Griffins beat Knights, 5-2
POMFRET — The Pomfret School Griffins Oct. 6 beat the Golden Knights of Marianapolis 5-2 in a challenging Class B game, according to Pomfret boys’ varsity coach Patrick Burke.
Goals came from: Dylan Tran 32nd, 36th (assists to Grant Maurer, Declan Chapman); Eumir Rodriguez 50th (assist to Devin Walcott); Gerald Gao 52nd (assist to Devin Walcott); and Jerry Da 84th. Saves: Javier Alonso, 7 saves.
The game was challenging because of the spirit and focus of Marianapolis, Burke said. “For the first 30 minutes the teams were locked in a deadlock. Our standout player  was Ryan Cho who’s defensive focus and ability to win 50/50 balls was key to keeping Marianapolis’ chances limited. Ryan helped lead our line as his play was well supported by Henry Cattell, Eumir Rodriguez, Gerald Gao, Lyle Bernard, and Lawrence Viola. Most of the action happened around midfield, and Pomfret wasn’t able to find the right final ball or combination play to get past Marianapolis’ packed back line. Dylan Tran, Kaya Horvath, and Caleb White gave us a spark and the game turned a bit in the 30th minute when Dylan was able to tuck away a rebound on a shot from Grant Maurer. Then Jerry Da found  Declan Chapman who’s quick touch found Dylan in space. Dylan fired home a great strike into the bottom corner to give us a 2-0 lead. We had some opportunities as Lawrence put in Nate Watson a couple times, while Devin Walcott and Kaya combined well. Unfortunately, some poor backtracking by Pomfret allowed a Marianapolis cross to go into the goal after a missed Pomfret clearance. At the half Pomfret was up 2-1. "We knew we needed to play better and our energy, communication, and intensity increased in the first five minutes of the second half. Frederick Coulibaly put in Nate who earned us a corner kick. Devin was able to find Eumir who’s shot from distance found the net. Two minutes later, another solid set piece routine resulted in Devin finding Gerald on the back post for a header goal. Up 4-1, Pomfret got strong minutes from Lyle in the back, Cole Castro on the wing, and Van Horvath up top. Javier Alsono in goal with three  top-notch saves to take away good Marianapolis scoring opportunities. In the 84th minute a nice play from Dylan and Van worked the ball to Jerry who beat multiple men and was brought down inside the box. Jerry earned the PK and he then tucked it away to give us a 5-1 lead. Marianapolis scored in the game's 1 minute of extra time."
By Patrick Burke

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Clockwise, top left: This case making caddisfly only lives in unpolluted water. It makes its case out of sand grains.These students are sorting and identifying bugs.The “roach-like” stonefly is super sensitive to pollution and they were plentiful. Little Brook. Photos by Litle River Source Water Team.



Unofficial
thumbs up
for brook's
health
The students in Ms. Lovegreen’s ecology class at Woodstock Academy helped to document the water quality in Little Brook, a small headwater stream that flows through the Woodstock Academy South Campus.
Little Brook flows into Peake Brook, a tributary of Little River.
Using bugs that live underwater as bioindicators of water quality, they found a good diversity of pollution-sensitive bugs that can only live in good quality water needed to support them and the fish that need clean water.
This program, known as the riffle bioassessment by volunteers (RBV) was developed by scientists at Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP).
The data (bugs) collected by the students will be submitted to CT DEEP identity verification, but The Last Green Valley water quality monitoring coordinator unofficially believes the stream had the required biodiversity of pollution sensitive bugs to qualify the stream as meeting the state guidelines for fish habitat quality.

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Designed by Prescott Powers, visual arts teacher. Courtesy photos.


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WOODSTOCK — Oct. 2, the area outside the turf field at The Woodstock Academy’s South Campus, was officially dedicated as “Centaur Plaza.” Sitting in the center, the focal point of the space is a unique sculpture of a Centaur designed by Prescott Powers, visual arts teacher at The Woodstock Academy.
The sculpture is made of weathering steel and features a different character from each angle it is viewed from, with all elements of each character bringing together a Centaur when standing in front. Each character represents the diversity of students and welcomes a new sense of pride to the community at The Woodstock Academy. Additionally, the aesthetic of the sculpture is distinctive at night, when it is raining, and when the sun is shining.
“The sculpture is a modern response to the Centaur on North Campus,” said Powers. “It is kinetic and encourages people to interact with it. The figures represent individuality, creativity, knowledge, and athleticism, qualities found in students at The Academy. I hope it will reflect the diversity of our students and encourage all students to feel they are supported and valued here.”
Centaur Plaza and the Centaur Sculpture were made possible by gifts from The Woodstock Academy classes of 2017, 2019, and 2021. The sculpture was produced at Rawson Manufacturing in Putnam before being installed at The Academy.
“The classes who made a gift to this project were among the first to have access to the facilities on South Campus,” said Head of School Christopher Sandford. “This dedication is extraordinary in the sense that these alumni had the opportunity to use the facilities themselves when they were students and have now left an impact on future generations of students at The Academy.”

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