By: KJ Cardinal
EPPING, NH – Entering the game needing five points to reach the 1000-point plateau, Epping’s Henry Hodgkins scored 13 points to reach the milestone and lead the Blue Devils past visiting Franklin, 60-34, on Monday night.
Blake Snyder led all scorers with a game-high 23 points for Epping. Nathan Holmes paced the Golden Tornadoes with 14 points.
With the win, the Blue Devils end the season at 9-9 as does Franklin.
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By: KJ Cardinal
FRANKLIN, NH – Franklin outscored Farmington 17-10 in the fourth quarter to come away with a 55-50 victory on Friday night.
Kourtney Kaplan led the Golden Tornadoes with a game-high 25 points. The Tigers were paced by 19 points from Madi Ricker and 10 from Zoey Johnson.
With the win, Franklin improves to 12-3 on the season, while Farmington falls to 11-4.
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The Franklin Golden Tornadoes took advantage of the free photo sessions we offered at the 45th Annual Mike Lee Holiday Basketball Bash.
Check out the Golden Tornadoes roster and the full photo gallery below…
| NO. | NAME | CL. | POS. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sage Slocum | JR | G |
| 10 | Kayla Adams | FR | G |
| 12 | Kourtney Kaplan | SO | G |
| 14 | Aubrey Ethier | FR | F |
| 15 | Payton Cloutier | JR | F |
| 21 | Maddie Doherty | JR | F/C |
| 23 | Lily Cornell | SO | C/F |
| 33 | Savaughna Slocum | SR | F |
| 44 | Keira Michaels | SR | G/F |
| Head Coach: Cat Robbins Asst. Coach: Maddie Trefethen | |||
The Franklin Golden Tornadoes took advantage of the free photo sessions we offered at the 45th Annual Mike Lee Holiday Basketball Bash.
Check out the Golden Tornadoes roster and the full photo gallery below…
| NO. | NAME | POS. | CL. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Nathan Holmes | G | JR |
| 3 | Liam Cook | G | FR |
| 4 | Corbin Wyatt | G | FR |
| 5 | Cody Williams | G | JR |
| 10 | Holden Douville | G/F | FR |
| 12 | Vinnie Tilton | G | SO |
| 15 | Thomas Nason | F | SO |
| 20 | Matt Carlsen | G/F | JR |
| 31 | Cole Johnson | F | SR |
| 33 | Alen Veletanlic | F | SR |
| 34 | Harrison Kaplan | G/F | SR |
| 44 | Matt Nason | C | SR |
| Head Coach: David Bedard Asst. Coach: Dylan Rowen | |||
FRANKLIN, NH – Sophomore Kourtney Kaplan poured in a game-high 26 points, including the 1000th of her career, as she led Franklin past visiting Wilton-Lyndeborough, 60-25, on Monday night.
Kaplan becomes the 15th player in school history to reach the 1K milestone and just the fifth female.
Lily Cornell added 21 for Franklin, who improves to 7-2 on the season.
Kelsey Crouse and Maddy Labreque each netted 12 points to lead the Warriors, who fall to 5-3.
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By: KJ Cardinal
Semifinal Sunday at The Bash is in the books and host Farmington and Portsmouth Christian Academy will play for the girls title, while Belmont and Coe-Brown will meet for the boys crown.
The semifinals themselves weren’t really all that close as three of the four games were decided by 19 points or more. In both of the boys semifinals, the Division IV teams (Profile & PCA) hung around in the first half of their games, but the bigger D-II and D-III squads (CBNA & Belmont) pulled away in the second half. The closest semifinal on the day saw the host D-IV Tigers defeat D-II Coe Brown by eight points.
Belmont was playing without Anakin Underhill, but the Red Raiders got massive contributions from Keegan Martinez (32) and Treshawn Ray (19), while Brady Thurber stepped up and netted 11 points.
Behind big man Jack Matson, the Coe-Brown boys make their first appearance in The Bash title game since 1992 when the Bears downed host Farmington for their second title in tourney history.
