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05/28/2021 12:00 AMGirls’ Lacrosse
The Old Saybrook girls’ lacrosse squad commenced play in the Shoreline Conference tournament last week after wrapping up the regular season with one last game against Morgan. The Rams remained undefeated through 13 regular season games and one postseason game to move to 14-0 on the year.
On May 24, Old Saybrook headed to Indian River Complex to take on Morgan and earned a 12-9 win against the Huskies in the regular season finale.
Lily Cody continued her great scoring with seven goals and two assists. Cody’s assists both fed Chelsea Heinke on the crease, who scored two goals. Laura Day scored twice, while Grace Adams had a goal and two assists. Gilly Hartt made two assists.
Old Saybrook’s defensive unit, led by Bridget Kawecki, some of the heavy lifting in the win through creating turnovers and clearing the ball. Sam Wakelee had perhaps her best game of the season with 17 saves in net.
The next day, the Rams hosted Old Lyme for the semifinal round of the Shoreline Conference Tournament. Old Saybrook scored a 6-3 victory against the Wildcats in their third meeting of the season.
The defense was on display for both squads as it was the lowest scoring contest that Old Saybrook had taken part in this year.
Day dominated the center draw. Day and Adams scored two goals apiece and Cody had one goal and one assist. Heinke scored one goal, and Alexa Coty moving onto attack from defense made one assist in the win.
The Rams’ defensive unit held Old Lyme to just three goals, and Sam Wakelee stopped a determined Old Lyme team in its tracks with several spectacular saves.
The Rams moved on to face North Branford in the Shoreline Conference final on May 27 at Indian River Complex, taking a 9-3 loss.
Additionally, Cody earned the Shoreline Conference’s Most Valuable Player Award for the season and was named to the All-Shoreline Conference First Team along with her teammate Hartt. Kawecki, Day, and Wakelee earned All-Shoreline Conference Second Team honors, as well.
Softball
Old Saybrook softball played in the Shoreline Conference Tournament last week in a quarterfinal matchup against Haddam-Killingworth. The Rams lost the contest to the Cougars, and their overall record moved to 5-14 on the season.
On May 24, Old Saybrook was on the road to face H-K and took a 8-0 loss against the Cougars. The Rams fell behind relatively early in the contest and were unable to chip away after that. H-K score a run in the first inning, five runs in the second, and then tacked on single runs in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings.
Junior Mackenna Cooke had a pair of hits in the loss and fellow junior Ella Hagelston also notched a base knock.
Girls’ Outdoor Track
The Rams competed in the Shoreline Conference Championship on May 26 at Old Lyme High School with several players turning in top-flight performances. The Rams finished in third place out of 12 teams at the meet with 158.5 points to their credit.
Anna Brodeur claimed first place in the 400-meter run with a time of 1:00.03, and Avery Rueckert came in second place at 1:00.03.
Abby Colella earned second in the 100 with a time of 13.05, and she also took second in the 300 hurdles with a time of 49.96. Sanai Baker and Priscilla Gumkowski finished tied for seventh in the 100 at 13.73. Avery Rueckert claimed second place in the 200 with a time of 26.56, and in third place was Brodeur at 26.72. Baker finished 21st in the 200 with a time of 29.71. Hannah McKeown finished 28th at 31.14.
In the 800, Catherine Minegar earned third place with a time of 2:32.16, and Libby Stuart was hot on her heels with a time of 2:32.24. Molly Nygard came in seventh place in the 800 with a time of 2:37.27.
Magdalena Ashe came in 16th in the 800 with a time of 2:44.17. In the 1,600, Emily Stratton came in ninth place with a time of 5:54.59, and Caitlin Wiley finished in 12th with a time of 6:05.29.
Carlina Castro earned sixth place in the 3,200 with a mark of 13:08, and Wiley finished 10th at 13:58.78. Avery Nosal took fifth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.46.
