scores
3/5/2018 And the last athletes standing are … Boys Basketball (which hosts Wolcott in Round 1 of States tonight @home); Boys Ice Hockey (which hosts Westhill-Stamford tomorrow night @AOF); and Co-ed Swimming and Diving which competes in the Class M Finals and State Opens next week (see schedule below). These teams are going strong - get out and cheer them on! GO FALCONS! Susan RD PS - Spring Sports begin in 2 weeks. Details regarding online athlete registration can be found later on in this issue. Don’t forget!
SCORES for the week of 2/21-3/4/18
Team
Opponent
Score
Indoor Track
New England Championships
No qualifiers this season, however Carly Carpino qualified for the New Balance National Tournament in which she will compete this weekend
Co-ed Swimming and Diving
CCC Championships
THE TEAM FINISHED 3RD PLACE Other top finishes include: - Brendan Downey, 2nd in Diving - Justin Arroyo, 2nd 200 yd I.M. - Andre Richard, 1st in 50 yd and 2nd place in 100 yd Freestyle - Alec Traktovenko, 1st in 100 yd Breaststroke - The relay team of Justin Arroyo, Alec Traktovenko, Chris Chute and Andre Richard, 1st in the 200 yd Freestyle Relay and 2nd in the 400 yd Freestyle Relay
Boys Ice Hockey
Notre Dame-Fairfield NFI
W 6-3 L 3-2 (OT)
Girls Basketball
Daniel Hand, Madison 1st round of CIAC tournament
L 41-55
Wrestling
Class M Tournament
The team finished 7th overall and the following wrestlers earned Top 5 spots in their respective weight classes: Abhilash Bhabad, 5th (106) Matthew Bourquin, 5th (195) Christopher Gens, 4th (220) Henry Schrecengost, 3rd (285)
SCHEDULE
for the week of 3/4-3/11/18
Date
Time
Team
Opponent
Location
3/5
7:00 p.m.
Boys Basketball 1st round, CIAC Tournament
Wolcott
Home
3/6
8:00 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey 1st round, CIAC Tournament
Westhill-Stamford
Home @AOF Ice Rink
3/13
5:00 pm
V Co-Ed Swimming & Diving
Class M Finals
Away - Wesleyan
3/15
5:30 pm
V Co-Ed Swimming & Diving
State Open Diving
Away - Bulkeley
3/17
2:30 pm
V Co-Ed Swimming & Diving
State Opens Swimming
Away - Yale University
Spotlight: Boys Hockey The Farmington Valley Generals are a co-op team primarily made up of players from Farmington and Avon - 11 of whom are Seniors. Long-time Farmington coach Mike Barone and Scott Percival (AHS science teacher) work together to coach the team. This years Senior group started playing together during their freshman year, finishing just 3-20. The team grew stronger each year and in 2016 they won the CCC South Tournament. They won it again in 2017, advancing to the CIAC Division II quarterfinals. This year the team moved into the more competitive CCC North Division.
Peter Hoffman dives for the puck@Conard
The Generals, lead by senior captains Peter Hoffman and Marco Bernasconi, have won 17 out of 20 games so far this season; They are the #1 seed in the CCC North - their first year in the division - and they view their experience (individually and together as a team) as their greatest strength. The boys ar hoping their experience will pay off in the Division II Tournament starts which starts this week (see schedule details above).
AHS seniors: Lucas Powers, Jack Noble, Jack Murray, Ryan Bellucci , Peter Hoffman and Marco Bernasconi have led the Farmington Valley Generals to the #1 spot in the highly competitive CCC North division.
Junior Eric Schweitzer gets cheered on by the AHS Falconatics.
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. Booster Club General and Named Scholarship applications are due on Monday April 15th. Please click here to access the application. All AHS graduating student-athletes are encouraged to apply. 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 our B.C. Events coordinator Jen Gorack, [email protected].
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 OK Guys, even this parent hasn’t signed her spring athlete up, yet, and the season starts in two weeks! At this point, you should know that athlete registration is now done online through a program called FamilyID (which was a big hit with the winter with families and coaches). Through Family ID, you have the ease of conveniently registering your athlete(s) (and paying player fees) online. 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. Visit the AHS Athletics website to sign up today. Go Falcons!
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
AHS Senior Swimmers celebrated Senior Week last week.
IN THE PRESS ❏ The Collinsville Press covered Girls swimming winning at the Splash Classic for the 12th year in a row! Read it here.
