BASKETBALL
Nashua Catholic hoop teams each place 1st
The Nashua Catholic boys and girls basketball teams both won first place in the recent New Hampshire Catholic Schools Basketball Tournament.
The boys team, led by coach Paul Williams, defeated Presentation of Mary Academy, 54-49 in the finals ...
Two Greater Nashua Elks Hoop Shoot Champions and state Southwest District champions, 12-year-old Ariana Soloa and 11-year-old Ryan Haskell, won their respective divisions in the New Hampshire State Elks Hoop Shoot Free Throw Championship in Epsom.
The Nashua Elks' other three Southwest ...
CYO BASKETBALL
St. Christopher 39,
St. Patrick 35
In a battle between two undefeated teams in the CYO Boys Mites division, St. Pat's outscored St. Chris 10-3 in the fourth quarter, but St. Chris' Trevor Labrecque (team-high 20 points) sealed the victory with two free throws in the final ...
The Elm Street Middle School girls basketball team topped Fairgrounds, 45-40, to win the second annual Nashua Middle School Basketball Tournament.
Katie Loranger had 16 points to lead the winners while Aryanna Murray (11) and Maya Rioux (eight) also contributed.
Fairgrounds top scorers ...
WRESTLING
MYA team has four titles, four seconds
The Merrimack Youth Wrestling Program did well in both the Natick Youth Ed Deeley Tournament and the Big Red Tournament.
At Natick, kindergartners Andrew Schuster and Grayson Chestnut battled their way to fourth and third place, ...
Five locals won the 2017 State Elks Southwest District "Hoop Shoot" Free Throw contest recently at the Derry Boys and Girls Club and will move on to the state finals on Feb. 5 in Epson.
Twelve-year-old Ariana Sofa had the hottest hand in Girls competition, sinking 20 of 25 ...