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For cheshire YMca sea dog coach sean Farrell, the club’s re-lationship with swimmers doesn’t end when they go off to college. the long course senior Open al-lows for athletes to compete again with their teammates.

“it continues the circle,” said Farrell. “these graduates are still part of us. i never feel it is over.”

collegiate swimmers were in-tegral in the club winning this year’s senior Open (July 12-15) for the first time since 2008. Cheshire captured the men’s (685 points) and overall (1,199) titles, finishing second (514) to Aqua Bears (719) on the women’s side.

“it’s great,” stated University of connecticut’s luke Zalewski. “Our assistant coach, tony Bru-no, said the last time we were champions was when he swam. i love swimming for cheshire and these coaches.”

“coming into the meet, i didn’t

realize we would have a chance of winning,” reflected Kim Jerome, a 2010 cheshire high school graduate and junior at cornell University (ithaca, N.Y.). “it was awesome that we put together some good swims and great to be with the kids that i swam with all my life.”

connor Maher from Princeton University (N.J.) contributed to all of the men’s five gold med-als. he claimed 200-meter free-style (1:56.14) and the 100-meter backstroke (58.81) individually.

“i think it was good (after) i was sick for most of the spring,” said Maher, who set a national record (200-meter individual medley, 2:05.13) at last summer’s National championship. “i didn’t swim my best times, but it was good to help the team.”

Zalewski was second (1:58.05) behind Maher in the 200-meter freestyle. Maher and Zalewski

also finished second (52.3) and third (53.0), respectively, in the 100-meter freestyle.

Zalewski and Maher were sec-ond and third, respectively, for the men’s high Point award.

“We’ve always swam close to each other. it’s great working with him,” explained Zalewski. “the best part is how excited the team gets to see us finish together.”

Maher factored into three win-ning relays: 200- (Justyn alex-andre, Joshua Bjornberg, Joe Shepley; 1:49.86) and 400-meter (Greg han, shepley, Zalewski; 3:58.14) medleys and 200-meter freestyle (alexandre, Michael Smigelski, Zalewski; 1:37.78).

“connor is a tough competitor who sets a great example for the other kids,” added Farrell.

the medley relays closed in contrasting fashion against rac. Cheshire captured the 400-me-ter swim by over six seconds. in the shorter race, Maher held off Ridgefield (1:50.01) and 50-me-ter champion Jimmy Martin.

“i’m friends with a lot of guys from Ridgefield,” said Maher, who earned bronze in the 50-me-ter freestyle (24.43). “It felt great to win that relay because i know Martin is a really good swimmer.”

Neri, Maher, and shepley col-lected silver medals for the 400- (Zalewski; 3:36.17) and 800-me-ter (Han; 8:03.2) freestyles. Erik saberski, han, smigelski, and Zalewski recorded fourth in the 200-meter medley (1:53.94).

“it was great to be back with those college guys,” said han, who also overcame sickness this year. “they are so good.”

Zalewski showcased his ver-satility in the 200-meter indi-vidual medley (fourth, 2:14.0) and 100-meter butterfly (seventh, 1:01.01), along with 400- (third, 4:15.26) and 800-meter (fifth,

8:48.4) freestyles.“luke is someone we can put

anywhere and he can have suc-cess,” stated Farrell.

the 100-meter breaststroke was another key event where han (second, 1:07.39) and Maher (third, 1:07.6) led the way. Bjorn-berg was sixth there (1:09.26) and finished the same place in the 200-meter breaststroke (2:32.36).

Han was fifth in the 200-meter breaststroke (2:31.03) and sixth for the 200-meter individual med-ley (2:14.63). Alexandre secured sixth in the 100-meter butterfly (1:00.33) and 50-meter freestyle (24.98), taking seventh in the 100-meter backstroke (1:02.37). eigner (200-meter backstroke, 2:18.35) and Kevin Kosciuk (200-meter butterfly, 2:14.69) also nabbed sixth.

saberski and Bjornberg swam together on the 200- (Neri, she-pley; fourth, 1:41.8) and 400-me-ter (alexandre, smigelski; sixth, 3:44.54) freestyle squads. Alex-andre, Bjornberg, Kosciuk, and Smigelski added fifth (4:12.18) in

the 400-meter medley.Matt Molnar and hevin Na

helped their 800-meter freestyle team (smigelski, Bjornberg; 8:20.6) to fourth overall.

