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03/02/2019 11:00 PMBoys’ Swimming and Diving
The Haddam-Killingworth boys’ swimming and diving team finished in second place at the Nutmeg Conference Championship (NCC) that was held at Windsor Locks High School on Feb. 28. The Cougars earned their runner-up finish by scoring 296 points with just 11 athletes competing at the meet. Five H-K swimmers broke individual NCC records, while two Cougars’ relays also set conference records. Seven H-K swimmers garnered All-NCC honors by virtue of their performances at the meet.
The Cougars’ 200 medley relay of Kyle Mazziotti, Malone Revis, Eli Houlton, and Christo Garrelts finished first, made All-Conference, and set a new NCC record by posting a time of 1:41.94. H-K’s 400 freestyle relay of Garrelts, Zach Houlton, Eli Houlton, and Mazziotti also achieved all three of those feats by finishing with a time of 3:23.36 for Head Coach Mary Kate Almeida’s squad.
Zach Houlton won the 200 freestyle with a time 1:50.09 to make All-NCC and set a meet record. Garrelts was an All-Conference record-setter with his triumphant time of 23.40 seconds in the 50 freestyle. Mazziotti made All-Conference and set a meet record in the 100 freestyle by winning the event with a time of 49.55. Zach Houlton then did the same in the 500 freestyle (4:58.21), as did Revis in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.57).
H-K was also bolstered by All-NCC performances came from Revis in the 200 individual medley (2nd, 2:03.26); the 200 freestyle relay of Clemente, Revis, Colby Kish, and Zach Houlton (2nd, 1:40.49); Mazziotti for the 100 backstroke (3rd, 54.85); and Jimmy Clemente in the 50 freestyle (25.09).
Ice Hockey
The Lyman Hall/Haddam-Killingworth/Coginchaug ice hockey team took a defeat in the semifinals of its conference tournament and now prepares for states.
The top-seeded Trojans lost a 6-2 decision against No. 4 Joel Barlow-Weston-Abbott Tech (JB-W-A) in the SCC/SWC Division III Tournament semifinals. The game took place at Milford Ice Pavilion on Feb. 27.
Lyman Hall/H-K/Coginchaug (14-7) is the No. 2 seed in the Division III State Tournament and will host No. 15 Masuk (5-14-1) for a first-round home game on Monday, March 4 at 8 p.m. The winner advances to the quarterfinals to play either No. 5 JBWA or No. 12 Housatonic-Northwestern-Wamogo-Torrington on Thursday, March 7.
Boys’ Basketball
The Cougars found out who they are playing in the Division V State Tournament and also saw one of their players achieve a personal milestone.
H-K finished with a mark of 8-12 in the regular season to earn the No. 27 seed for the states draw. The Cougars are playing at No. 6 seed Morgan (15-7) in the first round on Tuesday, March 5 at 7 p.m. The winner of that game will face either No. 11 Bullard-Havens (12-8) or No. 22 Terryville (8-12) in the second round on Thursday, March 7 at 7 p.m.
Also, last week it was announced that senior Matt Wills earned All-Shoreline Conference Second Team honors for Haddam-Killingworth this season. Willis had previously surpassed the 1,000-point plateau for his high school basketball career earlier in the year.