Lyme-Old Lyme HS Weekend Sports Round-Up: Baseball Victorious in Thrilling Game

Girls’ Tennis, Boys’ Lacrosse Win Convincingly; Golf Lose in Nail-biter, Boys’ Tennis Defeated

BASEBALL

Lyme-Old Lyme Varsity Wildcats Defeats Old Saybrook Varsity Rams On Back Of Clutch Display From Rowen Meisner (2-3, 5 RBI, 1 R, 1 HR)
Lyme-Old Lyme-14 Old Saybrook-13

On Friday, April 11, Rowen Meisner drove in five runs on two hits to lead Lyme-Old Lyme past Old Saybrook. Meisner hit a grand slam to left field in the seventh inning, scoring four runs, and singled in the fourth inning, scoring one.

Lyme-Old Lyme collected seven hits and Old Saybrook tallied four in the high-scoring game.

Old Saybrook got on the board in the top of the first inning after Old Saybrook scored on a wild pitch, Lyme-Old Lyme committed an error, and Vince Bibisi (1-3, 2 R, 1 BB) scored after tagging up, each resulting in a run.

Old Saybrook added to their early lead in the top of the third inning when Noah Nygard (1-2, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB) singled, scoring one run, another error scored two runs, and a third error scored a run.

Old Saybrook scored six runs on one hit in the top of the fifth inning. Nygard drew a walk, which scored a run, Connor Barry (0-3, 1 R, 1 RBI) hit a sacrifice fly, scoring one run, James Ashe (0-3, 1 R, 1 BB) drew a walk, scoring one run, Charlie Carmichael (1-4, 2 R, 1 BB) drew a walk, scoring one run, and a fourth error scored two runs.

Lyme-Old Lyme flipped the game on its head in the bottom of the seventh, scoring 10 runs on four hits to take the lead and walk-off14-13. The biggest moment in the inning was a grand slam to left field by Meisner that drove in four.

Ben Frazier (3-4, 5 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB) set the tone at the top of the lineup, leading Lyme-Old Lyme with three hits in four at bats including having the walk-off hit. Aidan Carpentino (0-1 2 R, 1 RBI, 4BB) led Lyme-Old Lyme with four walks. Giovanni Winters (1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB) and Frazier each stole multiple bases for Lyme-Old Lyme (Ben with 3, Gio with 2). Lyme-Old Lyme collected eight stolen bases total for the game.

Nygard led Old Saybrook with two runs batted in. Bibisi, Carmichael, Lucas Hedge-Terrei (1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI), and Nygard each collected one hit for Old Saybrook . Old Saybrook had four stolen bases for the game.

GOLF

On Thursday, Old Lyme narrowly lost to Haddam-Killingworth  187 — 89  on Lyman Orchards Player Course, which has a Par 36. The scores were as follows:

Old Lyme
Jonah Scheckwitz  45
Elliot Dunn-Sims   47
Carter McGlinchey 50
Manu Geronimo 47

Haddam Killingworth
Cameron Moore 47
Axel Kolcio 44
Braylon Rodriguez 43
Robert Krahn 53

GIRLS’ TENNIS

On Thursday, April 10, Old-Lyme Girls Tennis crushed Morgan High School 7-0. Full scores were as follows:

1st Singles:
Katherine Zhang vs Tessa Gebauer 6-1, 6-1 
2nd Singles: 
Emma Arelt vs Rachel Spaziano 6-7, 6-0, 6-0
3rd Singles: 
Mari Munster vs Paige M onty 6-1, 6-1
4th Singles: 
Rose Dimmock vs Fran Limauro:  6-2, 6-0

1st Doubles: 
Stella Young / Addy Morosky vs Kate Gardner/ Margaret Limauro: 6-0, 6-0
2nd Doubles:  
Katie Ferman / Ainsley Rinoski vs Giovanna Riera / Eva Morse: 6-0, 6-0
3rd Doubles:
Allegra Schaedler / Caterina Wilson vs Mia Zhiminaicela / Gabby Sabatini: 6-1, 6-2

BOYS’ TENNIS

On Thursday, Old Lyme Boys’ tennis was defeated by Morgan 1-6

Singles:

1. Nate Miller (M) defeated Andy Sicuranza (OL) 6-1, 6-0
2. Micah Bass (OL) defeated Nick Vetrano (M) 6-7 (4),7-5, 10-4
3. Nate Kinser (M) defeated Rowan Hovey (OL) 6-4, 6-3
4. Andy Alvarez (M) defeated Oliver Wyman (OL) 7-6 (10), 6-4

Doubles:

1. Ryan Gray/Nick Hicks (M) defeated Chris Dagler/Gavin Gray (OL) 6-2, 6-3
2. Mekai Howard/Jude Watson (M) defeated Ryan Olsen/Ryan Miller (OL) 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
3. Hendrick Bausch/Zhen Wu (M) defeated James Dahlke/John Turick (OL) 6-4, 6-3

BOYS’ LACROSSE

On Thursday, April 10, Old Lyme trounced Cromwell 16-0

The following boys scored, assists are shown in parentheses after goals.

