LYME/OLD LYME — Last night was a very good night for Old Lyme’s basketball teams.
Don Bugbee’s girls defeated the North Branford Thunderbirds at Old Lyme last night finishing with 53-47 victory. Meanwhile Kirk Kaczor’s boys traveled to North Branford and came away with a 70-51 win.
Highlights from the girl’s game included Junior Sam Gray’s 20 points and four rebounds while fellow Junior Emily DeRoehn scored 12 points and took five rebounds. Another Junior Ellis Zrenda took 12 rebounds.
Bugbee commented after the game, “This was a solid team effort given to defeat an aggressive and physical opponent. There was clear improvement in our play, which progressively developed each quarter throughout the game,” adding, “The difference in the game proved to be very good foul shooting by the whole team”.
Down at North Branford, Old Lyme defeated North Branford 70-51. Aedan Using led the Wildcats with 36 points, 10 blocks and 14 rebounds. Jared Ritchie added five blocks and four steals while Ray Doll scored 10 points.
Mike Sitro led the Thunderbirds with 26 points.
Next up for the girls is St. Bernard at Old Lyme on Thursday while the boys travel to Hale-Ray the same night.
The girls record is 6-3 while the boys stand at 8-1.