Top-seeded Groveton soared past #16 Profile, 50-25, in first round action of the Division IV girls basketball tournament. The Eagles advance to the quarterfinal round where they will host #9 Portsmouth Christian.
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Eighth-seeded Mascenic moved past #9 Groveton, 66-52, on Monday night in New Ipswich. The Vikings advance and will head to Littleton to take on the top-seeded Crusaders. Check out the full gallery of the action by Shirley Nickles…
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Top-seeded, unbeaten and three-time defending champion Gilford flexed its D-III muscle with a 62-42 win over #4 Hopkinton in semifinal action of the boys basketball state tournament on Wednesday night in Goffstown. The Golden Eagles advance to the title game and will take on #3 Mascoma Valley on Saturday night at Keene State College at 8:00 pm.
Gilford’s Jalen Reese led all scorers with a game-high 24 points and Brendan Baldi added 12. The Eagles were paced by 11 points from Will Tanuvasa.
There are two photo galleries from this game. One by Jeff Criss of Perfect Photos [view here] and one by Dave Beliveau [view here]. Both galleries are below…
Third-seeded Mascoma Valley jumped out to a 36-12 lead at the half and held on for a 62-49 victory over #2 St. Thomas in semifinal action of the Division III Boys Basketball State Tournament on Wednesday night at Goffstown High School.
The Royals punch their ticket to the title game where they will take on top-seeded and three-time defending state champion Gilford on Saturday at Keene State College at 8:00 pm.
Mascoma was led by a game-high 23 points from Zach Thompson and TJ Mardin added 15. Brady Rogers paced St. Thomas with 18 points, while AJ Reinerston chipped in with 14.
There are two photo galleries from this game. One by Jeff Criss of Perfect Photos [view here] and one by Dave Beliveau [view here]. Both galleries are below…
Kennett went on the road and defeated Plymouth, 51-40, on Tuesday night in Division II action.
Ben Doughterty scored a team-high 16 points for the Eagles, while Evan Koroski and Alex Clark each added 10. The Bobcats were led by a game-high 23 points from Dylan Webster.
Check out the full gallery of the action by John-Scott Sherburne…
In Division I girls action, Goffstown defeated visiting Pinkerton, 56-46, on Tuesday night.
Ava Winterburn led the Grizzlies with a game-high 23 points, while Meredith Winterburn added 11 and Ava Ruggiero had 10. The Astros were paced by 18 points from Liz Lavoie and 12 from Sydney Gerossie.
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Ninth-seeded Portsmouth Christian Academy went on the road and defeated #8 Farmington, 48-46, on Tuesday night.
Amanda Leland netted a team-high 16 points to pace the Eagles, while Ava Buchanan added 13, including a pair of free throws that proved to be the difference.
Madi Ricker pumped in a game-high 24 points to lead the Tigers.
PCA advances to the quarterfinals where they will take on top-seeded Groveton.
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In an absolute epic battle in The Jungle, third-seeded Farmington survived and advanced with a controversial 49-48 victory over #13 Lin-Wood on Monday night.
Trailing by three in the waining moments, Lin-Wood’s Cam Clermont hit a three-pointer that would have tied the game at 49-49 with 2.5 to go, but it was ruled a two-pointer and third-seeded Farmington hung on for the win. You can re-watch the play here…
It was an unfortunate ending to what was an amazing first-round battle. Both teams would have loved to play an overtime frame.
The Tigers were paced by 21 points from Jordan Berko and 13 from Shawn Murphy. Jake Avery also had 21 for the Lumberjacks, while Clermont had 19.
Farmington moves on to take on #6 Holy Family in the quarterfinals on Thursday at 7:00 pm.
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Sixth-seeded Holy Family cruised to a 79-43 victory over #11 Hinsdale on Monday night in first round action of the Division IV boys basketball state tournament.
Check out the highlights by our own Tim Lee…
The fifth-seeded Hopkinton Hawks went on the road and upset #4 Prospect Mountain with a convincing, 54-40, victory in Alton on Saturday.
The Hawks Shaylee Murdough pumped in a game-high 21 points and Elise Miner added 19 as Hopkinton advances to take on top-seeded Conant in the semifinals.
Ella Misiaszek had a team-high 12 points for the Timberwolves, while Aijah Thoroughgood added 10 points.
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