Girls

Midgets

Candy Girls vs Cavaliers: The offensive leaders for the Candy Girls were Meghan LeBlanc and Nicky Shairer, the defensive leaders were Eileen McCreary and Katie Stan. Offensive leaders for the Cavaliers were Sarah Tressler and Olivia Buchler, the defensive leaders were Cali Ryan and Shannon Jackman.

Fireballs vs Hurricanes: The offensive leaders for the Fireballs were Maddie Partnick and Carlie Smith, the defensive leaders were Olivia Grant and Juliette Cryder. Offensive leaders for the Hurricanes were Sarah Nowacki and Laura Augenbrau, the defensive leaders were Jane Shearin and Virginia Hepp.

Dunkin Daisies vs Filan Law Office Dribblers: Offensive leaders for the Dunkin Daisies were Colleen Phaneuf and Taylor McPadden, the defensive leaders were Meaghan O’Rourke and Amyla Posey. Offensive leaders for the Dribblers were Kaley Meisenheir and Hallie Filan, the defensive leaders were Annie Minor and Julie Weiland.

Bantams

Exploding Oreos 18, Carminuccio’s Huskies 7: Though the crowd noise at time was at deafening levels, the Oreos maintained their composure and were able to slowly pull away from the ferocious Huskies in the second half on this contest. The “Os” were led offensively by Kimberly “Smooth” Buttery with 8 points. Jenna Lavelle, Sarah Widmann, Casey McLean and Heather Stroili also made key contributions to their team’s offensive output. Defensively, Carli Carpenter and Sienna Cummings were explosive and provided big stops during the contest. Alexandra Tassiello, Annika Brady, Carolina Stubbs and Julia Clark provided a balanced scoring attack for the Huskies. On the defensive side, Anna Cartelli and Linda Bomova played fast, tough “D.”

Badgers 13, Law Offices of Gail Matthews Pink Panthers 12: The powerful Pink Panthers entered the game riding a six game winning streak and in sole possession of first place in the Bantam Girls Division. The Panthers, however, trailed for most of the game, but their “never quit” approach enabled them to tie the score in the last two minutes through the use of full court pressure. Just when momentum seemed to be shifting over to the undefeated Panthers, and with less than 30 seconds to go and the game knotted at 12, Chloe “Ice” Bigwarfe of the Badgers was fouled and stepped to the line to shoot a pair. As a hush fell on the otherwise boisterous Hawley Coliseum crowd, Chloe, oozing determination, nailed her first free throw to give the feisty Badgers the advantage needed to secure the victory. Offensively, the Badgers were led by Ally Tolson and Tess Davenport; four points each. Ashley Solomon was stellar at point guard. On the other side of the floor, Brooke Antous, Liza Gentrup and Savannah LaFerriere played tough, Badger-style defense. The Pink Panthers’ Nicki DaPra and Alison Kelleher combined for their team’s 12 points. Emily Krasnickas was assist leader for the Cats, while Sonia Ahmmaripour, Madeline Brock, Samantha Bicho and Jenna Gonski frustrated their opponents with their defensive prowess.

Grades 5-6

56ers 20, Crazy Fruits 10: Sarah Dowling led the scoring effort for the 56ers with 5 points thanks in large part to the excellent assists of Rachel D’Ausilio who opened up the lanes for offensive penetration. Danielle Otero, Emily Bell and Ashleigh Shaw all scored 4 points each with Alexandra Futterman putting up 2 and Megan Nahmias sinking a free throw for one. Outstanding down low action came from Shaw and Futterman who owned the rebounding efforts. Outside defenders Grace Larsen, Otero, Dowling, Nahmias and D’Ausilio kept the Fruits from penetrating the inside with numerous strips and steals. Jaclyn O’Leary and Tegan Dougherty led the Crazy Fruits scoring attack. Emily Dirga led the team with assists and steals.

