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3/27/2017 - Well, it was a quiet week here at Avon High School as our teams were farmed out to drier places for tryouts and practices. The predicted warmer temps for this coming week will hopefully bring the melt that we need to begin getting our fields in shape for the teams’ first games next week. In the meantime, we wish the coaches and athletes well, and commend Athletic Director, Tim Filon, for helping them find and create practice spaces to begin preparing for the season. GO FALCONS! SRDavey, President
For the week of 3/20 - 3/24
There are no scores to report this week as last week’s competitions were all scrimmages. Stay tuned as official games kick off in the next two weeks!
SCHEDULES Schedule for week of 3/27-3/31
Date Time Team Opponent Location
3/29 4:00 JV Girls Lacrosse Enfield (Scrim.) Away- Fermi HS
3/30 4:30 V Boys Lacrosse Norwich Free Academy (Scrim.) Away- NFA Turf
3/31 4:00 V Girls Lacrosse Brookfield (Scrim.) Home- Avon HS
3/31 3:45 V Baseball Avon Old Farms (Scrim.) Away-AOF
3/31 6:00 JV Boys Lacrosse Norwich Free Academy (Scrim.) Away- NFA Turf
4/1 12:00 V Baseball Ellington (Scrim.) Home- Buckingham Field
ALL-CONFERENCE & ALL-STATE WINNERS
Avon teams were well-represented this winter among the ranks of All-Conference and All-State honorees. Congratulations to the following winners:
ALL CONFERENCE:
Boys Basketball - Jordan Williams
Ice Hockey - Jack Noble
Indoor Track - Three relay teams broke school records at the CCC championships: Mayo, Raj, Tilsch & Bortoff (SMR), Neseralla, Mayo, Mock & Hernandez (4x400 M), and Stokesbury, Hernandez, Nyclicek & Bortoff (4x800M)
Swimming and Diving - Justin Arroyo, Brendan Downey, Kyle Emery, Zaire Griffin, Maksymilian Jaremko, Sam Johnson, Laura Pringle, Andre Richard, Adam Zapatka Wrestling - Blake Edwards
ALL STATE:
Indoor Track - 20 runners qualified, and Christine Oberhausen finished 2nd in the 600M (breaking the school record)
Swimming and Diving - Brendan Downey, Kyle Emery, Laura Pringle, Andre Richard, Alec Traktovenko
Avon Wrestling co-captain and All-Conference winner, Blake Edwards, with coach John McLaughlin
All-State Diver, Brendan Downey, and swimmers, Alec Traktovenko, Laura Pringle, Kyle Emery and Andre Richard
SAVE THE DATE
• Monday, April 3rd, first Spring contests begin! • Monday, April 10th - Friday, April 15th is Spring Break. Many teams have contests, and athletes are expected to be available. Check with your individual coach before making any travel plans. • Monday, April 17th, monthly Booster Club meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m., in the Community Room.
THANK YOU, ALLISON SCHULMAN
Only a parent who has been around for a while can fully appreciate the beauty of the new online athletic registration process that made its debut two weeks ago and was single-handedly designed and installed by Tim Filon’s assistant, Allison Schulman. Isn’t it fantastic?! So convenient, so easy, so painless …
how this parent could have used it a few years ago when she had three AHS athletes here at the same time!
Please thank Allison if and when you see her. She has saved us time, energy (and a few trees, to boot)!
Avon swimmer Kyle Emery mid-stroke as he competes in the Class M Championships
A group of young wrestlers pose for a picture after their banquet
Coach Scott Kossbiel talks to his attackmen at the Guilford Lacrosse Jamboree on Saturday
SPRING CONTACTS
Sport Head Coach & Email Team Rep & Email Captains
Baseball Jon Yolles [email protected]
Bob Emery [email protected]
Justin Olson, Jeremy Zarwanski, Chris Jacobs, Kyle Emery
Boys Golf Josh Glick [email protected]
Linda Gerosa [email protected]
Jake Avery, Peter Gerosa, Tyler Hahn
Crew John Kostal [email protected] Eric Rosow [email protected]
Nancy Kostal [email protected]
Ben Coleman, Matt Tyler Jared Culbertson, Will Kostal, Annie Hayes, Grace Baldauf, Tali Filstein, Claire Ryan
Girls Golf Eric Hoffman [email protected]
KC O’Brien [email protected]
Julia Callahan, Jenny Logan, Katie O'Brien, Kerry Singer
Boys Lacrosse Scott Kossibel [email protected]
Kerry Magrini [email protected]
Alexander Spivak, Jack Jones, Chase Gordon
Girls Lacrosse Kyle Kramek Email: [email protected]
Mary-Michele Neagle [email protected]
Olivia Zapatka Catherine Neagle
Softball Bruce Michaels [email protected]
VOLUNTEER NEEDED Jill Haworth
Boys Tennis Vinnie Costello [email protected]
Sue Arciero [email protected]
Girls Tennis Kim Moretti [email protected]
Esther Aronson [email protected]
Outdoor Track Boys/Girls
Dave Zlatin (Boys) Email: [email protected] Al Dadario (Girls) [email protected]
Sree Prathigadapa (Boys) [email protected] Heather Lindley (Girls) [email protected]
All Seniors
Co-ed Ultimate Frisbee
James Murray [email protected]
Meg Weist [email protected]
Jake Schwarzhaupt Sam Weist
IN THE SPOTLIGHT : Softball Looks to Rebuild
It hasn’t been a smooth ride these past three years for the girls
softball program at AHS. They’ve had three coaches in as many years - a challenge which would be unsettling for most athletes. However, junior captain Jillian Haworth is non-plussed. “Actually,” she says, “it’s been rewarding because [she has] learned something different from each coach.” This year’s team will be one of the youngest ever for the program, but Haworth is optimistic; new players bring new energy. She sees promise in the incoming freshmen and a great opportunity for the team to bond and start afresh. This year the team has implemented something in which many fall sports participate, called “families.” Each upperclassman is assigned a group of underclassmen for whom they are to be a big sister. Haworth hopes this will enable her teammates to get to know each other better, and make the younger girls more comfortable asking questions and sharing ideas.
