By Ron P. Coderre

The Putnam and Killingly golf teams continued their early season torrid play as they remained undefeated.  The Clippers are led by senior Spencer Salvas, while sophomore twins John and Drew Aitken are Killingly’s table setters.  Mike Jezierski continues to lead the Tourtellotte Tigers, whose only misstep this season has been an opening match loss against Killingly. 

The Woodstock Academy female golf team, the sole northeastern Connecticut entry on the links, is playing steady golf.  The Centaur gals have been winning the matches where they are the favorites.

Clippers and Redmen Leading 

Teams in ECC and CSC

The Putnam Clippers behind the fine play of their #1 man Spencer Salvas picked up two wins on the links this week increasing their unblemished record to 9-0-0 and 8-0-0 in the CSC East.  In what must be considered Putnam’s most challenging match of the season, the Clippers held off Nick Harrington and the Parish Hill Pirates 185-195 in a match played at Connecticut National Golf Club.

In head-to-head play Harrington squeaked by Salvas 34-37.  Harrinton’s score was one under par and crowned him medalist for the day.  It was the play of the #3 and #4 players, Nate Torzi and Dan Pannekeet that clinched the match for the Clippers.  In a match against Windham Tech, the Clippers prevailed 202-216 behind the medalist play of Salvas who fired a one over par 36.

Killingly captured three matches last week, shutting out New London twice by identical 7-0 scores.   In a match at Great Neck Country Club the Redmen were led by Drew Aitken who shot an even par 35.  Later in the week at Connecticut National Golf Club, Aitken fired a one under par 34 to repeat as medalist.  In the match at Great Neck the Redmen also took the measure of Waterford 5.5 to 1.5 in their biggest challenge of the year.  Aitken 35 led the way but it was the play of Connor Liebscher and Nick Davis that salvaged the match for coach Kevin Marcoux’s linksters. 

Ellis Tech raised it record to 6-2-0 with a lopsided 219-285 victory over Prince Tech.  Tourtellotte went to 4-1-0 and 2-0-0 in the ECC Small Division with 7-0 shutout over Windham High School at Raceway Golf Club in Thompson.  Jezierski was medalist with a two over par 38.

Woodstock Academy lost a tight match to Ledyard 4-3 and was bageled by Norwich Free Academy 7-0.  At Elmridge Golf Club, Stonington shutout Plainfield 7-0.

50-50 Week for Centaur

 Lady Golfers

The Woodstock Academy girls’ golf team showed its mettle when the Lady Centaurs bounced back from a 231-251 loss at the hands of Norwich Free Academy by beating East Lyme 231-262.  Elaina Becher was the medalist with a 53 against the Lady Vikings in a match played at Quinnatisset Country Club.  Woodstock is 3-1-0 on the season and in the Eastern Connecticut Conference.

RPC’s Super Standings

Putnam 9-0-0; Killingly 7-0-0; Ellis Tech 6-2-0; Tourtellotte 4-1-0; Pomfret School 2-3-0;Marianapolis 2-5-0; Woodstock Academy 1-4-0; Plainfield 1-5-0.