West Hartford High School Sports Round-Up
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Hall wrestler Tajay Murdock almost pins his Simsbury opponent. Photo by Amy Melvin
Scores from Conard and Hall high school varsity competition, Jan. 16 – Jan. 25, 2015.
The Conard girls basketball team has qualified for the state tournament. Submitted photo
Compiled by Ronni Newton
Once again, there is some exciting news to report regarding the Conard girls basketball team!
With a 58-43 victory over crosstown rival Hall on Friday night, Jan. 23, the Conard girls qualified for the Class LL state tournament for the first time since 2004 when they ended the season with a 10-10 record. Conard’s current record is 8-5, their best record through 13 games since the 1996-97 season. This is just the fourth time since 1988 that Conard has qualified for the state tournament since 1988 (1996, 1997 and 2004 were the other three times), after qualifying every year between 1973-88.
High scorers for Conard included Dezyree Morales and Nicole Kradas both with 14 points and Delaney Connors with 13 points. Hall’s high scorer was Madison Mandyck.
Even though it’s not Conard or Hall related, there’s some more positive news for the Connors family. Delaney Connors’ older sister, Haley Connors, a senior at Northwest Catholic, scored her 1,000th point in a game vs. Simsbury on Jan. 13. She finished the game (a 58-52 victory by Simsbury) with 22 points. According to her mom, Amy Connors, Haley is just the eighth woman to score 1,000 points at Northwest Catholic. In November 2014, Haley signed a Letter of Intent to play basketball at Division I Bryant University next year.
Hall vs. Simsbury wrestling match on January 21, 2015. Photo by Amy Melvin
Thank you to all who contributed photos and details of games and meets for this week’s sports round-up, and please keep the information coming! If you’re at a game or meet and snap a photo or two, send them our way. If you’re a budding sports writer, we’d love to have the game details! Results for some sports are hard to find, so if you were there, and you know what happened, please share. Send what you have to Ronni Newton at [email protected].
The past week’s scores for other sports and additional photos are below. Additional results for boys and girls indoor track are not available.
Conard Girls Basketball
Jan. 16 vs. Newington, won 38-27
Jan. 20 vs. Simsbury, lost 39-46
Jan. 23 vs. Hall, won 58-43
Hall Girls Basketball
Jan. 16 vs. Northwest Catholic, lost 55-74
Jan. 20 vs. Farmington, lost 28-66
Jan. 23 vs. Conard, lost 43-58
Conard Boys Basketball
Jan. 16 vs. Newington, lost 53-82
Jan. 20 vs. Simsbury, lost 44-57
Jan. 23 vs. Hall, won 62-57
Hall Boys Basketball
Jan. 16 vs. Northwest Catholic, lost 33-52
Jan. 20 vs. Farmington, lost 41-42
Jan. 23 vs. Conard, lost 57-62
Conard Boys Swimming and Diving
No recent scores reported
Hall Boys Swimming and Diving
Jan. 16 vs. Glastonbury, lost 80-93
Jan. 20 vs. Manchester, won 93-87
Jan. 23 vs. Avon, lost 86-90
Conard Boys Hockey
Jan. 21 vs. Suffield-Granby-Windsor Locks, won 2-1
Hall-Southington Boys Hockey
Jan. 17 vs. Newington-Berlin-Manchester, lost 1-2 (OT)
Jan. 21 vs. Farmington-Avon-Windsor, won 5-2
Hall/Conard Girls Hockey
Jan. 17 vs. North Haven-Amity-Cheshire, lost 2-4
Jan. 21 vs. Guilford, lost 0-3
Jan. 23 vs. East Catholic, lost 0-5
Conard Wrestling
Hall vs. Simsbury wrestling match on January 21, 2015. Photo by Amy Melvin
No recent scores reported
Hall Wrestling
Jan. 21 vs. Simsbury, lost 15-45
Conard Gymnastics
Jan. 22 vs. Farmington and Hall. Conard 129.2, Hall 118.6, Farmington 97.2
Hall Gymnastics
Jan. 22 vs. Farmington and Conard. Hall 118.6, Conard 129.2, Farmington 97.2
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