Colonical Chiropractic Dr Schmid Mighty Mustangs 20, The Flash 6: Natalie Shaker took charge in the paint scoring 8 points and pulling down 6 rebounds. Jenna Ciavara scored 6 points on three full court fast break layups. Lauren King, Casey Muckell and Lauren King each chipped in with a basket to round out the Mighty Mustangs scoring. The Mustangs played great team defense led by Rebecca Gavel who came up with 7 steals. Ali Nuzzo and Jordan Williams also worked hard on “D” getting 3 steals each. The Flash, led by Abbie Pearson on defense, along with Cathy Hyeon and Kaitlyn Hull, did their best to hold back the Mustangs. Olivia Holman and Julia Anderson had strong games.

Lady Hawks 21, Rankin Sports Pink Panthers 20: The Lady Hawks’ Grace Frost scored 8 and Natalie Kelchner scored 5 points to lead the team. Sydney Flint lead the offense with 4 assists. Larkin Huffman lead the team with 6 rebounds and Kendra Dunnigan anchored the defense with 3 steals. In a close game for the Pink Panthers, Elizabeth Weisegerber led the scoring with 7, Caroline Caporale with 5, Katie McCabe with 4, Simone Afriyie and Hannah Luby with 2 each.

Zephyr Lock Orange Crush 28, Lady Hawks 10: The Orange Crush were led by Madilyn Cole on offense. Shannon Cheh and Lexy Leidlein also chipped in on the scoring along with Dylan Zahansky. The Lady Hawks’ Nicole Frascatore scored 4 and Larkin Huffman scored 2 points to lead the team. Emily Neave lead the offense with 5 assists. Natalie Kelchner led the team with 7 rebounds and Sydney Flint anchored the defense with 2 steals.

The Storm 32 Pampered Chef Thunder 21: The Storm improved to 9-1 on the season with a 32-21 victory over the Pampered Chef Thunder. Megan Kelleher had her best game of the year posting an impressive 10-point, 11-rebound, 4-steal performance. Carly Kreshpan added a double-double of her own, with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Julia Bogdanoff and Madison Findley each scored 4 points, while Charli Condon and Camryn Findley rounded out the scoring with 2 points apiece. The Thunder were led by Olivia Hamula with 11 points and Kayla Ward chipping in 6. Amanda Solomon and Ava Petrellese add a bucket each. Tessa Leon-Gambetta along with Sarah Brittin and Kayla Pettit played strong on the boards and defense.

Grade 6

Newtown 26 Trumbull 9: Newtown’s suffocating full court press led to a multitude of steals that resulted in an 18-0 lead at halftime. Megan Goyda pulled down 6 boards, and did damage in the paint with 12 points. Nikki Zaccaro made several sharp passes in addition to scoring 6 points and coming up with 4 steals. Kamdynn Moroney (6 rebounds), Jess Maturo (4 steals), Hailey Conrad (5 rebounds, 3 blocked shots), and Olyvia Shaw each contributed a basket.

Newtown 37 Shelton 14: Newtown had a 20 point lead at the half and coasted to victory. Zaccaro was the leading scorer with 10 points, followed by Maturo with 9 points. Goyda and Meghan Doyle scored 6 each. On the glass, Goyda pulled down 10 rebounds; Jillian Pieretti, 8; and Moroney, 6 rebounds. Maturo had 4 steals and Shaw had 3 steals. Doyle was the assist leader. Colleen McCarthy added 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals.

Newtown 26 Darien 16: In a battle between the top two defensive teams in the league, Newtown’s pressure man-defense out performed Darien’s 1-3-1 half court trap. Newtown had a 6 point lead at the half due to the outstanding play of Goyda, who was on a record-setting pace (9 points, 13 rebounds) before getting injured in the second quarter. Darien’s pressure allowed them to close the gap to two points early in the fourth quarter, but Newtown forced some turnovers of their own and scored the last eight points of the game to seal the victory. Zaccaro had a near triple-double with 8 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 steals. Conrad added 4 points, 5 boards, and 3 steals. Pieretti snared 8 rebounds in heavy traffic, while Doyle and Shaw pulled down 5 apiece. Doyle had 7 steals and Maturo had 5 steals.

