By Ron P. Coderre

Three are in.  Three are out.  

In two simple sentences that’s the picture of the girls’ postseason situation with local high school teams.  Tourtellotte, Plainfield and Putnam are comfortably tucked into the CIAC postseason and also their respective conference tournaments.  Ellis Tech, Woodstock Academy and Killingly have either completed their season or it’s just a formality.

In the prep ranks, Pomfret School appears set to get into the NEPSAC-B playoffs, while Marianapolis V1 team is on the bubble at 10-10.  The Little Lady Knights split two games last week and are 4-8 on the season.  Hyde-Woodstock is meandering through the season at 3-10.

The Woodstock Mystery

Needing one more win to qualify for the postseason, Woodstock Academy suffered through a 0-3 week.  The Centaurs opened with a disheartening 47-43 loss to East Lyme.  The Acads fell behind 10-2 following one period of play but came back to lead 19-18 at intermission.  Despite a 16-point effort from Alyson Calabrese, Woodstock was unable to salt away the victory.  Gelina Gruder had 11 in the loss.

Against a good Ledyard team the Centaurs were unable to get the offense in gear as they lost 40-28.  Rebecca Messier had 10 points and Gruder 14 but it wasn’t enough.  In the finale of the season Woodstock went down to the Waterford Lancers 45-26.

Plainfield posted a pair of wins, beating Montville 47-25 and Ledyard 44-41.  Morganne Collins and Madeline Lorange with 11points apiece led the charge in the victory over Montville.  The Ledyard game was close throughout before the Lady Panthers pulled off the win at the end.  Madeline Lorange was the team’s high scorer with 16 points.  She was joined in double figures by her sister Adrienne and Julie Jordan with 13 points apiece.  Plainfield is 12-7 on the season and 5-4 in the Eastern Connecticut Conference Medium Division.

Tourtellotte hit a bump in the road when it was edged by a stubborn St. Bernard team 28-27.  A big fourth-period surge was not enough to overcome the Saints.  Abby Poirier was the lone Lady Tiger in double figures with 13 points.  

The Lady Tigers, who are the ECC Small Division champs at 8-1 and 15-4 overall, came back with a vengeance easily beating Griswold 62-23. 

 Four players posted double digits for the winners, with Poirier once again leading the pack with 18 points.  She was joined by Allie Ablondi (11), Emily Vincent (10) and Jess Dodd (11).   

 Putnam High School sporting a 10-8 overall record and a 9-3 mark in the Constitution State Conference – East, lost its opening game of the week 53-34 to Windham Tech.  

Alyssa Espinosa had 10 points in the loss.  The Lady Clippers rebounded to beat Grasso Tech 55-23 in a strong team effort.

Ellis Tech closed out its season at 1-19 losing three games.  The Lady Techsters were beaten Holy Family Academy 26-19, Norwich Tech 45-24 and MLC 48-8.  

Likewise, Killingly lost three games to finish at 3-17.  The Redgals were felled by Stonington 50-33, Montville 46-37 and Bacon Academy 53-16.

Pomfret Beats Rival Marianapolis

Pomfret and Marianapolis, two teams that are less than 10 miles apart geographically, squared off with the Lady Griffins easily beating the Lady Knights 58-30.  Pomfret was led by its big three, Deja Ross (21), Alyzae Davis (18) and Juliette Lawless (14).  Marianapolis, which lost two of its better players Rachel Aho and Jordan Frye to injuries early in the contest never got its offense untracked.

Pomfret also took the measure of Williston – Northampton 51-47 behind the hot shooting Davis who had 25 points. 

 Lawless chipped in 10 markers.  Sandwiched between the victories was a devastating loss to Worcester Academy 56-50.  The trio of Ross (18), Davis (11) and Lawless (16) was the top point producers for the 11-6 Golden Griffins.

The Marianapolis V1 team split its remaining two games.  The Lady Knights beat St. George’s 57-50 behind a big game from Caroline Soucy who had 27 points.  Elizabeth Sisko added 10 points in the win.  The 10-10 Lady Knights lost to Tabor Academy 70-35 in their only other game.

The 4-8 Marianapolis V2 squad picked up a 39-25 victory over The Williams School.  Sophie Achilles with eight points led a balanced scoring attack.  In its other contest the Little Lady Knights lost to Providence Country Day 45-35.

Hyde-Woodstock went winless in two games to fall to 3-10 on the season.  The Wolfpack was beaten by the Wheeler School 50-14 and by the Southfield School 54-41.

 

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