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Lyme-Old Lyme High School Senior Christopher B. Gibbons Awarded National Merit Scholarship

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Christopher Gibbons has been named a National Merit Scholar. He is among 2,500 students with the “strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success” out of 15,000 finalists, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Photo courtesy of Lyme-Old Lyme High School.

OLD LYME–A Lyme-Old Lyme High School senior is among 2,500 National Merit Scholars honored as the most accomplished in their states. 

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation in a press release identified Christopher B. Gibbons, of Old Lyme, as one of 30 honorees from Connecticut to receive a $2,500 scholarship from the corporation.  

The winners were chosen because they showed the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success out of the 15,000 finalists identified nationwide in this year’s contest, the nonprofit corporation said. 

The corporation will continue to announce National Merit Scholars through July.

LOLHS guidance counselor Jo Williams in an email praised Gibbons’ “wonderful, curious mind.” 

She described an intense schedule over the past several years that has helped prepare Gibbons to study linguistics at the University of British Columbia in Canada. 

High school coursework included seven Advanced Placement and college-level classes, including AP Calculus as a sophomore. 

Gibbons speaks Mandarin, Spanish and Polish in addition to English. He attended an ACES International trip to China over the April break that his guidance counselor described as “quite an immersion.” 

Gibbons is a member of the National Honor Society, the Environmental and Community Service Club and the Chinese Honor Society. He volunteers at the Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library and was a Boy Scout from 2018 to 2024, achieving the Star Scout rank. 

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation said the number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating high school seniors.

The first group of appproximately 830 Merit Scholars was announced in April, the corporation said. About 360 more students will be announced in June and July.

As part of a years-long process, the corporation said the current swath of National Merit Scholars were first identified beginning in October 2023 as high school juniors taking the PSAT. The highest-scoring participants in each state, representing less than one percent of the nation’s high school seniors, were named semifinalists. More than 16,000 semifinalists had an opportunity to continue in the competition.

Over 15,000 of the semifinalists met the very high academic standards and other requirements to become finalists. 

More than 6,930 finalists by the end of the summer will have earned the Merit Scholar title and received a total of nearly $26 million in college scholarships, the corporation said.

Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Announce Quarter 3 Honor Rolls

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Lyme-Old Lyme High School

2024-25 Quarter 3 Honor Roll

HIGH HONORS

Grade 12:  Ella Austin, Gavin Biega, Molly Boardman, Nathaniel Bradley, Mark Burnham, Chase Calderon, Andrew Clougherty, Tabitha Colwell, Gloria Conley, Chloe Datum, Caeli Edmed, Anna Eichholz, Davis Fallon, Grace Ferman, Benedict Frazier, Manu Geronimo, Christopher Gibbons, Elias Goldberg, Nicolas Hatch, Kaela Hoss, Yucheng Hou, Shyla Jones, Thomas Kabel, Simon Karpinski, Ella Kiem, Skylar Kobelia, Peter Kuhn, Elise Leonardo, Andrew Liu, Lana Lopes, Colette Marchant, Tirill Mundal, Abigail O’Brien, Kanon Oharu, Sophie Pennie, Madelin Salazar Cajamarca, Ryan Shapiro, Drea Simler, Andrew Sprankle, Charlotte Tinniswood, Kathleen Walsh, Giovanni Winters, Ava Wood-Muller, Wenyao Zhang, Gabriella Ziegler

Grade 11: Tyler Cann, Julia Clark, Maya Cook, Annabelle Coppola, Colman Curtiss-Reardon, Christopher Dagher, James Dahlke, Sophia D’Angelo, Rose Dimmock, Alexa Donovan, Alexander Glaras, Elizaveta Gregoire, Christopher Kachur, Jayden Livesey, Poveda Lucas, Ian Maeby, Daniela Marin Yanza, Serena Mazzi, Carter McGlinchey, Samuel McKenzie, Ryan Miller, Isabella Presti, Jacob Prokopets, Luca Signora, Andrew Taylor, Madeleine Trepanier, Connor Vautrain, Oliver Wyman, Stella Young

