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03/03/2018 11:00 PMBoys’ Swimming and Diving
The Haddam-Killingworth boys’ swimming and diving team secured a runner-up showing at the inaugural Nutmeg Conference Championship meet last week. In a four-team meet that took place on March 1, H-K scored 876 points to finish second to Suffield (1,025 points) and place ahead of Classical Magnet-University (717) and Granby Memorial (716).
For the Cougars’ first-place showings, Zach Houlton won the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:51.29 and the 500 freestyle in 5:00.56, while Kyle Mazziotti prevailed in the 100 freestyle at 50.96 seconds. H-K’s 400 freestyle relay of Eli Houlton, Zach Houlton, Michael Morman, and Mazziotti was victorious in 3:25.55, as was the 200 freestyle relay that featured the Houlton brothers, Chris Garrelts, and Morman, who timed in at 1:35.61.
The Cougars’ 200 medley relay of Jake Torello, Max Revis, Morman, and Mazziotti came in second place with a time of 1:47.61 at the Nutmeg meet. Elsewhere, Eli Houlton was the 200 individual medley runner-up (2:10.38) with Torello placing third (2:17.80), Garrelts took second for the 50 freestyle, (23.52), and Revis finished second for the 100 breaststroke (1:06.01). Mazziotti raced to third place in the 100 backstroke (58.40) and Torello came in fourth (59.68); Garrelts finished third for the 100 free (52.38), while Revis was right behind him in fourth (53.25) and Morman took fifth (53.83); Jonah Freeman came in fourth for the 200 freestyle (2:08.54); and Eli Houlton placed fourth in the 100 butterfly with a time of 56.48.
Boys’ Ice Hockey
The Lyman Hall/Haddam-Killingworth/Coginchaug boys’ ice hockey team competed in the SCC/SWC Division III Tournament as the top seed last week. The Trojans took a 4-3 loss against Bethel-Brookfield-Danbury in a game that came down to a shootout, which the opposition won by the margin of 4-3.
On Feb. 28, the top-ranked Trojans faced off with No. 4 seed Bethel-Brookfield-Danbury in the conference semifinals at the Milford Ice Pavilion, where the Icecats earned a 4-3 victory by prevailing 4-3 in the shootout session after the two squads were knotted through regulation. The Trojans trailed by scores of 2-0 and 3-1 during the game, but fought back to tie it at 3-3 in the third period to force the shootout; no overtime period was played.
Also last week, the Trojans’ Scott Bradley was announced as the SCC/SWC Division III Player of the Year prior to the game.
The Trojans, who are now 14-7 overall, will next compete in the Division III State Tournament. They are the No. 6 seed and hosted No. 11 Norwalk-McMahon (7-13) in the first round on March 5 (after press time) at Northford Ice Pavilion. The winner moves on to the quarterfinals on Thursday, March 8 against either No. 3 Tri-Town or No. 14 Wilton. The semifinals are on Tuesday, March 13 at Ingalls Rink in New Haven, and the final takes place at Ingalls at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 18.
Gymnastics
Morgan senior Haley Smith represented the Haddam-Killingworth/Hale-Ray/Morgan gymnastics team at the State Open Championship on March 3 at Pomperaug High School. Smith competed in the vault at the Open and finished in a tie for 16th place by totaling a score of 8.85.