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WHAT’S INSIDE
Final thoughts on a memerable football season
Pages 5-6
Troy Russell 3 on 3 basketball tourney is a great success
Pages 12-13
To the hoop
Tom Powers | Staff Ellington’s Karlee Alves drives to the basket against Enfield during the Knights’ 2013-14 season opener, a one-point loss. For more girls hoops coverage, turn to page
By Tom PowersStaff Writer
The Rockville boys basketball team has a formati-ble roster and a new head coach in 2013-14.
Nathan Martins is excited to be a part of the Rock-ville family. This will be Martins’ first season as the head coach of the Rams’ boys basketball team, and he has some work to do to get this team back to the postseason.
Last season Rockville was 5-15, not good enough to reach the CIAC state tournament, and unfortunate-ly for Martins, his team has lost a bulk of its scoring from last year’s team.
The returning group will be lead by Sean O’Gara, Jacob Kennedy, Tyler Johnson, and Tarchee Brown.
Martins expects good things if his team is able to play hard and play together.
“We have nine seniors and two juniors who have
played together in some capacity. They play for each other and don’t care who gets the credit as long as the team wins.”
TollandThe Eagles may seem to be in a rebuilding sea-
son this year after losing Taylor Fortin, Dan Vareed and Mike Nisbet to graduation, but this year’s Tolland team can shoot from distance, and could surprise some teams in the CCC this season.
Tolland finished 2012-2013 with a record of 9-11, and upset No. 7 seed Windham, 67-57 in the first round of the Class M state tournament before losing to 23 Weston in the second round.
Tolland has a new coach this season in Dean Ed-wards, who hopes to keep Tolland in contention for the state tournament.
Please see ‘BOYS BASKETBALL,’ continued on PAGE 19
Local boys hoops teams will contend
Andre GarantRockville’s Tarchee Brown returns to the Rams as a senior.
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Tolland Park and Rec
All you have to do is step foot in the local mall or drive around the neigh-borhood to realize the holidays are just around the corner. Kids especially are looking forward to the more than week-long break that stretches from just before Christmas until after the New Year.
If your child is currently playing on a youth sports team, no matter how competitive a league it is, the question of whether or not to practice the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is going to be raised. (If the team is participating in a holiday tourna-ment, then practicing over the break is almost necessary.)
I’m not suggesting that the team needs to gather Christmas Eve morn-ing or in the late afternoon on New Year’s Eve, but I’ve found through the years as a youth sports coach that my team’s parents are more than happy to have somewhere to take their kids during the break.
And during the few holidays when
I haven’t coached, I certainly shared that same opinion as a parent. There’s nothing better than having your kid be able to blow off some energy in a gym or rink or, for that matter, any indoor venue.
The kids love it too. There’s noth-ing better for a basketball junkie than a warm gymnasium on a cold winter night with no alarm set to go off the next morning.
The key is making sure everyone is on the same page about the purpose of any practices held over the hol-idays. Basically -- is it mandatory or just optional?
Should teams practice over the break?My suggestion in this regard is to
make it completely optional. Undoubt-edly you already have a player whose family is flying somewhere and isn’t going to change their holiday plans to attend practice.
So before Santa even comes down the chimney, if you make the practice mandatory you’ll have to enforce the missed practice rule for the first game of 2014.
Likewise, even if a family isn’t go-ing away the entire week, my guess is there are day trips planned.
My family is already scheduled to make two day trips to visit family during that week off. So as much as I’d want to take my kids to a practice, if it falls on either day, it’s just not going to happen.
As a coach, I always make sure the
holiday practices are fun — mostly scrimmaging and their favorite drills — and let the players know that ahead of time, knowing they will then want to attend and will do everything in their power to get there.
As a parent, I give my kids the choice to attend optional practices or not that are held over the holiday. After all, it’s their vacation too. Typically, if we are in town, they — like me — are more than happy to get out of the house.
Holiday practices can be a wonder-ful distraction from the hustle and bus-tle of the season. That is, if they are scheduled with the spirit of the season in mind.