In the PCA-Franklin girls semifinal, it was the Ava Buchanan and Kourtney Kaplan show as Buchanan poured in 30 points for the Eagles, while Kaplan dropped 29 for the Golden Tornadoes.
The Farmington girls return to The Bash final for the second-straight year and will be in search of their first title since 2009. Last year the Tigers lost the championship game in a rock fight to Kennett, 28-27.
As anticipated, Sunday’s semis were played in front of a packed house at The Jungle at Farmington High School and Monday’s finals should be the same.
Monday’s title game schedule is as follows:
GIRLS: Portsmouth Christian Academy vs. Farmington, 5:30 pm
BOYS: Belmont vs. Coe-Brown, 7:00 pm
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BOYS: Belmont 85, Portsmouth Christian 60
Belmont: Keagan Martinez 32, Treshawn Ray 19, Brady Thurber 11
PCA: Cai Summers 26, Zealand Marquis 11
GIRLS: Farmington 51, Coe-Brown 43
Farmington: Shaylee DiPrizio 18
Coe-Brown: Emma LaPierre 17
BOYS: Coe-Brown 57, Profile 32
CBNA: Jack Matson 22, Matthew Flanagan 10
Profile: Cayden Wakeham 12, Daryion Faustin 11
GIRLS: Portsmouth Christian 60, Franklin 41
PCA: Ava Buchanan 30
Franklin: Kourtney Kaplan 29
GIRLS: Kennett 45, Nute 33
Kennett: Abigail Hynes 18, Marlie Liebenow 15
Nute: Penny Meehan 8
By: KJ Cardinal
Following day three of the 45th Annual Mike Lee Holiday Basketball Bash, the semifinal match-ups are set for Sunday.
The big surprise of the day was the Profile boys knocking off Raymond, 61-57. The Rams were coming off their hard-fought win over Concord Christian in the quarterfinals, but the defending champion Patriots proved to be a tough out yet again. Profile connected on 10 threes to come away with the big victory.
The boys AND girls squads from Coe-Brown and Portsmouth Christian Academy are both still alive. Combine those fan bases that traditionally travel well for The Bash with the host team Farmington girls still in the mix and Sunday should be a well-attended affair.
The Belmont boys won a tough contest against Sanborn, but the Red Raiders may be without big man Anakin Underhill on Sunday. The Bash MVP from two years ago, Underhill was sidelined with a right elbow injury and his status is currently unknown.
On the boys side, Profile and Coe-Brown will meet at 4:30 pm with Belmont and Portsmouth Christian squaring off at 7:30 pm. For the girls, it’s PCA and Franklin at 3:00 pm and Farmington and Coe-Brown tipping off at 6:00 pm.
SCHEDULING NOTE: Sunday’s schedule gets underway with a girls consolation game at noon between Nute and Kennett, but then there is a break until the semifinals start at 3:00 pm.