Newtown 32 Wilton 19: Newtown’s pressure again made the difference, as a much taller Wilton squad could not get the ball inside. Conrad had several break-away layups on her way to 10 points. Moroney worked hard in the paint for 8 points, as did Pieretti (6 points) and Shaw (4 points). Zaccaro did a great job boxing out for 10 rebounds. Conrad and Pieretti pulled down 5 boards each. Maturo, Zaccaro, Pieretti and Conrad combined for 22 steals. Cassidy Datin provided strong interior defense and added 3 rebounds, 3 blocked shots, 2 assists, and a steal. Newtown improved to 18-7 this season.

Grades 7-8

John M Glover Celtics 38, One Eyed Pig Jayhawks 26: Tory Kroha and Sierra Mather were key rebounders, and Brittany Antous and Michaela Jackman showed tenacity to keep the Jayhawks at bay. Annie Hoffman scored three times from the floor. Danielle Mola pitched in on defense, Sam Krushack played well defensively and rebounded, Kayla Ward contributed on the offensive end, and Katie Laaksonen was strong at both ends of the floor.

Boys

Grade 2

Maroon Magic vs Blue Ice: The Maroon Magic are beginning to hit their stride playing full court. The team had a nice balance of scoring lead by Daniel Pond. The scoring was a result of strong defense and steals by Daniel Pond, John Sullivan and Macklin Berry. They all had multiple steals, deflections and tie-ups for jump balls. Emmett Dowd was strong on the boards with rebounds and offensive put backs while in the lane. Kyle Reilly and Nick Sortino also contributed on offense with Kyle Reilly scoring some baskets and Nick Sortino bringing up the ball and starting the offense. Nick Sortino also did a nice job on man-to-man defense and was able to deflect some balls away from his man. For the Blue Ice, Jack Mahar, Aiden DellaCorte and Steven Leuci saw their first action at the guard position. Jake Dandrea led the team in scoring, while CJ Demers made numerous nice passes. Arav Dave had several nice drives to the basket. Miller Tetreault, Steven Cotton and Nick Sabillon played tenacious defense.

Bananas vs Nighthawks: The six bananas fought hard despite being down a bunch of teammates. Jake “the Snake” Mailloux led the team with some slippery assists, while Jack Street and Nuke Hannan poured in the points. Grant Baker and Noah Dinallo hustled all over the court and played well defensively. Trevor “Little Barkley” Jacozzi again was a force inside while being a threat on offense. The Nighthawks put on quite an offensive show led by Connor Mandarano’s incredible buzzer-beating 20-foot jump shot to end the game! Brandon Akbas, Clayton Kunzweiler, Ryan Ruddy and Zach Kugler all scored on full court fast break layups after making great steals. On the defensive side, Chris Shaker and Gus Coffey played tough man-to-man defense throughout the game and James Malin and Matthew Williams came up with some great steals and rebounds.

Lightning vs Oranges: The Lightning were led by the strong point guard play of Brendan Morrissey, Daniel Jaeger and Logan McAloon, as each took turns running the team’s offense. Michael Haddick once again displayed his scoring talent as he scored several baskets and Ryder Palumbo and Ryan Heran played great defense. Sean O’Sullivan scored on a nice spinning drive, while Nicholas Fischer and Kyle Pettit each had great all around games. The Oranges were all juiced up and ready to go this week. The offense was led by great shooting by Jeff Garrity and Neil Kalra. Adam Zibluk and Drew Poseno did a super job starting the offense with some great assists. The defense was led by Patrick Boyle who defended the backdoor cuts to perfection and Jonathan Taylor did a bang up job on the defensive boards.

Grade 4

Blue Streak 24, Adviserstrust.com Heat 24: For the Streak Ben Nowacki, Harry Lucas and Ryan Burns all had 6 points, while Derrick Lewis had 4 assists. Nicholas Cappelli led the defense with 4 steals and Kyle Cascone had 7 rebounds. For the Heat Tucker Garrity and James Clifford combined for 20 points, while Timmy Davis had 3 assists, Brennan Mayer had 5 steals and Harrison Farrah had 8 rebounds 

The Beasts 24, Mavericks 21: Faris Kaghat and Jimmy Davies combined for 22 points for the Beasts. Jared Tod had 4 assists, while Bobby Elston had 4 steals and Conor Hughes had 7 rebounds. The Mavericks were led by Jack Sullivan and Mark Leonardi who combined for 14 points. Carter McCleary had 4 assists. The defense was led by Nicholas Accousti with 5 steals and Cameron Trivers with 7 rebounds.

