By: KJ Cardinal
NEW LONDON, NH – Top-seeded Woodsville completed its perfect 22-0 season with a thrilling 51-48 overtime victory versus No. 3 Littleton to capture the 2025 NHIAA Division IV Boys Basketball State Championship on Saturday afternoon at Colby-Sawyer College.
In the first-ever championship meeting between these North Country foes, neither team could gain much separate throughout the contest. Littleton led by one after one, 11-10, but Woodsville took a three-point lead to the locker room, 29-26.
The Crusaders responded in the third quarter to take a one-point advantage to the fourth, 35-34. In the final frame of regulation, Littleton’s leading scorer Sam Reagey fouled out with under two minutes to go and a pair of Logan Poulton three-pointers helped the Crusaders force overtime at 45-45.
In the extra session a Jacob Putnam three-pointer was the only field goal for the Engineers, while Ryan Walker went 3-for-4 from the charity stripe to seal the win for Woodsville.
Walker led all scorers with a game-high 19 points for the Engineers. Sam Reagey posted 16 points before fouling out, while Conner Roy added 10 for the Crusaders.
Check out the full photo gallery of the action by Jeff Criss of Perfect Photos…