Jerome was the lone women’s champion in the 100-meter breast-stroke (1:13.28), holding off Eva Crouse (Aqua Bears; 1:13.3).

“i felt i had a good race and was really happy with my time,” said Jerome. “i didn’t realize it was close at all until i looked at the scoreboard. it’s awesome for her (crouse). she is (age) 12. it was great for her to swim that time, too.”

Jerome posted third in the 200-meter individual medley (2:26.42), securing fourth for her 200-meter breaststroke (2:42.67). she joined Brittany driscoll on the 400- (Elizabeth McDonald, Karen Novak; fifth; 4:08.67) and 800-meter (Lexi Koukos, Mc-donald; fourth, 9:00.16) freestyle squads, along with the 400-meter medley team (sara Barlok, helen Park; second, 4:34.16).

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Kim Jerome holds breaststroke records with the Sea Dogs, Cheshire High School, and Cornell University.

Members of the cheshire YMca sea dog swim club com-peted in the United states Olym-pic trials (June 25-July 2) in Omaha, Neb. University of ten-nessee (Knoxville) junior Lauren solernou swam the 100- (23rd, 1:02.79) and 200-meter (100th, 2:18.57) backstrokes. Connor Maher, a sophomore at Princeton University in New Jersey, was 112th (2:10.82) in the 200-meter individual medley.

indiana University (Bloom-ington) sophomore Justine ress participated through the French Trials in Dunkerque, finishing seventh in the 200-meter back-stroke (2:16.4).Lauren Solernou shows her technique in backstroke.

Photo courtesy of the University of tennessee

cheshire american legion se-nior baseball started the season at 1-2. they haven’t looked back since en route to the program’s third Zone 3 division crown (21-4; 22-7-1 overall).

“the goal at the start of the sea-son was to make the state tourna-ment and be in contention for the Zone title,” reflected Head Coach

Legion Seniors Are In The Zone

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See MCDONALD, page 3

Bill robertson. “i think sweeping Middletown in three games (June 18, 20-21) gave us confidence be-cause they were the number three team in the state last year.”

Pitching, specifically the start-ers, has been instrumental to the strong season. dan schock is 5-1 with an 0.36 earned run average. Jordan Kubilus (5-2, 2.32), Ryan

Fowler (4-1, 2.11) and newcomer ryan Manning (2-1, 2.00; two saves) have also been stellar.

“When you have four guys like that leading up your staff, they can all hold the other team down. We have had depth from guys like christian colp, collin Murphy, PJ Watson, and evan soloman,”

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in describing the cheshire american legion Junior baseball team, fi rst-year head coach Bryan rockwell used the word “resil-ient.” Despite injuries and defi cits in games, Cheshire battled to fi n-ish 13-8 in the regular season and qualify for the state tournament.

“the kids are great,” said rock-well, who spent six years coach-ing the cheshire reds. “We’ve been down in a lot of games, but fought back. (assistant) Marty (costello) and i have been im-pressed with the way they never give up.”

Cheshire fi nished second in what rockwell described as a competitive Zone 3 division. the leadership of players like Paul Bronke and Matt hickey, along with strong pitching and defense, have been keys.

“Our outfi eld defense has been

outstanding,” said rockwell. “i haven’t seen a better unit.”

ryan Pierpont has anchored the pitching staff. the senior and Junior teams have both utilized evan soloman. rockwell also feels the innings from Bronke, Nathan rockwell, and connor Gunneson have helped the team’s depth.

“it felt great knowing the coach had faith in me and expected a great game,” explained Pierpont.

cheshire has employed small ball offensively, looking for clutch hits to score runs. accord-ing to rockwell, the team ben-efi ted from moving Richie Mills to the leadoff spot.

“Gunneson really carried us for awhile,” refl ected Rockwell. “Jason strollo has been our most consistent hitter. he has a simple swing and sprays hits every-

where.”injuries have tested the team.

tom costello was injured before the fi rst practice. Dennis Ryley (broken hand) and hickey (con-cussion) are currently out of the lineup.

“We don’t know how we are getting through the injuries,” said rockwell. “We played east had-dam (on July 14-15) with nine guys, but still took two out of three games.”

“it felt great,” stated Pierpont. “there were so many excuses that we could have had for losing, but we kept together and won.”

state play-in games start July 28. Check www.cheshireherald.com for schedule updates.

