New London girls rout Berlin in Class L tourney opener
No. 29 East Lyme girls upset No. 4 Nonnewaug
New London — Charee Osbourne had 19 points and 23 rebounds as second-seeded New London defeated No. 31 Berlin, 59-32, in the first round of the CIAC Class L girls' basketball tournament on Monday night.
Jada Lucas scored 23 points and India Pagan added 11 rebounds and four blocks for New London (22-1), which will play host to No. 18 Guilford, a 5135 winner over No. 15 Barlow, in Friday's second round at 7 p.m.
Nina D'Amato scored 13 for the Redcoats (8-13). In other games: • Jordan Venditto had eight points and 12 steals and Gabby Murphy scored 12 as No. 29 East Lyme stunned No. 4 Nonnewaug, 42-27, in the Class L first round.
Maggie Powers scored 10 and Megan Bauman added six points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the Vikings (10-13), who will play at No. 13 Northwest Catholic on Friday at 7 p.m. Northwest, last season's Class L runner-up, beat No. 20 Bristol Eastern, 87-63.
• Caitlyn Dittman had 18 points and 15 rebounds to pace No. 22 St. Bernard past No. 11 Wamogo, 36-32, in the Class S first round. The Saints (1012) will play at No. 6 Goodwin Tech on Friday (7 p.m.) in New Britain. Goodwin beat No. 27 Med-Ed Prep, 49-19.
SCHOOLS
• Sloane Sweitzer 21 points, 17 rebounds and three steals as No. 25 Old Lyme beat No. 8 Metro Learning Cen- ter, 44-39, in the Class S first round. Lauren Quaratella scored nine for the Wildcats (10-12), who will play at No. 9 Hartford Classical on Friday (7 p.m.). Classical beat No. 24 Gilbert in overtime, 69-66.
Boys' basketball
• Dan Porcic had 34 points as Putnam defeated Wheeler 75- 68. Alex Haines had 31 points and 18 rebounds for Wheeler, which finishes 5-15, while Ryan Dussault added 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Boys' swimming
• Yovanny Santos won the 100-meter freestyle (1:04.79) and swam on the winning 200 medley relay and freestyle relay teams as Norwich Free Academy beat Waterford, 9766, in the Eastern Connecticut Conference. Brady Friese won the 100 backstroke (1:20.26) and teamed with Kevin Sikorski, Cristian Calderon and Santos to win the 200 medley relay (2:19.06) for the Wildcats (5-6, 4-6). Also, Michael Neville won the 200 freestyle (2:49.12), Timothy Yuen won the 200 individual medley (2:49.91), and combined with Peter He and Santos to win the 200 freestyle relay (2:06.52). Kevin Su won the 50 freestyle (28.46) and 100 breaststroke (1:19.96) for the Lancers (3-8, 2-8), and Matt Patton won diving (200.70).
Indoor track
• NFA's Connor Gralton and East Lyme's Vann Moffett each had seventh-place finishes during Sunday's New England Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. Gralton placed seventh in the 1,000-meter run in 2:32.84 while Moffett placed seventh in the mile run in 4:23.81. In addition, East Lyme's Mikaela Lopriore finished 12th in the shot put with a throw of 35 feet, 11 inches.