Posts Tagged ‘boys hockey’
Broncos headed to D3 hockey semifinals
TYNGSBOROUGH - Phil Sweeney had a goal and two assists to lead the Alvirne High School boys hockey team to a 5-0 win over Kearsarge in the Division III quarterfinals Saturday at Skate 3. The No. 2 Broncos (16-3) advance to the semifinals, where they will face the winner of Kennett-Hollis/Brookline, which was scheduled for Saturday night. [...]
Playoff roundup: Two days of interesting outcomes
The playoffs are well underway and the last two days have provided some expected outcomes and some upsets. One championship game is already set, with the Conant High School girls basketball team looking to defend its title against Campbell in the Division III final. Two undefeated No. 1 seeds both won in Division I and II girls basketball, [...]
Hockey playoff pairings released
The high school boys and girls hockey playoffs get underway Wednesday, starting with the Division I boys preliminary round, and seven area teams will be participating. Bishop Guertin and Nashua North both advanced to the Division I playoffs, while Merrimack and Bedford are in in Division II and Alvirne and Hollis/Brookline are in the Division [...]
Five to Follow: Down to the wire
It's down to the final week of the regular season - and for some the final game - for girls basketball teams around the state. Same goes for the local hockey teams, as they get ready for the postseason to start next week. For the Souhegan girls basketball team, its just one more big game on Tuesday. The Sabers are coming off a week in which [...]
Bishop Guertin hockey falls to Concord
Patrick Lacasse broke a tie game just seconds into the third period and the Concord High School boys hockey team held off Bishop Guertin 4-3 Saturday at Skate 3 in Tyngsborough. Erik Kelly scored two first period goals for the Cardinals (9-3 in Division I) to give them a 2-1 lead after one, but Chris Acres tied the game for Concord (10-4) in [...]
Merrimack hockey back on track with win over Dover
The Merrimack High School boys hockey team bounced back from its first Division II loss of the season by beating Dover 5-3 Friday afternoon. The Tomahawks, who suffered their first loss Thursday in a 1-0 shutout against Oyster River, got two goals in the first period from Connor Powell before he received a game misconduct near the end of the [...]
Five Games to Follow: February gets busy
January snow means a busy February for high school sports teams. Thanks to all the postponements, some teams are looking at back-to-back days with games and three games in one week. With so little time left in the season, and winter weather still a threat, things are going to get even crazier in the coming weeks. Click below for a list of [...]
Cards suffer second straight shutout loss
TYNGSBORO – Clint Edinger thought his Bishop Brady High School boys hockey team had a chance to beat Bishop Guertin. But to do so, the Giants’ coach knew his team was going to have to play well in its own end to support the goals he thought it could score. Bishop Brady did both, putting five pucks behind Bishop Guertin goalies and [...]
Five Games to Follow: Rematch in the Souhegan Valley
This week's games feature teams that are among their respective division's elite, and teams that are trying to figure out if they belong there as well. With the first divisional playoffs scheduled to start in less than three weeks, and with a number of games from the last few weeks still needing to be made up, things are going to heat up both [...]
Strong start by Somersworth dooms Alvirne
TYNGSBORO – Brian Gould called the Somersworth High School boys hockey team the best team in Division III. The Hilltoppers showed why on Saturday. Somersworth scored six times in the first period against Gould’s Alvirne team and left Skate 3 with a 7-2 win over the Broncos. The Hilltoppers (10-0) remain the only undefeated team in the [...]