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02/24/2015 11:00 PMGirls' Basketball
Morgan hosted Cromwell on Feb. 16 and grabbed a 45-42 victory before a 57-42 win at Notre Dame-Fairfield on Feb. 18 to finish the regular season a perfect 20-0-the first time a Huskies' squad has achieved the feat.
Against Cromwell, Sami Ashton led with 20 points while Tori Hopkins scored 13. Josie Sullivan added nine rebounds and four assists.
At Notre Dame, Ashton again led all of Morgan's scorers with 19 points while adding six assists and three steals. Jen Dawson finished on the verge of a double-double with 16 points and nine boards; plus Sullivan dropped seven points, eight rebounds, dished out two assists, snagged three steals, and had a block. Kelsey Donaldson also reeled in 13 rebounds off the glass.
Morgan earned a first round bye in the Shoreline Conference Tournament as the top seed. It faced either No. 4 East Hampton or No. 5 Coginchaug in a semifinal on Feb. 24 at Coginchaug and the winner of that clash will advance to the final on Friday, Feb. 28 at Cross at 7 p.m.
"I am proud of the way this team comes and plays hard every night. They come to practice every day with the mind set of we are going to get better and they work hard," said Head Coach Joe Grippo. "Going undefeated does little for us in Shorelines and states. Every team starts out 0-0 and you have to earn every win. We are looking forward to the challenges that await us."
Boys' Indoor Track
The Huskies finished 11th with 14 points at the State Open on Feb. 21 at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven thanks in large part to the 1,600 sprint medley relay team of Justin Navarra, Chase LeMay, Mateo Zumpano, and Brian Gendron that finished as runner-up in a time of 3:40.96. Also scoring for Morgan was Gendron by way of his third-place showing in the 600, clocking in at 1:23.10.
Girls' Indoor Track
Morgan was tied for 37th place with a point for the State Open on Feb. 21 at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven. Katie Mozzochi earned that tally by coming in sixth for the 55 hurdles (8.88). The 4x400 relay of Catlen Goss, Savannah Skidmore, Courtney Carroll, and Mozzochi raced to 16th (4:17.22).
Wrestling
Morgan competed in the Class S State Championship on Feb. 20 and 21 at Haddam-Killingworth and finished tied for seventh with 113 points. The Huskies had two second-place finishers in Jordan Corrigan (at 220) and Chris Seales (285). Seales lost 3-2 to Notre Dame-Fairfield's Hakim Fleming while Corrigan took a close 7-4 loss to Seiji Arzuaga of Windham. Also on the day, Greg Lee (182) finished third by defeating Granby Memorial's Owen Kibby 6-4 in a consolation bout. Malik Shipman (120) grappled to fourth after fighting Tolland's Ryan Angers in a contest where Angers scored a pin at 1:42, plus Sharone Foster was fifth at 106 after coming out on top against Scott Gamble of Somers by pinfall in 50 seconds.