Feeling his school’s intentions have not been accurately portrayed in the media or on the internet concerning what division Bishop Guertin football will compete in next season, Tony Johnson, the athletic director and football coach at Bishop Guertin released this statement on Friday.  

“The process of realignment has been a new one for all of us at Bishop Guertin. BG submitted its request based on where we are now. We have petitioned up in all sports, well above our Division III status based on population. We basically proposed to stay where we are in everything, but also stated if it is in the best interest of both Bishop Guertin and the NHIAA football comittee we were open to moving up to Division I. We had hoped that this process would include some discussion once the makeup of the proposed divisions was drafted by the football committee.  We have been told the process possibily could be close and since then there has been no more dialogue. We have since contacted the NHIAA and said we are willing to move up based on the proposed divisions for football. At this time we have no idea whether the proposal will be considered or the committe might now be responsible for any potentional change. We have indicated our openness to the move. We will need to see how the process unfolds through the various stages of approval.”

Based on the proposed divisions submitted by the football comittee last week, Exeter moved up to nine-team Div. I because its enrollment is now the ninth largest among football playing schools in the state. Bishop Guertin, whose enrollment of just below 900 students, was the smallest Div. III school based on the numbers, but has traditionally petitioned up to Div. II.

Should the football committee reconsider and move Bishop Guertin up to Div. I without a current Div. I team moving down, it would leave just eight teams in Div. II with nobody in Div. III currently interested in moving up.

The unbeaten and top-seeded Cardinals, 8-0 in their division and 10-0 overall, will open this year’s Div. II playoffs when they host Alvirne at Stellos Stadium on Friday night at 7. Alvirne is making its first post-season appearance in 10 years.

On Friday morning, Bishop Guertin football coach and athletic director Tony Johnson said he had “no aversion,” to moving up to Division I football next season, saying he’d do what’s best for his program and New Hampshire football.
In terms of competition, the best idea is a 10-team Division I that would include both Bishop Guertin [...]

Football fans who hoped to see a super-charged Division I next fall that would include both Exeter and Bishop Guertin will apparently have to settle for a little less.
Exeter is moving up, dictated by its enrollment as the ninth biggest football playing school in the state. Bishop Guertin, however, has decided to stay in Div. [...]

Hollis/Brookline High School athletic director Rhon Rupp confirmed Tuesday that his school was petitioning up in three girls sports for the 2010-2011 school year.
Pending the approval of individual New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association sports committees, the Cavaliers would like to play in Division I in girls soccer, girls volleyball and girls lacrosse.
Hollis/Brookline is traditionally strong [...]

The Pinkerton Academy boys cross country team, coming off their dominating performance at the Catholic Memorial Invitational on Saturday, have overtaken defending Class L champion Bishop Guertin in ranking published in the New Hampshire Cross Country Newsletter.
Pinkerton placed all five of its runners in the top 13 to run away with the meet. Bishop Guertin, [...]

It’s an interesting weekend coming up in local Division II football circles as Bishop Guertin, as powerful as they’ve looked, face a tough road test in Winnacunnet of Hampton. Meanwhile, Alvirne hopes to continue its streak on the road (two straight wins) at Dover and Merrimack is looking forward to a more manageable schedule the [...]

There will be no advance ticket sales for Friday night’s Nashua North vs. Nashua South football game at Stellos Stadium.
Gates will open at 5:30 with ticket prices set at $4 for adults and $2 for students.
The game is one of 16 events in the fall version of Burque Jewelers Battle of the Bridge. So far, the [...]

The best high school cross country rivalry in New England this fall just got a little better. After scores were recalculated following Saturday’s Great Cross Country Festival in Cary, N.C., Bishop Guertin actually edged Bishop Hendricken of Warwick, R.I., by a single point to finish second in the Race of Champions Division.
Originally score tabulations had [...]

The Bishop Guertin boys cross country team finished third on Saturday in the Race of Champions Division of the Great American Cross Country Festival in Cary, N.C.
For the second straight week the Cardinals were edged narrowly at the finish line by Bishop Hendricken of Warwick, R.I., who won last week’s Manchester Invitational. Hendricken finished second [...]

The defending Class L champion Bishop Guertin cross country team retained its No. 1 spot in the New Hampshire Cross Country Team rankings following a second place finish in the Elite Division of the Manchester Invitational.
The Cardinals, who race in North Carolina on Saturday, were edged last Saturday by Bishop Hendricken of Warwick, R.I., who [...]