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Hannah Little and Haddam-Killingworth softball team lost a contest against Hale-Ray on April 11, but bounced back with a 22-5 victory over Old Saybrook on April 13. Little cracked a RBI double in the fifth inning of the victory. Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Source

The Cougars’ boys’ lacrosse squad squared off against Morgan and Cromwell in a pair of Shoreline Conference clashes last week. H-K earned a split to move to 2-1 on the season.

First up, H-K took an 11-10 defeat to Morgan on April 10. The Cougars then routed Cromwell with a 15-0 shutout on April 13.

H-K took two losses in its three games last week. The Cougars are now all even with a record of 2-2 on the season.

On April 10, the Cougars lost a 15-8 contest against rival North Branford. H-K then rebounded in a big way by recording a 22-7 triumph over Morgan the next day. The Cougars then took an 18-6 loss to Branford on April 13.

The Haddam-Killingworth softball team went 1-1 against two Shoreline Conference adversaries last week to push its season mark to 3-1.

The Cougars took their first loss of the year by an 8-2 final against Hale-Ray on April 11. Faith Mauri had two hits for H-K and scored both of its runs.

Two days after that, the Cougars defeated Old Saybrook 22-5 in a game shortened to five innings due to the mercy rule. Ana Hale (2-for-3, 2 RBI) drew a walk to lead off the second inning and scored on a passed ball with two outs. Rachel Senechal and Olivia Whitehead were driven in by a sharp single off the bat of Amanda Minervino to close out the inning. The big swing of the day belonged to H-K’s Shannon Nelson, whose impressive three-run blast left the park in a hurry. Earlier in the third inning, Ali Halligan (2-for-2, 5 RBI) smashed a bases-clearing double to right-center, and Ari Masotti (2-for-4, 4 RBI) crushed an RBI double to left field. Hannah Little scored twice and added an RBI double in the Cougars’ half of the fifth inning.

The Cougars finished last week with a record of 1-4 following matches against Coginchaug, Old Saybrook, and Westbrook.

H-K dropped a 5-2 decision to Coginchaug on April 10. The Cougars then took a 6-1 loss to Old Saybrook on April 11 and lost to Westbrook by that same final the following day.

Facing Coginchaug, juniors Emily Beck (6-0, 6-0) and Hannah Stankiewicz (6-1, 6-1) won their respective No. 1 and 4 singles matches. Beck won another 6-0, 6-0 matchup against the Rams. Against Westbrook, junior Alivia Smith prevailed by a 6-1, 6-2 score for the Cougars.

H-K took a pair of defeats last week to put its overall mark to 0-4-1 on the season.

The Cougars lost to Old Saybrook 7-0 on April 11 and then lost by a 7-0 score versus Westbrook on April 13.

Grace Martone and H-K girls’ lacrosse lost to North Branford and Branford last week, but gained a strong 22-7 victory over Morgan, and are now 2-2 on the season.Photo by Kelley Fryer/The Source