Alvirne's Peyton Meuse,shown during a match earlier this season, keyed the Broncos' semifinal win over Exeter on Thursday. (Telegraph photo by TOM KING)

Local high school boys tennis has a new team to watch:

The Alvirne Broncos.

Alvirne downed Exeter to reach the Division I finals for the first time ever on Thursday, and will take on powerful unbeaten Bedford Saturday at 4 p.m. in the title match at Pinkerton Academy.

“We were absolutely thrilled with a win against a very good Exeter team,” Broncos coach Mike Coulter said. “I couldn’t be more proud of my players and very excited to represent Alvirne in the championship.”

Meanwhile, it was a tough day for another local boys tennis team, Souhegan, which fell to Lebanon in the Division II semis.

In baseball, get ready for Souhegan-Hollis Brookline Part III as both teams won on Thursday.

Today (Friday) Hollis Brookline and Bishop Guertin will square off in the boys volleyball prelims in Hollis.

But, speaking of tennis and Hollis Brookline, today is a big day for the Cavalier girls team as it will be in the 3 p.m. Division II finals at Bedford vs. Windham. The Cavaliers as a program have been to four finals, three in the 1990s, without winning a title. The last time was in 2002, when they lost to Gilford 5-4. Windham beat Portsmouth in the 2017 Division II final and lost to the Clippers in 2018.

“The girls team has not advanced to the championship in a long time,” Cavs first-year coach Dalia Paradie said. “All but one player in the top six are seniors and they felt that they lost an important year of player development and competition because of COVID (in 2020). They’re overjoyed they can come together in their senior year.”

Here’s the lowdown on Thursday’s action:

BOYS TENNIS

DIVISION I SEMIS

ALVIRNE 6,

EXETER 3

The Broncos secure their spot in the championship by defeating Exeter. Peyton Meuse (8-0), Ashton Meuse (8-3), Tom Bondaruk (8-3), Charlie Thomas (8-6) and Jon Rudy (8-6) won their singles matches.

The team of Meuse/Meuse (8-1) won in doubles action.

“Peyton, Ashton, Tom, Charlie and Jon pulled out five great wins in singles,” Coulter said. “Charlie Thomas (No. 4) and Jon Rudy(No. 5) had two great battles that resulted in 8-6 wins.”

DIVISION II SEMIS

LEBANON 8,

SOUHEGAN 1

Ryan Fernandez (8-5) won the Sabers’ lone match, as their bid to get back to the finals after winning the title in 2018 fell short and their season came to an end.

BASEBALL

DIVISION II PRELIMS

HOLLIS BROOKLINE 13,

MILFORD 3

Brandon Hsu, the Division II Player of the Year, hit a grand slam and finished with five RBIs to lead the Cavaliers past the Spartans and move to the next round. Jack Begin (triple, RBI), Torin White (RBI), Aiden Dufoe (RBI) and Charlie Hale (RBI) had multiple hits for HB. Hale pitched three and two thirds innings striking out five and walking none.

Milford’s Trice Cote (double) and Jake Lammi (double) had hits in the loss. HB plays Souhegan on Saturday in the quarterfinals.

SOUHEGAN 19,

MANCHESTER WEST 2

The Sabers dominated as Nolan Colby (three hits, two runs, RBI), Nick Wilson (three runs, one hit, RBI), Colin Burke (three runs, one hit, RBI), Dylan Dufour (two runs, one hit, three RBIs), Keegan Burke (two runs, one hit, three RBIs), Will Jaques (one hit, RBI), David Rieth (one run, one hit RBI), Mitch Hauser (one run, one hit, three RBIs) and Reese Colby (one run, two hits, two RBIs) all had hot bats.

Wilson picked up the win pitching four innings, giving up three hits and two runs and struck out four.

BOYS LACROSSE

DIVISION I PRELIMS

BISHOP GUERTIN 23,

NASHUA NORTH 1

Dawson Clark led all scorers with four goals as the Cardinals get by the Titans with ease. Connor Guibord had a hat trick and JJ Murphy, Tim Kiely, Xander Dunsmoor and Emerson Warren added two goals each.

Rounding out the scoring were Declan Wilkie, Jon Krikorian, Nate Kane, Aidan Laurendeau, Connor Bouvier, Brady Dumont, Kevin Broderick and Tanner McGlaughlin.

BG plays Nashua South in the quartefinals at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Stellos Stadium.

SOUHEGAN 15,

CONCORD 9

The Sabers get past Concord and move onto the next round. Riley Lawhorn (four goals, two assists) and Will Boyle (two goals, four assists) each tallied six points. Alex Karpawich and Cole Manning each recorded a hat trick.

onnor Holland (three assists), Quan and Nolek had one goal apiece.

Nate Fritz made 16 saves between the pipes as Souhegan faces Exeter on Saturday in the quarterfinals.

DOVER 9,

MERRIMACK 7

The Tomahawks season ended despite the efforts of Kyle Dunn (one assist) and Jason Hostler, who scored three goals apiece.

Shea Goodwin (two goals, one assist), Conor Lanigan (two assists) and Jake Trahan (one assist) played offensively for the locals.

Goalie Alex Griffin made seven saves.

DIVISION III

PELHAM 14,

MILFORD 3

The Spartans season ends with a record of 1-9 after a loss to the Pythons who move on to face Trinity of Manchester on Saturday in the quarters.

TRINITY 8,

CAMPBELL 7

The Cougars road ends after a nail biter against Trinity Thursday afternoon. Brendan Boschi scored four goals and added an assist to his day.

Drew Adamakos (one goal, two assists), Nick Carignan (two assists) and Ryan Guerrette (17 saves) played well for Campbell.

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