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By Ron P. Coderre
The start of 2014 was extremely tough on the local girls’ high school teams as everyone suffered at least one loss coming back after the holidays. Killingly, Woodstock Academy and Ellis Tech went a combined 0-8 for the week, while Putnam was one-and two and Plainfield one-and-one. Tourtellotte at 7-1 suffered its first loss of the season.
Pomfret School and Marianapolis continue to roll along as they were a combined 3-0 last week.
Tourtellotte Rebounds After First Loss of Year
Coach Carla Faucher’s Tourtellotte Tigers traveled to St. Bernard and were unable to get its offense in gear as they were dropped by the Saints 63-24 in its worst showing of the season. Much to the team’s credit it bounced back for wins over Wheeler and Putnam.
On the road in North Stonington the Lady Tigers took the measure of the Lady Lions 48-38 behind its leading scorer Ali Ablondi who posted 13 points and sophomore Abby Poirier with 10. The Lady Tigers then had an easy time against archrival Putnam, beating the Lady Clippers 51-24. Ablondi with 18 points was Tourtellotte’s major weapon in the win.
Putnam bounced back from its loss to Tourtellotte with a convincing 50-29 victory over University High School. Makenzie Kaylor with 20 points and Cynthia Briere with 11 were the big guns for the Lady Clippers. Despite a 21-point effort from Kaylor, Putnam was unable to overcome O’Brien Tech as it lost 48-41 to fall to 3-5 overall and 1-0 in the CSC East.
Plainfield defeated Fitch at home 49-40 as it received 11 points apiece from Madeline and Adrienne Lorange and 10 from Alicia Cournoyer. The Lady Panthers then lost to Stonington 58-40 despite a dozen markers from Julie Jordan and 11 by Cournoyer. Plainfield stands at 6-3 overall and 1-3 in the ECC Medium Division.
Woodstock Academy continued to struggle, losing a pair 55-25 to Stonington and 49-32 to St. Bernard. Killingly fell to 1-8 on the season and 0-4 in the Medium as it was beaten three times. The Redgals lost to Stonington 71-34, East Lyme 51-33 and Waterford 61-48. Meagan Bianchi was Killingly’s high scorer in all three games. She posted 16 against Stonington, 12 against East Lyme and 17 against Waterford. Ellis Tech fell to 0-8 as it lost to Classical Magnet 58-15, Cheney Tech 32-15 and Goodwin Tech 52-9.
Pomfret School & Marianapolis
Riding High
Pomfret School wasn’t affected by the holiday break as it posted a pair of convincing victories this week. The Lady Griffin waltzed past Portsmouth Abbey 56-11 and easily disposed of St. Mark’s 56-26. Three Pomfret players hit double figures in the win over Portsmouth Abbey, led by Alyzae Davis with 13 and Mary Redmond and Juliette Lawless with 12 each. Davis (18) and Redmond (16) were the high scorers in the win over St. Mark’s.
Marianapolis upped its record to 5-2 winning its only game of the week 46-34 over Hotchkiss School. Rachel Aho with a double-double, 12 points and 12 rebounds led the way, while Madison Springfield was the high scorer with 14 points. Marianapolis II fell to 1-5 when is lost to Northfield-Mt. Hermon 28-14.