Waterford boys topple Ledyard in ECC Div. II; No. 9 NFA boys cruise

Waterford — Jordan Elci had 14 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and three steals as Waterford downed Ledyard 67-43 on Saturday night in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II boys' basketball game.

Sean O'Connell had 12 points, 10 rebounds, six blocks and four assists, Logan Peabody had 12 points and four assists and Nolan Gollsneider scored 15 for Waterford (12-4, 5-2).

Dorrell Cagle scored 10 for the Colonels (7-7, 2-4).

In other games:

• Nazir Rembert had 31 points as No. 9 Norwich Free Academy blitzed New Britain in the second and third quarter of its 86-47 nonleague win. Javen Foster had 17 points and 11 rebounds and Tyrone Cannon scored 16 with nine rebounds for NFA (132), which outscored the Golden Hurricanes 52-13 over the second and third quarters.

• Kevin Saintvil-Ravix had 11 points, five rebounds and five steals as Fitch beat Masuk 55-49 in a nonleague game. Van Spruill had nine points and six rebounds for Fitch (6-8).

• Amistad of New Haven outlasted New London 65-60 in a nonleague game. Rhodia Perry scored 19 points to lead the Whalers (9-6), who have lost four straight, while Coby Smith finished with 16 Da'Shaun Phillips 10 and Savahn Warren eight. Amistad is 9-3.

Girls' basketball

• Kasey Cook and Kassidy LaTour scored 14 points apiece as Lyman Memorial defeated Wheeler 50-45 in overtime in an ECC Division IV game.

Lyman is 9-8, 5-1, and remains just a game behind St. Bernard in the Division IV race.

Addie Hauptmann made 9 of 11 free throws for 17 points with 19 rebounds for the Lions (6-11, 2-4) and Marissa Perkins had 12 rebounds and 11 rebounds. Also, Maddie Perkins had seven steals.

• Anne Drago had 17 points, nine rebounds and two steals in Stonington's 44-34 nonleague win over Morgan.

Sophia Fernholz had 11 points, 12 rebounds and three assists for Stonington (8-8) and Gabby Dimock finished with 12 points, 11 rebounds and three steals.

Wrestling

• Mason Concascia (152 pounds) won all three of his matches by pin for Waterford, which hosts its annual Lancers Duals. Waterford beat Manchester (39-30) and lost to Bunnell (39-35) and Southington (5824). Lukas Turner (145) and Devon Powers (170) both won twice by pin for the Lancers (6-15) and Lucas Gannotti (132) won by pin and decision.

• Connor DeVega (138) went 4-0 with three first period pins as NFA went 3-1 at the South Windsor Groundhog Duals. The Wildcats (156) defeated Brookfield (46-31), NW Regional (77-6) and Newington (840) while losing to Hall (50-21).

• Melakai Maddox (160) won all three of his matches, including two by pin, for Fitch as it beat Darien (42-36) and St. Joseph (42-30) and lost to Fairfield Warde (73-6) in a quad match. John Luethy (182) won twice by pin for Fitch (4-9).

Boys' fencing

• Benjamin Tan won all six of his bouts to lead East Lyme's boys' varsity foil past both New London and NFA by a score of 7-2. Andrew Mendez won three of his bouts for New London in its 7-2 win over NFA. East Lyme beat both New London and NFA by a score of 5-4 in boys' epee. Wilbur Mack and Falens Joseph both won six of their bouts as New London beat NFA, 6-3.

Girls' fencing

• Junior Malayshia Brown won six times for New London as it beat both East Lyme and NFA by a score of 7-2 in the foil. East Lyme beat NFA in the foil (5-4) and epee (7-2).