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LONDONDERRY – A basketball season interrupted twice by Covid ended prematurely for the Pinkerton boys Thursday night in a tough 66-58 decision to border rival Londonderry in a Division 1 preliminary game.

Ryan O'Rourke, George Boudreau and Matteo Mustapha all remained unbeaten with pins as Salem crushed Londonderry 60-15 in the quarterfinals of the Division 1 dual-meet state tournament. The Blue Devils will face Concord in the semifinals Wednesday.

It was deadlocked after 3, but Pinkerton (4-0) pulled out the 53-46 win over Londonderry. Drew Brander scored 6 of his 12 in the fourth. Anthony Chinn had a team-high 13 and Justin Dunne contributed 9 points and 10 boards.

Pinkerton improved to 4-0 with a 41-23 win over Londonderry. Kristina Packowski scored 16 points and Avah Ingalls 13 in the win.

Hunter Drouin scored twice and Pinkerton defeated Londonderry 5-2 as the Astros gained a split from the two-day matchup with their archrivals.

Londonderry hit four 3's in the fourth quarter and took a 45-42 lead. But Pinkerton scored the final six points to win 48-45. Jackson Marshall sealed it with two free throws with three seconds left. Fellow frosh Drew Brander pumped in 20 points and Andrew MacDonald added 11 for 3-0 Pinkerton, which played its first game since Jan. 19 due to COVID.

Ryan Pappalardo scored twice and Spencer Deane made 34 saves as Salem trounced Londonderry late Saturday night.

Ryan Pappalardo scored his second goal of the game 2:25 into overtime to give Salem a 3-2 victory over Londonderry on Wednesday. Sam Maietta added the other goal for the Blue Devils (4-0).

Windham's girls basketball team held Londonderry to two points in the fourth quarter Saturday and surged to a 44-30 victory. Sarah Dempsey led the Jaguars with 13 points.