By: Stefan Duncan
DOVER, NH – St. Thomas Aquinas picked up its third-straight win to start the season as the Saints soared to a 67-46 victory over visiting Conant on Friday night.
STA put up a 21-point win with a trio of high performers. Emilie Von Der Linden led the way with 22 points, followed by Lila Anthony (13) and Emma Toriello (12). The Orioles were paced by Hannah Manley with 16 points.
With the loss, Conant falls to 2-2.
Check out the full photo gallery by LJ Hydock…
DOVER, NH – St. Thomas held visiting Winnisquam to just 15 points through three quarters and cruised to a 57-26 win on Friday night in the season opener for both squads.
The Saints were led by Cole McClure (17 points) and Anthony Settineri (16), while the Bears were paced by 7 points from Dio Katsigiannis.
Check out the full photo gallery by LJ Hydock…
KEENE, NH – In an intrastate match-up, No. 12 Keene State flexed their Division III muscle with a 93-63 victory over Plymouth State on Wednesday night at Spaulding Gym.
The Owls were led by 23 points from Octavio Brito, while Wesley Odiase (16), Mason Jean Baptiste (11) and Spencer Aronson (10) all netted double-figures as well. The Panthers were paced by 19 points from Torran Bosworth and 15 from Kevin Newton Delgado. Eli Swanson (11) and Kevin Henry (10) also registered double-digits in the scoring column.
With the win, Keene State improves to 5-1 overall and 1-0 in Little East play. PSU falls to 6-3 and 1-2 in LEC action.
Check out the full photo gallery by our newest contributor Marc Hoak…
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 |
The St. Thomas girls soared past Somersworth on Tuesday night, 56-11. Check out the full gallery of the action by Heidi Green of Heidi Green Photography…
Cole McClure poured in a game-high 26 points, including six three-pointers, to lead Division III St. Thomas to a 62-48 victory over D-IV Derryfield on Monday night in Manchester.
The Saints racked up 23 first-quarter points to jump out to an early nine-point lead after one and never looked back.
James Allen (15) and Will Molica (10) both added double-digits for STA as well. Derryfield was led by 12 points from Alex Comire and 10 from Jack Krasnof.
With the win, St. Thomas improves to 11-1 on the season, while the Cougars fall to 10-1.
Check out photos of the action by Cindy Lavigne of Lavigne’s Live Shots…
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!
St. Thomas went on the road and soared past host Somersworth, 66-23, on Tuesday night.
The Saints jumped out to a quick 15-5 lead after one quarter of play and never looked back.
STA was led by 16 from Cole McClure and 12 from Will Mollica. The Hilltoppers were paced by 10 points from Thomas Rees.
With the win, St. Thomas improves to 7-1 on the season and currently sits at second place in the Division III standings, while Somersworth falls to 1-6.
Check out the full gallery of the action by Heidi Green…
Coming off the Oyster River Holiday Classic where the Saints downed two Division I teams, St. Thomas kept the momentum rolling as they handed Gilford their first regular-season loss of the year, 45-39.
With the win, the Saints improve to 5-1, while Gilford falls to 4-1.
Check out the full photo gallery by Danielle Cook of DC Sports Photos…
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…
