. Takes another bounce. >> Good job not letting him return it. >> Yeah. I don't think I'd want to punt it to him anymore. >> No. Yeah. I'd rather have a shorter punt than give give five the ball. >> I'm sure co sure coach Ball and Coach Shepard talked to him about that. Punted it away from him. Don't give Martin a chance to be a game changer. He's he's already had two of those chances. He's made some pretty big plays. Even though that touchdown got called back, it they kept that momentum swaying in their in their direction. And I think that throw to Abbert Thompson, I think that was their first throw of the game, right? >> It was. >> Yeah, they're they've been run

047heavy tonight with with Jones. So, >> okay, two receivers split. The give is to Martin. >> Boy, he just ran over the tackler. >> Yeah, I think it's right now. We got to see some got to see a little bit more uh want to hit these guys. I think we're a little patient when it came to that tackle. Oh, that was uh I think that was Knight on the tackle. >> Three receivers. Motion is Martin. Keep by Jones. Need a need a turnover or something to just give this defense some, you know, belief right now. I think they're getting a little bit getting a little bit bullied by this line. >> Well, I'll tell you. >> Exit is not winning the line of scrimmage. >> No, we usually do. Also, >> yeah, Portland's Portland's trenches

048are really, really making a difference. >> Motion. That's Martin. He fakes to him. Standup pass complete. First down Portland. Ball about the 45 yd line. Number 50 on that tackle. >> That is Theos. >> Feels like this defense is a little bit deflated right now. They're they could be exhausted from just offense having some quick drives and not really being able to give them a break. But right now, this defense, they've been out there a long time. Not a lot of breaks. And some of these kids also play two ways. So, not being able to get a long break when you're >> Jones with the give to Martin. Nice play, >> Wagner. There you go. >> Good penetration. That was Owen Wagner. >> That's a first positive play we've had in a in a good

049amount of time. >> He got right through right through that offensive line. >> Wow. They didn't block him. >> Yeah. 56. They didn't block him. >> Yeah. >> Motion to give us to number four. >> Good tackle there. >> All right. We're where we want to be right now defensively. Just >> Charlie Abramson Thompson. >> Chase Barrett with a good tackle on that. >> Third down and 11. Ball's on the It was on the 46. >> We've got a lineman down for Portland. Okay. Well, the score is 20 to nothing. 6 minutes and 39 seconds to go in the first half. Bluehawk Media is proud to be a member of the New Hampshire Coalition for Community Media, NHCCM, offering a comprehensive listing of New Hampshire High School Sports Broadcasts. Stay connected with games from all

050across the state. Our fellow community members may even be covering away games live on their channels and streams. For the full schedule and live coverage, visit www.nhccm.org. [Music] Okay, we have a third and eight. The ball is on the >> It's not on the 46. [Music] It is on the 43. [Music] >> Don't see games like this a lot on this field. >> Pass by Jones. It's complete for a first down. That's number four, Abramson Thompson. >> Man, he is just being a difference maker in this game. >> First down. >> Not the biggest kid out there, but he's definitely >> He was in motion. He comes down and he ran runs a sideline. >> Little square out and he's wide open. >> Big hit by Cole Kelly there. >> First and 10 Portland. >>

051Jones waiting the snap. [Applause] motion. Martin >> fakes the give, gets to the outside. Good block by number 52. >> Good job keeping them inside. Luca Theos on that tackle. >> Number 52. That was Colin Haye put a great block on the Blue Hawks on the corner. He just runs them right almost right off the field. >> Yeah, good job by Tobin there. at least setting keeping them inside even though it was a great block. >> Nice nice job by Theos. >> Yeah, Theos. Good tackle on that. >> Looks like second down and 12. >> For a team that runs empty, they they have a lot of guys on the line of scrimmage. At last play, they had like seven guys, only two wide receivers. motion is Martin. Jones is going to throw. He throws

052it out in the flat to Martin. Good job, number 10. [Applause] >> Somebody went down. Is that Heidi >> that went down? >> I hope not. >> Whoever it was was trying to back up out of the way and just fell. >> Photographer. >> Oh, it might have been Sandy Healey. That's who it was. [Applause] >> Third down and seven. Ball on the 24. Three receivers in a bunch. >> Big stop here >> to the left. One back in the back field. Jones, keeps >> bounces it outside. [Music] He gets down inside the 20. I think I know he's short. >> I think they're marking him at the 19 right now. >> It's going to be fourth down. >> That is They're just doing a great job of setting this edge. I mean, they're letting

053they're letting Jones get to the outside. They know that's where their quarterback does his best work. So, >> big stop right here. Fourth down and two. [Applause] >> I'm going to guess Jones is going to keep. >> Yeah, they got everyone in the line of scrimmage right now. >> Snap. Jones is going to go caught. >> He gets >> He's still running inside the five. [Applause] First down. >> Colton Ray was close to making a huge play there in the back field. Just >> could not quite get the angle on him with seven blocking him. >> Jordan, Bailey Jordan, number seven, had a huge block there. Colton Ray sniffed it out and Jordan was able to hold him until he was a until uh Jones was able to get to the outside. I'm seeing one

054thing that I I really don't like is typical unblue hawk >> way the give to Martin close to the goal line. >> We are not all running. We're not playing to the whistle. >> Yeah. >> We're not all running to the football. >> Guys that are behind the ball are just stopping and walking. >> Yeah. We practice uh pursuit drill in practice. Right now they're not doing that. >> Jones with the keep. >> He's in. [Applause] >> Yeah, it's definitely definitely not what I've seen all year. Um at least at the home games. feel like we normally do a good job of making sure majority of the team is just heading straight for the ball, but seems like, you know, this week, I don't know if it's the bigger the bigger offensive lineman, all these

055guys. I'm not quite sure what's going on, but they're definitely not as amped up to hit the ball, hit the guy with the ball as they normally are. >> Booard with the extra point. Little kick in. feels good. >> One thing I noticed on a play in that drive was seems like Chase Barrett, I don't know if the uh if he's playing uh edge or looks like our edge right now is blitzing or not in the flat. That kind of hurt us on that pass play. Um not sure if that's a coaching if they decide this week that we need to be a little bit more in pressure, but that is rough drive. Didn't score as quick as they did the other two, but or other three, but still they're they still averaged forest yards

056per play. It seemed like >> 27 nothing Portland. Boy, if if this is a revenge game, they're getting their revenge. >> Yeah. Yeah, this is >> they have dominated. >> Yeah, they've They basically said that they're basically saying last year you guys ruined our senior night. Should have made us your senior night game this year. But you know last year in the semi-finals we were down 21-0 in the first quarter to one there. We were able to make that game at least interesting. Even though we didn't come away with the win, we were able to >> kick by Bard >> come back and make it close. >> And that's Tobin. >> Go return. Oh, >> you got to take out his own guy. Nice run. >> Truck. [Music] [Applause] >> He almost broke away there

057>> again. Right up the middle. >> Some good blocking. >> That is a big hit. >> Friendly fire right there. >> It's a good return. Tobin's been a bright spot on that kick return. Maybe he can rip one through the way to this game out of the half. >> Okay, there is >> 256 to go in the first half. Tight T formation. [Applause] >> Trap. >> Nothing there. >> He goes nowhere. >> He tried to tried to make a play. Looked like he tried to bounce that, but he just immediately got wrapped right back up. That was Ray and he got it. Gained a yard. >> Yeah. >> Second down and nine. [Applause] wing T set wing back in motion. Ree going to throw. >> Oh, >> complete. >> Let's see what they call that.