Mavericks 24, Aces 11: The Mavericks were led by Jack Sullivan and Thomas Usher who combined for 15 points. Jack Swanson had 4 assists. The defense was led by Mark Leonardi with 5 steals and Alex Katsuleres with 7 rebounds. Aces were led by the scoring of Gabriel Stewart and Tom Luciano. Alex Budd and Matt Jaeger led the way on Defense.

Globetrotters 16, Flaming Monkeys 14: For the Globetrotters John Albanesi and Danny Schreiber combined for 12 points. Logan Flynn had 5 assists, Ty Dickinson led the defense with 4 steals and James Schumacher had 6 rebounds. Daniel Mason and Riley McCafferty combined for 10 points for the Monkeys. Ben Futterman and Chris Venezia were outstanding on defense, while Jack Hannan and Jacob Clements led on offense.

Grade 5

Tornadoes 22, Heat 10: In a hard fought game on Saturday, the Tornadoes edged the Heat. Baskets by Tristan Crone, Eugene Citrano and Jake Pirone staked the Tornadoes to a 6-2 lead after the first quarter. Strong defense by Jack Buchler and Matthew Menousek helped the Tornadoes surge ahead to 11-6 at the end of the half as Adam Wolff and Pirone scored. In the third, the speedy Heat guards began to wear down the Tornadoes, but Rhett Saunders, Owen Walsh and Jack Bittman played key roles as they pounded the boards and helped shut down the driving lanes. In the fourth quarter, Wolff scored his third and fourth points, while Ken Malin and Citrano also scored as the Tornadoes surged to a 17-8 lead. Pirone sank two free throws in the fourth, tallying 7 for the game, Citrano added a free throw for his 5th point, and Crone added his 4th point on a nice bank shot from 15 feet as the Tornadoes closed out the game. The Heat offensive leaders were Matt Sadowski, Kai Toomey, Jamie Hobar and Aidan Ford. Aidan finished a solid game with 3 points, 5 rebounds and 9 steals. Ryan Mailloux ran the offense and the Jones brothers, Liam and Nate hustled all game on defense.

Celtics 23, Red Bulls 19: The Red Bulls are one of the top scoring teams in the league, but the Celtics were out to slow them down this day, in what turned out to be an exciting, low scoring and super close fifth grade game this past weekend. The Celtics would take the lead, but could not pull away against the energetic Red Bulls, as the opponent kept it close and made a huge rally at the end to get within one point with under two minutes to play. The Red Bulls defense was tough, but overall the Celtics’ offense had an off scoring game, and at times it felt as if there was a lid over the hoop. Ian “The Beast)” Klepacki was the exception to the C’s stagnate offense, who pumped in 6 key points in this close game, while also contributing 3 boards, 2 steals, 1 block and 1 forced jump ball and had a great all-around game on both sides of the ball. The C’s overcame their off shooting night with hustle and help defense. The C’s defense succeeded in keeping the opponent’s high octane offense from blasting off, and was led by both Silas “D-Train” Decker and Cayden “The Glove” Dunn. D-Train was huge in the paint, tallying up 7 blocks and 11 boards, while The Glove (2 blocks, 4 boards, 4 steals, and 2 skinned knees diving for loose balls) controlled the perimeter against the top scoring Red Bull guards. Ben Harrison was a locomotive on defense holding “D-Train” Decker to just 5 points in the game and Sam Parsons made some key rebounds late to keep the game within reach of the tough Celtics. Justin Woodard and Ben Harrison led the offense with 6 and 4 points, respectively. Adam Farley continued to throw is body all over the court and was inspiration in the losing but fun effort.

