BG girls in semifinals, too
The Bishop Guertin High School girls hockey team will participate in its first NHIAA playoff game Tuesday.
All that’s at stake is a spot in the Division I championship game.
Hawks, Cards to host Class L playoff games
The Merrimack and Bishop Guertin boys basketball teams will host first-round games when the Class L playoffs start on Wednesday.
Should the fourth-seeded Tomahawks and the fifth-seeded Cardinals win their opening games, they’ll face each other in the quarterfinals. The teams finished in a five-way tie with Pinkerton, Trinity and Dover, each with a 14-4 record.
Milford earns top spot in Class I boys basketball
The Milford High School boys basketball team will be the No. 1 seed when the Class I playoffs start on Tuesday. Also getting into the field were Souhegan and Hollis/Brookline.
BG, Souhegan move on to hockey semis
Both the Bishop Guertin and Souhegan boys hockey teams won their quarterfinal games on Saturday, and advanced to the semifinals.
Merrimack and Hollis/Brookline both saw their season come to an end with a quarterfinal loss on Saturday.
Surprise, surprise: H/B boys will get taste of playoffs
The playoffs looked like a distant dream for the Hollis/Brookline High School boys basketball team a month ago.
The Cavaliers had lost five in a row to fall to 3-9 in Class I, a record that put them well on the outside of the top 16. And because of the Heal Point System, which is being used in all Class I sports this season, it looked like there wasn’t even much of a chance that H/B could win its way back into the playoffs.
But four weeks later, after five wins in six games, the Cavs are done the regular season and expect to be playing at least one more game when the preliminary round starts on Tuesday.
Playoffs: Rough night for the locals
Thursday was not a good night for Greater Nashua girls basketball teams. Four teams participated in quarterfinal games and all four lost, two of them on their home floors.
Hollis/Brookline's Kelsey Berry battles for a loose ball during Thursday's Class I quarterfinal game against St. Thomas. For more photos, see the Photo Album.
In Class L, Nashua North and Bishop Guertin both fell at the hands of higher seeds, while in Class I, Souhegan and Hollis/Brookline each dropped playoff games at home.
Playoffs: Hawks give Lancers a scare
The game seemed over before it was two minutes old.
Merrimack's Rachel Carter puts up a shot during Tuesday's Class L playoff game at Londonderry. For more photos, go to the Photo Album.
The No. 14 Merrimack High School girls basketball team was down 11-0 to No. 3 Londonderry just 1:49 into Tuesday night’s Class L preliminary game. But the Tomahawks didn’t fold, going on a 22-5 run and eventually take a lead of nine points before the Lancers cut it to three just before halftime.
Watch It: H/B girls basketball beats Merrimack Valley
The Hollis/Brookline girls basketball team led by as many as 25 points in the first half of Monday’s 61-34 win over Merrimack Valley in a Class I preliminary round game.
To see highlights of the game, click below.
Playoffs: Cavs advance with win over Pride
The Hollis/Brookline High School girls basketball team advanced to the Class I quarterfinals for the first time thanks to an opening-round win over Merrimack Valley.
Hollis/Brookline's Sultana Svirk floats a shot past a Merrimack Valley defender during Monday's playoff game.
Sultana Svirk led the fourth-seeded Cavaliers with 14 points and 13 rebounds while Kelly Morgan and Alicia Papineau had nine points apiece for H/B (16-3). Megan Hardiman led No. 13 Merrimack Valley (10-9) with 15 points.
BG boys and girls hockey get a bye
A new day brings new playoff pairings from the NHIAA, which released the seedings for boys and girls hockey on Monday.
Unlike Class L and I girls basketball, all of the high school hockey teams will have a few days to prepare for their first opponents. The Division I boys preliminary round starts Wednesday, while the Division I girls quarterfinals are on Friday. The Division II and III boys quarterfinals begin Saturday.