058They're going to call it a catch. That was a good catch by Max Corzac. Good job keeping his focus on the ball. Looked like he originally thought Re was going to run when he was scrambling out. He kind of started running back towards him for a block and then quick throw. Good catch. >> I think I heard some of their defenders calling out what the play was going to be there. >> Yeah, that's >> they were all over that. >> Third down and four. >> The give. >> Good run. >> It is a run. [Applause] Cole Kelly, good run there. [Music] >> Score to end the half going going to half feeling fairly good. While the first half hasn't gone our way, you can at least have a little bit of momentum going in. >>

059Yeah, we get we get ball after half. So, you know, you score here, able to get a big play maybe by Tobin on that kick return right out of half. Next thing you know, it's >> I saw a little pancake block by Jordan Yang. Yeah, Yang's been Ying's been great this year. Linebacker and offensive line. He's he's the cookie cutter exit offensive lineman. He's not necessarily the tallest, but he's a big kid, strong kid, fast, and he will take you right out of the play. So, second down, [Applause] Tit's going to throw. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. [Music] [Applause] >> Boy, one of our blockers there just went claming. >> Yeah, >> that was no good. >> I saw that. was hoping maybe Ree could make something there. Ree is a, you know, he's >> quick

060guy, but it's tough when you got a guy in your face. >> Well, it's tough when the blocker. >> Yeah. >> Whiffs completely. >> That's That's your backside, too. That's your That's your blind side. And, you know, it's tough. He had to run away from the from the Reed, which is that seam guy. and tried to make something happen on his legs there. I think he picked up a yard or two. So, >> you know, maybe I I'd like maybe see Tarim keep out. He's been pretty successful on that this year. He's really good with his fakes. He's does a good job faking out defense. So, maybe if we can get keep out big run. He had that 40 yard two weeks ago or a week ago. And >> okay, third and five. Balls on

061the 42. yard line. One back in the back field >> motion. He's going to throw. >> Oh, he's open. Oh, >> what a catch. He's in >> just short. >> Oh, come on, Will Tobin. >> What a catch, man. They should just give him the touchdown cuz that was that cool of a play. >> What a catch. 24 seconds to go. >> I believe timeouts there, too. Look at this. Just great ball by Ty. I mean, >> great pass, but Tobin just goes up and takes it away. >> Look at that. >> Unlike the last play, Gelan uh he did good on backside protection, too. Time to throw. >> He did. >> That was huge. That's a momentum play. You punch it in here. I believe we have one more timeout. you know, um, if

062we can if we can get a touchdown here. That was a big momentum play. Will Tobin, I mean, you he's amazing at those one-on-one 50/50 balls, turning them into a 7525, 8020. That was a great and to reach it out. I thought maybe he got there, but >> first and goal for the Blue Hawks. Green under center >> the give to number six Kelly >> huge. It's what we needed. There we go. Touchdown on that drive. We can get a you know they might try and take a shot. We'll see what Portland does before half. See if they feel they have some plays ready. But you know you can take this momentum into the second half. You get the ball, score a touchdown. Next thing you know it's a game. So >> here we go.

063Bishop going to kick the extra point. Snap is good, hold is good, kick is good. Bishop's been efficient this year on this kicks. He had, you know, as a junior, sophomore, he's a uh sophomore. As a sophomore, you know, he's hit some big kicks this year. you know, hit that one against London and he's been efficient on those. >> Well, you know, that was a tremendous effort by Tobin. It was that's what we need more of >> offensively and defensively. >> People who say, "Hey, >> we could play this game as well as you can." >> Yeah. >> Go ahead. >> Great effort played down to the reach. I mean, he even tried to finish that play off with a touchdown. He carried that defender with him for five yards. >> No, I would not

064kick it to number five. >> Yeah. I would boot it into the end zone. >> I would either I think I would squib it on the ground. >> There's 20 seconds to go. >> You know, last year against London, they Johnny Adams was able to pull off a really good chip kick. Maybe they try that here. try and just keep the momentum on their side, but >> they just don't want to kick it out of bounds. >> Yeah, that's right. >> We don't want them starting on the 45. There's the >> off >> live ball recovered by Portland. >> Good kick there by Bishop. That was a great squib. >> Number eight recovered at Quinn Derek. >> That was a That was a one of the better squibs I've seen from the kicker. You know,

065it took a funky bounce. was hard to hard to field. >> See that law in the NFL now with the landing zone. They try and kick these low funky bounce balls and those are >> hit them right in the helmet. >> Okay, there's 18 seconds to play. >> They might try and take a shot to uh to four Thompson here. >> I see two receivers to either side. Blue Hawks kind of back in a prevent kind of in umbrella. Three defenders rushing. Jones is going to keep >> he gets to the outside and goes out of bounds. >> Picked up a lot there, I think, >> on about at about the 45. 9 seconds to go. looked like their coaches saw the defensive formation, just kind of told them to run it. They seemed like

066they changed the play before they before they ran it. So, I think they saw something there and just decided, let's pick up some yards, see if maybe we can take a shot to the end zone. >> Yeah, they're late with these play calls. They're trying to get a look at the defense before they call it. >> Two receivers to either side. Make that three receivers to the right. He's going to throw. He throws it deep. >> Huge intercept here. >> Gibney. >> Good blocks. >> He's running. He's back to about midfield. >> You know what? A return there, you weren't going to have any time. I like him trying to make something happen, but that's some good momentum there. You know, you have the touchdown. Big catch from Tobin. >> Huge huge momentum. Let's see

067if we can keep it >> for this uh reminds me of the London playoff game. >> Yeah. Yeah. We entered I mean similar situation, you know, that that game we entered half 21 to7. Coach Ball threw a recycling bin at a at a locker and we were ready to go. And you know, all that matters right now is this drive coming out half. >> Okay, 27-7 is the score. At halftime, we have the Exit High band coming on the field. >> Anything you want to add, Nick? >> Uh, it wasn't a good half to start, but we got some momentum uh at the end. Like I said, it reminded me of last year's playoff game versus Londereerry and Chief Kane is texting me about the game. So, texting him right now. So, >> okay. Any

