Souhegan'd Romy Jain threw two TDs and ran for another in a 46-0 rout of Plymouth on Saturday. (File photo)

Saturday was a good day for two traveling local high school football teams, one establishing its might in Division II and the other bouncing back in Division I.

The Souhegan Sabers pummeled Plymouth in a game many expected to be much, much closer, while Merrimack rolled over Keene, both teams on the road and in tough places to play.

Also, it was a tough day for Nashua South soccer, as both the boys and girls fell to contending Exeter teams.

There was a lot of other action on Saturday, including North’s Eva Gonzales playing well in the NHIAA Girls Individual Golf Championship qualifier, so here you go:

FOOTBALL

SOUHEGAN 46, PLYMOUTH 0

Saber J.J. Bright had two rushing TDs while sophomore QB Romy Jain tossed a pair of TD passes and ran for another as Souhegan improved to 5-0.

Bright had runs of 56, and 19 yards while Jain hit Cole Manning on a 48-yard strike and Charlie Maroun for 68 yards and also had a 2-yard run just before the half to make it 39-0 at the break.

Connor Cassidy added a 50-yard score while Steven Cassidy had a 7-yard TD run.

The effort sets up a Divison II West Conference showdown next Friday night in Amherst between the Sabers and 5-0 Hanover, which roared past Lebanon 59-0 the other night.

MERRIMACK 34, KEENE 7

Reimello Hyde continued his good season with three rushing TDs and Dominick Helmig added another TD run.

Tomahawks QB Trent Jackson also tossed a 59-yard TD pass to Owen Sadowski.

“The team played well after a slow start,” Tomahawks coach Kip Jackson said as Merrimack improved to 3-1 in Division I, 3-2 overall.

Merrimack hosts 4-1 Spaulding next Friday.

BOYS SOCCER

EXETER 3, NASHUA SOUTH 2

The Panthers fell to 8-3, trailing 2-1 at the half and unable to leave Exeter with a win vs. the Blue Hawks, now 8-2, despite an evenly played game.

South is now 8-3, despite goals from Sam Hadouche and Joona Hantula, both assisted by Santi Somorrostro.

South trailed 3-1 in the second half and got its final goal halfway through the second half, and had three good chances to tie but couldn’t put them away. Ansh Khanna had five saves for South.

The Panthers visit Goffstown on Tuesday.

GIRLS SOCCER

MERRIMACK 1, WINDHAM 0

The Tomahawks got a second half goal from Kailey Dillon, assisted by Alex Therrian and Cara Sullivan to get the win, improving to 6-2-1.

Merrimack, which got five saves by keeper Molly Perkins, hosts unbeaten Exeter on Monday at 7 p.m.

BISHOP GUERTIN 5, WINNACUNNET 0

Martha Lord had her scoring touch as well as coming through with two assists as the Cardinals improved to 8-1-1. Brooke Paquette, Hailey Barker and Kendra Haley also scored for BG, while Katie Broudreau and Paquette added assists.

The Cards are at Dover on Tuesday.

EXETER 4, NASHUA SOUTH 0

The Blue Hawks are one of Division I’s dominant teams, handing the Panthers their second straight loss as South falls to 6-5. The Panhers host Goffstown on Tuesday.

LEBANON 1, SOUHEGAN 0

The Sabers fell to 3-7 losing a heartbreaker, as the Raiders’ lone goal trickled over the end line during a scramble in front of the net after Souhegan had thought it escaped danger.

Lyla Kimball led a great back line performance for the locals, who host Kingswood on Tuesday.

FIELD HOCKEY

NASHUA SOUTH 3, MERRIMACK 1

The Panthers (3-8) picked up their third win in their last four games on goals by Karina O’Donnell, Krista Reid and Lizzie DeRusha. Assists went to Roseanne Shiju, O’Donnell and Maddie Berthiaume.

Also playing well for the Panthers were Maren Lwell, Wylie Hart, Brady Murray, Ava Foss and Emily Richard. Kaitlyn Tello had 10 saves.

Gwen Morales got the lone goal for the Tomahawks (1-11).

South is at Salem Wednesday while Merrimack is at Manchester Memorial on Monday.

BISHOP GUERTIN 7, MANCHESTER MEMORIAL 0

Taylor Guibord had two goals and an assist, while Sophia Alton added a pair of goals as the Cards improved to 7-3-1.

Other BG goals were by Sophie Bilodeau, Skylar Naftali and Addie Daddona. Other assists on the day went to Carly Green, Maddy Hartsock, Gianna Pezzetti and Jasmine Shattuck. Guertin visits Pinkerton on Monday.

GOLF

NORTH’S GONZALES FOURTH IN STATE TOURNEY

Nashua North’s Eva Gonzales shot a four-over at Campbell Scottish Highlands in Salem in the NHIAA Individual Girls Golf Championships qualifier.

Gonzales shot a two over on both the front and back nines for a 74. She had six birdies on the day.

Lauren Mauch of Hollis Brookline was tied for 13th with a 90, closing the match with a par, par and birdie.

Dover’s Carys Fennessy was the top qualifier with an even par 70. The top six will compete for the title during the state boys and girls individual championships on Oct. 15 at Beaver Meadow in Concord.

CROSS COUNTRY

SABERS DO WELL IN VERMONT

Souhegan had top 10 finishes in both the boys and the girls Woods Trail Run in Thetford, Vt.

In the boys race, Souhegan finished fourth in a field of 55 with 226 points. Jarn and Dallen Noorda were 23rd (17:55) and 35th (18:15) respectively, while Taloosh Anderson (43), and Finley Irvine (55) also ran well.

Merrimack was 12th in the boys race, led by Cameron Fredette’s 15th place finish in 17:44.5.

In the girls race, the Sabers finished seventh, placing four runners in the top 70 of a field of over 400. Emma Jarnagin led Souhegan, finishing 26th in 21:47 while Stephanie Svendsen was 36th in 22:15. Audrey Littlefield (49th), Saray Bryson (66th) also ran well. Erin Taylor (88th completed the Souhegan scoring.