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The Hanover High boys’ basketball team’s run at an NHIAA Division II state title came to an end on Monday, when they fell in the semifinals to unbeaten Hollis-Brookline, 42-38, at Rochester Rec Center.
Despite a strong defensive performance by the Bears, which held Hollis-Brookline to its lowest point total of the season, they could not muster enough offense to pick up the win.
“Credit to those guys, they’re undefeated for a reason, they definitely do a really good job of disrupting teams on defense,” said Bears’ Head Coach Denver Greene.
“I thought we had quite a few good looks at the rim, we just couldn’t convert inside, and just couldn’t carry the hot shooting at Pembroke onto the game yesterday,” he added.
Roy Lucas had 15 points for the Bears in the loss. Hollis-Brookline led the Bears 31-23 heading into the fourth quarter and was able to take advantage of some Hanover turnovers to go up by 12 in the contest’s final frame.
Trailing by 12 with under three minutes remaining, the Bears did make a run to cut their deficit in half, but eventually ran out of time and had to foul.
Down seven with about 15 seconds left, Greene put a full senior lineup on the court, and Andrew Cramer, who Greene described as a great teammate, hit a three at the buzzer to make the game’s final score.
“Losing isn’t how anybody wants to end their season, but I’m proud of the guys for playing hard until the end. The seniors have done so much for this program and leave it better than when they came in,” Greene said.
ALPINE SKIING
New Hampshire boys finish first, girls finish second at Eastern High School Championships
Key athletes: Boys: Hayden Clapp (Hanover High — 5th slalom, 13th giant slalom); Hopper Kelley (Hanover High — 18th slalom, 26th giant slalom) Girls: Beya Kelley (Hanover High — 20th in slalom, eighth giant slalom)
