By Ron P. Coderre

The three local female prep school basketball teams experienced a disappointing week as they lost all the games they played.

Pomfret School dropped games to the Taft School and Loomis-Chaffee.  Marianapolis was beaten by Noble & Greenough prior to playing in the Blackburn Tournament at Worcester Academy.  Hyde School- Woodstock was simply woeful as it scored only five points in its only game of the week.

Pomfret Drops Two 

Despite Strong Effort

Pomfret School took a 31-22 halftime lead to the locker room against Taft School but couldn’t hold on as it lost a heartbreaker 67-59 to the hosts in a game played in Watertown, Mass.  The Lady Griffins were led by Abby Stone with 18 points, while the team’s 1000-point scorer Deja Ross had another strong showing, tossing in 17 points.  Freshman Ali Naracci chipped in a dozen for Pomfret.

In its home opener Pomfret lost to Class A Loomis-Chaffee 74-59.  The Griffs fell behind 41-26 at intermission, and despite 18 points from Ross, was never able to contend.  Naracci had another good performance, dropping in 14 points, while Liv Batastini-Pallister added a dozen.  Foul trouble to Ross, Batastini-Pallister and Corinne McPadden hampered the team’s offensive effort.

Marianapolis received a solid 16-point performance from Sophie Widmeyer but it wasn’t enough as the Lady Knights fell to Noble & Greenough at home.  Nicole Anderson added 12 points for coach Lauren Moore’s charges.

In the opening game of the Blackburn Tournament the Lady Knights were defeated by the Tilton School 70-61 despite a 24-point performance by Anderson.  Saoirse Power-Cassidy added 12 points in the loss.  Marianapolis was beaten in the consolation contest 59-41 by St. Andrew’s.  Olivia Sommiel posted a double-double in the loss with 16 points and 13 rebounds.  Power-Cassidy added 10 points for the 1-3 Lady Knights.  

Hyde School-Woodstock could only manage five points as it lost to Lincoln 53-5.