Despite a 12-game losing streak, the West Haven baseball team put itself in position to play in the postseason by winning two straight games. West Haven now has four wins on the season, and the Westies need to win out and get some help to play in the postseason.
West Haven improved to 3-14 with a 4-3 win over Sheehan. Trailing 3-0, West Haven scored three times in the fourth inning and once more in the sixth to come away with the win.
Jose Padilla went the distance on the mound, al lowing three earned runs on eight hits, while striking out ten and walking one.
Xavier Molina started the fourth inning rally with a single, Padilla followed with a run-scoring triple, Colin Murray singled to score Padilla, and Ryan Wilson later singled in the inning to score Lipford.
West Haven scored the winning run in the sixth as Padilla led off with a double, and later scored on a balk.
The Westies improved to 4-14 with a 13-1 victor over Emmett O’Brien in a game stopped in the fifth inning due to the mercy rule.
Cam Lipford led the way as he tossed a complete game four-hitter, allowing one earned run, striking out eight and walking one. Justin Wilson led the offense with two hits and two runs scored, while Jose Padilla had one hit, drove in three runs, and scored twice.
The postseason chances for the West Haven baseball team started to slip away.
Looking to get back on the winning track, West Haven dropped its tenth straight contest with a 12-3 defeat against Notre Dame-West Haven on Senior Night to fall to 2-12 on the year.
Trailing 5-0 after Notre Dame scored once in the first inning and four times in the second, West Haven got within 5-3 in the bottom of the third inning. Rob Jackson and Matt Pasacreta led off the third inning with walks, and both scored on a triple by Molina.
When Padilla doubled to left to score Molina, West Haven trailed 5-3. Notre Dame did not let West Haven get closer as a pair of strikeouts ended the inning.
The Green Knights responded with a pair of runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings to pull away with a 9-3 lead.
The losing streak reached 11 games for West Haven in a 12-6 loss at Foran. With the loss, the Westies dropped to 2-13 on the year.
Five West Haven errors led to seven unearned runs by the Lions. West Haven led 5-1 after three innings, but Foran scored five runs in the fourth and six more runs in the fifth inning to pull away for the win.
Padilla led the West haven off ense with three hits and two runs scored, while Murray, Justin Wilson, and Kevin Jason each had a pair of hits. Justin Wilson drove in two runs and scored twice.
With the game even at one on Jackson’s run-scoring single in the second, West Haven took a 5-1 lead in the third inning.
Padilla and Murray started the two-out rally with singles, Lipford walked to load the bases, and Wilson doubled to center to score Padilla and Murray for a 3-1 advantage. Jason singled to right to score Lipford, and Wilson scored on a wild pitch for a 5-1 lead.
West Haven saw its losing streak reach 12 games with an 11-1 loss at Fairfield Prep. Axelrod and Padilla had West Haven’s only hits, with Padilla’s third inning single being the 115th hit of his career an breaking the late Jerry Gambardella’s school hit record set in 2000.
The Westies scored their only run in the third inning as Axelrod walked with one out, stole second, and scored on Padilla’s single to center.
The softball team was eliminated from postseason contention this week. After rebounding to improve to 6-12, West Haven was eliminated with a 19-0 loss to Foran in a game stopped after fi ve innings due to the mercy rule.
Foran pitcher Abby Corris pitched a complete game no-hitter, striking out 15 batters. Corris also hit three home runs, including a pair of first inning grand slams, when the Lions scored 12 times.
West Haven fell to 4-9 and saw its losing streak reach six games with a gut-wrenching 10-4 loss to East Haven in eight innings. After the Westies rallied to tie the game at four in the seventh inning, East Haven scored six times in the eighth to stun West Haven.
Trailing 4-3 in the seventh. Maddy Kaczmarek hit a one-out single to center and scored on London Ryan’s two-out single to right. West Haven stranded the winning run on third base in the seventh inning, before East Haven rallied in the eighth.