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DAY THREE RECAP
BOYS: Portsmouth Christian 81, Farmington 72
PCA: Cai Summers 31, Zealand Marquis 23
Farmington: Demery Hadges 22, Noah Elwell 19, Lucas Watson 10
BOYS: Belmont 75, Sanborn 62
Belmont: Keegan Martinez 30, Treyshawn Ray 26
Sanborn: Chase Frizzell 27, Dylan Rego 10, Dillon Simes 10
BOYS: Coe-Brown 73, Hinsdale 52
CBNA: Grant Hayes 16, Jack Matson 12, Bruce LaPierre 10
Hinsdale: Connor Dixon 21, John Winter 14
BOYS: Profile 61, Raymond 57
Profile: Cayden Wakeham 25, Jackson Clough 14, Daryion Faustin 12
Raymond: Drezell Duffaut 27, Aidan York 12
GIRLS: PCA 53, Kennett 37
PCA: Ava Buchanan 32
Kennett: Abigail Hynes 14
BOYS: Derryfield 64, Inter-Lakes 32
Derryfield: Sam Fazelat 15, Nate Boudreau 13, Liam Caesar 12
Inter-Lakes: Riley Maher 13
BOYS: Nute 46, Franklin 33
Nute: Silas Picard 14, Adrian Huff 10
Franklin: Harrison Kaplan 16
BOYS: Concord Christian 61, Kennett 49
CCA: Jaden Young 16, Isaac Kirby 15, Logan Duffy 12
Kennett: Daven Bailey 16, Jayden Jackson 12
GIRLS: Sanborn 45, Nute 25
Sanborn: Maya Thompson 17
Nute: Hannah Cartier 7
GIRLS: Belmont 60, Raymond 30
Belmont: Bailey Perkins 19, Maddie Carrier 10
Raymond: Avery Dean 10
By: KJ Cardinal
Day two of the 45th Annual Mike Lee Holiday Basketball Bash has concluded and of the 11 games played on the day, only two were decided by less than 27 points. While it was a day of routs, fans were also treated to the best game of the tournament so far as the Raymond boys outlasted Concord Christian, 75-69, in a very entertaining back-and-forth affair.
One rout that was somewhat surprising was Belmont’s dominant 36-point victory over the Kennett boys. The Red Raiders look to be the team beat on the boys side and have a big time quarterfinal match-up with Sanborn tomorrow at 6:00 pm.
Check out tomorrow’s slate and how the brackets are shaping up at the links below and a recap of day two as well.
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DAY TWO RECAP
BOYS: Farmington 68, Inter-Lakes 41
Farmington: Demery Hadges 14, Keltin Moulton 14, Lucas Watson 11
Inter-Lakes: Jake Ambrose 8
GIRLS: Farmington 80, Raymond 19
Farmington: Shaylee DiPrizio 21, Zoey Johnson 16, Anna Cardinal 14, Madi Ricker 11, Makayla King 10
Raymond: Meadow-Miah Mitchell 12
BOYS: Raymond 75, Concord Christian 69
Raymond: Drezell Duffaut 32, Aidan York 17
CCA: Isaac Kirby 22, Jaden Young 17, Luke Farland 10
BOYS: Coe-Brown 68, Epping 28
Coe-Brown: Jack Matson 20, Ryan Kouchoukos 13
Epping: Henry Hodgkins 6
GIRLS: Coe-Brown 62, Belmont 28
Coe-Brown: Eilah Crawn 15, Hannah Meehan 10, Emma LaPierre 11
Belmont: Bailey Perkins 12, Maddie Carrier 11
BOYS: Belmont 67, Kennett 31
Belmont: Keegan Martinez 22, Anakin Underhill 13, Treshawn Ray 13
Kennett: Bo Noung Jr. 17
BOYS: Hinsdale 66, Nute 38
Hinsdale: Connor Dixon 17, Chris Colon 14, John Winter 12, Jack Clark 10
Nute: Silas Picard 13
BOYS: Sanborn 83, Franklin 32
Sanborn: Dylan Rego 18, Brian Nadeau 14, Brandon Sarette 13, Chase Frizzell 11
Franklin: Nthan Holmes 9
GIRLS: Franklin 43, Sanborn 34
Franklin: Kourtney Kaplan 25
Sanborn: Maya Thompson 12
BOYS: Portsmouth Christian 66, Derryfield 33
PCA: Cai Summers 27, Zealand Marquis 18, Hoaming Zhu 12
Derryfield: Blake Moskov 10
GIRLS: Portsmouth Christian 52, Nute 7
PCA: Ava Buchanan 13, Emma Anderson 12, Jaela Stockbower 10
Nute: Bella Colby 3
By: KJ Cardinal
Day one of the 45th Annual Mike Lee Holiday Basketball Bash is in the books and it was one of the most competitive opening days in recent memory. Five of the 11 games were decided by 10 points or less, with Hinsdale’s 48-45 win over Inter-Lakes being the closest contest of the day.