Grade 10: Ceciley Buckley, Morgan Buerger, Brooke Burgess, Anna Bussmann, Lillian Calabrese, Aidan Carpentino, Isaac Chartier, Samson Edmed, Lauren Fulara, Angeline Gencarella, Gavin Goulis, Tessa Grethel, Owen Holth, Josephine Kiem, Olivia Lovendale, Autumn Newbury, Grace Osborne, Ainsley Rinoski, Cameron Russell, Owen Shapiro, Carli Teixeira, Magdalena Tooker, Kaylyn Vernon, Caterina Wilson

Grade 9: Lillian Acosta, Lauren Belval, Scarlett Blatter, Vivian Boller, Lana Brunza, Trevor Camarra, Gabrielle Clark, Nathaniel Condon, Katharine Ferman, Jonah Filardi, Cortland Forbes, Avery Goiangos, Frederick Goss, Gavin Gray, Sawyer Graybill, Kinsley Grenier, Maia Guisti, Colleen Harrington, Morgan Harris, Sophia Huang, Henrik Hummervoll, Fiona Judge, Jillian Kleefeld, Kaedyn Koproski, Alice Li, Graham Macadam, Benjamin Mattox, Menzi Mbele, David McAdams, Charles McEwen, William McKeever, Addyson Morosky, Grace Morrissette, Marielle Munster, Mattea Parnoff, Remi Patz, Nicholas Porto, Jonah Scheckwitz, Avery Spooner, Hailey Suisman, Charlotte Thuma, Ella Ziolkovski

HONORS

Grade 12: Hannah Bonilla, Andrea DeBernardo, Zoe Eastman-Grossel, Hoshena Gemme, Abigail Greene, Hannah Johnston, Gage Kaulfuss, Olivia Kelly, Evan LeQuire, Nola Slubowski, Josephine Small, Erika Teixeira, Nicholas Turtoro

Grade 11: Charlotte Antonino, Max Bartlett, Zoe Brunza, Trevor Buydos, Makayla Calderon, Caden Camarra, Braden Dawson, Michael DeFiore, Benjamin Goulding, Oliver Hatchel, Anne-Marie Hinckley, Thomas Kelly, Maya LeQuire, Emily Looney, Sebastian Lopez-Bravo, Madeline Murphy, Sybil Neary, Ryan Olsen, Ryan Ortoleva, Quenten Patz, Tanner Snurkowski, Addison Spooner, Carson St. Louis, Sydney St. Pierre, Meredith Thompson, Margaret Thuma, Carl Zapatka, Katherine Zhang

Grade 10: Addison Arndt, Phineas Barrett, Zachary Belval, William Burgess, Johanna Coker, Amirah D’Lizarraga, Brady Donovan, Elliot Dunn-Sims, Edward Fiske, Harrison Goulis, Marley Iaia, Callahan Lacourciere, Patrick Lynch, Matilda Miller, Michael Millerick, John Morosky, Cara Paonessa, Vincenzo Pietrowicz, Arthur Riccio, Alexandria Sanford, Allegra Schaedler, Kevork Shegirian

Grade 9: Naomi Cameron, John Comstock, Alistair Grenier, Reese Holland, Henry Kyle, Treyton LaConti, Holden Leonardo, Sadie Lukasiewski, Rowan McCormick, Clarissa Mock, Theodore Neary, Ava Novak, Gwenevere Osborne, Mila Pacelli, Logan Patana, Caiden Pelletier, Marguerite Sevigny, Audrey Sheehan, Delilah Tooker, Renee Viera, Ashlynn Ward, Charles Zapatka

Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School

2024-25 Quarter 3 Honor Roll

HIGH HONORS

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

Grade 7: Jack Antonino, Annalisa Archbald, Miella Bard, Sawyer Barreto, Cole Barris, Jackson Basham, Zakary Benedetto, Conor Buckeridge, Thomas Calabrese, Rowan Cantner, Mason Catalano, Jackson Chapps, Ainsley Conroy, Oliver Constantine, Daniel Crisp, Ella Davis, Amy Diaz, Daphne Eisensmith, Kate Ewers, Camryn Fedorich, Estelle Filardi, Beckett Goss, Delana Green-Oldfield, Julia Haslam, Sean Hunter, Rowan Kilfoil, Eva Levonick, Yago Lobo, Jamie Maloney, Mary McAdams, Ariana McEwen, Finn McLaughlin, Henry Miller, Broderick Morris, Maya Munster, Maura Murphy, Avery Olson, Gunnar Palmer, Juul Parrott, Quin Parrott, Quinn Quarto, Caliana Rand, Emily Randak, Charlotte Reynolds, Olivia Rozanski-Rose, Linden Sarnoski, Ari Shegirian, Maya Smith, Weston Taylor, John Young, Kingsley Zheng

