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Running back Matt Morrison scored five touchdowns, including an 81-yard return of the game's opening kickoff, leading Pinkerton Academy to a 42-7 rout of rival Londonderry in the state Division I championship game on Saturday at Exeter High School.

The victory was the 357th in the career of Astros coach Brian O'Reilly, making him the winningest coach in New Hampshire high school football history. O'Reilly broke the record held by Plymouth Regional's Chuck Lenahan.