“We are going to take it one game at a time,” stated rockwell. “i don’t think there is a team we can’t beat in the state.”

“i like swimming with the younger girls. i think it brings us together,” stated Jerome.

“Kim has been with us forever. she embodies the program and the kids love her,” added Farrell.

driscoll, one of the younger swimmers, placed second in the 1,500-meter freestyle (17:53.07) and added seventh for the 400-meter individual medley (5:15.54). She anchored fi ve re-lays, including her 200-meter medley (Marisa daly, hannah aylward, lindsay smalec; sixth,

2:10.63) and freestyle (Barlok, Katie Crochet, McDonald; sec-ond, 1:53.58) squads.

“Brittany is really developing,” Farrell said. “she is a workhorse.”

like Zalewski, Mcdonald ex-cels in freestyle and butterfl y. Mcdonald secured bronze in the 200-meter butterfl y (2:23.88), fourth in the 100-meter butterfl y (1:06.83) and freestyle (59.84), and sprinted to sixth in the 50-me-ter freestyle (27.76). Barlok, cro-chet, and Kaela Bjornberg were her teammates in the 200-meter medley relay (fourth, 2:07.44).

“i thought she swam well while not being fully rested,” explained Farrell. “she loves to race, no matter what the event.”

Park (200-meter butterfl y, 2:29.33), smalec (100-meter butterfl y, 1:07.0), and Bjornberg (100-meter breaststroke, 1:18.78) took seventh. the 200-meter freestyle team of Nicole hell-stern, smalec, denise costello, and holland driscoll added sixth (1:58.73).

cheshire is swimming in this week’s National championship in atlanta, Ga.

Cheshire High School graduates (pictured from left) Elliott Laden, Irene Kalbian, Sam Laden, JP Higgins, and Jason Silverman came together for a Tough Mud-der Challenge on July 14-15 at Mt. Snow in Dover, Vt. The 10-mile course, designed by the British military, consists of 23 ob-stacles.

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Junior Team Shows Resiliency

Cover photos include American Legion Junior baseball pitcher Ryan Pierpont (top), fi eld hockey camper Taylor Warburton (bottom left), basketball campers Taya Buntin and Rey Carten (bottom center), and Copper Valley Club swimmer James Fanning (bottom right). Photos by Jim Brandolini, Tracey Harrington, Allen Paul, and Al Valerio. Stories by Greg Lederer.

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Dan Schock makes contact at the plate.

continued from page 2

robertson said. robertson feels that tim Budd

has helped the staff from behind the plate. Western New england College (Springfi eld, Mass.) se-nior pitcher Kevin Jefferis and his father (dave) have also coached the pitchers.

“You have to give credit to the guys for what they’ve done, but i think Dave and Kevin have been able to give them some tools.”

after Fowler threw the pro-gram’s fi rst no-hitter last year, schock achieved the feat in a 6-0 shutout of Westbrook on June 24.

“it felt really good because they are a good team,” refl ected Schock, who threw his fi rst no-hitter at dodd Middle school. “in the fourth inning, i noticed i hadn’t allowed a hit yet, but had to stay focused.”

schock also leads with a .315 batting average. Michael Purcell and Kevin Mirando are at .300.

“a lot of the kids are now used to using wooden bats in summer and fall ball,” stated robertson. “there are lower scoring games, so you need to shut teams down.”

the team is comprised of many

cheshire high school players, but the other boys have also con-tributed. Purcell and infi elder Jay schaff start at Xavier in Middle-town. solomon is the ace pitcher at cheshire academy and Fowler graduated from chs last year. Manning, a 2012 graduate of Jo-seph Foran, moved to cheshire in June. a stellar pitcher, Manning is headed to Bridgeport University.

“he has been a great addition for us,” stated robertson.

Adam Rider, Kyle Hodgdon, Kyle Waldron, Alex Augusto, and Wes robertson have also transi-tioned from chs.

cheshire Post 92 has never won more than two games in the state tournament. they hope to break that plateau, starting July 28.

tourney scheduling is online at www.cheshireherald.com.

“it’s good that we have time to get rest for our pitchers,” said robertson. “there is still a lot of work to be done.”

Purcell, schaff, and schock are being honored before states. they are representing connecticut against New York all-stars today at Brooklyn cyclone stadium. Start time is 4 p.m.

