Posts Tagged ‘playoffs’
High school football championships heading to Saint Anselm College
New Hampshire high school football fans will get something they’ve been longing for in 2012 – two full days of championship games in one location. The NHIAA announced in its March newsletter that the football committee had voted to move all six championship games to a neutral location, playing three on one day, and three on [...]
Merrimack defeats Central to win D1 basketball championship
DURHAM – The Merrimack High School boys basketball team was not at full strength when it lost to Manchester Central in the final game of the regular season. The Tomahawks were a hundred percent Saturday for the first and only time all season, and it showed. (more...)
Portsmouth cruises past Bedford to win D2 basketball title
DURHAM – Jim Mulvey didn’t know what was going to happen during Saturday’s Division II boys basketball championship game, but the Portsmouth High School coach had a good idea. Mulvey thought his Clippers would come out and play their game, and when they play their game, their hard to beat. Bedford found that out the hard way. [...]
Bedford, Portsmouth advance to D2 basketball title game
DURHAM – The Bedford High School boys basketball team dominated the boards, made half its shots in the second half and limited Hanover to 25 percent shooting from the field. But with a little more than a minute left, the Bulldogs were in trouble. (more...)
Central knocks off top-seeded Trinity in two overtimes to advance to D1 title game
DURHAM – It didn’t look good for the Manchester Central High School boys basketball team. With half of the third quarter gone in Tuesday’s Division I semifinal against Trinity at the University of New Hampshire, the fourth-seeded Little Green had yet to score in the second half and trailed by nine points to the top-seeded Pioneers. [...]
Defense leads Merrimack past Spaulding, back to D1 basketball final
DURHAM – All season, the Merrimack High School boys basketball team has won games with its defense. Tuesday’s Division I semifinal against Spaulding was no different. (more...)
Championship Saturday: Bishop Guertin girls win first title
A total of seven champions were crowned in boys and girls basketball and boys and girls hockey on Saturday, including the Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball team, which won its first title with a win over Londonderry. (more...)
Bedford holds off Dover to win D2 hockey title
MANCHESTER – Matt Henderson flew down the ice, weaving around Bedford High School boys hockey players, and flying in on Bulldogs’ goalie Stevan Tempesta. Henderson and his Dover team trailed by two goals early in the third, and here was a perfect opportunity to cut that lead in half. The Green Wave senior got a shot off that Tempesta gloved [...]
Bedford ends Souhegan’s season, advances to D2 semifinals
AMHERST – No one will mistake Saturday’s Division II quarterfinal for a work of art, but it will certainly do for Bedford High School boys basketball coach John Langlois. The fifth-seeded Bulldogs controlled the offensive glass and played their zone defense to near perfection to beat No. 4 Souhegan 49-36 and advance to the semifinals for [...]
Kennett needs overtime to beat Alvirne in D3 final
MANCHESTER – Mike Lane thought his Kennett High School boys hockey team picked the right time to play its best period during Saturday’s Division III championship game at the Verizon Wireless Arena. The top-seeded Eagles had been outplayed by No. 2 Alvirne through three periods, but the teams were tied 3-3 at the end of regulation, forcing a [...]