This is a printer-friendly version of an article from Zip06.com.
09/10/2017 12:00 AMBoys Soccer
The Morgan boys’ soccer squad opened its season at East Hampton on Sept. 8 and soundly defeated the Bellringers by the score of 7-1.
Many Huskies joined the scoring party in the victory, but none more so than Juan Avila, who scored the game’s first goal in the 25th minute of the opening half on his way to recording a hat trick. Tyler Newfield closed the first half with a goal to put the Huskies up 2-0 heading into intermission.
Morgan’s offense exploded for five more goals in the second half. Zach Tuccitto scored goals in the 47th and 50th minutes for the Huskies. Calvin Jackson then kicked one into the net in the 55th minute. Avila followed by scoring two more goals with one coming in the 62nd minute and the other in the 70th minute to complete the hat trick. East Hampton scored the final goal of the game, but never threatened to close the gap.
Andrew Passante, Matt Koziy, and Josh Kennedy all had two assists, while Matt Gardner added one for Head Coach Ross Demay’s squad. Anes Gadun played most of the game in goal, with Ryan Nguyen also seeing some time.
Girls’ Soccer
In their first contest of 2017, the Huskies faced East Hampton on the road on Sept. 9. Morgan triumphed over the Bellringers by the margin of 3-1.
Girls’ Cross Country
Morgan went to Veterans Memorial Park in Middletown to run in the Blue Dragon Invitational on Sept. 8.
In a competition that featured 14 teams and 95 athletes, Morgan senior Kate Daley placed first in the race with a time of 19 minutes and 57.56 seconds. Daley’s time was 39 seconds faster than her previous personal record for a 5,000-meter cross country course.
Boys’ Cross Country
The Huskies took part in last week’s Blue Dragon Invitational, where there were a total of 119 runners from 17 teams in the boys’ competition.
Morgan saw two athletes earn medals by virtue of placing in the top 25. Thomas Southwood came in 21st place with a time of 18 minutes and 55.53 seconds, while Chayse Lofgren took 23rd by recording a mark of 18:59.24.
Football
Morgan went to Stafford Springs to face Stafford-East Windsor-Somers for its first game of the season on Sept. 8. The Huskies took a tough loss in the contest by a score of 36-0.
Morgan will look to get back on track when its faces the Valley Regional-Old Lyme Warriors at Valley Regional High School in Deep River at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 15.