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On June 16, cheshire soccer club won the connecticut cup twice at curtiss Park in simsbury.

the U-12 girls defended their crown from last fall, beating Guilford 1-0. Jillian Klem ended the scoreless game with a second-half goal assisted by saige Bing-man. Danielle Dietrich finished the shutout in goal. For dietrich, Bingman, and Bridget loura, it was their third title in a row.

the U-19 boys, conversely, were comprised of first-time fi-nalists and champions after tip-ping New Britain 2-1. returning from a 1-0 deficit at halftime, Mike ranando scored to tie the game and then assisted on the game-winner from Arman Kar-bassioon. Nick Velleca was the winning goalkeeper.

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On June 10 at Bartlem recreation area, a record-setting 51 youth girls’ lacrosse squads from 16 towns participated in the Fifth Ram Jam. the jamboree doesn’t count win or losses. teams in the senior, Junior, and Bantam divisions each played four games.

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The U-19 boys’ team, pictured above, (front row, from left): Matt Weimer, Alex Bauer, Ben Gallo, Matt Mueller, Rob Carter, Nick Be-rardi, Dave Bannan, Ian Clark. Back (from left): Sam Donahue, Mike Ranando, Labi Shaqiri, Nick Velleca, Arman Karbassioon, Mike Car-bone, Devin Lerner, Tyler Sweigard.

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David Alino (U-11; above) and Kaitlyn D’Andrea (U-14; right) possess the ball in local events.

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Above, the 10-U Wildcats include (front row, from left): Lexie Hem-stock, Kaylee Clark, Ari Perlini, Danielle Floyd, Peyton Davis, Mi-kayla Stolar. Back (from left): Callie Godfrey, Lindsey Abramson, Mia Juodaitis, Brianna Floyd, Kim Buttery, Emma Watkinson.

the cheshire Wildcats 10-U fast pitch softball team started playing tournaments in april, but their preparation started much earlier. Winter condition-ing kicked off in January during which the girls set a goal of re-turning to the Protect Our Na-tion’s Youth (PONY) National championship.

“We had high expectations for the team,” said head coach the-resa Floyd. “Dedication first and foremost is their strength. every single practice is treated like a game. They never seem fulfilled with their success.”

that determination propelled them to a 62-5-2 record, includ-ing a fifth place finish nationally at the Mid-Way Orange crush complex in New castle, del. cheshire went 5-3-1 during their second straight PONY National, with two of the losses coming to the eventual champion Maryland Magic. the Wildcats defeated the Jersey Bandits twice as well as extreme (Pa.), delaware Magic, Vienna stars (Va.). they tied the amherst lightning.

“i was excited for it,” said Mia Juodaitis, who hit a home run against the Bandits. “it felt good. i didn’t think i could do it (clear

the fence).”Cheshire reached the quarterfi-

nals, falling 4-0 to Central Jersey lightning.

“it was a good experience. We had fun on the field and at the ho-tel,” reflected Lindsey Abramson. “We learned a lot against better teams.”

instead of playing within the central Valley Fast Pitch league, cheshire chose to be a tournament team solely. they captured the ray delouise cheshire Friends of softball Memorial tournament on Memorial day weekend, ct eliminator’s Mother’s day clas-sic (Meriden; May 12-13), rose city rumble (Norwich; May 19-20), GrOWs spring Bash (Wa-tertown; June 9-10), rochester summer slammer (N.h.; June 16-17), lightning strikes (south-ington; June 23-24), and East hartford (april 21-22) events.

they were runner-up at the Valley Fusion spring Fling (Prospect) on May 5-6 and Bring on the heat (June 2-3) in east hartford.

“We opened our season down in New Jersey because we want-ed to get a baseline for where we were as a team,” reflected Floyd. “We finished fifth out of 16 teams. it was a good showing against strong competition.”

the majority of the play-ers have been together for three years, playing the same positions. Mikayla stolar, Brianna Floyd, and abramson share chemistry as pitchers.

“each one of them is extremely valuable. they know the defense backs them up,” said coach Floyd.

according to Floyd, the lineup is full of players who can bunt and slap effectively.

“anyone can put the ball in play,” added coach Floyd. “No one person carried this team.”

there will be change next sea-son. six of the 11 girls are re-quired to move up to 12-U.

