It was a mix of holiday tourney and regular season action for area teams on Thursday night – but not a good night for Nashua High School North basketball.

The Titans boys squad lost their first game of the season, falling at Portmouth. Meanwhile, the Titan girls dropped their fourth straight, losing at home to the Clippers.

Elsewhere, it was a tough loss for the Alvirne boys squad at home vs. Bedford.

As for tourney action, Bishop Guertin fell to Shenendehowa on the final day of the Impact Athletic Center Holiday Tourney in HalfMoon, N.Y. Closer to home, Hollis girls hoop went 3-0 in the Lady Blue Devil tourney in Salem while Merrimack lost a close one to Pelham to be 1-2.

Now, other than the Backyard Brawl hockey tourney, the action will stop for the final few days of the holiday season.

Here’s your Thursday results:

BOYS BASKETBALL

PORTSMOUTH 48,

NASHUA NORTH 44

The Titans fell to 5-1 with a tough, low scoring road loss.

The Clippers put three players in double figures as Jack Radcliffe (13 points), Matthew Minkler and Carmine Zingariello (12 each) had good nights to thwart North.

The Titans will be at Alvirne on Monday.

BEDFORD 64,

ALVIRNE 47

The Broncos trailed early and never recovered, falling to 3-3 as their two-game winning streak was snapped.

Conversely, the Bulldogs won their second straight to improve to 4-3.

Alvirne hosts North on Monday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

IMPACT ATHLETIC CENTER TOURNEY

SHENENDEHOWA 66,

BISHOP GUERTIN 52

Trailing by 17 points, the Cardinals rallied to within 56-49 before fading down the stretch as Shenendehowa (6-0, ranked second in New York’s Class AA poll) finished with a 15-1 burst. Caitlyn Wheeler (20 points) and Brooke Paquette fueled the comeback.

PORTSMOUTH 56,

NASHUA NORTH 28

The Titans just weren’t able to muster enough offense to stay with the 4-1 Clippers, a familiar theme as they haven’t scored more than 31 since scoring 47 in a season opening win over Keene earlier this month. Aiden Walker led North (4-4) with eight points, while Alexis Vachon added six.

The Titans host Alvirne on Monday.

LADY BLUE DEVIL TOURNEY

HOLLIS BROOKLINE 56,

GOFFSTOWN 38

Elisabeth Stapelfeld led all scorers with 20 points, also hauling down eight rebounds for the unbeaten Cavaliers.

Cheyene Colbert had a fantastic game as well, a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds. Amanda Robbins had seven points and seven rebounds.

The Cavaliers return to regular season play on Tuesday at home vs. Oyster River.

PELHAM 46,

MERRIMACK 44

Shannon Sadhwani had 13 points to lead the Tomahawks, while Emma Valluzzi had 10 points and five steals.

Sadhwani averaged 16 points a game for the tourney. Merrimack returns to regular season play Tuesday at home vs. Windham, starting a three-game week.