❏ The Collinsville Press reported Girls Basketball losing to Hand in the Class L Tournament opener, here. ❏ The Collinsville Press mentions Wrestling in an article about the State Open, read it here. ❏ The Valley Press wrote an article on Boys Ice Hockey and how they are preparing for the Division II Tournament, 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
Cortney Fusco (head coach) [email protected] Al Dadario (assistant) [email protected]
Caroline Nisbet Christopher Calma christopher.calma@ summtech.com
N/A
David Zlatin (assistant) [email protected] 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 2/21-3/4/18
Team
Opponent
Score
Indoor Track
New England Championships
No qualifiers this season, however Carly Carpino qualified for the New Balance National Tournament in which she will compete this weekend
Co-ed Swimming and Diving
CCC Championships
THE TEAM FINISHED 3RD PLACE Other top finishes include: - Brendan Downey, 2nd in Diving - Justin Arroyo, 2nd 200 yd I.M. - Andre Richard, 1st in 50 yd and 2nd place in 100 yd Freestyle - Alec Traktovenko, 1st in 100 yd Breaststroke - The relay team of Justin Arroyo, Alec Traktovenko, Chris Chute and Andre Richard, 1st in the 200 yd Freestyle Relay and 2nd in the 400 yd Freestyle Relay
Boys Ice Hockey
Notre Dame-Fairfield NFI
W 6-3 L 3-2 (OT)
Girls Basketball
Daniel Hand, Madison 1st round of CIAC tournament
L 41-55
Wrestling
Class M Tournament
The team finished 7th overall and the following wrestlers earned Top 5 spots in their respective weight classes: Abhilash Bhabad, 5th (106) Matthew Bourquin, 5th (195) Christopher Gens, 4th (220) Henry Schrecengost, 3rd (285)
SCHEDULE
for the week of 3/4-3/11/18
Date
Time
Team
Opponent
Location
3/5
7:00 p.m.
Boys Basketball 1st round, CIAC Tournament
Wolcott
Home
3/6
8:00 p.m.
Boys Ice Hockey 1st round, CIAC Tournament
Westhill-Stamford
Home @AOF Ice Rink
3/13
5:00 pm
V Co-Ed Swimming & Diving
Class M Finals
Away - Wesleyan
3/15
5:30 pm
V Co-Ed Swimming & Diving
State Open Diving
Away - Bulkeley
3/17
2:30 pm
V Co-Ed Swimming & Diving
State Opens Swimming
Away - Yale University
Spotlight: Boys Hockey The Farmington Valley Generals are a co-op team primarily made up of players from Farmington and Avon - 11 of whom are Seniors. Long-time Farmington coach Mike Barone and Scott Percival (AHS science teacher) work together to coach the team. This years Senior group started playing together during their freshman year, finishing just 3-20. The team grew stronger each year and in 2016 they won the CCC South Tournament. They won it again in 2017, advancing to the CIAC Division II quarterfinals. This year the team moved into the more competitive CCC North Division.
Peter Hoffman dives for the puck@Conard
The Generals, lead by senior captains Peter Hoffman and Marco Bernasconi, have won 17 out of 20 games so far this season; They are the #1 seed in the CCC North - their first year in the division - and they view their experience (individually and together as a team) as their greatest strength. The boys ar hoping their experience will pay off in the Division II Tournament starts which starts this week (see schedule details above).
AHS seniors: Lucas Powers, Jack Noble, Jack Murray, Ryan Bellucci , Peter Hoffman and Marco Bernasconi have led the Farmington Valley Generals to the #1 spot in the highly competitive CCC North division.
Junior Eric Schweitzer gets cheered on by the AHS Falconatics.
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. Booster Club General and Named Scholarship applications are due on Monday April 15th. Please click here to access the application. All AHS graduating student-athletes are encouraged to apply. 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 our B.C. Events coordinator Jen Gorack, [email protected].
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 OK Guys, even this parent hasn’t signed her spring athlete up, yet, and the season starts in two weeks! At this point, you should know that athlete registration is now done online through a program called FamilyID (which was a big hit with the winter with families and coaches). Through Family ID, you have the ease of conveniently registering your athlete(s) (and paying player fees) online. 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. Visit the AHS Athletics website to sign up today. Go Falcons!
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
AHS Senior Swimmers celebrated Senior Week last week.
IN THE PRESS ❏ The Collinsville Press covered Girls swimming winning at the Splash Classic for the 12th year in a row! Read it here.
❏ The Collinsville Press reported Girls Basketball losing to Hand in the Class L Tournament opener, here. ❏ The Collinsville Press mentions Wrestling in an article about the State Open, read it here. ❏ The Valley Press wrote an article on Boys Ice Hockey and how they are preparing for the Division II Tournament, 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
Cortney Fusco (head coach) [email protected] Al Dadario (assistant) [email protected]
Caroline Nisbet Christopher Calma christopher.calma@ summtech.com
N/A
David Zlatin (assistant) [email protected] 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.
