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2/19/2018 The Winter season is wrapping up with some exciting finishes after enduring some of the strangest weather (and related scheduling challenges) this New England native has ever experienced. Best end-of-season wishes to our winter teams and thanks to the fans (especially the Seniors) who have enthusiastically supported them! GO FALCONS! Susan RD
SCORES for the week of 2/12-2/18/18
Team
Opponent
Score
V Boys Basketball
Simsbury E.O. Smith Farmington
L 30-36 W 59-48 W 39-35
Girls Ice Hockey
NW Catholic/Mercy
L 2-6
Boys Ice Hockey
Simsbury Cheshire Hall-Southington
W 7-1 T 2-2 (OT) W 6-2
V Co-Ed Swimming & Diving
Rocky Hill
W 98-82
V Girls Indoor Track
CIAC Open Championship
Carly Carpino finished 7th in the long jump, Rihannon Richmond was 9th in the 1,600m, and Hayley Dougela was 15th in the high jump.
V Boys Indoor Track
CIAC Open Championship
SCHEDULE
Date
for the week of 2/21-3/4/18
Time
Team
Opponent
Location
2/21
6:00 pm
V Boys Ice Hockey
Notre Dame-Fairfield
Away - Milford Ice Pavilion
2/22
3:45 pm
V Co-ed Swimming & Diving
South Windsor
Away - Star Hill facility Tolland, CT
2/24
1:00 pm
V Boys Ice Hockey
NFI
Home - Avon Old Farms School
2/24
2:00 pm
V Co-ed Swimming & Diving
Splash Classic
Away - Plainville
2/26
4:00 pm
V Co-ed Swimming & Diving
Hartford Public
Home - CCSU
3/1
6:00 pm
V Co-ed Swimming & Diving
CCC Diving Championships
Away - Rocky Hill
3/2
4:30 pm
V Co-ed Swimming & Diving
CCC Championships Meet
Away - Wethersfield HS
3/2
5:00 pm
V Co-ed Swimming & Diving
CCC Championships
Away - Wethersfield HS
3/3
TBA
V Boys Indoor Track
New England Championships
Away - Reggie Lewis Center Boston, MA
3/3
TBA
V Girls Indoor Track
New England Championships
Away - Reggie Lewis Center Boston, MA
COMING UP: Monday, March 12th, monthly BC meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Room. All dues-paying members who have attending three BC meetings this school year (including on 3/12) are eligible to vote on which disbursements the club should fund. On Wednesday, May 9th @ 6:00 p.m., the Booster Club will recognize all graduating AHS athletes (and their families and fans) who will be going on to play their sport at the varsity collegiate level. Our Senior Athlete Recognition event is not to be missed! If you or someone you know is such an athlete, please contact the B.C. Events team of Susie Downey. [email protected] and/or Jen Gorack, [email protected].
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Indoor Track “This was almost definitely the strongest season that the Indoor Track team has had “ says Coach Cortney Fusco. The team has struggled to score points at the State Championships in the past, but this year the Girls team was 5th of 31 teams and the Boys team tied their best point total in school history. A stunning 12 school records were broken by this year’s team! “What separates the successful athletes from those who aren't is simple: the non-successful athletes are committed some days, but the successful athletes are committed every day” says Fusco. There are a number of these on the girls team this year. Of the six who qualified for the State Championships this year, four finished in the top three in their events. “One of the most notable aspects of the Girls team is the quality of the State-Qualifying athletes” Seniors Carly Carpino (who currently has the best Long Jump mark in the state of Connecticut since 2013), Hayley Dougela (who tied the School Record in the High Jump and finished 3rd at the State Championships), and Haley Gens (who finished 2nd in the 3200m run) led the team, with notable contributions from Sophomore Rhiannon Richmond (who was 2nd in the 1600m), Sara Leavens, and Ashley Martin. Between individual events and relay teams, the Boys team sent 12 athletes to the State Championships, where Jack Stokesbury (600m) and Anish Rajamanickam (300m) both set new school records, as did the 4x400m relay team of Zach Tilsch (who was 2nd in Long Jump at the CCC Championships and 5th at States), Venkata Patchigolla, Stokesbury, and Rajamanickam. Also competing well at the State Championships were Matt Nyklicek, Ian Albreksi, Alvin Guo, Tyler Hinrichs, Max Raha, Hari Patchigolla, and Justen Koo, all of whom either scored points for the team, ran a season's best time, or contributed to a relay team's season's-best time. Although the seniors defined the Indoor Track team this year, the future looks bright for the underclassman. A third of the athletes who competed in the championships were underclassman. “The coaches are dedicated” remarks Senior Sara Leavens; “they do a lot of research to figure out the best way to train us.” According to her coach, “so much of Track & Field training is preparation, there is not much coaching one can do while a race is actually occuring. So, what we stress in practice is very simple: show up, do the work, have confidence in your training.” Coach Fusco is generous in saying “most of the credit goes to the athletes. “They're the ones who put in the time and do what needs to be done. The fact that we've had such a successful season is due in large part to their dedication, work ethic, and effort.”
