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# D1 Girls Basketball Playoff Roundup: Salem advances with win over Alvirne
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/d1-girls-basketball-playoff-roundup-salem-advances-with-win-over-alvirne/
- Published: 2025-03-04T12:30:08.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-04T12:30:08.000Z
- Description: Here are results from Monday night's high school playoff aciton.
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Winter Sports, Around the Granite State, Division I, girls basketball, playoffs, roundup, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

The Salem High School girls basketball team took control of Monday's Division I preliminary-round game early and never looked back.

The No. 7 Blue Devils jumped out to a 14-3 lead in the first quarter over No. 10 Alvirne and rolled to a 43-29 win over the Broncos. Salem will now face No. 2 Londonderry in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

Lindsay Goetz led Salem (13-6) with 13 points while Ella Mosto added nine points and Makayla Burns chipped in with eight points.

Alvirne (10-9) got nine points from Julia Adams and seven points from Courtney Anderson.

**No. 1 Bedford 79, No. 16 Manchester Central-West 21**

Kate Allard scored 20 points to help lead the Bulldogs to a first-round playoff win over Central-West.

Mel McCarthy added 19 points for Bedford (19-0) and Ella Allard hit three 3-pointers and finish in double figures, with 11 points. Ava Collins also had a pair of 3s and seven points.

Central-West (6-13) got 14 points from Tianna Mann, but no one else had more than three points.

Bedford will now host No. 9 Exeter in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

**No. 4 Concord Christian 55, No. 13 Keene 42**

The Blackbirds saw their season come to an end in a road playoff loss to the Kingsmen.

McKenna Nelson had 12 points and six rebounds to lead Keene and Harper Zalaski had eight points and 10 boards.

**No. 3 Windham 53, No. 14 Nashua North 43**

The Jaguars advanced in the tournament with 10-point win over the Titans.

Lilah Boucher led the way for Windham with 16 points and Rileigh Finneran added 13 points, as the Jaguars will host No. 6 Pinkerton on Thursday in the quarterfinals.