Boys’ Wrap-up

Teams pass

season 

midpoint

By Ron P. Coderre

As most high school teams roll past the midpoint of the season the postseason picture looks rather bleak for many.  In order to qualify for the CIAC Tournament teams must register wins in eight games or 40 percent of their schedule.  

Putnam, Tourtellotte, Killingly and Ellis Tech were all winless last week and in jeopardy of not qualifying.  Plainfield, which stands at 8-2 halfway through the season, is all set for the post season.  Woodstock Academy, with the tournament in its sight, picked up a win in its only game of the week.

The preps are positioning themselves for league postseason.  Putnam Science Academy is steamrolling through the competition at 19-2.  The Mustangs are keeping an eye on the National Prep school Championships in March.  Marianapolis V1 and Pomfret School, both with seven wins, are outside shots at the postseason.  Hyde Woodstock is muddling its way through the season at 4-9.

PSA Mustangs Pick Up Easy Win

Putnam Science Academy, the region’s premier team, picked up an easy victory as the Mustangs rolled past Commonwealth Academy, topping the century mark 104-71.  Five players hit double digits in the high-scoring affair led by Hamidou Diallo with 22 points and Mamadou Diarra with 21 markers.  Point guard Kealen Ives paced the floor games with 13 points while dishing out 14 assists.  Andrew Robinson had 16 points with four coming from beyond the three point arc.  The “Igniter” Josh Wallace had 11 points off the bench.

Pomfret School, led by Cam Winston’s 18 points, picked up a 55-50 win at home over Groton School.  Gerald Blount added 11 for the 7-4 Griffins.

Hyde-Woodstock spit two games over the week, beating Providence Country Day 58-52 and losing to Lee Academy 47-38.  The Wolfpack scoring came from three players, Eamon Joyce Jr. who was game high scorer with 33 points and Dexter Thompson with 17 and Damon Gomes with eight.  In the loss to Lee, Gomes was the lone Hyde player in double digits, as the Wolfpack dropped to 4-9 on the season.

Marianapolis V1 unit suffered through a disappointing two-game stretch, getting crushed by Cushing Academy 83-49 and losing to Tilton Academy 75-58.  The Golden Knights V2 team picked up a 74-57 victory over Oxford Academy.  Four players were in double figures, led by Ryan Hourihan with 19 points, followed by Justin Kunkel (16), Andrew Ford (15) and Matt Sabacinski (14).

Wins Difficult to Come By for Schoolboys

Plainfield High School boasting an 8-2 record bulldozed its way over winless Tourtellotte 63-42 in the Tigers Den.  The Panthers were paced by game high scorer Steve Jankowski with 28 points.  Liam Jacobs added 11 in the victory.

Tourtellotte continued its losing ways as it was also beaten by Wheeler 66-30 and St. Bernard 57-37.  The Tigers are 0-10 on the season and 0-4 in the Eastern Connecticut Conference Small Division.

Woodstock Academy, valiantly striving to get to .500, beat the Killingly Redmen in Killingly 49-30.  The 4-7 Centaurs had three players in double figures, Adam Converse (13), Bryce Jarrett (10) and Luke Blodgett (12).  Killingly went on the road to Groton where it suffered a 66-51 loss at the hands of the Fitch Falcons.  Chace Wood had 19 for Killingly.

Putnam, which is suffering through a 2-8 season, lost to St. Bernard 64-51 and to Lyman Memorial 70-56.  

The Ellis Tech Eagles dropped to 3-7 on the season and 1-4 in the Constitution State Conference – East with losses to Norwich Tech and Parish Hill.  The Eagles lost 67-61 in overtime to Parish Hill as they were outscored 13-7 in the extra period by the Pirates.  Trent Raymond with 17 points was the high scorer for Ellis Tech.  Earlier they lost to Norwich Tech 86-64.

 

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