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01/07/2017 11:00 PMBoys’ Ice Hockey
The East Haven boys’ ice hockey squad advanced its record to 5-0 to begin the season by recording a 4-1 win at Cheshire on Jan. 2 and a 2-1 triumph over Glastonbury on Jan. 4.
The Cheshire matchup took place at Wesleyan University and was the first road contest of the season for the Easties, who came out firing with two quick goals. Jake Aloi netted the first one on assists from Joe Aloi and Nick Capone and then Mike Dogolo made it 2-0 shortly thereafter. After Cheshire cut the deficit in half, Matt Latella converted on the power play to make it 3-1 and the Easties later scored an insurance marker later to seal it.
Against Glastonbury, Capone’s state-leading ninth goal of the season put East Haven up 1-0 early. His 22 points (9 goals and 13 assists) also lead the state thus far this year. Glastonbury scored to knot the score at 1, but Zach Paquin responded by netting the game-winner for East Haven. Logan Hamilton made 24 stops in net to preserve the victory.
Girls' Ice Hockey
Branford-East Haven-North Branford (Bfd-EH-NB) went 1-1 in a pair of games against Conard-Hall (C-H) last week. On Jan. 2, Bfd-EH-NB rallied for a 6-5 victory at Veteran's Memorial Rink. Three days later, the team hosted C-H and dropped a 6-3 decision at DiLungo rink to move to 3-3-1 for the season.
Boys’ Basketball
The Yellowjackets are still looking for their first win of the season after starting the year at 0-4. Most recently, East Haven was defeated by Guilford on Jan. 3 and Lyman Hall on Jan. 6.
Against Guilford, the Yelowjackets lost by a 72-41 final. Nick Guarino nailed four three-pointers and finished with 18 points, while Ed Popolizio scored 12 in the loss.
East Haven played a tight game with Lyman Hall, but came up on the short of a 68-61 decision. The second quarter was the key as the Yellowjackets were outscored 16-4 in the eight-minute period. The Easties converted eight three-pointers as a team and Guarino led the charge offensively with 18 points. Popolizio scored 17 points, Brandon DePalma scored 11, and Ryan Spano added 10 in the loss.
Wrestling
East Haven visited Guilford on Jan. 4 and took a 43-30 defeat.
The Yellowjackets saw wins via pin by Victor Garcia at the 1:40 mark in the 106-pound weight class, along with Antonio Lieto at 4:00 (113), Alex Tapia at 3:00 (126), and Brandon Duryea in 1:35 (285). East Haven’s other win in the match came at 195 as Josh Rao won via forfeit. Other wrestlers for the Yellowjackets were Joe Milano (120), Nick DeMorro (132), Conor Gontarz (138), Vincent Franco (145), Darry Jarrin (152), Joncarlo Alberino (160), Sebastian Montoya (170), Damien Benway (182), and Justin Fonacier (220).