The close games ended up pushing game times back and the final contest of the night, which was originally scheduled to tip off at 8:15 pm, didn’t tip off until 9:47 pm. All told, day one featured nearly 14 hours of hoops and day two tips off on Friday at 8:00 am.
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The day one recap and the day two slate are posted below…
DAY ONE RECAP
BOYS: Farmington 57, Profile 50
Farmington: Noah Elwell 15, Demery Hadges 14, Lucas Watson 13
Profile: Cayden Wakeham 18, Everrett Locke 14, Jackson Clough 10
GIRLS: Farmington 58, Sanborn 31
Farmington: Zoey Johnson 28, Shaylee DiPrizio 12
Sanborn: Ashlyn Gallant 8, Ashton DiRienzo 8
BOYS: Sanborn 63, Concord Christian 47
Sanborn: Chase Frizzell 36, Dylan Rego 15
Concord Christian: TJ Charbono 12
BOYS: Portsmouth Christian 89, Wilton-Lyndeborough 41
Portsmouth Christian: Cai Summers 28, Zealand Marquis 12, Jackson Malone 12, Zech Beal 10
Wilton-Lyndeborough: Ben Jacob 20, Harry Krug 15
BOYS: Hinsdale 48, Inter-Lakes 45
Hinsdale: Connor Dixon 14, Chris Colon 11, Grady Jutras 10
Inter-Lakes: Alec Adorno 15, Jackson Downs 13
BOYS: Belmont 76, Raymond 40
Belmont: Anakin Underhill 21, Wyatt Carroll 17, Treyshawn Ray 16, Keegan Martinez 11
Raymond: Drezell Duffaut 11, Jacobi Cumberbatch 10
GIRLS: Coe-Brown 50, Kennett 22
Coe-Brown: Eilah Crawn 14
Kennett: Abigail Haynes 10, Marlie Liebenow
BOYS: Kennett 60, Coe-Brown 56
Kennett: Daven Bailey 15, Tristyn Jones 13
Coe-Brown: Matthew Flanagan 15, Bruce LaPierre 11, Jack Matson
BOYS: Epping 67, Nute 57
Epping: Blake Snyder 20, Cameron Kavanaugh 16, Henry Hodgkins 14, Grayson Davis 13
Nute: Brady Barbin 14, Jackson Lafogg 11, Silas Picard 10
BOYS: Derryfield 54, Franklin 44
Derryfield: Nate Boudreau 10, Sam Fazelat 10
Franklin: Matt Nason 12
GIRLS: Franklin 48, Nute 11
Franklin: Kourtney Kaplan 28
Nute: Azlyn Picard 8
DAY TWO SLATE
Girls: PCA vs. Nute, 8:00 am
Boys: Derryfield vs. PCA, 9:15 am
Girls: Sanborn vs. Franklin, 10:30 am
Boys: Frankin vs. Sanborn, 11:45 am
Boys: Nute vs. Hinsdale, 1:00 pm
Boys: Kennett vs. Belmont, 2:15 pm
Girls: Belmont vs. Coe-Brown, 3:30 pm
Boys: Epping vs. Coe-Brown, 4:45 pm
Boys: CCA vs. Raymond, 6:00 pm
Girls: Raymond vs. Farmington, 7:15 pm
Boys: Inter-Lakes vs. Farmington, 8:30 pm
By: Stefan Duncan
DOVER, NH – Portsmouth Christian Academy defeated Franklin 63-54 on Friday night at home, securing their second win of the season.
The Golden Tornadoes couldn’t stop the Eagle’s momentum after PCA opened up the game with a 25-7 first quarter.
The Eagles had three high scorers on the night as Cai Summers netted 24 points, Zealand Marquis had 17 and Zack Beal with 12. Nate Holmes poured in a game-high 28 points for the Golden Tornadoes, followed by Harrison Kaplan with 13.
With the win Portsmouth Christian moves onto 2-2 while Franklin falls to 2-3.
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