By Ron P. Coderre

The 2013-2014 girls’ basketball season came to an abrupt halt as the three remaining high school teams and the lone prep school squad was eliminated from post season play, effectively closing the curtain on an entertaining season.

Tourtellotte Memorial High School, seeded #8, lost in a Second Round contest to #24 Lyman, while Plainfield and Putnam fell hard in First Round games.  Pomfret School lost to Tilton Academy in the NEPSAC Class B Championship contest held in Dedham, Mass.

Lady Tigers Are Final Team to Fall

The Tourtellotte Lady Tigers, the only local team to make the Second Round of the CIAC postseason tourney, fell hard at home to the lower seeded visiting Lyman Bulldogs 57-37, concluding a productive season at 15-7.  The record was the best in many seasons for the Carla Faucher coached ladies.

The first half between the two teams was evenly matched as they were knotted 24-24 at intermission.  Lyman however, dominated the second 16 minutes of play outscoring Tourtellotte 33-14 for the final margin.

Jess Dodd was Tourtellotte’s lone standout as she posted 18 points, 10 rebounds and a pair of blocked shots.  The usually high-scoring Ali Ablondi was bottled up by the Lyman defense as she was limited to five points.  Although held scoreless Nicole Dion contributed eight rebounds, four assists and two steals.

Putnam fell with a thump at the hands of Housatonic Regional 64-25 to close out the season at 9-12.  Senior Cynthia Briere with 10 points was the lone Lady Clipper to reach double figures.

Plainfield was eliminated by Coginchaug 63-45, closing out its season at 12-9.  The Lady Panthers placed two players in double figures as Adrienne Lorange captured game-high honors with 15 points and Julie Jordan chipped in 10 markers.

Pomfret Outgunned by Tilton

Pomfret School’s hopes of bringing home a NEPSAC Class C Championship trophy were dashed by Tilton Academy 71- 39 as the Lady Griffins were unable to upset the #1-seed Tilton.  Mary Redmond and Alyzae Davis, who have been consistently in double figures all season, paced the offense with 14 and 10 points respectively.  Redmond also was the top rebounder in the loss with 10 caroms.  Pomfret closes the books on a very good season at 16-6.

      Scoring Leaders: Janicha Diaz – Hyde-Woodstock – 15.5; Meagan Bianchi – Killingly – 14.6; Ali Ablondi – Tour. – 14.1; Juliette Lawless – Pomfret School – 14.1; Alyzae Davis – Pomfret School – 13.6; Mary Redmond – Pomfret School – 12.9. Three-point Leaders: Ali Ablondi – Tourtellotte – 42; Mary Redmond – Pomfret School – 42. RPC’s Super Standings: Pomfret School – 16-6; Tourt. – 15-7; Marianapolis I – 15-7; Plfd. – 12-9; Putnam – 9 - 12; Marianapolis II – 5-10; Hyde-Woodstock – 5-11; W. Academy – 3-17; Killingly – 2-18; Ellis Tech – 0-20.

 

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