068scores that you had? >> Uh, unfortunately today with, you know, the internet stuff going on, I wasn't able to get our stats. I would have really been interested to see how good their, you know, quarterback is running the ball, you know. Uh, so that's a little bit of a downside to not having the stats this game, but you know, I think a little bit of my soul kind of feels good that we don't necessarily have them. You know, we know that they've been keeping our offense to some quick drives and we haven't really been able to keep our defense off the field and when it comes to those money downs on third down, we've kind of been giving them up whether it's a penalty or so, you know, tough game. The exit high band. [Music]

069Heat. [Applause] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Best arms up. One, two, three, four. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] Ladies and gentlemen, We want to take and introduce them and their families. [Music] >> Our first senior, Teddy Boy and his parents, Lisa and Neil. [Applause] >> Our next senior, Cole Emmanuel. his parents Dave and Maria Manuel and brother Graham and his sister Ellie. >> Next up, Anna Hos and her parents Amy and Steven and sister Casey. [Applause] Next up, Emily Hood and her parents, Randy and Joanna, and brother Jacob. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] El Maloo and his parents Melda and Erdum and his brother Arda. >> Next senior Elliot Moost, his parents Andrew and Erica. [Applause] >> Next up, Mitchell Merson, his parents, Scott and Laura

070Merson, and his brother, Nathaniel. Next, David and Juku and his parents Ike and Don and his brother Brandon. [Applause] >> Next up, Hal Novak and his parents Tristan and Katie and his brother Rowan. Our next senior, Austin Reeve. His parents, Eric and Michelle. [Applause] >> Next up, Eric Tennant and his parents, Nate and Kate. [Applause] And wrapping up, our senior members of the band, Ethan Trembley and his parents, Rebecca and Dave. [Applause] And I said, as I said earlier with the players, thank you to the parents for supporting your student student band members for all the hard work they do and great tunes they bring to our Blue Hawk games. They got one more to go tonight. We'll wrap up our set with the tune life is a highway from Tom Cochran. >> 1 2

0713 4 [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat up [Music] here. [Applause] Ladies and gentlemen, [Applause] ladies and gentlemen. Thank you. [Music] night [Music] together like a bronco Thank you. And the third restaurant. [Music] Well, we're back after the uh great performance by the Exit High School marching band as they ended with life as a highway as they walked off the field and uh it was senior night for them also. Well, Portland came out and took control of this football game and in a way kind of embarrassing the Blue Hawks on their home field. >> Yeah. >> Especially in the first quarter and early second quarter. And then as the quarter progressed, I heard someone one of the the three of us and it wasn't me. So, one of you two said, "You know, there's enough

072time. Maybe we can get a touchdown and create get a spark back." And sure enough, Will Tolvin gave us a spark with an outstanding catch on a wellthrown ball by Jackson Ree. >> Tyler Ree, excuse me. >> Yeah. Um, that was a great way to end the first half. Um, like I keep saying, it reminded me of the London playoff game last year. Uh, that was here for doing the game for also. Um, and we got the ball to start the second half. So, Will Tobin's been a bright spot for us in this first half. Um, so hopefully he makes some more plays for us down the road here. >> Yeah, it seems like whenever we talk about exit having a big play, Will Tobin somewhat involved whether is that, you know, in the first

073quarter he had that almost insane sideline catch and he had that completed insane catch deep and he's been great on the return game. You know, Nick keeps bringing up the uh legend day playoff game and I was in I was on the sideline for that game and you know when it's going by when this team is scoring you know something we hadn't trailed all year going into that game and you know when when they threw one touchdown then two touchdowns you know all you're saying on the sideline is no way no way. You know, I think this team right now on the sideline is as they're going, you know, we got more we got time, right? And you know, I remember just coming out half them, I was telling my guys, you know, I wasn't

074really a a guy on the team, like I wasn't really like playing a lot, but I was telling my guys, I was like, "Come on, give me one more game." So, if there can be one kid in that locker room that's just like, "Hey, let's come on. We still got time. Let's go. Let's get going." if it's a captain, if it's not captain, if it's a player, if it's a kid that doesn't play a lot, you know, you you just feed into that energy that allows the team to come out energetic, ready to make a comeback. >> I couldn't agree with you more. And as good as the coaches at on exit are, they can't play the game for the plates. >> Exactly. >> It's up to the players to play. It's up to them

075to show desire. It's up to them to do what they should be doing. >> Yeah. >> And right at the end there, that little spark hopefully is enough to keep us going. >> Yeah. Uh we do get the ball, start the second half, I believe. Correct. So, uh >> big kickoff return, go down the field, score. Ideally, you want to score quickly, too. Maybe a few big plays in there. >> Um and see what happens from there. you know, in uh three we we've had four games up until this point uh four home games and you know, we've scored 20 or more in all of them and the one we didn't was at 14 to zero shut out against over that we won. Um, so you know, I think we just at home we've been

076able to move the ball and I think we just I think this defense is doing a great job of stacking the box against us and you know the big thing is the trenches right now is they are winning almost every play in the trenches and you know it comes down to hitting your key blocks giving a room giving a yard just for our guys to make a play and you know it's going to come down to the trenches. Xer after all is a, you know, 90% run team with a little bit of throws sp uh sprinkled in there. So, you know, trenches are the biggest part of the game. >> Yeah, you've got to own the line. The the team that owns the line of scrimmage offensively and defensively is usually the team that wins.

077And so far, we haven't done that. Uh >> we've got to start doing it. Yeah, >> we've got we played a little bit better defensively in that last their last drive. It >> they scored, >> but it came down to a lot of fourth down plays and we've got to win that. And what I was going to emphasize, I think something we have to do on the edge is keep our outside shoulder and arm free and tackle just like when you're rushing the passer and you're keeping them in the fishbowl. >> Yeah. >> You've got to >> do that from the outside in. And we seem to be I know that kid is good and I know he's fast. But you got to tackle him from the outside in. You can't >> can't let him

078get to the outside, >> right? Cuz if he does, he's going by you. >> Coach Ball talks about that. >> Yeah. It's big talking point in practices. Anytime there's a drill with the edge and corners sometimes when we're playing a team like Portland, you know, we'll have a kid with a pad come out, block you. You got to hit him with your shoulder, get through the block, and, you know, tap the guy with the ball. But the biggest thing is he'll always tell you outside arm free, outside arm free, you know. So, we'll see if Tobin or Raymond Plant can get a big return here. >> Okay, the kick is away. It's returned up the middle. >> There it is. >> That's Raymond Plant. He's over the 40. >> Good start. Good start. Keeping the

