The Seacoast Sports Forum Podcast

The Voice of the Red Sox, Dave O’Brien joins hosts Sherm Chester and Jay Pinsonnault for this special baseball edition of the SSF.   The state of the Red Sox at the MLB All Star break is the topic on the table with Dave giving his assessment of the Sox chances in the second half of the season.

Time to wrap up the 2025-2026 high school sports year and to announce the final group of champions in spring sports. Jay Pinsonnault from Seacoast Media Group joins Sherm Chester for a wrap up of all the weekend action in schoolboy/schoolgirl tournaments. The program starts with news on Exeter’s Cody Morissette being promoted in the Minnesota Twins organization. During the “Two Minute Drill” Sherm...

The NHIAA tournament season hits high gear with semifinal action coming up in baseball….softball and boys and girls lacrosse.   Jay Pinsonnault joins Sherm to review stunning upsets in baseball and to look ahead to an exciting finish for all the other Seacoast teams looking to take home the championship title.   You can read Jay’s sports columns at seacoastonline.com

During this edition of the SSF the talk starts with a recap of Sherm and Jay Pinsonnault's trip to Fenway Park and Sherm’s first time sitting on top of “The Green Monster” Talk shifts to the upcoming NHIAA sports playoffs…starting with baseball and then lacrosse and tennis, wrapping up with the recent success of the Exeter Bluehawk girls and boys track teams in the  Seacoast regional meet. Catch J...

Roger Brown joins Sherm on this edition of the SSF with a look ahead to the wrap up of the regular season and the upcoming Granite State baseball playoffs.   Talk shifts to football and the latest on NHFootballReport.com with league coaching changes…a new Athletic Director at UNH…and a look at the upcoming Patriots fall schedule.   The “Two Minute Drill”  features a portion of an interview with Ex...

Sherm Chester with a notebook edition of the SSF with results and NHIAA standings in schoolboy/girl sports and highlighting rivalry week action in baseball and softball between the Exeter Bluehawks and Winnacunnet Warriors.   Sherm gets a chance to interview Bluehawk Softball Head Coach Kristen Morissette about the season so far….the standout players in the game and during the “Two Minute Drill” h...

The Red Sox fire Alex Cora…The Bruins lose in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs to Buffalo and the Celtics get bounced out of the NBA tourney by the 76ers.   Thats the Bad and Ugly sports news but Sherm has Good sports news on this edition of the SSF which features schoolboy/schoolgirl highlights from the week including the latest NHIAA standings.   The “Two Minute Drill” highlights thre...

Jay Pinsonnault and Brandon Brown from Seacoast Media Group are Sherm’s guest on this edition of the SSF with the focus on the first two weeks of the spring schoolboy/girl sports season.   The talk shifts to the NFL draft…the NBA and NHL playoffs for the Celtics and Bruins and wraps up with Jay’s take on the Red Sox.   NOTE:  This episode recorded the day before the firing of Sox manager Alex Cora...

The Special Olympics will be holding their Seacoast event on May 27th at Exeter High School and our guest is Jim Tufts the coordinator of the big day.   Jim and Sherm discuss the highlights of the Seacoast Olympics and how folks can volunteer to be a part of the events.   The guys also talk about two of Jim’s favorite sports hockey and soccer….the Bruins in the Stanley Cup playoffs and the World C...

Roger Brown from NHHardball.com joins Sherm as the Granite State schoolboy baseball season gets underway.   Roger handicaps the different divisions and their strengths and weaknesses heading into the first week action.   New Hampshire college baseball…the Fishercats and MLB also are topics on the table during this episode of the SSF.   During the "Two Minute Drill" Sherm and Roger discuss headline...

During this notebook edition of the SSF Sherm recaps his special visit to Fenway Park with Jay Pinsonnault for a press conference with members of the 1986 World Series Red Sox.   Sherm and Jay recap the day and their hopes for the Sox and also pitching prospect Connerly Early.   Jay highlights articles about the upcoming high school baseball season and 17 Seacoast pitching prospects as well as art...

Its time to play baseball and host Sherm Chester is joined by Jay Pinsonnault of the Seacoast Media Group to size up the upcoming Red Sox season and the rest of the American and National League teams.   Baseball talk shifts to the 2026 high school season and the seacoast teams vying for the Division One title.  Jay gives his take on the teams that can be contenders in June.   During the “Two Minut...

