By Ron P. Coderre

As the softball season quietly slips past the halfway point for most teams, there isn’t anyone exactly lighting up the sports wires.  Plainfield and Putnam each picked up a pair of wins while Killingly, Tourtellotte and Ellis Tech all hit the win column once.

The Preps, Marianapolis and Pomfret School had successful weeks, both posting victories.

Lady Clippers Qualify for State Tournament

Putnam became the first local softball team to qualify for the State tournament with a pair of wins last week that raised their record to 8-5.  Mackenzie Livingston is the horse that the Lady Clippers are riding to the finish line.  When she’s in the circle, the team frequently seems to make it to the winner’s circle.

The Lady Clippers open with an 8-0 victory over Bullard Havens  and then avenged an early season loss to Ellis Tech by taking the measure of the Eagles 10-6 in a game played in Danielson.  Caitlyn Verrette and Jada Thomas with doubles lifted Livingston and Putnam to the win.

Ellis Tech split its other two contests, losing to Bullard Havens 12-11 and beating Whitney Tech 19-10.  The Lady Techsters pounded Whitney pitching for 25 hits in raising their record to 7-5, just one win shy of qualifying for the State Tournament.

Plainfield is also near the qualifying point as it raised its record to 6-7 with two wins.  They are 2-4 in the ECC Medium Division.  

The Lady Panthers shutout Windham 15-0 and rolled over New London 17-2.  Keri Lethenon picked up both victories for Plainfield.  In shutting out Windham she received offensive support from Sydney Meyers and Katarina Devolve who each had three baggers in the mercy rule contest.  

The Lady Panthers were dropped by Waterford in a tough luck contest 4-2 and defeated by archrival Griswold 13-3 as Kristen Drobiak pitched and hit the Wolverines to victory.  She had a double, triple and homerun in the contest. 

Killingly’s only win of the week was a 15-0 shutout of New London behind the tosses of winning hurler Hannah Guari.  In their other games, the Redgals were beaten by Griswold (7-0), Waterford (15-1) and Stonington (6-4).  Killingly is 3-9 overall and 1-5 in the Eastern Connecticut Conference Medium Division.

Tourtellotte, which is 5-7 on the season and 1-6 in the ECC Small Division, picked up a 12-10 victory over Lyman as Crystal Daly managed to hang on for the win.  Carinne Sosnowski had a round-tripper for the Lady Tigers.  Early in the week Tourtellotte lost a heartbreaker to Windham 5-4, and was beaten by Montville 6-1 and St. Bernard 3-1.  Woodstock Academy suffered through a 0-3 week, losing to Griswold (8-1), Ledyard (7-0) and East Lyme (18-1).  The Lady Centaurs are 2-11 and 0-6 in the ECC Large Division.

Marianapolis, led by Jill Bodreau who was 3-4 with three RBIs and three runs scored shutout Hamden Hall 12-0 to raise its record to 8-1.  Pomfret School got by Cheshire Academy 6-3 behind winning pitcher Gena LaBeef (3-4).  McKenna Newkirk had a double and a home run in the win, while Mary Redmond contributed a triple to the winning cause.

RPC’s Super Standings: Marianapolis 8-1; Putnam 8-5; Ellis Tech 7-5; Plainfield 6-7; Pomfret 5-1; Tourtellotte 5-7; Killingly 3-9; Woodstock Academy 2-11.

 

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Promotions

Several students at Quest Martial Arts were recently promoted. Courtesy photo.

 

 

 

 

PUTNAM --- Grandmaster Mike Bogdanski and Master Kristin Duethorn of Quest Martial Arts recently announced the April graduation list which includes:

Orange Dragon

Gabe Bourget            

Diezel LaPierre                      

Gregory Racicot

Blue Dragon

Gianah DeAngelis     

Aidan Tyler

Red Dragon

Evelyn Young

Yellow

Dylan Lavallee          

Noel Racicot             

Kenzie Sellers

Orange Child

Chiara Cinque           

Ben Gordon              

Owen Rigney            

Ariel Danburg

Orange Blue

Jamiel Andujar          

Sebastian Hanshaw               

Joshua Salop             

Jordyn Butler            

Avery Butler

Blue White

Isabella Selmecki       

Alec Rawson

Green Red

Isabel Alvarez            

Arianna Garnsey

Green Black

Conor Stewart

Red White

Emma Brock             

Zachary Rainville      

Rachel Salop

Red

Nicholas Boligan       

Morgan Potter

Red Black

Seth Dootson

Adult Orange

Chris Desmond

2 Stripe Blue

Doug Ryan

1 Stripe Blue

Gary Powell

3 Stripe Green

Joe Andujar

2 Stripe Green

Troy Davis                

Michael Johnson       

Kate Poplasky

3 Stripe Red

Adrianna Anderson

 

By Ron P. Coderre

The Killingly Redmen golf team of coach Kevin Marcoux has survived all challenges thus far in the season and remains the lone unbeaten links squad in northeastern Connecticut.  Killingly is 10-0-0 as it picked up three big victories in matches last week.

