Groton — Charles Silvan, the former head coach at Weaver High School, was named the new boys' basketball coach at Fitch on Monday, athletic director Marc Romano announced.

"Charles is a person of high character who understands the role athletics play in high school," Romano said in a statement released by Fitch. "He has energy, enthusiasm and a solid background; he's also enjoyed success everywhere he has coach.

"I feel Charles is what this program needs at this time."

Silvan, a St. Bernard graduate, replaces Alick Furtick, who resigned during the 2015-16 season.

Silvan has worked as a health and physical education teacher in the Hartford school system for the past 12 years. He was Weaver's head coach from 2010-14, leading the Beavers to a runnerup finish in the 2013 Class S state tournament.

He was a volunteer assistant at Windsor High School the past two seasons before accepting the Fitch offer. Prior to coaching at Weaver and Windsor, Silvan spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at East Lyme and has been an assistant football coach at New London, St. Bernard and Wethersfield.

After graduating from St. Bernard, Silvan received his bachelor's degree in healthy and physical education at Easter Connecticut State University and earned a master's degree in school administration from American International and Springfield College.

New York-Penn League

• Joey Havrilak drove in two runs with a triple during a three-run fifth inning that lifted the Connecticut Tigers to a 5-3 victory over the Vermont Lake Monsters in the New York-Penn League. Havrilak, who is hitting .471, was 2-for-4 for the Tigers (3-1). Blaise Salter also drove in a pair of runs for Connecticut with a base hit and sacrifice fly. Vermont is 0-4.

Senior Legion baseball

• Dylan Feeney pitched a five-hitter as Niantic remained unbeaten with a 10-2 win over TriTown in a Zone 6 game. Hunter Sheffield led the offense for Niantic (6-0) with three hits and three runs while Mike Morgan had two hits, including a triple.

District 10 LL softball (11-12)

• Montville defeated Lyme/Old Lyme 5-4 in nine innings behind the complete game effort of pitcher Avery Peltier. Rory Curran, Christyna Winstead, Brooke Taylor and Aida Flores all singled for Montville while Victoria Gage tripled for Lyme/Old Lyme.

Women's basketball

• Crystal Dangerfield, an incoming freshman guard at UConn, has been forced to leave the United States U18 women's basketball team after undergoing hip surgery on Friday, UConn said. An All-American from Murfreesboro (Tenn.), Dangerfield was scheduled to play in the FIBA Americans U18 World Championships next month in Chile. UConn did say, however, that Dangerfield is expected to be ready for her freshman season.

H.S. football

• East Lyme's Travis Franco, along with Ledyard's Shawn Hundley and Tannor Daggett, will play for Team Constitution in the annual Connecticut High School Coaches Association Senior All-Star Game at 6 p.m. on Saturday at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. The team, coached by Hartford Public's Harry Bellucci, will take an Team Nutmeg, a group coached by St. Joseph's Joe DellaVecchia.

SEC 16-18 Babe Ruth

• East Lyme Black defeated East Lyme Maroon 11-1 on Sunday in the season opener for both teams. Justin O'Leary allowed just one hit in the complete-game effort.