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01/22/2017 11:00 PMGirls’ Basketball
The Guilford girls’ basketball team punched its ticket into the State Tournament by posting a 55-46 win over Sacred Heart Academy on Jan. 17. The Indians then raced past Shelton 63-40 on Jan. 20 to move to 9-4 overall. Guilford is also 4-1 in the SCC Hammonasset Division.
Against Sacred Heart Academy, the Indians featured a balanced scoring attack with Izzy Nerney scoring 11 points, Janie Danaher and Amanda King each tallying 10 points, and Kayley McLaughlin netting eight points. Camryn Craig had six points, plus a season-high 13 rebounds with five blocked shots.
“In our opening game against SHA back in December, we went to the free throw line nine times. I challenged the girls to attack the basket and get to the line and they responded in a big way with 35 attempts from the line, converting on a respectable 68 percent,” said Head Coach Bob Welsh.
In the Shelton win, Guilford struggled on its shooting from the inside during the first six minutes of the game and held a slim 7-5 lead. Then something clicked for the Indians, who ran off nine straight points, including a Nerney buzzer-beater, to take a 16-5 lead. Craig turned in a dominant second quarter by scoring 12 of her 18 points in the period. McLaughlin scored on an offensive put-back at the buzzer to give the Indians a 33-19 lead at the half.
Guilford opened the second half on a 7-2 run as McLaughlin hit a three and then King caught fire by netting 12 points in the quarter to put the game out of reach. King was the game’s leading scorer with 19 points, while Craig dominated the stat sheet with 18 points, 11 rebounds, seven steals, and three blocked shots.
“Our team is really beginning to mesh and getting scoring punch from a number of different players each night,” said Welsh on his team, which is averaging 53 points a game.
Boys’ Basketball
Guilford took a 67-65 loss to Xavier on Jan. 28 and then halted a three-game losing streak by posting a 75-66 overtime victory against Cheshire to stand at 6-3 this year.
Against Xavier, Jordan Krause and Noah Rubino scored 22 points apiece for the Indians.
In the Cheshire matchup, Krause led the way with 27 points, while Rubino added 12 points for Guilford, which improved to 1-3 in the Hammonasset Division with the win.
Boys’ and Girls’ Fencing
On Jan. 21, the Indians had a quad-meet at Hopkins that also featured Fairfield and Greenwich. The boys improved to 11-0 by defeating Hopkins (19-8), Fairfield (21-6), and Greenwich (22-5). The girls also had a clean sweep against Hopkins (18-9), Fairfield (19-8), and Greenwich (23-4) and are now 8-3.
Guilford won 17 of the 18 matchups on the day, only losing in boys’ foil against Hopkins. Fencing sabre, Oscar Scott won all of his bouts against 12 different opponents.
“A great showing from Guilford fencing by winning 17 or 18 matches and taking the overall boys’ and girls’ wins,” said Head Coach Kyle Mezzi.
Boys’ Ice Hockey
Guilford recorded its sixth victory of the season by posting a 4-2 win over Enfield-East Granby-Stafford (E-EG-S) on Jan. 16.
John Delucia notched Guilford’s first goal at the 12:26 mark of the first period. The Indians later took a 2-1 lead on a Jack Ring goal at the 5:05 juncture of the second period. Delucia then scored at 3:35 of the second and Ring capped off the victory with another score at 2:40 in the second. Recording assists for the Indians were Ricky Sandella (4), Delucia (2), and Ring. Kyle Dwyer made 20 saves with Guilford outshooting E-EG-S 33-22.
Later in the week, the Indians routed North Haven 7-1 on Jan. 18 to go to 7-2.
Wrestling
The Indians hosted the Guilford Duals on Jan. 21 and finished in third place at the meet. Guilford defeated New Fairfield (54-26), Darien (66-9), Bunnell (69-19), while also taking losses against Haddam-Killingworth (41-24) and Trumbull (54-24). The Indians are now 16-6.
Boys’ and Girls’ Indoor Track
Guilford took part in the Yale Classic that was held at Yale University on Jan. 20 and 21.
Jordan Lembo-Frey ran a time of 37.67 seconds in the 300, while teammate Sam Sessions clocked in at 38.20. The girls’ 4x800 relay posted a mark of 9:59.73, led by Jacqui Guerra, Chloe Shaw, Meredith Bloss, and Andrea Basilicato. The boys’ 4x400 went a 3:42.54 behind Lembo-Frey, Sessions, Caleb Benedict, and Joe Walters. Additionally, Bloss ran the 3,000 in 10:38.72, Shaw finished the 400 in 62.24, and Finn Davidson completed the 1,600 in a time of 4:36.54.
Boys’ Swimming and Diving
Branford-Guilford had a home meet against Shelton on Jan. 17 and lost a 91-69 decision to the Gaels at Walsh Intermediate School.
Alek Karosas captured first place in the 50 freestyle (24.11) and the 100 backstroke (1:00.47) for Branford-Guilford. Corey Gambardella took first in the 100 butterfly (52.77) and the 100 breaststroke (1:04.38). Kyle Boucher won the 500 freestyle at 5:51.03, while Paul Rosenberg prevailed in the diving with 155.85 points. Also for Branford-Guilford (1-5), the 400 freestyle relay of Aleandro Hanaj, Abdalla Syed, Boucher, and Karosas finished first with a time of 4:05.24.