Softball runs in the Haworth family. Along with her many cousins who play, Jillian herself has been playing since kindergarten, and credits watching baseball with her uncle and grandfather with piquing her interest in the sport. Initially a pitcher, she has been playing third base the past few years due to injury, but has come to enjoy it. Haworth hopes that anyone who is interested in softball gives it a chance, because it’s a great sport - and one you can play well into adulthood. She says their team is very close, and that they are developing both “physical and mental strength” with their new leader, veteran educator and coach, Bruce Michaels. So look out for AHS softball this year, as they look to turn a new page in their playbook.
DID YOU KNOW?
With snow-covered playing fields, a long melt ahead of us, and no turf fields in town, Avon’s spring coaches have to be creative in planning meaningful, productive practices. On any day this week, teams were passing balls in
the two gyms, running through the hallways and on the pavement around the school, and taking buses in every direction to indoor turf facilities. Renting field and practice facilities is expensive, and teams pay rental fees with money from their Booster Club accounts - accounts that are funded by YOU. Every time you buy dinner at a restaurant fundraiser, purchase an ad in a team program, or donate Booster Club dues dollars to a team, you are helping pay for essentials - like field and court rentals.
Thank you! - and please keep the donations coming. For more information on donating to the Booster Club General Fund or a team specific fund, please contact Booster Club Treasurer, Jim Stapleton, at [email protected].
ATTENTION SENIOR-ATHLETES: As you make your final post-high school plans, don’t forget to apply for scholarships available through Avon High School! The Booster Club funds and awards many scholarships every year. These include four “Named” scholarships, in honor of fallen Falcons Dick Migli, Ali Hunter and Robby Brisco, and multiple “General” scholarships awarded to students based on their participation and success in AHS Athletics.
Applications for all Booster Club scholarships are available through the School Messenger alerts sent out by Guidance, in hard copy form at the main office, and here on our website. Note: students are welcome to apply for more than one scholarship. Questions? Contact Mrs. Davey at [email protected].
❏ The Collinsville Press published an article Kyle Emery and other members of the swimming and team’s success at State Opens last week. Click here to read the article
❏ The Avon Patch posted the list of Avon students who earned All-Conference honors. Click here to check it out.
PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
The Booster Club seeks a team representative for the Softball team. Team reps function as the liaison between the team, coach, and Booster Club. Time commitment is minimum and no experience is necessary. Interested? Please contact Susie Downey, Booster Club Vice President of Volunteers at [email protected]
Every Wednesday during all lunch periods, the Booster Club sells Spirit Wear to students and staff outside the AHS cafeteria and we need parents to man the table. NO experience necessary! If you can help on any upcoming Wednesday, please contact Nicole Leavens at [email protected]. Thank you!
LINKS Booster Club March meeting notes and financial report (along with all previous months’ meeting notes and financials) can be found here.
Full season schedules, scores and standings are available at the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference website.
The Avon Athletics website is your source for forms, up-to-date announcements, and a copy of the AHS Athletic Handbook which provides essential information for athletes (and fans), to visit click here.
For additional info, forms and other calendar items, please visit our Booster Club website.
To see what the Avon athletics fan base has to say, check out the Falconatics twitter page here.
As spring soon approaches, take a look at the AHS Baseball website for updates about the season by clicking here.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The 24th annual Richard Migli Memorial Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, May
15th at the Golf Club of Avon - hosted by The Booster Club and tournament chair, Steve
Hahn. All money raised from the tournament funds scholarships and valuable resources and programs (like the capital items we
just voted to fund!) for Avon’s athletic teams. All Falcon parents are welcome and encouraged to participate as golfer (18 or 9
holes), diner (for dinner), or donor.
Click here for full event details on our website, and to register or learn how you can support this important event. Thank you!