Tourjee takes over as Waterford volleyball coach

Lancers grad has had a successful run as assistant

Waterford — Amanda Tourjee was named this week as the head girls' volleyball coach at Waterford High School, taking over for Matt Maynard, who resigned in April. Tourjee served as Maynard's assistant coach the last four seasons.

Tourjee is a 2014 Waterford graduate, who earned All-Eastern Connecticut Conference honors and selection to The Day's All-Area team in 2013 as the Lancers won the ECC Medium Division and went on to reach the Class M state tournament semifinals.

"We are pleased to welcome Amanda as the next girls' volleyball coach," Waterford athletic director Chris Landry said in a press release. "Her playing experience as a player at the high school, club and college level, along with her experience as an assistant coach at Waterford High School the last four years — during which the Lancers were state finalists in 2018-19 — make her an excellent fit for our next head coach.

"I am confident that Amanda will be an excellent role model for our young ladies both on and off the court."

Tourjee is an officer with the Old Saybrook Police Department.

"I could not be more honored to continue my coaching career with Waterford High School, now as the head coach, " Tourjee said in the release. "I've been lucky enough to work with these girls for the last four years, so I know what they're capable of. I'm excited to see what we can accomplish together."

NECBL

• Joseph Jaconski (North Carolina) had a single, two RBI and two runs as the Mystic Schooners scored five times in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat the Bristol Blues 8-3. Tristan McAlister (Mount St. Mary's) and Charlie Pagliarini (Fairfield) each had two hits and two RBI for Mystic (9-9).

Zone 6 Legion

• Daniel St. George pitched a two-hitter as Norwich beat Willimantic 1-0 Thursday. St. George struck out two with no walks. Norwich

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(8-5) scored in the bottom of the fifth when Jacob Savage singled home Connor Doyle. Patrick Terry doubled for Norwich.

FCBL

• The Norwich Sea Unicorns scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Brockton Rox 7-6 Thursday night. Matt Flaherty (Triton) tied the game with an RBI double and Drew Kron (UConn) doubled home Waterford's Ben Jerome (Nichols) with the game-winner. Alex Irizarry (Maryland) and Flaherty had three hits each for Norwich (16-15), Irizarry homered and Flaherty doubled twice.

ECML

• Andrew Fogarty and Brenden Cavaco combined to pitch a three-hitter with 13 strikeouts as the Padres beat the Sonics 14-1 Thursday night. Kyle Whipple doubled twice and drove in two runs, Brandon Valentin had an RBI triple, Ken Olszewski doubled and drove in two runs and Fogarty and Cavaco had two hits each for the Padres.

District 10 baseball (9-11)

• Jacob McCullough went 3-for-3 with a double and five RBI and Brody Weber was 3-for-3 with three RBI as Ledyard/Salem beat Groton 19-1 Thursday. Rueben French had two hits and three runs scored for Ledyard/Salem and Nick Fermo pitched a complete game two-hitter, striking out eight. Keegan Henry had a hit, a run scored and two stolen bases for Groton.

• Waterford defeated Stonington 13-0 Thursday. Christian O'Connor, Cam Dlubac, Reily Karasevicz and Tyler Stark combined to throw a no-hitter for Waterford and Griff Fiano, Stark, Karasevicz, Jax Nolda and Dlubac each had multiple hits. O'Connor scored twice and drove in two runs.

District 10 baseball (8-10)

• Maddox Salemma threw 5.2 innings of two-hit ball with five strikeouts and no walks and Kobie Sharpe struck out the last batter of the game to preserve Mystic's 3-1 victory over Waterford. Cayden King had two hits for Mystic.