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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.

Old Lyme Soccer Boys Open Season with Big Win, Girls Lose to Cromwell

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OLD LYME — Alison Gleason’s Wildcat boys kicked off their first game of the season with a solid 4-2 win at home over Grasso Tech. Old Lyme v Grasso Tech 

Goalscorers were Ian Maeby, who added an assist to his tally, Elliot Dunn-Sims, Menzi Mbele and Rowan McCormick. 

Joseph Moore scored both goals for Grasso Tech.

Old Lyme goalie Sam Edmed made eight saves while his opposite number Ethan Dion made a remarkable 19.

Old Lyme’s overall record now stands at 1-0-0 and 0-0-0 in the Shoreline Conference.

Meanwhile, Caroline Wallace’s Wildcat girls faced traditionally tough opposition playing away at Cromwell. The team was defeated 4-0 with goalie Grace Osborne making three saves.

Goal-scorers for Cromwell were Lauren Carta, Hayden Vandersloot with two, and Taylor Ursin. Goalie Alexis Wiatrak made three saves.

TOP STORY-UPDATED: U.S. News & World Report Ranks Lyme-Old Lyme High School 8th in State, Breaking Top 500 Nationally

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The entrance to Lyme-Old Lyme High School. LymeLine file photo.

OLD LYME—Lyme-Old Lyme High School (LOLHS) is among the Top 10 high schools in Connecticut and the Top 500 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. 

The school earned eighth place on the Best High Schools list released this week. The rankings are compiled annually based on state-required test scores, graduation rates and how well each school prepares students for college.

Lyme-Old Lyme High School ranked 415 out of nearly 18,000 public high schools across the country. 

Superintendent of Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Ian Neviaser on Friday welcomed the news.

“This recognition reflects the hard work and dedication of our students, the expertise and commitment of our teachers and staff, and the strong support of our families and community,” he said.

Neviaser added, “We will continue to challenge ourselves to provide an exceptional education for every student while preparing them for success in college, careers, and life beyond Lyme-Old Lyme.”

The Top 10 Best High Schools in Connecticut identified by U.S. News & World Report are: 

  • 1. Connecticut IB Academy, East Hartford
  • 2. New Canaan High School
  • 3. Weston High School
  • 4. Darien High School
  • 5. Wilton High School
  • 6. Staples High School, Westport
  • 7. Marine Science Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut, Groton 
  • 8. Lyme-Old Lyme High School
  • 9. Greenwich High School
  • 10. Hall High School, West Hartford

Lyme-Old Lyme High School and Marine Science Magnet High School are the only schools in New London County to break the Top 10. 

Here’s how other local area schools stacked up: 

  • 17. East Lyme High School
  • 20. Stonington High School
  • 31. Haddam-Killingworth High School
  • 45. Wheeler High School, N. Stonington
  • 49. Valley Regional High School, Deep River
  • 50. Westbrook High School
  • 51. Waterford High School
  • 52. Old Saybrook High School
  • 54. The Morgan School, Clinton
  • 68. Bacon Academy, Colchester
  • 76. Robert E. Fitch High School, Groton
  • 77. Montville High School
  • 88. Ledyard High School
  • 91. Science and Technology Magnet Pathway for High School Grades, New London
  • 102. Lyman Memorial High School, Lebanon
  • 105. Griswold High School
  • 115. Nathan Hale-Ray High School, East Haddam
  • 135. Norwich Free Academy
  • 144. Three Rivers Middle College Magnet School, Norwich
  • 154. Norwich Technical High School
  • 158. Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Technical High School, Groton 
  • 160. New London High School
  • 171. New London Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School

The 2025 rankings are based on three-year old data described by US News & World Report in a press release as the most recent state and federal figures available.  

Data shows 67% of Lyme-Old Lyme’s 392 students at the time took at least one Advanced Placement (AP) exam, with 62% passing. The graduation rate was 98%. 

The media company said schools are evaluated on how effectively they serve all students, including underserved populations, with college readiness measured through student participation and performance on AP and International Baccalaureate exams.

Seventeen percent of LOLHS students at the time identified as Black, Hispanic, Asian or biracial, according to the report. About 14% of students were considered economically disadvantaged.

Lyme-Old Lyme High School ranked 13th in the 2024 rankings and 34th the year prior. 

Editor’s Note: This article was updated with a quote from Superintendent Neviaser.

