Division II
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.
playoffs
Division I
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.
Division II
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.
Division II
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.
Division II
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.
Division III-IV
Souhegan takes down Kearsarge to win second straight D2 girls basketball title
MANCHESTER – No points? Not a problem for the Souhegan High School girls basketball.
Division II
Souhegan holds off Hollis Brookline to advance to D2 quarterfinals
AMHERST – The Souhegan High School boys basketball team was in need of a spark.
Division I
Merrimack dominates overtime to defeat Bishop Guertin in D1 prelims
MERRIMACK – The sting of past playoff failures was fresh on the mind of the Merrimack High School boys basketball team Tuesday night.
Division III-IV
Souhegan returns to D2 championship with win over Lebanon
MANCHESTER – Sixteen seconds might never have felt as long as it did for the Souhegan High School girls basketball team in its 49-48 win Monday over Lebanon in the Division II semifinals.
Winter Sports
Kearsarge holds off Windham to reach D2 girls basketball title game
MANCHESTER – The Windham High School girls basketball team didn’t lose Monday’s game when Clairee Putnam’s last-second 3-pointer missed its mark.
Division I
Trinity takes the top spot in D1 boys basketball
The Trinity High School boys basketball team has held the top spot in Division I for the second half of the season, so its no surprise that the Pioneers will be the top seed when the tournament begins on Tuesday.
Division II
Hanover gets top seed for D2 boys basketball tournament
There was a four-way tie at the top of the Division II boys basketball regular season standings, but the tiebreaker for the top spot was easy to figure out.