Contact Jon Buzby at [email protected] and follow him @YouthSportsBuzz on Twitter.
By Tom AinsworthTolland Park and Rec
The holiday season is here with all the stress, fun, family and shopping, and of course eating you can handle.
Put that all together and at this time of year it is even more important to stay active and healthy to counter act any negative impacts you may en-counter along the way.
Whatever your activity of choice is, stick with it. It’s okay to miss a day or two but don’t abandon ship. Even if you have to reduce the time you spend working out keep doing it. Ev-ery little bit helps!
We have plenty of programs and ac-tivities to keep everyone busy through the upcoming winter.
Be sure to check us out online at Tolland.org and find something for you and your family to do. Check out the family ice fishing classes that are of-fered for free!
For those who like to stay inside where it’s warm, we will be offering our full complement of active and edu-cational programs.
We are again teaming up with Ed-2Go to offer a wide variety of online
programs. How easy is that? Take a class
where and when you want. These run the gamut from a mul-
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Thanks to all of you that have volun-teered to coach Saturday youth bas-ketball teams.
We couldn’t do it without you, the time and effort you put in to help the kids in Tolland is greatly appreciated. That goes for the coaches of the other youth sports and programs as well.
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ROCKVILLEStudent Athlete of the Month
Morgan has been a high honor roll stu-dent throughout high school, has been on the All-Adacemic team every quarter, and was an All-Conference soccer selection for her sophomore and junior seasons.How Morgan prepares for a game: Before a game I surround myself with my teammates or friends with a positive attitude. I’ll usually listen to music and sometimes eat a little snack to give me energy. During warm-ups I focus so I can play my best when it is time to start the game
Why Morgan is excited for the winter: I’ll be playing with my premier team in-doors at Starhill and I hope to strengthen my soccer skills for the spring season. I will also be starting the winter training for softball.Morgan’s most memorable moment in a Rams uniform: For softball, winning the 2012 Class L State Championship and for soccer playing with my sister, Laura for two years. Freshman year I scored a winning goal that allowed us to go to states.Morgan’s goals for the winter season: I hope to enhance my ball skills, stay in shape, and be ready for my next seasons.Morgan’s favorite pro athlete: My fa-vorite pro athlete is probably Alex Mor-gan.Morgan on her start in soccer and soft-ball: I’ve been playing soccer since I was three and I’ve been playing softball since I was five.Morgan’s college plans: My dream is to go to college and play soccer at whatever school I go to. My major is undecided, but I’m contemplating a marketing major.
Morgan Skoly, Soccer, Softball
Local football squads finish seasons By Brian MazzoneStaff Writer
It’s a shame that it has become Thanks-giving Week games and not Thanks-giving Day games in the North Central section of Connecticut. The traditional Thursday morning games were a tradi-tion that alumni all over loved. However, with the installation of lights, field turf, and the enjoyment that many get from be-ing home on Thanksgiving morning, it is turned into an all week event. Ellington/Somers won the Pequot North. Avon fin-ished 8-3, and Windsor Locks and Can-ton both had strong seasons, finishing at 7-4 respectively. Here’s a recap of how teams in our circulation fared:
Ellington/SomersThe season didn’t go as planned as
the Knights missed the playoffs for the first time in three years, but it ended with
a championship banner. Ellington won all the right games on their schedule. They
finished the season at 6-5, but they were 5-1 in the revamped Pequot North and ended as the champions after a domi-nating 40-12 victory over Coventry/Wind-ham Tech/Bolton.
Going into the game the Knights knew they needed a win to win the title outright. A loss would have created a three way tie at the top of the league.
Senior running back Christian Schnei-der had 16 carries for 188 yards on the way to the victory. Mark Hickman, a sophomore running back, scored three touchdowns (2 rushing, 1 receiving) in the win. Ellington jumped out to a 33-0 lead in the third quarter and corner back Danny Hayes intercepted a Dan Law-rence pass for a touchdown to seal the deal. After that, Coventry put in two late touchdowns.
