Tag: Hopkinton

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023

Standefer leads Hopkinton past Inter-Lakes

Behind a game-high 25 points from Abram Standefer, #4 Hopkinton defeated #49 Inter-Lakes, 65-49, in first round action of the NHIAA Boys Basketball Division III State Tournament on Tuesday night.

Will Tanuvasa (13), Gavin Davies (12) and Noah Aframe (10) also made double-digit contributions for the Hawks in the win.

The Lakers were paced by 15 points from Owen Brown and 14 from Addie Kernen. Inter-Lakes season comes to a close with a 6-11 record.

The Hawks improve to 13-4 and will take on #5 Campbell on Friday in the quarterfinals.

Check out the highlights by our own Tim Lee…

Check out the full gallery by Dave Beliveau…

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023

D-III Boys First Round Preview

By: KJ Cardinal

The 2023 NHIAA Boys Basketball Division III State Tournament gets underway tonight with a six-pack of first round games around the state. Let’s take a look at all six match-ups as we get ready for the action…

#9 Belmont at #8 Conant

The ninth-seeded Belmont Red Raiders hit the road to take on #8 Conant at 6:00 pm. The Orioles defeated the Red Raiders, 48-32, back on January 24th in the only meeting between the two this season.

Conant’s Jared Nagle leads the way for Eric Saucier’s squad with 12.8 ppg. The Red Raiders, under first-year head coach Tony Martinez, are paced by Keegan Martinez’s 15.7 ppg.

Belmont’s looking to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2021, while Conant last made a trip to the quarters in 2020.

#13 Inter-Lakes at #4 Hopkinton

Inter-Lakes and Hopkinton will meet for the first time this season tonight as the #13 Lakers hit the road to take on the #4 Hawks at 7:00 pm.

Hopkinton, the 2021 Division III runner-up, started off the season with eight straight wins, but has dropped three of their final four games and enter the tournament with a 12-4 mark. The Hawks are paced by Marek Joppa (14.8 ppg) and Will Tanuvasa (12.8).

The Lakers come into the tourney with a 6-10 mark and are led Owen Brown’s 14.1 ppg.

#12 Newport at #5 Campbell

The 12th-ranked Tigers make the trip to Litchfield to take on #5 Campbell tonight at 6:30 pm in the first meeting between the two this season.

The Cougars enter the tourney with a 12-4 mark and are riding a six-game win streak. With wins over #4 Hopkinton and at #8 Conant during that stretch, head coach Justin DiBenedetto’s squad appears to be playing their best basketball at the right time.

With seven wins on the season, Newport has equaled their win total from the previous five seasons combined. Do-it-all senior Kayden LaClair is the straw that stirs the drink for Rob Clark’s squad as he averages 19.8 ppg and can change the game on the defensive end of the floor.

#10 Monadnock at #7 Winnisquam

The seventh-ranked Winnisquam Bears welcome #10 Monadnock to Tilton tonight at 7:00 pm. The two have not met yet this season.

The Bears, led by the divisions top scorer Anthony Boomer (21.5 ppg), dropped their season finale at Stevens, but have won 10 of their last 13 games and enter the tourney with an 11-5 mark.

The Huskies are riding a season-long, four-game win streak as they enter the tourney with a 8-10 record. Evan Dumaine leads the way for Monadnock with 19.6 ppg.

#14 Berlin at #3 Mascoma

While the scheduling snafu that disqualified White Mountains from tournament play was unfortunate, it made way for #14 Berlin to sneak into the tourney’s final spot and will head to third-ranked Mascoma Valley at 7:00 pm.

The Royals are currently on a nine-game win streak with big wins during that stretch over #4 Hopkinton and #6 Stevens. Silas Ayres’ squad is led by Zach Thompson (18.6 ppg) and looks to get the quarterfinal round for the fourth-straight season. Just five days ago, the Royals cruised to a 68-35 win at Berlin.

The Mountaineers (5-12) started the season with two victories and ended the season with a win over #11 Somersworth, but in between they were just 2-12. Jeremiah Dow (15.2) and Haden Poulin (11.7) both average double digits for head coach Jesse Arsenault’s team.

#11 Somersworth at #6 Stevens

Sixth-ranked Stevens plays host to #11 Somersworth tonight at 7:00 pm.

The Cardinals enter the tourney with a 12-4 record and have won six of their last seven, including three straight. Hunter LaRocque paces Stevens with 14.3 ppg.

The Hilltoppers are currently on a four-game skid and have dropped seven of their last nine. But, head coach Leon Shaw’s squad has some weapons in the backcourt with Aiden Heffron (15.7 ppg) and Dominic Starr (13.0).

January 29, 2022January 29, 2022

Hopkinton girls earn road win at St. Thomas

The Hopkinton girls went on the road and won a key Division III match up at St. Thomas on Friday night, 50-31, in Dover. The Hawks improve to 10-4 on the season, while the Saints fall to 8-3.

Mike Whaley sent a long some photos of the action…

December 16, 2021December 16, 2021

The Peach Basket: Dec. 16, 2021

It’s time for our first installment of The Peach Basket where we throw it back to old school photos of New Hampshire basketball. Check out who we feature this week…

• Pinkerton Academy head coach Dave Chase went into the way-back machine to pull out a couple photos from his hay day back in Vermont from 1980 and also shared some special images from his time at Hopkinton.

• Brewster Academy assistant coach Josh Lee of Farmington continues to pass the rock as he sent along photos of the state’s all-time leading scorer (Dave Burrows) from the 1990 Class S State Champion Nute Rams and his 2,000-point scoring brother, Tim Lee, who is alongside NHBCO Hall of Fame coach and Josh’s dad, Mike Lee.