DID YOU KNOW? SCHOLARSHIP APPS ARE OPEN! The Booster Club awards a number of scholarships to qualifying AHS student-athletes every year. The club sponsors two different scholarship categories: Named Scholarships (which honor specific, fallen Falcons) and General Scholarships (which recognize athletes for their participation and performance in the school athletics program). Student-athletes may apply to both. Applications open today and are due April 15th. To review the applications or to apply, please click here and select the scholarship(s) you wish to explore in left-hand the drop-down menu under “Scholarships”. Good luck!
NEWS FROM THE ATHLETIC OFFICE ONLINE Spring Sports Registration is open. For those of you who didn’t register for a winter sport, the process has changed as we are using a new ONLINE REGISTRATION program called FamilyID (which was a big hit with the winter with families and coaches). Through Family ID, you now have the ease of paying online or by check. All of your athlete’s registration info is stored electronically for easy updating, re-use, and retrieval by the coaches - saving us over 4000 pieces of paper a season! If your athlete registers but does not make a team, or switches teams, the change can be easily made online - or, with a simple click, the athletic office can refund your payment. In other news, we are amending our Fee waiver policy, and you can find this information on our website. If you believe you will need an fee waiver, please begin the process for approval as soon as possible so it can be processed and your athlete will have no risk missing tryouts or practice time.
All this information can be viewed on our website. Go Falcons!
PHOTOS
Avon’s Abby St. Onge had 19 points in the second half and three OT periods in Avon’s triple OT win over Canton in December, 67-64. (Collinsville Press)
Connor Harris, center, Brett Muni (10) and Charlie Reiss (11) celebrate with the Taft Cup after the Falcons beat Farmington Monday night to finish 12-8. (Collinsville Press)
The Falcons are thrilled to have the Taft Cup for the rest of the year. (Collinsville Press)
IN THE PRESS ❏ The Collinsville Press reported that Girls Basketball qualified for the CIAC Class L Tournament, read it here. ❏ The Collinsville Press wrote an article about Aaron Cohen becoming the Varsity Boys Lacrosse Head Coach, here. ❏ The Collinsville Press included Girls Indoor Track results from the State Open, see the results here. ❏ The Collinsville Press outlined how Boys Basketball beat Farmington last Monday to take home the Taft Cup, here. ❏ The Valley Press reported on Boys Ice Hockey’s 10 game winning streak! Read the article here.
LINKS Previous months’ Booster Club meeting notes/agendas can be found here, and previous months’ 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.
WINTER CONTACTS Sport
Head Coach & Email
Team Rep & Email
Captains
Boys Basketball
Kris Pedra [email protected]
Gracemarie Welter [email protected]
Jordan Williams Charlie Reiss Connor Harris
Girls Basketball
Jamaal Lee [email protected]
Michele Hards [email protected]
Isabel Aguilar Sophie Begleiter Emma Brown
Boys Ice Hockey
Scott Percival [email protected]
Fawn Murray [email protected]
Peter Hoffman Marco Bernasconi
Girls Ice Hockey
Mike Carrera
Indoor Track
Al Dadario [email protected]
Caroline Nisbet Christopher Calma christopher.calma@
N/A
Cortney Fusco [email protected] David Zlatin [email protected]
summtech.com
Swimming and Diving
Diana Cesaro [email protected]
Susie Downey [email protected]
Brendan Downey Nice Guimaraes Alec Tranktovenko Emily Foley Sarah Osiecki Jennifer Wall
Wrestling
John McLaughlin [email protected]
Fernanda Jacobs [email protected]
Vinnie Bonalumi Matthew Bourquin Andrew Sides
AHS Athletic Trainer
Justin Leduc
[email protected]
Booster Club Spirit Wear Sales
Nicole Leavens
[email protected]
Booster Club Webmaster
Lauren Yarnall
[email protected]
BOOSTER CLUB EXECUTIVE BOARD 2017-18: President - Susan Rietano Davey, [email protected] Co-Vice President, Events - Susie Downey, [email protected] and Jen Gorack, [email protected] Vice President, Membership - Janet Stokesbury, [email protected] Vice President, Volunteers - Valerie DiBella, [email protected] Treasurer - Jim Stapleton, [email protected] Secretary - Tom Culbertson, [email protected] The Booster Club also has two student representatives. This year’s are Sara Leavens (XC and Track) and Luke Davey (Soccer and Lacrosse). For a full list of current season Booster Club Team Reps, please scroll above to the Winter Contacts section.
