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RHAM outlasts Avon in finals, 2-1

MIDDLETOWN, Nov. 20 – Sophomore Sydney Aldrich took a pass from teammate Audra Ayotte and ripped a shot past Avon goalie Kaylan Conrad with 13:42 left in regulation to lift No. 2 RHAM to a 2-1 victory over No. 4 Avon in the Class L championship game at Middletown High School. After a throw-in, Ayotte dribbled between a few Avon defenders before getting the ball to Aldrich.

RHAM (18-1-1) took a 1-0 lead just six minutes into the game as Ayotte sent a free kick from about 30 yards away toward the far post. Kristen Brett flicked the ball off her head for the early Sachem lead.

Avon rallied to tie the game early in the second half. Forward Erica Primovic won a race with RHAM goalie Brittany Lovett for a loose ball. Lovett sprinted to the top of the penalty box and dove for the ball. But Primovic was already there and tapped it around Lovett with 30 minutes left in the game.

RHAM won its first state title since 1995. Avon (16-3-1) was in the Class L finals for the second straight year. A year ago, they lost to New Canaan, 1-0. “It’s hard to lose but that is a great team we played,” Avon coach Jim Murray told the Hartford Courant. “I just asked our girls to leave everything on the field and they did.”

Avon in the finals (3-4)
Class L
2010: RHAM 2, Avon 1
2009: New Canaan 1, Avon 0
Class M
2003: Avon 2, Joel Barlow 1
2002: Avon 2, Waterford 0
2001: Avon 1, Lauralton Hall 0, 2OT
2000: Suffield 1, Avon 0
Class S

1990: Elllington 2,  Avon 1

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Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.

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