rivereast Standout Athletes of the Week

Here are the Rivereast Standouts of the Week for the week of April 24-30:
           
Jazlyn Small-Yu- Bacon Academy (Softball): Small-Yu connected on three hits, including a home run, as the Bobcats defeated New London 9-3 on April 24. Small-Yu, a junior, drove in two runs and scored two more as she nearly hit for the cycle, reaching base on a double and a triple to go along with her first fence-clearing shot of the year. Through the first nine games, Small-Yu leads the team in hitting percentage (.458), hits (11), runs (11), and triples (4).    
           
R.J. Stanford - East Hampton High School (Baseball): Stanford drove in five runs and scored three more as the Bellingers defeated Hale Ray 15-3 on April 28. Stanford, a senior center fielder who had a team-high three hits, led an offensive attack that broke the game open with an eight-run first inning and scored a dozen runs over the first two innings.     
           
Taryn Brysgel - RHAM High School (Lacrosse): Brysgel, a junior goalie, was stout in between the pipes last week as the Raptors won all three games. Brysgel made 23 saves (stopping 66% of the shots she faced) as RHAM defeated Berlin (15-6), Woodstock Academy (9-4), and Norwich Free Academy (9-7). Joelle Goralnik and Diana Zito led the offensive charge for RHAM, combining for 16 goals and nine assists in the three games.
           
​Samuel LaMalfa - Portland High School (Track & Field): LaMalfa won the 400 meters, running a personal-best 50.33 to hold runner-up Cole Robertson of Tolland at the Ellington Invitational on April 29. LaMalfa, a sophomore, was also part of the school’s 4x400 relay team — joining Noah Decker, Cole Bates, and Parker Thompson — as the Highlanders 4x4 relay team finished as the runner-up at the invite held at Ellington High School.