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01/26/2020 11:00 PMGymnastics
The Hand gymnastics team competed against five teams while hosting a pair of meets at Polson Middle School last week. The Tigers came away from the stretch with four victories to improve their record to 7-2 on the year.
Hand gained a split of a tri-meet at home on Jan. 20. The Tigers scored a total of 124.4 points to defeat Nonnewaug (113.0), while losing to Pomperaug (128.4) at the meet. Freshman Morgan McMahon finished in a tie for second place on the vault with a score of 8.2 for the Tigers. McMahon also finished third on the floor (8.3) and tied for third on the beam (8.4).
On Jan. 23, Hand swept a home meet by scoring 126.5 points to earn wins versus Mercy (125.4), Valley Regional (115.8), and Haddam-Killingworth/Morgan/Hale-Ray (48.3). Senior Carly Barba took third place on the vault with a score of 8.4 for Hand.
Barba, junior Kayla Cataldo, sophomore Riley Caruso, and McMahon have been turning in solid performances in all four events for Head Coach Kelly Smith’s team this winter. Freshman Ellie Davern is consistently contributing in the bars and on floor. Fellow freshman Eva Alquist is anchoring Hand’s lineup for bars event. Junior Megan Stefanowski has contributing in beam and floor, while returning All-SCC and All-State sophomore Paige Dean is competing on the bars. Coach Smith also noted that sophomores Riley Kilbourn and Ally Gabrynowicz, along with freshmen Sophia Pretash and Emalena Preveza, provide the Tigers with some depth this season.
Girls’ Basketball
The Tigers improved to 10-3 this season after winning both of their matchups last week.
On Jan. 21, Hand hosted Lauralton Hall and defeated the Crusaders by a 66-34 final. Sara Wohlgemuth scored 27 points for the Tigers in the victory.
Three nights later, Hand claimed a 41-37 road win against Guilford for victory No. 10 on the campaign.
Boys’ Basketball
Hand posted a pair of recent road victories and has now won three games in a row. The Tigers moved to 5-6 with the two wins.
Hand started off its week with a 59-36 victory at Lyman Hall on Jan. 21. Then on Jan. 24, the Tigers visited Guilford and claimed a 61-54 overtime win versus the Indians.
The Tigers trailed Guilford by eight points in the fourth quarter, but rallied to tie the game and send it to overtime. Hand then outscored the Indians by a 12-5 margin during the extra session to walk off the floor with the win.
Nick Donofrio scored 23 points to lead the Tigers. Ryan Collins had 15 points, while Mike Travisano added 11 points on the night.
Boys’ Ice Hockey
The Tigers were on the ice for one game last week. Hand posted a 13-2 road victory against the Joel Barlow-Weston-Abbott Tech co-op squad at Danbury Ice Arena on Jan. 25. The Tigers have a record of 9-1 on the campaign.
Girls’ Ice Hockey
The Hand-Coginchaug-Valley Regional-Old Lyme (H-C-VR-OL) girls’ ice hockey team played three recent games and came away with one victory to move to 3-8 this year.
On Jan. 22, the Tigers earned a 5-3 home win versus Branford-North Branford-East Haven at Northford Ice Pavilion. The very next day, H-C-VR-OL took a 5-0 road loss to Mercy-Northwest Catholic. Then on Jan. 25, the Tigers hosted Wilton-Norwalk-McMahon and lost by an 8-4 score.
Boys’ Swimming and Diving
Hand improved to 3-1 by winning its lone matchup of the week. On Jan. 21, the Tigers hosted Shelton and defeated the Gaels by a 93-72 score at the Madison Racquet & Swim Club.
Daniel Chen had a big meet for the Tigers by winning the 100 backstroke and the 200 individual medley against Shelton. John Biener finished first for the 50 freestyle and took second place in the 100 breaststroke.
William Porter took first in the 100 freestyle and finished second in the 200 freestyle for Hand. Jack Signarello came in first place in the 500 freestyle. The Tigers also saw their 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay, and 400 freestyle relay all claim first place in their win over Shelton.