Portsmouth Wins DIII Football Title

UPDATED, 6:00 p.m.: Members of the Portsmouth High School Clippers football team celebrated their Division III championship with a parade through downtown.

Portsmouth High Athletic Director Rus Wilson said decorated school buses, cars, air horns and PHS students in painted bodies reveled in their team's victory over the Goffstown Area High School Grizzlies, 54-27.

Wilson said there were more than 2,000 people who attended the Division III title game at Portsmouth High, with standing room only. The crowd coupled with picture perfect football weather, the championship victory and the parade made for "a great day all around," he said.

Earlier story: The Portsmouth High School Clippers football team defeated the Goffstown Area High School Grizzlies 54-27 on Saturday to win the state Division III championship.

It's the Clippers second straight Division III title win, after they defeated the Bedford High Bulldogs a year ago on the road. This time, they won the title on their home turf.

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