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Soccer Roundup: Boys Defeat Westbrook, Girls Draw with East Lyme

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OLD LYME—On Friday, Sept. 12, the Old Lyme boys faced Westbrook and came away with a 3-0 victory.

Wildcat goals were scored by Colman Curtiss-Reardon, Rowan McCormick, and Evan Coffee with assists coming from John Morosky and Charlie McEwan.

Sam Edmed made two saves and Liam McCormick one in goal for the ‘Cats

Jameson McCarthy notched 11 saves for Westbrook.

Old Lyme are now 3-2-0 overall and 2-1-0 in the Shoreline Conference.

On Saturday, Sept. 13, the Old Lyme girls played Waterford in a non-conference game. The game was played at Old Lyme and resulted in a 1-1 draw.
Vivian Boller scored for the ‘Cats off an assist from Anna Bussman.

Grace Osborne made 10 saves for Old Lyme.

Old Lyme’s record is now 2-2-2.

Waterford’s lone goal was scored by Shae Tiven.

Trinity Flynn in the Waterford goal made 6 saves

Two Lyme-Old Lyme Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists

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Rose E. Dimmock and Alexander L. Glaras have been recognized as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship competition.

LYME/OLD LYME–Two Lyme-Old Lyme High School seniors have been announced as semifinalists in the prestigious National Merit Scholarship competition. 

Rose E. Dimmock and Alexander L. Glaras stood out from 1.3 million high school students when they took the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) in 2024, according to a press release from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Less than 1% of test takers that year earned the semifinalist distinction. 

The Lyme-Old Lyme students, along with 245 students from across Connecticut, join more than 16,000 semifinalists continuing in the competition nationwide. 

Dimmock and Glaras will compete for 6,930 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be announced next spring. Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the next level of the competition, with approximately half of the finalists earning a National Merit Scholarship. 

The organization will select finalists based on academic records, school and community activities, leadership abilities, employment, and any honors and awards they have received. Judges will also look at recommendations, a personal essay and SAT scores. 

The 2026 National Merit Scholarship winners will be announced starting in April.

Lyme-Old Lyme Soccer Roundup: Girls Notch Two Wins, One (Big) Draw; Boys Take One Win, One Loss

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OLD LYME— Playing at home Thursday, Sept. 11, the Old Lyme girls defeated Westbrook 3-0. Scoring for the Wildcats were Anna Bussman, who put two goals into the net, and Vivian Boller, who also added two assists to her one goal tally.

Brooke Burgess had an assist while Grace Osborne in the Old Lyme goal made two saves.

Shay Sotiridge in goal for Westbrook made 18 saves.

The girls are now 2-2-1 overall and 2-2-0 in the Shoreline Conference.

Playing away at Hale Ray on Tuesday, Sept. 9, the girls notched a big 4-0 win.

Scoring for the Wildcats were Olivia Lovendale and Anna Bussman with one apiece and Vivian Boller , who put in the other two.

Assists were by Ava Fuller and Natalie Suisman. while Grace Osborne made six saves in the Old Lyme goal.

Kinley Smith made a remarkable 24 saves for the Hale Ray.

Playing away ay East Lyme on Saturday, Sept. 6, the girls pulled off a thrilling 3-3 draw against East Lyme.

Scoring for the Wildcats were Anna Bussman, Brooke Burgess and Vivian Boller with Addy Morosky adding an assist.

Layla Turdo, Kaylee Knapp and Juju Guarraia scored for East Lyme.

Wildcat Boys

Playing at home Tuesday, Sept. 9, the Old Lyme boys defeated Hale Ray 2-1 with Ian Maeby scoring both goals for the ‘Cats. Assists were by Colman Curtis’s-Reardon and Rowan McCormick. 

Marcus Brown scored the lone Hale-Ray goal.

Sam Edmed in goal for Old Lyme made six saves, while Owen Kelly for Hale Ray made 11.

The boys are now 2-2-0 overall and 1-1-0 in the Shoreline Conference.

