Putnam pg 9 2-27-14
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By Ron P. Coderre
This week’s RPC sporty shout out is sent along to Putnam Atty. Nick Longo. A little known fact, Longo was a star hoopster at Putnam High School and went on to a four-year college career at Clark University in Worcester. Atty. Longo blew out another candle on the cake on Feb. 26.
The Putnam Science Academy Mustangs recently went on the road for a rugged four-game road trip and came home holding their heads high after winning three and dropping one for only their third loss of the season. Along the way they beat a very good South Kent School, avenged an earlier season loss to Notre Dame Prep and took the final game of the sojourn at Bridgton Academy in Maine.
The lone loss of the trip came at the hands of the nation’s #1 ranked team Brewster Academy in a game that was called with eight minutes remaining to be played. Here’s how the outcome of that contest came out as related by Putnam Science Academy coach Tom Espinosa.
“Everything started when PSA standout Kyle Menard was called for a hard but clean foul on a Brewster player with both players going down to the floor. On the way up, words were exchanged but no punches were thrown. Seeing their teammate in a verbal confrontation, the Mustang players on the bench ran out on to the court to support him.
“After things were calmed down by the coaches and officials, the Brewster Athletic Director made the decision to terminate the contest. His decision gave the victory to host Brewster Academy. The coaches, players and officials wanted to continue the contest; however, based on a similar experience last year with another team, the AD made his decision and stuck by it.
“Our kids should have stayed on the bench. That’s the rule and I understand we we’re wrong for leaving the bench area. It’s difficult to swallow but it was the correct call,” said coach Espinosa.
So now you have the rest of the story as a noted radio personality was known to say on his daily commentary.
As a result of the trip, the Mustangs are 25-3 but the loss dropped them one spot in the Next Up Recruits National Post Grad Rankings. Brewster Academy remains #1 with St. Thomas More of Oakdale, a team the Scientists have beaten this season, moving into the #2 slot. Putnam Science Academy is ranked #3.
The remainder of the Top Ten is as follows: #4 Fishburne (VA); #5 Hargrave (VA); #6 New Hampton (NH); #7 Northfield Mt. Hermon (MA); #8 Massanutten (VA); #9 IMG Academy (FL); #10 Fork Union (VA).
Save The Date
Putnam Rotarian Willie Bousquet, organizer of the Raymond Brousseau High School Senior Basketball Shootout, reminds readers to mark their calendars for the 2014 event. Sponsored by the Putnam Rotary Club the basketball game, featuring senior male and female players from high schools and prep schools throughout the region is scheduled for Tuesday, March 25 at Putnam High School. The girls’ contest is scheduled to tipoff at 6 p.m., followed by the boys’ game at 7:30.
This is the final time that local fans will have an opportunity to see their favorite players in action. The evening is fast paced, fun-filled and packed with action. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for senior citizens and students.
Working with Bousquet on the organizing committee are Club President Brad Favreau, Peter Benoit, Doug Valentine, Bob Halloran, Deb Hoft and Charlie Puffer.
Woodstock Matmen Fare Well
Woodstock Academy produced three wrestlers who medaled in the recent Eastern Connecticut Conference Wrestling Champions. In the 14 weight classes that were competed the Centaurs produced a pair of Silver medalists and a Bronze.
Senior Nick Listro took home a second place Silver in the 145 pound weight class, while fellow senior Nick Davis captured a pair of matches on the final day to take home a Bronze Medal in the Heavyweight class. Junior Graysen DeLuca took home a Silver Medal in the 152 pound weight class.
Good News from Quinnipiac
The former Marianapolis pair of senior Ike Azotam and junior Ousmane Drame combined for a 17-for-30 shooting performance from the floor to lead Quinnipiac University to its fifth straight win in the MAAC, a 74-64 victory over St. Peter’s on Senior Day. Azotam, who is coming to the end of his college career, had 16 points and 11 rebounds. It was his 41st career double-double, tying him with Jonte Rutty for the most in Quinnipiac history. His performance also pushed him over the 1500-points career mark.
Drame matched a career-high as he posted 23 points and grabbed 12 boards for his 10th double-double of the season.
From The Annals of Putnam Sports History…
November 1912: Putnam High School defeated Woodstock Academy in basketball 70-3, Woodstock making only three foul shots. (Information contributed by Willie Zamagni)
RPC’s Closing thought For The Day: The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
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Fortunate pg 10 2-27-14
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By Ron P. Coderre
Most high school girls’ teams concluded their regular seasons last week. The fortunate few, Tourtellotte, Plainfield and Putnam, have conference and State tournament play to look forward to in the weeks ahead. The unfortunate few concluded play with Woodstock Academy going out on a high note with a season ending victory. Killingly and Ellis Tech can only look forward to next season.
