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Schools: Couture pitches Bacon to baseball win

Published 04/14/2012 12:00 AM
Updated 04/14/2012 12:13 AM

Colchester - Bacon Academy senior Alex Couture, who had just two career starts prior to Friday's game, pitched a complete game with 10 strikeouts to lift the Bobcats to a 9-0 victory over Griswold. It was the first win of the season for Bacon (1-2).

Danny Pinto was 2-for-3 with two runs, a double and a triple for the Bobcats, Ryan Dulcos 2-for-4 with two runs and Nate Kozlowski had a two-run double in the sixth.

Dave Webster went 3-for-3 and stole two bases for Griswold (3-3).

In other games:

• Cole Tretter pitched a complete game for East Lyme, allowing seven hits, striking out four and walking three, as the Vikings edged Glastobury 4-3 at Dodd Stadium. Eddie Lorah and Austin Toback drove in runs for East Lyme (3-2), while Chase Livingston added a double and Alex Vidakovic a triple.

• Slater Gregory pitched a complete-game four-hitter for Old Lyme in a 3-1 loss to Westbrook in the Shoreline Conference. Gregory struck out seven and walked one. Nick Bellas and Dylan Sheffield had the only hits for Old Lyme (4-1, 3-1) and Bellas scored the team's only run in the third inning. Jake Comment struck out 11 for Westbrook (2-1, 2-1).

• NFA fell to Newington 8-7. Matt Lynch was 2-for-4 for NFA (2-3).

• Drew Pelland and Bryan Cespedes were each 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in Grasso Tech's 13-8 loss to Parish Hill in the Constitution State Conference East Division. Alexis Rivera added a triple for Grasso (0-4, 0-2).

• Senior shortstop Justin Beal was 4-for-4 with two doubles and a run scored in Old Saybrook's 8-2 loss to Morgan of Clinton. Old Saybrook is 2-3.

Boys' tennis

• Morgan White, Dan Kurpaska, Eric Pan and Taavi Koiv-Haus won singles matches in straight sets as Old Lyme remained unbeaten with a 6-1 victory over Haddam-Killingworth. Dustin Sibley and Dan Koenigs won at No. 1 doubles 6-0, 6-0 and freshmen Luke Grabowski and Brian Buttrick won at No. 2 doubles 6-2, 6-1. The Wildcats are 5-0.

Softball

• Ally Blanchette drove in Samantha Chinigo in the top of the ninth inning to lead NFA to a 3-2 win over Glastonbury. Pitcher Melissa Castillo allowed four hits with five strikeouts to earn the victory. Brianne Brennan was 2-for-3 and scored twice for NFA (2-3).

• Morgan of Clinton scored six runs in the seventh inning to come from behind against Old Saybrook, beating the Rams 12-9. Morgan's Lauren Fitzgerald was 4-for-5 with three home runs over the fence. Lauren Pascoe was 4-for-5 with a homer and four RBI for Old Saybrook (2-3) and Shelby Casner was 3-for-4 with two runs scored.

• Nicole Texiera had a double and five RBI for Grasso Tech in an 18-3 victory over Parish Hill. Mary Murphy, Taylor Clark and Hannah Gumbs also doubled for the Eagles, who finished with 15 hits.

• Allie Chornoby had two doubles and three RBI in Norwich Tech's 26-22 loss to Windham Tech. Norwich Tech is 2-2.

• Bryauna Phillips and Jessica Monday combined to pitch a one-hitter Thursday, leading Ledyard to a 19-0 win over Windham in an ECC Medium Division game. Kathrine Welles, Lyndsey Reinhart and Monday had triples and Phillips doubled twice for Ledyard (2-2, 1-1).

Golf

• Kiana Hainsworth and Tara Weinstein won matches for The Williams School in a 5-2 loss to Marianapolis Prep on Thursday. Williams also competed Friday, falling to Wheeler School of Rhode Island 7-0. The Blues are 1-4.

Boys' lacrosse

• Wes Duncan had four goals and three assists and Sam Miller added three goals for The Williams School in a 13-1 victory over Bancroft. Jack Fader and Xavier Mills also had two goals each for the Blues, who led 6-0 at halftime. Mills had three assists.

• Mac Brodaski had two goals and five assists in East Lyme's 11-2 victory Thursday night over Fitch in the ECC Large Division. Adam Opsahl, Mitchell Andres, Chad Berry and Nick Geary added two goals each for East Lyme (2-1, 2-0) and Greg Swenson and Dylan Luce combined for five saves. Robert Watts and Ian Bond scored for Fitch (1-3, 1-1).

• Sam Sweitzer had four goals and an assist for Old Lyme in a 10-7 victory Thursday against Shoreline Conference opponent Morgan of Clinton. Morgan led 4-3 at halftime, but Old Lyme scored six goals in the third quarter to break the game open. Graham Girty and Sean McMahon had two goals each in the victory and Seth Rohrberg made 13 saves.

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