Playing at home on Thursday, Sept. 4, Old Lyme was defeated 5-1 by East Hampton.

The Wildcats goal was scored by Ian Maeby with an assist by Elliot Dunn-Sims.

Sam Edmed made 10 saves for the ‘Cats and Liam Mccormick added one.

Scoring for East Hampton were Colin Marshall and Luke Davidson, both with two and Sebby Woodson making the fifth. Assists were by Colin Marshall and Sebby Woodson. 

Shane Ruggiero made four saves in the East Hampton goal.

Student-Led Walkout at Lyme-Old Lyme HS Demands Action on Gun Violence Prevention

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OLD LYME–On Friday Sept. 5, Students Demand Action groups, a grassroots arm of Everytown for Gun Safety, hosted coordinated school walkouts across the country to demand lawmakers at the state and federal level pass a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

Margaret Thuma, a senior at Lyme-Old Lyme High School (LOLHS), joined this nationwide effort by leading a walkout from the school at 10 a.m. on Friday.

She explained to LymeLine in an email why she was taking this action, saying, “I feel very strongly about this cause and made the decision to plan a walkout at my high school.”

Thuma added, “I plan to use this walkout to help give a voice to the many students, who feel there should be an end to gun violence. I am working to spread this message to as many people as I can.”

Asked how long she expects the walk-out to last, Thuma replied that she anticipated it would be a maximum of half an hour, “but it will probably be less than that.”

Noting that both the LOLHS Principal James Wygonik and LOL Schools Superintendent Ian Neviaser are aware of the planned walk-out, Thuma said that Wygonik, “Will be putting out a speaker and mic for me to address everyone.” and that she had, “Prepared things to say.” 

A press release issued by the national Students Demand Action group quotes Timberlyn Mazeikis, a gun violence survivor from the school shooting at Michigan State University in 2023 and Students Demand Action volunteer from Minnesota, saying, “Gun violence is a national crisis and that’s why we’ll be walking out of school to demand our lawmakers pass an assault weapons ban.”

Mazeikis adds, “Until we get these weapons of war off our streets, gun violence will continue to wreak havoc in our schools, homes, and communities.” 

The press release states, “The national school walkouts come in response to the horrific school shooting at Annunciation Church School in Minneapolis last Wednesday {Aug. 27], where two children were killed and 21 more were wounded on their first week back to school.

Editor’s Note: i) ‘Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund’ (“Everytown for Gun Safety”) is the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with 11 million supporters and more than 700,000 donors … fighting for common-sense gun safety measures that can help save lives. For more information, visit www.everytown.org and/or follow @Everytown.
ii) ‘Students Demand Action’ is the largest grassroots, youth-led gun violence prevention group in the country with more than 800 groups and active volunteers in every state and the District of Columbia. The movement, created by and for teens and young adults, aims to channel the energy and passion of high school- and college-aged students into the fight against gun violence. For more information or to get involved, visit www.studentsdemandaction.org.

Both Old Lyme Soccer Teams Lose to East Hampton Opponents

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OLD LYME/EAST HAMPTON— Both Lyme-Old Lyme soccer teams were defeated Thursday by their respective East Hampton opponents.

Playing at home, the boys lost 5-1 with Ian Maeby scoring the lone goal assisted by Elliot Dunn-Sims. Sam Edmed made 10, saves for the Wildcats and Liam Mccormick added another. 

Scoring for East Hampton were Colin Marshall (2), Sebby Woodson, and Luke Davidson (2) with assists by Colin Marshall and Sebby Woodson. Shane Ruggiero made four saves for the Bellringers. 

Old Lyme boys are now 1-0-1 overall and 0-0-1 in the Shoreline Conference.

Playing away at East Hampton, the girls lost 2-0 with Grace Osborne in goal making six saves.

East Hampton’s goals came from Hadley Galovich and a Wildcat own goal. Cassie Owocki made three saves.

Old Lyme girls are now 0-2 overall.