By Ron P. Coderre

Basketball victories for the local girls’ high school hoop teams were harder to come by this week than the proverbial “hen’s teeth.”  Plainfield High School, which split a pair of games, was the only team in the region to win a game in last week’s action.

The preps enjoyed much more success as Pomfret School enjoyed a 2-0 week and the Marianapolis V1 unit was 2-1.  The Lady Golden Knights V2 team and Hyde-Woodstock were winless.

Pomfret School Enjoys 

Perfect Week

Pomfret School women’s basketball raised its record to 6-4 with a pair of relatively easy wins last week.  The Golden Griffins opened with a 47-23 victory over Portsmouth Abbey on the road.  Alyzae Davis with 16 points and Deja Ross with 15 combined for two thirds of the team’s offense in the win.  The Griffs followed the victory with a 60-34 romp over St. Mark’s School at home.  Davis (18) and Ross (15) were joined by Juliette Lawless with 13 points in the win over the Saints. 

Marianapolis posted a 54-37 victory over Hotchkiss School behind Caroline Soucy’s game-high 17-point effort.  Sophomore Jordan Frye chipped in a dozen points.  The Lady Knights closed out the week with a 59-43 win over Northfield Mount Hermon as Soucy with 15 points led the way for 8-7 Marianapolis.  

Sandwiched between the wins was a 57-42 loss to Noble & Greenhough.  Soucy was the team’s leading scorer once again with 15, while Nicole Anderson added a dozen.  The MPS V2 unit fell to 2-5 on the season when it was beaten by the Hoggers 25-18.

Hyde-Woodstock’s high scoring machine, Trayniece Mims continued her offensive assault on the record books by tallying 25 points in a 65-31 loss to St. Andrew’s.  The Wolfpack is 3-5 overall.

Woeful Week on the Hardwood for High School Fives

Plainfield High School picked up the only win of the week for local girl squads with a 49-35 win over Tourtellotte.  The 6-6 Lady Panthers were led by Madeline Lorange, who unleashed 29 points on the Lady Tigers.  Julie Jordan added 10 points for the winners, while Tourtellotte was paced by Abbie Poirier with 11 markers.

Plainfield lost its other contest to Montville 51-42.  The Lady Panthers trailed throughout despite 16-point efforts each from Lorange and Jordan.  Tourtellotte completed its week by losing to Fitch 46-45 in overtime.  Allie Ablondi, with 19 points, was the 8-3 Lady Tigers high scorer.

Woodstock Academy lost to East Lyme 53-45 and Windham 51-46.  Galina Gruder with 17 and 19 points and Becky Messier with 14 and 11 were the only double-digit scorers for Woodstock, which drops to 5-7 on the season and 1-4 in the Eastern Connecticut Conference Large Division.

Killingly lost to St. Bernard 38-35 and Stonington 74-47.  Meagan Bianchi had 10 and 14 points respectively in the losses as the Redgals drop to 3-9 overall and 0-5 in the ECC Medium Division.

Putnam was pummeled by Parish Hill 58-18 to go to 5-5 and 4-2 in the Constitution State Conference – East.  Ellis Tech, suffering through a winless season at 0-10 overall and 0-5 in the CSC – East, lost to Windham Tech 64-16 and Holy Family 39-19.