079momentum on our side. If we can score here, you know, it's a new game. [Applause] >> Nice job. Nice run. We had some good blocking there up the middle. Okay, first and 10 Bluehawks. >> Ball on the 42 yd line. [Music] [Applause] Tyler Ree at quarterback. Straight T formation. >> The give to Kelly. >> The run. Cole Kelly. >> Cole Kelly gets it out to midfield. [Applause] >> Second down and two. [Applause] >> You know, right now it seems like Portland's kind of a little bit laidback. We've made, you know, two big plays here. So maybe we can keep >> making them pay for that. >> Oh, Ree with the key. Oh, good move. >> Oh, nice move getting around number one, he's out of bounds. >> Great move by Tyler Ree. >> His legs

080this year have been huge. I mean, cuz he's he's good at throwing the ball and when you know you have the legs too and they see you roll out to pass or worried about the pass and look at this. He >> He made a great athlete there. Miss, too. That's the quarterback on the on uh for them. So, >> good move. >> Here you go. First down. keep moving the ball like this and you know not taking a lot of time off the clock right now. So >> first down tight T formation the give to Jelanic. He's stacked right up by number big number 77 >> Daniel >> Tumbo Tumbo >> Tumbo >> good tackle there >> 305 lbs of beef. >> That's a big guy. So he's you know, he might be one of

081those guys that's causing some issues in the trenches right now. You know, um Xer, we have we always have a strong O line, but it's not necessarily the biggest. You know, last year a lot of the O line was on the uh smaller side, but they, you know, they make you pay. They're fast, they're strong, but you know, a kid like that who's just overall he's a strong and big guy can make it difficult for the trenches. >> Second down and nine. motion >> pass here. Same play that out in the flat wide open. >> That's number seven, Jelanick. Good cut. >> First down. >> He got hit low there. >> Got hit right in the knee. I thought they were going to go Tobin there. Seemed like the same exact play that Tobin made

082that great catch on. I thought maybe he had him, >> but nobody was in the flat. Yeah, I like taking the safe quick option there. Not holding on to the ball too long. >> Jelanic made the first man miss in the open field. >> Huge. >> Here we go. First and 10 for the Blue Hawks. Great drive right now. >> Oh, he >> the give Kelly. Good. You know, >> he made something out of nothing on that play. >> Yeah, it looked like they sent a blitzer through who got to Reed that ball off. So, they Good job not taking a huge loss there. >> Second down and 10. But >> that's okay. It can't be, you know, can't be getting five yards every single play. So, you know, we just got to move on.

083Next play, head down. >> Why can't we? >> Oh, you're right. You're right. Why can't we? >> Tight formation. Here we go. >> Re. >> Good throw there. wide open. >> That's >> Will Tobin >> Abramson brings him down in the open field. That's enough for another Bluehawk. First down. >> You know, Abramson Thompson is not the biggest kid out there, but like I said earlier, he's fast and he can hit. I mean, look at this hit on Tobin. Moved his entire body. That is That kid is an athlete. But I'm surprised Tobin was so open there. >> Yeah. First and 10. >> Oh, they're they're coming. >> The give to number seven. That's Jelanick. Gain some yardage. Yeah, it's it's a little interesting here. I'm looking at Portland's defense. Seems like they're still, you

084know, the reason why the pass game's been so open this year is they're still kind of selling out on the run. They are, >> you know, and I get it. You're playing exit, but you know, you're up 20. Figure guys got to take a shot, but if they're going to keep, you know, selling out against the run, keep calling those quick short passes and you'll get a big play eventually. >> I'll tell you, I don't know if I was humane, I don't know if I want Jones on offense or on defense. Yeah, >> I'd say I want him as my quarterback, but >> he's he's going to throw >> wide open touchdown. >> Cole Kelly >> back in it. >> Boy, I honestly I thought there was a hold in the back field. >> Yeah.

085>> Watch. Here we go. [Music] >> Right there. >> Yeah, I see it. I see what you mean. I think both guys were kind of >> Yeah, they were doing it to each other. >> Yeah, they were kind of dancing on the line of holding there. Ref said let him play. I saw Cole Kelly rise. I rise that ball was snapped. You know, I saw that he was open. >> Bishop with the extra point. >> Good job by Re not overthinking the throw. >> Huge, huge drive right there. It was quick, too. It was not too long of a drive, you know. 820 left in the third. >> Just under four minutes. Yeah, get get these guys off the field and you have a play. I mean, Cole Kelly was open right away. He's quicker

086than number seven and good job not overthinking that throw by Tower. That was a great play. >> But again, you saw them, they sold out on the fakes, allowed Cole to uh slip out. So, you know, if they're going to keep playing this this run game, eventually you're going you're going to make them pay like they did right there, maybe with another deep ball to Tobin. Then they're going to have to start underplaying the run game, you can break a big one there. But big drive here. This drive right here is huge. If they can get a stop here, >> well, 2714, they should be pumped. They're back in the game. Two scores. Yeah, >> there's you got two halves to play. I mean, you got a whole second half. >> Yeah, >> Connor Bishop.

087>> See if maybe they try and go sneaky here. >> Once again, I would not I would squib it again. Put it on the ground. >> Do not give it to five. Do not give it to Martin. >> Yeah, good squib there. >> They're going to want bounce to five. >> That's Martin off the bounce. He makes two guys miss. He's tackled about the 45 yd line. They could have done that by kicking out of bounds. >> Yeah, that was that right there was smart by Thompson. Um he got out of the way, let it bounce to five. Watch right here. He just lets it bounce right to five. Doesn't try and get it. >> That's Alex Martin. >> Yeah, Martin, man. He's a great athlete. He's been the difference maker this game. him and

088him and Jones. >> Him and Jones. >> Okay. Two receivers to either side. Jones looking for something there. I don't know. >> Yeah, it looked like a maybe a play or a call or >> Jones keeps right up the middle. Good gain. >> Yeah. I mean, if you're exit, you got to be expecting they're just going to keep continue to run the ball. They're going to want to have long sustained drives, not give you much time. But, you know, it seems like, if I had to guess, seems like they, you know, have call formation. They have about two or three plays in it where each guy kind of knows what they're supposed to do on one play and then they just give the quarterback the the play call. >> Jones, he's got it. He's going.

