Division I

Portsmouth girls basketball finds way to hand Salem first loss

PORTSMOUTH – Ricky Oliver was thrilled with how his young Salem High School girls basketball team opened the season 4-0, but he knew his team was in for an awakening when the Blue Devils traveled to play against his friend and Portsmouth coach Tim Hopley’s experienced group. The recipe that Oliver

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Portsmouth girls basketball finds way to hand Salem first loss
Portsmouth's Maggie Pataki (13) and Mackenzie Lombardi (22) collapse around Salem's Caroline Case at midcourt during the second quarter. This content is for NHHS Sports Insider Weekly Pass, NHHS Sports Insider FANATIC, and NHHS Sports Insider ALL-STATE members only.Register

PORTSMOUTH – Ricky Oliver was thrilled with how his young Salem High School girls basketball team opened the season 4-0, but he knew his team was in for an awakening when the Blue Devils traveled to play against his friend and Portsmouth coach Tim Hopley’s experienced group.

The recipe that Oliver feared was cooked to perfection by the Clippers.

Salem led 11-8 through the first quarter, but the Clippers took control by suffocating the Blue Devils defensively in the second on their way to a 54-32 Division I victory inside Stone Gymnasium on Friday night.

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