The preps are also approaching tourney time with Marianapolis, Pomfret School and Hyde-Woodstock appearing to be headed to NEPSAC and SENE postseason play.
Tourtellotte and Plainfield in ECC 1st Round
Tourtellotte under coach Carla Faucher concluded its most successful regular season in many years, closing out the campaign 15-5 with a win over the East Hampton Bell Ringers 34-28. The Lady Tigers put on a defensive clinic in the first half, holding the hosts to a mere three points as they went to the locker room at intermission on top 12-3.
Ali Ablondi, Tourtellotte’s top offensive threat all season, finished with 11 points, while her teammate Nicole Dion captured game high honors with 13 points.
The Lady Tigers entered the play-in round of the ECC Tournament seeded 11th and were pitted against sixth -seeded East Lyme. The Lady Vikings easily dispatched Tourtellotte 49-29 as they ran away with the win from the opening tipoff. Ablond, with 12 points, was the lone bright spot in the 15-6 Tourtellotte offense.
Plainfield closed the books on the regular season with a pair of solid victories to end the season at 12-8. The Lady Panthers took the measure of Killingly 58-41 and followed that win with a 62-58 victory over East Lyme.
Alicia Cournoyer and Morganne Collins with a dozen points apiece paced the team in the win over the Redgals. In the East Lyme win Plainfield placed four players in double figures. Madeline Lorange with 16 points was high scorer followed by her sister Adrienne Lorange with 14, while Julie Jordan (13) and Cournoyer (11) were the other double-digit scorers.
Plainfield, seeded 12th in the ECC Tournament, was eliminated in the play-in round 42-31 by 5th seeded Waterford. The Lady Panthers who didn’t have a player in double figures fell behind 18-5 after one quarter and never recovered. Plainfield is 12-9 as it awaits the seedings for the CIAC State tourney.
Killingly lost its final game of the season to Woodstock Academy 43-33. The season ended at 2-18 for the Redgals, while the Acads closed the books at 3-17. The “Bousqueteers” of coach Willie Bousquet received a superb performance from Rebecca Messier who captured game-high honors with 19 points. Killingly’s high scorer was Morgan Harriot with 13 points.
Putnam took it on the nose from Capital Prep 76-23 but got up off the canvas to beat Cheney Tech 29-28, moving to 9-10 on the season. Putnam’s one-two punch of Makenzie Kaylor (9) and Cynthia Briere (8) were coach Mandi Hogan’s top point producers.
Ellis Tech ran out the string at 0-20 losing to Windham Tech 64-26 and Prince Tech 63-15.
Light Schedule for Preps
Pomfret School raised its record to 14-5 with a pair of victories in a perfect week. The Lady Griffins opened the week with a 61-49 win over St. George’s School. Mary Redmond was the game-high scorer with 22 points, while her teammate Juliette Lawless chipped in 19 points.
Pomfret then hosted Westminster School and weren’t very cordial as they took the Westies to school 48-25. Lawless with 17 points was the top scorer for Pomfret, which built a halftime advantage of 26-9 allowing coach Rebecca Brooks to substitute freely in the second half.
Hyde-Woodstock split a pair of contests on the week. The Wolfpack beat Marianapolis II 32-31 in a game that went down to the wire. Cossou Ndiaye hit both ends of a one-on-one situation in the waning seconds of the game to ice the victory and drop Marianapolis II to 5-10 on the season.
In the quarterfinals of the SENE Tournament, the Wolfpack was beaten by the Wheeler School 47-29. Janicha Diaz with 16 points was the lone bright spot for Hyde-Woodstock, which now stands at 5-11 on the season. Marianapolis I lost its only game of the week to Tabor Academy 61-53 to go to 14-6 on the year, despite double-double performances by Madison Springfield and Rachel Aho. Springfield posted 24 points and 14 boards, while Aho had 14 and 14.
Scoring Leaders: Janicha Diaz – Hyde-Woodstock – 15.5; Meagan Bianchi – Killingly – 14.9; Alyzae Davis – Pomfret School – 14.5; Ali Ablondi – Tourtellotte – 13.8; Juliette Lawless – Pomfret School – 13.6.
Three-point Leaders: Ali Ablondi – Tourtellotte – 33; Mary Redmond – Pomfret School – 30; Adrienne Lorange – Plainfield – 24.
