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Five Years of Boys Basketball State Champs

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  Five Year State Champs A Little History on KHS Boys Basketball Basketball in the Mount Washington Valley has been around since before A. Crosby Kennett High School existed.  With basketball starting at what was known as the North Conway High School (NCHS) before 1920.  The above picture is the 1921-1922 NCHS boys Basketball team.  In the White Mountain Breeze (1922 Yearbook) it says “ the boys have been taught to play a clean game, and it is a source of pride that the games were clean even though they were not all won .”  The NCHS team was represented by William Mohoney, E. Merrill, Raymond Twombly, Fred Kenison, E. Hodgdon, C. James and captain H. Seavey with R. Sanphy as Manager and Mr. Orcutt as coach.    1923 The first Kennett boys basketball team (1923-1924) had seven players that played on a regular basis.  These players were Bob Garland, John Chandler, Fred Kenison, Raymond Twombly, Charles Davidson, William Mahoney, and Chester Goulding.  They compiled a record of thirteen