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10/01/2017 12:00 AMFootball
The North Haven football team hosted Creed-Career-Whitney (C-C-W) at Vanacore Field on Sept. 28 and had no trouble against the SCC Tier 3 opponent, winning by the final score of 49-14. It was the third straight win for the Indians, who improved to 3-1 this year. Zack Orth ran for 210 yards and three touchdowns for North Haven, which saw Mark Montano (94 yards) and Devan Brockamer (54 yards) cross the goal line two times apiece in the lopsided victory.
North Haven got on the board first against C-C-W when Montano ran for a 19-yard touchdown run just 1:36 into the game. Chase DiCarlo kicked the extra point and the Indians were up 7-0. Orth ran for a 5-yard TD about five minutes later to make it 14-0 after one.
Just 42 seconds into the second quarter, Orth scored on a 3-yard touchdown run for a 21-0 North Haven advantage. After the Howling Wolves (1-3) scored a touchdown, North Haven responded when Montano broke free for a 33-yard TD run that made it 28-7 with 4:54 left in the first half. On C-C-W’s next drive, the Howling Wolves fumbled, and Vinny DePalma pounced on it for the Indians. Orth followed by bringing home a 56-yard touchdown run, and North Haven was in control with a 35-7 lead with 3:06 to go until halftime. C-C-W ran for a touchdown in the final seconds of the half to make it 35-14 at the break.
Midway through the second half, Alex Ciaburro intercepted a pass for North Haven. On the subsequent drive, Brockamer took it in from eight yards out to give the Indians a 42-14 command with 5:01 remaining in the third quarter. With 1:36 to play in the frame, Brockamer scored on a 6-yard touchdown run, and the final score of 49-14 was set after DiCarlo hit his seventh extra point in as many tries.
Additionally for North Haven’s defense, Montano had an interception, Nick Dodge recovered a fumble, and Orth had a sack.
The Indians’ next game is against fellow SCC Tier 1 opponent Shelton on the road at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 6. Shelton enters the game with an overall record of 3-1 and a mark of 1-1 in SCC Tier 1. North Haven is also 1-1 in Tier 1 games.
Girls’ Swimming and Diving
North Haven dropped contests against Hand and Amity last week to move to 4-2 on the season.
On Sept. 25, the Indians hosted Hand at Gawrych Town Pool and were edged by the final score of 86-84. The diving board at the pool was not cleared to use for this meet, and so there was no diving competition at the meet. On the plus side for North Haven, freshman Maddie Bergin broke the school record in the 50 freestyle by swimming a time of 24.75 seconds to go with a season-best performance of 54.29 in the 100 freestyle. Senior Michaela Salvo swam a lifetime best of 1:02.93 in the 100 freestyle, while sophomore Gillian Regan posted a lifetime-best mark of 6:16.87 for the 500 freestyle. Other Indians’ athletes who recorded season-best times were sophomore Angela Gambardella in the 100 breaststroke (1:07.80), sophomore Mackenzie Montesi in the 200 freestyle (2:14.40), senior Jasmine Nguy for the 100 butterfly (1:05.27); freshman Riley Jooss (2:23.92), sophomore Kiersten Winter (2:23.96), and freshman Molly Coyle (2:39.31) in the 200 individual medley, Coyle in the 100 butterfly (1:13.55), and sophomore Abby Kirkland in the 100 backstroke at 1:12.81.
Three days later, the Indians took a 94-87 loss to Amity at the Orange Community Center Pool. North Haven’s 200 medley relay of Bergin, Gambardella, Jooss, and Laura Borrelli went a season best of 1:55.41. North Haven’s other season-best performances were delivered by Gambardella in the 200 IM (2:13.27), Nguy in the 500 free (5:41.95), Borrelli in the 50 free (26.52) and 100 free (59.48), and freshman Alyssa Laborde in the 100 breaststroke (1:20.42).
Volleyball
After losing two matches last week, North Haven bounced back by earning a 3-0 victory versus Mercy on Sept. 28. The Indians now stand at 3-6 on the season.
The Indians opened their week with match at West Haven and lost a 3-1 (25-10, 18-25, 25-23, 26-24) contest to the Blue Devils.
Then on Sept. 27, North Haven dropped 3-0 (18-25, 14-25, 22-25) decision at Law. Olivia Petersen had 17 assists and eight digs, while Giselle Zumerchik punched up 12 digs and landed five aces for the Indians. Courtney Babbidge had six kills and three blocks, Carly Brown had seven digs, and Samantha Burke had three blocks.
The next day, the Indians had a home match versus Mercy and swept the Tigers 3-0 with set scores of 25-17, 25-15, and 25-19. Petersen handed out 28 assists and also had four digs in the victory. Zumerchik had another nice game by collecting 10 kills, five aces, and four digs. Peyton Davis contributed with eight digs, five kills, and three aces for North Haven.
Girls’ Soccer
North Haven picked up three points in the standings by notching a tie and a win in last week’s action. The Indians are now 3-3-2 on the season.
North Haven started off last week by playing to a 1-1 tie against West Haven in a home game on Sept. 25. Four days later, the Indians were on the road to face Cross and prevailed 4-1 against the Governors.
Boys’ Soccer
The Indians went to 1-6 after losing their two games last week.
North Haven lost a 3-1 decision at Amity on Sept. 25. Later in the week, the Indians hosted Foran and took a 1-0 defeat against the Lions on Sept. 29.
Field Hockey
The Indians had one game last week when they played at Lauralton Hall on Sept. 26. North Haven took a 7-0 loss to the Crusaders to move to 1-3-2 for the year.
Girls’ Cross Country
The Indians were on the road for quad-meet in Shelton last week. North Haven posted a 17-41 win over Oronoque Division opponent Branford and also lost contests against Lyman Hall (22-33) and the host Gaels (18-44).
Reagan Forbes finished in fourth place by running a time of 22 minutes and 42 seconds, while Macey DiCarlo finished 10th at 24:43 for North Haven.
Boys’ Cross Country
North Haven competed in a quad-meet at Shelton on Sept. 26. The Indians took defeats against Shelton (15-50), Lyman Hall (16-45), and Branford (22-33) at the meet.