Friday's HS roundup: Montplaisir, Slover lead Portsmouth girls past Merrimack
PORTSMOUTH - Bella Slover scored all 14 of her points in the first half and Savannah Emery scored 10 of her 12 points in the first 16 minutes as the Portsmouth High School girls basketball team started strong and never looked back on Friday in a 68-42 win over Merrimack at Stone Gymnasium.
Portsmouth improved to 6-1 in Division I, while Merrimack is 2-6.
Margaret Montplaisir scored a game-high 20 points for the Clippers, while Mackenzie Lombardi had eight.
Slover, Lombardi and Avery Romps starred defensively in the win. Madison McCaffery led Merrimack with 18.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Dover 45
Winnacunnet 38
DOVER - Tory Vitko and Lilly Nossiff each had 14 points as Dover improved to 6-2 with this Division I win.
Riley Kerens led Winnacunnet (1-7) with 18 points, Marisa Reuss had nine.
Kennett 70
Oyster River 48
NORTH CONWAY - Vivian O’Quinn led Oyster River (6-2) with 11 points in this Division II loss. Teammates Caitlin Klein and Abby Deane scored 10 and eight points, respectively.
Greely 46
York 29
YORK, Maine - Freshman Nya Avery had 12 points and 10 rebounds for York (2-7) in this Class B South loss. Ava Brent added six points for the Wildcats.
Sophia Ippolito led Greely with 15 points.
St. Thomas Aquinas 35
Campbell 20
DOVER - Junior Elizabeth Flynn and sophomore Genna Bolduc both had eight points for St. Thomas Aquinas (5-3) in this Division III win. Bolduc added 11 rebounds. It was the third straight win for the Saints.
St. Thomas freshman Emma Torrielllo added six points.
Groveton 38
Newmarket 33
GROVETON - Freshman Amaya Beckles had a team-high 13 points in this Division IV loss for the Mules. Teammate Lena Nicholson had nine points.
Winthrop 48
Traip Academy 45
WINTHROP, Maine - Emme Hale had 19 points and Aberash Robinson had 10 in this Class C South loss for the Rangers.
Seacoast Christian 56
Pine Tree 31
FREEPORT, Maine - Ellie Leech turned in a quadruple-double for Seacoast Christian in this Class D South win, scoring 24 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, coming up with 12 steals, and dishing out 10 assists.
Seacoast's Breckyn Winship had game-high 28 points and 15 rebounds.
Falmouth 46
Marshwood 34
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine - Shelby Anderson led Marshwood with nine points, while Daniella Aceto had 10 rebounds.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Trinity 58
Spaulding 42
ROCHESTER - Zander Wallbridge led Spaulding (0-7) with 21 points in this Division I loss.
Seacoast Christian 60
Pine Tree 41
FREEPORT, Maine - Sunny Johnson's game-high 21 points led Seacoast Christian to this Class D South win. Johnson also had seven rebounds, six steals and three assists.
Seth Vega added 11 points and five steals for the Guardians, while Eli Cardinal had 10 points.
Kennett 53
Oyster River 50
DURHAM - Mason Tatarian led Oyster River (2-6) with 15 points in this Division II loss. Julian O’Quinn and Brady Luczek had 13 and 11 points, respectively for the Bobcats.
Marshwood 46
Falmouth 43
FALMOUTH, Maine - Jason Singer scored his only basket of the game with 30 seconds left to give the Hawks the lead 44-43. Michael Burbank seal the win with a defensive rebound on the next possession and Marshwood (7-2) knocked off Falmouth (8-2), the top team in Class A South.
Marshwood's Andrew Perry led all scorers with 18, while Cooper Aiguier had 13 and David Lane chipped in with seven.
Portsmouth 52
Merrimack 48
MERRIMACK - Matthew Minckler had 18 points and Miles De Iongh had 10 for Portsmouth (4-2) in this Division I win.
BOYS HOCKEY
Exeter 2
Keene 1
EXETER - Exeter's Cam Snee, assisted by Cam Keaveney, netted the game-winning goal with 2:27 left in regulation in this Division I win at The Rinks.
Brian Najjar, assisted by Nolan Deacy and Matt Wallace tied the game at 1-1 for the Blue Hawks early in the third period.
Exeter goalie Charlie Mozina had 20 saves.
Coaches are asked to email game summaries to sports@seacoastonline.com.
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