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Eric Byrne made the cut with an 82 as Pinkerton placed third as a team at the New Hampshire Division 1 golf championship. Bishop Guertin was first as a team. The top local placed was Londonderry's Curtis Harper with an 81.

Behind a sparkling 71 by Jake Vaiknoras, Pelham took second at the New Hampshire Division 3 championship with a 337, behind just No. 1 Bow (301).

"That is the best finish Pelham has ever had," said Pythons coach Joe Vaiknoras. "We were third last year and graduated three of our top four guys. So they are just thrilled."

Defending individual state champion Connor Greenleaf shot a one-over-par 73 at Beaver Meadow Golf Course in Concord to lead Windham golf to this year's Division 2 state championship. Greenleaf, who usually shoots a two-under-par, actually shot a 64 on the same course a couple weeks ago. So yesterday wasn't his best but good enough to earn the Day 1 medalist spot.   "He started out not so good," Windham coach Ken Bourassa said. "His putting was not as good as it usually is. He bogeyed a couple holes on the front nine." But Greenleaf was stellar on the back nine. As a team, the Jaguars shot a 395. St. Thomas was the Division 2 runner-up, shooting 407. Team scores are finalized on the first day. The second day of play will be tomorrow and it determines the division's best individual golfer. The top 24 players from the first day made the cut.   Greenleaf is three shots ahead of the Day 1 second-place finisher, who is from Portsmouth. "He usually plays better on the second day," Bourassa said. That certainly was the case last year when Greenleaf prevailed despite entering the second four shots behind three other golfers. "He was on fire," Bourassa said about Greenleaf's second-day effort last year. "The kid is good. He's really good." James McKee (78), Adam Dolan (80), Patrick Higgins (81), Matt Howard (83) and Eric Butler (83) all advanced to the second round. Butler is Windham's No. 8 player, so Windham's depth certainly came into play yesterday. "Connor can't do it alone," Bourassa said. "We have great scorers."

Pelham won the tie-breaker and beat Mascenic, 173-174, to sweep a quad-meet. Jake Vaiknoras (39) was medalist. According to coach Joe Vaiknoras, it's the first time Mascenic has ever lost at home.

Jake Vaiknoras shot a 34, tying the school record he held with his brother, Jesse, as Pelham defeated Conant, Laconia and Winnisquam in golf.