The West Haven hockey team was looking to get off to a quick start to the season. While the Westies did not pick up a win, they played well in a 3-2 loss at defending state champion, East Haven.
Trailing 1-0 in the opening period, Jack Wellins scored off a nice back-handed shot in the final five seconds of the first period to even the game at one.
West Haven controlled play for a majority of the second period and took a 2-1 lead when Leo Mazurowski followed up a shot and put in the rebound 3:33 in to the period. That was all the scoring for the Westies as East Haven chipped away and took the lead for good with two second period goals.
Kai Lupa played well in goal for the Westies.
West Haven improved to 1-1 with a 6-0 victory at North Branford. Sean Bush led the way with a pair of goals, while Lupa made 32 saves in the shutout.
Connor Moriarty gave the Westies a 1-0 lead just 1:45 into the game, off assists from Wellins and Luca DiLegge. Kyle Guarino increased the margin to 2-0 with assists again going to DiLegge and Wellins, before Mazurowski scored 40 seconds later for a 3-0 advantage after one period.
Bush scored off an assist from Adam McGlone for the only goal of the second period, before Bush increased the lead to 5-0 off an assist from Guarino with 6:07 left. Trey Wanerka scored in the final seconds of the game.
West Haven fell to 1-2 with a 2-1 loss to Cheverus (Maine) Hockey Club in the team’s home opener. Guarino gave West Haven a 1-0 lead off assists from Will Miller and Wanerka 2:13 into the second period, but Cheverus knotted the game on the power play with 4:32 left in the second and took the lead for good with 9:17 remaining in the game.
Lupa made 29 saves in the loss for West Haven.
Looking to get back on the winning track, West Haven got off to a slow start and fell to Amity, 4-1. With the loss, the Westies dropped to 1-3 on the year.
Amity scored once in the second period and another early in the third for a 2-0 lead, before West Haven’s DiLegge scored off an assist from Bush with seven minutes remaining to cut the deficit in half.
That was as close as the Westies got as Amity scored twice in 29 seconds with 4:12 remaining to take a commanding 4-1 lead.
West Haven lost its third straight contest and fell to 1-4 with a 5-4 overtime loss against Lyman Hall.
Trailing 3-0 in the second period, Bush scored short-handed to get the Westies within a pair of goals with 8:20 left in the middle period.
Trailing 4-1 in the third, Wellins scored short-handed to get within two goals, and DiLegge added a penalty shot goal with less than five minutes to go to get the Westies within 4-3.
Mazuroski tied the game at four on the power play with 1:02 remaining off an assist from Connor Moriarty, but West Haven could not ride the momentum into overtime as the Trojans scored a power play goal to win 5-4.
The season did not start as the West Haven/Sacred Heart Academy girls hockey team would have liked. Despite getting on the scoreboard first, the Westie Sharks fell to Guilford 4-2 in the season opener for both teams.
West Haven / Sacred Heart Academy took a 1-0 lead just 1:50 into the contest when Brooklynn Maher scored in front of assists from Caitlyn Biancur and Alina Lipinsky. Guilford scored twice in a span of 3:03 in the final six minutes of the opening period for a 2-1 lead.
The Westie Sharks put 25 shots on net in the first two periods, but they only scored once in the middle period when Stella Porto rushed down the right wing and scored to even the game at two.
The game remained even at two until Guilford scored on the power play with 3:06 left in the third, and the Grizzlies added an empty net goal with 11 seconds remaining.
The team fell to 0-2 with a 2-1 overtime loss at South West United.
The Westie Sharks took a 1-0 lead at the 9:10 mark of the opening period when Hailey Azzarone scored off an assist from Olivia Twarowski.
Azzarone’s goal was all the Westie Sharks could muster as South West United tied the game in the second period and won at the 6:12 mark of overtime.
Rylee DeSanto made 38 saves in the loss for the Westie Sharks, including 17 in the third period and three in overtime.
West Haven / Sacred Heart Academy is still searching for its first victory of the season. Falling 4-1 against Hamden, the Westie Sharks dropped to 0-3 on the year.
Trailing 1-0, the Westie Sharks evened the game when Biancur scored off an assist from Twarowski at the 7:21 mark of the second period.
Hamden scored the final three goals to win, 4-1. DeSanto made 28 saves in the loss.
The Westie Sharks moved to 0-3-1 after rallying for a 3-3 tie against Amity. Megan Losito made 42 saves in the tie, including 14 in the third period and six in overtime.
Trailing 2-0 in the first period, Azzarone cut the deficit in half off an assist from Biancur with 5:06 left in the period.
Amity took a quick 3-1 lead in the second, before Twarowski scored with 4:31 remaining in the middle period.
Azzarone scored her second of the game with 6:03 left in the third to even the game at three.
West Haven fell to 0-4-1 with a 3-0 loss against East Catholic.
The West Haven boys basketball team opened the season with a 70-48 victory at Greenwich.
K’naan Morris led the Westies with 19 points, including three 3-pointers. Aaron Johnson finished with 16 points, Loshon Roman added 13, and Jakai Little scored nine in the win.
West Haven improved to 2-0 with a 94-56 win over Career. The Westies led 22-9 after one quarter and 47-23 at the half.