“i think they are going to be extremely competitive,” stated Floyd. “it is a different game at 12-U, but these girls are ready and capable for the challenge.”

“they are really nice and goofy,” added Juodaitis, of her teammates.

Members of last year’s national team have also transitioned to the 12-U level. the Black team, coached by tom denne, is com-prised of 11-year-olds.

See GIRLS, page 11

Cheshire mother and daughter, Sheryl and Lila McNamee, placed runner-up in the Paradise Coun-try Club (Hamden) Adult-Child Tennis Tournament on July 8. They came up short, 3-2, against North Haven’s Mark and Eric Harkins in the final. Nine doubles teams competed. Lila McNamee will compete in the upcoming Club Championship.

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cheshire academy senior line-backer cory Jasudowich was at a loss for words carrying the amer-ican Flag out onto the fi eld at Burger stadium in austin, texas. Jasudowich, one of the fi ve cap-tains on the U-19 National team, was the only connecticut player chosen to compete in the inter-national Federation Of american Football World championship (June 30 to July 7).

“i didn’t expect to be named a captain. it was a great honor,” said Jasudowich. “it was an unbe-lievable experience. it is a differ-ent kind of football down there. it was cool playing in front of thou-sands of people and many more on television and online. it was great to walk down the street and have people know your name.”

he made his presence known on the fi eld, forcing a fumble in the fi rst two wins over America samoa (26-7) and austria (70-

cheshire high school senior football captains Matt escoto (line-man), sam Pascale (running back, cornerback), and Vin sansone (quarterback, safety), along with classmate Matt Gardiner (tight end, linebacker), went to the New england elite Football camp on July 5-7 at Bentley University in Waltham, Mass. they teamed with 11 players to go 6-0 in the Elite 8 passing competition. Over 100 players and 70 teams attended the camp.

7). Usa fell short 23-17 against second-seeded canada in the title game. Japan (third) garnered the bronze medal of the eight-team tournament.

“it would have been nice to win the gold, but coming home with with silver was good,” refl ected Jasudowich.

While ending with a loss, the fi -nal was his favorite game. canada took a 10-0 lead and never trailed.

“there was a rivalry between us and canada because we both expected to be there in the end,” Jasudowich said.

Jasudowich shared the same position as fellow captain reggie chevis (houston, texas), who re-covered his friend’s forced fum-ble in the opener.

“I got a knee injury in the fi rst game and wasn’t sure what my status would be, but i ended up playing through it,” stated Ja-sudowich, who made 10 tackles

overall.While football has the largest

following in america, the coach-es preached to the players about not taking their opponents lightly.

“It was great having a banquet with all the countries because it gave me a chance to talk to the other kids about what their high schools are like,” stated Jasudo-wich. “We all have that passion for football.”

he felt he was pushed by team-mates as much as the opposition.

“i liked to think of it as the college experience since every single kid on our team has a divi-sion i scholarship,” explained Ja-sudowich, who verbally commit-ted to Boston college (chestnut hill, Mass.) two days before his trip to dallas. “Practicing against these guys was a great opportu-nity. i still stay in contact with everyone. We all became a good family. i still watch the games on Youtube.”

Jasudowich is focused on his fi -nal season at cheshire academy. the Fighting cats return after earning the school’s fi rst unbeat-en season (9-0) since 1960. they also won the Colonial League (8-0) for the fi rst time. Jasudowich had 85 tackles (team-best), six sacks, two fumble recoveries, and an interception.

dave dykeman has succeeded dan O’dea as head coach.

“We lost a lot of good players and have a new coach, but the team is pretty strong,” said Jasu-dowich, a native of North Bran-ford. “i’m excited to play with the kids one more time.”

Cheshire’s Aidan McCormack, a member of the New Haven Gaelic Football and Hurling Club, pro-pelled his New York 14-U All-Star team to a 5-0 record in the Feline Tournament run June 18-26 in Laois, Ireland. They beat County Down, one goal and seven points to four points, in the title game. It was the team’s fi rst title in Di-vision II. McCormack was the leader in goals and points, six in both categories. Before compet-ing in the event, the team swept three challenge matches.

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Irish Champion

Jim Brandolini/cheshire heraldSam Pascale is an elusive runner for Cheshire High School.

Rams Finish In First

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Cory Jasudowich (54) represented his country in Dallas, TX.

