This is a printer-friendly version of an article from Zip06.com.
02/05/2017 11:00 PMBoys’ Basketball
The Westbrook boys’ basketball squad won all three of its games last week to improve to 13-1 this season. It was historic week for the Knights, who saw senior captain Cory Muckle record his 1,000th career point. Fellow senior captain Liam Bell had reached the 1,000-point mark two weeks earlier for Westbrook.
On Jan. 30, Westbrook topped Haddam-Killingworth 85-61. It was tight through three with Westbrook holding a 54-48 edge, but the Knights exploded for 31 points in the fourth to blow the game open. Dave Amendola came two assists shy of a triple-double as he recorded 10 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists. Bell scored 25 points and also contributed nine boards and five assists. Muckle scored 24 points for Westbrook in the win.
On Feb. 1, Westbrook defeated Amistad 63-54 as Muckle reached the 1,000-point milestone while netting a game-high 30 points. Bell finished with 19 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists, plus Amendola pulled down 18 rebounds in the win.
The Knights finished off the week with an 89-67 victory over Creed on Feb. 3. Westbrook shot 54 percent from the floor and assisted on 26 of its 32 baskets. Amendola finished with 26 points and nine rebounds, while Bell scored 14 and grabbed 14 boards. Muckle had another big night by scoring 25 points in the win.
Girls’ Basketball
The Knights went 3-0 last week to improve their overall record to 11-4 this season.
On Jan. 30, Westbrook topped Haddam-Killingworth 56-36. Zoe Ehlert scored a season-high 18 points, while Savannah Marshall added 16 and Adara Bochanis contributed 12. Kelly Donlan chipped in with seven for a well-rounded scoring effort by the Knights.
“We had many different opportunities to score tonight inside and out and the girls took advantage of the hot hands,” Head Coach Kelly Landino said. “We shot very well tonight and I was very pleased with the balanced scoring. It is the right time for our team to be finding balance as we move into late season and tournament time.”
On Feb. 1, Westbrook hosted its first annual Cancer Awareness Pink game and defeated Amistad 79-31. The team sold pink bracelets and wore pink uniforms in the game. Westbrook also hosted a bake sale on game day with all proceeds going to Coaches vs. Cancer. The victory featured another balanced scoring effort from Westbrook, led by Marshall with 18 points, Bochanis with 16, Ehlert and Donlan with 10 each, Gabby Ehlert with eight, Biance Ferrucci with seven, Erin Metcalfe with six, and freshman Callie Newberg with four.
The Knights closed out the week with a 65-34 victory over Creed on Feb. 3. Marshall led the way with a double-double by posting 23 points and a career-high 17 rebounds. Bochanis netted 16 points, plus Zoe Ehlert and Donlan both scored eight.
Girls’ Indoor Track
Westbrook competed at the Shoreline Championship at Floyd Little Athletic Center and finished in 10th place with 26.5 points.
Leading the way for the Knights, junior Danyelle Engles won the shot put with a throw of 33 feet-1 inch. Other points scored in individual events came courtesy of Alexandria Young in the high jump as she finished third with a jump of 4-8, Avery Bauman in the pole vault as she placed sixth at 6-6, Tirzah Blomquist in the long jump as she placed eighth with a 14-2; plus Tyjah Childs, who finished seventh in the 55-meter hurdles at 7.92 seconds and was eighth in the 55-meter hurdles (30.0). In the relays, the 4x400 group of Halle Barron, Avery Bauman, Katherine Dahl, and Blomquist raced to a time of 4:43.76 for seventh place, while the 1,6000 sprint medley team of Lauren Wright, Olivia Hartzell, Barron, and Christine Gallagher also finished seventh at 4:58.75.
Boys’ Indoor Track
The Knights participated in the Shoreline Championship on Feb. 4 and finished in 10th place by totaling 15 points.
The top performance for Westbrook came from Jay Donlan, who finished second in the shot put with a throw of 40 feet-3.5 inches. Other individual point scorers included Jason Rauniker in the 1,000-meter run as he placed eighth with a time of 3:00.41; Roger Silva in the long jump with an eighth-place finish at 18-6.25 inches; and Michael Gingras, who placed eighth in the pole vault at 9 feet. Westbrook’s 4x200 relay of Zachary Jacobs, Rauniker, Silva, and Sean Scully placed fifth at 1:42.31.