Putnam Town Crier - Past Issues

Past Issues of the Putnam Town Crier

Details: Category: Current Issue

caption, page 2:

The 10 Woodstock Academy girls’ soccer seniors were honored at Senior Day Oct. 9. Photo courtesy of The Woodstock Academy.

..

Academy roundup
Centaurs
girls’ soccer
celebrates
Senior Day;
win over
Killingly
With under a minute to play, sophomore Grace Gelhaus was able to sneak the ball past two Killingly defenders on the left side.
She spied fellow forward Peyton Saracina making a run in the middle and was able to get it to the senior’s foot. Saracina made it count.
With 30 seconds left in regulation, she beat the one defender remaining in the 18-yard box and launched a right-footed bullet to the keeper’s right and into the top of the net.
After losing to Killingly, 3-2, in double overtime in their first meeting, the Centaurs had a 3-2 win of their own on Killingly’s home field Oct. 6.
It started a good week for the Centaurs who celebrated Senior Day with a 7-0 win over Tourtellotte Oct. 9 at the Bentley Athletic Complex to raise their record to 3-1.
“It was important to be competitive in two separate games against a top team,” Woodstock Academy coach Dennis Snelling said of the win over Killingly. “We forced OT in the first game and improved enough to win the second game. It is great for the confidence going forward and for the confidence in terms of what we have been doing since August.”
Saracina scored all three goals for the Centaurs and Gelhaus got all three assists.
Due to the uncertainty of the season, few teams are putting off their Senior Day celebration. The girls’ soccer team was no different, honoring its 10 seniors prior to the match with the Tigers. Sophia Mawson, Caroline Wilcox, Saracina, Maria Santucci, Ciara MacKinnon, Gillian Price, Sydney Couture, Lucy McDermott, Brynn Kusnarowis and Arianna Di Domizio were all honored.
Saracina had two goals and an assist in the win while Adeline Smith and Emma Massey each had a goal and an assist.

Boys’ soccer still undefeated
The Centaurs boys’ soccer team is off to a great start in the 2020 season. The boys raised their record to 4-0 with a pair of wins last week.
The Centaurs opened with a 10-0 win over Killingly and followed that up with an 8-0 win over Tourtellotte.
Ty Morgan had three goals; Richard Hickson added three assists and Eric Phongsa scored twice in the win over Killingly.
Eight different players scored against the Tigers with Owen Tracy getting a goal and an assist.

Volleyball wins 2 over Killingly
Consistency is what Woodstock Academy volleyball coach Adam Bottone is searching for. He’s starting to see some of that.
“When we’re consistent, we’re a pretty effective hitting team. It’s when we get out of system and our hitters start hitting balls from above their head and swing hard and push it out that we are constantly talking to them about and the adjustments they need to make,” Bottone said.
The Centaurs played a pair of matches with nearby rival, Killingly. The results were pretty similar as the matches produced identical results, the Centaurs winning, 3-0, in both. The wins raised Woodstock Academy’s record to 3-1.
Senior Gabby Garbutt led the way Oct. 7 with 14 kills and five service points. The game was made a bit more interesting by a storm that led to some minor power interruptions.
“It was kind of hard to focus with the lights going off, but the refs kept it going, we didn’t stop,” Garbutt said.
Marissa Mayhew added 12 digs in the first win over Killingly and 15 more in the second match. Senior outside hitter Aurissa Boardman had 20 kills and fellow senior Kileigh Gagnon added 15 service points in the Friday win.

Field hockey splits
It wasn’t perfect.
But Woodstock Academy picked up its second win in three games Oct. 10 with a 4-1 win over Killingly.
“We were just not connecting the way we are capable of. I think we got a little lucky because of talent level and skill. We were able to rely on that a lot as well as the hustle and effort of a couple of key players,” said Centaurs coach Lauren Gagnon.
Woodstock Academy opened the 1-0 lead with just 1:08 left in the first quarter when Olivia Ott found herself open in front of the goal with the ball and she slipped it into the back of the cage.
Alexia Adams made it 2-0 just seven minutes later with a hard shot of her own and the defense was able to blank Killingly through the first three quarters.
“Defense was really good,” goalie Kaily LaChappelle said the shutout effort through the first three quarters. “They are pretty good about marking up. They really go to the ball and try to make that first initiative and they always have my back.”
Killingly did make it a bit interesting when Rhiannon Martin scored with 11:50 left in the game.
Unfortunately for the Centaurs, it brought up a bad memory.
Woodstock Academy took a 2-0 lead over Fitch Oct. 8, only to see the Falcons score three times in the fourth and final quarter for a 3-2 win.
But the Centaurs showed a little resilience against Killingly.
Olivia Ott scored her second goal of the game with 7:34 left and Elaina Borski added the insurance goal with 5:06 to play.
Woodstock Academy took the 2-0 lead against the Falcons (3-0) Oct. 8.
Rachel Canedy scored just 1:31 into the second quarter and then assisted on an Ott goal with 7:33 to play in the first half. But Fitch answered with the big fourth quarter for the win.
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy
..

