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Woodsville knocks off top-seeded Littleton

PENACOOK – Fourth-seeded Woodsville continued its quest for a third-straight Division IV title as the Engineers defeated top-seeded Littleton, 60-53, in semifinal action on Monday night at Merrimack Valley High School.

With the win, Woodsville advances to Saturday’s championship game as they will take on #6 Holy Family at Colby Sawyer College in New London at 3:00 pm.

The Enginers held Littleton to just 12 first-half points and took a 23-12 lead to the half. The Crusaders later trailed 40-29 entering the final quarter of play before cutting the lead to four in the fourth, but Woodsville hung on for the victory.

The Engineers were paced by a balance scoring attack as they placed four players in double figures: Cam Davidson (17 points), Connor Houston (15), Landon Kingsbury (12) and Jack Boudreault (10). The Crusaders were led by a game-high 18 points from Dre Akines.

Check out the highlights by Tim Lee…

Check out the full photo gallery by KJ Cardinal…

Crusaders cruise to semifinals

Top-seeded Littleton came to play in the quarterfinal round as the Crusaders jumped out to 24-4 lead over #8 Mascenic and never looked back, cruising to a 54-36 home win on Friday night.

Littleton advances to the semifinals where it will be a rematch of the 2022 semis as they take on #4 Woodsville.

Check out Brayden Coute’s edit of the action…

Division IV Boys Bracket Set

The field is set for the 2023 NHIAA Boys Basketball Division IV State Tournament.

The 17-team tourney gets underway on Friday as #17 Franklin heads to #16 Gorham for a play-in game at 7:00 pm. The winner of that game will face top-seeded Littleton in first-round action, which takes place on Monday.

Check out the bracket…