The Rams’ 4x100 relay team of Colella, Rueckert, Brodeur, and Gumkowski came in first with a time of 50.26. Old Saybrook’s 4x800 group of Stuart, Wiley, Minegar, and Strattion claimed first place with a time of 10:04.92. The 4x400 quartet of Rueckert, Brodeur, Colella, and Stuart came in second place with a mark of 4:19.18.
Gumkowski took seventh in the shot put with a toss of 26 feet-5.5 inches, and Lauren Dobratz’s mark of 25 feet-11 inches earned ninth place. Lilah Spedding came in 11th with a throw of 23-0.5.
Spedding took fourth place in the discus with a distance of 72-2, while Annabella Amara claimed seventh place with a throw of 67-10. Nora Kulmann took ninth place with a distance of 60-11.
In javelin, Alex Ling took fifth place with a throw of 82-4, while Meg Wilcox came in 10th with a throw of 68-6.
Gumkowski came in fifth place in the high jump, clearing 4-8, and Kate Brady reached 4-6 for 10th place. Dobratz tied for 11th place at 4-4, and Baker took 17th after making a 4-2 leap. Kulmann and Jess Kidd tied for 23rd with a height of 4.
Hannah Sumby won the pole vault after clearing 9 feet. Grace Christina and Ava Smoliga tied for ninth after clearing the bar at 7. Scarlet Polaskis finished 12th with height of 6-6.
Sumby took second in the long jump with a leap of 16-3.5. Avery Nosal claimed eighth place with a distance of 14-9. Dobratz finished 15th in the long jump at 13-8.5, and Alex Benni came in 20th at 13-2.
Sumby also took second in the triple jump with distance of 33-11.5, while Nosal earned eighth place with a distance of 30-5.5. Alex Benni came in 11th place in the triple jump at 28-6.5, and Kate Brady came in 14th at 27-8.
Boys’ Outdoor Track
The Rams went up against the best of the Shoreline Conference in the Championship meet at Old Lyme on May 26. Old Saybrook came in eighth place out of 11 teams and earned 38 points as a group.
Mitchell Dipalma came in third place in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.79 seconds, and in the 300-meter hurdles, Dipalma claimed sixth place with a time of 46.63.
Nick Rothman earned 17th in the 200 with a time of 24.58, and Tyler Milardo-Denier came in 27th with a time of 25.66.
In the 400, Logan Worman came in 10th place with a time of 57.58, and Felipe Machede de Moura took 13th with a mark of 58.68. Parker Cook earned fifth place in the 1,600 with a time of 4:40.23, and Jacob Schneider earned seventh with a time of 4:41.85. Jack Wiley claimed sixth place in the 800 with a time of 2:08.2.
Old Saybrook’s 4x800 quartet of Stratton, Cook, Schneider, and Wiley took second place with a time of 8:43.09. The Rams’ 4x100 relay team of Matthew Johnson, Bradley Kulmann, Milardo-Denier, and Rothman came in sixth place with a time of 47.72. Old Saybrook’s 4x400 group of Stratton, Worman, Rothman, and Wiley came in sixth place with a time of 3:45.04.
In the shot put, Bardh Thaci came in 13th place with a toss of 31 feet-7 inches. Additionally, Thaci took 12th in discus with a distance of 85-10.
In javelin, Robert Johnson came in 13th with a distance of 105-8.
Bradley Kulmann came in ninth place in the high jump clearing 5-4. In the pole vault, Milardo-Denier came in 10th clearing the bar at 9 feet.
In the long jump, Mathew Johnson took 12th place with a leap of 17 feet. Joseph Donahue and Robert Johnson tied for 13th in the long jump at 16-6. Johnson finished 12th in the triple jump with a distance of 35-7, and Donahue took 15th at 34-7.
Boys’ Tennis
The Rams saw Logan Medbury compete in the Shoreline Conference No. 1-2 Singles Tournament last week.
Medbury earned a spot in the No. 1-2 singles bracket after winning a play-in match for the No. 16 seed. That victory pitted Medbury against No. 1 overall seed and eventual tournament champion George Danes of Old Lyme. Medbury dropped a first round match against Danes.