Hayden Grethel 2 (0)
Alex Krol 3 (1)
Ben Goulding 3
Quinn Sprankle 1
TJ Sousa 1
Payton Burr 1
Judah Waldo 1
Kevin Hou 1
Will Burgess 1
Brendan Landry 2 (1)
TOTAL 16 (2)

Lyme-Old Lyme HS Wednesday Sports Round-Up: Baseball, Golf, Girls’ & Boys’ Tennis, All Win

Baseball

In a thrilling game, played at Portland, Old Lyme was ultimately defeated 12-11 by Portland.

Old Lyme opened the scoring in the top of the first thanks to two singles. Rowen Meisner (2-4, 1 RBI, 2 R) singled, scoring one run.

The Wildcats added to their early lead in the top of the third inning when Cal Lacourciere (1-4, 2 RBI, 1 R, 1 BB) singled, scoring two runs, Kev Shegirian (1-4, 1 RBI, 1 R) doubled, scoring one run, and a wild pitch scored another run.

Portland scored seven runs on two hits in the bottom of the fourth inning. An error scored two runs, Yandel Rivera (1-4, 2 RBI, 2 R) singled, scoring two runs, another error scored another two runs, and Conner Doyle (1-5, 3 RBI) grounded out, scoring one run.

Portland then took the lead, 12-11, in the bottom of the seventh thanks to singles by Cade Moden (1-1, 1 R), and Doyle.

Moden earned the win for Portland. He allowed zero hits and zero runs over one inning, striking out one and walking one. Ben Frazier started the game for Lyme-Old Lyme. He only allowed three hits and eight runs (only one earned) over five innings, striking out five and walking two. Doyle began the game for Portland Varsity Highlander. He gave up six hits and six runs over three innings, striking out two and walking two.

Old Lyme had 10 hits in the game. Lacourciere led Lyme-Old Lyme with two runs batted in. Aidan Carpentino (3-5, 1 RBI, 1 R) led Old Lyme with three hits in five at bats. Meisner and Jackson Pannier (2-4, 1 RBI) each collected multiple hits for Lyme-Old Lyme. Meisner stole two bases.

The Wildcats had six stolen bases for the game.

Doyle, Aaron Ciarleglio (1-3, 2 RBI, 2 BB) Rivera, Moden, and Bryce Walsh (1-4, 1 R, 1 BB) each collected one hit for Portland. 

Boys’ Golf

Old Lyme defeated Valley Regional 176 – 222 at Black Hall Country Club where par is 35.

Coach Kirk Kaczor commented after the match, “Jonah [Scheckwitz] shot a 3 over par 38 in his first varsity match—that’s the best score I’ve had for a Freshman in my 17 years as golf coach [at Old Lyme.].”  

Full scores were as follows:

Old Lyme
Jonah Scheckwitz  38 (Medalist)
Elliot Dunn-Sims   46
Carter McGlinchey 47
Arthur Riccio  47

Valley Regional 
Braedan Nunes 51
Julian Mardjekaj 52
Owen Gallagher 56
Levi Batt 63

Boys’ Tennis

Old Lyme boys tennis defeated Old Saybrook/Portland 5-2 at Old Saybrook.

Full match scores were as follows:

Singles:
1 Singles: Andy Sicuranza (OL) def Elliot Rowland (OS) 2-6, 6-3, 10-7 (Tiebreak)
2 Singles: Micah Bass (OL) def Drew Demers (OS) 6-3, 6-0
3 Singles: Rowan Hovey (OL) lost to Dylan Cohen: 5-7, 1-6
4 Singles: Oliver Wyman (OL) lost to Peyton Mazzulo (OS) 3-6, 6-1, 6-7 (3-7 tiebreak)

Doubles:
1 Doubles: Chris Dagher & Gavin Gray (OL) def Nico Sokolowski & Carlos Velez (OS) 6-2, 6-1
2 Doubles: Ryan Olsen & Ryan Miller (OL) def Teddy Chacha & Beni Misenti (OS) 6-2, 6-0
3 Doubles: James Dahlke & John Turick (OL) won due to Forfeit.

Girls’ Tennis

Lyme-Old-Lyme Girls Tennis defeated Old Saybrook High School 6-1 at Old Lyme.

Full match scores were as follows:

1st Singles:
Katherine Zhang vs Michele Sapozhnikov 6-0, 6-3 

2nd Singles: 
Emma Arelt vs Elizabeth Pamment 6-0, 6-0

3rd Singles: 
Mari Munster vs Alex Hirst 2-6, 4-6

4th Singles: 
Rose Dimmock vs Camellia Motolanez       6-1, 6-2

1st Doubles: 
Stella Young / Addy Morosky vs Lily Dower / Chloe Young 6-4, 6-2

2nd Doubles:  
Katie Ferman / Ainsley Rinoski vs Caroline Ancona/ Tenzin Choedhar  6-1, 6-2

3rd Doubles:
Ada LaConti / Allegra Schaedler vs Evelyn Gage/ Elizabeth Bubello 6-4, 6-1