CREC Cooperative 40

Woodstock Academy 32

HARTFORD - Kameron Janice cleared the 1,000-yard mark in rushing for the season and scored three touchdowns, but the CREC Cooperative still outscored the Centaurs in Hartford Oct. 14.

Janice finished with 118 yards in 16 carries for The Woodstock Academy (2-3) to give the senior 1,078 on the season. His three touchdowns, on runs of 11, 17 and 13 yards give him 15 on the season.

Luis Miranda also had a pair of scores for the Centaurs.

The sophomore scored on a 12-yard pass from Derek Thompson (11-for-20 passing, 131 yards, 2 TDs) and on a 54-yard fumble recovery. Miranda reeled in 5 of Thompson passes for 74 yards in receptions and was second on the team in tackles to Jack Hovestadt (seven) with six.

The Centaurs were their own worst enemies at times, turning the ball over on four occasions. Thompson was picked off twice, one was returned for a touchdown and The Academy also lost a pair of fumbles.

The Centaurs got the ball back with 1 minute, 30 seconds left and a chance to tie, but two sacks ended their hopes.

Oct. 13

Boys’ Soccer

It has been a tough stretch for the boys’ soccer program.

The Centaurs battled the likes of Waterford, Bacon Academy and Stonington in their last three contests and came out of those key Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II clashes with a 0-2-1 mark.

The Bears were the latest to hand the Centaurs a 3-1 loss.

The win kept Stonington undefeated (11-0-1) and atop the division with a 6-0-1 record.

Jack Gelhaus had the only goal for the Centaurs (7-5-1, 4-4-1), his third of the season.

Oct. 10

Late in the second overtime, Chase Anderson found himself playing a crucial role for The Woodstock Academy boys’ soccer team: emergency keeper.

With Connor Huda out of the net, Bacon Academy’s Darian Stanchina had an open shot on the Centaurs net. Just as he took it, Anderson came in from his center-back position.

“I saw Huda out of the 6-yard box and I just got in and got on the ground because the chances of him chipping me were slim-to-none. I got (the ball) with my upper thigh and kicked it out with my left foot. It wasn’t the smoothest save,” Anderson said with a laugh.

The impromptu save by the defensive player preserved the 1-1 draw with the Bobcats for the Centaurs.

“He’s a good, old-fashioned center-back,” Centaurs’ coach Paul Rearden said. “He puts his body on the line for the team. You can see he might have got hurt. I was waiting for him to go crashing into the post on that one and he doesn’t care.”

The Centaurs defense wasn’t so stellar at the beginning of the match.

Just 24 seconds in, Jordan Guerra found Tyler Donovan with a pass to the left of Huda inside the penalty area. Donovan ripped a shot at Huda, the ball striking the Woodstock keeper, but he was unable to hold on as it rebounded just inside the near post to put Bacon (5-2-3, 3-1-2 Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II) ahead.

“We just have to start out strong and we will be good,” Anderson said of the early lapse. “Against Amherst (Mass.), we proved we could play with the best teams. It was our best game of the season and we just need to play like that.”

Anderson was also partly responsible for the Centaurs (7-4-1, 4-3-1) tying the game.

With 17:01 left in the first half, Anderson sent a ball in from just over midfield. It curled to the left, deflecting off the keeper, right on to the foot of Jacopo Ambrosetti.

All Ambrosetti had to do was flick it past Bacon goalie Luke Sanford and inside the far post for his 16th goal of the season.

“You know what you’re going to get with Chase and that’s 120 percent,” Rearden said. “Other players may look silkier and smoother, but as far as effectiveness as a defender, he’s masterful and massive.”

Anderson almost had a second assist when he curled one into Sean Rearden, but the ball didn’t find the net.

Cross Country  --- Oct. 10

The boys’ team did its best to upend the Bears.

Freshman Ethan Aspiras won the race in 18 minutes, 58 seconds with teammate Kenneth Birlin next in 19:21. But the Centaurs (3-4, 1-4 Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II) couldn’t get a third runner behind the first two to guarantee the win. Instead, Stonington (4-5, 2-3) saw seven of its runners finish in the next eight positions to win the meet, 27-32.

Evan Gianfriddo was the only other Centaur runner in the top 10, he finished sixth in 20:07. Spencer Collins and Cylus Gould rounded out the top five for the Centaurs.

Marc Allard

Sports Information Director

 

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