Fall Sports Physicals

cheshire high school (525 south Main street) starts fall physicals with the football program on Aug. 9 in Nurse Barbara Ruddy’s offi ce at 9 a.m. Girls’ sports are aug. 15 and the remainder of boys’ sports follow the next day. athletes can choose any of the days.

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cally this year at Quinnipiac Park. The girls defeated Shelton 4-0 for the U-12 red title at the con-necticut Quinnipiac Valley invi-tational tournament over Memo-rial day weekend. cheshire U-10 red also went undefeated, even though there was no title decided at that age level. Naugatuck (U-11 White), southington (U-11 red), North haven (U-12 White), Plainfi eld (U-14), and West Ha-

ven (U-19) were also victorious among 53 girls’ teams.

the U-19 cheshire boys cap-tured the connecticut invitational tournament (June 9-10), knock-ing off West haven 3-1 in the title game. cheshire U-11 (1-0) and U-13 (2-1) added titles, both by beating Naugatuck.

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On June 19 at Cheshire Park, Billings Sports defeated CBRE 10-9 for the CYS Majors Division crown. Pictured are (front row, from left): Giuliana Gaudio, Sen-eca Ellis, Natalie Amato, Han-nah Na, Alexis Shanok. Middle (from left): Isabella Zerpa, Krista Sbordone, Angelina Bertoni, Em-ily Candal, Julia Schaff, Taylor Wilson Back (from left): Coaches Scott Ellis, Keith Amato, Ron Sbordone, Jim Moran. Missing: Kaelie Moran.

Cheshire Physical Therapy, The Sparklers, outlasted Leever Can-cer Center to bring home the CYS Minors Division Championship on June 16 at Bartlem Recreation Area. The final score of the play-off title game was 11-9. Pictured celebrating, (front row, from left): Georgia Capobianco, Alex Go-lioto, Jada Marquis, Nicole Pepe, Aya Wazaz. Middle (from left): Brie Bavaro, Anna Lucas, Julia Bartiet, Ellie and Sophie Murphy. Back (from left): Coaches David Murphy, Craig Lucas, Brian Ba-varo.

Kiwanis Purple Panthers hold their trophies proud after winning the CYS Farms Division Championship 9-7 over Southington Athletic Shop 9-7 on June 16 at Cheshire Park. Pictured are, (front row, from left): Adrianna Massaro, Reilly Whalen, Ava Wilson, Sophia Vagts. Middle (from left): Bridie Borland, Ella Watson, Jessica Shatz, Em-erson Kornacki, Lauren Maringola, Erin O’Connor. Back (from left): Coaches Bruce Vagts, Todd Kornacki, Matt Whalen, Bob Shatz. Miss-ing: Jordan Shanock.

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Law Offices of Andrea Anderson won the CYB Minors Division title on June 19, beating Connecticut Wells 16-13 at McNamara Legion Fields. Pictured are, (front row, from left): Christian Nyberg, Nate Buntin, Mark Lindner, Colin Ramey, Zackary Weiss. Middle (from left): Alex Orcutt, Nate Barbieri, Luke Pinciaro, Rohun Durvasula, John McBain, Sean Bishop. Back (from left): Coaches Mike Bishop, Dave McBain, Mark Buntin, Matt Volpert. Missing: Anthony Imbimbo, Coach Vinnie Imbimbo.

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New England Bank beat Volpe Technology 12-2 in the CYB AAA Divi-sion Final on June 19 at McNamara Legion Fields. Pictured, are (front row, from left): Evan Clark, Alex D’Errico, Micah Galloza, Matt Ja-cobs, Charlie Greenwood. Back (from left): Coaches Steve Greenwood and Rick Pellico, Phoenix Kasinskas, Nate Brancazio, Nick Emerson, Eamon Murphy, P.J. Cass, Jack Falk, Kevin D’Errico, Coaches Larry Brancazio and Jeff Falk.

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R.A. Novia & Associates beat Meriden 9-4 for the Babe Ruth Division on June 23 at Bartlem Recreation Area. Pictured are, (front row, from left): Eric Quint, Drew Feinberg, Jacob Solla, Cameron O’Connor, Owen Kennelly, Jack Santoro. Back (from left): Coach Mike Mullen, Michael DeFrancesco, Chris Mullen, Josh Fournier, Ricky Novia, Mike Shalagan, Mike Quint, Tim Fielder, Coach Mike DeFrancesco.

