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09/20/2021 12:00 AMFootball
The Morgan football team grabbed their first win of the season last week. On Sept. 17, the Huskies scored a 36-22 road victory against Haddam-Killingworth, and that win helped Head Coach Kevin Sullivan’s team improve to a 1-1 record on the year.
The Huskies recorded the victory thanks in large part to the passing display put on by Drew Nye, who was 22 of 34 with 287 yards with five touchdowns. Nye also added 42 yards on the ground. Receiver Alex Fratamico caught seven of those Nye passes for 166 yards and two touchdowns.
Huskies got on top with a score in the first quarter. After making a long drive down the field, Ethan Ranaudo scored on a quick pass in the end zone from Nye. Fratamico caught the two-point conversion to make it 8-0.
Haddam-Killingworth went three and out on the next possession, and during the punt, Nino Cimino deflected the kick. Morgan ended up with the ball around midfield. The Huskies fed the ball to sophomore running back Casey Corrigan to reach the red zone, and Nye hit Fratamico for another touchdown that made it 14-0.
A couple of possession later, H-K scored and made it 14-7 with a successful point-after attempt. The Huskies got back into the end zone before the end of the half thanks another Nye-Ranaudo connection to make it 22-7 at halftime.
In the third quarter, the Cougars narrowed the gap a bit with a touchdown and PAT to make it 22-14.
After that score, Morgan went to work on a long, time-consuming drive that resulted in another touchdown pass from Nye to Fratamico, and a successful two-point conversion made it 30-14.
The Huskies would make it 36-14 when Nye threw the ball to Garret Garbinski for a 10-yard touchdown with not much time left in the fourth quarter. H-K would score a TD in waning minutes to make it the 36-22 final.
Boys’ Soccer
The Morgan boys’ soccer squad completed their second week of the season with wins against a pair of Shoreline Conference foes in Hale-Ray and Valley Regional. With these victories, Head Coach Ross Demay’s squad moved to a 4-0 record on the season.
On Sept. 14, the Huskies were on the road against Hale-Ray, and they posted a 2-0 victory over the Noises. Morgan had difficulty with getting their usual control of the ball with the condition of the field. It was an up-and-down first half, and Morgan had its first solid chance when Sebastian Kadlof found Matt Lopez in prime position, however the ball hit a divot, got stuck under Lopez’s foot, and the Noises’ defense recovered in time. In the 25th minute, Kadlof scored an unassisted goal when he stole a defensive header, broke through two defenders, faked out a third, and put the ball past the keeper and into the side netting. Hale-Ray came right back 30 seconds later with a great chance but Morgan keeper Bailey Goss made a great save.
Morgan appeared in control in the second half, but with only a single goal advantage, anything could still happen. In the 71st minute, Steven Kinser found the goal off a punt from Goss and solidified the Huskies’ victory. The ball bounced over the last defender and gave Kinser a one-on-one against the keeper, whom he beat. The win marked Head Ross Demay’s 100th victory with the Morgan program.
On Sept. 18, the Huskies played another close game and pulled out a 1-0 road win against Valley Regional. The Huskies were without Kadlof and Lopez but took the field on a mission. Valley almost broke through in the 19th minute, but the goal was called back for offsides.
Morgan struck with nine minutes left in the first with a transition goal by Kinser off a through-ball from Tyler Mucha. Valley battled and the Morgan defense worked hard keeping the ball out of the net the rest of the way.
Girls’ Soccer
The Huskies played a pair of games as part of last week’s action. Morgan picked up their first win of the season last week and also ended up with another tie, as well. With these results, Head Coach Steve Sullivan’s squad moved to 1-0-2 on the season.
On Sept. 14, the Huskies hosted Hale-Ray at the Indian River Complex. Morgan trounced the Noises by a score of 7-0, and the game was well in hand by the end of the first half when the Huskies led 4-0. Hale-Ray wasn’t able to field a full team, but Morgan adapted and the teams played 8-on-8 soccer with 35-minute halves to get in a game.
Caeley Ayer scored the first goal of the game unassisted in the fifth minute. Three minutes later, Ayer put the ball in the net again, this time on an assist from Julia Tanner. In the 14th minute, Natalia Comiskey scored a goal off another Tanner assist to make it 3-0. Katie Martin scored in the 29th minute thanks in part to a Glenda Zhuminaicela assist.
In the second half, Martin and Zhuminaicela connected once again for a goal in minute No. 37. Martin then secured a hat trick with an unassisted goal five minutes later. In the 59th minute, Zhimninaicela scored off a Katerine Toledo assist. Morgan outshot Hale-Ray 12-1.
Three days later, Morgan hit the road to face off with Cromwell. The two teams played to a 1-1 tie. Neither team was able to make much hay offensively in the first half. In the second half, Martin got the scoring started with an unassisted goal in the 45th minute. The Panthers knotted the game on an unassisted goal in the 60th minute. The Huskies outshot Cromwell 8-7 and goalie Angelina Comiskey made six saves in the net.
Field Hockey
Morgan played a pair of games last week and came away with a win and a tie on the slate. With these results, the Huskies’ record moved to 2-1-1 so far on the season.
On Sept. 17, Morgan headed to Norwich to take on Norwich Free Academy. The Huskies scored a dominant 6-0 shutout win over the NFA. The next day, Morgan hosted East Catholic at the Indian River Complex and ended up playing to a 3-3 tie.
Girls’ Volleyball
The Huskies played three matches last week and were unable to secure a win in the three contests. The defeats dropped Morgan’s record to 1-4 on the season.
On Sept. 13, the Huskies hosted Old Lyme and took a 3-0 shutout loss against the Wildcats. On Sept. 17, Morgan headed to Deep River to battle Valley Regional and took a 3-1 defeat against the Warriors. The next day, the Huskies took a narrow 3-2 road loss against Montville.