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485 Main Street Farmington, NH 03835 FarmingtonHouseOfPizza.com (603) 755-9001 433 Route 11 (Farmington Road) Farmington, NH 03835 www.NewEnglandFurniture.net (603) 755-4402 Taylor Rental Farmington 67 NH Route 11 Farmington, NH 03835 603-332-0911 www.TaylorRentalFarmington.com TOURNAMENT CENTRAL WELCOME TO THE 39TH ANNUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS MIKE LEE HOLIDAY BASKETBALL BASH Started back in 1979, the 39th Annual Mike Lee Holiday Basketball Bash is New Hampshire’s largest and PAGE CONTENTS the Seacoast’s longest-running holiday tournament. What originally began as a boys only tournament was 2 Tournament Schedule later expanded to feature girls in 1981 and the event has flourished since. The host Farmington boys bas- 3 Tournament Brackets ketball team boasts the most championships in tournament history with 18, but the Tigers are in search of 4 Girls Rosters their first title since 2013. On the girls side, the Tigers once again hold the mark for most tourney titles with 5 Girls Tournament Records eight, but the neighboring Nute Rams have captured seven crowns of their own, including three straight. 6 Girls All-Tournament Teams The host Tigers are looking for their first girls title since 2009. 8 Boys Rosters IT’S ALL IN THE NAME 10 Boys Tournament Records In 1979, Farmington boys basketball head coach Mike Lee, who also served as the high school athletic 11 Boys All-Tournament Teams director, was instrumental in starting this very tournament. In 2008, upon Mr. Lee’s retirement from the 13 All-Time Championship Results Farmington School District, the Farmington Athletic Booster Club voted unanimously to re-name the Farm- ington Christmas Tournament to the Mike Lee Holiday Basketball Bash in recognition of his 32 years of THE LEE FILE service to Farmington as a coach, teacher, athletic director, principal and friend. THE BOOSTER CLUB SPANS FIVE DECADES The Farmington Athletic Booster Club was founded in the mid 70’s by its first president, Marion “Boots” Quinn. The Club’s mission was to help supplement the school’s athletic budget and help with team and program needs. Over the years, the Boosters have assisted with school projects, organized cham- pionship welcome home parties, planned and coordinated banquets, been an ambassador of good- will gestures to neighboring schools and served as host to the Mike Lee Holiday Basketball Bash. In 2015, it created the Mel Woodman Award which annually recognizes outstanding athletes who display some of Mel’s fine attributes. In the past 40 years, the club has only had four Presidents; Mrs. Quinn, Joan Funk, David Vachon, and its current president, Joel Chagnon. All four of these individuals are members of the Farmington Sports Hall of Fame. We welcome you to the 39th Annual Mike Lee Holiday Basketball Bash and look forward to serving Farmington athletes for the next 40 years. In these parts, the name Mike Lee is synonomous with basketball and winning. Let’s take a look inside 1,000 POINT MILESTONES the Lee File as the numbers speak for themselves... Farmington’s Katie Martineau and Newmarket’s Anthony Senesombath, two familiar faces to the Mike Lee Holiday Basketball Bash, are both approaching 1,000 career points. Martineau, a two-time 1974 Graduate of Plymouth State University all-tournament selection, enters the Bash just three games into her junior season with an impressive 943 career points. Senesombath, a senior for the Mules, was named to the all-tourney team a season Career basketball victories 368 ago and comes into this year’s event with 957 career points. Seasons as Farmington High School 21 boys basketball head coach TOURNAMENT COVERAGE NHIAA Tournament appearances In addition to being New Hampshire’s largest holiday tournament, the Mike Lee Holiday Basketball 20 Bash is also one of the state’s best covered high school events. The best ways to access all of the cov- Straight NHIAA Tournament erage is through the Farmington Tigers Facebook page (www.facebook.com/FarmingtonTigersNH) or appearances 18 online at our newly designed website www.FarmingtonTigersNH.com. Throughout the tournament, NHIAA Class M State Championships we will post photos, results, news and more. You can also browse the full tournament photo gallery 2 (1984 & 1988) and purchase digital downloads of your favorite athletes at affordable prices. All proceeds benefit the New Hampshire Coach of the Year Farmington Athletic Booster Club, the organization that runs this very tournament. 