Grade 6: David Acosta, Mylo Awwa, Cecelia Bradley, Brody Burr, Finn Cabell, Luz Cajamarca, Finn Celic, Liang Chang, Maizie Curtiss-Reardon, Croix Demars, Catherine Fisher, Maxwell Garvin, Natalie Gibbons, Gabriella Gonzalez, Gerald Holland, Joseph Jewett, Callie Kelo, Aiden Lapinski, Parker Lee, Colton Lodge, Benjamin Lott, Siena Maguire, Linnea McLachlan, Emma Morales, Nico Orlando, Alexander Reid, Jack Reiter, Brandon Reyes, Connor Rice, Taylor Rooney, Magnolia Sahl, Kate Scheckwitz, Colton Schroder, Madison Seckla, Leif Sullivan, Audrey Thuma, Tobias Tooker, Carina Vakili, Henry Whalen

HONORS

Grade 8: Samuel Dunn-Sims, Colin Farrell, Parker Forbes, Jared Fulara, John Osborne, Charlotte Sanford, Adrianna Squarciafico

Grade 7: Liam Carpentino, Hunter Emma, Aibhlinn Hall, Thomas Hayes, August Jungkeit, Tristan Montanaro, Ryann Montesanto, Isla Morrissette, Roman Schlachter, Reed Snurkowski, Lucius Stebbins-Wallen, Grace Strekel, Molly Supersano, Kolbein Vigen, Jack Walter, Liam Ward

Grade 6: Dylan Boisseau, Ella Boudo, Ryan Campbell, Andrew Chonka, Connor Christopher, Ryan Dawson, Lucia D’Onofrio, Walter Glenn, Niall Hallahan, Ofelia Karsten, Roosevelt Lowry, Aidan Mulligan, Loretta Newbury, Gabriella Norris, EmmaLeigh Reed, Michael Soriano, Piper Spiegel

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

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

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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)
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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)

Tom Bushnell of Old Lyme Named Assistant Principal at LOL High School

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Tom Bushnell will replace Lyme-Old Lyme High School Assistant Principal Jeanne Manfredi on July 1. Photo courtesy of the Lyme-Old Lyme Schools.

OLD LYME – On April 3, Lyme-Old Lyme (LOL) Schools announced that Tom Bushnell of Old Lyme will replace Lyme-Old Lyme High School (LOLHS) Assistant Principal Jeanne Manfredi upon her retirement at the end of the current school year. 

The district in a press release said Bushnell, who currently serves as an assistant principal at North Haven High School, will begin his new position on July 1.

Superintendent of Schools Ian Neviaser said the district received 160 applications.

He commented, “Tom’s calm and friendly demeanor, along with his passion for working with young adults, made him stand out from a very competitive field.” Neviaser added, “We look forward to Tom joining our team and continuing to build upon the success of Lyme-Old Lyme High School.”

With four years’ experience as assistant principal, Bushnell has also worked as a social studies and math teacher at Adams Middle School in Guilford and St. Thomas More School in Montville. 

Bushnell has a sixth year certificate in educational leadership from the University of Connecticut, a master’s degree from Fairfield’s Sacred Heart University, and earned his bachelor’s degree from Connecticut College.

Bushnell lives in Old Lyme with his wife and two children.

Manfredi is retiring after more than 30 years in the district, including nine years as LOLHS Assistant Principal. She worked initially for LOL Schools from June 1991 to 1999, returning in 2003. 

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with the number of years of service of the retiring Assistant Principal.

Lyme-Old Lyme HS Tuesday Sports Round-Up

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Girls’ Lacrosse

On Tuesday, April 8, Lyme-Old Lyme High School Girls Lacrosse opened the season against Morgan at home. Old Lyme won 13-5 and is 1-0 on the season.

Goal-scorers for Old Lyme were Sadie Lukasiewski with four goals, Anna Bussman with three goals, and Elise Marchant with two.