RPC’s Super Standings: Tourtellotte – 15-5; Marianapolis I – 14-5; Pomfret School – 13-5; Plainfield – 11-8; Putnam – 9 - 10; Marianapolis II – 5-10; Hyde-Woodstock – 5-11; Woodstock Academy – 3-17; Killingly – 2-18; Ellis Tech – 0-20.
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Centaur pg 11 2-27-14
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Woodstock Academy's ice hockey senior, goalie Baylee Johns. Courtesy photo.
POMFRET — Zach Burnham’s goal in overtime lifted the Centaurs (6-7) to the victory.
It took the Woodstock Academy Centaurs (6-7) more than the 36 minutes of regulation to get the job done, but they managed to come away with a 6-5 overtime victory against the Joel Barlow Falcons (4-13) on Saturday afternoon in Pomfret. Sophomore Center Zach Burnham had the game-winner with 36 seconds left in the overtime period on a put back in the middle of a pile of players in front of the net.
Burnham’s goal capped a back-and-forth game that saw the visiting Falcons come back from 1-0, 4-2 and 5-4 deficits to force overtime. Penalties against the Centaurs resulted in two Falcon power play goals. There were a total of 5 goals scored in the first period two by the Falcons and three by the Centaurs. Freshman wing Zach Gagnon got Woodstock on the board with a nice backhander, his first goal of the year. Later in the period it was senior captain defenseman Will Smith with his first of two goals assisted by Nathan DeLuca and Will Liscomb. Nathan DeLuca got in on the scoring with the first of his two goals assisted by Jon-Luc Cournoyer and Jordan Lamothe’ to end the first period up 3-2 over the visitors. The Centaurs were outscored 2 goals to 1 in the second with Senior Captain Will Johns netting his second goal of the game assisted by Nathan Deluca to end the second period tied 4 – 4. Both goaltenders Baylee Johns and Thierry Jean put on a show with several fine saves. Freshman sensation Nathan DeLuca put on a fine display of his own finishing with two goals and two assists for a four point night. Nathan is now in fifth place in overall points scored in the Division 3 conference.
DeLuca opened the scoring early in the third period with a goal :09 seconds into the frame. He was assisted by Will Liscomb and Tyler Huhtanen. The thin one goal lead looked like it would hold up until Joel Barlow’s Billy Berry finished his five point performance with the tying goal under a minute left in regulation.
In overtime, the referee’s put their whistles away and let the boys play with Woodstock seemingly dominating the Falcons but unable to score. Both defenses played aggressively keeping the puck away from the goaltenders. Everyone was expecting a tie as the overtime period wound down to 30 seconds but lightning struck for the Centaurs in the form of a loose puck trickling over the downed goalie for a hard fought overtime victory that electrified the home crowd. Woodstock is now 1 – 1 in overtime appearances this year. Baylee Johns had 30 saves as Woodstock was outshot, 35-25. Come out and support your Woodstock Centaurs as they close out their season this week against league leaders Sheehan High School at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 26 and Housatonic at 6 p.m. Feb. 27, both are home games at Jahn Rink.
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Legals pg 11 2-27-14
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Legal Notice
Town of Putnam
NOTICE OF
SPECIAL TOWN
MEETING
March 3, 2014
The Electors and Citizens qualified to vote in Town Meeting of the Town of Putnam, Connecticut, are hereby notified and warned that the Special Meeting of said Town will be held at The Daniel S. Rovero Selectmen’s Chambers, Putnam Town Hall, 126 Church Street, Putnam, Connecticut, on the 3rd day of March, 2014 at 7:30 o’clock in the evening for the following purposes:
1. To choose a moderator for said meeting.
2. To determine the wishes of those present and eligible to vote at Town Meetings of the Town of Putnam on a proposed ordinance establishing an economic development trust fund. A copy of a draft ordinance is on file in the Mayor’s office and available for public inspection during business hours.
3. To determine the wishes of those present and eligible to vote at Town Meetings of the Town of Putnam upon the following resolution:
RESOLVED, that the Mayor and Board of Selectmen of the Town of Putnam are authorized to extend the contract between the Town of Putnam for sale of gravel with Strategic Commercial Realty, Inc. as well as the top soil contract with Rawson Transportation, Inc. for an additional period of three (3) years substantially upon the same terms and conditions as the existing contract.
Dated at Putnam, Connecticut, this 18th day of February, 2014.
TOWN OF PUTNAM
Anthony P. Falzarano, Mayor
Renee C. Lasko
J. Scott Pempek
Peter Benoit
Owen A. Tarr
Douglas Cutler Jr.
ITS BOARD OF SELECTMEN
ATTEST:
Sara J. Seney, Town Clerk
Feb. 26, 2014
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