The Seacoast Sports Forum Podcast

Sherm goes solo during this SSF highlighting all the state tourney matchups in lacrosse…baseball…softball and track.   Keep posted on the tournaments with daily coverage by Jay Pinsonnault at Seacoastonline.com and Roger Brown at NHHardball.com

On this edition of the SSF Sherm is joined by Jay Pinsonnault of the Seacoast Media Group.   The final days of the regular spring sports season are here and the teams are getting ready for the upcoming tournament action.   The guys discuss the success of the local teams and the tournament schedules….the Red Sox….the NFL ruling on “the tush push”…and the future of the Celtics.   Two Minute Drill co...

Sherm’s special guest on this edition of the SSF is Roger Brown from NHHARDBALL.Com The upcoming week will determine who will be top dog in Division One schoolboy baseball and Roger previews the matchups and players.   The guys kick around MLB commissioner Rob Manfred allowing Pete Rose to become eligible for the Hall of Fame.   Football talk includes the announcement of the 2025 NFL schedule and...

Sherm is joined by Jay Pinsonnault and Brandon Brown from the Seacoast Media Group with a mid-season recap of the baseball and lacrosse seasons.   The guys also discuss the NFL draft results…Bill Belichick’s awkward interview on CBS…the MLB season so far….and the NBA playoffs.   During the “Two Minute Drill” the topics include Jay’s observation on parent conduct at high school contests and Sherm’s...

Coach Jim Tufts joins Sherm Chester on this edition of the SSF featuring the upcoming Secoast Special Olympics events May 4th at Exeter High School. The Tufts family has been one of the founding organizers of the event since the 1971.   Jim and Sherm also discuss the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs and a post mortem on the Bruins season and their future. The guys wrap up with high school lacrosse talk an...

Sherm Chester is joined on this edition of the SSF by Jay Pinsonnault from Seacoastonline.com Jay shares his comprehensive article about the softball and baseball players to watch on seacoast teams. As part of the “Two Minute Drill “ Sherm gives his review of the NETFLIX documentary THE CLUBHOUSE about the Red Sox 2024 season

The start of  N.H. spring sports is a week away  and Roger Brown from NHhardball.com joins Sherm Chester to give a thumbnail look at the upcoming schoolboy baseball season and the effect Mother Nature may have on the scheduled kickoff.   The guys discuss a recent national article about the problems the transfer portal and NIL have caused in college sports.   “The Two Minute Drill” features Sherm’s...

Sherm Chester and Jay Pinsonnault with  a  special Baseball Edition of the SSF with special guest Red Sox broadcaster Dave O’Brien. Dave talks about the upcoming season and some of the standout players to watch. Sherm asks Dave for his advice to students looking for a future in broadcasting…his remembrances of Bob Uecker and an update on Sox veteran broadcaster Joe Castiglione. March Madness is al...

Sherm Chester recaps the Championship weekend for high school hockey and basketball in the Granite State.   The highlights of the weekend included a D1 hockey championship for Concord in a historic 4 overtime victory against  Bishop Guertin followed by the boys D1 basketball title contest between Bedford and Keene with Bedford squeaking out the win in a great title tilt.   Congratulations to all t...

It’s almost time to close the books on the high school winter sports season with the championship weekend. Sherm Chester is joined by Roger Brown of NHHardball.com to discuss the pairings and to analyze the elimination of the Seacoast  teams in the tournament in two exciting semifinal contests. In football news Exeter's Hunter Long changes teams during NFL free agency season and Roger breaks news...

Sherm Chester with a reporters notebook that includes a recap of the NHIAA tournament action so far which included a big upset win and at the wire win for two of the Seacoast teams. The winter season comes to a close with the state championships wrapping up this weekend.   NHIAA Tournament Action:  On Saturday.. The Girls Division 2 Championship game at Noon..Division One at 4pm On Sunday.. The Bo...

The pairings for the NHIAA girls and boys basketball tournaments are posted and Sherm is joined by Jay Pinsonnault from Seacoastonline.com and they review the matchups and size up the teams leading up to the NHIAA Basketball Championships for D1 and D2 at UNH ‘s Lundholm Gym March 15 and 16. Jay has been checking out Cactus League spring training baseball in Arizona and gives his take on the Red S...

