After Thrilling Game, Old Lyme Boys’ Finally Fall to East Hampton

Old Lyme senior Leland Hine leaps above the opposition to make a shot in Saturday’s game. All photos by A. Hine.

EAST HAMPTON—Playing away, the Old Lyme Wildcats fought hard on Saturday afternoon but ultimately lost by just four points 68-62 to the East Hampton Bellringers.

Old Lyme sophomore Colman Curtiss-Reardon netted a game-high 19 points with senior Jack Porter just one point adrift of him with 18.

Old Lyme senior Dylan Paynter contributed to the Wildcats score with this deft three-pointer.

Jadin Sawyer was top scorer for East Hampton with 18 points while Brady Lynch netted 17.

The Wildcats’ Shoreline Conference record now stands at 8-4 with their overall record: at 9-5.

Colman Curtiss-Reardon jumps to score another hoop adding to what ultimately became his game-high total of 19 points.

Old Lyme’s next game is tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 6, away at Westbrook High School with a 7 p.m. tip-off.

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Olwen Logan grew up in a family of London educators but was inspired by her great grandfather, influential Daily Chronicle newspaper editor Alfred Ewen Fletcher, to pursue journalism. She built a successful career in efficiency analysis and senior audit management before launching her own PR-focused consultancy. After moving to the U.S. in 1990 and settling in Old Lyme in 1994, she became a staff writer for the now-closed Main Street News and later joined Jack Turner’s fledgling LymeLine.com, discovering the career she had always wanted—albeit in an unexpected digital form. Even after relocating to Maryland, she continued covering Lyme and Old Lyme with the same dedication, earning national recognition as a LION Publishers award finalist in 2020. After more than two decades of service, Olwen stepped away in November 2025, donating LymeLine.com to the newly formed nonprofit LymeLine Inc. and expressing her excitement for its continued growth and mission.