CLASS INDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS HIGHLIGHTS*
Bloomfield swept the Class S boys and girls meets with 68 and 65 points, respectively, both by more than 30 points. The girls did it with wins from Rayanna Relerford in the 300 meters (41.34 seconds), Tiffany Harrison in the 600 (1:40.07), Karina Foster in the shot put (35 feet, 11 inches) and the 4x400 relay (4:06.96). They showed incredible depth, placing three in the top eight of some events multiple times. It was the same for the boys, winning the 4x400 relay (3:34.64) and getting firsts from Jamie Tobias in the high jump (6-6) and Trey Taylor in the shot put (50-5).
Visit MaxPreps' new National Track and Field Page* Jake Scinto of Cheshire doubled in the high jump and long jump at the SCC Tournament last week and repeated the feat at the Class LL Championships with a high jump of 6-5 and a long jump of 22-9.
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Glastonbury girls dominated Class LL with 94 points and a winning margin of 48.5, as Lindsay Crevoiserat broke the 1,600 meet record by more than 4 seconds with a 5:00.38. In Class LL boys, Connor Rog of
Fairfield Prep doubled in the 1,600 (meet record 4:21.80) and 3,200 (9:36.66).
* Kellie Davis of
Hillhouse (New Haven) didn't triple at the middle distances as she did in the SCCs, but she broke the meet record in the 1,000 (2:56.34) and placed second to Jackie Nicholas of
Nonnewaug (Woodbury) in the 1,600 (winning time, 5:12.68) and third to Kathleen Ferrall of
Guilford in the 3,200 (11:16.19).
* Dan Nestor of
Hand (Madison) set a Class L meet record in the 1,600 meters with a 4:18.17, improving on the previous mark by 4 seconds.
STORYLINES* Gerald McClease hit the winning 3-pointer as Wilbur Cross (New Haven) upset No. 3 and previously undefeated Career (New Haven) in a 57-54 SCC Oronoque Division boys basketball victory. McClease finished with 21 points and Cross clinched a share of the Division title.
MaxPreps' Connecticut boys basketball Freeman Rankings* No. 2
Fairfield Prep boys hockey team defeated No. 3 Hamden 4-2 in an SCC Division I game behind two goals from
Donald Carnicky and a goal and assist by
Bryan Puffer. Later in the week, Hamden fell to No. 1 and undefeated
New Canaan 2-0 in a non-conference game.
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Xavier (Middletown) locked up the SCC Quinnipiac Division boys basketball title with a 57-53 victory over Notre Dame (West Haven) as the Falcons'
Michael Boornazian scored 23 points.
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Sarah Royals of
Torrington girls basketball went the length of the court with 4 seconds left and hit a 35-foot, 3-pointer as time expired to tie the Raiders' NVL game with No. 6 Holy Cross (Waterbury). She was fouled on the shot and sank the free throw for a 59-58 victory, handing the Crusaders their first loss of the season.
TOP PERFORMERSBoys Basketball* Terry Tarpey, Fairfield Prep: Scored 28 points in a 62-53 SCC Quinnipiac victory over West Haven, then netted 33 points and had 14 rebounds and five assists in an 88-55 SCC interdivision victory over East Haven.
* Davonta Valentine, Waterford: Scored 18 points and had 10 rebounds and eight assists in a 73-49 ECC Large Division victory over Fitch (Groton).
Girls Basketball* Katie Mahoney, Bacon Academy (Colchester): Scored 21 points and had eight assists, seven rebounds and five steals in a 70-37 ECC Medium victory over New London as Bacon clinched the Division title.
* Cherelle Moore, Kolbe Cathedral (Bridgeport): Scored 40 points in a 76-42 SWC victory over Stratford.
Paul Rosano, the former assistant sport editor of The Hartford Courant and sports editor of The New Haven Register, covers Connecticut for MaxPreps.com. He may be reached at pjrosano@cox.net.
