Tag: St. Thomas

St. Thomas shoots past Raymond

DOVER, NH – Saint Thomas connected on 11 three-pointers to shoot past visiting Raymond, 62-40, on Monday night.

Cole McClure led the Saints with a game-high 24 points, including four threes. Finley De Tolla added 14 points and four threes as well. Jacobi Cumberbatch paced the Rams with 21 points.

With the win, Saint Thomas improves to 6-1 on the season, while Raymond falls to 6-2.

Check out the full photo gallery by Jeff Criss of Perfect Photos…

Bolduc paces St. Thomas to fifth-straight win

By: KJ Cardinal

DOVER, NH – Genna Bolduc poured in a game-high 28 points to pace St. Thomas to a perfect 5-0 record with a 61-19 win over visiting Campbell on Tuesday night.

Bolduc netted 15 points in the first quarter alone as the Saints jumped out to a 21-4 lead and never looked back.

Ten different players scored for St. Thomas, while the Cougars were led by six points from Zoe Bourque.

St. Thomas currently sits tied for second in the Division III standings with Fall Mountain. Both squads are 5-0 and one game behind 6-0 Prospect Mountain.

Check out the full photo gallery by LJ Hydock…

Saint Thomas cruises past Inter-Lakes

DOVER, NH – Cole McClure netted a game-high 17 points to lead Saint Thomas past visiting Inter-Lakes, 63-25, on Friday night.

The host Saints jumped out to 16-4 lead after the first quarter of play and never looked back.

Finley De Tolla also netted 15 points for STA, while Alec Adorno led the Lakers with seven points.

With the win, Saint Thomas improves to 4-0 on the season, while Inter-Lakes falls to 1-3.

Check out the full photo gallery by LJ Hydock…

St. Thomas soars past visiting Conant

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…

Defense leads St. Thomas past Winnisquam

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…

No. 12 Keene State handles Plymouth State

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…

NHIAA preseason heats up

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…

DATEGENDEREVENTHOSTPARTICIPANTS
December 1GirlsPreseason Basketball JamboreeLin-WoodHoly Family, Concord Christian, Franklin, Lin-Wood
December 3BoysNewfound InvitationalNewfoundInter-Lakes, Winnisquam, Laconia, Plymouth, White Mountains, Newfound
December 7BoysBelmont Boys Basketball Preseason JamboreeBelmontMascoma, Monadnock, Newport, Belmont
December 7BoysPinkerton Basketball JamboreePinkertonCentral Catholic, Malden Catholic, Salem, Greater Lawrence Tech, Pinkerton
December 7GirlsPreseason JamboreeKennettWhite Mountains, Inter-Lakes, Berlin, Fryeburg, Kingswood, Plymouth, Gilford, Laconia, Prospect Mountain, Moultonborough, Littleton, Kennett
December 7BoysNH Sports Page Basketball JamboreeLondonderryNashua South, Kearsarge, Pelham, St. Thomas, Pinkerton, Windham, Trinity, Bow, Portsmouth, Pembroke, Londonderry

D-III St. Thomas hands D-IV Derryfield first loss

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…

While we were away…

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!