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Spartan junior guard Andrew Fitzgerald (21) elevates for a shot over Hanover's Roy Lucas in the 2026 D-II quarterfinals. Credit: ALEXANDER RAPP / Monitor
The New Hampshire Basketball Coaches Organization released its All-State lists for Divisions I through IV over the weekend as remaining playoff teams headed into the semifinals.
The Division III All-State lists were released earlier and published by the Monitor on March 4.
No local players won individual awards, but first-year Pembroke Academy girls’ basketball head coach Noah Cummings was named Coach of the Year.
Here’s a look at all the Capital region boys and girls who made the cut, as recognized by their peers.
Division I
Girls First Team: Emma Smith, sr., Concord Christian Academy.
Girls Honorable Mention: Kate Smith, sr., Concord Christian Academy; Sophia Capsalis, sr., Concord Christian Academy.
Concord Christian Academy senior Emma Smith is surrounded by her family as she becomes the sixth girl in state history to reach 2000 points. Credit: ALEXANDER RAPP / Monitor
Exeter’s Mya Dinneen (14) applies pressure to Concord Christian senior Kate Smith (31), who led the team with 11 points alongside her teammate Sophia Capsalis. Credit: ALEXANDER RAPP / Monitor
CCA senior Sophia Capsalis throws the ball out to the perimeter against Portsmouth. Credit: ALEXANDER RAPP / Monitor
Division II
Boys First Team: Andrew Fitzgerald, jr., Pembroke Academy.
Boys Second Team: Peyton Larrabee, sr., Bow; Grant Hayes, jr., Coe-Brown; Ethan Dukette, sr., Merrimack Valley.
Boys Honorable Mention: Ryan Casey, sr., Bishop Brady; Brendan O’Keeffe, sr., Bow; Brady Smith, sr., Merrimack Valley; Javien Sinclair, sr., and Colin Dube, sr., Pembroke Academy.
Boys All Defensive: Connor Eno, sr., Bow; Javien Sinclair, sr., Pembroke Academy.
Junior guard Andrew Fitzgerald (14) celebrates an offensive foul call against Bow with junior Devon Benton (1) who drew the charge. Credit: ALEXANDER RAPP / Monitor
Bow senior center Peyton Larrabee (L) drives into the paint guarded by Pembroke senior Javien Sinclair (R) Credit: ALEXANDER RAPP / Monitor
Bears sophomore Grant Hayes (L) drives into the paint against Bobcat junior Ryland Sweatt (R). Credit: ALEXANDER RAPP / Monitor
Bishop Brady’s Ryan Casey (L) and Bow’s Peyton Larrabee (R) were the big matchup on the Falcons’ opening night win. Credit: CHIP GRIFFIN / Photos by Chip
Bow senior guard Brendan O’Keeffe (L) elevates to score over Lebanon senior Tyler Ranney (12). Credit: CHIP GRIFFIN / Photos by Chip
Merrimack Valley senior guard Brady Smith (12) led the Pride with 16 points.
Pembroke guard Colin Dube (12) goes up against MV forward Nic Oglesby during the first half. Dube drew a foul and completed a three-point play last season.
Bow coach Eric Saucier, in his well-known stance on the right, directs his players while junior guard Connor Eno (23) has possession in December, 2024. Credit: Chip Griffinย / Photos by Chip
Girls First Team: Peyton Vaughn, so., Bow; Emma Lapierre, jr., Coe-Brown; Kate Stephens, sr., Pembroke.
Girls Second Team: Anne Phillips, jr., Pembroke Academy; Jada Lucas, sr., Merrimack Valley; Hailey Steinmetz, sr., Pembroke.
Girls All Defensive: Jada Lucas, Merrimack Valley; Hailey Steinmetz, Pembroke Academy.
Sophomore guard Peyton Vaughn (24) led Bow in scoring in a loss to Pembroke, 58-37. Credit: ALEXANDER RAPP / Monitor
Coe-Brown sophomore guard Emma LaPierre (32) goes for a layup against Bow senior Kate McGovern (24) during the Bearsโ D-II prelim win on Wednesday night. Credit: Chip Griffin / Photos by Chip
Pembroke senior Kate Stephens (10) elevates over Bow’s Peyton Vaughn to score in the second quarter of Pembroke’s, 58-37, win earlier this season. Credit: ALEXANDER RAPP / Monitor
Pembroke junior guard and Capital Area Holiday Classic MVP Anne Phillips (5) elevates to score over MV in the final match. Credit: CHIP GRIFFIN / Photos by Chip
Senior Jada Lucas (3) sinks a long two-pointer for MV over Bow’s outstretched Kyleigh Duval (L). Credit: CHIP GRIFFIN / Photos by Chip
Pembroke senior Hailey Steinmetz looks to pass under pressure.
Merrimack Valley senior Izzy Navoy (5) goes up for a shot against Pembroke’s Ava Strazzeri (1) and Tessa Love (12). Credit: CHIP GRIFFIN / Photos by Chip
Pembroke senior Ava Strazzeri (L) tries to strip the Pride’s senior forward Jada Lucas (R) of the ball in the Capital Area Holiday Classic championship match. Credit: CHIP GRIFFIN / Photos by Chip
Pembroke’s Tessa Love (12) contests Bow freshman forward Bella Berg’s shot in the second half. Credit: ALEXANDER RAPP / Monitor
Boys All Defensive: Luke Farland, Concord Christian Academy.
Concord Christian Academyโs Luke Farland (1) goes up for a layup during the Division IV boysโ basketball semifinal at Laconia High School on Monday. Farland scored 25 points, but No. 2 Concord Christian fell to No. 3 Littleton, 64-51, CCA’s first loss of the season. Credit: JOSHUA SPAULDINGย / Salmon Press
Pittsfield freshman guard Braiden Elliot scored 10 points against CCA while his future was debated back home at the school on Feb. 5, 2026.
Franklin guard Nathan Holmes (right) tries to maneuver around Concord Christian forward Isaac Kirby in Feb. 2025. Credit: GEOFF FORESTERย / Monitor stafff