rivereast Standout Athletes of the Week(s)

RHAM High School senior Dylan Devine is back leading Raptors wrestling, winning 10 of his first 11 matches this winter.

Here is a double dose of Rivereast Standouts for the previous two weeks (Dec. 26 - Jan. 8):

Dylan Devine - RHAM High School (Wrestling): Devine has been a monster on the mat to start the season, winning 10 of his first 11 matches this winter. The senior has picked up right where he left off a season ago when he finished as the runner-up in his weight class at the Class M state finals. Devine, a 4.0 GPA scholar-athlete, is currently ranked No. 6 overall in his weight class for the entire New England region.

Thomas Morton - East Hampton (Track & Field): Morton shined at the Shoreline League Meet on Jan. 5, running a personal-best (38.62) to finish as the runner-up in the 300 meters (38.62) and covering a personal-best distance of 16’10” in the long jump to place 3rd. Morton, a senior, also teamed with Robert Stanford, Alexander Urban, Aidan Maiorino to win the 4x200 relay race at the event, held at the Floyd Athletic Center in New Haven. The Bellringers placed third overall at the early-season conference meet.  

Megan Braga - Bacon Academy High School (Track & Field): Braga placed 3rd in the 55 meter hurdles, running a personal-best time of 9.79 at the Eastern Connecticut Conference (ECC) Developmental Meet at the Providence Career & Technical Academy in Rhode Island. Braga, a senior, then placed 6th in the same event at the Robert Saulisbury Invitational at the Floyd Athletic Center in New Haven on Dec. 30.  

Cole Bates - Portland High School (Track & Field): Bates won the pole vault, cleaning a personal-best height of 10’06” at the Shoreline League Meet at the Floyd Athletic Center in New Haven on Jan. 5. Bates, a senior who was a first-team all-conference soccer player in this past fall, was also on a pair of running relay teams at the conference track event.

Max Czarnecki - RHAM High School (Track & Field): Czarnecki broke the school record in the 300 meters, running a time of 38.11 to place 4th overall at the Elm City Invitational in New Haven on Jan. 7. The senior also had a top-five finish in the 55 meters and placed 8th in the 55 meter hurdles at the annual event held at the Floyd Athletic Center. The Raptors placed 6th overall as a team, finishing ahead of 19 other schools.    

Elijah Black - Bacon Academy High School (Basketball): Black scored a team-high 17 points, hitting three shots from beyond the arc, as the Bobcats held off Montville 65-53 on Jan 4 at Bacon Academy High School. Black, a senior, led a balanced scoring attack that also had Luke Grimord (16), Keegan Appleby (10), and Troy Johnson (10) score in double figures. It was the defense that allowed Bacon to take the lead and never look back, holding Montville to seven points in the second quarter and taking a commanding 33-19 lead into the halftime break.  

Kali Trapp - East Hampton High School (Track & Field): Trapp vaulted a personal-best 7’06” to finish tied for 2nd place at the Shoreline League Meet at the Floyd Athletic Center in New Haven on Jan. 5. Trapp, a junior and academic standout at the school, also competed in the 55 meter dash and the high jump at the event as the Bellringers placed 8th overall as a team at the conference meet.  

Tyler Quinn - Portland High School (Wrestling): Quinn placed 2nd in the 160 lbs. Division at the Casey Yates Annual Memorial Invitational on Jan. 7. Quinn, a junior, defeated Sam Montgomery of Rockville, Russell Stewart of Griswold, and William Depault of Stafford to reach the championship bout. The Highlanders took 5th overall as a team at the yearly event that takes place at Lyman Memorial High School.