St. Bernard boys top Ledyard by one
Ledyard — Freshman Tyson Wheeler scored 24 points to lead St. Bernard to a 74-73 win over Ledyard in a high school boys' basketball game Wednesday night.
Cedrick Similien, also a freshman, had 15 points for the Saints (6-5) while teammates Frank Pacheco (13), Nathaniel Avery (12) and Walker Baillargeon (10) also scored in double figures. Jabari Jones had 28 points and 13 rebounds and Dorell Cagle scored 18 for Ledyard (5-5).
In other games:
• Grasso Tech had four players score in double figures in a 61-52 win over Civic Leadership. Donnell Brown led the way with 15 points, Ethan McAvoy scored 14, Tyrell Dennis scored 12 and Domonick Martinez had 10 points for Grasso.
• Dorian White, Ayden Morrison and Nate Cyr scored 14 points each to lead Stonington past Griswold 71-34. The Bears (6-6) led Griswold 18-5 after one quarter.
Men’s basketball
• Noah Baldez tied a career high with 25 points, becoming the 20th player in program history to reach the 1,000-point mark, as Coast Guard beat Clark 103-77 in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference game. Packy Witkowski came off the bench to score 21 for Coast Guard (6-9, 1-4) and teammates Justin Kane (13), Madison Maloney (11) and J.T. Cox (10) also scored in double figures for the Bears.
• Chris Manon had 20 points, six rebounds and four assists to power St. Thomas More past Mount Hermon 69-60. Zeke Blauner had 14 points and Jared Garcia added 13 while Justin Hemphill chipped in 10 points and eight rebounds for the Chancellors (21-1).
• New London's Jalen Benson scored 18 points and had five assists as Mitchell College beat Lesley 104-59 in an NECC game. Matt Finke had 10 points, six rebounds and five assists, Dra Harrison scored 17 and Alfonzo Stokes had 11 points for Mitchell (6-11, 3-1).
H.S. girls’ basketball
• No. 9 NFA led 22-3 after one quarter and went on to beat RHAM 48-29 in a nonleague game. Jada Mills had 19 points and Bella Graziano scored eight for NFA (9-2).
• Sophie Byrne scored 15 points and Samarie Delgado added 10 in Grasso Tech's 3736 loss to Civic Leadership.
• Williams School lost to Chase Collegiate 61-26. Anna Mae Saunders had 16 points and Olivia Kaplan scored eight for Williams (1-6).
H.S. wrestling
• Ledyard beat Griswold 7012. Connor Doran (113), Caden Foote (145) and Mason Barnett (152) had pins for Ledyard (114) and teammate Jacob Foster (132) also won his match.
H.S. boys’ indoor track
• Stonington's Chase Flynn won the 600 (1:26.67) at the SCC Coaches Invitational on Tuesday night. The Bears' Ryan Gruczka was third in the 1,600 (4:37.32).