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HS Roundup: Panthers bounce back, BG skaters unbeaten

By Marc Breton - Special to The Telegraph | Feb 4, 2021

Nashua South's Cody Rochileau, shown during Sunday's game vs. North, pumped in 19 points in Wednesday night's Panthers win over Merrimack. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

From famine – two nights with no games thanks to the snow – to feast.

The Nashua High School South boys basketball team bounced back from a tough loss Sunday at Nashua North to top another local rival, Merrimack, on Wednesday night.

The Panthers’ win was just one highlight locally in a night full of them. The Bishop Guertin boys and girls hockey teams remained unbeaten, and the Alvirne girls hoop team won its fourth straight.

Here’s a look at a busy night:

BOYS BASKETBALL

NASHUA SOUTH 60,

MERRIMACK 43

The Panthers (2-2) extended the Tomahawks losing streak to five after their road win.

South’s Cody Rocheleau led all scorers with 19 points, Zac Castonguay had 14 and Rhett Medling tallied 11. Jack Tarleton led Merrimack with 18 points. The two teams will meet again on Friday at South.

ALVIRNE 66,

SALEM 45

Liam O’Neil’s 21 point performance leads the Broncos (4-2) to a big home win. Brendan Graham and Jacob Hibbard added to the offense with 16 and 12 points respectively.

Alvirne will visit Salem on Friday.

BISHOP GUERTIN 66,

CONCORD 33

The Cardinals doubled up Concord at home. Nate Kane had a team high 11 points, Lucas Baker had nine, while Matt Santosuosso and Javari Ellison scored eight apiece.

BG (6-2) visits Windham on Friday.

PELHAM 66,

HOLLIS BROOKLINE 55

The Cavs fell to 2-3 after their third straight loss, despite leading the 6-0 Pythons 29-27 at the half. However, they were outscored by eight in the third quarter by the visitors, who took control heading into the final quarter.

Kaleb Popham led HB with 16 points while Matt Dias added 15 and Robert Haytayan 13. However, the Cavs were hurt by Pelham’s Jake McGlinchey (21 points) and Jake Dumont (20).

The teams meet again Friday in Pelham.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

ALVIRNE 49,

SALEM 40

The Broncos (4-2) captured their fourth in a row, despite losing leads of 14, 10 and nine points. Lyla Davis led the way with a double-double, 14 points and 15 rebounds, while Paige McKinley added 10 points.

“Once again the girls dug deep late in the fourth quarter and played their best when they needed it most,” Alvirne coach Frank Girginis said. “We’ll take the win, but we have to do better putting four quarters together.”

The two teams meet again on Friday in Hudson.

BOYS HOCKEY

BISHOP GUERTIN 6,

WINDHAM 0

The Cardinals (6-0) stay undefeated with Derek Amaral’s hat trick leading the way. Quinn Cepeil, Mike Kiely (three assists) and Austin Abbott (first varsity goal) also found the back of the net, while Sean Kelley added an assist. BG visits Windham on Saturday.

MERRIMACK 9,

MANCHESTER CENTRAL 5

The Tomahawks move to 2-0 after an offensive outburst. Brayden Guaglinmi had a hat trick, Eliot Medlock netted two goals and Owen Miner (two assists), Dominic Carozza, Evan Roy (two assists) and Dylan Sadowski had one goal each.

Merrimack hosts Nashua North-Souhegan on Friday at 3:30 at West Side Arena in Manchester.

GIRLS HOCKEY

BISHOP GUERTIN 9

OYSTER RIVER 1

The Cardinals stay undefeated at 7-0 on Jenna Lynch’s hat trick plus two assists, with Guertin scoring five goals in the second period to break the game open.

Julie McLaughlin had two goals and three assists, while Allyson Mcmahon, Kathryn Simpson, Jill Scanlon and Tessa Wilkie each added a goal.

BG, which outshot Oyster River 28-13, got good goaltending from Sarah King with defensive help from Lindsay Hult, McKenzie Husson, Riley Molongoski and Jasmine Mennici.

BG and Oyster River meet again on Saturday on the seacoast.

WRESTLING

MERRIMACK 51,

NASHUA SOUTH 17

Emily Angelo (113, decision), Grant Descheneaux (120), Mitchell Krupp (132) and Gabe Victal (195) were all winners for Merrimack.

The Panthers saw wins from Colby Spencer (138), Edniel Jamal Reyes Adorno (152) and Jimmy Brown (285).

(Telegraph staff writer Tom King contributed to this report.)