Editing New Hampshire (section)

==Sports==
The following sports teams are based in New Hampshire:
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!Sport
!Venue
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|[[Amoskeag Rugby Club]]
|[[Rugby union]]
|Northeast Athletic Club, [[Pembroke, New Hampshire|Pembroke]]
|[[New England Rugby Football Union]]
|[[Amateur sports|Amateur]]
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|[[Nashua Silver Knights]]
|[[Baseball]]
|[[Holman Stadium (Nashua)|Holman Stadium]], Nashua
|[[Futures Collegiate Baseball League]]
|[[Collegiate summer baseball]]
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|[[New Hampshire Fisher Cats]]
|[[Baseball]]
|[[Northeast Delta Dental Stadium|Delta Dental Stadium]], Manchester
|[[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A Eastern League]]
|[[Professional]]
|Double-A affiliate of the [[Toronto Blue Jays]]
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|[[New Hampshire Wild]]
|[[Baseball]]
|[[Warren H. Doane Diamond|Doane Diamond]], Concord
|[[Empire Professional Baseball League]]
|[[Professional]]
|Independent minor league
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|Northeast Ruckus
|[[American football]]
|Nor Rock Field
|[[Women's Football Alliance|Womans Football Alliance]]
|[[Semi-professional sports|Semi-professional]]
|Based in [[Windham, New Hampshire|Windham]], plays home games in nearby [[Raymond, New Hampshire]]
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|[[Seacoast United Phantoms]]
|[[Soccer]]
|New England Sports Park
|[[USL League Two]]
|[[Semi-professional sports|Semi-professional]]
|Based in Portsmouth, plays home games in nearby [[Hampton, New Hampshire]]
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|New Hampshire Mountain Kings
|[[Ice hockey|Ice Hockey]]
|Tri-Town Ice Arena, [[Hooksett, New Hampshire|Hooksett]]
|[[North American Hockey League]]
|[[Amateur]]
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The sport of [[paintball]] was invented in [[Henniker, New Hampshire|Henniker]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Slater |first1=Dashka |title=Who Made That Paintball? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/magazine/who-made-that-paintball.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=October 2, 2023 |date=August 15, 2014}}</ref> [[Sutton, New Hampshire|Sutton]] was the home of the world's first commercial paintball facility.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pendak |first1=Jared |title=Paintball Pioneer, Ex-New London Resident, Reflects |url=https://www.vnews.com/Archives/2015/02/gurnsey-jp-vn-022615 |website=vnews.com |publisher=The Valley News |access-date=October 2, 2023 |date=February 26, 2015}}</ref>

The [[New Hampshire Motor Speedway]] in [[Loudon, New Hampshire|Loudon]] is an oval track and road course that has been visited by national motorsport championship series such as the [[NASCAR Cup Series]], the NASCAR [[Xfinity Series]], the NASCAR [[Craftsman Truck Series]], NASCAR [[Whelen Modified Tour]], [[American Canadian Tour]] (ACT), the [[Champ Car]] and the [[IndyCar Series]]. Other motor racing venues include [[Star Speedway]] and [[New England Dragway]] in [[Epping, New Hampshire|Epping]], [[Lee USA Speedway]] in [[Lee, New Hampshire|Lee]], Twin State Speedway in [[Claremont, New Hampshire|Claremont]], [[Monadnock Speedway]] in [[Winchester, New Hampshire|Winchester]] and [[Canaan Motor Club|Canaan Fair Speedway]] in [[Canaan, New Hampshire|Canaan]].

New Hampshire has two universities competing at the [[NCAA Division I]] in all collegiate sports: the [[Dartmouth Big Green]] ([[Ivy League]]) and the [[New Hampshire Wildcats]] ([[America East Conference]]), as well as three [[NCAA Division II]] teams: Franklin Pierce Ravens, Saint Anselm Hawks, and Southern New Hampshire Penmen ([[Northeast-10 Conference]]). Most other schools compete in [[NCAA Division III]] or the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]].

Annually since 2002, high-school statewide all-stars compete against Vermont in 10 sports during "Twin State" playoffs.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fantino |first=John A. |title=Vermont breaks through |work=[[Burlington Free Press]] |date=July 20, 2008}}</ref>