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cheshire rugby club hosted a 7’s tournament on July 14 at Quinnipiac Park. More than 300 players competed in four divi-sions. cheshire had two U-19 teams go 1-1 in pool play. they added wins over over Fairfi eld and Madison, but rather than play for the Plate division title, the teams involved parents and coaches in a touch game.

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Cheshire High School fi eld hockey teammates, senior for-ward Miranda Garcia and junior mid-fi elder/defensive back Mi-chelle Federico, are having a busy summer. Both visited the Na-tional training center in Virginia Beach, Va. for the Usa Field hockey Futures National cham-pionship from June 24-27. After initially being an alternate, Garcia (U-19 athens; 2-3) was selected for the second year in a row. she scored in each of her team’s two victories. Federico, in her fi rst na-tional appearance, competed for U-16 Melbourne (1-4).

Garcia, a senior captain at chs, later returned to Virginia to repre-sent hear the cheers (htc; 1-5) in the club National champion-ship from July 17-19. Federico also belongs to htc.

Daniel Bickell (above) runs with the ball during fl ag rugby at Quinni-piac Park. Pictured below, the Cheshire U-17 team is (front row, from left): Matt Kleinberg, Ryan Pantalena, Ben Phillips, Alex Bauer. Back (from left): Justin Klanica, EJ Martini, Misha Hoffman, Joe Phillips, Eric and Quinn Gadski.


Wethersfi eld fl ag rugby programs played exhibition matches.

the week before in danbury, the U-17 boys (4-1) and alumni (2-1) teams both fi nished runner-up to NJ Blaze (Morris, N.J.). U-17 defeated Fairfi eld Prep twice, along with stamford and NY academy. alumni beat West-ern connecticut state Univer-sity and the United of hartford. cheshire girls’ also collected the bronze medal.

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Cheshire Rugby Is Tournament Tested

The Cheshire Reds 10-U baseball team (20-1) won the East Shore Travel League this year. Pictured, are (front row, from left): Char-lie Davis, Alec Frione, Paul Vil-lecco, Jake Boucher, Zach Rosen-feld, Jake McAlinden. Middle (from left): Aidan Godfrey, Ryan Orozco, Jack Hickey, Michael Kozlowski, Danny Skibitcky, PJ Marcouiller. Back (from left): Coaches Roger Orozco, Den-nis Boucher, Mark Godfrey, Phil Frione. Missing: Coach Rueben Morales.

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Miranda Garcia (left) and Michelle Federico (right) went to World Camp together from July 9-12 at the University of Massachusetts Dart-mouth and the Nutmeg State Games last Saturday in West Hartford.

Brother and sister, Jonathan and Victoria Barbieri, attended the Usa taekwondo National champion-ship from June 29 to July 2 in Dallas, TX. Both competed in age 14-17 breaking and forms. Jonathan left with a bronze medal. the family made the trip with 15 other students from Olympic taekwondo academy (Unionville and rocky hill).

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The 10-U Flames include (front row, from left): Anna Lucas, Lauren Card, Ellie Murphy, Shannon Lindsey, Zoe Kasinskas. Middle (from left): Rebecca Flynn, Tara Sbordone, Maya Galloza, Julia Gillotti, Lucy Pellegrino, Brianna Bavaro, Aliya Catanzarita. Back (from left): Assistant Don Gillotti, Manager Michael Catanzarita, Assistants Lou Pellegrino and Brian Bavaro. Missing: Marisa Brough.

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the cheshire Flames of cheshire Youth softball have quickly moved to the top of state ranks. On July 14-15, at Bartlem recreation area, the 10- and 14-U teams both went unbeaten to capture Babe ruth state titles.

the older girls out-scored the competition, 43-4, in four victo-ries. cheshire only led the New-town hawks 2-1 in the fourth in-ning of the title game, but pulled away for a 7-1 victory. Jill Pulek connected for a two-run home run in the fifth. Nicole Salamone and Maggie O’reilly were defensive standouts.

cheshire shut out Newtown 7-0 earlier in the tournament. they added wins over Milford Mad-ness (13-1; semifinal) and New Milford Jades (16-2).

cheshire 10-U swept their four games, beating stamford twice (11-9, 12-6) for the title. in pool play, they shut down Norwalk (12-0) and Newtown (14-4).

the 12-U Flames placed sec-ond overall from July 6-7 at hat-ter’s Park in danbury. they won their first four games before com-ing up a run short, 4-3, against the stamford stars in the title game.