1 Award (1984) 1 TOURNAMENT CENTRAL ALL-TIME TOURNEY GREATS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26 Dozens of boys and girls tournament participants have been repeat selections to BOYS: Franklin vs. Nute 10:00 a.m. the All-Tournament Team, but only a select few have garnered All-Tourney honors GIRLS: Three-Team Round Robin 11:15 a.m. three times or more. Two of Farmington’s all-time greats, Tim Lee (1994-97) and • Nute vs. Franklin Steve Mosher (1982-85), are the only boys to receive the accolade four times, while • Kennett vs. Franklin Dave Burrows (Nute), Jeff Dore (Nute), Nick Peters (Concord Christian Academy) • Kennett vs. Nute and Jayson Whitehouse (Farmington) have earned the distinction three times. On BOYS: Kennett vs. Pittsfield 1:15 p.m. the girls side, Nute’s Julie Donlon (1982-86) and Kristy Woodill (Nute: 1990, 1992; GIRLS: St. Thomas vs. Pittsfield 2:30 p.m. Farmington: 1993-95) have been All-Tournament picks an astonishing five times. BOYS: Three-Team Round Robin 3:45 p.m. Earning the girls all-tourney nod four times is Stacy Dube (Nute), Kelly Hall (Coe- • Mount Royal vs. Portsmouth Christian Brown) and most recently Shannon St. Lawrence (Nute), while Tiffany Boilard (Ray- • Lin-Wood vs. Portsmouth Christian mond), Shelby Clement (Farmington), Becky Otis (Farmington), Kim Otis (Nute), • Lin-Wood vs. Mount Royal Ginger Sanford (Coe-Brown) and Holly Sirois (Farmington) collected the honor BOYS: St. Thomas vs. Newmarket 5:45 p.m. three times. GIRLS: Inter-Lakes at Farmington 7:00 p.m. BOYS: Inter-Lakes at Farmington 8:15 p.m. SUPERSTAR SPONSORS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27: HALL OF FAME NIGHT Several of our gracious tournament sponsors were not only generous enough to BOYS: Nute vs. Newmarket 10:00 a.m. purchase event sponsorship packages, but some were very successful athletes and GIRLS: Kennett vs. St. Thomas 11:30 p.m. contributors in Farmington sports history. Danny Ricker of title sponsor Dana’s BOYS: Portsmouth Christian vs. Kennett 1:00 p.m. Collision Repair was a 2002 All-Tournament selection and his fiancée, Ali Hagar, GIRLS: Inter-Lakes vs. Pittsfield 2:30 p.m. was also an All-Tourney pick in 2001 and 2002. Whitehouse Snax is owned by * 3-Point Shootout Championship * 4:00 p.m. one of Farmington’s all-time great athletes Jayson Whitehouse and his wife Sayre BOYS: Mount Royal vs. Franklin 4:45 p.m. (Johnson). Jayson, a three-time All-Tournament honoree (2001-03), ranks second GIRLS: Franklin at Farmington 6:15 p.m. all-time in FHS history with 1,579 points on the court, but he was even better on * Hall of Fame Roll Call * 7:45 p.m. the diamond as he led the Tigers to two Class M state baseball championships in BOYS: Lin-Wood at Farmington 8:00 p.m. 2002 and 2004. Sayre also garnered All-Tournament accolades in 2002. Doug Gibbs of Doug’s Painting is son of Farmington Sports Hall of Famer Marshall Gibbs and THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28 Doug’s wife Bobbi was inducted into the Hall last fall. East Coast Energy Consultant’s BOYS: Game 2 Loser vs. Game 1 Loser 10:00 a.m. Nick Johnson, Turner-Liberty Insurance and Cameron’s Home & Garden Center all GIRLS: Game 1 Winner vs. Nute 11:30 a.m. received the Farmington Sports Hall of Fame’s Ellison Award for extraordinary con- BOYS: Game 4 Loser vs. Game 3 Loser 1:00 p.m. tributions. And, last but certainly not least, the event’s namesake, Mike Lee, spon- BOYS: Game 1 Winner vs. Pittsfield 2:30 p.m. sors the event with his wife Candy as Lee’s Fieldstone Farm. BOYS: Game 2 Winner vs. Inter-Lakes 4:00 p.m. GIRLS: Game 2 Loser vs. Game 1 Loser 5:30 p.m. THE BILL & BETTY VACHON AWARD GIRLS: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner 7:00 p.m. In October of 2008, The Farmington community unexpectedly lost, perhaps its BOYS: Game 4 Winner vs. St. Thomas 8:30 p.m. greatest sports fan, Mrs. Betty Vachon. A member of the Farmington Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2004, Betty’s passing FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29 left a huge void in the stands and in our BOYS: Game 6 Loser vs. Game 5 Loser 3:00 p.m. hearts. Later that December, the Booster GIRLS: Game 4 Loser vs. Game 3 Loser 4:30 p.m. Club named its annual individual sports- BOYS: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner 6:00 p.m. manship awards issued at the Holiday BOYS: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner 7:30 p.m. Tournament “The Betty Vachon” Award in recognition of her 40+ years of unwaiver- SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30: CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT ing support for Farmington sports teams. GIRLS: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 4 3:00 p.m. Betty, and her Hall of Fame husband, Bill, attended every game together. And so, BOYS: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 8 4:30 p.m. in 2015, the Booster Club decided it was time for their names to be together once again and the “Bill and Betty Vachon” Sportsmanship Award was born! * second team listed in all matchups will be the home team 2 PITTSFIELD NUTE GAME 2 GIRLS BRACKET Dec.