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01/26/2019 11:00 PMBoys’ Indoor Track
The Hand boys’ indoor track team finished in second place at the SCC East Sectional Championship that was held at Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven on Jan. 22. The Tigers scored 88 points and only placed behind Hillhouse, which scored 104 points at the meet.
Hand’s 4x200 relay of Ameen Parks, Braeden Kosiewicz, Josh Stewart, and Carson Hines finished in second place with a time of 1:35.74. The 4x400 relay featuring Connor Parthasarthy, Corey Duncanson, Greyson McGeary, and Hines also earned runner-up honors by posting a time of 3:35.21. The 1,600 sprint medley relay of Kosiewicz, Ryley Brohel, Hines, and Parthasarthy came in second place with a time of 3:53.14. Bryce Myers finished second for the pole vault by clearing a height of 12 feet-6 inches. Russell Powell placed second in the high jump with a height of 6 feet for the Tigers.
Parks finished third for the 55-meter dash (6.77 seconds) and was also third in the 300 (36.17). Parthasarthy finished third for the 1,000 (2:48.14), Caleb Nugent placed third in the high jump (6-0), and John Genther was third for the shot put (43-3.5). In the 55 hurdles, McGeary finished third (8.39), and Russell Powell followed in fourth (8.63). Dante Zucconi took fourth place in the 1,600 at 4:45.96. Hand’s 4x800 relay of Drew Carone, Max Genther, Lukas Kraemer, and Besufekad Opstrup also placed fourth (9:02.40).
Girls’ Indoor Track
The Tigers finished seventh with 27 points scored at the SCC East Sectional Championship last week.
Chloe Thompson took second place in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 3:10.43 at the sectional meet. Anna Steffen was the runner-up in the 3,200 with a time of 12:22.52 for Hand.
Chanelle Dortch finished fifth in the 600 (1:48.68) and took sixth for the 300 (46.61 seconds). The Tigers’ 1,600 sprint medley relay of Nicolette Doherty, Olivia Henkel, Chloe Veth, and Thompson came in third place (4:43.67). The 4x400 relay of Kayla Howard, Thompson, Keelin Virgulto, and Dortch finished fifth (4:37.13).
Boys’ Basketball
Hand stands at 5-8 overall and is 1-3 in the SCC Hammonasset Division after losing games to Hamden and Cheshire last week.
The Tigers dropped a 63-38 decision versus Hamden on Jan. 22. Three days later, Hand took a 76-44 defeat against Cheshire.
Wrestling
The Tigers moved to 10-5 following a 37-31 defeat versus Guilford on Jan. 23.
Kyle Davern earned a win on a pin at the 2:59 mark of his 120-pound bout for Hand. The Tigers also received victories from Carter Ganino (160, 6-2 decision), Seamus Moriarty (170, 9-0 decision), Rocky Mayer (182, pin at 1:21), Ian Hurley (195, pin at 4:21), Alec Dube (220, 6-4 decision), and Matt Derken (285, 9-4 decision) in their matchup against Guilford.
At the Ridgefield Challenge on Jan. 26, Kyle Davern (120) and Derken placed first, while Moriarty and Alec Dube were third. This marked the first time ever that Hand boasted two champions at this event.
Boys’ Ice Hockey
The Tigers improved to 10-1-1 after grabbing a victory in their lone game last week.
Hand went up against Amity on Jan. 23 and bested the Spartans by the final score of 7-3 at Northford Ice Pavilion. Hand has won its last five games and is on an eight-game unbeaten streak.
Girls’ Ice Hockey
The Tigers lost a pair of contests in last week’s action.
Hand-Coginchaug-Old Lyme took a 4-0 defeat against otre Dame-Fairfield/Law/Foran/Weston/Pomperaug on Jan. 21. Two days later, the The Tigers lost an 8-2 game West Haven-Sacred Heart Academy to move to 1-11 on the year.
Gymnastics
The Tigers picked up their first three victories of the season last week and are now 3-9 this winter.
On Jan. 23, Hand picked up its first win by scoring 127.4 points to defeat Hamden (106.45), while taking losses against Newtown (131.8) and Oxford (128.5) in a home meet. Grace Rogers scored a 34.35 for the all-around with an 8.9 on floor and a 8.7 on bars. Paige Dean finished with a 33.4 for the all-around with an 8.7 on floor and an 8.65 on vault. Hand’s other competitors included Kayla Cataldo (30.55 all-around, 8.4 on floor), Riley Caruso (28.0 all-around, 8.05 on floor, 8.0 on vault), Kelley Levis (8.4 on floor), Catherine Aranow (8.0 on beam), and Grace Segnere (8.55 on vault, 8.0 on floor).
“This was a great meet for us and our highest score so far this year. It’s great to finally get a win under our belts to help our confidence,” said Head Coach Kelly Smith. “This was a meet where we had almost all of our top kids in together, and our score showed that and showed our potential. We should be scoring in the mid to high 120s and, moving forward, that’s where we hope to be. Win-loss record is not important in gymnastics, but our score average is. The more team scores we can get like tonight’s, the better position we will be in for SCCs and states next month.”
On Jan. 24, Hand hosted another multi-team meet at the Polson Gym. The Tigers totaled 128.2 points to defeat Valley Regional (121.5) and Haddam-Killingworth (66.6), and take a loss against Mercy (131.4). Rogers finished with an all-around total of 33.3 that featured a score of 9.0 on the floor, marking the first 9 on an event for a Hand gymnast this year. Dean (32.95 all-around, 8.75 on floor), Cataldo (30.35 all-around, 8.35 on floor), Levis (8.0 on floor), Aranow (7.7 on beam), and Carly Barba (8.3 on vault) also contributed to the Tigers’ victories