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The Woodstock Academy girls' basketball team will be led by, from left: Reegan Reynolds, Leila MacKinnon and Lennon Favreau. Photo by Marc Allard.
In this day and age of shrinking programs, Woodstock Academy girls’ basketball coach Will Fleeton is happy about what he has seen heading into the season.
Some 36 girls tried out for the program . That may not be a big number, but in this case, it may be quality over quantity as Leila MacKinnon and Lennon Favreau both return to the fold.
The two also bring recent success with them. MacKinnon was a member of the volleyball team that made it to the Class L state tournament semifinals and Favreau played for the ECC champion girls' soccer team which advanced as far as the Class L state quarterfinals.
The two will swing between guard and forward as the entire roster for the Centaurs will.
MacKinnon will function as a co-captain alongside junior Reegan Reynolds. Kerry Blais and Leah Danis are two other juniors on the varsity roster which will also include sophomores Sophia Sarkis and Eva Monahan.
There will be some freshmen who will see varsity playing time including Kaylee Saucier, Isabel D’Alleva-Bochain, Vivian Bibeau, Sidney Anderson and Allison Camara.
The Centaurs will have some height to work with.
Fleeton has always been a defense-first type of coach and that won’t change this season although he was still sorting through things last week going into the first and only scrimmage of the season at Montville on Thursday.
The Centaurs moved up to Div. 1. That may not be a bad thing. Div. 1 tournament champion, New London which finished 20-4 last season, is now in Div. II alongside Bacon Academy (23-4), Ledyard (17-8) and Waterford (13-10).
And while Woodstock will play some of those teams, the Centaurs have to worry more about Fitch (13-10), East Lyme (7-15) and Norwich Free Academy (3-19).
It was the Centaurs who got off the bus first this season as they opened against non-league foe, Coventry, on Monday. (The game ended too late for this edition).
By Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy
Schedule: Wed., Dec. 14: vs. Tolland, 7 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 17: vs. Amistad, 1:30; Tues., Dec. 20: at East Lyme, 7; Tues., Dec. 27: at Cranston West (RI) Tournament vs. Cranston East (RI), 5:15; Wed., Dec. 28: at Cranston West (RI) Tournament vs. Prout (RI), 1:45; Fri., Dec. 30: vs. Griswold, 7; Tues, Jan. 3: at Waterford , 7; Thurs., Jan. 5: vs. Killingly, 7; Sat., Jan. 7: vs. Plainfield, 1:30; Tues., Jan 10: vs. NFA, 7; Thurs., Jan 12: at Plainfield, 7; Tues., Jan. 17: at Fitch, 7; Fri., Jan. 20: vs. East Lyme, 7; Sat., Jan 28: at Amistad, 1:30; Thurs., Feb. 2: at NFA, 7; Tues., Feb. 7: vs. East Catholic, 7; Thurs., Feb. 9: vs. Montville, 5; Fri., Feb. 10: vs. Fitch, 7; Mon., Feb. 13:at Killingly,7.