The Knights were not 9-1 like last sea-
Kevin Hayes | Staff The Knights celebrate a Thanksgiving Eve win and a conference title, 40-12 over Coventry/Windham Tech/Bolton.
Ellington Park and RecBy Bob TedfordEllington Park and RecA myriad of activities are available
through the recreation department’s win-ter program brochure. A complete over-view of the current program brochure can be obtained starting Dec. 18, 2013 by accessing the following website: www.ellington-ct.gov. Select town services; se-lect parks and recreation.
Youth basketball updateAs this column goes to print, all youth
basketball programs are underway, either in practice or game mode. If you have a child that wishes to participate in the in-structional (ages 4 through 2nd grade) or the recreation division programs, grades 3-4; 5-6; 7-8, please contact the recre-ation office immediately in order to deter-mine roster/space availability.
Spring Lacrosse registrationsIn order to comply with the respective
league registration deadlines for both girls and boys lacrosse teams, spring 2014 lacrosse registrations are under-way and will close on Jan. 25, 2014. All registrations received after Jan. 25, 2014 will be accepted on either a ‘wait’ list or enrolled based on the current available roster openings as defined within each
division. A complete synopsis of the pro-posed 2014 season is defined on the town’s parks and recreation website.
Volunteer supportLike all of the other athletic offerings
within the community, the youth lacrosse program has been blessed with a group of loyal, diligent and caring volunteer coaches and league officers. Without their assistance this fledging program would not have made the strides in has over the course of the last 7 years.
Program overviewLacrosse is one of the fastest-growing
(spring is the seasonal calendar) sports’ nationwide! United States Lacrosse es-timates that the number of youth players participating in the sport has doubled over the past 11 years.
Parental support neededWe are also looking for greater paren-
tal support and involvement to ensure that the program continues to prosper and grow in the upcoming years. If you are interested in assisting the Ellington Lacrosse Association in any capacity (coaching, officiating, fundraising, opera-tions, etc.) please contact Bob Tedford at the recreation office(860-870-3118) or at: [email protected]
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with rivalry gamesson, but they did something they couldn’t last year, win the league.
South Windsor/RockvilleThe Bobcats went for broke against
their rival Rockville as they dominated from start to finish in a 39-0 victory.
South Windsor, who was 0-10 going into the game, got a welcome return from senior James Nyarko—he had 14 carries for 167 yards and two touchdowns in the victory. The win helped leave the seniors with a positive taste in their mouth, and saved them from an 0-11 season.
Quarterback Ryan McDonald finished a strong campaign with three rushing touchdowns on five carries and 67 yards
rushing. Rockville finished the season at 0-11. They had a disappointing cam-paign, as they had very high hopes going into the season, with high numbers and some talented skill players, but their sea-son ended in disappointing fashion.
TollandThe Eagles couldn’t get the ball moving
in the right direction in their finale versus E.O. Smith. They dropped their Turkey Day matchup 37-21 to fall to 1-10 on the season.
Sophomore running back Devin Kokoscza had a strong showing, and a solid season ending with a touchdown in the game.
Tom Powers | Staff South Windsor players gather together after a 39-0 win over Rockville, the Bobcats first win of the season.
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Tri-Town, Tolland reloadedBy Evan MacySports Editor
When it’s cold outside, that means it’s cold inside, too. At least when it comes to ice hockey rinks across the state, as the 2013-14 season begins for teams in North-Central Connecticut.
Tri-Town (East Windsor/Somers/El-lington)
After just one win last season, the Tri-Town hockey team expects a pretty big increase in wins after a down year in 2012-13.
Three captains, one per school, look to lead the way as Somers’ Connor Wylie will take the reigns as locker room leader with assistants Nick Violette, from Elling-ton and Rudy O’konis, from East Windsor.
The three forwards will lead a team that is in great shape for the new campaign ahead.
“Our strength is conditioning and dis-cipline in all aspects of the game,” head coach Jesse Peters said prior to his first game as the head coach, “including teamwork, game plan and penalties.”