Sherm is joined by Roger Brown from NH Football Report.com on this edition of the SSF. The guys review the NHL 4 Nations tourney…the Super Bowl commercials….the upcoming state basketball and hockey tournaments and wrap up with a look at the Devers dilemma for the Red Sox.

Sherm rides solo with a reporters notebook SSF that includes his take on the Super Bowl…the coverage by Fox and Tom Brady’s performance in the booth. Bill Belichick is also on Sherms radar including his biggest stumble in SB XLII against Eli Manning and the Giants.   The Red Sox sign their right handed bat... a look at schoolboy/girl sports and wrapping up with a “Two Minute Drill” about the retur...

Sherm is joined by Roger Brown of NHFootballReport.com and start the conversation off talking about the upcoming state basketball tournament and potential favorites to take the title.   The sports talk heads to football with  Coach Chip Kelly heading to the Las Vegas Raiders and of course the guys making their Super Bowl picks.   During the "Two Minute Drill"  Sherm welcomes the unofficial start o...

Jay Pinsonnault sports editor from SeacoastOnline.com   joins Sherm for this SSF. It’s getting near the mid season point of boys and girls basketball and hockey and the guys review the seacoast teams and some of their standout players.   Sherm and Jay recap the national championship for Manchester N.H.’s Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes. The talk shifts to the NFL playoffs and the road to the...

Sherm Chester rides solo in this edition of the SSF. It’s official that the New England Patriots hired Mike Vrabel to be their new head coach.  Sherm gives his thoughts on the hire and also on the way  Jerod Mayo was fired. On the schoolboy/school girl sports scene discussion turns to the upcoming schedules and current NHIAA standings. During the “Two Minute Drill” Sherm congratulates the winner o...

Roger Brown is Sherm’s guest host on this first 2025 edition of the SSF. The guys discuss the New Years college bowl games and the road to the NCAA football championship.  The effects of the Transfer Portal  on the game is also on the table.   The talk shifted to the Patriots and the future of Gerod Mayo and their potential NFL Draft pick but was edited out after the new of Mayos firing by Robert...

A special reporters notebook holiday edition of the SSF. On the agenda Bill Belichick heads to college..the Celtics HOF Mount Rushmore..the Red Sox pick up an arm and a quick check on the stat of schoolboy hoops. Sherm and the reporters at SSF wishing you a safe and healthy holiday season and looking forward to an exciting 2025 sports year.

The fall sports season is officially over in the Granite State with the crowning of the NH Division One football champion. Sherm Chester and Roger Brown recap that game and the season. They also  congratulate the winningest coach in New Hampshire schoolboy football.   Roger gives his football projections for next year for both the NHIAA teams and the UNH Wildcats. Now it’s onto the winter sports.

Sherm is joined by Mike Murphy and the focus is on the UNH Wildcats entering the FCS post season football tournament action starting this week against the UT at Martin Skyhawks. Mike also reviews the other Wildcat teams upcoming action.

Sherm Chester is joined by Coach Jim Tufts and during this edition of the SSF with the hosts giving congratulations to the Undefeated NHIAA Division ! Champion Exeter Bluehawks. Interviews of the MVP for the title contest, Bluehawk Alan Barretto and his coach Dan Curran courtesy of Bluehawk Media  are included during the conversation. Coach Tufts shares his expertise on the secrets to a successful...

Sherm Chester is joined by Jay Pinsonnault and Brandon Brown from the Seacoast Media Group and the discussion is a wrap up of the fall state championships and the upcoming Division One football semifinal between Exeter and Londonderry. Read Jay and Brandon's sports columns at seacoastonline.com

The NHIAA football tournaments are in full gear heading to crowning divisional champions. Sherm and Roger Brown from NHFootballReport.com handicap the matchups this week Sherm salutes the seacoast teams involved in all the fall tournaments and congratulates the champion of Division One Boys Soccer…the UNDEFEATED... Exeter Bluehawks.

The high school tournament season is in full gear and the NHIAA football brackets are posted and Sherm reveals the pairings. Sam Bruno and Roger Brown are part of this edition of the SSF as well. Sam gives his take on the World Series and the Patriots.  Roger with his update on the football tourney and the playoff hopes for the UNH Wildcats. Check the fall tournament brackets and results at NHIAA....