By Ryan Rumrill

Town Crier Sportswriter

The Clippers made the drive up Rt. 44 to take on the Woodstock Academy Centaurs at the fieldhouse Feb. 11. Woodstock won 47-22 but it was a close game at the half with the score of 16-13. Woodstock came out of the half and outscored Putnam 14-2 in the third quarter and controlled the game going into the final quarter.  The Centaurs played great defense in the second half holding the Clippers to only nine points through the last two quarters. Woodstock was led by Nick Short who finished the game with 17 points, while Chase Anderson had 16 points and the Centaurs move to 7-10 and are one win away from making the CIAC State Tournament.  For Putnam, Zack Cutler was the leading scorer with 11 points, while both Lucas Bastilio and Hayden Belliveau had four points, and Koby Bates hit a 3-pointer, and the Clippers fall to 8-8 but ready to make a late season charge of momentum into the State Tournament. 

Feb. 11

Pingree 70

Marianapolis 65

Tyler Burton notched a double-double when he recorded 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, but the Golden Knights could not keep their lead in the second half as they fall short by five. Marley Blommers added 12 points, nine boards, and four assists for Marianapolis and they move to (6-11) on the year.

Putnam Science Varsity 63

Lee Academy  68

In the second game of a back to back, the Mustangs picked up the tempo against Lee Academy and was an up-tempo game where Amir Paul led all scorers with 15 points and five assists.  Jordan Pettway scored 10 points and Dan Porcic scored eight points, while Adham Floyd and Manny Warren both scored seven points but the Mustangs fall to (16-7)

Feb. 10

Putnam Science Varsity 46 

Lee Academy  53

The Varsity team squared off against the Lee Academy prep team and was a defensive game with bunch of up forced turnovers and steals from the Mustangs. Manny Warren leads the team with 11 points, whereas Dan Porcic scores nine points coming from three three-pointers, and Isaiah Laurent scored seven points and grabbed seven rebounds as the Varsity team moves to 16-6.

Feb. 8

PSA Prep 119

Masters School 96

Jaheam Cornwall paced the Mustangs with 16 points and 10 assists as the Science Academy moves by the Lions to win their six straight game. Akok Akok scored 17 points, while Alexis Yetna scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Issac Kante scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Malik Curry finished with 13 points and five assists, Lapri Pace scored 10 points and came down with eight rebounds, and Kentravious Jones also pitched in 10 points as the Mustangs move to (25-5). 

Putnam Science Varsity 108

Post University 101

The Mustang Varsity squad was ran by Jordan Pettway who finished the game with a team-high 23 points to go along with five dimes. Amir Paul had 18 points to go along with the 13 points from Manny Warren. Adham Floyd finished with 11 points, as Liam Jacobs puts up 10 points, and both Nate Patenaude and Kasey Walker scored eight points each as the Mustangs Varsity moves to (16-5) on the year. 

Putnam 50

Grasso Tech 60

The Clippers battled against Grasso Tech and came up just on the short end as the Grasso Tech Eagles were led by Marquez Hamilton who finished the game with a double-double as he scored 17 points and grabbed 11 boards, and David Georges scored 20 points and dished out six assists winning their sixth game of the year (6-9, 5-2). Putnam was ran by Scott Davagian who finished the game with 16 points and Sebastian Ramos added 15 points and the Clippers move to (8-7, 4-4). 

Westminister 76

Pomfret 71

The Griffins go on the road and take their talents to the court and play a tough Westminister team and Pomfret was lead by the 29 points that Christian Wilson scored, while Shannon Denny also scored 22 points but the Griffins fall by five and move to 5-10 on the campaign. 

Feb. 7

Stonington 61

Woodstock Academy 52

Conor Woodworth leads the Bears with 18 points, while his teammates R.J Parrilla and Zach Scott each add 12 points of their own, and Cooper Wall had nine points to edge out the Centaurs.  Woodstock was led by Jared Bouton who scored a team-high 17 points, where Nick Short also scored 12 points. Chase Andersen scored 10 points and Collin Singleton scored six points and Woodstock falls to 6-10 on the year. 

Waterford 77

Killingly 58

The Lancers faced off against the Redmen and were led by Adam Pinch who scored 19 points in the game, sinking five threes, where Mike Buscetto scored 18 points and dished out 15 assists , Liam Spellman scored 16 points. Walter Sutman scored 10 points to move Waterford to a 13-3, 8-0 record as they win their eighth straight game.  Killingly was paced by Luke Desaulnier who finished with game-high 22 points and Jared Gosper who had 13 points and six assists, as the Redmen fall to 6-10, 3-5 on the season in the game where there was a combined 18 three-pointers made from both teams.

Feb. 6

Putnam Science Academy 77

Notre Dame Prep 70

In a contest between #4 Notre Dame Prep and our #8 Mustangs on the road in Fitchburg, Mass., and PSA takes away with the very well-earned win behind the double digit scoring from Lapri McCray Pace who finished the game as the top scorer with 13 points and three steals, KeAndre Fair finished the game with 12 points, sinking a couple from behind the arc. Senior Eric Ayala operated the team as he finished the game with five points, but grabbed nine rebounds and dished out seven assists to lead the Mustangs to their fifth straight win (24-5) on the season. 

Killingly 55

Stonington 46

Luke Desaulnier put the Redman on his back and scored a team-high 21 points to lift Killingly over the Bears with the nine-point victory and move to 6-9, 3-4.  Dommoy Ennis finished the game with 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds, while Jared Gosper and Gavin Turner each contributed nine points. Matt Schmeelk led the Bears with a game-high 27 points and five rebounds and R.J Parilla finished with 17 points and Stonington moves to (6-10. 3-5)

Bacon 50

Woodstock Academy 47 

The Bobcats and Centaurs squared off in an ECC matchup, where it was a tale of two halves where Woodstock took the lead early on. But the Bobcats played catch-up and diminished the lead when Jared tied the game at the end of third quarter sinking three three-pointers to make it even going into the final period. Bacon was led by Paul Chasse who finished the game with 24 points and Jared Smith had 12 points. Bacon got the three-point win to move to 8-6, 6,2 while Woodstock was paced by Chase Andersen who had 17 points and Nick Short who finished with 11 points. The Centaurs are now 6-9, 3-5 on the season.

 

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