Haddam Killingworth Boys Varsity Lacrosse got back in the win column Thursday evening with a 12-6 victory over conference foe North Branford. The Cougars are now 8-2 on the season.
It was a sloppy first quarter for both teams, with lazy passes leading to unforced turnovers. North Branford scored early with two quick strikes to take a 2-0 lead. HK responded when middie Aidan Coleman dropped one in on the doorstep, assisted by attack Ryder Wink. Soon after Coleman scored again to tie it 2-2 during an HK man-up situation.
On the next possession middie Cory Phipps found middie Cooper Savoy slicing down the lane for the pretty one-timer, giving the Cougars their first lead of the night, 3-2. North Branford responded with a shot in front to tie it again, 3-3.
The Cougars used some good ball movement late in the second quarter to gain the advantage again, 4-3. Coleman fed middie Cal Braren up top for a lightning shot that found the top right corner of the cage.
After the half North Branford started things off with a quick strike down lane, knotting it up 4-4. Later in the third they scored again on a fast break, taking a 5-4 lead.
The Cougars used a man-up advantage to tie the game 5-5 with 3:13 left on the clock in the third period, with a nice side-arm from Savoy. Shortly thereafter attack Wink scored on a fast break, giving HK the 6-5 advantage and eliciting a roar from the Cougar bench. On the very next possession Braren won the face-off and found Coleman trailing on the right side for another quick strike, giving HK a 7-5 lead.
Early in the fourth quarter North Branford was able to sneak in a loose ball rebound for a score, closing within one of HK, 7-6. From that point forward it was all Cougars.
Attack Nolan Braren passed to a curling Wink on the left-side of the crease for the score, 8-6. Braren then found Savoy out front for the under-handed side-arm worm burner, 9-6. On the next possession Wink scored again with an HK man-up advantage, 10-6. Coleman used a sweet lefty stick that found the back of the net for the 11-6 lead, and Braren found Wink for a bouncer out front to close it out, 12-6.
in a dramatic and championship caliber game, the No.1 seeded Haddam Killingworth Boys Varsity Lacrosse team defeated No.2 seeded Valley Regional 11-9, capturing the school’s first ever boys lacrosse Shoreline Conference Championship. HK finished the season a gaudy 13-5, 13-1 in conference. Despite the Cougars being in control and leading for the entirety of the contest, HK fans would not and could not exhale until the final whistle — given the recent history of the rivalry. For those privileged enough to have witnessed the two regular season contests between these teams, the drama of this latest and final tilt came as no surprise. HK and Valley split during the regular season in two highly competitive and narrowly decided bouts. While the Cougars seemed in control for most of those games as well, each ended in dramatic fashion. One resulting in HK’s only conference loss on the season. In the first game, HK rallied from a two-goal deficit in the fourth quarter to win. In the...
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