Posts Tagged ‘girls basketball’
Nashua girls basketball tournament postponed
All of Monday's girls basketball games in the Nashua North Holiday Tournament have been postponed to Tuesday. The 16-team, four-day tournament was schedule to open Monday at 3 p.m. at both Nashua High School South and Rivier College. Instead, the tournament will start Tuesday with Monday's games. At Nashua South, Bishop Guertin will face [...]
Athlete of the Week: Bishop Guertin’s Meghan Green
Meghan Green doesn’t look like a sophomore. Teams around Division I are finding out that she doesn’t play like one either. The Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball team is off to a 3-1 start this season, and in each of those four games, Green has reached double figures in both points and rebounds. (more...)
A quick look at some of the holiday basketball tournaments
The end of the calendar year means that the high school holiday tournaments are growing near. Here is an quick look at where some of the local boys and girls basketball teams will be playing, including the Chick-Fil-A Holiday (Boys) Basketball Tournament and the Nashua (Girls) Holiday Tournament. (more...)
Weekly rewind: Inside the numbers of New Hampshire hockey
The two high school hockey games at Conway Arena on Saturday couldn't have had less of an effect on each other, but Alvirne's Division III win over Souhegan and Bishop Guertin's Division I win over Nashua South had plenty in common. The winning teams combined to score 11 goals and put almost 100 shots on net. The losing teams scored no goals [...]
Big fourth quarter pushes Sabers past Bulldogs
AMHERST – When teams are as evenly matched as the Souhegan and Bedford high school girls basketball teams were Tuesday night, the outcome comes down to one intangible that gives either side an edge. For the Sabers, it was their experience. Souhegan broke open a four-point game in the fourth quarter by holding Bedford scoreless for almost [...]
Weekly Rewind: Pittsfield’s psychological advantage
Ben Hill provided the Pittsfield Middle High School boys basketball team with a dominating presence last Friday's 55-44 win at Wilton-Lyndeborough. And that was before either team stepped on to the court. At 6-foot-9, Hill stood out whenever he walked around the gym before the start of the boys game. With only one player - Steven Heck - [...]
Wilton-Lyndeborough girls knock off Pittsfield
WILTON – The Wilton-Lyndeborough girls basketball team picked up its second win of the season Friday night against Pittsfield. But just because the Warriors pulled out a 39-23 victory over the Panthers, doesn’t mean they’ve got everything together yet. (more...)
North girls basketball trying to build off last season’s success
It’s no stretch to say that the Nashua High School North girls basketball team had the program’s best season a year ago. The Titans finished the regular season sixth in Class L, and for the first time, hosted a playoff game. North won that game – the program’s first postseason victory – before falling in the quarterfinals. This [...]
Weekly rewind: Opening night for all
Friday night was the first girls basketball game of the season for everyone involved. The Sunapee High School and Wilton-Lyndeborough teams certainly looked it through the first quarter. The two combined for 12 turnovers and made just 3-of-13 free throws. The score was 2-2 with a little over three minutes left in the quarter. It was also the [...]
Wilton-Lyndeborough takes girls basketball opener over Sunapee
WILTON – Denny Claire knew what his Wilton-Lyndeborough girls basketball team was up against in Friday’s Division IV season opener. Sunapee was a semifinalist a year ago and is one of the favorites again this year, but the Lakers were without two starters and had two others in foul trouble. The Warriors took full advantage, opening up a [...]