Dynamite 32, Scorpions 30: The Scorpions lost a heartbreaker Saturday when the ball just wouldn’t drop for them in the last 2½ minutes. Defensively, the duo of Alex Street and Mark Hall were keeping the Scorpions in the game. Leading scorers for the Scorpions were Greg Brissette (8 points) and Ben Terry (7), although the team got points from sxi different players. Rebounding was handled by two big bodies: Jermane Anyoha and Daniel Badiola. Eric Vigneau also played a fantastic game. Robert Murray led the way with 12 points while John Finnegan added 9 and Jacob Duffy dropped in 4 for the Dynamite. Jack Ciaramello’s defense was the key to the fourth quarter hold off while Chris Daubert and Justin Coelho were all over the court on both offense and defense.

Huskies 38, Kia-Mazda Nighthawks 31: An exciting back and forth game was played on Saturday between the Huskies and the Kia-Mazda Nighthawks. Each team took turns sharing the lead going late into the game. The Huskies pulled away late in the game as the Nighthawks could not stop the overpowering front line of the Huskies. Dylan Sock led the Nighthawks scoring attack and Josh Dunn provided the highlight of the game with a last second long-range jumper to end the first half. Christian Lestic and Dino Vogiatzis chipped in key baskets as well. The Skrelja brothers, Thomas and Wally, anchored the backboards against the tough Huskies front line. The defensive effort was led by Owen Sullivan, Travis Huzina and Cameron “Kirby” McDonald. The Huskies were able to finally shake of the determined Nighthawks with some late fast break baskets by David Daria (9 points) and Christian Adam (9). Andrew Deluca dropped in a huge 17 for the Huskies and piled up a ton of offensive rebounds. Bobby Ward had few clutch steals late in the game to ice it for the Huskies.

Hornets 25, Black Knights 18: The Hornets’ Jackson Dooley carried his team to their first win with his amazing dribbling, driving, and shooting in the second half. Jackson finished the game with 9 points to lead the Hornets offense. Jack Carello got to share in many baskets on the day because of the beautiful picks he set throughout the game. Zack “Z” DeMeglio played his usual game by collecting numerous steals and being a spark plug on defense. After leading throughout the game and 18-17 at the end of the third quarter the Black Knights couldn’t buy a basket in the fourth quarter, finishing the game a season low 9 for 63 from the floor. Cameron Champagne led the Knights to the scoring table with 8 points and his brother Dylan had 6. Dylan also had 3 rebounds and 4 steals. Cameron had 4 rebounds as did Kent Mullen, followed by Dwyer Grimes with 3. John Payne played his best defensive game of the season while grabbing 8 rebounds and stealing the ball 2 times. Tommy Coppinger finished with 4 points and 4 rebounds. Teddy Wojcik also had 2 steals .

Dynamite 22, Heat 8: John Finnegan was on fire with 13 points, while Robert Murray, Jacob Duffy, Matt Principi and Chris Daubert each added 2 points. On Defense Max Goldstein was a force with 5 steals and 5 rebounds. Kevin Riccardi had some key defensive rebounds and Avi Bhaya also played great defense for the Dynamite. Big Ryan Williams had 2 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocked shots to lead the Heat attack. Kai Toomey added 4 points while Jamie “The Hammer” Hobar contributed 2 points, 5 rebounds and 7 steals against the talented Dynamite squad. Jimmy Doutney, Nate Jones and Ryan Mailloux helped keep the HEAT close with their great defensive efforts.

Celtics 38, Scorpions 17: A rematch of the season opener was played on Sunday in the fifth grade NYBA in-house league. The first quarter was low scoring, but the Celtics found their grove and got their run and gun style of offense up to full speed. Leading the C’s offense was “Never Nervous” Nick Harper who played a great all-around game on both sides of the ball, and has shown great improvement in his overall leadership as floor general. Never Nervous’s second half scoring outburst (8 points) and sweet pair of assists helped the Celtics to seal the victory against their hustling opponent. On defense, the Celtics continued to play their shutdown and help-style D. The Big Three C’s defenders for this game were led by “Jumpshot” Josh Harper, Mike “The Flash” Narducci and Owen “The Rebounder” Rahr. Jumpshot and The Flash caused havoc for the Scorpions guards trying to run their offense, while The Rebounder, despite being undersized against the big opponent, controlled the glass and started the C’s offense with his crisp outlet passes or brought the ball up himself as point-forwards often do. The Scorpions were missing three key players but played their hearts out and kept the game within reach at halftime. Ben Terry had 8 points and Greg Brissette had 7 points to pace the Scorpions. Ben Terry also led the team in rebounds with 13. Doug Carriero and Connor DiNallo were all over the court playing great defense. Also playing well for the Scorpions were Alex Street, Eric Vigneau and Jermane Anyoha.

