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02/14/2016 11:00 PMGirls’ Basketball
Valley girls’ hoops lost both of it contests last week to Cromwell (69-41) and North Branford (60-48). The Warriors are now 6-12 this season and need to win their last two regular season games to earn a spot in the Class S State Tournament.
First up for Head Coach Geoff Konstan’s squad was a home date with undefeated Cromwell (19-0) where the Warriors played hard, but couldn’t match one of the top teams in the state. Cromwell got out to large first-half lead and cruised from there to the 69-41 victory.
Next was a road trip to North Branford, a team Valley had beaten at home by 66-62 final on Jan. 22. This time, the Thunderbirds got the better of the Warriors, 60-48. It was a slow start that hurt Valley as it was outscored 19-8 in the first quarter. The Warriors battled back to take the second frame 18-16 and trailed by nine at the break. In the third quarter, North Branford came out strong to put the game away as Valley was down 51-32 heading to the fourth. The Warriors finished strong and they scored 16, while holding North Branford to just nine points in the final period, yet it wasn’t enough and Valley dropped to 6-12 on the season.
Boys’ and Girls’ Indoor Track
Valley’s Colton Kinney placed sixth in the long jump with a distance of 19-feet-10.75 inches in the Class S State Championship on Feb. 12 at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven.
Addie Byars was Valley’s top finisher for the girls with a 16th-place showing in the 3,200-meter run behind a time of 12:46.55. Maleena Frazier placed 28th in the preliminaries of the 55-meter hurdles by clocking in at 10.14 seconds and she also tied for 17th in the high jump with a leap of 4 feet-6 inches.