Year: 2023

PCA boys deny Farmington’s comeback bid

DOVER – The Portsmouth Christian Academy boys jumped out to a 26-12 lead halfway through the second quarter and held off a late comeback as the Eagles hung on to defeat visiting Farmington, 51-48, on Tuesday night in Dover.

PCA was led by 12 points from Cai Summers and 10 from Wade Michaud, while Farmington was paced by 18 points from Demery Hadges.

A big blow for the Eagles came with three minutes in the second quarter as senior Connor Hickey suffered an ankle injury and did not return to the game. Hickey pumped in nine points in 14 minutes of action before his exit.

PCA improves to 2-0 on the season, while the Tigers fall to 1-1.

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Four former NHIAA All-State picks square off

EXETER – Four former NHIAA All-State selections from a season ago squared off in New England Prep School Athletic Cousil (NEPSAC) action when Hebron Academy (ME) took on Phillips Exeter Academy at Exeter High School on Saturday afternoon.

Tyler Bike (Trinity) and Isaiah Reese (Gilford) laced ’em up for Phillips Exeter, while Matt Canavan (Souhegan) and Kayden Laclair (Newport) took to the court for Hebron.

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Oh Henry! Hodgkins lifts Epping to dramatic win

Epping’s Henry Hodgkins tipped in his own miss with 50 seconds on the clock and then secured a steal with two ticks left in the game to help propel the Blue Devils to a thrilling come-from-behind win over visiting Holy Family in the season opener for both teams on Saturday night.

After an 8-8 first quarter, Holy Family opened up a six-point lead at the half and later led by three heading into the final stanza.

Epping was paced by Blake Snyder’s 16 points, while Hodgkins tallied 13. The Griffins were led by Enzo Yonkeu’s game-high 18 points.

Holy Family was playing without senior do-it-all guard Gabe Lacasse who was out with a groin injury. Lacasse entered the game just 27 points shy of his 1,000th.

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Epping girls handle Wilton-Lyndeborough

Annabelle Shumway poured in a game-high 16 points to lead Epping to an opening night victory, 40-19, over Wilton-Lyndeborough on Friday.

The Blue Devils got off to a slow start as they trailed the Warriors 3-2 after the first quarter of play. Epping blew the game open in the second as they outscored Wilton 16-6 to take a 18-9 lead to the break and it proved to be too much to overcome.

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Farmington boys cruise past Route 75 rival Nute

Behind a game-high 15 points from junior Demery Hadges, the FHS varsity boys cruised to a 91-30 victory over visiting Nute on Friday night in The Jungle.

All 10 Tigers scored, including five players in double figures as Hadges, Shawn Murphy (14 points), Cody Brazee (13), Jacob Chapman (11) and Aiden Place (10) all netted double digits.

Nute was paced by Jackson LaFogg’s 10 points.

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NHTI men beat SMCC at the buzzer in OT

By Mike Whaley

SOUTH PORTLAND, ME – Terrian Wester’s steal and off-balanced layup at the buzzer lifted the NHTI Lynx to a 107-105 overtime win at Southern Maine CC on Wednesday in YSCC men’s basketball action.

With the game tied at 105-all, SMCC had the ball with 9.8 seconds to play. The Seawolves used up 5.1 seconds unable to get the ball past halfcourt, calling timeout with 4.7 seconds to play with the ball still in the backcourt. When they returned, they made a cross-court pass that Wester intercepted. He drove to the basket and put up his shot with his left hand with a second showing. The ball went through the net for the win as time expired.

NHTI remained undefeated at 6-0, while SMCC fell to 5-3, suffering its third straight loss. SMCC is the defending conference champions. Both teams made the USCAA national tournament last winter.

SMCC led by as many as 15 points early in the second half, but NHTI rallied to take a 12-point advantage with 6:13 to go – a 27-point swing. But the SeaWolves came back to tie the game and force OT. The Lynx were deadly from 3-point range, making 26 of 52 triples, while also taking advantage of 28 SMCC turnovers, which led to a 37-9 advantage on points off turnovers.

Dahsan King topped NHTI with 25 points, while Joseph Cantey added 23 and Jonathan Hernandez had 19. Wester scored eight of his 10 points in overtime and led everyone with 14 rebounds and eight assists. He was the only player to play all 45 minutes. Sterling Blakely added 16 points off the bench.

For SMCC, Thomas Martinotti had 21 points, followed by Adam Savage (nine boards) with 19 and Randy Vasquez with 17. All five starters reached double figures.

In the prelim, the SMCC women rolled past NHTI, 86-43, to improve to 6-1. The SeaWolves were led by Hannah Thorsen’s 15 points, the lone SMCC player in double figures.

The Lynx (1-2) were paced by Alexis Christensen with 12 points and Janessa Lofton with 10.