Unstoppable.
It's a good word to describe New London center Allan Chaney on Wednesday night as he and his teammates took all of the fight out of Killingly early and ran away with the Eastern Connecticut Conference semifinal between the two, 85-53.
If third-seeded Killingly had any thoughts of upsetting the second-seed and host, those hopes were quickly dashed by Chaney's play. The Redmen had no one to guard the six-foot-eight-inch center and eventually were forced to put their own future Division-I player, Shane Gibson, on him.
Gibson blocked a couple of Chaney's shots to no avail. Chaney simply picked the ball back up on both occasions and stuffed it home. That's what a six-inch height advantage will do for you and how a few hang-on-the-rim slam dunks can take the will away from an opponent.
The Whalers move on to meet NFA in the final Friday night on New London's court. The Wildcats won it last season, and do have a couple of six-foot-six-inch pivot players to go after Chaney with. The odds-on favorite, however, New London.