Peters has volunteered with the pro-gram since 2001, was a full time Assis-tant in 2003 leaving for two seasons 09-10 and 10-11. He was also a player on the inaugural Tri-Town team in 1990.
“Our success will depend on our ability to get production from all three lines on a nightly basis,” the coach said. “We need to be unselfish and score the less glam-orous goals in front of the net.”
Tri-Town is young, and will need to re-place 10 departed players from last year.
“We have lost double digit players the past two plus seasons to graduation, pri-vate schools and Junior Hockey,” he said. “Our team is young so we will be relying heavily on our experienced players.”
Some other key returnees include for-ward Ryan Gaidos, goalie, Alex Bliesner, defenseman, Tom Burgess, forward Jay Skorulski and forward Ryan Sherba.
E.O. Smith/TollandRoss Brancati returns to help lead a
talented Tolland squad looking to im-prove on an 11-9-1 campaign last year.
Brancati was a second team all-state choice last year and tallied 24 points of-fensively. His teammate Pete Mayer is the leading scorer from 2012-13, having posted 28 points as a sophomore.
“We have an opportunity to improve on last year’s quarterfinal appearance,” head coach John Hodgson said. “Bran-cati and Mayer have good scoring punch, as does Aaron Lassow from the point. [Justin] Gagnon and Benjamin [Lassow] are a veteran stay at home defensive pair. Matt Schoen had a solid season as a starter in goal last year as a soph-omore.”
The only weakess for the squad is its depth, but the team could have enough talent to challenge Bolton-Coven-try-Rockville and Newington in the Divi-sion III tournament if the Bucks live up to their potential.
“With BCR and Newington coming off their meeting in the D3 final,” the coach said, “with Farmington Valley coming into our division, and with Hall-Southing-ton coming off of a quarterfinal appear-ance, we should have a very competitive league. We hope to be in the mix with those four teams.
RockvilleThree key players return for the Rams,
with big defender Liam McGrath serving as defensive captain on a team that is strong at the blue line.
“We have a fairly solid defensive core returning, head coach Christian Steven-son said, “and the knowledge that we are capable of competing in Division II.”
The other two impact players to watch for in 2013-14 are Kevin Morton and Eddie Bates, both senior forwards.
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The winter sports season is in full gear. Most wrestling teams hit the mats for the first time on the Monday after Thanks-giving, and they will all be in action this week. South Windsor is always tough and is coming off an excellent season from last year and Rockville looks to im-prove.
RockvilleThe Rams have fallen on tough times
in the past few years, but head coach Paul Courtois is seeing steady improve-ment in his wrestling program. The third year head coach likes his team, al-though they are inexperienced and lim-ited in depth.
“The team is very supportive of each other and never quits,” said Courtois. “We are really inexperienced. We lost two starters and had three kids move
out of town.” Rockville’s top wrestler will be Austin
Novak who returns in the 285 lb. weight class. They will also rely on senior Jon Pelletier, junior Muhamed Aly, and soph-omore Keith Callahan.
South Windsor The Bobcats will look for another
strong season, as they finished last year 3rd in Class LL, and 2nd in the State Open. Despite graduating 9 letterman, Coach Jude Knapp still expects his team to have some strong individual wrestlers.
“We return two highly successful wrestlers, Conor Caffrey, and Max Odell, who bring leadership and experience to our team,” Knapp said. “Additionally, we have a core of returning wrestlers who are dedicated to continuing the success that South Windsor has experience in the past few seasons.”
Caffrey, a senior, was 3rd in Class LL’s and placed 2nd in the State Open.
Odell, as sophomore, was 2nd in Class LL’s, and 3rd at the State Open as a freshman.
“We are a young team with inexpe-rience, and we will need some of our younger wrestlers to play a larger role for the team to have success,” Knapp said.