Details: Category: Current Issue

The following charges were listed in the Putnam Police Department logs. The people charged are innocent until proven guilty in court. The Town Crier will publish dispositions of cases at the request of the accused. The dispositions must be accompanied by the proper documentation. The Putnam Police Department confidential Tip Line is 860-963-0000.
Sept. 29
John White, 53, Morin Avenue, Danielson; sixth-degree larceny.
Carla Hetu, 27, Cheney Road, N. Grosvenordale second-degree reckless endangerment, interfering with police, operating an unregistered motor vehicle.
Charles Meseck, 30, no certain address; first-degree failure to appear, two counts of second-degree failure to appear, fugitive from justice.
Oct. 2
Roger Rioux, 53, Powhattan Street, Putnam; disorderly conduct, criminal mischief.

.

Details: Category: Current Issue

PHS soccer
teams win/lose
By Shawn Bates
Putnam High School started week one of its soccer competitions last week.
The Putnam boys, looking to bounce back from a disappointing last year, faced The Tigers from Tourtellotte Oct. 1 in Putnam but came away with a 3-1 loss. The Tigers struck first to take the lead in the first half with two goals scored by Daniel Boutin and Michael Barbosa. With time ticking away Karson Bates found Aysaiah Chavez in the front of the net to get the goal passed senior goal keeper Brady Monahan to cut the lead to one goal. In the 2nd half Boutin would find the back of the net one more time for the Tigers to give them the 3-1 win over the Clippers Senior goalie Colby Livingston had 10 saves on 13 shots.
The Lady Clippers faced a well-coached and talented Tiger squad and lost 7-0. Tourtellotte scorers were: Hanna LeClaire, 3; Peyton Richard, 2; Kaylee Tacson, 1; and Madyson Koziak 1 . Madyson also lead the team with assists at 2.

.

Details: Category: Current Issue

Details: Category: Current Issue

Nicolas Louis-Jacques is from Miami. September and October morning temperatures that sit in the 50s in New England are not something he is accustomed to, nor particularly fond of.
“This cold is killing me,” he said before defeatedly shaking his head at the reminder that it gets a lot colder in these parts soon enough.
While the weather may not have been to his liking, everything else seems to be going well for Louis-Jacques, one of Putnam Science Academy’s 13 new prep basketball players.
The 6-foot, 5-inch guard has impressed in the first month or so of individual and team workouts, showing off the deep shooting range he was known for, and also earning the program’s first “Horse Collar” award of the season, given to the toughest all-around player in the gym each week.
“It’s been really good,” said Louis-Jacques, whose parents are from Haiti. “It gets really competitive, everybody is going at it. And everybody here can play at a high level so you’ve got bring it every day. It’s just going to get you better, quicker. Nothing bad could come out of this at all. It was a great opportunity that I had to take.
“That’s why I wanted to come here. I didn’t really have offers from (colleges) I felt like really fit me, so when I decided I was going to do a prep year, I wanted to go to a serious prep. Here, every single day, you’re going to compete. You’re going at it every single day with really good players, with great players. You have to bring you’re A-game every day. It’s time to perfect my game as much as I can, and PSA is the place for me to do that.”
It is paying off in the early going of the preseason. Despite the irregularities caused by Coivd-19 that are limiting workouts and the preventing college coaches from seeing him in-person, a number of schools such as George Mason, Holy Cross, UNC Charlotte, and Marist, have reached out to Louis-Jacques just since the Mustangs started working out.
Louis-Jacques, 18, is known for his shooting. Off the dribble, coming off screens, catch-and-shoot, off the triple-threat, you name it, he believes every shot is going in. It’s something that he says “comes easy” to him, but added there was a lot of work put into it.
“I had a really good trainer back home and he just taught me how to shoot,” Louis-Jacques said. “We started off close to the basket and just slowly worked our way out. It was every day. I was just getting up a lot of shots. It’s mechanics and confidence. I don’t even think about missing a shot.”
Said PSA associate head coach Josh Scraba: “I think in a non-COVID year, with all the open gyms we would normally have, I think he’d be getting high-major looks. He’s not just a shooter. He can create his own shot, he can get to the rim, he can finish in a number of ways. Wherever he ends up, that coaching staff is going to be really happy because they’re going to get a real good player.”
Stephen Nalbandian
Sports Information Director
Putnam Science Academy

.

Past Issues of the Putnam Town Crier

More Articles...