Tornados 33, Kia Mazda Nighthawks 13: The Tornadoes used balanced scoring on Sunday to cruise past the Old Saybrook Kia Mazda Nighthawks 33-13. Eight different players scored for the Tornadoes, led by Eugene Citrano with 11 points. Citrano, Jake Pirone, Rhett Saunders, Tristan Crone (4), Matthew Menousek and Jack Bittman all scored in the first period as the Tornadoes raced to a 15-4 lead. The Tornadoes continued to move ahead as Adam Wolff and scored in the second, staking the Tornadoes to an 18-8 lead at half-time while Jack Buchler badgered the Heat for several turnovers. The Heat ratcheted up the pressure in the third period, but the Tornadoes responded with 12 points in the quarter. Ken Malin scored, Citrano added 4 and Pirone added 6 on several nice assists from Owen Walsh as the Tornadoes blew the game open, leading 30-12 after three. The Tornadoes continued to apply defensive pressure and wrapped up the victory, closing out a great weekend and running their record to 9-1 on the season.

The Nighthawks ran into a “Tornado” on Sunday as they fell into the Tornados. The Nighthawks scoring came from Dylan Sock, Josh Dunn and Thomas Skrelja. Will Stenz and Owen Sullivan played aggressive defense.

Huskies 24, Black Knights 14: The Huskies managed to pull out a victory against the Black Knights on Sunday despite a depleted squad. The six players on the Huskies team had a workout, led by David Daria’s 11 points and Christian Adam’s 9. Tom Fitzgerald and Kevin Reiss defense proved too much for the Black Knights. The Black Knights cold shooting (6 for 38) continued after Saturday’s fourth quarter. In an effort to spark the offense Brooks Petershack played aggressively stealing the ball 3 times. The Black Knights were strong on the offensive boards but couldn’t get the rock to fall into the hole. The Black Knights rebounding game was excellent as Dwyer Grimes had 6 rebounds, John Payne 5, Teddy Wojcik 5, and Kent Mullen 4.

Red Bulls 25, Hornets 16: The Hornets balanced scoring attack was not enough to overcome the offense of the Red Bulls. The Red Bulls were able to charge out of the gate in the fourth quarter to pull away from the Hornets. A balanced attack by Ryan Patrick, Evan Landgrebe, Kyle Gaynor, Ethan Aug, Sam Parsons, Adam Farley, and Ben Harrison, all who scored in the game, proved to be too much for the Hornets. Benjamin Drew played an awesome game on defense with some key steals during the ferocious Red Bull back court press in the fourth quarter. Hornets contributions came from Brian Montoya, Liam “LD” Begany, Jackson Dooley, Jack Murray and EJ “Man Joe” Santayana. Liam Deakin continued his streak of continuous games with a blocked shot and Marc Carlson had an all around solid game.

Grade 6

The Blue Ninja’s 38, The Red Storm 30: The Blue Ninja’s came together as a team to pull off an exciting victory against the Red Storm. The defense was led by R.H. Clark who had an outstanding 16 rebounds and 5 steals in the game. Also contributing to the strong Ninja style of defense were Matt Fuchs, Matt Krasnickas, Bryan Morrissey, and Tyler LaCroce combining for an aggressive 12 rebounds and 9 steals. The offense was working in overdrive on Saturday with Peter Clifford scoring 11 points, Nick Lametto with 5 points, Matt Guinee with 4, and Chad Azzarito with 4 as well. But the difference maker on offense was the excellent free throws the team was sinking down the stretch, none more important than the one that David Usher sank to put the game out of reach, allowing him to finish with 4 points on the day. Tommy Kitzmiller led the Red Storm with 15 points. Tim Jaeger had a great game under the boards accumulating 6 rebounds. Thomas Leuci led the defensive efforts with 4 steals. Joe Palanzo led the team with 4 blocks and scored 10 points.