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South Windsor Parks and RecBy Patrick Telman
General InformationAll Fall/Winter programs and offerings are in the bro-
chure or online at recreation.southwindsor.org at this time. Registration is ongoing for both residents and non-residents for all Fall/Winter programs at this time. You can register for programs at the office, by mail or online. The recreation office can be reached at: (860) 648-6355. Office hours are: Monday through Friday 8:00am-4:30pm.
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Hasty leads Rockville girls indoor track
Staff Report
Ray Owens returns for his 16th campaign as indoor track coach for the Rockville girls, and returning runners Haley Hasty, Ashley Starrett and Carlie Clayton hope to lead a team looking to work hard and rebound in the CCC.
The main weakness for the squad however, may by its lack of depth.
Hasty and Clayton take over as captains in 2014, with Hasty looking to build on an in-credible year outdoors last season.
Hasty owns the school record in the 1600 meters and cross country 5K.
“She may break some indoor records this year,” Owens said.
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In his second year as Tolland’s head coach, Vinnie Cianfarani will lead a tal-ented but young Eagles team. Tolland has only one senior on this year’s team, but she is a good one, guard and cap-tain Chelsea Domian.
Domian is committed to play at As-sumption next year.
Joining her in this season’s campaign are fellow captains Courtney Akerley and Sarah Allen, both junior guards.
Last year the Eagles were 18-6, reaching the semifinals of the Class L state tournament where they lost to Ba-con Academy.
Despite losing three starters from that team, Cianfarani has high expectations for 2013-2014.
“I feel that we will be a strong team, the girls have worked hard in the pre-season. Returning players will need to be ready to contribute in a larger role than last season.”
One issue that may plague Tolland is
size. The Eagles have only two players over 5’10”, but Cianfarani has stressed to his team that rebounding will be the
key to success this season.South Windsor
Expect big things from the Bobcats
in 2013-2014. South Windsor returns all five starters from a team that went 20-4 a year ago, and lost in the quar-terfinals to Glastonbury in the Class LL state tournament.
Additionally, South Windsor only lost two letter winners from last season’s varsity team.
Don Leclerc’s team will be arguably not only one of the most experienced and talented teams in the CCC, but in the state.
Leading the Bobcats will be seniors Olivia Bolden and Christina Rozie, both All-CCC selections last year.
South Windsor will also have five ad-ditional seniors in their rotation, adding depth.
The Bobcats need to continue play-ing their brand of basketball, which is centered on tough defense, to be suc-cessful again this year.
Coach Leclerc believes his team will contend again this year, but will face a challenge in the CCC from a tough Weaver squad, which adds two key players from Captial Prep.
The Sports Department South Windsor’s Olivia Bolden, a key returnee for the Bobcats, receives a pass in a game last season.
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Karlee Alves leads a Knights team that will look to make a run deep into the postseason. Alves, an All-State se-lection last season, is on pace to score over 1,000 points in her career.
She enters her senior year with 765 career points and scored 498 points last season while averaging 22 ppg. Joining Alves will be seniors Kim Mc-Coy, Megan Milliken, and leading re-bounder Devonney Waters.
Head coach Lauren Beeler has had success in her six years with Ellington, amassing 112 wins and only 41 losses. Beeler’s Knights were 18-7 last sea-son, finishing third in the NCCC regular season, and winning the NCCC tour-nament.
The Knights were a thirteen seed in the state tournament, but fell in the second round.
Although Ellington lost Jess Malone (10.8ppg) from last season, this year’s Knights team has a wealth of experi-ence and scoring.
Expect Ellington to contend in the
NCCC and state tournament again in 2013-2014.
RockvilleRockville head coach Israel Caban
says excitement is back at Rockville High School.
The Rams return a strong core of players from last season’s team that finished 7-13, just short of qualifying for the CIAC state tournament.
Rockville also finished 4-10 in the CCC East. Returning for this Rams team that made serious strides a year ago are seniors Courtney Joubert, Katherine Cutting, Hannah Steed, and Wendy Weston.
Additionally, senior Anna McCain will be an important factor on the boards for Rockville.
