By Ron P. Coderre
Killingly remained perfect on the season, picking up a pair of matches lifting its record to 13-0-0 on the season and 8-0-0 in the Eastern Connecticut Conference Medium Division. Tourtellotte, which may be the hottest team in the area right now, rolled over four opponents. The Tigers are 13-1-0 and 7-0-0 in the ECC Small Division.
Meanwhile in Putnam, the Clippers have become a mystery as only two golfers are competing. Putnam was on a roll prior to the team break up and since has fallen on hard times, now posting a record of 13-5-0.
Jezierski Leading Tigers Over Competition.
Tourtellotte shutout three of its four opponents last week and came within an eyelash of making it a complete shutout sweep. In a tri-match at Foster Country Club in Rhode Island, Mike Jezierski circle the nine holes is 35 and was the medalist as the Tigers swept Plainfield and Windham 7-0. Brandon Bonnette and Andrew Coderre with scores of 41 and 42 respectively supported Jezierski in the sweep.
Back on its home course, Raceway Golf Club, Tourtellotte captured another tri-match shutting out a depleted Putnam squad 7-0 and besting Griswold 6-1. Jezierski’s 34 tied him with the Clippers Spencer Salvas for medalist honors. Coderre fired a 41 in picking up two wins for the 13-1-0 overall and 7-0-0 Eastern Connecticut Conference Small Division Tigers.
Putnam was beaten by Griswold 5-2 as its lonesome twosome of Salvas and Nate Tozzi captured their matches but were the only two players the Clippers could produce that day.
Killingly High School continues to ride the coattails of Drew and John Aitken, maintaining its perfect record with wins over Woodstock Academy (7-0) and Stonington (6-1). The Aitken brothers with a score of 38 at Quinnatisset were medalists against the Centaurs. Drew Aitken (36) and John Aitken (38) led the Redmen over the Bears of Stonington in the match played at Connecticut National Golf Club.
Plainfield picked up a victory in a 6-1 match over Windham but fell to Bacon 7-0. The Panthers are 2-11-0 on the season and 1-7-0 in the ECC Medium Division. Woodstock Academy raised its record to 4-11-0 and 1-6-0 in the ECC Large Division with a 5-2 win over Fitch. Earlier the Centaurs were dropped by East Lyme 6-1.
Ellis Tech, which stands at 9-5-0 overall and 8-5-0 in the Constitution State Conference East lost to conference foes Norwich Tech 210-211 and Parish Hill 177-191.
In the preps, Pomfret School raised its record to 7-4-0 as the Griffins split four matches last week. The Griffs beat Marianapolis 208-237, despite a two under par 34 by the Golden Knights Joe Ko, who was medalist. The Golden Knights are 2-10-0. In the other portion of the tri-match, Pomfret rolled over Forman 208-254. Phil Cook and Nate Kremer with a pair of 40’s were the top performers for Pomfret.
A score of 199 wasn’t good enough against Loomis – Chaffee and Wilbraham & Monson Academy as the Griffins came out third in a tri-match at Quinnatisset Country Club. They lost to Loomis – Chaffee 189-199 and to Wilbraham & Monson 194-199.
RPC’s Super Standings: Killingly 13-0-0; Tourtellotte 13-1-0; Putnam 13-5-0; Ellis Tech 9-5-0; Pomfret School 7-4-0; Woodstock Academy 4-11-0; Marianapolis 2-10-0; Plainfield 2-11-0. Girls: Woodstock Academy 5-3-0.
Transfer
station gets
$450,000
WOODSTOCK — The town was recently notified that a $450,000 state grant for improvements to the transfer station was approved.
State Representative Mike Alberts (R-50th) said the Small Town Economic Assistance Funds grant is for finishing a second and third phase of the transfer station renovation project. The Woodstock Transfer Station is used by Woodstock residents, property owners and businesses to properly dispose of their solid waste, brush, used batteries, waste oil, and other recyclables. Due to local budget restraints, Rep. Alberts strongly advocated for state assistance to finish Phase II and III of the Woodstock Transfer Station Renovation Project, which aims to improve the quality and efficiency of the waste facility.
“These funds will transform an outdated piece of Woodstock’s infrastructure into an efficient and environmentally sound facility, preventing possible environmental issues and initiating immediate cost savings for our community,” said Alberts. “Without this funding, these important modifications could not be possible. I’d like to thank Governor Malloy for approving our request for state aid.”
State Representative Mike Alberts represents the 50th General Assembly district towns of Brooklyn, Eastford, Pomfret, Union and Woodstock.
Welcome, Spring
This Globe Allium is on the brink of exploding. When it blooms it will be a large sphere of tiny purple flowers. More photos on page 6. Linda Lemmon photo.
