Local roundup: ECC to crown five tournament champs on Thursday
It's "Championship Thursday" in the Eastern Connecticut Conference, with five tournament titles being decided in three sports: field hockey, boys' soccer and girls' soccer.
The first two postseason titles were determined on Wednesday when Woodstock Academy and Lyman Memorial successfully defended their Division and Division II volleyball championships, respectively, at Norwich Free Academy.
On Thursday, the venues change to East Lyme, Montville and Stonington.
At East Lyme's Dick North Field, the Division I boys' and girls' soccer titles will be played with second-seeded East Lyme playing No. 4 Woodstock in the boys' final at 4:30 p.m., followed by the girls' game between No. 1 Plainfield and No. 2 Woodstock. Both games will be streamed live on theday.com.
At Montville High School, the Division II boys' and girls' soccer championships are on the line when No. 1 Lyman Memorial plays No. 2 Windham in the boys' final at 4:30 p.m., followed by the girls' championship between No. 1 Montville and No. 2 Stonington. This will be the third meeting of the season between the Indians and Bears, who split a pair of one-goal games during the regular season.
The final conference postseason events will be held on Friday and Saturday when East Lyme hosts the ECC diving championship at 5 p.m., followed by the swimming championship at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at UConn Avery Point in Groton.
Schedule changes
• A forecast calling for rain and possible thunderstorms Friday has forced the rescheduling of a number of events involving local schools to Thursday.
The CIAC previously announced its State Open cross country championships at Wickham Park in Manchester will be held Thursday instead of Friday with the boys' race scheduled to start at 2 p.m., followed by the girls' race at 2:45.
In addition, two football games originally scheduled for Friday have been moved to Thursday and a third will get an earlier start on Friday. The New London at Ledyard game will be played at 7 p.m. Thursday, the Valley Regional/Old Lyme at Rockville game will be played at 6:30 p.m. Thursday and the NFA at Waterford game will still be played on Friday, but will start at 4:30 p.m.
Mitchell College also announced its New England Collegiate Conference men's soccer tournament semifinal against Eastern Nazarene, orginally scheduled to be played on campus at 2 p.m. Friday, has been moved to Connecticut College's Silfen Field and will begin at noon.
2018 ECC CROSS COUNTRY AWARD WINNERS
Following is a list of the 2018 Eastern Connecticut Conference boys' and girls' cross country all-stars, sportsmanship and scholar-athlete award winners:
BOYS
Division I
First team — Chris Abbey (East Lyme), Sam Whittaker (East Lyme), Noah Barnhart (East Lyme), Dylan McGuire (NFA), Ian Poe (Fitch), Aidan Brown (NFA), Peyton Ramsey (NFA); Honorable mention: Ben Rukundo (East Lyme), Fisher Macklin (East Lyme), Digby Ludlow (NFA), Ryan Poe (Fitch), Ethan Aspiras (Woodstock).
Sportsmanship award — Luc Folz (Eat Lyme), Shea Kenney (Fitch), Digby Ludlow (NFA), Noah Pepper (Woodstock).
Scholar-athlete — Noah Barnhart (East Lyme), Simon Chidley (Fitch), Michael Tian (NFA), Tristan Monahan (Woodstock).
Division II
First team — Andrew Janus (Bacon), Aidan Pepin (Waterford), Sam Lenes (Waterford), Ethan Moores (Bacon), Kellen Paparella (Bacon), Nathan Gonzalez (Stonington), Simon Reichert (Ledyard); Honorable mention — Michael Bear (Bacon), Connor Doran (Ledyard), Albert Franck (Ledyard).
Sportsmanship award — Alex Turner (Bacon), Nathan Lafleur (Killingly), Connor Doran (Ledyard), Kyle Remmert (Stonington), Eriz Zane (Waterford).
Scholar-athlete — Ryan Konon (Bacon), Jamison Santese (Killingly), Jacob Roediger (Ledyard), Mark Costanzo (Stonington), Owen Seltzer (Waterford).
