AVON, Oct. 12, 2022 – Katelyn Wankier had 15 kills and three serving aces while Olivia Evanko had 26 assists as the Avon High girls volleyball team won their fourth match of the season with a 3-0 sweep of East Catholic on Wednesday.
The Falcons (4-8) beat the Eagles, 25-20, 25-13 and 25-21. Jocee Powers had 14 digs and three serving aces for the winners while Paola Ortega had six digs and three aces. East Catholic falls to 3-9 on the season.
BOYS GOLF
Litchfield 174, Lewis Mills 179
HARWINTON, Oct. 12, 2022 – Lewis Mills’ Aidan Carrano and Litchfield High’s Tom Vailionis each shot a 41 to share medalist honors in Wednesday’s non-league boys golf match at Fairfview Farms. The visiting Cowboys came away with a five-stroke win over the Spartans, 174-179.
Litchfield 174, Lewis Mills 179
At Harwinton
Litchfield (174) Spencer White 43, Tom Vailionis 41, Christian Prindle 45, Hayden Marriott 45, Ben Muecke 45
Lewis Mills (179) Aidan Carrano 41, Eli Pelletier 48, Liam O’Sullivan 47, Max Dinunzio 43, Tristan Mooney 50
Medalist: Aiden Carrano (LM) and Tom Vailionis (L) 41 at Fairview Farms, par 36
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Lewis Mills 15, Middletown 50
MIDDLETOWN, Oct. 12, 2022 – Lewis Mills’ Chase Hedrick won by 21 seconds to lead the Spartans to a 15-50 shutout win over the host Dragons Wednesday at Veteran’s Park. Mills swept the top eight spots of the race to earn the shutout.
Lewis Mills 15, Middletown 50
At Middletown
Top 10 runners: Chase Hedrick (LM) 17:33 for 2.9 miles at Veteran’s Park; 2. Thomas Leenhouts (LM) 17:54, 3. Aiden Calabro (LM) 18:44, 4. Apollo Josephson (LM) 18:46, 5. Zachary Barth (LM) 18:47, 6. Jacob Larson (LM) 18:49, 7. Jameson Sederquist (LM) 18:57, 8. Ryan Eggleston (LM) 19:02, 9. Evan Whittaker (M) 19:05, 10. Thomas Brzoska (LM) 19:21
Avon 18, Farmington 42
FARMINGTON, Oct. 11, 2022 – Avon had six of the top eight spots to beat Farmington, 18-42, at Winding Trails on Tuesday in the final dual meet of the season for both teams. William Nusom won his first race of the season, beating teammate Thomas Armistead by two seconds with his winning time of 18:06. Freshman Brahm Bulow finished fourth with a personal record time of 18:27.
Avon, which finishes 4-3 in the dual meet portion of the schedule, had several varsity runners take a day off to rest in preparation for next week’s Central Connecticut Conference championship meet.
Avon 18, Farmington 42
At Farmington
Top 10 runners: William Nusom (A) 18:06 for 3.1 miles at Winding Trails, 2. Thomas Armistead (A) 18:08, 3. Thatcher Gorman (F) 18:09, 4. Brahm Bulow (A) 18:27, 5. Owen White (A) 18:54, 6. Ethan Sloat (A) 19:00, 7. Ian McLaughlin (A) 19:22, 8. Aditya Kumarappan (F) 19:23, 9. Gianluca Lussier (F) 19:28, 10. Caleb Evans (F) 19:28
Records: Avon 4-3
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Farmington 34, Avon 35
FARMINGTON, Oct. 11, 2022 – Farmington’s Tara Pohorylo beat Avon’s Sierra Secor by 25 seconds to finish 11th and lift the River Hawks to a one-point win over Avon in girls cross country action, 34-35.
Farmington, helped by several Avon runners taking a wrong turn on the course, had the top four runners in the race. Avon had the next six finishers until Pohorylo cross the line for Farmington. Ava Keleher led the Falcons with a fifth place finish.
Anna Weygang won the race for the River Hawks with a winning time of 20:29 for 3.1 miles at Winding Trails.
Farmington 34, Avon 35
At Farmington
Top 10 runners: Anna Weygang (F) 20:29 for 3.1 miles at Winding Trails; 2. Cara Szczepanski (F) 22:09, 3. Rudra Kansara (F) 22:24, 4. Maria Weygang (F) 22:40, 5. Ava Keleher (A) 23:34, 6. Miriae Ek (A) 23:36, 7. Laura Funderburk (A) 24:19, 8. Ying Ying Cheng (A) 24:29, 9. Yasmin Rensch (A) 25:02, 10. Julia Freeman (A) 25:03