Baseball Wrap-up
Winning
week projects
Plainfield in
statewide
polls
By Ron P. Coderre
The Plainfield Panthers continued to roll as the area’s lone undefeated baseball team, picking up three wins in another perfect week. Standing a 15-0, with five regular season games remaining, the Panthers were recognized statewide by moving into the seventh slot in the New Haven Register poll and fifth place as noted by the Hartford Courant.
Putnam, which is quietly putting together a good season, also had a perfect week posting four victories to move to 11-3 on the season. The remainder of the teams all enjoyed at least one victory during the week with Marianapolis advancing to the championship game of the SENE Conference where it lost a tough game to Providence Country Day.
Plainfield Living Up to Its Ratings
Rolling along on an undefeated season, Plainfield now has a big target on its back as every team they play wants to be the one to unseat the Panthers on the road to perfection. The charges of coach Jason Chiavaras rose to the occasion in every game this week picking up three very good victories.
The Panthers faced a formidable foe in Montville, which was ranked #10 in the State, and disposed of the Indians 9-1 as Mike Esposito raised his record to 5-0 limiting Montville to seven hits while his mates rapped out 14 hits in the win. Jordan Federer had a home run to pace the offense, which also received a double from Steve Jankowski. Plainfield followed that game with a relatively easy 8-1 win over Stonington.
In a tight pitcher’s duel reminiscent of real old fashioned baseball, Plainfield snuck by a determined Killingly team 1-0. Federer outdueled the Redmen’s Owen Guillot for the win. Guillot limited the Panthers to a mere two hits, while Federer held Killingly to three singles. The Panthers scored the only run of the game in the first inning on a double by winning hurler Federer. The remainder of the contest saw only goose eggs on the scoreboard. Killingly is 3-12 overall and 1-7 in the Eastern Connecticut Conference Medium Division.
Killingly opened the week splitting a pair of games with Stonington, losing 7-2 and bouncing back for a 6-5 victory. Travis Zurowski (1-3) was the winning Killingly pitcher. The Redmen came from behind, scoring two runs in the top of the seventh in clinching its third win of the season. Tre Belanger had a triple to pace the offense. The Redmen closed the week, losing to Waterford 8-1.
Putnam went through four opponents like a hot knife through butter to raise its Constitution State Conference East record to 10-2. Sophomore Nick Foucault tossed a one-hitter in a 9-1 win over University-Classical Magnet School. Jacob Guertin with a double that was the beginning of a torrid hitting week for the junior led the offense. Josh Allard took the mound and dominated Grasso Tech in a 19-1 win, limiting the Techsters to four singles as his mates pounded Grasso pitching for 21 hits.
Foucault was back on the mound against Capital Prep and raised his record to 4-0 with a 22-6 victory. Putnam pounded out 20 more hits in the win as Luke Sarsfield had a double and a home run. The Clippers closed out the week with an 11-4 win over Windham Tech behind the tosses of winning pitcher Steve Dakai.
Marianapolis at 9-7 on the season picked up a pair of victories in three games but suffered a disappointing 3-1 loss at the hands of Providence Country Day in the SENE title game. The Golden Knights got to the championship game by rolling past the Williams
School 13-1as Dylan Horn held the New London school to one hit. He received offensive support from Dalton Bodreau (double and home run), and Eric Goudreau, Devin Springfield and Ben Fitzpatrick who all had extra base knocks in the 13-hit attack.
Earlier in the week the Knights posted an 8-2 win over Masters School as winning pitcher Griffin Kelly held Masters hitless. Springfield had a pair of two-run homers to lead the offense.
Ellis Tech won its only game of the week 5-4 over Windham Tech. Brandon Riendeau was the winning pitcher for the 10-7 Eagles. Woodstock Academy, still clinging to an outside opportunity to qualify for the CIAC Tournament, raised its record to 5-9 with a 9-4 win over East Lyme. Will Bourgeois and Trent Appleton with three hits apiece were the big guns in the Centaur offense. Bourgeois was the tough luck loser in a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Fitch. In its other game, Woodstock was trounced by Bacon 17-3.
Tourtellotte split two contests, beating wheeler 4-2 and losing to Windham 14-2. Shawn Houle was the winning pitcher in theW heeler contest. The Tigers are 4-10 and 2-6 in the ECC Small Division.
Entering the home stretch, Plainfield, Putnam and Ellis Tech have qualified for postseason play, while Woodstock, Tourtellotte and Killingly are long shots to make the cut.
RPC’s Super Standings: Plainfield 15-0; Putnam 11-3; Ellis Tech 10-7; Marianapolis 9-7; Woodstock Academy 5-9; Pomfret School 4-2; Tourtellotte 4-10; Killingly 3-12; Putnam Science Academy 1-3.
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