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HK Field Hockey Class S Co-Champs After 1-1 Tie with Westbrook

The Haddam-Killingworth field hockey squad shared the Class S title with Westbrook following a 1-1 tie between the clubs in the Class State Tournament final at Wethersfield High School on Nov. 19. It was the fourth state title for the No. 3 seed Cougars, who were playing in the Class S championship for the second-straight season and finished the year with a record of 16-3-2.

Brinley Anderson scored off a corner to give HK a 1-0 lead with 13:52 to play in the first half. Alexa Mulvihill tied the game for the Knights by netting a goal with just more than four minutes left in the half. The game stayed tied at 1 through the rest of regulation, as well as the two 10-minutes overtime periods, and so Westbrook and HK shared the title.

Top-seeded Westbrook, which had previously won the Shoreline Conference Tournament, finished its season with a record of 19-1-2. The state final marked the third meeting between the teams this year. HK beat Westbrook 1-0 at home on Sept. 28 and the clubs played to a 0-0 tie in Westbrook on Oct. 20.

Previously, HK blanked No. 2 Stonington 3-0 in a Class S State Tournament semifinal on Nov. 16 at East Lyme High School, sending the Cougars to their second-straight Class S final.

Girls’ Swimming and Diving

The Cougars finished in fourth place out of 28 teams with 346 points at the Class S State Championship at Wesleyan University on Nov. 16. HK senior Caitlyn VonFeldt won the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 58.58 seconds, beating out Sacred Heart’s Erin Brown, who went 59.51. VonFeldt also took third for the 100 freestyle at 53.93.

Elsewhere, the Cougars’ 200 medley relay of VonFeldt, Lauren D’Amico, Jordan Clemente, and Cassandra Garrelts took second place in 1:54.41 and only trailed Weston (1:45.38), which won the team championship at the meet. HK’s 400 free relay group of Garrelts, Clemente, D’Amico, and VonFeldt swam a time of 3:44.86 and was the runner-up to Weston (3:35.52). Also, D’Amico took 12th in the 200 free (2:07.78); Clemente was seventh for the 200 IM (2:18.29); Garrelts finished 10th with the 50 free (25.82) and ninth in the 100 free (57.36); D’Amico was sixth for the 500 free (5:30.79); the 200 free relay of Sarah Cook, Nora Homicki, Hannah McLeod, and Kiera Bragdon finished 10th (1:48.45); plus Neve Blanton was 22nd (1:21.33) and Nicole Kuipers swam to 23rd (1:21.42) in the 100 breaststroke.

VonFeldt qualified for the State Open Championship in the 100 freestyle and the backstroke, as did HK’s 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay. The meet is at Yale University on Nov. 19 at noon.