N.H. football: Hefler, Somersworth run wild in Division III playoff win over Laconia
SOMERSWORTH — Kaleb Hefler started the fireworks with a pair of long touchdown runs, and the Somersworth High School football team never looked back in its 50-21 win over Laconia Saturday in the first round of the Division III playoffs. Second-seeded Somersworth (8-1) had three players rush for more than 100 yards and piled up 444 yards on the ground, asserting its dominance at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball against No. 7 Laconia (4-5). The Hilltoppers will host No. 3 Monadnock on Saturday, Nov. 14. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. Monadnock advanced with a 33-6 win over No. 6 Stevens. Somersworth beat Monadnock, 35-32, in their regular-season matchup. “It was awesome,” said Somersworth coach Jeremy Lambert of Saturday’s win. “We had challenged the kids, especially with the weather, that we had to stick with our basic game plan and just run down hill. They did a great job up front. Our two offensive ends (Tristan Gobern) and (Diamaonte Pough) did a phenomenal job blocking and allowed us to exploit off tackle. Our ends don’t get targeted much when we’re a run heavy team, but the way they blocked today was just phenomenal. I’m so
