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Volume 13, Number 45
Thursday, November 10, 2022
CHS GIRLS SWEEP CONFERENCE CROWNS
We are the champions, my friends digs, with Surato securing seven and Perlini getting to eight.
Record-Journal report
It started with girls cross country on Oct. 19.
All-SCC libero Lauren Samela registrered a teamhigh 14 digs.
Field hockey, girls soccer and girls swimming followed in a swarm last Thursday, Oct. 27. Then, on Saturday, girls volleyball completed the deal.
Girls swimming A year after Amity ended a nine-year Cheshire reign, the Rams won the SCC team championship at Southern Connecticut State University’s Hutchinson Natatorium last Thursday night.
For the first time in Southern Connecticut Conference history, one school has swept the fall girls championships. And that school is Cheshire. Coach Sue Bavone’s Lady Rams made it 5-for-5 by defeating Amity 3-2 in Saturday’s SCC volleyball tournament final at West Haven.
That makes it 27 SCC titles in 29 years for Cheshire. This time around, the Rams totaled 1,226 points. Amity was second with 935.
It was a vintage battle between the long-time rivals in West Haven. Gunning for the upset, No. 2-seed Amity took the opening set 25-13. No. 1 Cheshire responded with matching 25-20 decisions to take a 2-1 lead. Amity stayed alive, 26-24, in a riveting fourth game. The fifth was just as close, with Cheshire prevailing 15-13. The Rams were led by senior
The Cheshire High School girls volleyball team celebrates its 3-2 victory over Amity in the SCC Tournament championship Saturday at West Haven. Greg Lederer, Cheshire Herald
outside hitter Avery Mola, who was simply on fire with 29 kills. Adding five digs, two aces and a block, Mola was named MVP of the tourna-
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Sophia Surato (21assists) and Amelia Perlini (19) combined on the setting. They also combined on 15
Barto, named the meet’s Most Outstanding Performer, was a double-winner in the 100-yard butterfly and 200 freestyle.
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Kathryn Ulicki added six kills apiece for Cheshire.
Cheshire had individual winners in in Julia Barto, Natalia Gajecki, Julianna Tyler and Avery Potyrala and as a team, won all but two events on the night.
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