Goal-scorers with assists were Anne-Marie Hinckley with one goal and one assist, and Jill Kleefeld with three goals and one assist.

Assists were made by Allie Krol, Kanon Oharu and Maddie Trepanier with one assist apiece.

Avery Spooner made three saves in goal for the Wildcats.

Girls’ Tennis

On Tuesday, April 8, Old Lyme lost 5-2 to Valley Regional High School. Old Lyme wins came from the #1 singles match with Katherine Zhang soundly defeating her opponent Sophia Bonannoi 6-1, 6-0 and the #3 doubles team of Katie Ferman and Ainsley Rinoski. They defeated Charlotte Kolb and Sydney Liggett 6-2, 6-4. 

Full match scores were as follows:

1st Singles: 
Katherine Zhang Vs Sophia Bonannoi 6-1, 6-0 

2nd Singles: 
Emma Arelt vs Hannah Smith 6-7, 1-6 

3rd Singles: 
Mari Munster vs Ella Smith 0-6, 1-6 

4th Singles:  
Rose Dimmock vs Riley Russell 4-6, 2-6 

1st Doubles:  
Stella Young / Addy Morosky Vs Regan Grow / Alessia Pisanzio: 1-6, 2-6 

2nd Doubles: 
Ada LaConti / Allegra Schaedler Vs Alana Martinez/ Ella Martinez 2-6, 3-6 

3rd Doubles: 
Katie Ferman / Ainsley Rinoski Vs Charlotte Kolb/ Sydney Liggett 6-2, 6-4 

Boys’ Tennis

On Tuesday, April 8, Old Lyme defeated Valley Regional High School 6-1.

On a cold windy day to open the season after a rainout on Monday, the Wildcats defeated the Valley Regional Warriors in Old Lyme. Senior Captain Andy Sicuranza handled a back-and-forth match from Eddie Johnson, while his fellow Senior Captain, Micah Bass barely came out with a win over Freshman phenom Myles Garrity of Valley, defeating him in a 3rd set tiebreaker.

Garrity demonstrated the composure of a senior in just his first official high school match, taking Micah Bass, former Doubles Champion (2023), to three sets.

Old Lyme’s third captain, Senior, Rowan Hovey was handed Old Lyme’s only loss on the day, while Junior Oliver Wyman handled Valley’s, Samphel in two sets. 

Old Lyme swept doubles, with their own freshman phenom, Gavin Gray, pairing up with Junior and 2nd Team All-Conference player from last year, Chris Dagher to start this season.

Ryan Olsen and Ryan Miller took a win at #2 doubles, while James Dahlke and John Turick were handed a win due to forfeit at #3 doubles.

The Wildcats will look to get back to the top this season after falling short in second place to Westbrook last season.

Full match scores were as follows:

Singles:
1 Singles: Andy Sicuranza (OL) def Eddie Johnson (V): 6-2, 7-5
2 Singles: Micah Bass (OL) def Myles Garrity (V): 7-6 (7-2 tiebreak), 0-6, 10-8 (Third Set tiebreak)
3 Singles: Rowan Hovey (OL) lost to Ryan Poulin (V): 4-6, 1-6
4 Singles: Oliver Wyman (OL) def Tserig Samphel (V): 6-0, 6-1

Doubles:
1 Doubles: Chris Dagher & Gavin Gray (OL) def Nic Cartegena & Jonah Morrissey (V): 6-2, 6-2
2 Doubles: Ryan Olsen & Ryan Miller (OL) def Theo Vari & Vincent Vari (V): 6-0, 6-0
3 Doubles: James Dahlke & John Turick (OL) won due to Forfeit.

Boys’ Lacrosse

On Tuesday, April 8, Lyme-Old Lyme High School Boys Lacrosse opened the season with a 6-9 loss against Morgan away.

Goal scorers for the Wildcats were:
Graham Macadam 1
Alex Krol 2
Ben Goulding 1 and 1 assist
Quinn Sprankle 1
Lucian Tracano 1

Old Lyme had Lyme-Old Lyme 10 shots on goal compared with Morgan’s 9

Cam Russell made 5 saves for the Wildcats while Braedon Stechle notched 14 for Morgan.