From June 30 to July 2, Flames 14-U also claimed the Silver Bracket of the independence day Firecracker tournament in Me-chanicsburg, Pa. after falling to Battery lightning in pool play, the girls returned to beat them 10-7 in the final.

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Pictured above, Karel Oruz turns a double play for AJ Waste. Jeanne Willinsky (below; Elite Travel) readies for the incoming softball.

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Above, Alexandra Pelletier (14-U) slides safely into second base.

adult softball is in full swing this summer. the cheshire Men’s softball league standings are be-low:

A-DivisionVic House/PBR 12-2-1Campania Club 10-4-1AJ Waste 8-5SEEC 7-8CJ Sparrows 6-10Daly 0-14

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cheshire rider sara Pizzuto, 19, won the american Morgan horse association dressage seat silver Medal award at the connecti-cut Morgan horse show (June 7-10) in West Springfield, Mass. Gold and silver medalists qualify for the Grand National & World championship Morgan horse show to run Oct. 6-13 in Okla-homa city, Okla.

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Cheshire Parks and Recreation Department runs sports camps. Pictured clockwise from right, are Harrison Dent (All-Star La-crosse; July 10-13), Julie Roche (CT Choice Girls’ Lacrosse; July 16-20), Kathleen Hastie (Volley-ball Camp; July 3-26).

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Rose Dairy secured the Cheshire Youth Baseball Majors Division regular season title (9-5) and finished second in the playoffs. Pic-tured, are front row (from left): Jonathan Fusco, Will Gemmell, Ethan Larke, Spencer Harte, Andrew Leonard. Back (from left): Coach Mike Pepe, Liam Killea, Mengyi Sun, Thomas Horgan, Coach Adam Larke, Christian Horgan, Matthew Geyda, Coach Jim Geyda, Mike Pepe, Jr., Coach Bob Leonard.

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Eugene DeFronzo ran the Hatfield-McCoy Marathon, his 500th overall, on June 9 in Williamson, W. Va. DeFronzo, 76, was the first New england resident to reach the plateau from the 50 states & d.c. Marathon group.

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Bre Clark catches the softball for 12-U Black.

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“this season has played out how we expected,” said denne. “it is a transition year with the changes in pitching distance and the softball itself from 10-U.”

according to denne, a great moment was beating a previously unbeaten team to reach the semi-final of a New Hampshire tourna-ment. the win came via the inter-national tiebreaker.

“We have emphasized playing as a team and supporting each other,” denne explained.

the team is friendly with the 12-U Red team, who hold a 46-8-1 record this year. Since finish-ing runner-up to the ct raiders on Memorial day weekend in cheshire, the Wildcats are unde-feated (12-0) in CVFL and 34-1 overall. in that span, they’ve won the rochester summer slammer, cheshire Youth softball invi-tational (June 30 to July 1), and Bash On the Beach (Westerly, R.I.; July 14-15).

“the girls are executing and have a will to win,” said head coach art salvietti. “We’ve had games when we were down, but came back. We’ve also won some games going away. Our four pitchers (abby abramson, Mad-die hupprich, hannah salvietti, lindsey Fatone) have kept us in every game. i have tremendous hitters that can also reach base by bunting.”

last weekend in east hart-ford’s end of summer sizzler, 12-U reached the semifinals and

took third.Like 12-U Red, the 14-U Wild-

cats sit atop the CVFL at 8-1. they earned their best tournament finish (second) at last weekend’s summer slam in east harford.

“i think it has been a great sea-son,” stated head coach alan Golia. “every game the girls play is a team effort. We don’t revolve around one person.”

Golia utilizes the diversity of pitchers Olivia sprague, Gabriel-la Golia, and Kayleigh Langlois.

“they are all very capable. i like to mix it up to change the speed of what the other team is facing,” explained al Golia. “We have two phenomenal catch-ers, Maddie landry and Megan hodgdon.”

all teams, besides the 10-U girls, will end in the cVFl tour-nament (today through July 29) at Gaylord Fields in Wallingford.

“We want to play hard and hopefully put up a good run on sunday. We want to set up mo-mentum for next year,” added denne.

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