Shelton Sports Roundup: March 2

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Shelton's Matt Hellauer had two top-three finishes Thursday in the SCC swimming championships at the Cheshire Community pool. Hellauer was second in the 500 freestyle and third in the 200 freestyle.

Fairfield Prep won the team competition for the eighth consecutive year while Shelton finished ninth.

Here are the individual results:

200 medley relay: 1. ND-West Haven (Anthony DeFilippo, Paul Monaco, Nick Celestin, Tyler Dietter) 1:38.84; 2. Fairfield Prep (Ed Stolarski, Keith Dougherty, Bryce Keblish, Bjorn Davis) 1:39.39; 3. Amity (Robert Rosner, Eric Holden, Alan Pite, Kyle Lemere) 1:39;46; 200 freestyle: 1. Dylan Swanepoel (Amity) 1:46.56; 2. Nick Wargo (Fairfield Prep) 1:47.43; 3. Matt Hellauer (Shelton) 1:48.05; 200 IM: 1. Eric Holden (Amity) 1:58.59; 2. Alan Pite (Amity) 1:59.02; 3. Bryce Keblish (Fairfield Prep) 2:00.47; 50 freestyle: 1. Tyler Dietter (ND-West Haven) 22.03; 2. Kyle Neri (Lyman Hall) 22.25; 3. Bjorn Davis (Fairfield Prep) 22.36; 100 butterfly: 1. Nick Celestin (ND-West Haven) 52.10; 2. Bryce Keblish (Fairfield Prep) 53.85; 3. Rich Enders (Foran) 54.40; 100 freestyle: 1. Kyle Neri (Lyman Hall) 47.51; 2. Tyler Dietter (ND-West Haven) 48.28; 3. Bjorn Davis (Fairfield Prep) 48.68; 500 freestyle: 1. Dylan Swanepoel (Amity) 4:47.01; 2. Matthew Hellauer (Shelton) 4:50.21; 3. Brandon Cole (Fairfield Prep) 4:55.42; 200 freestyle relay: 1. Fairfield Prep (Nick Wargo, Keith Dougherty, Bryce Keblish, Bjorn Davis) 1:30.05; 2. Amity (Jacob Laser, Charles Pite, Kyle Lemere, Alan Pite) 1:32.13; 3. Sheehan (Jonathan Abbott, Robert Hacku, Carl Thurston, Joshua Bjornberg) 1:33.06; 100 backstroke: 1. Nick Celestin (ND-West Haven) 51.80; 2. Ed Stolarski (Fairfield Prep) 55.84; 3. Rich Enders (Foran) 55.87; 100 breaststroke: 1. Eric Holden (Amity) 58.28; 2. Joshua Bjornberg (Sheehan) 59.40; 3. Alan Pite (Amity) 1:01.69; 400 freestyle relay: 1. ND-West Haven (Alexander Tubis, Paul Monaco, Nick Celestin, Tyler Dietter) 3:19.05; 2. Fairfield Prep (Nick Wargo, Keith Dougherty, Bryce Keblish, Bjorn Davis) 3:21.42; 3. Amity (Jacob Laser, Brian Liang, Charles Pite, Dylan Swanepoel) 3:23.84.

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Sean Kellett will compete this weekend in the New England wrestling championships in Providence.

Kellett finished third last week in the 126-pound weight class in the state Open champions, defeating Foran's Carl Luth 4-2 in the third-place match.

Since the top four in each weight class advanced, Luth also will be competing in Providence.

Kellet will take on Trevor Smith of Marshwood (Maine) in his first-round match

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Shelton's Joseph Stein finished fourth in the SCC diving championships at Hamden:

The top results:

1. Peter Cyr (Hamden) 484.65; 2. Conor Makepeace (Lyman Hall 445.75; 3. Jake Bowtell (Fairfield Prep) 416.80; 4. Joseph Stein (Shelton) 404.85; 5. Dale McElroy (Hamden) 389.50; 6. Avi Schwimmer (Hamden) 330.35; 7. Spencer Beaulieu (Xavier) 313.95; 8. Dean Conte (Branford) 311.35; 9. Derrick Blinn (Sheehan) 298.60; 10. Robert McCory (Fairfield Prep) 294.50; 11. Jon Buehler (Sheehan) 292.50; 12. Zelun Wang (Amity) 255.30; 13. Cowell Jimenez (Fairfield Prep) 247.00; 14. Blake Bibisi (Xavier) 235.90; 15. Declan Rowley (Fairfield Prep) 232.25; 16. Kevin Matthews (Sheehan) 224.25.

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After clinching its first Class LL state tournament berth in five years with a 44-41 win over West Haven on the final day of the regular season, the reward for the boys basketball team is a first-round contest at top-ranked St. Joseph on Tuesday.

Shelton (8-12), which doubled its win total from last season, is the 32nd and last seed in the tournament while St. Joseph completed only the second undefeated regular season in school history (20-0).

The Cadets were, however, shocked by No. 8 seed Bridgeport Central 62-58 in the quarterfinals of the FCIAC playoffs.

A year ago, St. Joseph also lost to the No. 8 seed in the FCIAC playoffs, but went on to win their first state championship since 2001 and 10th in school history.

Should Shelton somehow pull off the upset, it would face either No. 16 Cheshire or No. 17 Stamford in the second round on Thursday. Last season, the Gaels finished just 4-16.

THURSDAY'S RESULTS

No games scheduled

FRIDAY'S SCHEDULE

Boys diving

SCC championships, 4 p.m., at Hamden

SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE

No games scheduled

SCC BOYS BASKETBALL STANDINGS (through Feb. 16)

Hammonasset

Hillhouse 8-0 18-0

Hand 5-3 11-7

Foran 5-3 10-8

Guilford 2-6 4-14

Law 0-8 0-18

Housatonic

Cheshire 7-1 12-6

Amity 4-4 14-4

Lyman Hall 4-4 7-11

Sheehan 2-6 6-12

Shelton 2-6 7-11

Quinnipiac

Fairfield Prep 7-1 16-2

Xavier 6-2 8-10

Hamden 4-4 9-8

West Haven 2-6 5-13

ND-West Haven 1-7 1-17

Oronoque

Career 8-0 17-1

Branford 4-4 14-4

Wilbur Cross 4-4 10-8

North Haven 4-4 9-9

East Haven 0-8 4-14

GIRLS BASKETBALL (through Feb 16)

Hammonasset

*Hillhouse 8-0 18-2

*Hand 5-3 13-7

*Law 3-5...10-10

*Foran 3-5 9-11

Guilford 1-7 5-15

Housatonic

*Cheshire 6-2 14-6

*Sheehan 6-2 12-8

*-Amity 4-3 11-9

*Shelton 3-4 7-13

Lyman Hall 0-8 0-20

Quinnipiac

*Mercy 6-0 16-4

*West Haven 3-3 16-4

*Sacred Heart Academy 2-4 14-6

*Hamden 1-5 9-11

Oronoque

*Career 8-0 19-1

*East Haven 5-3 11-9

Wilbur Cross 4-4 4-16

Branford 2-6 2-18

North Haven 0-8 0-20