Carroll County Championship Game won't happen this year

CONWAY — The annual Carroll County Championship football game between Kennett High and Kingswood Regional, which would have turned 50 this year, is on hold at least for the next two years. When the schedule came out two weeks ago, people were surprised to see the final game of the season was not between the two rivals.

The Knights, who are in a rebuilding mode for their program after a couple of rough seasons, petitioned to New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association’s football committee to move down from Division II to III this fall. Kingswood, whose enrollment is 735 students (Kennett’s is 730), was outscored 382-32 in 2020. Granted petitions to switch divisions are re-evaluated every two years.