The Rams also have a promising in-coming freshmen class that should be able to contribute this season and go-ing forward for Rockville.
Caban believes the combination of experience and talented youth should get the Rams back to the postseason this year.
Tom Powers | StaffEllington’s Devonney Waters elevates for a ball in a game against Enfield on December 13.
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Youth Photos
Tom Powers | Staff Youth teams from Ellington, South Windsor, Tolland, Vernon and Enfield came together to compete in the Second Annual Troy Russell 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament fundraiser on November 29th. Champions were crowned boys and girls middle school, boys high school and men’s open divisions.
3 vs. 3 ACTION Middle school teams fight for the prize in the Second Annual Troy Russell 3
vs. 3 Basketball Tournament.
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Second annual Troy Russell 3 vs. 3 Basketball Tournament a big success
By Evan MacySports Editor
The Second Annual Troy Russell 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament was once again a huge success with 35 teams competing in four divisions and hundreds of specta-tors from Ellington and surrounding com-munities stopping in to help support a very worthy cause.
The tournament was held on Novem-
ber 29th on behalf of Ellington High School senior and standout athlete Troy Russell who was injured in a swimming accident during the summer of 2012. Russell broke two vertebrae in the ac-cident and spent nearly three months in Gaylord Rehabilitation Hospital. Russell has made remarkable progress during his rehab the past year and with each passing day he regains more functional-ity with both his upper and lower extrem-
ities. “Over the past 14 months, Troy has
been an incredible inspiration to so many people. It was just wonderful to see how the community was able to come togeth-er for one day to show its support and in return offer a great deal of inspiration to Troy and his family,’’ said tournament organizer Kevin Hayes. “The perspective that we can all gain through witnessing and participating in an event like this is truly immeasureable.’’
The tournament raised more than $6,000 for the Russell family and will aid in the effort to have Troy return to a special rehabilitation facility in Baltimore
which specializes in spinal cord injuries in patients 21-years of age and younger.
Tom Powers | Staff Photos from the winners of the girls and boys middle school divisions, (left) the Open division, (bottom left), and the high school boys division (above).
TOLLANDStudent Athlete of the Month
A leader on both the varsity golf and ice hockey squads, Ross has a long list of accomplishments on and off the field in-cluding his regular inclusion on the THS Honor Roll.Some of Ross’s athletic accomplish-ments: Ice Hockey All-CCC Con-ference Team 2012-13, Ice Hockey All-State Team 2012-13, CIAC High School All-Star Game 2013, Captain of Tolland/E O Smith Bucks Varsity Ice Hockey team 2013-14, Golf All-CCC Conference Team 2013, Captain of Var-
sity Golf Team 2013 and 2014. How Ross prepares before a game: Have a pregame meal, listen to music, tape my stick and think and focus on the game. What Ross is most excited about for the upcoming season: This is my last year of high school ice hockey. I think we can do very well in our league and in our state division. Our team also has a very close bond this year. I’m hoping we can make some magic this year.Ross’s most memorable moment in an Eagles uniform: As a sophomore I scored my first varsity goal against Manchester-Rockville on the road at their senior night and it ended up being the game winner.Ross’s goals for his winter athletic team: I’m hoping we can win many games, play in the CCC League tourna-ment, and make a run at the state cham-pionship. Ross’s favorite pro and college ath-letes: Pro - Milan Lucic (Boston Bru-ins), College - John Gaudreau (Boston College Hockey)Ross’s college plans: To attend college and major in Engineering, UCONN is my first choice. I would also like to play college hockey.