UPDATED: Death Announced of Anthony David Carrano, Beloved Former Assistant Principal in LOL Schools; Celebration of Life to be Held in New Haven, Sept. 16

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Anthony David Carrano

UPDATED Aug. 7 with additional biographical information and details of the Celebration of Life.

The death has been announced of Anthony David Carrano on July 18, 2025. He was born in New Haven, CT on June 12, 1950 to Andrew and Carmela Carrano and has a younger brother, Andrew (Buddy) still residing there.

Anthony graduated from Cross High Scool in 1968 and Quinnipiac University in 1972.

He married Lois Parisi (1950-1989)and they had a daughter, Valeria, who resides with her husband , Francesco Camperlingo, and their three children in Salerno, Italy.

After teaching history in Westbrook Middle and High Schools, he moved to Lyme-Old Lyme (LOL) Schools in 2000 where he served as Assistant Principal of LOL Middle School for many years and subsequently moved to Lyme-Old Lyme High School where he took the same role.

Anthony and his wife, Patty Doran retired 13 years ago to Bonita Springs, FL, a place which he dearly loved.

He leaves behind his beloved wife, Patty; his daughter, Valeria Carrano, her husband, Francesco Camperlingo and their three children, Joseph, Stella, and Angelo. He also leaves his brother Andrew Carrano; and two stepsons, Stephen Doran, his wife, Leah, and their children, Eleanor and James; and Christopher Doran.

There will be a Celebration of the life of Anthony Carrano at Bar, 254 Crown Street, New Haven, CT on Tuesday, September 16th from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Please RSVP to 239-980-2024 and send any photos of Tony to be included in a video program.

There was no official obituary but Tony’s wife Patty wrote this beautiful tribute to her late husband and gave us her permission to publish it.

How do you say goodbye to the love of your life? Tony, Anthony, Antonio, Ant, were names that those of us who were lucky enough to share the days of our lives with you, called you. It was a long 7-month battle with multifocal glioblastoma, but now you are at peace. During those months we shared stories of our entire lives and those who made it special. I always say that I moved to CT to find you. You taught me about Italian food, Italy, friendship, kindness, and most of all, love. We shared each others families and built a beautiful life together these 20+ years.

Your wish was to have your ashes and spirit brought back to your beloved Amalfi and spread out at sea while Neapolitan music and Frank Sinatra play and the ghosts of your ancestors dance with those of us who will mourn and celebrate you. I also hope that you will forgive me if I take part of you back to CT, The Cove, New Haven, Westbrook, and Old Lyme so that your many family, friends, former students, and I can celebrate you in the place where we fell in love.

I will love you forever, but now you are at peace.

Your loving wife, Patty or Patricia as you loved to call me.

Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Announce Quarter 4 Honor Rolls

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Lyme-Old Lyme High School
2024-25 Quarter 4 Honor Roll

HIGH HONORS

Grade 12: Ella Austin, Micah Bass, Gavin Biega, Molly Boardman, Nathaniel Bradley, Mark Burnham, Chase Calderon, Dylan Carnaroli, Andrew Clougherty, Tabitha Colwell, Andrea DeBernardo, Zoe Eastman-Grossel, Caeli Edmed, Anna Eichholz, Davis Fallon, Grace Ferman, Benedict Frazier, Hoshena Gemme, Manu Geronimo, Elias Goldberg, Nicolas Hatch, Yucheng Hou, Shyla Jones, Thomas Kabel, Simon Karpinski, Ella Kiem, Skylar Kobelia, Peter Kuhn, Ada LaConti, Brenden Landry, Andrew Liu, Lana Lopes, Elizabeth Lopez, Colette Marchant, Tirill Mundal, Kayla Navarro, Abigail O’Brien, Kanon Oharu, Sophie Pennie, Ysabel Rodriguez, Madelin Salazar Cajamarca, Josephine Small, Andrew Sprankle, Madeline Supersano, Charlotte Tinniswood, Nicholas Turtoro, Giovanni Winters, Ava Wood-Muller, Wenyao Zhang, Gabriella Ziegler

