Sophomore right-hander Henry Bugai pitched a no-hitter on Wednesday as Coginchaug rolled to an 11-1, five-inning victory over Portland at home.
Bugai was backed by a 7-run first inning from the Blue Devils, who won for the fifth time in their last six games in improving to 7-4. Bugai threw 10 first-pitch strikes and finished with five strikeouts.
Ethan Covello powered the Blue Devils at the plate with 4 hits and 4 RBIs, while Jayson Penney had 3 hits and Jeremy Mangiameli contributed a hit and drove in a run.
Mike Quesnel drove in the lone run for Portland (0-9).
Portland……..100 00x x–1 0 1
Coginchaug..711 11x x–11 10 0
In other baseball action around the county Wednesday:
Morgan 7, East Hampton 1: Garret Garbinski pitched a 3-hitter, walked 1 and struck out 13 to lead the Huskies to a Shoreline Conference win in East Hampton. Ethan Reemsnyder homered, drove in 3 runs and scored twice. Morgan (5-8) had just 3 hits but was helped by 9 errors by the Bellringers (6-5). James Quinn was 2 for 3 at the plate for East Hampton.
Morgan…………..220 210 0–7 3
East Hampton…010 000 0–1 3 9
Hale-Ray 9, Old Lyme 8: Miles Gagne was 2 for 3 with a double and 3 RBIs, Oliver Ross had 2 hits including a double and scored 3 runs and Ryan Sikorski was 2 for 2 with a double and RBI to lead the Noises (4-5) to their home win in the Shoreline. James Creagan and Riley Warecke doubled for the Wildcats (4-7).
Old Lyme…005 100 2–8 6 0
Hale-Ray…121 032 x–9 9 5
Batteries: HR–Nathan Wanderman, Ryan Sikorski (5), Austin Sevigny (7), and Oliver Ross, Joe Kalisz (6); OL–Casey Hurtgen, Grady Lacourciere (5), Riley Warecke (6), and Alex Roth. WP: Sikorski; LP: Lacourciere; S: Sevigny.
Old Saybrook 19, Westbrook 4: Noah Hester was 2 for 4 and drove in 4 runs as the Rams racked up 13 hits in their Shoreline win over the winless Knights. After starting the season with 6 straight wins, Old Saybrook (7-3) ended a 3-game losing streak. Carson Brown, who was 2 for 2 with 3 RBIs, pitched 3 hitless innings for the win, walking 1 and striking out 2. Marlin Stavola threw 2 innings out of the bullpen. Auggie Albert drove in 2 runs and scored 2 for Old Saybrook.
Softball
Old Lyme 9, Hale-Ray 2: The Wildcats (8-3) scored 4 runs in the first inning and broke it open with 3 in the fourth to beat the Noises (1-8) in Moodus. Old Lyme had 15 hits. Powering the team’s attack: Ava Roth (2 for 4, 1 run scored, triple, 3 stolen bases, 2 RBIs); Emma Bayor (2 for 4, triple, RBI); Jenna Schauder (2 for 3, 1 run); Grace Phaneuf (2 for 4, 1 run, double, 2 RBIs); and Anna Eichholz (2 for 4, 2 runs scored, double, stolen base). Bayor pitched a complete game for the win, striking out 9 and allowing no earned runs.
East Hampton 15, Morgan 11: Chelsea Woods was the winning pitcher and helped her cause with 2 singles, a triple and 3 RBIs. Julia Borrelli went 3 for 3 driving in 4 runs for the Bellringers (3-5). Eva O’Sullivan went 3 for 3 with 2 RBIs for the Huskies (3-8), while Alyssa Maikowski was 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs.
East Hampton…331 116 x–15 15 5
Boys Golf
At Clinton Country Club
Medalist: CJ Giuliano, Morgan, 40
Other Morgan scorers: Nick Schmidt 44, Drew Nye 44, Tyler Greenhouse 44
Records: Morgan 6-0, Old Lyme 1-3.
Cheshire 173, Xavier 185
At The Farms CC, Wallingford
Medalist: Nicholas Fortunato, Cheshire, 40
Xavier scorers: John Carrozzella 44, Finn Russell 46, Gavin Coletti 47, Madison Whitney 48
Other Cheshire scorers: Nicholas Fortunato 40, Anthony DePaolo 42, Jack Brewster 44 , Riley Brabant 47
Records: Xavier 3-3; Cheshire 4-0.
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Boys Tennis
Cromwell 4, Old Saybrook 2
Singles
Tyler Daniele (C) def. Logan Medbury 6-0, 6-1
Zach Daniele (C) def. Victor Fuda 6-0, 6-2
Darragh McNeil (C) def. Daniel Steindl 6-2, 6-2
Gownish Siranalinga (C) def. Brent Ling 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
Mike Kapij and Jack Forrest (OS) def. Quentin Sharrer and Thomas Garcia 6-2, 6-3
Zach Nicholas and Joe Maselli (OS) def. Basim Shah and Thomas Gradzki 6-2, 6-1
Old Lyme 5, Morgan 2
Singles
Joseph Morse (M) def. Charles Hinckley 6-3, 6-2
Griffin McGlinchey (OL) def. Steve Kinser 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Will Danes (OL) def. Matt Lopez 6-4, 6-2
Nick Bausch (M) def. Jed Arico 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
Micah Bass and Nikolai Stephens Zumbaum (OL) def. Tarik Hasic and Damian Sevieri 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Andy Sicuranza and Mike Klier (OL) def. Nate Kinser and Ryder Watson 6-2, 6-4
Alis Bicic and Leland Hine (OL) def. Page Cuptill and Ryan Mansfield 6-1, 7-5
Girls Tennis
Old Lyme 7, Morgan 0
Singles
Abby Sicuranza def. Abbie Vitola 6-1, 6-0
Sam Tan def. Molly Vitola 6-0, 6-0
Callie Bass def. Ana Colebank 6-0, 6-1
Elaina Morosky def. Riley Schmidt 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
Livie Bass / Alexis Fenton def. Kyra Savage / Maggie O’Donnell 6-1, 6-0
Aggie Hunt / Beatrice Hunt def. Ava Johnson / Ainsley Corgan 6-1, 6-4
Fiona Hufford / Izzy Reynolds def. Sara Morrissey / Gavin Gersz 6-3, 6-3