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  The Brooks squash team improved to 7-2 with a convincing 5-2 win over Nobles and Greenough. Among the winners for Brooks was improving Tyler Britt of North Andover.

All 13 players scored at least one point in Pelham's 65-21 boys basketball victory over Sanborn. The visiting Indians were shut out in both the first and third quarters.

It took a record-breaking time to keep Steven Hammar from victory.

The Pelham runner placed second in the 1,500 meter run at the Division 2 state championships at Dartmouth, bested by Bow's Jonathan Vinnenberg in a time of 4:06.50 that was almost five seconds faster than the two-year-old record he broke. Hammar ran a personal-best 4:15.54 as runner-up.

Windham freshman Kristen Tilley led local finishers in yesterday's Division 2 state championship meet at Dartmouth, placing fourth in the 600 with a school-record 1:42.69. Teammate Kate Farrell came in fifth in the 3,000 in 11:11.82, also a school record by over a second for the senior.

Pelham shot 11 of 14 from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter to hold off host Hollis-Brookline and win, 65-58. Derek Defranzo led the Pythons with a game-high 21 points.

Windham's Patrick Fitzgerald placed second in the 55 meter hurdles (8.1 seconds) and fourth in the long jump (19-8 1/4) to led area Division 2 athletes at their qualifying session at UNH.

Brett Bailey (10) and Jake Vaiknoras (6) combined for 16 of Pelham's 18 fourth-quarter points as the Pythons held off hard-charding Portsmouth 48-45. Vaiknoras finished with a game-high 19 points while Bailey finished with 13.

Windham's wrestling team remained unbeaten in Division 3 with a 66-9 thrashing of Pelham. In two of the best matches of the day, Windham's Jeff Armstrong edged Pelham's Jared Boyden 8-6 in overtime at 106 while, at 138, Pelham's Kevin DeAngelo prevailed by the same 8-6 score.

Windham's Patrick Fitzgerald won the 55 hurldes (8.3) and placed third in the long jump (19-06) at a multi-team league track meet. 

Salem swept a four-team meet over Souhegan, Pelham and Hollis-Brookline. Sophomore Kadie Tommasi and freshman Marrina Mayo went 1-2 in the all-around. Freshman Kelsey Collins placed for the first time with a third on bars. The Blue Devils also got a fine effort from junior  Samantha Cloutier, who placed in all three of her events. Coach Ginnie LaVallo also had high praise for freshman Amber Chopelas. Sophomore Ashley Myer made a strong return from injury.