Feb 10th games. The cluster continues.

Concord 2-10 at Trinity 9-2. Chance of Concord upseting the best team in NH 0%.

Memorial 6-4 at Merrimack 9-2. Merrimack looks to get back on track after getting 3 pointed to death in the second half against Spaulding. Word to the wise, The Crusaders love to huck and chuck the the 3 ball. Memorial begins a grueling 4 game stretch,at Merrimack, at Alvirne, at Central, and hosting West. OUCH

Spaulding 8-4 at Central 8-3. Game of the night. A win by either team could go a long way to getting a top 4 seed. A LONG WAY.

Salem 9-3 at Exeter 4-7. I like Exeter to win {next week against South}, not this week against Salem. Salem gets their 10th win.

Alvirne 8-3 at South 5-7. Two teams heading in different directions. South {losers of 7 of their last 8} is heading South in the NHIAA standings. Alvirne wants to host 2 games badly, so they need to keep hanging w's, not l's.

Pinkerton 7-4 at Winnie 5-6. Lot of people talking up Winnie. Not me. They haven't beaten a team with a winning record. Pinkerton has a winning record. This is one of the few remaining games on Pinky's schedule in which they will be favored to win.

Keene 2-10 at Timberlane 0-11. Did they fire the new head coach at keene yet? He's been there what 3 games. Time for a new coach. What can you say about this game? Even the parents don't want to go.

My apologies GNG. I was so busy I started a Feb. 10th game thread w/o even looking that you started one AND I gave you unwarranted grief.

I do see I've had more activity over on my Feb. 10th thread. It must be some of the nice people in Londonderry who feel the warm blogging hugs from T & F instead of the cold slam of the blogging door from GNG.

And in the lower divisions… two really good matchups in D-2 tonight.

Pembroke (11-2) at Pelham (9-4) – Not including the clunker they had against Bedford, Pelham’s losses have been by 1, 2 and 3 points. Pembroke has a fairly easy schedule remaining after tonight, so a win would almost assure them a spot in the top four.

John Stark (8-4) at Bedford (9-3) – Another test for Stark to prove they belong in the upper echelon of D-2. Two of their losses have been to undefeated Hanover, and the other two were by 1 and 2 points. Bedford is currently in fifth place, and they still have two games remaining with Souhegan.

Hanover (12-0) looks to remain undefeated, traveling to Oyster River.

Not much else of interest in D-2, and no particularly intriguing matchups in D-3 or D-4.

I turn on my computer and there is a picture of T@F making national news. I was wrong , it was the new picture of Macauley Caulkin. They could be twins.

Yes, South has lost 5 of their last 6, the five losses by a combined 11 points.

Alvirne has won 4 out of 5 against the bottom echelon. (1-11 Londonderry, man, are they poor, 0-11 Timberlanne, 2-10 Concord, and 1-10 Keene. Sorry but I am ignoring Keene's victory over Con-Val)
Alvirne has not won a meaningful game since January 6th vs BG.

South-------- 2 point loss to 8-3 Central. 1 point to 9-2 Merrimack, 4 point loss to 5-6 Winnacunnet a game that followed a disappointing 2-point road loss to 8-3 North, a 2 point loss at 7-4 Pinkerton.

On opposite ends of the spectrum Salem lost to South by 18 and beat Alvirne by 18

Yes, Mazz is a good coach. I don't see any quit in them. The South will rise again.

I will be home tonight posting updates as I get them.

In her last two games, Amra Elezovic has scored 6 points against Winnacunnet and 4 points against Londonderry. Are defenses starting to figure her out?

Winnie 9 pinky 4 430 left in the SECOND QUARTER.

PINKY has 11 turnovers.


Central 9 spaulding 9 end of 1

Merrimack 5 Memorial 4 after 1. Two games in a row where Merrimack doesn't score the first 5 minutes of the game.


HALFTIME Winn 16 Pinky 14. Pinkerton with 15 turnovers and are only 2 points down.

Alvirne 16 South 10

Halftime Merri 21 Memorial 18

HALF SOUTH 27 ALV 23

spaulding 28 cent 26 5 min left in the 3rd

444 left 3rd Merri 29 Memorial 18. Now it's Memorial scoreless for 4 minutes.

Winnie 27 Pinky 26 4 min left in the 4th. 24 turnovers for Pinky.

UGLY BASKETBALL continues to dominate division 1 hoops this year.

Some of these teams offenses are truly offensive.

South up 46 27 after 3. Alvirne had 0 fgs and 9 turnovers in 3rd quarter. Good call Bert. The South will rise.

Pinkerton has 25 turnovers and beats Winnie. 35-32. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? This is a sad/bad day for NH hoops.

Alvirne playing themselves out of a top 4 seed.

Merrimack 34 Memorial 20. The Crusaders scored 2 points in the 3rd quarter. MY GOSH.

final Merrimack 44 Memorial 28. BURN THE GAME FILM .

FINAL SOUTH 67 ALVIRNE 34.

Final Keene 61 Timby 48

Wow. How 'bout that.

Maybe I'll tell the Greatest NH sports story never told. It makes the Keene story look like a jv game.

Nah, I'll let you have your thread.

I'll save that gem for another day