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02/17/2015 11:00 PMBoys' Indoor Track
Haddam-Killingworth finished fourth with 31 points at the Class S State Championship on Feb. 12 at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven. Cameron Garrelts took the 3,200 title in a time of 9:54.51.
"I was pleased with my race and my performance on the day. Since it was my third race of the day, I was unsure going into it how I would feel after running a hard 4x800 relay and 1,600," said Garrelts. "I wasn't even sure if I was going to run it until after the 1,600 because of the two previous hard races. It feels great to go All-State again, though, and I'm thankful for the opportunities I've had to do so."
Other point-earning performances included David Baird in the 1,000 (6th, 2:48.90); Garrelts for the 1,600 (3rd, 4:36.69); Pat Fitzgibbons right beside Garrelts in the 3,200 (3rd, 10:19.08); plus the 4x800 relay team of Baird, Fitzgibbons, Ben Rakowski, and Garrelts (2nd, 8:26.46).
Girls' Indoor Track
HK came in 12th with 12 tallies for the Class S State Championship on Feb. 12 at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven.
Maddie Brandon in the 1,600 (2nd, 5:16.66) and Mary Coletti for the 3,200 (4th, 11:59.24) earned points for the Cougars.
Girls' Basketball
The Cougars dropped to 7-12 by losing 63-42 at unbeaten Morgan on Feb. 10 and then 60-36 at Cromwell the following night. Prior to that, HK took a 47-39 defeat on Feb. 5 to Coginchaug prior to knocking off Westbrook 57-28 two nights later.
Against Coginchaug, Tara Murphy scored a team-high 12 points with six rebounds, Halie Serbent and Caroline Fortuna each tallied 11 points, plus Serbent added 11 boards and Fortuna three steals. Brinley Anderson totaled four points and three steals and Meghan O'Brien dished out five assists.
Facing the Knights, Serbent and Fortuna posted 16 points each, Serbent tacked on 10 rebounds, and Fortuna nailed down four three-pointers. Additional contributors were Anderson (10 points, 5 assists); Murphy (8 points, 8 assists); Ana Bruder (4 points); and Alyx Stevenson (3 points).
The Cougars needed to knock off North Branford at home on Feb. 16 to clinch a state tournament berth by virtue of an eighth victory.
Boys' Swimming and Diving
HK defeated Lyman Hall on Feb. 10 by a score of 84-78 to stand with a mark of 4-6. The meet started off with a first-place finish with the 200 medley relay of Jake Torello, Conor Champagne, Garrett Mazziotti, and Connor McLaughlin, who also took the 400 freestyle relay. Mazziotti placed first in the 200 free and 100 butterfly, plus Torello was tops in the 100 free and 100 backstroke. Champagne was runner-up in the 50 free and 100 breaststroke and Rachael Coady finished second in the 500 free.