Tourtellotte had probably the best one week performance in the history of its program, posting five victories to raise its record to 9-1-0.  The Tigers now have a nine-match winning streak, dating back to its opening match of the season, where they lost to Killingly.

Putnam fell from the ranks of the unbeaten splitting four matches last week.

The Woodstock Academy girls’ squad split four matches but one of the wins they added to their record was a victory over Norwich Free Academy, who had beaten them earlier in the season.  The Lady Centaurs are 5-3-0 on the season.

Killingly Wins Battle of Unbeatens

Killingly and Putnam entered their showdown sporting perfect records.  The Redmen left on the front end of a 159-193 win over the Clippers.  It was a total team win for Killingly, which got stellar performances from their duo of John and Drew Aitken, Connor Liebschier and Connor Fillmore.  Killingly also took the measure of Plainfield , shutting out the Panther 7-0 before encountering Bacon Academy in one of its biggest challenges of the season.  The Redmen walked away 4.5 to 2.5 victors in a match played at Chanticlair Golf Club in Colchester.  John Aitken with a score of 36 was medalist but it was a 40 by Fillmore that helped to seal the win.

Tourtellotte riding the torrid play of Mike Jezierski picked up five wins last week to put them on top of the Eastern Connecticut Conference Small Division with a perfect 6-0-0 mark.  The Tigers started the week with a pair of 7-0 wins over St. Bernard and Plainfield.  Behind its medalist, Jezierski who fired an even par 36 at Stonington Country Club, Tourtellotte got by Wheeler 6-1.  They then bested Montville by an identical margin despite an unusual 40 by Jezierski in a match contested at Norwich Golf Club.  Jezierski got back on track with medalist honors 37 in leading his team to a 7-0 victory over New London to conclude a perfect week.

Putnam bounced back from its loss to Killingly by easily beating Classical Magnet 183-232.  Spencer Salvas fired a one under par 34 to lead the way for the Clippers.  In its other victory, Putnam edged Norwich Tech 193-196 at Harrisville behind another one under par 34 by Salvas.  In a rematch against Parish Hill, a team the Clippers had beaten earlier, they lost to the Pirates and their ace Nick Harrington 187 to 215.  Harrington and Salvas tied as co-medalists with scores of two over par 39 at The Windham Club in Willimantic.

Woodstock Academy, after a long drought, picked up a 174-198 victory over Stafford Springs.  The Centaurs, 2-9-0 overall and 0-5-0 in the ECC Large Division,  couldn’t stand prosperity as they were beaten by East Lyme (6-1), and Coventry twice (147-174 and 5.5-1.5).    Ellis Tech lost to Norwich Tech 196-214 to drop to 6-3-0 on the season.  Plainfield took the collar, losing three matches.  They were beaten 6-1 by archrival Griswold, and shutout 7-0 by Bacon Academy and Waterford.  The Panthers are 1-9 and 1-6 in the ECC Medium Division.

Pomfret School split a pair of matches at Hop Meadow Country Club, beating Northfield-Mount Hermon 218-223 and losing to Westminster 192-218.  Chris Cleary with a 40, was the top gun for Pomfret, which is 3-4-0 on the year.  Marianapolis fell to Providence Country Day 4.5 to 2.5 despite a strong round by its ace Joe Ko who won his match over PCD’s top man Joe McNamara 4 and 2.  The Golden Knights are 2-10-0 on the season and 2-7-0 in the SENE.

Woodstock Ladies Avenge Loss to NFA

The Woodstock Ladies received a morale boost when the Centaurs edged Norwich Free Academy 215-217 at Quinnatisset Country Club.  Victories by Grace Yang, Roxanne Garceau and Alice Meng were the difference makers in the victory.  The ladies also beat Bacon Academy during the week.  In a tri-match the team was beaten by Avon 188-218 and Northwest Catholic 217-219 and stand at 5-3-0 on the season.

RPC’s Super Standings – Boy’s: Killingly 10-0-0; Tourtellotte 9-1-0; Putnam 12-2-0; Ellis Tech 6-3-0; Pomfret School 3-4-0; Marianapolis 2-10-0; Woodstock Academy 2-10-0; Plainfield 1-9-0.  Girl’s: Woodstock Academy 5-3-0.

 

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