Rankin Sports Thunder 38, Addessi Golden Ringers 43: The Thunder hustled up and down the floor, running a full court press the entire second half. The offense was anchored by Graham Dowd and Justin Dunn with 10 points and 4 assists each, and Kevin Arther who tossed in 8 points. Billy Kase and Bryce Griffin kept the pressure up with a combined 7 steals, and Ryan Marusi shut down the inside lane and grabbed 6 boards. The Golden Ringers high scorers were Austin DeSousa with 11 points and Thomas Adessi with 8. The Assist leader was Henry Primavera with 8, Defense star was Alex Hess with 4 steals, the rebound leader was Matt Kugler with 16 rebounds. The Golden Ringers fought hard in another tough loss. Daniel Korhass and Parker Johnson also played well in this loss.

The Hershey Kisses 31, The Bulldogs 29: Hershey kisses held on to win 31-29 behind strong efforts from Steven Moccio’s (11 points, 6 rebounds and 6 steals) and Elliott Bennett (8 points, 10 rebounds, and 2 steals). Aaron Gershon also played a key role with 2 points and 7 rebounds... The Bulldogs offensive attach was led by Matthew Bucci with 12 points 2 rebounds 2 steals and Adam Beckett with 6 points 3 rebounds and 2 steals. Adding to the offense was Hunter Cobb with 4 points, a pounding 10 rebounds and 7 steals, Brandon Pavlicek with 4 points and 2 rebounds and Thomas Stanczyk with 2 points. and 2 steals. The dog’s defense was pulled by Evan Kohlsaat with 7 rebounds and 2 steals, Alex Dunleavy with 5 rebounds Max Ames with 2 rebounds, Andrew Janco with 2 rebounds and 2 steals, and Will LeMay with 3 rebounds.

The Hershey Kisses 37, The Grasshoppers 32: Hershey kisses won their second game of the day’s doubleheader with a 4th quarter comeback to erase a six point deficit for a 37-32 win. William Huegi (9 points, 4 steals, 2 rebounds, and 1 assist) and Elliott Bennett (9 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 steals) spearheaded the comeback, while Steven Moccio’s (9 points, 6 steals, and some clutch free throw shooting) and Peter DeBona (3 points and 5 rebounds) chipped in with key plays down the stretch to ice the win. A tough 4th quarter full court press by the Kisses erased a Grasshoppers 26-20 3rd quarter lead. It was a tough loss for the boys in green but the improving Grasshoppers are quickly becoming a team to be reckoned with in the playoffs despite their 1-8 record. Owen McInerney scored 5 of his 9 points in the 4th quarter and added 5 assists and 4 rebounds in the game earning him the Grasshoppers offensive player of the game. Nicholas Venezia had 8 points after shooting 4 for 10 from the floor. Ryan Brello was 2 for 2 from the charity stripe and was 3 for 6 shooting for a total of 8 points. Matt Kretz scored 3 points and Ryan Norton and Patrick Godino scored 2 points each to finish out the scoring for the Grasshoppers. Bradley Wiseman was strong on defense once again with 3 rebounds, a pair of steals and a blocked shot earning him the defensive player of the game honor.

Newtown Mystery 38, Sal e Pepe The Untouchables 22: Robert Hutchins led the way with six points, fueled by a defensive stand of Taylor Koonz and 3 blocked shots from Cameron Mitchell gave the mysteries there 9th victory of the season

Grade 7

Newtown Gold A 58, New Milford 48: Matt Gerics led the team in scoring 13 points, Nick Samuelson and Matt Elias had 10 points each. Andrew Svanda scored 6 points and Declan Sullivan and Jamie Cochran each scored 5 points and played their best defensive game all year shutting down the outside shooting of New Milford.

Gold A 50, Monroe 55: Newtown prevailed in a physical game with more than 40 fouls. Matt Gerics led the scoring with 13 points, Matt Elias had 10 points and Jamie Cocharane had 9 points. Devin Luzietti and Mason Mellillo each scored 7 helping the offense. Ryan Shaw, Nick Samuelson and Andrew Svanda fought hard under the boards having over 30 rebounds.

