By Roger Brown
MaxPreps.com
The Twin State Basketball Committee recently released rosters for the Twin State Basketball Classic, which will be played July 12 at the University of Vermont’s Patrick Gymnasium.
The New Hampshire high school all-stars will take on the Vermont all-stars in two contests. The girls game is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m., and the boys will start at 3 p.m.
Hopkinton’s Dave Chase will coach the New Hampshire boys. His roster features the following players: Ryan Bourgeois (Trinity), David Brandt (Hopkinton), Ryan Call (Colebrook), Brian Chergy (Bow), Joe Downing (Newmarket), Scott Faucher (Lebanon), Brian Lawrence (Exeter), Jacob Lewis-Hamel (Concord), Trevor Maynard (Oyster River), Matt McLaughlin (St. Thomas Aquinas), Chris Petzy (Exeter), Shawn Stoodley (Salem), Ben Titcomb (John Stark) and Bobby Wunsch (Londonderry).
The New Hampshire boys have an 18-9 advantage in the series.
Portsmouth Christian Academy’s Roland Young will coach the New Hampshire girls. Amy Barry (Manchester Memorial), Katelyn Cloutier (Groveton), Alicia Doucet (Manchester Central), Rachel Figaro (Bishop Guertin), Mary Garon (Trinity), Marie Girard (St. Thomas), Shannon Hassan (Merrimack), Kelsey Hogan (Nashua North), Shannon Kean (St. Thomas), Caitlin O’Connor (Newfound), Catherine O’Neil (Manchester Central), Samantha Wheeler (Timberlane), Maria DiTommaso (Conant) and Kelly Schwarz (Derryfield) are the girls who will represent New Hampshire.
The New Hampshire girls lead their series 16-11.
Football: Sixteen Athletes Invited to Yukica Banquet
The Joe Yukica Chapter of the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame will recognize 16 senior athletes who excel on the playing field and in the classroom at Tuesday’s 21st Annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Dinner, which will be held at the Executive Court Banquet Facility in Manchester.
This year’s honorees are Exeter fullback Gabe Bourgeois, Exeter tight end Brad Kelly, Exeter halfback Brett McAllister, Bishop Guertin tight end Nick Croteau, Bishop Guertin running back Matt Cyr, Winnacunnet running back Sam Auffant, Spaulding running back Michael Blouin, Bishop Brady tackle Chas Cornell, Souhegan safety Ryan Cray, Hanover linebacker John Dodds, Plymouth tight end Tyler Kuehl, Dover end Brian Musk, Keene linebacker Zack Roeder, Portsmouth offensive lineman Reed Spiller, Salem linebacker James Stewart and Londonderry running back Alex Theodhosi.
The Joe Yukica Chapter is dedicated to promoting amateur football throughout New Hampshire. Yukica coached at the University of New Hampshire, Boston College and Dartmouth College.
Softball: Gilford Hands Forge 400th Win
Joan Forge collected the 400th victory of her high school coaching career when Gilford defeated rival Belmont, 6-5, on April 30.
Forge became the fourth New Hampshire high school softball coach to win at least 400 games, joining former Somersworth coach Rick Forge (Joan’s husband), Littleton’s Jim Ramsey and Salem’s Harold Sachs.
Rick Forge, who is now an assistant coach at Gilford, became the first coach to reach the milestone when he collected victory No. 400 in 2001.
“It means that I’m getting old and I’ve been at it a long time,” Joan Forge told Foster’s Daily Democrat. “The girls do it all, and I’m just happy to be a part of it.”
Forge guided Gilford to the Class M state title in 2003 and 2006. Her only other championship came in 1983, when she was the head coach at Ashland High School.
