By Ryan Rumrill

Town Crier Sportswriter

Fourth-ranked Woodstock knocked off first-ranked Windham by a 62-50 score  50 and head for the ECC Div. 2 finals against Lyman Memorial. The Centaurs were led by Jamie Woods who totaled up 22 points, while Mackenzie Cayer added nine points, and Heather Converse scored eight points. 

Feb. 18

Marianapolis 52 

Milton 17 

The Golden Knights came out of the gate early getting out to a 30-4 lead and never looked back as they won by 35 points. They move to 13-8. Olivia Summiel led the Golden Knights with 16 points, eight rebounds, and six blocks. Saoirse Power-Cassidy added seven points and four assists. 

Feb. 17

Marianapolis 80

Tilton School 63

Olivia Summiel put the team on her back in the second half to bring the Golden Knights to their 12th win of the season with her 16 points and 17 rebounds. Sophie Widmeyer led the team in scoring with the 21 points that she racked up to move the record to 12-8. 

Pomfret 69

Kingswood-Oxford 42

The Griffins were paced by four players in double digits, with Deja Ross having a game-high 18 points. Abby Stone and Ari Narracci both had 16 points. The Griffins moved to 10-8. 

Feb 16

(4) Woodstock Academy 60

(5) Griswold 28

The Centaurs come away with the commanding win in the quarterfinal matchup behind the 11 players that made it into the scoring column. Woodstock was led by Mackenzie Cayer who scored 11 points, Katie Papp scored nine points, and Olivia Perry had eight points.  Kali Dinqui scored seven points, and Ari Koivisto netted five points as the Centaurs move to the semifinal game. 

(1) Windham 71

(2) Tourtellotte 31

The Tourtellotte Tigers faced off against the top-ranked Whippets and the competition was too tough for Thompson as the Windham Whippets move to the semifinal game behind the 13 points from Nicole Riveria and Ceci Hunter, and Tamia McBride scored 12 points. For Thompson, Emily Vincent scored a team-high 13 points and six points from both Katey Kwasniewski and Ashley Morin. 

(4) Bassick 62 

(5) Putnam 45 

Maria Fredette finished the game with 13 points and 12 rebounds but the Lady Clippers fell to Bassick in the quarterfinal. Alyssa Espinosa added 15 points for Putnam in the CSC East matchup, and Putnam moves to 13-8 and is ready for the CIAC state tournament. 

(2) St. Bernard 49

(7) Killingly 30

St. Bernard was led by Caitlin Dittman who finished the quarterfinal game with 27 points, 15 rebounds, and seven blocks to lead the Saints to the semifinals. Brianna Beverly also scored eight points, grabbed 11 rebounds, and dished out five assists for St. Bernard who move to 16-5. For Killingly, both Reagan Morin and Morgan Harriott each scored eight points for the Redgals and Killingly finishes (8-14). 

Feb 15

Killingly 52

Wheeler 31

Reagan Morin scored a game-high 15 points for the Redgals, who move to 8-11 after the win over Wheeler. Kylee Mazzarella added 11 points and Meg Dion finished with eight points, hitting two from behind the arc. Morgan Harriott finished with seven points and Trinity Angel had six points. Killingly advances to the ECC quarterfinals where they will take on second ranked St. Bernard.

Putnam 40 

Bartlett (Mass.) 29

The Lady Clippers were led to their 13th win of the year by Ashley Burke with nine points, and Maria Fredette who also scored nine points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Kira Clinkscale and Alyssa Espinosa each scored seven points for the Clippers. 

Tourtellotte 36

Montville 33

In the ECC Div. 2 play in game, Thompson comes away with a three-point victory over the Indians. Tourtellotte was led by Emily Vincent with 15 points, and eight rebounds. While her teammate Ashley Morin finished with nine points, and Tigers advance to play the top-seed Windham in ECC tournament. 

Pomfret 44 

Chesire Academy 24

Abby Stone leads the Griffins in the 20-point victory with 15 points, and 10 steals to move their record to 9-8 on the year. Ali Narracci finished the game with 14 points, and Deja Ross had eight points. 

Feb 14

New Hampton 60

Marianapolis 40

Olivia Summiel leads the charge for the Golden Knights with 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds, but the Golden Knights five-game winning streak has come to an end and now move to (11-8) on the season. 

Plainfield 55

Tourtellotte 29

Plainfield was led by Madison Kelly and Brianna Dion who both scored 13 points in the game, while Kayla Morey also added 10 points and the Panthers moved to 5-15, 4-8 on the season.  Meanwhile for Tourtellotte, Ashley Morin led the way with 12 points and grabbed three rebounds and Emily Vincent had six points and the Tigers are now (5-15, 1-11). 

Ledyard 57

Woodstock  46

Sarah Serbascewicz leads all scorers in the game with 25 points and helped Ledyard bounce back from being down nine to win the game.  Johnay Burns had 12 points, nine rebounds, and four steals, while Julia Laviin had 16 points, and Tajeah Winston grabbed 11 rebounds, and the Colonels move to 10-10.  Heather Converse leads the Centaurs in scoring with 13 points, Jamie Woods had nine points, and Ari Koivisto finished with seven points.  The Centaurs move to 12-8 and preparing for the States. 

Feb. 13

Tourtellotte 40

Parish Hill 38

Tourtellotte was led by Emily Vincent who finished the game with 15 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, and hit a free throw in final seconds of the game to secure the victory. Katey Kwasniewski finished with eight points, while both Skyla Wesolowski and Ashley Morin had six points as the Tigers move to 5-14. Parish Hill was led by Harmony Martin who had 14 points and 12 rebounds.  The Pirates battled back from down 15 but came up short and moved to 14-5.  

Killingly 27

Waterford 63

The Redgals faced off against the ECC top-ranked team and Waterford was led by Kayla Jean-Pierre with her 14 points and nine rebounds. Mia Brennan added 10 points, Julianna Bonilla had nine points, and both Olivia Pacheco and Lil Stoddard also had seven points. The Lancers locked up the ECC Div. 2 title with a 16-4, 9-1 Record. Killingly was led by Kylee Mazzarella who finished with 14 points and Reagan Morin had six points as Killingly finishes the season (7-13).

Griswold 50

Putnam 39 

Griswold opened the game up on a scoring run and take a commanding lead into the second half and went on to snap Putnam’s four-game winning streak. The Wolverines were led by Skylar Hanley who finished the game with 13 points.  Kayla Wisniewski had 12 points, and both Caitlin Ellis and Danu Krapf finished with 11 points respectively, and Griswold is now 11-9 on the year.  For Putnam, Maria Fredette finished with team high 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, where Kayleigh Lyons also added eight points, and Olivia Braithwaite had six points.  The Lady Clippers are now 11-7, and will continue to prepare for the CIAC State Tournament.

 

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