East Haven took a 4-0 first inning lead before West Haven scored once in the fourth and twice in the fifth to get within 4-3.
In the fourth, Dianna Salce led off with a walk, moved to second on a passed ball and scored on a single to center by Gillian Wynus. The Westies got with a run in the fifth as Amaliedy Perez led off with a single, Abby Wynus tripled to score Perez, and Kaczmarek doubled to score Abby Wynus.
West Haven dropped its seventh straight contest and fell to 4-10 with a 16-1 loss at Foran in a game stopped in the fifth inning due to the mercy rule.
West Haven had just one hit offensively, and committed seven errors in the field.
Trailing 5-0, West Haven’s only run came in the second inning when Ryan homered to left.
West Haven picked up a much-needed victory and snapped a seven-game losing streak by scoring five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Sacred Heart Academy 13-12. With the victory, the Westies inched closer to the postseason with a 5-10 record.
Trailing 12-8, Bella Petruzziello led off the seventh with a single Wynter Hailey walked, Kaczmarek singled with one out to score Petruzziello, Ryan was intentionally walked and Gillian Wynus tripled to left to score three runs and even the game at 12.
Isabel Abrego then singled to left to score Gillian Wynus with the winning run.
Ryan also hit a three-run homer in the fourth after singles by Hailey and Kaczmarek to get West Haven within 9-7.
Ryan led the off ense with three hits, four runs batted in, and three runs scored.
Kaczmarek and Gillian Wynus each added a pair of hits, with Gillian Wynus driving in four runs.
West Haven fell to 5-11 with a 7-3 loss against Bunnell-Stratford. Trailing 2-0, West Haven got one run back in the fourth inning when Ryan doubled and scored when Gillian Wynus reached on an error.
Bunnell led 7-1 in the sixth inning, before West Haven scored twice in the bottom of the inning when Abrego singled to score Ryan and Salce.
West Haven moved closer to the postseason with a 15-2 win over Hillhouse. The win allowed the Westies to 6-11, needing two more wins to qualify for the state tournament.
Abby Wynus hit two home runs, drove in seven runs, and scored three times. Emma Hudson had three hits and scored three runs, Juliana Crudo had two hits and scored twice, while Kaczmarek also added a pair of hits.
West Haven took a 9-0 lead in the fi rst inning on a two-run double by Ryan, a run scoring double by Gillian Wynus, run-scoring singles by Hudson and Crudo, and a three-run homer by Abby Wynus.
Abby Wynus added another three-run homer in the fourth for a 15-1 lead.
The Westies fell to 6-12 with a 17-0 loss against Lauralton Hall. Gillian Wynus had two of West Haven’s six hits in the loss.
The boys lacrosse team dropped its sixth straight contest and fell to 1-8 with a 16-2 loss at Foran. Anthony Iannotti and Dylan Ginsberg scored for the Westies.
West Haven snapped its six-game losing streak and improved to 2-8 with a 15-1 Senior Night victor over Wilbur Cross.
Nine different players were in the scoring column, with Iannotti scoring six times, Tyler McColgan scoring twice, Cole Hill scoring once and adding three assists, and Ginsberg and Leo Mazuroski scoring once and adding two assists apiece. Anthony Riolino and James Olsen each had a goal and an assist in the win.
Ginsberg put the Westies on the board just six seconds into the contest, before Mazuroski scored 48 seconds later for a 2-0 lead. Riolino scored off an assist from Olsen, and Iannotti scored off an assist from Mazuroski for a 4-0 lead with 5:36 left in the opening quarter. Iannotti and Alexander Tovar scored in the final 4:05 of the opening quarter for a 6-1 West Haven lead.
Goals by McColgan, Hill, and Lucas Iverson gave West Haven a 9-1 lead, before Iannotti scored the final two goals of the first half. Iannotti scored twice
in the third quarter, and McColgan and Olsen added goals for the 15-1 final.
