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Soccer Roundup: Lyme-Old Lyme Girls Notch Impressive Win

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Lyme-Old Lyme High School girls soccer finished the week with a 9-1 win over North Branford.

On Thursday, Brooke Burgess, Hailey Suisman , and Reagan Christopher each scored two goals. Olivia Lovendale, Adrian Raby, and Emily Bonatti contributed a goal each. Avery Spooner notched an assist.

Goalkeeper Grace Osborne delivered four saves.

North Branford’s lone goal came from Kaydence Caporale. Goalkeeper Sofia Ludington finished with four saves.

The girls are now 3-3-2 overall and 3-3-0 in the Shoreline Conference. They next play Haddam-Killingworth High School at 4 p.m. on Friday in Old Lyme.

On Sept. 16, Old Saybrook High School bested Old Lyme 4-2.

On the Old Lyme side, the team’s two goals came from Anna Bussmann and Addy Morosky. Vivian Boller provided an assist. Grace Osborne made 12 saves.

For Old Saybrook, Nadia Roslonek delivered three goals and Jameli Jara scored one. One assist each came from Annalise Sarette and Carmen Vercillo. Emerson Cooke made a pair of saves.

Death Announced of John Allan Bysko Jr. of Lyme; 1997 Graduate of LOL High School, Highly Regarded Member of North Haven FD

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John Allan Bysko, Jr.

LYME, CT – John Allan Bysko, Jr. of Lyme, CT passed away on August 31, 2025. He was born in New London, CT on November 28, 1978 to John and Jane Bysko.

He graduated from Lyme-Old Lyme High School in 1997. He was a member of the National Honor Society, ran cross country, rowed crew and loved spending time with his group of friends skiing, snowboarding, jet skiing and boating.

He became a Junior member of the Old Lyme Fire Department when he was 15 years old, a Senior member in 1997 as well as becoming an Emergency Medical Technician when he was 17. He volunteered and worked for Old Lyme Ambulance for over 20 years.

After high school, John went on to spend one year at the Coast Guard Academy before quickly realizing that wasn’t for him. From there he went to UCONN, getting a degree in Health Care Management from the School of Business and realized that this wasn’t quite what he wanted to do.

He became a Paramedic and worked at the Shoreline Clinic in Westbrook as well as for AMR in New Haven. He enrolled in the Connecticut Fire Academy and graduated in 2011 with class #48 and began his career, his real true calling, with the North Haven Fire Department where he served for 14 years. Someone from his Fire Department family wrote the following: “His sudden death left the firehouse silent in a way no alarm ever could, leaving behind a team that relied on his calm during chaos and his humor during long shifts. Bysko earned trust not just through skill but through kindness. His colleagues described him as someone who brought warmth to the station and steadiness to the field.”

John leaves behind his mother, Jane, his sister, Jennifer, sister, Jillian and brother-in-law Glen Bobowicz as well as his nephews and niece, Brody, Ella, Noah, Elias and Owen. He was predeceased by his father, John A. Bysko, Sr., in October 2024.

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 11:00 at Christ the King Church, 1 McCurdy Road, Old Lyme, CT. Burial will follow in Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme with a reception to follow at his favorite restaurant, Sapore Pizzeria.

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.

Death Announced of John Allan Bysko Jr. of Lyme; 1997 Graduate of LOL High School, Highly Regarded Member of North Haven FD; Services in OL Saturday

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LYME, CT – John Allan Bysko Jr. of Lyme, passed away Aug. 31, 2025. He was born in New London, Nov. 28, 1978, to John and Jane Bysko.

He graduated from Lyme-Old Lyme High School in 1997. He was a member of the National Honor Society, ran cross country, rowed crew and loved spending time with his group of friends skiing, snowboarding, jet skiing and boating.

He became a junior member of the Old Lyme Fire Department when he was 15 years old, a senior member in 1997, as well as becoming an emergency medical technician when he was 17. He volunteered and worked for Old Lyme Ambulance for over 20 years …

John leaves behind his mother, Jane; his sister, Jennifer; sister, Jillian and brother-in-law Glen Bobowicz; as well as his nephews and niece, Brody, Ella, Noah, Elias and Owen. He was predeceased by his father, John A. Bysko Sr., in October 2024.

Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Christ the King Church, 1 McCurdy Road, Old Lyme. Burial will follow in Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme with a reception to follow at his favorite restaurant, Sapore Pizzeria.

Editor’s Note: Visit this link to view the full obituary published by ‘The Day’ on Sep. 7, 2025.

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.