Boys’ Ice Hockey

The East Haven Co-op boys’ ice hockey team opened the season on Dec. 13 with a home game vs. Farmington Valley. The Yellowjackets won the contest in commanding 8-2 fashion. In the first period, goals for East Haven were scored by John D’Albero (assisted by Lorenzo Defilio) and Mike Savo (assisted by Carter McGlinchey and Landon Cantele). D’Albero scored again in the second period, this time assisted by Griffin McGlinchey.

The Yellowjackets solidified their dominance in the third period, scoring five goals to cap off a strong season opener. Goal scorers in the final frame were Carter McGlinchey (assisted by D’Albero and Preston Cantele), Ryan Bunnell (assisted by Savo), Landon Cantele (assisted by Cameron LaCroix and Mike Ballough), Nick Perillo (assisted by Billy Demetriades) and Carter McGlinchey (assisted by Preston Cantele and Landon Cantele).

Mike Fritz spent some time in goal for East Haven, allowing two goals on 15 saves, and Chris Anderson allowed zero goals while recording one save.

The next contest for the Yellowjackets was on Dec. 16, when the team traveled to E.O. Smith-Tolland and won in 10-2 blowout fashion.

Lorenzo DeFilio got East Haven on the board in the first period, with an assist from Griffin McGlinchey. The Yellowjackets lit it up in the second frame for six goals. These were scored by John D’Albero (assisted by DeFilio), Landon Cantele (assisted by Ryan Bunnell and Mike Savo), DeFilio (assisted by Cameron Lacroix), Cameron Green (assisted by Nick Perillo), D’Albero (unassisted), and DeFilio (assisted by D’Albero and LaCroix).

In the third period, the scoring kept piling on for the co-op squad. Perillo scored an unassisted goal, followed by Josh Salvati (assisted by Benjamin Brown). Rob Testa also added a goal (assisted by Salvati).

In net, Mike Fritz allowed one goal on 16 saves, and Chris Anderson allowed one goal on zero saves.

In addition to East Haven players, the Yellowjackets’ co-op squad features athletes who attend East Hampton, Morgan, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, and Valley Regional high schools.

Indoor Track

The Morgan boys’ and girls’ indoor track teams opened the season at the Shoreline Developmental Meet at Hillhouse on Dec. 13. In the boys’ 55 meter dash, Josh Nager took 26th place with a time of 7.7, followed by Peter Fortin-Roth in 54th place with a time of 8.5. Kaleb Richardson claimed 15th in the 1600 (5:47.2) and Owen Lombardi took 16th (5:48.9). In 23rd place was Trevor Leach (5:55.6).

The boys’ 4x200 relay team of Aaron Kennedy, Lombardi, Michael Fusco, and Aidan Campion claimed sixth place in a time of 1:46.2, while Thomas O’Rourke (27’1“) took 27th place in the shot put. In the long jump, Campion came in seventh (16’1”), Jack Bousquet finished in 12th (14’9“), and Mark Rodriguez took 17th (13’9”).

On the girls’ side, Julia White grabbed fifth place in the 55 meters (8.0) while Shania Weisse took 40th in that event (9.8). Natalie Estabrook finished the 1600 in seventh place (6:09.3).

Estabrook placed 15th in the long jump (11’11”) and Ainsleigh Landino (18’7”) claimed 14th place in the shot put.