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HUDSON NH — Cinderella’s slipper didn’t fit after all.

After a first round upset over no. 5 seed Manchester Central, the Londonderry boys basketball team fell in the Class L quarterfinals to another tourney surprise in Alvirne, 54-42. The loss marks the fifth straight season the Lancers have been ousted in the quarterfinals.

DERRY, N.H. — Pinkerton had no answers for Brennan Donnelly.

Alvirne’s 6-5 senior center provided a winning skill set in Class L first round play against the Astros, commanding the low post and defensive paint using his football lineman physique while showing soft hands and a keen awareness of where his teammates were on the court. Owning both ends of the court with 16 points, 18 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 blocked shots and 2 steals, Donnelly helped deliver a convincing 72-46 upset of Pinkerton at Hackler Gym.

DERRY, N.H. — Pinkerton had no answers for Brennan Donnelly.

Alvirne’s 6-5 senior center provided a winning skill set in Class L first round play against the Astros, commanding the low post and defensive paint using his football lineman physique while showing soft hands and a keen awareness of where his teammates were on the court. Owning both ends of the court with 16 points, 18 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 blocked shots and 2 steals, Donnelly helped deliver a convincing 72-46 upset of Pinkerton at Hackler Gym.

Coming on strong in the stretch run, defending state champ Salem ran away from Alvirne, 60-45. Josh Jones led the Blue Devils (10-4) to their seventh straight win with a 19-point, 9-rebound effort. Solid defense was provided by Joe Gallant, who defended mammoth forward Brendan Donnelly well while hauling down 12 boards. 

PLAISTOW, N.H. — Instead of flying into the Division 2 playoffs, Timberlane laid an egg last night.

The Owls (7-3) were dominated most of the way in a 26-13 setback to an Alvirne team (5-5) playing with much more urgency.

With the score knotted at 1-1 at the end of regulation, Timberlane had a lot of work to do to earn its first victory of the season. Luckily for the Owls, Kevin Zambrano was up to the challenge.

Better late than never

The Londonderry girls soccer team was down and apparently out, trailing 3-1 with 12 minutes to play. That is when the offense woke up and scored three unanswered goals.Tori McCombs won it with a goal in the 78th minute.

Flying under the statistical radar, senior Sara Seaborne has been a solid contributor for the Londonderry girls volleyball team, and she did it again yesterday in a sweep of Alvirne.

Cassie Chase scored twice to lead Salem to a 5-1 win over Alvirne. Gina Rigin, Amanda Vaudreuil and Jersey Burns also scored for the Blue Devils and Sarah Snyder made two key saves at a time that the game was still in doubt.