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R.C.P. [Rocky Hill, Cromwell
& Portland] Post 105 American Le-
gion Baseball for Seniors [19 and
under], Juniors [17 and under] and
Prep [15 and under] will begin try-
outs at the Cromwell High School
baseball eld on Wednesday, May
28 (6 p.m.), Thursday, May 29 (6
p.m.), Friday, May 30 (6 p.m.), Sat-
urday, May 31 (10 a.m.) and Sun-
day, June 1 (10 a.m.). The Tryouts
will continue until all three teams
are selected. Players for each team
will be informed as to their ongo-
ing tryout schedule. Varsity High
School Players cannot participate
until their team is nished. This
is the rst year that Connecticut
American Legion will sponsor a
Prep Division. The Junior team be-
gins play on Friday, May 30th.
The senior team is coming off
its fth Zone 7 Championship in
eight years. All players interested
in trying out should contact either
Jay Hickey 860-635-0594 or Jim
Nursick 860-788-2631 and request
a Players Information Form. Visit
www.ctlegionbball.com, link onto
the zone websites, then zone 7,
then go to the standing section and
link onto RCP-Post 105.
Post 105 American Legion Baseball
Seven individuals and a state championship
wrestling team will be the newest inductees into the
Rocky Hill Athletic Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame
Committee has announced that the following honor-
ees will be members of the Class of 2014:
-Dave Coyne, RHHS football coach, 1999 -
2013
-Ann Marie Deasy Gallagher, RHHS Class of
1991 (Soccer)
-Mike Lombardo, RHHS Class of 1968 (Soc-
cer)
-Fran Stevens, RHHS Class of 1981 (Soccer)
-Marra Whaley, RHHS Class of 2007 (Soccer)
-Kirstyn Arcata, RHHS Class of 2014, Rachel
Carey Spirit Award
-George Hatzikostas, John J. McVicar Distin-
guished Service Award
-1998 RHHS State Championship Wrestling
Team
The above notables will be honored at the 12th
annual Induction Dinner at the Sheraton Hartford
South in Rocky Hill Saturday, June 7. The event
begins at 5:45 p.m. with a cocktail hour in the ho-
tels courtyard. Dinner will be served in the Grand
Ballroom at 7 p.m., followed by the Induction Cer-
emony.
Anyone wishing to place an advertisement
in the 12th anniversary commemorative program
should contact the Hall of Fame Committee by May
23. All proceeds from this event help fund scholar-
ships at Rocky Hill High School.
The Hall of Fame Committee is interested in
hearing from anyone that knows of someone who
should be considered as a future Hall of Fame mem-
ber. The committee has information on a great num-
ber of individuals who excelled in sports locally, but
theyd like to know if there are others out there who
are worthy for consideration for induction into this
special group.
For information on tickets to the event, advertis-
ing in the program or potential candidates for induc-
tion to the Hall of Fame, please contact Pete Egan by
email at rhhof123@att.net. Follow us on Facebook
for the latest information at www.facebook.com/
rockyhillhalloffame.
Rocky Hill Athletic Hall of Fame
Cromwell Summer Baseball
The Farmington Bank/Vantis Life Baseball League (old JC Courant)
will again have a Senior Team in Cromwell. Home games are played
at Cromwell High School and Middle School. All players 15-19 years
of age interested in playing Summer Baseball should contact Jack
Henehan at 860-559-1357. Visit www.fbvlbaseball.com for more in-
formation.
by Mark DiPaola
Glastonbury High Schools
six-goal second quarter left New-
ington High School boys lacrosse
up against the ropes last Tuesday
afternoon, April 15, as the Indians
fell 15-3 at home.
The Tomahawks took advan-
tage of clearing mishaps and fa-
ceoff losses, spending the majority
of the game camped in Newington
territory.
Glastonbury attackman Tom-
my Deehan kicked off the second
quarter with a run from the faceoff
circle and into the Indians third,
where he blew past the defenders
up top and stashed the ball into
a low corner of the net from just
above the crease for the rst of his
two goals on the afternoon.
He would have had a third if,
second later, Indians goaltender
Jeffrey Turner had not denied the
junior in an almost identical scor-
ing chance. Turner would come
up big on point blank shots a few
times throughout the contest, de-
nying opponents left alone for a
feed in front of the net or driving
through defenders to the cage.
That was one bright spot in
a game that was otherwise dif-
cult for Newington. Within a
couple of minutes after Deehans
rst goal, Tomahawks attackman
Alex Stomberg got on the board.
The junior ran out from behind the
Indians net, getting above the de-
fenseman past goal line extended
and driving into the middle. With
a one-handed cradle protecting,
Stomberg slipped his stick under-
neath a wrap check and continued
to the net for a shot and goal.
Stomberg, who also had two
tallies in the contest, would get his
second off a faceoff. After winning
the draw at mideld, he ew into
the Newington end untouched by
the swarm of chasing defenders,
and slipped it underneath Turner
to stretch his teams lead further.
Throughout the game,
Glastonbury relied mostly on
transition fast breaks and feeds to
penetrate the Indians defense, but
the mideld saw some penetra-
tion from up top too. Tomahawks
midelder Doug Grandchamp hit
the back of the net after shield-
ing against an attempted takeaway
stick check and running in for a
close shot that beat Turner to con-
tinue Glastonburys scoring surge.