The Westies had six players in double figures with Johnson leading the way with 23 points. Brandon Bellamy, Morris, Roman, and Trew Kitson each scored 13 points, while Jordan Sirabionian added 11. Matt Morgan rounded out the scoring with four points.
Sirabionian led the way with seven first quarter points, while Johnson and Kitson each scored five. Johnson added eight points in the second quarter as the Westies pulled away.
West Haven improved to 3-0 with an 81-45 home victory over Shelton. The Westies jumped out to a 25-4 lead after one quarter and never looked back as the margin increased to 42-14 at the half.
Morris led four players in double figures with 20 points, Roman and Kitson each had 15, and Johnson scored 12 in the win.
Morris and Roman led the offense in the first quarter as Morris scored 10 points, and Roman added seven. Six different players scored in the second quarter as West Haven took a 28-point lead to the half.
After a 77-42 loss against cross-town rival Notre Dame, West Haven won three in a row, topping Career, Wilbur Cross, and Holy Cross to improve to 6-1 on the year.
West Haven topped Career 71-40 as four players scored in double figures. Roman led the way with 14 points, Johnson scored 12 points, Kitson scored 11, and Jordan Sirabionian added 10 points.
The West Haven girls basketball team started slowly in the season opener, rallied, but came up short in a 47-40 loss against Stamford.
Noelle Lawrence led the Westies with 26 points, six rebounds, and six steals. Tiranke Keita added seven points in the loss for the Westies.
West Haven struggled from the free throw line, missing five free throws in the opening quarter and four more in each of the second and fourth quarters. The Westies finished 12-of-26 from the free throw line.
Trailing 39-24 entering the final quarter, Lawrence tried to will the Westies to a win as she scored 11 points in the final eight minutes.
Fatoumata Keita got the Westies within 10-6 in the opening quarter, before Lawrence scored with three seconds remaining in the quarter to get the Westies within 13-8.
Stamford took a 14-point lead in the second quarter before a bucket by Tiranke Keita with 15 seconds remaining and another by Lawrence at the buzzer got the Westies within 23-16 at the half.
Lawrence scored six of her team’s eight points in the third as the Westies trailed by 15.
West Haven got in the win column with a 67-48 victory over Bridgeport Central. Noelle Lawrence led the way with 25 points and eight steals, Tiranke Keita and Fatoumata Keita each scored 12, and Perez Rosario scored 10 points in the loss. Tiranke Keita added 12 rebounds, and Fatoumata Keita had 10 rebounds.
The Westies jumped out of the gates quickly with a 19-point first quarter, with Lawrence scoring eight points. Tiranke Keita kept the Westies rolling with eight points in the second quarter, while Fatoumata Keita scored eight in the third to go along with six by Lawrence.
Baskets by Lawrence and Rosario gave West Haven a 34-26 lead in the second quarter, before Bridgeport Central scored four points in the final 20 seconds to get within 36-30 at the half.
Lawrence then gave the Westies some breathing room in the third quarter as a pair of buckets increased the lead to 43-33, before two more baskets by Fatoumata Keita increased the margin to 47-33.
West Haven fell to 1-2 with a 47-35 loss at Trumbull. In what was a six-point game in the fourth quarter, the Westies could not get over the hump for the win.
Lawrence led the way with 16 points and eight rebounds, while Breyanna Tucker scored six points and had 10 rebounds. West Haven was hurt at the free throw line as the Westies were just 10-of-20.
Lawrence scored five points in the first quarter as the Westies trailed, 11-9. A 3-pointer by Tucker was West Haven’s only basket from the field as the Westies trailed, 17-15, at the half.
Hitting just two field goals in the third quarter, West Haven trailed 34-24.
The Westies dropped their second straight and fell to 1-3 with a 63-57 loss to Stamford. Lawrence led the way with 24 points, seven rebounds, and six steals, while Tiranke Keita had 17 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks.
West Haven led by four points in the first quarter as Tiranke Keita scored 11 of the team’s 14 points. Lawrence scored seven points in the second quarter to lead West Haven to a 28-26 halftime lead.
Leading 43-41, West Haven was outscored 22-13 in the fourth quarter.
West Haven got back on the winning track with a 61-44 victory over Lyman Hall. Trailing by two after one quarter, West Haven took a 25-22 lead to the half, and 41-40 lead after three.
A 20-4 run by the Westies in the fourth quarter sealed the victory. Lawrence led the Westies with eight points in the quarter and 18 overall, while also adding 10 rebounds, six assists and six steals.
Tiranke Keita scored 17, eight in the third quarter and 12 in the second half, while also adding 12 rebounds, three steals and two blocks.
Breyanna Tucker added nine points and Madden Evangeliste scored seven in the win for West Haven.
The Westies won their second in a row and improved to 3-3 with an 80-28 victory over Brien McMahon. West Haven led by 21 points at the half and never looked back.
Lawrence led the way with 31 points and 12 rebounds, while Perez Rosario had 12 points and seven assists. Tucker added eight points, and Tiranke Keita scored seven points.
West Haven then topped Hillhouse, 55-44, for its third straight victory. The win pushed West Haven over the .500 mark at 4-3.
Tiranke Keita led the way with 16 points and 21 rebounds. Madden Evangeliste had 11 points and 10 rebounds, Lawrence added 13 points and five steals, and Rosario had nine points and five rebounds.
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