The boys’ basketball team improved to 9-3 with a 66-41 road victory over Jonathan Law. West Haven trailed by five points after one quarter, but the Westies used a dominant run in the second and third quarters to pull out the victory.
The Westies overcame the deficit with a 21-7 run in the second quarter for a 30-21 advantage, before expanding the lead to 53-26 with a 23-5 burst in the third quarter. West Haven outscored Law 44-12 in the middle two quarters.
Eleven different players were in the scoring column for the Westies with Kannan Morris, Aaron Johnson, and Ja’Kha Little each scoring 11 points. Loshon Roman finished with 10 points in the win.
Morris scored six of his team’s 21 points in the second quarter and did the same in the third. Johnson and Tyrone Ogletree each scored four points in the third quarter.
West Haven improved to 10-3 with a 73-32 victory over North Haven. West Haven’s defense held the Nighthawks to single digits in scoring in each quarter of the win.
West Haven led by 11 points after one quarter and increased the lead to 32-16 at the half. A 16-9 run in the third quarter extended the West Haven margin to 48-25.
Roman led three West Haven players in double figures with 16 points. Johnson scored 15 points and Morris had 10 in the victory.
Roman scored seven and Morris had five for all of West Haven’s second quarter scoring, before Johnson led the way with six of his team’s third quarter points.
West Haven fell to 10-4 with a hard-fought 68-65 home loss against Holy Cross. Roman led the Westies with 20 points, Johnson scored 16, and John Pickett and Morris each scored eight.
After an even first quarter, the Westies trailed 36-32 at the half. The Westies trailed by 10 after three, before a late fourth quarter rally fell short in a 19-11 run.
Roman scored eight of his team’s 22 first quarter points, while Johnson added five. Roman then added six more points in the third quarter, before Johnson heated up with nine points in the fourth quarter. Morris scored five points and Pickett three points in the final eight minutes, but it was not enough.
West Haven improved to 11-4 with a 49-44 victory over Foran. The Westies were in a battle from the start, leading by just four points after one quarter and 29-18 at the half.
The Lions cut the deficit to 38-31 after three quarters, but West Haven, despite being outscored 26-20 in the second half, held on for the five-point victory.
Johnson and Roman led the Westies with 14 points apiece, while Morris scored 10 points in the victory.
After an earlier season loss at Hillhouse, West Haven was looking for redemption. While the Westies had their opportunities, Hillhouse prevailed with a 61-50 victory at West Haven High.
The two teams played evenly in the first half with West Haven leading by nine after the first quarter and 31-28 at the half. A poor third quarter doomed the Westies.
Scoring only five points, West Haven saw its three-point lead turn into a 46-36 deficit. West Haven could not rally in the final eight minutes and fell to 11-5 with the loss.
Johnson led West Haven with 22 points, while Morris added 14. Morris helped the Westies off to a good start with seven first quarter points, before Johnson scored 10 of his team’s 12 points in the second quarter.
West Haven connected on just a pair of field goals in the third quarter.
The girls’ basketball team is going to the postseason. With a 49-35 road victory over Lyman Hall, the Westies improved to 8-5 on the year to qualify for postseason play.
After a tightly contested first quarter, the Westies pulled away with a 13-5 second quarter run to take a 27-17 halftime lead. The Westies led by seven after three quarters, but a 13-6 fourth quarter run sealed the victory.
D’Lyana Dixon led the Westies with 15 points, Noelle Lawrence added 13 points, and Ella Morgan had nine in the win.
West Haven improved to 9-5 with a thrilling road victory over Newtown. West Haven’s second straight win came when Morgan drained the game-winner with five seconds remaining for a 46-44 victory.
Lawrence led the Westies with 18 points, while Dixon finished with 15 points. Dixon and the Westies also played solid defense to limit Newtown to an average of 11 points per quarter.
Just call them the road warriors. West Haven won its third straight contest on the road and improved to 10-5 with a 75-33 victory over Shelton.
The win was also a memorable one as the victory pushed coach Jessica Moriarty’s win total to 100.
Lawrence led the way for West Haven with 27 points, while Morgan added 17 points, and Dixon scored 15.
West Haven has been playing well on the road. The Westies were looking to extend their winning streak on the road against Amity.
After an early deficit, West Haven tried to battle back from a 14-point deficit, but an Amity basket in the final 15 seconds sent the Westies to defeat. West Haven fell to 10-6 with the loss.