SCORES for the week of 2/12-2/18/18
Team
Opponent
Score
V Boys Basketball
Simsbury E.O. Smith Farmington
L 30-36 W 59-48 W 39-35
Girls Ice Hockey
NW Catholic/Mercy
L 2-6
Boys Ice Hockey
Simsbury Cheshire Hall-Southington
W 7-1 T 2-2 (OT) W 6-2
V Co-Ed Swimming & Diving
Rocky Hill
W 98-82
V Girls Indoor Track
CIAC Open Championship
Carly Carpino finished 7th in the long jump, Rihannon Richmond was 9th in the 1,600m, and Hayley Dougela was 15th in the high jump.
V Boys Indoor Track
CIAC Open Championship
SCHEDULE
Date
for the week of 2/21-3/4/18
Time
Team
Opponent
Location
2/21
6:00 pm
V Boys Ice Hockey
Notre Dame-Fairfield
Away - Milford Ice Pavilion
2/22
3:45 pm
V Co-ed Swimming & Diving
South Windsor
Away - Star Hill facility Tolland, CT
2/24
1:00 pm
V Boys Ice Hockey
NFI
Home - Avon Old Farms School
2/24
2:00 pm
V Co-ed Swimming & Diving
Splash Classic
Away - Plainville
2/26
4:00 pm
V Co-ed Swimming & Diving
Hartford Public
Home - CCSU
3/1
6:00 pm
V Co-ed Swimming & Diving
CCC Diving Championships
Away - Rocky Hill
3/2
4:30 pm
V Co-ed Swimming & Diving
CCC Championships Meet
Away - Wethersfield HS
3/2
5:00 pm
V Co-ed Swimming & Diving
CCC Championships
Away - Wethersfield HS
3/3
TBA
V Boys Indoor Track
New England Championships
Away - Reggie Lewis Center Boston, MA
3/3
TBA
V Girls Indoor Track
New England Championships
Away - Reggie Lewis Center Boston, MA
COMING UP: Monday, March 12th, monthly BC meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Room. All dues-paying members who have attending three BC meetings this school year (including on 3/12) are eligible to vote on which disbursements the club should fund. On Wednesday, May 9th @ 6:00 p.m., the Booster Club will recognize all graduating AHS athletes (and their families and fans) who will be going on to play their sport at the varsity collegiate level. Our Senior Athlete Recognition event is not to be missed! If you or someone you know is such an athlete, please contact the B.C. Events team of Susie Downey. [email protected] and/or Jen Gorack, [email protected].
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Indoor Track “This was almost definitely the strongest season that the Indoor Track team has had “ says Coach Cortney Fusco. The team has struggled to score points at the State Championships in the past, but this year the Girls team was 5th of 31 teams and the Boys team tied their best point total in school history. A stunning 12 school records were broken by this year’s team! “What separates the successful athletes from those who aren't is simple: the non-successful athletes are committed some days, but the successful athletes are committed every day” says Fusco. There are a number of these on the girls team this year. Of the six who qualified for the State Championships this year, four finished in the top three in their events. “One of the most notable aspects of the Girls team is the quality of the State-Qualifying athletes” Seniors Carly Carpino (who currently has the best Long Jump mark in the state of Connecticut since 2013), Hayley Dougela (who tied the School Record in the High Jump and finished 3rd at the State Championships), and Haley Gens (who finished 2nd in the 3200m run) led the team, with notable contributions from Sophomore Rhiannon Richmond (who was 2nd in the 1600m), Sara Leavens, and Ashley Martin. Between individual events and relay teams, the Boys team sent 12 athletes to the State Championships, where Jack Stokesbury (600m) and Anish Rajamanickam (300m) both set new school records, as did the 4x400m relay team of Zach Tilsch (who was 2nd in Long Jump at the CCC Championships and 5th at States), Venkata Patchigolla, Stokesbury, and Rajamanickam. Also competing well at the State Championships were Matt Nyklicek, Ian Albreksi, Alvin Guo, Tyler Hinrichs, Max Raha, Hari Patchigolla, and Justen Koo, all of whom either scored points for the team, ran a season's best time, or contributed to a relay team's season's-best time. Although the seniors defined the Indoor Track team this year, the future looks bright for the underclassman. A third of the athletes who competed in the championships were underclassman. “The coaches are dedicated” remarks Senior Sara Leavens; “they do a lot of research to figure out the best way to train us.” According to her coach, “so much of Track & Field training is preparation, there is not much coaching one can do while a race is actually occuring. So, what we stress in practice is very simple: show up, do the work, have confidence in your training.” Coach Fusco is generous in saying “most of the credit goes to the athletes. “They're the ones who put in the time and do what needs to be done. The fact that we've had such a successful season is due in large part to their dedication, work ethic, and effort.”
