Holy Family girls edged out of tourney in OT thriller
read more…: Holy Family girls edged out of tourney in OT thrillerThe Griffins battled right down to the last second but were ultimately felled by an equally gritty Farmington squad.
The Griffins battled right down to the last second but were ultimately felled by an equally gritty Farmington squad.
The Griffins were challenged at home but earned the victory to setup a tough quarterfinal road test.
The Griffins led from start to finish and earned a third-straight trophy to the Division I-IV quarterfinals.
As temperatures cool down around the Queen City, action is heating up for Manchester’s two private Catholic high schools as athletes from Trinity High School and Holy Family Academy begin their winter sports campaigns.
The fifth-ranked Holy Family Academy boys basketball team (14-4), hosting 12th-seeded Concord Christian Academy (9-9) in the first round of the NHIAA Division IV playoffs Monday night, appeared poised to extend its 33-27 lead heading into the second half.
The Holy Family Academy boys soccer team, featuring several familiar faces from the defending Division I-IV boys basketball state runner-up squad, have quietly put together several wins on the soccer pitch under first-year head coach Andrew Mitchell, who grew up on and around the European football pitch as a native of Leeds, England.
If being able to go on the road and win a tight game in a hostile environment is a sign of championship pedigree, the Holy Family Academy boys basketball team definitively checked that box Friday night.
Prior to several of Holy Family Academy’s athletics teams joining NHIAA competitive play in the midst of the pandemic in 2020, the Derryfield School really didn’t have a natural local rival in boys basketball.