LYME-OLD LYME — Yesterday Lyme-Old Lyme’s lead scorer and “Big Man” (6 ft. 5 in.) senior Aedan Using was unanimously selected as the Shoreline Conference Player of the Year.
Last season he was named to the CIAC Division V All-State First Team and next fall will play basketball at Brandeis University.
Also, Using’s team mates and fellow Seniors Brady Sheffield and Ray Doll were named to the First and Second Conference teams respectively, while Senior Jared Ritchie received an Honorable Mention.
A delighted coach Kirk Kaczor commented to LymeLine, “It’s the first time we’ve ever had that many kids honored.”
This evening at 7:30 p.m. top seeds Old Lyme face Cromwell, seeded fifth, in a Shoreline Conference Championship semifinal to be playd in the Lyme-Old Lyme High School gym. The match-up is a repeat of last year’s hard-fought Conference final, which Old Lyme ultimately lost in overtime.
Asked for his thoughts on the upcoming game, Kaczor commented, “We’ve got a great opportunity Tuesday to play a very good Cromwell team. It gives us a chance to get to the finals [this year] where we lost to them a year ago.”
The other semifinal is between second-seeded Valley and third seeds Morgan.
Is Brady Sheffield a relative of Old Lyme’s memorable Nathaniel Sheffield family? I was a member of OLHS class of 55, classmate of Nathaniel “Skip” Sheffield, who was a good baseball and basketball player. Lousy team but fun for a small school in those days Skip’s dad was great man, diehard Red Sox fan..never missed a game at OLHS.
Yes he is !! Brady is his grandson!