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01/07/2018 11:00 PMBoys’ and Girls’ Fencing
The Morgan fencing program hosted its inaugural Varsity Invitational Round Robin event on Jan. 6. The Huskies invited some of the top teams from around the state to compete at the meet, including 2017 state champion Guilford, as well as Hand, Greenwich, and Hopkins.
On the girls’ side, Morgan defeated Hand (20-7) and Hopkins (23-4), while taking losses against Guilford (17-10) and Greenwich (14-13). In épée, junior Jennifer Accetta went 8-2 on the day, and senior Olivia Silver was 7-5, with both athletes going undefeated against Hopkins and Hand. Senior Mary Kate Staunton went 3-0 against Hopkins. In sabre, junior Olivia Morrissey went 9-2 overall and was undefeated against Hand, while fellow junior Angela Recine posted a mark of 5-3. As for foil, senior Grace Hull went 6-4, senior Emma Riccio was 5-3, and junior Rachel Flanagan also went 5-3.
The boys’ results included a win against Hand (22-5) and losses to Hopkins (16-11), Greenwich (18-9), and Guilford (22-5). In épée, senior Cenzo Saturno was 8-4, and junior Scott Accetta finished at 7-5. Both fencers were undefeated against Hand. In sabre, junior Noah Scarpace was 8-4, and fellow junior Sean Arribas-Cockley went 6-4, while going undefeated against Hand.
During the past four seasons, the Huskies have not charged admission fees to the spectators of their bouts, and the same was true for this invitational. They instead asked people to donate non-perishable food items in support of the program’s Fencers Bouting Hunger program. As a result, Morgan fencing has donated more than one ton of food to the Clinton Food Pantry.
Boys’ Basketball
Morgan is now 1-4 after losing two games last week.
On Jan. 2, Morgan hosted East Hampton and lost by the final of 75-50. Junior AJ Fritz led the Huskies with 10 points to go with two rebounds and two assists. Sophomore Miles Vogl scored eight and corralled nine rebounds, while Tyler Newfield also scored eight points and had a steal. Freshman Robbie Zirlis added seven points, six boards, two assists, a steal, and a block.
Then on Jan. 6, the Huskies were on the road to face North Branford and lost the contest 47-31. Morgan trailed 28-22 before North Branford pulled away by outscoring the Huskies 16-9 in the fourth quarter. Junior Garrett Johnson had six points and five rebounds, Zirlis had four points and six boards, and Fritz scored six points.
Girls’ Basketball
The Huskies dropped a pair of recent contests and are now 2-5 this year.
On Dec. 29, Morgan was at home to face North Branford and took a 45-36 loss to the Thunderbirds. Freshman Catie Donaldo scored 17 points with four steals, two assists, and two rebounds on the night. Junior Joelle Vuilleumier had eight points and four boards, while senior Brianna Navarra added seven points to go with seven steals and three rebounds. Sophomore Leah McComiskey corralled eight rebounds in the game, as well.
On Jan. 2, the Huskies headed to East Hampton and lost to the Bellringers, 42-40 in overtime.
Gymnastics
The Haddam-Killingworth/Morgan/Hale-Ray gymnastics team had two recent meets at Flip-Flop Gymnastics in Deep River.
On Dec. 29, the Cougars competed against Valley Regional and Mercy. Haddam-Killingworth/Morgan/Hale-Ray turned in a score of 92.50 to defeat Valley, which scored an 84.25. Mercy posted the highest score of the meet with a total of 131.15.
On Jan. 6, the Cougars had another meet at Flip-Flop and scored a 120.05 to defeat Hamden (111.8) and Valley Regional (112.20). Mercy scored a 130.50 at the meet.