Granby Advances to Basketball Quarterfinals

Six boys basketball tournament games involving teams from north central Connecticut were played Thursday, with the locals emerging victorious in four of them.

Granby advanced to the Class M quarterfinals with an 84-82 win in double overtime over St. Joseph.

Bloomfield and Northwest Catholic also won their Class M second-round games, while Simsbury was victorious in Class LL. Glastonbury and East Hartford were both eliminated from Class LL play.

On the ice, Hall-Southington and Bolton-Coventry-Rockville-RHAM both dropped second-round contests and were eliminated in Division III action.

Here are how area teams fared Thursday, and what lies ahead for the local winners:

Boys Basketball - second round

Class LL
No. 12 Simsbury 69, No. 5 Ledyard 56
next - Simsbury at No. 4 Weaver, 3/14, 7 p.m., at Bulkeley HS
No. 3 Hillhouse 70, No. 14 East Hartford 54
No. 7 Wilbur Cross 63, No. 23 Glastonbury 52

Class M
No. 4 Bloomfield 70, No. 20 Plainfield 43
next - No. 12 Bacon Academy at Bloomfield, 3/14, 7 p.m.
No. 8 Granby Memorial 84, No. 24 St. Joseph 82 (2OT)
next - Granby Memorial at No. 1 Sacred Heart, 3/14, 7 p.m.
No. 10 Northwest Catholic 52, No. 7 Nonnewaug 39
next - No. 15 Abbott Tech at Northwest Catholic, 3/14, 7 p.m.

Boys Ice Hockey - second round

Division III
No. 5 Westhill-Stamford 5, No. 4 Hall-Southington 2
No. 1 New Fairfield-Immaculate 1, No. 9 Bolton-Coventry-Rockville-RHAM 0