Division II
BEDFORD - Isabella Rivera isn't lefthanded, but the Bishop Brady High School junior didn't have much a choice of which hand to shoot with as she drove to the basket. Rivera was a step ahead of everyone else on the court, and a championship was on the
Division I
DURHAM - The Bishop Guertin High School boys basketball team knew that points would be hard to come by in Saturday's Division I championship game. For a senior-laden team that averaged over 57 points per game, that was all right. so long as the Cardinals had one more
Division II
EXETER - As the final seconds ticked away, Lebanon High School junior Nyeoti Punni was looking to celebrate with someone. Anyone. His eyes were wide open, his hands in the air, Punni finally was able to do a jumping chest bump with fellow junior Braeden Falzarano. He fell to the floor,
Division I
KINGSTON - The Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball team knows if it can play its typical brand of defense, it can work through whatever struggles might be going on with the offense. That was the case in Thursday's Division I semifinal against Londonderry. After jumping out to an
Division I
KINGSTON - The Bedford High School girls basketball team braced itself for Portsmouth's best punch early in Thursday's Division I semifinal. The Bulldogs withstood it and countered with a big one of their own. Bedford went on a 13-0 run in the first half, turning a
Division II
BEDFORD - Four quarters wasn’t enough for the Kennett and Hanover high school girls basketball teams in the Division II semifinal. An extra four minutes was needed and it was a driving layup by Kennett senior Maddie Stewart with 6.3 seconds left that pushed the Eagles past the Marauders
Division II
BEDFORD - It was tornado basketball for 32 minutes between the Bishop Brady and Pelham high school girls basketball teams in Thursday's Division II semifinal. Both teams did their best to sprint the entire court from opening tip to final horn, and the Giants did enough things right to
Division I
DURHAM - The offense can come from any of a handful of players for the Bishop Guertin High School boys basketball team. In the first half of Wednesday's Division I semifinal against Londonderry, it came from Dylan Santosuosso. The senior had 19 of the Cardinals' 28 points in the first half, as Bisho
Division I
DURHAM - With eight seniors on the roster, Jay McKenna feels he can trust his Winnacunnet High School boys basketball team to figure out what in-game adjustments it needs to make. So when Trinity went on a run to open the fourth quarter of Wednesday's Division I semifinal, the Warriors coach turned
Division II
EXETER - Up two points after three quarters, it looked like the Lebanon High School boys basketball team would need to do everything it could to hold on against Laconia. Instead, the Raiders hit their shots and cruised to a 58-46 win over the Sachems in the Division II semifinals,
Division II
EXETER - After a back-and-forth first half, the Pelham High School boys basketball team found itself up a dozen at halftime against Sanborn. The Pythons stormed out after halftime, scoring the first 11 points of the third quarter, and opening up a 22-point lead by the end of
Spring Sports
It's been a year since the global pandemic turned the world upside down, but after talking cancelations and postponements, Joe Marchilena and Chris Hettler are talking about highlights from local players in college and getting ready for the start of the high school preseason. As always, you can