Grade 11: Trevor Buydos, Caden Camarra, Tyler Cann, Julia Clark, Maya Cook, Annabelle Coppola, Colman Curtiss-Reardon, Christopher Dagher, Sophia D’Angelo, Rose Dimmock, Alexa Donovan, Chase Gilbert, Alexander Glaras, Elizaveta Gregoire, Oliver Hatchel, Anne-Marie Hinckley, Christopher Kachur, Thomas Kelly, Jayden Livesey, Emily Looney, Poveda Lucas, Daniela Marin Yanza, Nayeli Marin Yanza, Serena Mazzi, Carter McGlinchey, Samuel McKenzie, Rowen Meisner, Ryan Miller, Madeline Murphy, Isabella Presti, Jacob Prokopets, Lance Sanford, Sophia Shaposhnikova, Luca Signora, Addison Spooner, Carson St. Louis, Andrew Taylor, Meredith Thompson, Madeleine Trepanier, Connor Vautrain, Oliver Wyman, Stella Young, Carl Zapatka

Grade 10: Addison Arndt, Phineas Barrett, Ceciley Buckley, Morgan Buerger, Brooke Burgess, William Burgess, Anna Bussmann, Lillian Calabrese, Aidan Carpentino, Isaac Chartier, Johanna Coker, Brady Donovan, Samson Edmed, Lauren Fulara, Angeline Gencarella, Antonio Gencarella, Gavin Goulis, Harrison Goulis, Skylar Graybill, Tessa Grethel, Owen Holth, Josephine Kiem, Allisondra Krol, Autumn Newbury, Ainsley Rinoski, Cameron Russell, Owen Shapiro, Kevork Shegirian, Milo Stiles, Carli Teixeira, Magdalena Tooker, Ethan Trepanier, Kaylyn Vernon, Caterina Wilson, Brody Ziolkovski

Grade 9: Lillian Acosta, Lauren Belval, Scarlett Blatter, Vivian Boller, Lana Brunza, Trevor Camarra, Naomi Cameron, Gabrielle Clark, Katharine Ferman, Jonah Filardi, Cortland Forbes, Avery Goiangos, Gavin Gray, Sawyer Graybill, Kinsley Grenier, Maia Guisti, Colleen Harrington, Reese Holland, Sophia Huang, Henrik Hummervoll, Fiona Judge, Jillian Kleefeld, Kaedyn Koproski, Treyton LaConti, Holden Leonardo, Alice Li, Graham Macadam, Benjamin Mattox, Menzi Mbele, Charles McEwen, William McKeever, Addyson Morosky, Grace Morrissette, Marielle Munster, Theodore Neary, Gwenevere Osborne, Mila Pacelli, Mattea Parnoff, Remi Patz, Nicholas Porto, Jonah Scheckwitz, Audrey Sheehan, Avery Spooner, Hailey Suisman, Charlotte Thuma, Ashlynn Ward, Ella Ziolkovski

HONORS

Grade 12: Emma Arelt, Hannah Bonilla, Dominic Clark, Hunter Coffey, Christopher Gibbons, Janna Graves, Abigail Greene, Kaela Hoss, Gage Kaulfuss, Olivia Kelly, Bronwyn Kyle, Elise Leonardo, Amahle Mdluli, Nathan Morgan, Max Novak, Ryan Shapiro, Nola Slubowski, Spencer Spezio, Erika Teixeira, Kathleen Walsh

Grade 11: Charlotte Antonino, Sienna Bari, Zoe Brunza, Makayla Calderon, Braden Dawson, Michael DeFiore, Claire Engdall, Benjamin Goulding, Quinn Hadarik, William Landon, Sebastian Lopez-Bravo, Ian Maeby, Sybil Neary, Ryan Ortoleva, Quenten Patz, Marleigh Piacenza, Tanner Snurkowski, Sydney St. Pierre, Margaret Thuma, Eve Videll, Elisabeth Viera

Grade 10: Mohammed Ali, Zachary Belval, Mia Bonatti, Logan Buckingham, Kacey Cajamarca, Evan Coffee, Amirah D’Lizarraga, Elliot Dunn-Sims, Edward Fiske, Elsa Jungkeit, Callahan Lacourciere, Logan Landry, Olivia Lovendale, Kaylee McCarthy, Sean Olsen, Alexandria Sanford, Allegra Schaedler

Grade 9: Noah Brant, John Comstock, Nathaniel Condon, Colin Discordia, Frederick Goss, Morgan Harris, Ryan Hill, David McAdams, Rowan McCormick, Ava Novak, Delilah Tooker, Renee Viera, Charles Zapatka, Avery Zbierski

Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School
2024-25 Quarter 4 Honor Roll

HIGH HONORS

Grade 8: Josie Arndt, Anna Block, Emily Bonatti, Cassidy Buckley, Ewan Cabell, Emily Campbell, Finnegan Choisnet, Reagan Christopher, Eliana Cicchiello, Emerson Coker, Miles Coppola, Ezekiel Daily, Maya Desai, Parker Fedorich, Jackson Fiske, Parker Forbes, Samantha Fulara, Ava Fuller, Olivia Gerardo, Victoria Glaras, Kylie Grethel, Olivia Griffith, Cole Haslam, Charles Holth, Quinn Hoss, Griffin Karpinski, Collin Langley, Zoey Langley, Ellison Lodge, Isabel Martel, Harland McKenna, Maxwell Mooney, Sofia Noti, Thomas O’Connor, Kanato Oharu, Giovanni Orlando, Jack Ouellette, Adrian Raby, Benson Reis, Tristan Reyes, Lillian Reynolds, Beatrix Rubino, Addison Sapia, Juliette Small, Mia Stokes, Natalie Suisman, Olive Vautrain, Benson Wang, Reagan Weinstein, Samuel Zelek, Lily Zerkowski

Grade 7: Charlotte Anton, Jack Antonino, Annalisa Archbald, Miella Bard, Sawyer Barreto, Cole Barris, Jackson Basham, Zakary Benedetto, Braydon Boisseau, Conor Buckeridge, Thomas Calabrese, Rowan Cantner, Mason Catalano, Jackson Chapps, Ainsley Conroy, Oliver Constantine, Brennon Coyle, Ella Davis, Amy Diaz, Daphne Eisensmith, Hunter Emma, Kate Ewers, Camryn Fedorich, Estelle Filardi, Beckett Goss, Delana Green-Oldfield, Aibhlinn Hall, Julia Haslam, Sean Hunter, August Jungkeit, Devon Kiem, Rowan Kilfoil, Eva Levonick, Yago Lobo, Jamie Maloney, Mary McAdams, Ariana McEwen, Finn McLaughlin, Henry Miller, Ryann Montesanto, Broderick Morris, Isla Morrissette, Maya Munster, Maura Murphy, Avery Olson, Gunnar Palmer, Juul Parrott, Quin Parrott, Quinn Quarto, Caliana Rand, Charlotte Reynolds, Olivia Rozanski-Rose, Linden Sarnoski, Ari Shegirian, Maya Smith, Reed Snurkowski, Grace Strekel, Molly Supersano, Weston Taylor, Liam Ward, John Young

Grade 6: Mylo Awwa, Ella Boudo, Cecelia Bradley, Brody Burr, Luz Cajamarca, Finn Celic, Andrew Chonka, Maizie Curtiss-Reardon, Croix Demars, Lucia D’Onofrio, Catherine Fisher, Maxwell Garvin, Natalie Gibbons, Walter Glenn, Gabriella Gonzalez, Niall Hallahan, Joy Haney, Gerald Holland, Emma Hoxha, Ofelia Karsten, Aiden Lapinski, Parker Lee, Benjamin Lott, Roosevelt Lowry, Siena Maguire, Emma Morales, Loretta Newbury, Nico Orlando, Alexander Reid, Jack Reiter, Connor Rice, Taylor Rooney, Magnolia Sahl, Reid Sapia, Kate Scheckwitz, Colton Schroder, Madison Seckla, Piper Spiegel, Leif Sullivan, Audrey Thuma, Tobias Tooker, Carina Vakili, Henry Whalen, Charlotte Zeng

HONORS

Grade 8: Trent Cameron, Colin Farrell, Curran Livesey, Oliver Newbury, Jack Parker, Nikolas Reid, Cooper Thomas, Teya Vernon

Grade 7: Liam Carpentino, Daniel Crisp, Jaxson Glantz, Ekaterina Gregoire, Thomas Hayes, Callen Hill, Camden Novak, Emily Randak, Roman Schlachter, Jackson Staab, Lucius Stebbins-Wallen

Grade 6: David Acosta, Finn Cabell, Ryan Campbell, Liang Chang, John Hornyak, Callie Kelo, Colton Lodge, Linnea McLachlan, Gabriella Norris, Mason Polski, EmmaLeigh Reed, Brandon Reyes, Graycie Riquelme, Michael Soriano