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Sanborn's boys won a thriller, defeating Coe-Brown 72-67 in overtime in the Division 2 quarterfinals to advance to Wednesday's quarterfinals. Sophomore Jared Khalil had his second big tourney game, leading the way with 22 points, but Jason Allen was huge with 16 points and clinched the win with two free throws with 26 seconds left in OT. Dylan Khalil chipped in with 14 points.

LONDONDERRY — Timberlane's boys basketball team lost its Cinderella slipper in the second half late Saturday afternoon.

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.

Jared Khalil had 17 points and brother Dylan Khalil added 15, with both sinking three 3-pointers, as Sanborn defeated Oyster River 66-62 in the first round of the Division 2 tournament. A strong 20-point third quarter made the difference for Sanborn, which had four players in double figures and will advance to Saturday's quarterfinals.

Timberlane's boys basketball team continued to play well, winning its second tournament game, 52-40 over Merrimack. Luke Surprenant led the offense with 16 points, Robert Olson had 11 points and 8 rebounds and Sean Chanakira had eight points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Pelham's boys opened the Division 2 tournament with an easy 56-32 victory over Milford. Jake McGlinchey led the rout with 18 points while Jake Dumont had 17 points, 15 coming on five 3-pointers. 

Timberlane, which lost to Windham twice during the regular season, pulled off the upset Monday with a 59-55 victory on the road in the first round of the Division 1 tournament.

Freshman Jackson Marshall scored a season-high 21 points and had eight rebounds as Pinkerton defeated Salem 69-48 in the first round of the Division 1 tournament. Tyrone Chinn had his best all-around game of the season for the Astros while scoring nine points. Craig Harris led Salem with 15 points.

WINDHAM — While not having a player in the rotation taller than 6-foot-2 can make the game challenging, basketball will always be about putting the ball in the hole.

And the shooters at Windham are thriving from distance.

Pelham's boys (13-1) avenged their only loss with a 63-56 win over Sanborn. The Pythons were led by Jake Dumont who stuffed the stat sheet with 22 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 6 steals to lead the Pythons.  Sophomore Jake Cawthron had a career-high 10 points to go along with 8 rebounds.

Pinkerton's boys smacked Merrimack 70-41 to improve to 8-1. Will Warriner led the offense with 15 points while EJ Fasano had 12 points and eight rebounds.

Ryan Pacy poured in a career-high 26 points as Salem won its first game of the season, 69-55 over Timberlane. The Blue Devils zoomed out to a 41-16 halftime lead and never looked back. Ashton Ventola scored 16 points for the Owls.

Freshmen Drew Brander scored 17 points and Jackson Marshall added 15 with 8 rebounds as Pinkerton took out Windham 59-52 to improve to 7-1. Also, Justin Dunne had 11 rebounds and Andy MacDonald held Windham star Joey DaSilva to 10 points while scoring 8 himself.

Dylan Khalil had 28 points and went over 1,000 points for his career and brother Jared Khalil added 21 as Sanborn handed Pelham its first loss of the season, 74-58.