Girls’ Wrap-up

Action aplenty

as teams look 

toward holiday

tourneys

By Ron P. Coderre

The holiday tournaments are this week so most of the local girls’ teams packed in as many games as possible prior to the dismissal of school.

Tourtellotte, which will play in the Clipper Classic with Killingly and Putnam, enjoyed a perfect week, winning both games they were engaged in.  Putnam, the host of the Classic, and Woodstock Academy went 1-1 on the week.

The remaining three teams, Plainfield, Killingly and Ellis Tech suffered through winless weeks.

Tourtellotte Flexes Muscle vs.

 ECC & CSC Foes

Tourtellotte picked up a pair of victories, beating teams from the Eastern Connecticut Conference and the Constitution State Conference.  The Lady Tigers opened with a big win over CSC opponent Ellis Tech 59-31.  Three players were in double figures for Tourtellotte, paced by Emily Vincent with 18 points.  She was joined in double digits by Lauren Ramos (10 points) and Skylar Wesolowski (13).  Breana Bentley was the top scorer for Ellis Tech with a dozen markers.

Vincent once again rose to the occasion posting a double-double, scoring 19 points and corralling 10 rebounds, in a 50-36 victory over Wheeler.  The Lady Tigers jumped out to an early lead and never looked back.  Ashley Morin chipped in 11 points for the 2-1 overall and 1-1 ECC Lady Tigers.

In its other contest, Ellis Tech lost to Vinal Tech 43-32.  Kalista Lovely posted 11 points for the Golden Eagles in the loss.  Ellis Tech is 1-3 on the season and 1-2 in the CSC East.

Putnam stepped out of the area for a game against Granby and was beaten by 20 points, 46-26.  Alyssa Espinosa was the lone bright spot for the Lady Clippers with a dozen markers.  Coach Mandy Hogan’s ladies responded from the loss to Granby by taking their revenge out on the Academy of the Holy Family 57-12.  Espinosa with 11 points and Maria Fredette with 10 points were the top point producers for the 2-1 overall and 2-0 in the CSC East Lady Clippers.

Woodstock Academy put together a great team effort in beating Killingly 53-42.  Six Lady Centaurs got into the scorebook as the team used a strong first half, 29-12 at intermission, in coasting to the win.  Jamie Woods was the main sparkplug  for Woodstock with a phenomenal 27-point performance.  MacKenzie Cayer chipped in 14 for the Acads.  Ally Conde had 10 points for Killingly.

The Redgals were beaten in their next game 53-27 by Stonington as they were unable to generate any sustained offense.  Killingly is 2-2 on the season and 1-2 in the ECC Div. II.

Woodstock also fell in its next game, losing to a god Bacon Academy team 55-36.  Ari Koivisto had 12 points in the losing effort.  The Lady Centaurs are 2-2 and 1-2 in the ECC.

Plainfield, off to a 0-4 start and 0-3 in the ECC, was stymied twice, losing 48-46 to archrival Griswold and 60-40 to Windham.  Chloe LaPierre was the top gun for the Lady Panthers with 15 points in the game against Griswold.  Izzy Newbury with 10 points was the lone double digit producer in the loss to Windham.