Girls’ Ice Hockey

The Hand girls’ ice hockey co-op team hosted Amity/Cheshire/North Haven on Jan. 10 and won 6-2. Faith Minickene had three goals and one assist, while Kendall Dobratz had one goal and one assist. Jaime DiNapoli contributed with two goals and one assist, and Taylor Manchanda had one goal and one assist. Raegan Wyrebek-Brasky also added one assist.

The team then played host to Woodstock Academy Co-op on Jan. 12 and won 7-3. Minickene had four goals and one assist, and Dobratz had two goals. DiNapoli had one goal and one assist, while Alexa Spaniotis added two assists.

The next day, the team rounded out the week with a 3-2 overtime win at home vs. Southington. Wyrebek-Brasky scored two goals, including the overtime goal. Dobratz added one goal and one assist, and Minickene had two assists.

Girls’ Basketball

On Jan. 10, the Old Saybrook girls’ basketball team traveled to Morgan and put forth their worst performance of the season, losing 63-14. According to Head Coach Steve Woods, the Rams had no gas in their tank and never were in the game after the midway point of the first quarter.

“We couldn't do anything right, and they couldn't do anything wrong,” Woods said. “That can happen when you play a well-coached and talented team.”

The Rams then traveled to East Hampton on Jan. 11 to take on the undisputed best team in the Shoreline Conference. Despite coming up short by a score of 47-32, Old Saybrook put up its best performance of the winter so far. Standouts for the Rams included a stifling defense, as well as the long range shooting of Nora Kulmann and Breleigh Cooke, scoring and rebounding by Kylie Lake, and excellent all-around floor play from Alex Ling, Sanai Baker, Sam Hanover, and Ellie Pennington. Kulmann and Cooke led the Rams with 13 and 10 points, respectively.

“It was an incredible and great response by our kids after the nightmare the day before,” Woods said.

Boys’ Basketball

The Old Saybrook boys’ basketball team traveled to Haddam-Killingworth on Jan. 19 and lost 61-50. Point scorers for the Rams included Brendan Cassella (11 points), Noah Hubbard (eight points), Brayden Cody (five points), Jake Speed (two points), Wes Percival (22 points), and Aiden D’Anna (two points).