DID YOU KNOW? SCHOLARSHIP APPS ARE OPEN! The Booster Club awards a number of scholarships to qualifying AHS student-athletes every year. The club sponsors two different scholarship categories: Named Scholarships (which honor specific, fallen Falcons) and General Scholarships (which recognize athletes for their participation and performance in the school athletics program). Student-athletes may apply to both. Applications open today and are due April 15th. To review the applications or to apply, please click here and select the scholarship(s) you wish to explore in left-hand the drop-down menu under “Scholarships”. Good luck!
NEWS FROM THE ATHLETIC OFFICE ONLINE Spring Sports Registration is open. For those of you who didn’t register for a winter sport, the process has changed as we are using a new ONLINE REGISTRATION program called FamilyID (which was a big hit with the winter with families and coaches). Through Family ID, you now have the ease of paying online or by check. All of your athlete’s registration info is stored electronically for easy updating, re-use, and retrieval by the coaches - saving us over 4000 pieces of paper a season! If your athlete registers but does not make a team, or switches teams, the change can be easily made online - or, with a simple click, the athletic office can refund your payment. In other news, we are amending our Fee waiver policy, and you can find this information on our website. If you believe you will need an fee waiver, please begin the process for approval as soon as possible so it can be processed and your athlete will have no risk missing tryouts or practice time.
All this information can be viewed on our website. Go Falcons!
PHOTOS
Avon’s Abby St. Onge had 19 points in the second half and three OT periods in Avon’s triple OT win over Canton in December, 67-64. (Collinsville Press)
Connor Harris, center, Brett Muni (10) and Charlie Reiss (11) celebrate with the Taft Cup after the Falcons beat Farmington Monday night to finish 12-8. (Collinsville Press)
The Falcons are thrilled to have the Taft Cup for the rest of the year. (Collinsville Press)
IN THE PRESS ❏ The Collinsville Press reported that Girls Basketball qualified for the CIAC Class L Tournament, read it here. ❏ The Collinsville Press wrote an article about Aaron Cohen becoming the Varsity Boys Lacrosse Head Coach, here. ❏ The Collinsville Press included Girls Indoor Track results from the State Open, see the results here. ❏ The Collinsville Press outlined how Boys Basketball beat Farmington last Monday to take home the Taft Cup, here. ❏ The Valley Press reported on Boys Ice Hockey’s 10 game winning streak! Read the article here.
LINKS Previous months’ Booster Club meeting notes/agendas can be found here, and previous months’ 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.
WINTER CONTACTS Sport
Head Coach & Email
Team Rep & Email
Captains
Boys Basketball
Kris Pedra [email protected]
Gracemarie Welter [email protected]
Jordan Williams Charlie Reiss Connor Harris
Girls Basketball
Jamaal Lee [email protected]
Michele Hards [email protected]
Isabel Aguilar Sophie Begleiter Emma Brown
Boys Ice Hockey
Scott Percival [email protected]
Fawn Murray [email protected]
Peter Hoffman Marco Bernasconi
Girls Ice Hockey
Mike Carrera
Indoor Track
Al Dadario [email protected]
Caroline Nisbet Christopher Calma christopher.calma@
N/A
Cortney Fusco [email protected] David Zlatin [email protected]
summtech.com
Swimming and Diving
Diana Cesaro [email protected]
Susie Downey [email protected]
Brendan Downey Nice Guimaraes Alec Tranktovenko Emily Foley Sarah Osiecki Jennifer Wall
Wrestling
John McLaughlin [email protected]
Fernanda Jacobs [email protected]
Vinnie Bonalumi Matthew Bourquin Andrew Sides
AHS Athletic Trainer
Justin Leduc
[email protected]
Booster Club Spirit Wear Sales
Nicole Leavens
[email protected]
Booster Club Webmaster
Lauren Yarnall
[email protected]
BOOSTER CLUB EXECUTIVE BOARD 2017-18: President - Susan Rietano Davey, [email protected] Co-Vice President, Events - Susie Downey, [email protected] and Jen Gorack, [email protected] Vice President, Membership - Janet Stokesbury, [email protected] Vice President, Volunteers - Valerie DiBella, [email protected] Treasurer - Jim Stapleton, [email protected] Secretary - Tom Culbertson, [email protected] The Booster Club also has two student representatives. This year’s are Sara Leavens (XC and Track) and Luke Davey (Soccer and Lacrosse). For a full list of current season Booster Club Team Reps, please scroll above to the Winter Contacts section.
