Division II
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 - 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
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
Division I
MANCHESTER – When a team plays great defense, it can make things miserable for the opposition. For the final three quarters of Saturday’s Division I championship, the Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball team made life miserable for Pinkerton Academy. The No. 5 Cardinals stifled the No. 2 Ast
Division I
The Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball team prides itself on being a defensive-minded squad, but on Jan. 16, the Cardinals learned their offense needed a fix. Facing a zone defense for the first time this year, Bishop Guertin scored just 43 points in a loss to Bedford for its only setback a
Division I
It only happened for a moment. Pinkerton Academy girls basketball coach Lani Buskey remembers there being just one utterance from Amanda Lemire, her senior point guard, as she was on the ground after trying to take a charge during the Astros quarterfinal win over Londonderry. "Blood was running down
Division II
MANCHESTER - The unknown can be scary, and it was doubly so for the Hollis Brookline High School girls basketball team going into Friday night's Division II championship game. Not only were the No. 3 Cavaliers facing a team they didn't see during the regular season, but No. 13 John Stark hadn't been
Division I
MANCHESTER - Brad Kreick had a short answer as to why the Bishop Guertin High School girls basketball team was able to come out on top in Thursday's Division I semifinal against Bedford. Caroline Hoffer. The Cardinals lone senior scored 12 of her game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter to help kee
Division I
MANCHESTER - The Pinkerton Academy girls basketball team had to play with four things. If the Astros were able to maintain execution, speed, focus and composure, coach Lani Buskey thought they'd be able to hold off Manchester Memorial long enough. But Pinkerton didn't do that in the first half, as t
Division II
It was almost like the Hollis Brookline High School girls basketball team was playing on a loop. Steal or rebound, outlet pass, fast break, shot, score. Repeat. It happened almost too many times to count for the third-seeded Cavaliers in Tuesday night's 52-37 win over No. 7 Hanover in the Division I
Division II
MANCHESTER - Emily Patten never felt the John Stark High School girls basketball was ever in trouble during Tuesday night's Division II semifinal. Not when Bishop Brady went on a 12-3 run in the fourth quarter to turn an 11-point Generals' lead to two. Not when John Stark missed the front end of tw
Division II
MANCHESTER - Brodie Kelley thought that if the Hollis Brookline High School girls basketball team could go into Tuesday's Division II semifinal and play the way its capable of playing, things would be just fine. After a slow start, the Cavaliers were able to play the game they wanted to, with the HB