By: Logan Paronto
WHITEFIELD, NH – Newfound uses balanced scoring attack to earn a 60-58 victory at White Mountains on Thursday night.
Landin Sargent piled in 13 points to lead the Bears, while Kasen Smith dropped a season-high 31 points, including all 12 of the Spartans’ fourth quarter points in the loss.
With the win, Newfound improves to 2-1, while White Mountains remains winless and drops to 0-3.
Check out the full photo gallery of the action by Hannah Smith…
By: Logan Paronto
WHITEFIELD, NH – White Mountains started hot and stayed hot in its 54-14 home victory against Newfound on Thursday night.
Harper Rowe had a game high 14 points, including 4 from beyond the arc, while Mackie Foss added 10 for the Spartans.
White Mountains wins its first game of the year, moving to 1-2. Newfound drops to 0-3 following the loss.
By: KJ Cardinal
Just like the unseasonably warm weather, the 2024-25 NHIAA season is beginning to heat up as well.
Yesterday marked the first practice date for Division IV squads with many holding tryouts around the state. D-III follows suit next week (Nov. 25) with D-I & D-II just seven days later as well (Dec. 2).
The D-IV season official tips off with 2024-25 opening night being held on Friday, Dec. 6, while Divisions I, II & III throw it up on Dec. 13.
Before we get to the regular-season slate, however, there are six official NHIAA sanctioned preseason jamborees on the docket. Check out the events below as this will be your first chance to see these squads in action…
| DATE | GENDER | EVENT | HOST | PARTICIPANTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Girls | Preseason Basketball Jamboree | Lin-Wood | Holy Family, Concord Christian, Franklin, Lin-Wood |
| December 3 | Boys | Newfound Invitational | Newfound | Inter-Lakes, Winnisquam, Laconia, Plymouth, White Mountains, Newfound |
| December 7 | Boys | Belmont Boys Basketball Preseason Jamboree | Belmont | Mascoma, Monadnock, Newport, Belmont |
| December 7 | Boys | Pinkerton Basketball Jamboree | Pinkerton | Central Catholic, Malden Catholic, Salem, Greater Lawrence Tech, Pinkerton |
| December 7 | Girls | Preseason Jamboree | Kennett | White Mountains, Inter-Lakes, Berlin, Fryeburg, Kingswood, Plymouth, Gilford, Laconia, Prospect Mountain, Moultonborough, Littleton, Kennett |
| December 7 | Boys | NH Sports Page Basketball Jamboree | Londonderry | Nashua South, Kearsarge, Pelham, St. Thomas, Pinkerton, Windham, Trinity, Bow, Portsmouth, Pembroke, Londonderry |
Inter-Lakes went on the road and defeated Newfound, 47-38 on Tuesday night.
The Lakers were led by a trio of double-digit scorers: Ben Beaudoin (13), Rafe Bean (11) and Addie Kernen (10). The Bears were paced by Calvin Colby and Jayden Belyea with 12 and 10 points, respectively.
With the win, Inter-Lakes improves to 6-8 on the season, while Newfound falls to 2-12.
Check out the full gallery of the action by John Scott Sherburne…
This week, we completed a complete overhaul and upgrade of our server to better serve our growing coverage. During our outage, we provided photo coverage of 17 games! These were all still viewable on our social media outlets, but we wanted to make sure they made it to the website.
Below is a list of the games we covered with links to the photo galleries. Enjoy the show!
Henry Sleeper (24 points), Cooper Perkins (21) and Logan Grant (20) combined for 65 points for lead Gilford to a 78-48 victory over visiting Newfound on Friday night.
The Bears were led by 16 points from Vinnie Defosses. The Golden Eagles improve to 3-0 with the victory, while Newfound fall to 1-2.
Check out photos of the action from our newest contributor Danielle Cook of DC Sports Photos…
The Newfound Bears started slow, but finished strong and came away with a 62-45 victory over visiting Berlin on Wednesday night in Bristol.
The Mountaineers led 18-8 after one and 25-23 after two, but the Bears exploded with a 26-10 third quarter to take control of the game and roll to the win.
Newfound was paced by 16 points from Calvin Colby and 14 from Vinnie Defosses. Berlin was led by Haden Poulin’s 22 points.
With the win, the Bears improve to 1-1 on the season, while the Mountaineers fall to 0-2.
Check out photos of the action by John Scott Sherburne…
The fifth-seeded Hopkinton Hawks flew past #12 Newfound, 45-24, on Wednesday night in first round action of the NHIAA Girls Basketball Division III State Tournament.
The Hawks were led by a game-high 14 points from Shaylee Murdough and 12 from Maddie Carmichael.
Hopkinton advances to the quarterfinals on Saturday where they will take on #4 Prospect Mountain.
Check out the full gallery of the action by our Jill Stevens…
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Belmont got back to its winning ways on Tuesday night with a convincing 69-19 victory over visiting Newfound. The Red Raiders snapped a two-game skid to improve to 6-2 on the season, while the Bears drop to 1-7.
Keegan Martinez led Belmont with a game-high 16 points, while Tyler Carroll chipped in with 11. Newfound was paced by 10 points from Zack Stevens.
Check out the full gallery of the action by our Jill Stevens…
Undefeated Conant showed absolutely no signs of slowing down in the semifinals as the top-seeded Orioles cruised to a 60-23 victory over #4 Newfound on Wednesday night to advance to the finals of the NHIAA Division III Girls Basketball State Tournament.
Conant was led by a game-high 23 points from Emma Tenters, while the Bears were paced by Malina Bohlmann’s 9 points.
The Orioles will take on #6 Monadnock on Sunday at 1:00 pm at Keene State College.