UAC-Stratford 56, Newtown Gold 52: Newtown was able to reduced a 13 point second half deficit to 4 with about a minute to play, but was unable to get any closer. Dillon Palumbo had 9 of his game high 13 points in the fourth quarter, including two 3-pointers from the wing. Matt Maturo drove hard to the basket and scored 9, while Michael Doyle and Ethan Carpenter deposited 6 points apiece. James Frazzetta and Tim VanderHave each scored 5. On the boards, Maturo pulled down 9 rebounds, Palumbo 7 rebounds, and Colin Patrick (4 points), Frazzetta, and Geoff Santore 4 each. Patrick and Doyle each distributed 3 assists.

Newtown Gold 54, Redding 39: Newtown avenged an early season loss with their biggest victory of the season. VanderHave exploded for 14 points, followed by Maturo with 11, and Carpenter had 7, Frazzetta had 5, and James Accousti, Doyle, and Patrick had 4 apiece. Carpenter was the assist leader with 5, while Maturo grabbed 12 boards and Joe Duero 10. Santore had 7 rebounds and added a basket.

Southbury 43, Newtown Gold 32: Newtown played well for stretches, but was not consistent enough to challenge Southbury. The sharp-shooting Palumbo hit three 3-pointers on his way to a game high 15 points. Kieran Lynch made several acrobatic drives and totaled 8 points.

Grades 7-8

Cushman & Wakefield Walri 45, Dr Curtis Beck Patriots 37: Luke Rustici led the Walri with 10 points. Nick Rohrbacker, Gordon Walsh and Ricky Le Pak played well. For the Patriots, Bryce Decker and Mark Dowling combined for 21 points. Josh Houle and James Carney had strong games.

Thunder 51, Rankin Sports Vipers 45: For the Thunder Jaret DeVillis fueled the offense with 14 points, Albert Dean had 11 and Mike Cirone added 10. Sam Czel chipped in six points and 10 rebounds and Brandon O’Sullivan added 4 points and 5 steals. For the Vipers, Stephan Grasso had 21 points and Dylan Tyrell added 10. Jake Corbett, Matt Hess and Colton Moroney provided the defense.

Bulldogs 31, Sugar Hill Auto Body Huskies 23: Sam Duffy led the Bulldogs with 10 points. Colin Morrissey, Connor Flint and Kyle Keeping provided the defense. For the Huskies, Austin Huffman and Austin LeBlanc supplied the offense with Mitchell Godin and Danny McCarthy providing the defense.

Taunton Hill Landscaping Wolverines 29, Gaston Law Wolfpack 21: Bob Archieri led the Wolverines with 14 points. George Salaris and Conner Ryan played well. For the Wolfpack, Joe Santella had 10 points. Danny Colucci, Graham Hubbert and Callahan Brock played good defense.

Bricklayers 48, United Rentals Bearcats 36: The Bricklayers were led by Connor Miller with 27 points including seven 3-pointers. Matt Merchant, Andrew Craigin and Zach Aumueller led the defense. For the Bearcats, David Csordas, Nick Roche combined for 17 points. David Corsi played outstanding defense and Bobby Silver Chipped in 4 points.

Newtown Deli & Catering Celtics 40, Wildcats 38: Will Swain led the Celtics with 15 points with the defense being led by Kevin Chernoff, Nick Eisle and Matt Cambell. For the Wildcats, Matt Davis had 7 points. Ryan Szalay, Clay Gattay and Tucker Kistner played well.

Lydon Appraisals Raptors 44, Razorbacks 38: Bobby Lydon and Nick Bourgeous combined for 20 for the Raptors with Owen Sampson playing a great all-around game. For the Razorbacks, Harry Depuy led the way with 26 points. Conrad Morris and Max Donaher played well.

Knicks 47, Magic 29: Nick Latricchiano led the Knicks with 16 points. Nate Dowd, Andrew Ross, Aidan Petershack, Cole Rogalin and Liam Decker all played tight defense. For the Magic, Keaton McCleary and Bryan Kiley combined for 18 points. Cj Dunn, John DelRossi, and Deagan Beauchemin played well.