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Bow outscored Pelham 6-2 in the final 70 seconds to win their first round state tourney matchup. Stephen Spirou and Mike Lombard had 23 each in defeat.

Pelham junior Stephen Spirou became the seventh player in school history and the fastest to reach it last night in a 72-34 blowout of Laconia. Spirou had 22 points in the first half and added a free throw after intermision to reach 1,000 in the 16th game of his junior season, one game before Justin Hojlo did it two years ago.

Stephen Spirou hit for 23 points as Pelham edged Hollis-Brookline 45-36.

HAVERHILL - There are statement games.

Welcome to statement week, Whittier Tech style.

The Wildcats polished off their fourth win in five days, improving to 12-4 with a dramatic, 77-73, overtime victory over Pelham, N.H.

After a week's layoff and in the midst of mid-term exams, Pelham wasn't sharp but still extracted a 44-36 victory over Souhegan. Junior Mike Lombard (11 points and 9 rebounds) and senior Josh Boissonneault (12 boards) locked up the glass, holding Souhegan to one shot per trip and allowing a shaky Python offense to score enough to win. 

In a meeting of two of Class I's preseason favorites, a mini-meltdown did Pelham in as host Milford prevailed, 50-45.

Before a packed house of 550, the Pythons suffered their first league defeat via 0 for 6 field goal shooting and 4 of 11 from the foul line in the crucial fourth quarter, seeing a tie game drift away in the final 1 1/2 minutes. 

Portsmouth won the championship game last winter, but Pelham got a small slice of revenge with a 61-58 win last night. Stephen Spirou had 23 points and Michael Lombard added 16 points in the win.

Junior Stephen Spirou scored a career high 39 points but Pelham still lost 63-53 in the consolation round of the Greater Lowell Holiday Tournament. 

Spirou, a returning Eagle-Tribune all-star, had set a previous career high with 33 points in a first-round lost to Chelmsford on Saturday and is averaging 29.75 points through the Pelham's first four games.

Stephen Spirou erupted for 33 points including four 3-pointers but Pelham fell to Chelmsford, 60-50, in the opening round of the Greater Lowell Holiday Tourney.

Stephen Spirou erupted for a career-high 28 points in just over three quarters of work, adding nine rebounds in Pelham's 60-31 win over St. Thomas. Mike Lombard chipped a dozen points and 11 rebounds.