Sports
Cheshire Teams Set to Compete in SCC Tournaments
Seven qualify for conference quarterfinals as postseason begins this week.
Seven Cheshire teams will be playing in Southern Connecticut Conference tournaments being held this week and the track & field teams will compete at the conference championship meet at Sheehan High School on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.
The baseball, boys volleyball, boys tennis and girls and boys lacrosse teams are in
and all hosting games, while softball and girls tennis await seeding.
Girls Lacrosse
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Cheshire ended the regular season Saturday with an impressive 12-5 victory over
non-conference opponent Simsbury at home. The Rams (13-3), seeded No. 2, will
host an SCC quarterfinal game against No. 7 Sacred Heart-Hamden on Monday at 5
p.m.
Jess Sudock, Maria Blois and Kathleen Kalbian each scored a hat trick in the win over Simsbury with Blois hitting the 50-goal mark for the season on her second score. After leading 6-4 at halftime, the Rams outscored the Trojans 6-1 in a dominant second-half performance.
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Cheshire head coach Dan Warburton said the game was important on two levels for his team.
"It was a real important one for seeding (in the state tournament) for us," Warburton said. "With the win I believe we're going to be the three seed in (Class) L. If we had lost we would have been the five, which is the difference between a potential home game for quarterfinals if we get by the first round. So this was an important game for us.
"We played Glastonbury (a 10-7 loss), Simsbury today. We're a little tired. We're
going to take it easy (Sunday). It's two very good teams to get ready for playoffs with."
Cheshire dropped the non-conference decision to Glastonbury Thursday, a game switched to Glastonbury High, despite hat tricks from Blois and Alyssa Hague.
Boys Lacrosse
The Rams (8-8) rallied from a 5-1 halftime deficit to defeat Xavier 9-6 at home Monday. Tyler Violano, Jon Bronke and Spencer Hackett each scored twice, and John Cunningham, Matt Dupont and Matt Samuelson added a goal apiece.
Tom Dupont made two assists and goalie Will Devine 15 saves.
The Rams fell to New Canaan 11-9 Wednesday night at home after they held a 5-3
halftime lead. The FCIAC Rams outscored Cheshire 8-4 in the second half with five
goals in the fourth. Hackett had four goals, Violano and Bronke two apiece and John Cunningham one goal and one assist. Devine made 14 saves.
On senior night Friday, the Rams lost 16-3 to Guilford. Tom Dupont, Bronke and Jack Cunningham provided scoring for the Rams, who honored 11 seniors. Devine made 18 saves. The No. 2 seed Rams host No. 7 Hamden in an SCC quarterfinal Monday at 7 p.m..
Track & Field
Jake Scinto won the long jump with a leap of 22 feet, 1/2 inch and the triple jump with a 46-3 1/4 and placed second in the high jump (6-0) at the Southern Connecticut Conference Eastern Sectional meet Tuesday at Amity High School in Woodbridge.
Cheshire placed fourth with 82 points in the boys meet. Amity won with 148.5 points. The Rams girls team was sixth with 49 points as Daniel Hand won the meet with 153.5.
Softball
Ali Giannone hit a home run for the third consecutive game and drove in three runs and Anna Marcucilli also homered and drove in three to pace Cheshire (15-5) past Branford 11-2 at home Monday.
Winning pitcher Brittany Orcutt had three hits and two RBI and Caroline Kushner an RBI triple in the victory, which completed a season sweep of the Hornets.
The Rams also finished a season sweep of West Haven with a 1-0 victory in 12
innings on Senior Day Friday at home. Bryanna McIntosh drove home Sarah
Duwenhoegger, who had reached on an error, for the game winner. Nicole D'Amato allowed seven hits and struck out five. Giannone and Orcutt were honored as seniors.
Cheshire finished the regular season with a 3-0 victory at Jonathan Law-Milford
Saturday. Marcucilli drove in all three runs, one on a bunt single and the other two on a triple. Orcutt (6-3) threw a three-hitter and struck out eight. The Rams will play Wednesday in an SCC quarterfinal.
Baseball
Winning pitcher Max Slade also helped Cheshire (15-5) with four hits as the Rams swept the season series against host Hamden with a 15-6 victory Monday. Greg
Leonetti hit a solo home run.
The Rams then put up back-to-back 7-0 shutouts to end the regular season, first at Daniel Hand-Madison Friday and then against Jonathan Law at home on Senior Day Saturday.
Connor David hit for the cycle in the win over Hand. Against Law, Dom Severino allowed two hits and struck out six for the win and also hit a double and
triple. Eleven seniors were honored. The No. 5 seed Rams will play No.
4 West Haven in an SCC quarterfinal Tuesday at Quigley Stadium in West Haven.
Boys Volleyball
Nate Howard had 18 kills, seven blocks and four aces to help Cheshire (16-0), the only undefeated team in the state, sweep Hall-West Hartford 3-0 by scores of 25-15, 25-8, 25-16 at home Monday. Joe Baghat had 13 kills and seven digs, Ryan Cuppernull eight kills and four aces and Ray Brumleve
31 assists.
The Rams made it a perfect 8-0 in the SCC with another sweep, this time 3-0 (25-16, 25-10, 25-15) over Xavier at home Wednesday. Howard had 14 kills and four aces, Baghat 12 kills, K.C. Philcox nine kills, three blocks and three digs and
Cuppernull nine kills and six digs.
Senior night is Monday vs. Newington at 6 p.m. Cheshire is the top seed in the SCC
tournament and will host Amity Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Girls Golf
Andra Frappier was the Rams low scorer with a 41 as Cheshire (15-0-1) defeated Suffield 199-232 Monday at the Copper Hill Country Club. Other Cheshire scorers were: Jess Rotell (51), Meg Aitro (51) and Emily Larkin (55).
The Rams won again Thursday 185-206 over Bunnell-Stratford at Oronoque Country Club. Frappier was medalist with a 40. Other Cheshire scorers were: Rotell
(51), Aitro (47) and Larkin (47).
Boys Golf
The Rams (7-5) lost 155-171 to Xavier at Portland Golf Club Thursday, but Cheshire's Gil Lassen picked up medalist honors with a 36. Other Cheshire scorers were: Abe Siliman (44), Jake Ecke (45), Eric Dietrich (46) and Tom Wellspeak (46).
The SCC Championship Tournament is May 31 at Racebrook Country Club at 8 a.m.
Boys Tennis
The Rams (12-4) defeated Fairfield Prep 5-2 on Senior Day Friday. Dan Grove, Brendan Pier and Jeremy Reichenthal contributed singles victories, all in straight sets except for Reichenthal, who came back from a one-set deficit. In doubles, Nate Trumbo-Casey Barry and Drew Henderson-Nitin Kumar won in straight sets, with each match requiring one tiebreaker. The SCC quarterfinals begin Tuesday at the higher seeded team's home courts.
Girls Tennis
The Rams (7-6) dropped a 6-1 decision to North Haven on Senior Day Friday. Alyssa Carofano-Alex Hirt provided Cheshire only victory in a straight-set doubles win. Carofano and singles player Olivia Amato were honored.
Cheshire was to complete its suspended Friday match with Guilford on Sunday at 1 p.m. The SCC quarterfinals are Tuesday at higher seeds.
