Bishop Brady had some work to do if it was to successfully defend its Division III girls' Alpine skiing title.

The arsenal of both half-court and full-court pressure is what caused the Cardinals easy turnovers and gave the Bears easy layups and deadly outside shots.

The Red Raiders (9-5) jumped out to a 10-2 lead midway through the first quarter but it wasn't enough to sustain the victory.

Team defense was the biggest key in the matchup, allowing Winnisquam to edge the Indians. The Bears allowed only 10 or fewer points in all four quarters.

Pittsfield (10-4) has a tough week coming up with four games in five days, but started it off right with a blowout win on the road at Portsmouth Christian (4-10). The Eagles hung around for the first quarter, but were put behind for good at the start of the second half when the Panthers turned up the defensive pressure and went on an 18-2 run.

For the third game in a row, Newfound (7-8) played a top-eight team in Class M, and for the first time in the three games the Bears took home a loss. Stevens (10-4) had a big advantage at the free throw line, but other than that they were matched evenly by the scrappy Bears.

In a physical matchup between a strong Belmont team and a battling Gilford team, the Golden Eagles gave it all they had.

Keene was able to squeak by Exeter, 749.5-743, at Mount Sunapee for the Division I girls' Alpine championship. Bishop Guertin took home the bronze with a total of 712. Concord trailed Goffstown by only six points, but scored 504 points to beat out three other schools by less than 10 points to finish ninth in the tightly contested middle of the pack. Pembroke came in 15th out of 17 teams with a score of 220.

Concord earned a third-place finish in a four-team meet at Londonderry thanks in large part to Kaelyn Bouchard. Bouchard came in second in the bars, floor and all-around, while also placing fourth in the vault and fifth on the beam. Londonderry won the meet with a score of 129.1, followed by Souhegan (118.1), Concord (112.8) and Pelham (93.45).

Cam Clairmont led the way with four points (three goals, one assist) for Belmont-Gilford.

For the first time in six seasons, the Profile ski team did not win the Division IV boys' Alpine championship, as the Derryfield School scored 733 points to snatch the title away from the Patriots yesterday.

For the first time in six seasons, the Profile ski team did not win the Division IV boys' Alpine championship, as the Derryfield School scored 733 points to snatch the title away from the Patriots yesterday.

Whenever I'm within site of Mount Washington in winter, it seems the wind blows hard and the temperature drops. That's okay, I don't mind it.

MONTREAL - The president of the Montreal Canadiens says Bob Gainey is stepping aside as general manager and being replaced by Pierre Gauthier.

VALENCIA, Spain - The opening race of the 33rd America's Cup between two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland and American challenger BMW Oracle Racing was postponed due to unsteady wind.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Former Formula One driver Nelson Piquet Jr. will enter the NASCAR Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway.

PARIS - Eighth-seeded Elena Vesnina of Russia and Agnes Szavay of Hungary both reached the second round of the Open GDF Suez tournament.

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Robin Soderling won his first match of the year, beating Florent Serra, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, in the first round of the ABN Amro indoor tournament.

MILWAUKEE - The Brewers are erecting a statue of baseball Commissioner Bud Selig outside Miller Park and will unveil it on Aug. 24.

NEW YORK - Randy Winn and the New York Yankees have finalized a $1.1 million, one-year contract.

CHICAGO - Omar Vizquel will wear the No. 11 of former White Sox shortstop and fellow Venezuelan Luis Aparicio this season.

The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of M-A-S-H to become the most-watched program in television history.

Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR debut this weekend at Daytona International Speedway.

New London's Taylor Owen, a junior at Kearsarge Regional High School and Waterville Valley Academy's winter program, won the Gatorade snowboard slopestyle finals at Mt. Snow in Vermont on Sunday.

BOSTON - Barry Almeida scored to give Boston College a three-goal, third-period lead and the Eagles held off a late charge from Boston University to win 4-3 and claim the 58th Beanpot championship last night.