089Oh. carried carried one of our players out there. >> He's a tough runner. >> Yeah, he's a strong kid. >> I'd say just still keep him from going outside. >> Yeah, >> I know he had a good run there, but >> yeah, he's that was a good run, but he is he's dangerous when you let him get to the outside. If you watch on these plays, four will turn and act like he's taking a screen. And I don't know if that's cuz of the play design or if they call it where they have like a screen or draw and then the quarterback gets the final call. >> Jones, he's going to run again. He's looking to get to the outside >> and he does >> again carrying multiple guys getting extra yards after the after

090contact. >> He's Boy, if there's a better player in the state of Maine, I don't know if I've seen him. Yeah, this kid is this kid is good. I was telling you guys at halftime, >> they the best player in the region. >> Yeah, this kid is, you know, I was telling you guys at halftime that last year when we played him, he was a big talk in our scouting report, in our practices, you know, he was a wide receiver at the time. He wasn't a quarterback, but still, he seems to be back. >> Motion to give to Martin. >> Good tackle there. >> There we go. >> Chase Barrett 19. Kelly. And who's that on the ground? >> 19. >> Chase Barrett. [Applause] >> Second and eight. Balls on the 27. >> If you

091can maybe force them to kick here. Maybe they have another issue on the snap. you know, just got to get a stop. >> Another run. >> Jones again. Jeez, he just >> he's dragging kids. I mean, he's >> 19 again in on the tackle. >> Big thing right now that I'm seeing is I'm seeing a little bit of, you know, after the play kind of things from uh Portland. If you're Xer, you got to keep your head in the game and not make any mental errors. Nebraska is in the game in the middle >> last week. Nebraska the or against over he had a huge sack. So maybe he can get a big play here with one running the ball. >> He's going to win again. >> outside. Well, they gang tackle there. >> Good

092job there not allowing extra yards after the carry uh after contact. But man, they seem to be getting four yards every play. >> He's not only athletic, he's also really big. >> Yeah, >> that also contributes to how good he is. >> Yeah, he's he's fast and not an easy guy to bring down. >> Second down. [Applause] motion Martin. >> The give is to Martin. >> He tries to bounce to the outside. There we go. There's good pursuit. >> Jayen Yang. Good tackle right there. >> Third down. >> Ball was now inside the 15. If >> we could get like a sack or loss of yards here, although they'll probably keep it on the ground to be honest. That's what they've done this drive. >> Yeah. But if you can maybe keep him at the

093line of scrimmage or get him behind it, that would be huge because then you can eliminate the go for it thought [Applause] >> motion. He bakes it to number three. He keeps it. Jane Yang almost made a great play, but again, he's just able to carry defenders. >> First down and goal. >> Portland, >> it's been a long drive, too. They got the ball at about eight, four minutes. Took him about two minutes to get down on this this far on our field. And now they're just kind of going little by little. >> Good block by number 56 for Portland. One of their guards came right out. Pen blocked one of the corners. >> Yeah, >> that kid 58 185 >> Jones is keeping. >> Good hit. >> Good play. >> Knocks him out of

094bounds. Will Tobin, we should have known. To me, the way I see it, he's been the player of the game for the Blue Hawks. >> Yeah. You know, the big thing I'm seeing right now on defense or big thing I'd like to see is I'd like to see us running downhill a lot more. Kind of seems like running sideways, not necessarily downhill. And you know, I'd like to see us a little bit more enthusiastic to hit the guy with the ball. >> Second and goal on the two. [Music] [Applause] >> Jones wants to run behind his big lineman. >> Short. See what they call it. >> 57. Pretty good hit. >> Jaden Yang number 11, Gibney. >> I thought we had him in the back field for a second. >> Looked like there might have

095been some miscommunication on the the handoff or not a handoff, but >> on the block. Yeah, looks like maybe a little bit of a miscommunication on who is blocking who there. But >> well, they had a good crack. >> Yeah, >> Bailey Jordan came down and blocked uh our end. took him right out of the play. Third and goal on the one. >> Jones, he's going to keep it and he's going to score. >> I mean, right there it just kind of look looked like once he got to the line of scrimmage. I mean, it's, >> you know, that's his third one run for a touchdown. >> Yeah. I mean, you just watch here. They just I mean, no chance he wasn't getting in there. They dominated the line of scrimmage there, which was the

096only thing that was not in the end zone. And once that was dominated, just couldn't really get anything going. [Applause] >> That's tough. That definitely deflates the uh the energy we had. Oh, bad snap. >> Bad snap. >> And they tackled the uh kicker. Yeah, they've had some special teams issues. Um, >> Owen Wagner in on that. >> See what happened here. >> High snap. >> Yeah, looks like he almost snapped it to the kicker. Yeah, high. I mean, that's it's interesting. They've It's not the only issue they've had. They've had three issues with the extra point. You know, that's kind of what I was saying earlier in that drive. If maybe you can just hold them to a field goal, make them kick, you know, get them to like fourth and 10 when they're

097on when they're deep in our territory, force them to kick it and maybe get a turnover like that. But right now, there's kicking is the least of our worries for them right now. Okay, 2 minutes and 25 seconds to go in the third quarter >> 33-4. [Music] >> I will say the two teams that beat uh Portland in Maine must be really good. >> Yeah, >> they they also they beat them 36 nothing and 347. So >> yeah, they thor I think they lost to Thornon Academy and then >> Bonnie Eagle. Bonnie Eagle, which both, you know, last year when we played them, all three of those teams were tied for one with one loss, and they had all kind of like roundro and beaten each other. And then Portland actually won the main state

098chip last year. >> Will Tobin with the return. [Applause] [Music] Me and my senior class, we kind of joked that we were the main state champs last year because Portland ended up winning and we end up beating them. So, but yeah, they they came out for revenge this game. They took last year's game personal, want to make a statement. >> Balls on the 33 yd line of the Blue Hawks. First and 10 now. Last possession, they got their ground game going a little bit. Wing T set. >> Yeah. Let's see if Portland here is a little bit more oriented to defending the pass. >> Remember, >> gets to the outside. He has a first down. Yeah, seems like they're a little bit more more uh trying to dare the or not dare um trying to

099cover the pass more. They had a lot less guys on the line of scrimmage. So, run game's going to be there. We don't have too much time. We can't have too many long drives, but Corzette and our running backs do a great job of making explosive long runs. So, maybe we can get quick touchdown on the ground. Wing T set wing back to the set >> to the left. >> Straight ahead. >> Kenji Chase. >> Chase. >> I thought maybe he was going to break that tackle and be able to >> rip it, but good tackle there by Jones. >> Inside trap there. We have >> Seems like he might be cramping up. [Applause] [Music] Second down and four. Ball at midfield. >> Wing T set. Wing back set to the left. Off tackle. >>

100Gelick. [Applause] >> 77 again. Making a big tackle there. Looked like Jon almost was able to break that and break off a big [Music] [Applause] >> third and three. [Applause] See if maybe we can get a a pass here. [Applause] >> Oh, >> Cole Kelly. Good run. >> Cole Kelly. >> Pancake by Jones. That That'll be a decal. >> Someone's limping. Yeah, looks like Cole >> maybe he got rolled up on on that run. [Applause] [Music] >> Yeah, this looked like the guy landed on him maybe. >> First and 10. >> Ball on the 45. >> Cole's a big part of our defense, so losing him before Memorial would be Pretty big >> pass here. >> Williams going to throw. >> He's got time. >> Good block by Jelnick. Oh, >> incomplete. >> Cannot bring