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ELLINGTONStudent Athlete of the Month
Kimberly is a scholar athlete in every sense of the designation. She is on the high honor roll, and helped lead the Knights to three straight NCCC championships and to a state final two seasons ago.How Kimberly prepares for a game: Before every game my team either goes to Emerald City Smoothies or we make
smoothies at a teammates house. Also, a half hour before game time we have a dance party in the locker room to get us pumped.Why Kimberly is excited for the winter season: I am excited about seeing the po-tential my team has to expand as the sea-son continues.Kimberly’s most memorable moment as a Knight: My first time as a high school athlete winning the NCCC tourna-ment championship.Kimberly’s expectations for the winter season: I have high hopes for my winter team this season; win the NCCC title as well as the NCCC tournament champion-ship and play in the state championship game at Mohegan Sun in March.Kimberly’s favorite pro athlete: Maya Moore. Kimberly’s college plans: I hope to at-tend Pennsylvania State University in the fall of 2014 and major in nursing.
Kimberly McCoy, Soccer, Basketball
SOUTH WINSORStudent Athlete of the Month
Peter is impressive in the classroom and on the field. In class, he has a 3.91 un-weighted GPA and is a member of the National Honor Society. He is a varsity soccer player for the Bobcats and captain of the varsity soccer team.How Peter prepares for a game: I al-ways listen to music to prepare myself. I try to focus on the task at hand, whether that is a specific strategy or just a gener-
al game plan. Above all, I just try to relax myself and get ready to play. Peter’s most memorable moment in a Bobcats uniform: My most memorable moment was taking the field for the first time, representing the varsity soccer team. I have had significant problems with con-cussions in the past, leaving me unable to play soccer since 8th grade. This summer, I was finally medically cleared and I had to train extensively just to make the team. Playing for this team was a dream of mine since I was very young, so to finally wear the Bobcat uniform was surreal.Peter’s favorite pro athlete: My favorite professional athlete is Landon Donovan. I have looked up to him my entire life; I’ve always respected his leadership and incredible work ethic. Peter’s college plans: I am hoping to at-tend either Cornell University or the Uni-versity of Southern California. I hope to play club soccer throughout my college years.
Peter Jones-Torregrosa, Soccer, Tennis
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By Matthew LeedsMS, ATC, LAT We have all seen the weekend war-
riors warm-up. Prior to a pick-up bas-ketball game, people can been seen stretching their calves against a wall or grabbing their ankle and pulling their leg back to stretch their thighs a couple of times. Is that enough? Has that person properly performed a warm-up to pre-vent injury? The short answer to that question is “no”.
Think of your muscles as an elastic band. If they are warmed up, they will have more elasticity causing them to stretch and bend easier. If you put an elastic band in the freezer it will become stiff, resulting in less elasticity. When stiff, the band is more prone to snapping if moved or stretched too far. In terms of your muscles, this can equate to a muscle strain. The goal of this article is to show you the benefits of a dynamic warm-up versus the traditional static stretching program in preparing for an athletic event.
Over the past few years, numerous studies have shown that prior to exercise and competition, an extensive dynamic warm-up is more beneficial for sports participation and injury prevention than the traditional static stretching approach. A dynamic warm-up mimics the move-ments done in sports. These move-ments activate your nervous system and muscles, preparing them to fire more efficiently. This improves sports perfor-mance along with the readiness to meet the demands of each individual sport.
Static stretching is generally done in one plane of motion like straight ahead or side to side. Conversely a dynamic warm-up is done using active move-ments in multiple planes of motion. Are
there any sports you can think of that are done in one plane of motion? Even though sprinting may be done moving straight ahead, your body from foot to hip is moving in multiple planes. Since this is the case, why wouldn't we warm up to meet the demands of multi-plane motion required in all activities?
Tradition is the answer. For years it was accepted that static stretching was the best because that is what everyone did prior to an activity. However recent research has begun to challenge these beliefs. We now know that active move-ments are the best when getting ready for sports participation. These dynamic warm-ups are sport-specific to the ac-tivity, thus mimicking postures and po-sitions that the person will be engaging in during their sport and/or activity. Con-versely, the traditional static stretching approach might actually decrease power output and ultimately performance. Ad-ditionally, injuries may result from pre-ac-tivity static stretching routines due to an alteration in the muscle firing patterns. These alterations can result in a delay in specific muscle contractions that are needed to execute the activity correctly and efficiently.
