NHIAA names co-champions, runners-up for winter sports season
With tournament games called off and the winter sports season in the books, the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association released its plan Monday to name champions for the sports that were unable to complete the season.
With tournament games called off and the winter sports season in the books, the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association released its plan Monday to name champions for the sports that were unable to complete the season.
In each division, the title of co-champions will be awarded to the highest-seeded teams from each side of the respective tournament brackets, a decision that was unanimously voted on by the NHIAA’s Executive Council. All teams that were remaining in the tournament will be recognized as a runner-up.
“While most wish the tournaments could have been concluded in their normal fashion, this compromise solution takes into account the regular season and a team’s progress through the tournament prior to the suspension of play,” the NHIAA released in a statement. “We hope that this solution will bring some closure to the NHIAA winter season.”
Hockey and Division III and IV boys basketball and Division II girls basketball, only two teams remained when the tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Division I girls basketball was in the semifinals and Division I and II boys basketball was in the quarterfinals.
Co-champions and runners-up are as follows:
Hockey
- Division I Boys Co-champions: Concord and Bedford.
- Division I Girls Co-champions: Concord and Berlin-Gorham.
- Division II Co-champions: Keene and St. Thomas.
- Division III Co-champions: Berlin-Gorham and Kennett.
Girls Basketball
- Division I Co-champions: Bishop Guertin and Goffstown.
- Division I Runners-up: Bedford and Londonderry.
- Division II Co-champions: Lebanon and Spaulding.
Boys Basketball
- Division I Co-champions: Exeter and Portsmouth.
- Division I Runners-up: Nashua South, Salem, Keene, Alvirne, Nashua North, Merrimack.
- Division II Co-champions: ConVal and Bow.
- Division II Runners-up: Oyster River, Hollis Brookline, Hanover, Kennett, Pelham, Lebanon.
- Division III Co-champions: Gilford and Mascenic.
- Division IV Co-champions: Littleton and Newmarket.
Unified Basketball
- Co-champions: Berlin and Exeter.
- Runners-up: Londonderry and Dover.
The Executive Council also unanimously approved naming the top-scoring winter spirit teams in the preliminary round as the division winners and runners-up.
- Division I Champion: Pinkerton.
- Division I Runner-up: Dover.
- Division II Champion: Pembroke.
- Division II Runner-up: Pelham.
- Division III Champion: Littleton.
- Division III Runner-up: Mascenic.