101it down. 17 Maddox Me. Good defense. [Applause] >> You know, pretty good pass blocking there up front. >> Kenji Chase huge block on zero. [Applause] Second and 10. >> 12 seconds to go in the third quarter. The Blue Hawks trailing 3314 to Portland. >> Wing T set, wing back set to the left. Ree's going to throw. >> Oh, good. Good. >> Jelanic with blockers in front of him. Good cut. >> There's a good screen. >> Well executed. Defense definitely sold out thinking it was a easy sack and no one covering them. Good block by Gavin Mo downfield. >> Some other guys whiffed. >> Yeah, I think a lot of that was more um Portland maybe. Oh, flag though. See what it is. [Applause] >> See who it's on. Let's go. >> It's on us >>

102holding. [Applause] >> I don't know. >> That looked like maybe he maybe a [Applause] >> block in the back maybe. Uh, >> well, [Music] >> not quite. >> I don't know. I didn't see it downfield, but I thought that's where the flag was. >> Yeah, that was that's definitely rough cuz we had a first down because of that play and wipes out the positive yardage from that. So, >> okay, it's going to be second and seven. The ball is going to be placed on the 45 yd line of Portland [Applause] >> and the Blue Hawks have one quarter left in the regular home season. Next week is away. We will not be bringing you that game. And then the playoffs begin. The Blue Hawks will get into the playoffs. Whether they have a home game

103or not has not been, we think they will, but it has not been 100% decided. Right now, they're the seventh seed, which would give them a home game. But you've got this game the figure and you although we don't get any points or lose points for this game. Uh the other teams behind us particularly Nasha South we got to see what happens with them. >> Tough thing is down 19 uh you know uh us liking to run the ball. It's tough place to be in down 19. >> Yeah. >> Fourth quarter. >> Yeah. But you know what? Right now it's called pride. You're playing for pride. >> Yeah. >> You're playing for, you know, the name on your chest. You want to get back into the football game. You don't want to be embarrassed. >>

104Yeah. And, you know, uh there can be a lot that comes from what you do here and then taking it into the next game. If you can make some make some good plays or some positives and some stuff to grow on going into this big game that's going to end the regular season, you know, that's always good. So, wouldn't I wouldn't like to see them wave the light white flag. I'd like to see him still, you know, and that's not Coach Ball's kind of game. Coach Ball will play till that last whistle. And >> Kenji Chase on the fullback trap. It's third down and six. [Applause] >> I think this is four down territory, Nick. >> Yeah, [Music] >> they blitz. >> Green throws incomplete. >> Well, I think he just needed to get rid

105of the football. Yeah, it's a lot easier to to convert fourth and six than, you know, fourth and 13 if he takes that sack. >> Yeah. Well, that 14 was blit blitzed and came open. He got through two backers, two blockers to get to. >> So, fourth down. [Applause] Fourth down and six. [Applause] >> One back in the back field. [Applause] Two wings motion. He's got time. >> Not running out of it. >> Rem is >> Oh. Oh, flag though. Wait hit. Looked like maybe he might have hit him out of bounds there. >> See what happens. [Applause] >> Yeah. [Applause] We'll take it. >> Yeah. But why do they get a first down? >> Uh I think cuz it's a personal foul. I think they're all personal. >> Personal foul is >> Oh, yeah.

106It's on the kid who hit the quarterback. >> Yeah, but that should be a 15 yd penalty. >> I don't know. [Applause] I'm not sure what's going on here. >> From the spot. >> So, the penalty is from the spot. >> Oh, >> I'm guessing unless they're going to march him now. >> Yeah, they're going to Yeah, looks like >> Okay, the guy gave the wrong signal. >> It can't be them for a first down. We have a first down. >> Yeah, I'm a little confused here. Unless it was after the play, maybe. No, the head referee gave the wrong signal. He gave >> Oh, I'm going to say it happened after the play. >> Yeah, maybe like a taunting or something. >> No, it was a late hit. >> Yeah, >> but I don't

107know. >> Maybe they said it was after the ball hit the ground out of bounds after >> Jones going to throw it. Nice play by Tobin to break it up. >> If I'm them, I'm just running the ball right now. >> Yeah, man. I'll I'll tell you, it's been a rough game, but Tobin's been a Tobin's been a huge bright spot. Um, it's a shame that he's a he's a senior. You know, I wish we had him for another year or two, but he's been having a great year. >> Okay, second and 10 for Portland. Little under 11 minutes to go in the football game. >> Motion by number seven. The give is to Jones straight ahead. >> They're ripping that that ball. Almost got out. He's a He's patient, too. I mean, we haven't

108seen it a lot tonight because he's been able to kind of find the hole quickly and or run to the outside pretty quickly. But right there, he waited for his blocks to get there. Waited for the hole to open up. >> Third and five on 31. >> He's a great player. [Music] >> See, they don't really huddle. >> Yeah. >> So, that's why they can take this time and have all these signals. >> It's kind of a college style offense. Did you see this along college where they look to the sidelines for the that they hold up a big sign and everything? >> I I think Memorial does or they used to do the same thing. [Applause] >> Jones rolls to >> I was going to say I think that's a I saw a block

109in the back on them or something like that. >> Penalty in the back field is almost always on that O line. So I think that ball that uh play might be holding. >> Yeah. [Applause] >> So although the pass was complete, it's brought back by the laundry. It is holding on Portland. It's going to make it third down again, but third down and long. >> Yeah. >> Number 74 >> is in the football game. Wyatt Pellet, senior. [Music] Trying to get him his uh senior night time. >> 6' 230. He's a big guy. >> Excuse me. >> Third and 15. Ball is on the 21 yd line. >> It's going to go this >> pass is complete to number two. >> Good job by Colton Ray getting through the blocks. >> Colton Ray here did

110a good job. He, you know, he got blocked, but he didn't give up on the play just cuz the bigger guy's hitting him. He gets around it, makes a play tackle. [Music] >> They're going to punt. >> Okay, fourth down. >> This will be interesting. We'll see if those uh extra point uh issues are on the long snapper or the holder cuz I imagine they have the same long snapper for punting. But [Applause] [Music] >> well, not always. Yeah, >> we used to have a short short snapper and a long snapper. Long snapper, it's the the mechanics are the same, but it depend, you know, you've got to get used to the short distance and the long distance. >> Yeah, they the kicks what, seven yards away from the snap, I think. Punts >> punts

111are 12 to 15. >> Yeah. So yeah >> 12 at our level, 15 at the pro line. >> Yeah. >> So it is I mean it's extra five yards you got to get. So you're right could be a different guy >> now. Depends on how much time they spend on that. >> Yeah. >> I used to coach the punt snappers and the and you know all the snaps. So >> yeah, [Applause] >> I'm very familiar with that. Okay. Good snap. Punt is away. That's the kicker. Bousard. It's taken by I think that's that man Will Tolman again. >> Yeah. 52. Good hit. [Applause] >> It's a Colin Hey on Portland. Good hit on that. [Applause] All right, we have nine minutes to go in the game and >> know you got nine minutes here to

