Pre-season Power Poll released

Here it is, the 2012 Pre-Season Union Leader/WGIR/WMUR NH High School Football Power Poll!

The top 10 high school football teams in New Hampshire, as voted by members of the staffs of the New Hampshire Union Leader, WGIR AM and FM, and WMUR-TV (points in parentheses):

THIS WEEK / LAST SEASON
1. Exeter (76) / 1. Exeter, 11-1 (90)
2. Pinkerton (73) / 2. Pinkerton, 10-2 (77)
3. Manchester Central (60) / 3. BG, 9-2 (73)
4. Bishop Guertin (53) / 4. Dover, 9-3 (57)
5. Nashua South (32) / 5. Salem, 7-4 (47)
6. Dover (28) / 6. Nashua South, 7-4 (42)
T7. Bedford (23) / 7. Portsmouth, 8-3 (34)
T7. Portsmouth (23) / 8. Trinity, 11-0 (30)
T9. Keene (20) / 9. Manchester Central, 6-4 (16)
T9. Salem (20) / 10. Bedford, 7-4 (15)

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES (points in parentheses): Souhegan (11), Trinity (7), Concord (6), Winnacunnet (5), Nashua North (3)

Followers of New Hampshire high school football may notice a change this season. Joining the New Hampshire High School Football Power Poll as a media partner for the poll's fifth year is statewide radio powerhouse WGIR, with the “NH High School Football Show” co-host Pete Tarrier representing WGIR-AM and “Greg and The Morning Buzz” sports guy Kelly Brown representing WGIR-FM. WGIR joins the New Hampshire Union Leader and WMUR-TV, both charter members of the Power Poll, in the weekly voting of the state's top teams. Voting from the Union Leader are Marc Thaler, author of the “First & 10” notebook column on high school football, along with fellow staff reporters Roger Brown and Kevin Gray. Voting from WMUR are Sports Director Jamie Staton, anchor Jason King and producer Ryan Richer.