If a better warm-up and increased flex-ibility are the goals, think of the elastic band. Will the band stretch better when it's cold before exercise, or when it's warm immediately following exercise? Think about an activity specific dynamic warm-up prior to engaging in your next sport or recreational event.
Matthew Leeds is an Athletic Trainer at Integrated Rehabilitation Services clinic in Ellington and is the Athletic Trainer for Ellington High School. For any fur-ther questions, you can contact Matt at the Ellington Clinic (860.872.7500) or [email protected]
Static Stretching vs. Dynamic Warm-Up
Ellington soccer alum has big college season
By Tom PowersStaff Writer
Ellington’s own Brian Francolini end-ed a remarkable amateur soccer ca-reer in December. As a forward for the Southern New Hampshire University Penmen, Francolini had an assist in a 2-1 semifinals win against Rockhurst University and in the championship game of the Division II NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament.
Francolini’s SNHU Penmen downed Carson-Newman University by a score of 2-1 in the championship game to give the school its second National Ti-tle in Men’s Soccer. Francolini’s assist in the championship game came sev-enty-three minutes into the match, and ultimately proved to be the difference maker in the victory.
The Penmen also finished off a twenty-two game unbeaten streak, fin-
ishing with a final record of 22-1-1 in 2013.
Francolini played three years at Sa-cred Heart University before joining SNHU for his senior season. This sea-son for the National Champion Pen-men, Francolini started five games and had six goals and two assists includ-ing two game-winning goals. Southern New Hampshire was victorious in all of Francolini’s starts.
At Ellington High School, Francolini remains one of the all-time greats. He set school records for goals, assists, and points, scoring 58 goals and add-ing 58 assists over his four-year ca-reer. He was a three-time All-State selection and was an All-American in 2008.
Francolini’s Knights won the Class-M Boys Soccer State Championship his junior and senior seasons of 2007 and 2008.
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Boys basketball teams have high expectationsContinued from PAGE 1
Leading the way for the Eagles will be guards Joffre Rodriguez and Ty-ler Lechman, center Josh Petoskey, and forwards Joey Szabo, and Ben Noonan. If Tolland’s shooters can find a way to get open shots, the Eagles could be one of the area’s surprise teams this season.
South WindsorThe South Windsor Bobcats hope
to rebuild from a 0-20 season in 2012-2013.
The Bobcats, under the direction of head coach Brenden McClay, will have their work cut out for them with a schedule featuring talented teams such as Manchester, Windsor, Glastonbury, East Catholic, and East Hartford.
South Windsor graduated two start-ers and will return a relatively young group for 2013-2014.
Among the returners are senior for-ward Alex Veilleux, junior guards Joey Tamburro, Ben Callahan, and Devyn Arel, junior center Joey Hill, and junior
forward Adam LeClerc. McClay knows his team needs to
improve their turnover margin and re-bounding if they are to be competitive this year.
Hard work and effort will be the goal for South Windsor this year, and if they put in the work, wins are a possibility for the Bobcats this season.
EllingtonHead coach Don Flint is very excited
for the 2013-2014 season. Flint says this is one of his favorite teams in his long tenure at Ellington.
“All of our expectations are very high, the key is if the pieces can come to-gether.”
Flint returns all of his key players from last year’s Knights team that went 13-7 and lost in the second round of the Class M state tournament to No. 1 seed Northwestern after beating No. 17 Bacon Academy in the opening round.
In addition to his returners, senior Baylen Eason, who is a physical pres-ence down low, will join Flint’s team. Eason finds himself with the Knights
after stops with East Catholic and Man-chester.
Jon Basset, one of the area’s top play-ers, will lead Ellington. Bassett, a guard, was 57% from the field last season as
an All-NCCC selection, and added 8 as-sists per game. Seniors Drew Brennan, Brian Fitzsimons, and Brian Gerber will be key players for the Knights along with junior Jack Connelly.
The Sports Department Ellington’s Jon Bassett, shown here tossing a pass behind a defender’s back, is a key returnee for the Knights.
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