112get some stuff to take into the game against Memorial. >> Tyler in the game >> at quarterback again. We'll see if at any point maybe they make some uh changes to try and keep people like Max Cords that and Jelnick safe for next week. But >> toss and I think >> that was a plant on [Music] >> besides Bedford. This has definitely been the uh the most domination we've seen this year from a team against Xer even in their loss against when it kind of it was a close game. You know, it was a couple of plays here and there that decided that game and so you know you don't see us a lot against exit. So this is a extremely good Portland team and can't imagine what that Thornton Cadmier Bonnie Eagle team looks

113like if they were able to keep these guys to seven points. >> Wing T wing back set to the right. Jelanick in motion. >> Pass time. Oh, how could we miss >> 77? I'm not sure if he got around his B, but that's uh >> Well, you know what? Watch. How can you miss the biggest guy on the field? >> Yeah, >> watch. [Music] >> But crying out loud. >> I mean, Su, he's big kid. He's, you know, 305 lbs, 6'2, big target. Got to got to block that guy. He's quick, too. He He was surprisingly fast for a 305 or so. Tight T formation. >> They're blitzing. >> That's Corsette. >> First down. >> It was third and three. I' It's pretty close. >> I think he got it. >> Yeah, they're right on

114the line. >> See if they >> They haven't moved them. >> Fourth down. >> See what they call that. >> Yeah. First down. >> I think they're starting to get some new people in the game, maybe. >> Yeah, >> possibly. >> Who is Portland? >> Uh I saw I saw we made a running back uh change. >> Uh they >> won at least. >> Yeah. Uh Gavin Mole Ray in now, but he gets he's he got playing time along against uh Bedford. I think that might just be to give Max a little bit of a rest. >> That was Plant with the carry, I believe. for might. No, wait a minute. He might be out. >> That was >> 26. >> Kenji Chase. >> Yeah, Kenji Chase. >> Ty kind of made me chuckle on

115that play cuz he was playing out his fake and he was running about,000 miles per hour towards that safety. But he's, you know, he's one of the better extra quarterbacks I've seen at carrying out his fakes and making the defense believe what he's doing with his hands. And, you know, you see it a lot against, you know, you haven't seen a lot against Portland tonight cuz they've done a great job on defense, but >> wing back in motion. >> He's got him. >> Pass incomplete. >> Ah, he got him. [Applause] >> Tough play to be made there, Knight. Good ef Good effort by Graham Knight. >> Yeah. >> Third down. >> He didn't give up on that ball. He put his body on the line and dove for it. It's tough tough night tonight. Nothing's

116really spinning our way and so close. [Music] [Applause] Tit set. >> That's Corette. >> I don't know if it's their D line is just being able to get pushed, but they are meeting us at most the line of scrimmage. We're not getting very far after that. you know, they meet us in the back field or they meet us at the line. And I think um the film session of this game, it's kind of a quite a few pointers. >> Fourth down. [Applause] >> Wing T set wing back set to the left. He's going in motion. And that's Corsette Marine throws over >> flag, right? >> Graham looks banged up after that. That was a big hit. [Applause] I don't really know what what some of these guys are trying to talk to refs about in

117Portland, but that was pretty pretty blitoning. Big hit 17. >> Yeah. Well, it wasn't on you. Four, the other guy. >> Hey, having a teammate like four who's going to go out there and fight for you. It's a good teammate right there. He's trying to make sure his guy doesn't get the call, but it was I don't know how you don't call that. That's pretty pretty tough play. >> You know, again, people don't be confused with what you see on the professional level. Pass interference on our level, high school, is from this line of scrimmage. The penalty is enforced. It's not a spot foul, >> which I think the NFL should change. I think that's a dumb pen uh dumb way to have it, but >> yeah. >> Is it still an automatic first down

118on uh at high school level or no? >> Is it an automatic first down? No, I don't believe so. If you if you were fourth and 25. >> Yeah. >> No. >> The give that's Ki run by Kenji. >> Good run. >> Flag. >> It's a good run. No, he's he's got some big legs. He's driving. >> All right. I didn't see where the flag was thrown. >> It was uh thrown to the inside the 15. Looked like maybe it was on the tackle. personal foul face mask. >> Yeah, that flag looked a little too late to be a blocking flag and kind of tell it was on a tackle, but good job by Kenji here breaking a tackle and then he almost breaks one from one there. But >> I don't think we're out

119of this game yet. >> No. Uh, >> no. >> If we can score here >> onside kick. >> Yep. >> Recover. >> Uh, we could make it interesting. >> Yeah. The big thing right now is um our defense is we just >> Can't stop them. And they're having long drives. And >> going to throw. >> Throws it. Incomplete. >> Alex Martin, man, he has been all over the field tonight. >> Him and Jones. Feels like we've been calling this name all night. You know, he had the >> And you know, Martin is a junior. >> He's a junior. Oh man, Maine's got to watch out. >> Second and nine from the nine. I don't know how we only got Oh, second and goal. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] >> Titland [Applause] timeout there. >> Timeout Portland. [Applause]

120Do you want to catch every touchdown, home run, and slam dunk? Look no further. Bluehawk Media is your ultimate destination for all things Blue Hawks. From electrifying plays to game highlights, we've got you covered. Make sure to like and follow at Bluehawk Media TV on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to stay on top of the action and never miss a moment. Well, >> 5 minutes and 40 seconds to go >> on senior night here at Exiter. The Blue Hawks are driving. It's 33-4. It is second down and goal from the nine. But again, to get back into this game, we need to score onside kick, recover, >> and score again. Kind of in a hurry, >> I think, >> because we we're down three scores. >> I think we need some uh two-point conversions, too. I

121believe we're down 19 right now. So, >> Re's going to throw. He's going to be harassed. He gets away. >> Oh, good job. Oh, he completed it to Sombo. >> Kenji Chase. >> Kenzie Chase. >> Ken uh Kenji was, you know, he was ready for anything to happen there. >> He was supposed to block and then leaked out. >> Yes. >> And he's open. >> Heads up play to >> Nice catch, too. It was not a >> real catchable ball. >> Yeah, it looked like maybe Ty was just trying to get it out. Incomplete pass, but heads up play by Kenji to leak out, give your guy a man, and gain some positive yards. >> Third and five. Third and goal from the five. >> It's been a struggle for this for this line right

122now. They got pressure on him. Three guys in the back field almost right away. Remes running about 10 yards before he can even throw the ball. It's >> tough. >> The give inside. He did not get in, but I'm looking for There's the judge. He's going to put it on the three. It's going to be fourth and goal. >> Well, this is really it right now. >> Yeah. I mean, if you don't score with almost five minutes left, I mean, especially with the exer offense, you are really limiting your chances. And you know, letting this clock kind of wind down is not going to really aid you if you're if you are trying to win the game. And you know, this game just got away from us fast. You know, it's quick quick deficit that

