Around the Granite State: Souhegan boys basketball gets win over Sanborn (video)

AMHERST – Matt Canavan had 15 of his game-high 19 points in the first half as the Souhegan High School boys basketball team broke open a close game in the second quarter Thursday night and beat Sanborn 65-39.

Canavan hit three 3-pointers and went 4 of 4 at the free throw line as the Sabers (9-1) outscored the Indians 22-4 over the final 10 minutes of the first half to lead 36-16 at the break. It was the second win in a row for Souhegan after suffering its only loss of the year to Pembroke last Saturday.

Carter Hayes and Weston Hickman each added seven points for the Sabers, who went on an 11-0 run starting late in the first quarter to turn a 14-12 lead into a 13-point advantage.

“We know they’re a volume shooting team and they need a lot of shots to beat you,” Souhegan coach Peter Pierce said. “We were determined to drive that number down, and in the first quarter, we didn’t. It was up and down in the first quarter. We got our traction and started to run our stuff and get longer possessions, the tide turned in our favor.”

Sanborn (2-7) got 10 points each from Chase Frizzell and Isaiah Reis while Zach Frizzell added seven points.

Girls Basketball

Manchester Memorial 63, Manchester Central 42

Maddie Pepra-Omani had 17 points and four assists to help the Crusaders snap a five-game losing streak with a win over the Little Green.

Emma Rossi added 11 points and five assists while Payton Moran had nine points. NyAsia McKelvey had eight points and 10 rebounds and Torle Adumene added eight points and six boards for Memorial (5-5).

Wrestling

Concord 46, Keene 18

The Crimson Tide picked up the win over the Blackbirds, getting pins from Cullen Burke (113 pounds), Wesley Thompson (145), Jeydon Wilson (152), Rumi Mistry (182), Noah Blake (195) and Austin Wells (220).

Also recording wins for Concord were Griffin Norwalt (120), Austin Freire (170) and Nathan Feudner (285).

Jack Hebert (160) had a pin for Keene while Lily Runez (106), Carter Trubiano (126), Carter Spencer (132) and Sila Runez (138) had wins.

Bishop Guertin 60, Merrimack 24

The Cardinals picked up a win over the Tomahawks, getting pins from Austin Steinruck (106), Jack Kaler (113), John Forcier (138), Jack Foster (152), Kaelem Wagner (170), Hunter Rheaume (182), Zach Connerty (195), Charlie Bellavance (220) and Rocco Geraci (285).

Colin Foley (132) also had a win for Bishop Guertin.

Nickolas Murphy (145) and Brendan Curley (160) each had a pin for Merrimack while Connor Sayball (120) and Grant Descheneaux (126) won by forfeit.

Timberlane 54, Nashua South 24

The Owls grabbed a win from the Panthers, getting pins from TJ Labatte (132), Jon Fabrizio (138), Jacob Andrade (145), Ben Little (152) and Dom Copetta (195).

Timberlane also got forfeit wins from Matt Boucher (106), Ryan Sigillo (113), Tallon Oljey (120) and Malikai Colon (285).

Connor Whitman (160), Anthony Fernandez (182) and Connor Comeau (220) each had a pin for South while Jerrik Pacheco (126) and Edneil Reyes Adorno (170) also had wins for the Panthers.

Pinkerton 46, Londonderry 36

The Astros beat the Lancers behind pins by Michael Follo (132), Anthony Borbone (145), Nelphison DeAlmeida (160) and James Caruso (182).

Camden Arbogast (138) also had a win for Pinkerton while Aiden Doyle (113), Cam McMahon (120) and Ayden Guevara (126) won by forfeit.

Londonderry got pins from David Pento (152), Patrick O’Connor (170), Andreas Taliadouros (195) and Kyle Jasper (285) while Nikki Stylianos (106) and Christopher Gear (220) won by forfeit.