NASHUA CATHOLIC JR. HIGH BOYS AND GIRLS WIN STATE TITLES 

Nashua Catholic Regional Jr. High School reigned supreme last week over the Catholic School basketball world, with both its boys and girls teams winning CYO state championships. Both teams now advance to the New England CYO Championships in Burlington, Vermont in April. 

Girls: Nashua Catholic 39, St. Joseph's (Manchester) 15. After a 56-7 semifinal win over St. Mary's of Dover, the Nashua Catholic girls squad capped struggled to keep pace with St. Joseph's in the first quarter of the championship game, ending the first quarter down 7-3, and the first half tied 10-10.  In the second half, however the girls pulled away and never looked back.  point guard Marie Laplante scored nine points, with balanced scoring from  Danielle Mackey (6)  Adaeze Okorie and Brea Veilleux,(7 apiece), Emma Williams (6), and Megan Morelli (1). Molly Dee, Haleigh Therrien, Emily Moran, Meghan Donovan, Meredith Hall, and Victoria D;Anthony all provided quality minutes in NCRJH's championship run. 

Boys: Nashua Catholic 53, St. Joseph's (Manchester) 12.  After a convincing semifinal win over St. Mary's of Dover, Coach Al Francouer's  Nashua Catholic boys team kept up the momentum into the finals, with Dimitri Stamoulas (eight points), Nate Hale (11), Will Lewis (9), Jack Warden(5), Chad Oliveiri (7), Max Serra (3), Pat Mackey (6), Garrett Bozek (3), Colin Morrow (1)and Casey Fisher turning in a dominant team performance.