Technical Education

EAST HARTFORD – In a defensive battle, No. 8 seed Hillhouse and No. 2 New London played to a scoreless tie in the first half of their CIAC Class M state championship game Saturday at Rentschler Field.

New London started the game marching, starting from their own 27-yard line and quickly breaking into the Hillhouse territory.

Behind a continued ground attack, New London got as far as the Hillhouse 10-yard line, but facing a fourth-and-two from there, Whalers’ quarterback Joshua Clements came up a yard short of a first down.

It proved to be the deepest either team would get into opponent’s territory over the first half and began a string of stalled drives for both teams.

New London was led in the first half by running back Kyle McKinnon, who had 108 yards on 11 carries. Taurese Washington led the Hillhouse attack with 53 yards on 10 carries.

Notre Dame has lost another player late in the summer, as incoming freshman Jarred Tinordi chose to sign with the London Knights of the OHL.

It’s tough to classify Tinordi as too big of a loss, since he had yet to actually play in a game, but his departure does make Notre Dame that much thinner on defense, and it certainly must be frustrating to have a person go back on their word mere weeks before the start of the fall semester of school, but some people are like that.

There’s a couple issues at play here. First, I don’t think you can understate the relationship between the Hunters in London with Tinordi’s father, Mark.

Second, is the greater flexibility this gives Tinordi’s NHL team, the Montreal Canadiens. It may benefit the Canadiens, but it doesn’t seem to benefit Tinordi much. It’s no coincidence that NCAA players tend to get better bonuses on their first NHL contract.

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