Dixon led the Westies with 17 points and Lawrence added 15.
The West Haven boys’ hockey team dropped its second straight contest and fell to 3-6-2 with a 4-2 home defeat against Cheshire. Matt Rasile finished with 24 saves in the loss.
Mark Laskin scored three times for the Rams, who never trailed in the game. Laskin scored the first two Cheshire goals in the opening period, before West Haven’s Justin Bruno cut the deficit in half, off assists from Sean Bush and Josh Rodrigue 1:38 after Laskin’s second tally.
The Westies kept pressing and were within striking distance until Devin Kelly scored with four seconds left in the second to increase the Cheshire lead to 3-1.
Trailing 4-1, West Haven scored the final goal of the game with 5:19 left as Brady Price scored off an assist from Thomas Porto. West Haven mustered just six third period shots and 14 over the final two periods.
The team fell to 3-7-2 with a 4-2 loss at Watertown-Pomperaug. Despite a third period rally, West Haven was unable to get back into the win column.
Trailing 2-0 in the third, Price scored a pair of goals to even the contest. The Westies were unable to seize the momentum and watched as Watertown-Pomperaug buried the go-ahead tally, then added an empty net goal to seal the win over the Westies.
West Haven dropped its fourth straight contest and fell to 3-8-2 with a 3-2 loss against Notre Dame Prep in Fairfield.
Trailing 1-0, West Haven evened the game in the first period when Bush scored off an assist from Price. The Westies then took a 2-1 lead in the second period when Price scored off an assist from Brody DiNuzzo.
That was the last lead of the game for the Westies as Notre Dame Prep evened the contest in the second period. The Lancers scored the go-ahead goal 4:26 into the third, and despite the Westies having a power play late in the contest, West Haven could not get the equalizer.
The West Haven / Sacred Heart Academy girls hockey team won its second straight contest and improved to 7-4 with a 7-0 road victory over Masuk.
Ten different players were in the scoring column, led by Alessandra Picard with a goal and two assists, and Hailey Azzarone, Kelly Manfield, and Olivia Twarowski, each with a goal and an assist.
The Westie Sharks took control of the game with four first period goals and never looked back. Taryn Lattanzi put West Haven/Sacred Heart Academy on the scoreboard 1:39 into the game off an assist from Olivia Twarowski, Picard scored 1:20 later off an assist from Manfield, before Azzarone scored off an assist from Picard 4:44 in. When Olivia Twarowski scored an unassisted goal 30 seconds later, the Westie Sharks led 4-0.
Cara Milrad scored the lone goal of the second period with 47 seconds remaining off assists from Picard and Azzarone. Manfield scored 1:26 into third off an assist from Heather Fonda, and Alina Lipinsky capped the scoring with 4:40 left off an assist from Emma Bausch.
The team fell to 7-5 with a 4-3 home loss against the Suffield Wildcats.
Picard led the Westie Sharks with three assists, while Azzarone scored twice, and Evelyn Twarowski made 18 saves.
WHSHA had three separate leads, but could not hang on.
Azzarone gave the Westie Sharks a 1-0 lead 2:17 and needed just 13 seconds of the second period to give the Westie Sharks a 2-1 lead with an assist going to Picard.
With the game even at two, Milrad scored off an assist from Picard 7:06 into the third for the last lead of the game.
The Westie Sharks remembered the first meeting of the year against Hamden in which the Green Dragons dominated in their victory. The second time around was different.
Led by a pair of third period goals by Picard, the Westie Sharks topped Hamden 3-1 on the road. With the victory, they improved to 8-5 on the year.
Evelyn Twarowski and Hamden’s Kyra Sweeney were solid in goal for their teams with 26 saves apiece.
The Westie Sharks took a 1-0 lead early in the first period when Olivia Twarowski scored off assists from Manfield and Juliana Gonzalez. The Green Dragons evened the game later in the period and that is where the contest remained until the final period.
Picard gave WHSHA a 2-1 lead with an unassisted goal with 7:47 remaining, then scored another unassisted goal with 3:57 to go to ice the contest.
The team improved to 9-5 with a 9-0 road victory over Hand.
Picard led 11 different players in the scoring column with five goals and two assists. Juliana Gonzalez had two goals, Milrad had three assists, Lattanzi had a goal and an assist, and Azzarone added two assists.
Evelyn Twarowski (9 saves) and Megan Losito (4 saves) combined on the shutout.
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