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| Sacred Heart head coach Jon Carroll picked up his 200th career coaching win on Saturday. |
Sacred Heart boys basketball picked up three wins last week, and the final one was a milestone for head coach Jon Carroll.
When the Hearts finally closed out the pesky Crosby Bulldogs 72-65 on Saturday evening at Alumni Hall, Carroll was rewarded with his 200th career win. Crosby made a game of it, cutting its deficit to a point at the end of the third quarter. The Bulldogs were down just two with less than a minute remaining, but the Hearts pulled away.
Sacred Heart improved to 16-0 while Crosby dropped to 12-5. Here’s how the rest of the week went for both teams:
SACRED HEART — The Hearts began their week with a 65-63 comeback victory Monday over Holy Cross at Alumni Hall.
Sacred Heart was down as much as 17 in the fourth quarter, but used aggressive defense and drives to the basket to get back into it.
The Hearts continued to win on Wednesday, knocking off Naugatuck 66-42 on the road. Eight different Sacred Heart players scored, led by Isaiah Gaiter as Jon Carroll went deep into his bench.
CROSBY — The Bulldogs got another monster night from Jeremiah Kendall on the way to their 12th win of the season.
Kendall scored 35 points on 13-of-21 shooting. He also had 13 rebounds and six steals in the 81-72 win. Kerwin Prince had 11 points and 13 rebounds. Kendall and Miguel Rivera (11 points) each made three 3-pointers. Tarique Foggie also scored 11 points for Crosby, which improved to 12-4.
Kennedy: The Eagles got off to a terrible start Wednesday against Wilby, but rallied for a 76-65 home win.
Solid scoring from Tyairus Sands, Jeremy Acosta and Tyvon Stenson helped get Kennedy to 13-3 on the season.
Friday’s game at WCA was postponed to Feb. 20.
Holy Cross: The Crusaders had the Hearts down and almost out on Monday, but couldn’t hang on to a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter at Alumni Hall.
When it was going well, Nyzair Rountree and DeAndre Wallace were scoring above the rim while Jack Potter and Kerson Eitenne were knocking down 3s. Holy Cross fell to 12-4 on the season.
Thursday’s home game against Wilby was postponed to this Friday at 7 p.m.
Waterbury Career Academy: The Spartans battled but lost to Crosby 81-72 on the road Wednesday to fall to 9-7.
Friday’s home game against Kennedy will be made up on Feb. 20.
Wilby: The Wildcats got off to a great start in Wednesday’s road game against Kennedy, but couldn’t sustain it in the 76-65 loss.
Thursday’s game against Holy Cross will be played this coming Friday at 7 p.m.
Saturday’s game against Hartford Public was postponed with the reschedule date to be announced.
Chase Collegiate: The Highlanders picked up a tight 56-54 win at South Kent on Wednesday.
Jordan Alexander and Drew Barbeau each had double-doubles for Chase, which also got a solid effort from Jack Cook.
The Highlanders were blown out by the Watkinson School on Saturday and fell to 3-11.
Kennedy: Friday’s game against WCA has been postponed to this Monday.
Saturday’s game against Wilby has been rescheduled for this coming Wednesday. The Eagles are 12-5 going into the final week of the regular season.
Sacred Heart: The Hearts had the Crusaders on the ropes, but were done in by a tough quarter.
Four Sacred Heart players reached double figures — Victoria Santiago, Jenna Madigan, Treasure Coleman and Hayley Tucker.
The Hearts rebounded with a 46-32 home win over Crosby on Saturday. Sacred Heart improved to 12-6 with the victory.
Kaynor Tech: The Panthers won 49-45 at Bassick on Wednesday to claim the CSC West Division title.
Kaynor Tech, now 12-5, got 22 points and 20 rebounds from Egypt Santos, according to a box score on The Zone. Roberta King, Cassie Couture and Sarah Wisniewski also came up big for the Panthers.
Friday’s game against Bullard-Havens Tech was postponed to this Wednesday.
WCA: The Spartans moved a win closer to a state tournament berth on Wednesday by blowing out Wilby 61-34.
Nine different WCA players scored, led by Armani Weaver and Kendra McPherson. The Spartans improved to 6-11. WCA games against Kennedy and Crosby were pushed to this week. The Spartans are at Kennedy on Monday, then host Crosby on Wednesday. In between is a game against Wilby on Tuesday at home. WCA needs two more wins to qualify for the state tournament.
Crosby: The Bulldogs lost 59-27 at home to Holy Cross on Monday, then were defeated 46-32 by Sacred Heart on the road Saturday.
That leaves Crosby at 5-12 and needing wins in all three of its final games to make the state tournament. The Bulldogs had their game at WCA postponed to this Wednesday.
Wilby: The Wildcats lost to WCA to fall to 0-17 on the season.
A game against Holy Cross was rescheduled to this Monday.
Chase: The Highlanders inched closer to .500 with a 44-28 win at home over The Master’s School on Wednesday.
Chase, now 6-7, got another great game from Sammi Dassatti.
BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVING
Holy Cross: The Crusaders remained undefeated (9-0) with a 94-81 win Wednesday over Woodland.
Holy Cross won the first eight events before going exhibition. Lucas Racevicius had two individual wins for the Crusaders.
Friday’s meet against Shepaug Valley has been postponed. The reschedule date hasn’t been announced.
Crosby/WCA: The co-op defeated Nonnewaug 56-45 on Wednesday.
Kennedy: Friday’s meet against Watertown was postponed with a reschedule date to be announced.
Sacred Heart: The Hearts hosted Naugatuck on their Senior Night, Wednesday at Kennedy High School.
Wilby: The meet against Bristol Central/Bristol Eastern/St. Paul was postponed with the date and time to be announced.
INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Class L: Kennedy senior Marc-Anthony Telusma was the one Top 10 finish by a local athlete at the championship meet Saturday at New Haven’s Floyd Little Athletic Center.
Telusma finished eighth in the 300-meter dash.
Class M: Due to the weather this past week, this championship meet is Monday at 4 p.m. in New Haven. Here are the seeds for the Kaynor Tech boys:
Boys 600 meters
2. Terrell Patterson
3200 meters
8. Patterson
55-meter hurdles
1. Jordon Wilkins
Class S: Again because of the weather, this meet is Tuesday at 4 p.m. in New Haven. Here are the seeds for Holy Cross, the Kaynor Tech girls and Sacred Heart.
HOLY CROSS
Boys 600 meters
23. Chris Flynn
55-meter hurdles
8. Marckens Auguste
KAYNOR TECH GIRLS
55-meter dash
20. Zyiera Brown
3200 meters
16. Hannah Stoveken
55-meter hurdles
9. Brown
SACRED HEART
Girls 1000 meters
22. Jenna French
3200 meters
18. Rachel Guay
Boys 55-meter dash
3. Edward Williams
8. Joel Guzman
300-meter dash
6. Guzman
20. Williams
1000 meters
13. Jonathan Warren
55-meter hurdles
2. Williams
WRESTLING
Thomaston/Litchfield/Holy Cross: The tri-op was scheduled to wrestle in the Berkshire Valley (Berkshire League and NVL) tournament on Saturday in Derby.
