The Starting Five: Local Athletes of the Week

​Mike Morgan- Cromwell (Basketball): Morgan scored 23 points and had five steals in the Panthers 70-30 win over Westbrook last Tuesday. Is was the third time in four games that the junior guard scored in double-figures this season, which includes a season-high 28 points in a win over Hale Ray on Dec 23.

Ashanti Frazier- Newington (Basketball): Frazier hit a game-winner at the buzzer as Newington defeated Bristol Eastern 46-44 last Friday. The senior guard rebounded a miss before jumping off one foot to drain a rainbow shot just inside the arc, helping the Indians win for the fifth time in six games. Frazier finished the night with 12 points and eight rebounds.

Jack Healy- Wethersfield (Hockey): Healy scored a goal and dished out two assists in a 6-1 victory over E.O. Smith last Thursday and then tallied another goal in a 2-0 shutout of Cheshire on Saturday. The senior is the second-leading scorer and tied for the team lead in assists for an Eagles team that is a perfect 7-0 entering the week.

Tyah Pettaway- Middletown (Basketball): Pettaway scored a season-high 20 points in a 53-40 win over Lyman Hall last Monday. The sophomore guard added 14 points in a loss against Wethersfield on Friday and is the leading scorer on a young, up-and-coming Blue Dragons team.

Sam Geisler- Newington (Track & Field): Geisler won the 3000 meters at the Wintergreen Invitational at Southern Connecticut State University last Friday. The distance-running-junior has picked up right where he left off following an all-conference Cross Country season in the fall.