• The Farmington Booster Club also shared some images from the town’s first-ever state championship team, the 1970 boys squad that featured tri-captains Dan Reynolds, Paul Moulton & Alan “Mouse” Hagar.

Thanks to everyone that submitted photos. If your photo didn’t run this week, it will in a future installment of The Peach Back.

Be sure to knock the dust off your old photos, scan them in or take a pic of them with your phone and email us at TBT@ball603.com. Help us celebrate the history of New Hampshire basketball.

Now onto the photos…

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Nute Rams • 1990 Class S State Champions • submitted by Josh Lee

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021

First full week of action ahead

The opening weekend of the 2021-22 season is in the books and we now forge ahead with our first full week of NHIAA boys varsity basketball action that features 96 games across all four divisions combined.

We have our eyes focused on covering 13 games this week. Check out where we plan to be…

December 13

Merrimack Valley at Kingswood
Holy Family at Nute
Coe-Brown at Sanborn

December 14

Epping at Farmington
John Stark at Oyster River
Trinity at Windham
Portsmouth at Pinkerton

December 15

Pelham at Manchester West

December 16

Kearsarge at Hopkinton

December 17

Concord Christian at Farmington
Hillsboro-Deering at St. Thomas
Windham at Salem
Bishop Guertin at Londonderry

*schedule subject to change

December 5, 2021December 20, 2021

📰 Opening day is on the way

The wait is almost over. On Friday, December 10th, 84 of the 88 NHIAA boys varsity basketball teams will be in action with 42 games around the state as the 2021-22 season gets underway.

St. Thomas Aquinas hits the road to take on Hillsboro-Deering at 5:30 pm to mark the first official tilt of the new campaign. The Saints and Hillcats last squared off on February 28, 2020 in the regular-season finale as St. Thomas came away with an easy 72-46 victory at home.

Eight other contests tipoff at 6:00 pm, with 24 match-ups at 6:30 pm and nine more at 7:00 pm. It’s the most games on a single day all season long, so there’s no good reason to not get out and catch some local action on Friday night.

See you at the gym.

2021-22 Opening Day Action

Date	Game	Time/Results	Division	Site
2021-12-10 17:30:00December 10, 2021	Hillsboro-Deering vs St. Thomas Aquinas	71 - 50	Division III	N/A
2021-12-10 18:00:00December 10, 2021	Laconia vs Oyster River	43 - 71	Division II	N/A
2021-12-10 18:00:00December 10, 2021	Belmont vs Berlin	33 - 44	Division III	N/A
2021-12-10 18:00:00December 10, 2021	Campbell vs Fall Mountain	28 - 59	Division III	N/A
2021-12-10 18:00:00December 10, 2021	Gilford vs Monadnock	40 - 72	Division III	N/A
2021-12-10 18:00:00December 10, 2021	Kearsarge vs Mascoma Valley	40 - 55	Division III	N/A
2021-12-10 18:00:00December 10, 2021	Franklin vs Profile	62 - 57	Division IV	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Exeter vs Dover	40 - 49	Division I	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Manchester Memorial vs Goffstown	48 - 39	Division I	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Nashua North vs Keene	47 - 54	Division I	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Trinity vs Manchester Central	57 - 81	Division I	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Alvirne vs Merrimack	49 - 48	Division I	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Concord vs Pinkerton	64 - 32	Division I	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Winnacunnet vs Portsmouth	47 - 51	Division I	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Spaulding vs Salem	49 - 48	Division I	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Nashua South vs Timberlane	44 - 61	Division I	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	ConVal vs Hanover	34 - 60	Division II	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Pelham vs John Stark	24 - 77	Division II	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Coe-Brown vs Manchester West	56 - 51	Division II	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Sanborn vs Merrimack Valley	46 - 64	Division II	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Milford vs Plymouth	39 - 43	Division II	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Kingswood vs Souhegan	64 - 61	Division II	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Conant vs Somersworth	42 - 56	Division III	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Newfound vs Prospect Mountain	20 - 66	Division III	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Raymond vs Mascenic	56 - 40	Division III	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	White Mountains vs Winnisquam	63 - 68	Division III	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Littleton vs Gorham	21 - 60	Division IV	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Groveton vs Lin-Wood	53 - 54	Division IV	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Holy Family vs Newmarket	55 - 58	Division IV	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Derryfield vs Nute	51 - 78	Division IV	N/A
2021-12-10 18:30:00December 10, 2021	Pittsburg-Canaan vs Woodsville	79 - 43	Division IV	N/A
2021-12-10 19:00:00December 10, 2021	Bedford vs Bishop Guertin	29 - 52	Division I	N/A
2021-12-10 19:00:00December 10, 2021	Londonderry vs Windham	61 - 58	Division I	N/A
2021-12-10 19:00:00December 10, 2021	Bow vs Bishop Brady	48 - 57	Division II	N/A
2021-12-10 19:00:00December 10, 2021	Pembroke vs Lebanon	51 - 57	Division II	N/A
2021-12-10 19:00:00December 10, 2021	Hopkinton vs Newport	11 - 74	Division III	N/A
2021-12-10 19:00:00December 10, 2021	Portsmouth Christian vs Farmington	50 - 62	Division IV	N/A
2021-12-10 19:00:00December 10, 2021	Mount Royal vs Hinsdale	55 - 33	Division IV	N/A
2021-12-10 19:00:00December 10, 2021	Wilton-Lyndeborough vs Pittsfield	43 - 48	Division IV	N/A
2021-12-10 19:00:00December 10, 2021	Epping vs Sunapee	32 - 45	Division IV	N/A

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2021-22 Opening Day Action

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