The Alvirne Broncos shook off the rust of a long bus ride to Keene with a 9-0 1st quarter run that gave them a lead they would not relinquish.  Jacob Hibbard scored 16 points for the Broncos, while Brendan Graham and Liam O'Neil added 15 apiece as Alvirne beat Keene 54-42 to advance to the Division 1 quarterfinals. 

 The Blackbirds fell behind by 20 on a couple of occasions before making a valiant 4th quarter comeback that got the lead down to 5.  Alex Charles led all scorers with 22 points, 20 of them coming in the second half.  

 Here's the video highlights of the game filmed and edited by Ian Melewski with play-by-play from Pete Tarrier and a postgame interview with the entire Alvirne team. 

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