123we faced. >> Here we go. >> That's a power eye set. >> Green keeps. >> Good. >> He's in. touchdown run. You know, I think that that is either a new formation this year or just a formation that they don't really touch on. Uh cuz I do not remember that practicing that one last year. Um but you know, sometimes it's there's a couple of formations we don't really touch on and depending on who the guys are on the team that year, they touch on a little bit more. or so. >> Extra point is good. >> Down 12 here. >> 3321. >> So, it's a long drive, but you know what? Got to give a got to give a good shout out to the student section, the parents. Hasn't been the easiest game, but you know,

124staying through, still cheering on your guys. That drive, you know, they weren't quiet the entire time. They were bouncing around, shaking the stadium. So, They're cheering on the band right now. >> It's good support for the guys. Even in a tough game, you know, still got still got support from the fans. >> All right. [Music] >> Right now, Portland doesn't have anyone deeper than the 30 yd line. Yeah, I think they're expecting the onside kick here. Who knows? Maybe you boo it. Say my guy's faster than yours and No, that's not going to work. Got to go on side here. Who knows? May I think it was against Dober. We had the play where it bounced off the front guy. Yeah. Get a play there where it hits off a guy's shin. That >> is

125a deeper kick. >> It's bouncing inside the 10. >> It's taken from there and he's tackled with authority. >> Senior Luca Theos on that hit. >> And number nine, >> Connor Bishop. to be a kicker and get down there that quickly. Whoa, >> it's a quick kid. >> All right, [Applause] [Music] first and 10 for Portland. We have 4 minutes and 25 seconds to go in the football game. >> If you want any life here, you need a turnover. If you want any life to this game, can't let them get a first down. Can't let them even get, you know, four or five yards. But >> I don't know what the why the Portland coach was now talking to the official. There was no time out called, but he was on the field. [Music] >>

126Motion to give to number four. [Applause] That's Abramson Thompson. >> Good job staying in bounds by him. You know, they don't want to, you know, keep this clock stopped. They want to keep it running. Oh. [Music] [Applause] >> Second down and eight. >> Ball on the 19. >> Whoa. Whoa. What? >> Yo, shut up. >> Did somebody get hurt? >> Uh, some situation on the sideline there. >> Oh, that's pretty. >> Oh, >> okay. They need to stop play. >> Yeah, they need >> the refs need to step in here. >> Okay, we have a person >> who went down on the sideline. And we also have an EMT that just rushed in as well as our trainers. And >> we used to have always have an ambulance present if we need it. taking place

127on the exit sideline. It is a player who went down. We don't want to speculate. We don't really know for sure what it was. It was not caused by contact and by play on the field. >> We do know that >> there is 3 minutes and 20 seconds to go in the football game. The score is 3321 Portland. Everyone is uh very silent here. Looks like the Portland trainers now are coming over to see if they can be of assistance. We did see an EMT rush in. We see the athletic director, the coaches, our trainers. But again, we have no idea the player or exactly what happened. And if we were on commercial TV right now, this would be a commercial. Again, it was not caused by any contact on the field. who was far

128away from the action. >> Okay, I'm going to read this and again unless we have something to report right away. Bluehawk Media is proud to be a member of the New Hampshire Coalition for Community Media, NHCCM, offering a comprehensive listing of New Hampshire High School Sports Broadcasts. Stay connected. Members may even be covering away games live on their channels and streams. For the full schedule and live coverage, visit www.nhccm.org. >> Uh they are calling the football game right now. I'm guessing they're waiting on the ambulance to come. Yeah, that that that's the right thing to do. I mean, there's >> there's just no way. I mean, no way these extra kids can >> I mean, that's their teammate. That's their brother. There's >> no way anyone can really play >> and no way no way

129Portland can even play, you know, seeing that. But especially for these extra kids that, you know, any kid in that blue jersey is your brother and Yeah, that's scary situation. Okay, that's the final score. The exit the Portland Bulldogs 33, the Exit Bluehawks 21. And uh although that drops our season record to 5-3, it does not impact outofstate games do not impact the standings instate. So we still have an instate record of 5-2. And uh we don't gain any points. we can gain some points if some of the teams that we've beaten win today. >> Um I just want to quickly say the exer parents um they immediately were calling attention to that. So that's you know >> good Phillip. >> Good job. Good job on them. You know they >> Yeah, I I didn't

130I couldn't figure out what everybody was >> um >> yelling about. Yeah, I I kind of noticed the uh the players kind of, you know, good job on the players immediately giving him space, built kind of a kind of a wall, made sure, you know, he had his privacy. Um, good job on the extra parents calling attention to the people who needed needed it. Um, that's >> Nick, any last thoughts on the football game? >> Uh, yeah. uh didn't play the way we wanted to play. Um obviously, you know, it's tough to talk about the game when something like this happens. Um obviously hope for the best. We don't know what it was. Um but you hope he gets okay and everyone's able to uh rebound from this situation here, >> especially the exit players.

131>> Yeah. >> Tim, anything you want to add? Any last last thoughts? Um, you know, there's some good things by Xer in that game that they need to take into uh Memorial. Um, obviously with this kid going down, you want to play, you know, go into the game against Memorial with him on your mind. Expect, uh, you know, make sure he's, you know, you're thinking of him and playing for him and use him as motiv motivations. You know, it's going to be tough. It's going to be a tough week worrying about him, make sure he's okay, but you know, use him as, you know, kind of play for him and play for your brother and play for the brothers around you, too. >> Yeah. Well, what I was going to say is it the game

132did not start off exit's way, but as the game went on, we competed. >> Yep. >> Yeah. >> And we competed uh we did not the opening quarter, we didn't there wasn't a lot of competition there. >> Yeah. Again, I thought we were sparked by Will Tobin. >> Yeah. >> Um I think he was the MVP on the field for us. >> Uh but we will not be bringing you the memorial game. That is next Friday, Halloween. So, while you're treating all the kitties to trick-or- treat, uh, but look for the score of that game, hope for a Bluehawk victory. It should be a very competitive game with Manchester Memorial. We will be with you, we believe, the following week. Now, whether it will be home or away, we don't know. And it looks like

133I believe those games are always on a Saturday and it would be Saturday at 1. So the for the first week in November uh I'm not sure the I think it's November 8th. No, can't be the 8th. >> It would be Yeah, it would be. >> I can't even think of the date. >> Well, you know what? It would be November 8th would be the week of the first playoff game. So, >> we expect to be back with you Saturday at 1. We think it's going to be a home game, but we will know more. >> You can check the NHIAA website, but you can't do it till the season is finished and that weekend has finished. Okay, so we're going to leave you and this is Bill Taylor, >> Tim Hollister, and Nick Brown

134>> signing off and November 8th. Look forward to the first playoff game for the 2025 season. Good night and have a great week.