Division III
First team — Jeff Stober (Lyman), Victor Cazabal (Windham), Sam Davis (St. Bernard), Shane Franson (Lyman), Giovann Rivera (Windham), Jayden Colon (Montville), Rishi Iyer (Montville); Honorable mention: Garrett Gasparino (Griswold).
Sportsmanship award — Jimmy Arnold (Griswold), Shane Franson (Lyman), Jayden Colon (Montville), James Babinski (St. Bernard), Giovann Rivera (Windham).
Scholar-athlete — Noah Dameron (Griswold), Eamon McMahon (Lyman), Rishi Iyer (Montville), Liam Power (St. Bernard), Tyler Walter (Windham).
Division IV
First team — John Mateo (New London), Rashawn Wright (New London), Matt Speight (Plainfield), Michael Caroll (Wheeler), Jack Pothier (Plainfield), Jacob Irons (Plainfield), Thomas Engle (Plainfield); Honorable mention: Cameron Reyes (Wheeler), Luke Waterman (New London).
Sportsmanship award — Jared Houkle (New London), Thomas Engle (Plainfield), Ethan Gardner (Putnam), James DiNoia (Tourtellotte), Ben Dobley (Wheeler).
Scholar-athlete — Luker Waterman (New London), Dalton Smith (Plainfield), Nate Dolbey (Putnam), Daniel Langlois (Tourtellotte), Michael Carroll (Wheeler).
GIRLS
Division I
First team — Linsey Arends (Woodstock), Stella Dipippo (Woodstock), Madison Sjostrom (East Lyme), Eve Buckridge (NFA), Gillian Goodwin (East Lyme), Brie Am Ende (East Lyme), Julian Adrian (Fitch); Honorable mention — Samantha Lyster (East Lyme), Sydney Sager (East Lyme), Madison Martin (NFA), Emma Grace Ricketts (NFA).
Sportsmanship award — Katrina Schlesselman (East Lyme), Ava Paprocki (Fitch), Makayla Kelly (NFA), Megan Gohn (Woodstock).
Scholar-athlete — Karenna Kung (East Lyme), Emma Smith (Fitch), Tessa Hospod (NFA), Shannon D'Allesandro (Woodstock).
Division II
First team — Jordan Malloy (Bacon), Lindsey Orr (Stonington), Lily Anderson (Stonington), Annie Hageman (Bacon), Ally Tran (Ledyard), Catherine Saucier (Waterford), Maddie Hamm (Stonington); Honorable mention — Chloe Morehouse (Stonington), Erin Mathieu (Bacon).
Sportsmanship award — Erin Mathieu (Bacon), Skye Knupp (Killingly), Cassidy Carroll (Ledyard), Lindsey Orr (Stonington), Alexandra Cole (Waterford).
Scholar-athlete — Annie Hageman (Bacon), Taylor Knupp (Killingly), Savannah Houdeshell (Ledyard), Lindsey Orr (Stonington), Simmer Sit (Waterford).
Division III
First team — Mady Whittaker (Montville), Brigid Kunka (St. Bernard), Jessica Casey (Lyman Memorial), Serena Britner (St. Bernard), Maddie Gould (Montville), Alexandria Peck (Montville), Kaleigh Vertefeuille (Lyman); Honorable mention: Lillian Turner (St. Bernard).
Sportsmanship award — Kristen Szfrari (Griswold), Morgan Stewart (Lyman), Morgan Orr (Montville), Hope Geise (St. Bernard), Jennifer Sapio (Windham).
Scholar-athlete — Ahlanna Olsen (Griswold), Kaleigh Vertefeuille (Lyman), Mady Whittaker (Montville), Payton McCauley (St. Bernard).
Division IV
First team — Brittney Riggins (Wheeler), Jazmine Silva (New London), Sophie Holdridge (New London), Kristiana Ram (Wheeler), Bridget Riggins (Wheeler), Kiera O'Brien (Tourtellotte), Gillian Melville (New London).
Sportsmanship award — Sophie Holdridge (New London), Trinity Bailey (Putnam), Kiera O'Brien (Tourtellotte), Miranda Pabst (Wheeler).
Scholar-athlete — Jazmine Silva (New London), Emma Poulin (Tourtellotte), Kristiana Ram (Wheeler).
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