On this edition of the SSF host Sherm Chester is joined by Justin McIsaac the voice of UNH Wildcat football.   The topics include March Madness and the recent report on sports betting and its potential effect on college teams.     Justin gives his take on the effects of the transfer portal on college sports and the recent change of head coach for the Wildcats.   He also shares advice to up and com...

In this notebook edition of the SSF host Sherm Chester reviews the results of the weekend of NHIAA hockey and basketball championship action.   Congratulation to all the teams and student athletes who participated in the winter sports programs throughout the Granite State.   Now it’s onto spring !!

Sherm Chester is joined by Brandon Brown from Seacoast Media Group with the focus on the surprising turn of events leading to the upcoming NHIAA Division One Basketball Championship pairings.   Brandon previews the NHIAA  boys and girls hockey championship action and gives kudos to outstanding games and players he has covered this winter.   During the “Two Minute Drill” Sherm billboards the times...

A notebook edition of the SSF.   With the winter weather causing changes in the NHIAA tournament competitions Sherm covers the upcoming matchups in girls/boys basketball and hockey and the game schedules.   Coach Bill Taylor joins Sherm to review the Exeter Bluehawk boys preliminary tourney game with Goffstown Grizzlies.    During the “Two Minute Drill”  Sherm gives an update on the Girls Division...

The NHIAA Division 1 Boys and Girls Tournament Brackets are up and Sherm is joined by Jay Pinsonnault from Seacoast Media Group to break down the matchups.   The talk shifts to baseball and Jay’s article on Seacoastonline.com that highlights seacoast baseball prospects playing in MLB spring training camps.   During the “Two Minute Drill”  Coach Bill Taylor gives his take on the Exeter boys and gir...

This edition of the SSF salutes two NHIAA Division 1 champions The Exeter High School Bluehawk Unified Co-ed Basketball and Indoor Girls Track teams.   Host Sherm Chester gets to interview Unified Head Coach Katherine Nichols and Indoor Track Head Coach Nate Leveille.   The D1 regular basketball and hockey seasons for boys and girls teams are wrapping up and teams preparing for the upcoming tourna...

Coach Bill Taylor is special guest on the SSF   Coach gets the last say on the Patriots loss in the Super Bowl.   Talk shifts to the kickoff of the NASCAR season with the Daytona 500 and the new scoring system for the playoffs.   During the “Two  Minute Drill”  Sherm congratulates The NHIAA D-1 Indoor Girls Track Champion Exeter Bluehawks.

Jay Pinsonnault from seacoastonline.com joins host Sherm Chester for a pre Super Bowl rundown of the week leading up to the New England Patriots going after their seventh Lombardi Trophy in Santa Clara California against the Seattle Seahawks.

It’s a big football weekend with the focus on the Patriots in the big game against the Seahawks.   Roger Brown from NHFootballReport.com joins Sherm to discuss that contest but also with breaking news in Granite State D1 football with the resignation of the head coach of the state champion Bedford Bulldogs.   Roger and Sherm also give their opinions on the NFL selection committee’s decision not to...

Jay Pinsonnault from Seacoastonline.com joins Sherm on this edition of the SSF with the emphasis on the Patriots victory over the Broncos and their matchup with Seattle in SB 60 February 8th.   Other topics on the agenda include… The football Hall of Fame snub of Bill Belichick   Two D1 undefeated basketball teams and the upcoming schoolboy/school girl rivalry contest between Exeter and Winnacunne...

Roger Brown of NHFootballReport.com joins Sherm Chester on this edition of the SSF.   Discussion of the Patriots matchup with Denver on the front burner as we head into the Divisional NFL playoffs with the winners heading to the Super Bowl. Sherm has Roger handicap the playoff matchups and the multitude of NFL head coaching openings and then discuss the NCAA National Football champion Indiana Hoos...

A notebook edition of the SSF with host Sherm recounting the latest success of the Exeter Bluehawk girls track team and the standout runner Lexi Paterna setting a United States record time. Sherm checks out the standings for the other schoolboy/girl sports…hockey and basketball. He moves onto the upcoming NFL playoffs and the sudden decision by Mike Tomlin to leave his long time coaching position...

Jay Pinsonault of Seacoast Media Group is Sherm’s guest on this edition of the SSF… The schoolboy/schoolgirl sports season is back underway in 2026 and the guys look ahead for the upcoming month for Seacoast teams.   Also on the agenda…. UNH welcomes the new head football coach Sean Goldrich….the upcoming national college football championship…..   Sherm and Jay talk about the upcoming NFL tourney...