West Haven won its second straight contest and improved to 3-8 with a 14-7 win at Notre Dame Prep.
Iannotti led the way with seven goals, Mazuroski scored twice, while McColgan, Hill, Olsen, Kaiden Powell, and Riolino each scored once in the victory.
The Westies fell to 3-9 with an 11-10 home loss against Jonathan Law. Iannotti led the way with six goals, while Olsen scored four times in the loss.
West Haven fell to 3-10 with a 16-6 home loss against Lyman Hall. Iannotti finished with four goals, including the 100th of his career. Olsen and McColgan also scored for the Westies.
Trailing 7-0 in the second quarter, Olsen got the Westies on the board off an assist from Ginsberg. McColgan scored off an assist from Riolino to get within 11-2, before Iannotti scored to make the score 11-3.
Iannotti scored the last three goals of the third quarter, with assists going to Olsen and Hill, to get West Haven within range, 13-6. Iannotti’s fourth goal of the game was the 100th of his career.
The West Haven girls lacrosse team is searching for its first victory. The Westies fell to 0-11 with an 11-7 home loss against Jonathan Law.
Madden Evangeliste led the offense with four goals, Kynadi Richardson scored twice, and Elena Curtis scored once in the loss.
West Haven fell to 0-12 with a 17-5 loss at Bristol Central. Evangeliste scored three goals and Stella Porto scored twice in the loss.
The Westies dropped to 0-13 with a 17-3 loss at Hamden. Curtis, Isabel Millard, and Richardson scored in the loss.
West Haven fell to 0-14 in a 17-6 home loss to Mercy. Richardson scored twice, while Curtis, Melissa Valtierra, Gabriella Florimon, and Millard all scored once.
Richardson then scored all three goals for West Haven in a 13-3 loss at Norwalk.
With the loss, West Haven dropped to 0-15.
The boys tennis team fell to 3-9 with a 5-2 loss against Lyman Hall. In singles action, West Haven’s Dhruva Garani defeated Jordan Macri 7-5, 6-3, Lyman Hall’s Dave Arsenault topped West Haven’s Daniel Davis 7-5, 6-3, Lyman Hall’s Zach Rininger defeated West Haven’s Mirwais Ibtikar 6-1, 6-0, and Lyman Hall’s Brayden Hamilton topped West Haven’s Adam Chouiki 6-1, 6-0.
In doubles action, West Haven’s Enderson Samaniego and James Banegas-Molina defeated Giulio Marino and Jason Bonnarigo 7-6(8-6), 7-5. Lyman Hall won the second and third seeds as Christian Scialla and Jake Eves topped West Haven’s Edward Fagnani and Benjamin Proano 6-3, 4-6, [10-8], and Nate Loesche and Niko Costa defeated West Haven’s Issac Morales and Lucio Lara-Gayton 2-6, 6-2, 6-2.
West Haven improved to 4-9 with a 4-3 win over Sheehan. In singles play, top-seeded Garani lost 7-5 6-2, second-seeded Adnan Dost fell 6-2 6-0, and third-seeded Ibtikar fell6-1,4-6, 4-6.
Fourth-seeded Chouiki won 6-2 6-4. In doubles play, top-seeded Samaniego and Banegas-Molina won 6-2 6-2, second-seeded Fagnani and Proano won 2-6, 7-5, 6-3, and third-seeded Morales and Lara Gayton won 6-4 6-4.
West Haven fell to 4-10 with a 6-1 loss at Wilbur Cross. In singles action, Garani fell 6-2, 6-0, Dost dropped a 6-2, 6-4 decision, Ibtikar lost 6-0, 6-0, and Chouiki fell 6-3, 6-2.
In doubles play, Morales and Lara-Gayton lost 6-0, 6-0, and Fagnani and Tyler Yates lost 6-3, 6-2.
Mackory Niraty and Brandon Hernandez had West Haven’s lone victory at the third seed, winning 6-3, 6-7, 11-9 (3rd set tiebreaker).