NHIAA Baseball: Final Analysis
- Updated: June 13, 2025
DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Saturday | Delta Dental Stadium, Manchester
Division I Bracket
No. 10 Winnacunnet (13-10) vs. No. 5 Exeter (17-5) | 1 p.m.
Regular season result: Exeter won 10-0 in Exeter
Noteworthy: Exeter upset previously unbeaten Pinkerton 12-1 in Wednesday’s semifinals. Winnacunnet advanced with a 6-5 win against 11th-seeed Salem. … Ethan Battles pitched six scoreless innings when Exeter beat Winnacunnet during the regular season. Mike Caron and Cam Piwnicki each collected a two hits and three RBIs in the win. Winnacunnet was held to three hits in the loss. Justin Coates and Oscar Fritz pitched for the Warriors. …. Exeter lost to Pinkerton 9-0 in last year’s championship game and is seeking its first title since 2018. This is Winnacunnet’s first trip to the Division I final since a 4-0 loss to Concord in 2021. Winnacunnet’s last championship came in 2002.
DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Saturday | Delta Dental Stadium, Manchester
Division II Bracket
No. 2 John Stark (17-2) vs No. 1 Souhegan (19-1) | 7 p.m.
Regular season result: The teams did not meet.
Noteworthy: Souhegan beat fifth-seeded Kingswood 12-2 in Wednesday’s semifinals in a game that ended after five innings because of the mercy rule. John Stark moved on by beating sixth-seeded Hanover 9-0. …. Souhegan lost to Bow in last year’s Division II championship game. Souhegan’s last Division II championship game in 2016, when it beat Portsmouth 2-1 in the title game. … John Stark’s last championship came in 2021, when it beat St. Thomas 10-3. … John Stark pitcher/shortstop Chase Philibotte was named the Division II Player of the Year. … Souhegan’s only loss this season came against Dover, a Division I program.
DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Saturday | Delta Dental Stadium, Manchester
Division III Bracket
No. 5 Monadnock (17-3) vs. No. 3 Bishop Brady (17-2) | 4 p.m.
Regular season result: Bishop Brady won 6-2 in Swanzey.
Noteworthy: Monadnock played its way into the championship game by upsetting top-seeded Belmont 2-1 in Wednesday’s semifinals. Freshman Sumner Hill-Goodell hit a two-run home run for the Huskies in that win. Kaden Smith pitched a complete game. … Bishop Brady eliminated second-seeded Conant, 10-0. The Giants are playing in a title game for the first time since 1989, when they beat Mascenic 7-2 to win the Class M championship. … Monadnock is in the championship game for the fifth straight season and will be seeking its fourth title in that span. Monadnock beat Belmont 9-5 to win last year’s Division III championship. … Bishop Brady ace Owen Thornton tossed 60 pitches in Wednesday’s semifinal win and is eligible to pitch Saturday. …
DIVISION IV CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Sunday | Delta Dental Stadium, Manchester
Division IV Bracket
No. 6 Woodsville (14-5) vs. No. 1 Epping (18-1) | 10 a.m.
Regular season result: The teams did not meet.
Noteworthy: This game was originally scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m., but was pushed back 24 hours. All pitchers will be eligible to throw. … Epping beat fourth-seeded Gorham 3-1 in Tuesday’s semifinals. Nate Gallant tossed a complete game and collected two hits in the win. … Woodsville advanced by beating seventh-seeded Concord Christian 5-3 in the semifinals. Jacob Putnam (3-for-3, two runs, two RBIa) and Landon Kingsbury (2-for-3, two doubles, two RBIs) were the offensive stars in that win. … Epping’s only loss this season came against Portsmouth Christian in April (13-10).
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