Winter Sports
Boys basketball all-state teams, awards announced
Here are the boys basketball all-state teams and awards for all four divisions, as selected by the New Hampshire Basketball Coaches Organization.
boys basketball
Division II
Hollis Brookline boys basketball muscles its way past Oyster River to D2 title
DURHAM - The Oyster River High School boys basketball team went into Saturday's Division II championship game looking for a way to slow down Matt Simco. Unfortunately for the Bobcats, there was no way to slow down the Hollis Brookline senior. Simco found ways to beat the double teams, whether it was
Division I
Portsmouth boys basketball holds off Dover to win second straight D1 title
DURHAM – The free throw line in the final minute of a championship game is a scary place to be for many high school basketball players. For Cody Graham, it might as well be his comfort zone. With 38.1 seconds left in Saturday’s Division I championship game, and the Portsmouth High School boys basket
Division I
Portsmouth boys basketball holds off Manchester Central to reach D1 final
DURHAM - The Portsmouth High School boys basketball team has played the same kind of defense for several years. But if the Clippers were going to get past Manchester Central in the Division I semifinals Wednesday night, coach Jim Mulvey felt his team was going to have to make an adjustment. The chan
Division I
Dover boys basketball upsets Exeter to reach D1 championship game (video)
DURHAM – If Wednesday night's Division I semifinal was to come down to a final possession, Matt Fennessy hoped his Dover High School boys basketball team would be the one with the chance to win on a final shot. While the game came down to the final few moments, it was Dover's defense that stepped up
Division II
Hollis Brookline boys basketball holds on to beat Merrimack Valley, advance to D2 final (video)
DURHAM - The memory of last season was fresh on the minds of the Hollis Brookline High School boys basketball team heading into Monday's Division II semifinal against Merrimack Valley. The last time the Cavaliers stepped on the court at Lundholm Gym, they'd come up short of reaching the championship
Division II
Oyster River boys basketball beats Pembroke in overtime to reach D2 title game (video)
DURHAM – Max Lewis couldn’t stop himself from shaking. The junior stood at the free throw line with his Oyster River High School boys basketball team trailing Pembroke by one point with 3.9 seconds left in Monday’s Division II semifinal. Lewis was about to shoot the front end of a one-and-one and tr
Division I
Manchester Central boys basketball advances to final four with win over Nashua South
MANCHESTER - After upsetting on Manchester school in the first round of the Division I playoffs, the Nashua High School South boys basketball team tried to upset another on Saturday. While the No. 13 Panthers were within four points early in the fourth quarter, it was No. 5 Manchester Central that p
Division III-IV
Second-half comeback lifts Somersworth boys basketball past Campbell in D3 final
MANCHESTER - Bryton Early thought the Somersworth High School boys basketball team needed to get the trust back. Hilltoppers coach Rob Fauci felt his team was playing too much "hero ball." Tyler Clark said it seemed the pace Campbell was playing at forced he and his teammates to do things they would
Winter Sports
Alvirne's Bonney-Liles named New Hampshire's Gatorade Boys Basketball Player of the Year
Alvirne's Max Bonney-Liles has been named the Gatorade Boys Basketball Player of the Year for New Hampshire.
Division I
Throw seedings out the window for this year's Division I boys basketball playoffs
The best way to explain the Division I regular season may be to look at what the Londonderry High School boys basketball team has done this season.
Division II
What could be a wild Division II boys basketball tournament about to get underway
The No. 1 seed lost to the No. 2 seed, and the No. 2 seed lost to the No. 15 seed, and the No. 3 seed lost to a team that didn't make the playoffs.