Baseball Wins Second in a Row, Boys Lacrosse Bounces Back and Golf Opens with Win

Baseball (2-0, 1-0):

Bobcats starting pitcher Harlan Zeerip was back on the hill for Brookfield on Monday and he led the team to its second straight win to start the year. Zeerip pitched six scoreless innings, enjoying solid run support in the 6-3 win at New Fairfield. He struck out six while walking only two.

The Bobcats scored two runs in the second inning and one in the fourth before opening things up with a three-run fifth inning. The Rebels rallied for three runs in their last at-bat but it was too little too late as Brookfield held on for the win.

Sophomore third basemen Matt Gernert continued his strong start to the season with a double and two RBIs while senior right-fielder David Long went 3-for-3 with one RBI. Senior Ryan Berry, who came on to pitch in the seventh inning, also had a triple and an RBI in the win.

BROOKFIELD         020  130 0—6 9 0

NEW FAIRFIELD  000 000 3—3 10 3

BATTERIES: B—Zeerip (W 2-0), Berry (7) and Evan Mozingo; NF—P.J. Jameison (L), Ryan Moore (6) and Joe Roberti. SO: Zeerip 6, Berry, Jameison 5, Moore. BB: Zeerip 2, Berry, Jameison 2, Moore.

2B: B—Gernert; NF—P.J. Jameison. 3B: B—Berry. RBI: B—Gernert 2, Bryson Herr, Ryan Korb, Long, Berry; NF—Jameison 2, Alex Potocki.

Boys Lacrosse (1-1, 1-1):

After suffering an ugly opening season loss at Newtown, Brookfield bounced back for it's first win of the season, defeating the Wildcats at Bethel on Monday.

To earn the victory, Brookfield had to hold on for dear life. The Bobcats held an 8-3 lead at halftime but would be unable to score in the second half while Bethel mounted a comeback. The Wildcats cut the lead to 8-6 with three goals in the third quarter but a stingy Bobcat defense would allow Bethel to score only once more, securing the win.

BROOKFIELD 4 4 0 0—8

BETHEL            2 1 3 1—7

SCORING: BR—Ryan Desocio 1g,2a; Brad Westmark 2g; Sam Grainger 2g; Nick Bisatti 1a; Tim Trenaglio 1a; Angus Warner 1g, Chase Morehouse 1a; BE—Brian Crosby 5g,1a; Troy Deyo 2g; Doug Schmidt 1a; Mike Mascola 1a.

GOALIES: BR—Brandon Brateke (6 saves), Jacob Maddox (6 saves); BE—Ryan Campbell (7 saves).

Girls Lacrosse (0-2, 0-2):

The Lady Bobcats' early season struggles continued as they dropped their second straight game, losing 14-9 at Bethel on Monday. Brookfield is still searching for its offensive rhythm while trying to tighten up its defense. They surrendered nine goals in the first half to the Lady Wildcats to put them down by four at the break.

Senior Kathryn Marron led the team with four goals and two assists while her senior scoring counterpart Emily Leonard was held to one goal and three assists.

BETHEL            9 5—14

BROOKFIELD 5 4—9

Goals: Be—Sam Davenport 3, Stephanie Hirst 3, Laura Steinmetz 3, Olivia Mullen 2, Serena Ghio 2, Anna Fiorini. Bk—Marron 4, Kelsey Zimmerer, Jenna Bellano, Leonard, Shannon Gruda, Stephanie Hurt. Assists: Be—Ghio 2, Hirst. Bk—Leonard 3, Marron 2, Zimmerer.

Saves: Be—Stephanie Forese 13; Bk—Lorraine Piccarelli 7.

Boys Golf (0-1):

The Bobcats opened their season on Monday at Sunset Hills in Brookfield with a solid 170-179 win over Masuk.

The Bobcats were led by sophomore Scott Martin, who shot the low round of the day, posting a 3-over-par 38. Juniors Dan Flood, Steve McGorty and Tom Juliano all shot 44s to help the team come up with the win.

BROOKFIELD 170, MASUK 179 (Sunset Hills, par 35) — Brookfield: Dan Flood 44, Scott Martin 38, Sean Llewellyn 45, Steve McGorty 44, Tom Juliano 44. Masuk: Jeff Morgan 45, John Belush 44, Adam Polverari 47, Frank Katz 43, Justin Romano 50.

Boys Tennis (1-3, 1-2):

The Bobcats were edged by New Fairfield 4-3 on Monday as they were unable to post back-to-back wins to raise their record to .500. Brookfield did pick up its first win of the season on Friday, defeating Immaculate. The one-match loss was the second in this early season for Brookfield.

In the loss to the Rebels, Kyle Tolle and Stephen Vulcano both scored hard-fought three set singles wins after dropping their first sets.  The doubles team of Adam Claxton and Sam Brady picked up a straight set win. 

NEW FAIRFIELD 4, BROOKFIELD 3

Singles: Torre (NF) def. (B) Max Robbins 6-2, 6-4; Burfeind (NF) def. (B) Tyler Goldstein 7-6, 4-6, 6-4; Tolle (B) def. (NF) Altman 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Vulcano (B) def. (NF) Grabert 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.

Doubles: Dionisio/Thaler (NF) def. (B) Jason Schwart/Jeff Magen 6-4, 5-7, 7-5; Baird/Smyth (NF) def. (B) Shai Wallman/Joseph Whalen 6-2, 6-4; Claxton/Brady (B) def. (NF) Patel/Browne 6-1, 6-0.

Girls Tennis (2-1):

The Lady Bobcats dropped their first match of the season in their home opener on Monday, being defeated 5-2 by New Fairfield.