Wetherseld Uses Small Game to Beat Newington
by Kathleen Pulek
Small ball. Thats the way the Wethers-
eld High School softball team notched a
6-4 win over Newington Friday, April 25, at
Fusco Field in Mill Woods Park.
Our small game was very effective,
according to Eagles head coach Colleen
Budaj after her team improved to 3-4. We
laid down the bunts and we put the ball into
play. Weve been talking all season about
how important it is for us to play small ball
and force people to eld it.
The Eagles opened the scoring in their
half of the second as sophomore Gabrielle
Bielaks ineld single drove in pinch run-
ner Taylor Garrey to stake WHS to the
early lead. Pitcher Megan Kieselback, who
swings a powerful bat as the clean up hitter,
opened the inning with a triple to centereld
before giving way to Garrey.
Kieselback made the 1-0 lead stand up
until the top of the fth frame, when New-
ington went up, 2-1. Junior Kennedy Sulli-
van led off with a single to left eld and ad-
vanced to third on a pair of sacrices before
coming home on an ineld error. Pitcher Ol-
ivia Burgos triple aided the Indians cause,
plating Sullivan with the go-ahead run.
Olivia hit the heck out of the ball in the
fth inning, Newington head coach Steve
Markie said of the junior who batted third in
the Indians order. Its what we ask her to
do all the time. She gets a line drive, scores
a run and puts us ahead. Then we needed to
shut Wetherseld down in the bottom half
of the inning.
What the Indians needed, they didnt
get, as WHS used three ineld hits, a sac-
rice and an error to ease ahead, 3-2 before
catcher Alex Sahareks y to center scored
senior Rachel DiNatalie and Victoria Corm-
iers two-run double up the middle padded
Wetherselds lead to 6-2.
Teams are going to bunt against us and
teams are going to put the ball in play. Weve
got to make those plays, said Markie. Un-
fortunately when you throw it around and
you dont catch it, the other team is going to
take advantage and today Wetherseld took
advantage. They picked up ve runs in the
bottom of the fth and all of a sudden were
chasing a team whose pitcher is having the
best game shes probably had all season.
We battled in the seventh inning,
which is good to know, but we cant expect
to score four or ve runs in the top of an
inning against a good team in high school
softball and try to win it, Markie said of his
3-3 Indians, who tallied twice in the seventh
on a elders choice and Burgos single to
center eld.
Well work on how to defend the bunt
in our next practice. Teams like New Brit-
ain will bunt and slap us to death, so if we
cant defend the bunt, were going to have
a long day. Conard always plays us tough
and we travel there Friday, May 2. South-
ington is a talented team, and we host them
[May 5]. Simsbury beat us 2-1 earlier this
season on an error late in the game and they
come to Newington [May 12]. Weve got to
be ready to play every day. I tell the kids all
of the time--with high school softball, you
just never know whats going to happen.
Wetherseld has struggled a bit coming into
todays game and they played great against
us. They put the ball in play and made us
make plays. If they do that, theyre going to
win a lot of games. Weve got to do the same
thing, said Markie.
This was a great team victory for the
kids. They came to play, Budaj said of her
Eagles. We had contributions from every
aspect of our team, all the way through the
lineup, which is really important. Weve
been talking about how we have to get con-
tributions not just from the meat of the or-
der but from everybody and that was huge
today.
Weve told the kids all season long, if
we make one mistake - and sometimes thats
going to happen--we dont want it to turn
into a second mistake. We need to take a
breath, relax, get our feet under us and make
that next play. They did that beautifully to-
day. I think this was one of our best games
defensively this season.
Weve gotten Southington and Malo-
ney out of the way early in the season, Bu-
daj smiled, and now we have some tough
division games at Manchester, East Hartford
and Windsor. We won the rst meeting with
Windsor in the bottom of the eighth [11-10]
in an up and down, very competitive game.
The May 14 contest at Windsor is the
eighth of nine-straight road games before
the Eagles return to Mill Woods Park to
host Manchester May 19, followed by home
games with East Hartford, East Catholic and
Glastonbury.
Were coming off of Wednesdays
tough 16-0 loss against South Windsor. The
fact that we were able to regroup, practice
hard yesterday and put that behind us is re-
ally important for us as a team and says a lot
about the leadership from our three senior
captains--Alex Saharek, Rachel DiNatalie
and Megan Kieselback. They were able to
get the younger kids to relax and put the loss
behind them. They set a nice tone for the
young kids on the team, said Budaj.
We had gotten into the mindset in
practice yesterday that we needed to for-
get about the South Windsor game and we
needed to move forward. We were focused
in practice and worked really hard, especial-
ly on hitting, getting our defensive plays and
getting our grounders, said Saharek. We
did well transitioning from that loss to get-
ting the win in this game.
I agree with coach, we really executed
on the bunts, which is so important in the
short game. I give props to Megan, who hit
her spots and had a really nice screwball.
She got some hitters on their hands and
also made some nice plays. And Rachel had
some really key grounders at second base.
This was a team effort. We worked hard to
get the win.
Senior captain Megan Kieselback hit her spots
against Newington April 25. Photo: Dave Burnham.
Junior Olivia Burgos drove in two runs for Newington
with a triple and a single. Photo: Dave Burnham.
Second-Half Secures Glastonbury LacrosseVictory Over Indians