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Woodstock athletes who received All-State honors, ECC Div. 1 All-Star and ECC honorable mentions. Photo by Sean Saucier/Woodstock Academy.
Fall athletes gathered for a final time together for the school’s annual Fall Sports Awards Night.
The coach’s awards go to athletes who demonstrate a hard-working, unselfish, positive and competitive attitude and, in the eyes of their coach, is a model participant that other athletes should aspire to be like.
The 2022 fall sports coach’s awards recipients: Boys’ cross-country - Varsity: Vincente Bastura, Colton Sallum; JV: Garrett Poitras. Girls’ cross-country - Varsity: Lauren Brule, Sydney Lord; JV: Elizabeth Morgis. Fall Cheerleading - Varsity: Kathryn Guillot, Catherine O’Brien. Volleyball - Varsity: Leila MacKinnon, Sophie Gronski; JV: Jacqueline Dearborn; Freshman: Alexa Delmonaco. Field Hockey - Varsity: Abigail Converse, Ava Basak; JV: Audrey MacPherson. Football - Varsity: Jared Eaton, Trevor Savoie; JV: Aiden Brailsford. Unified Soccer - Athlete: Deven Santa Cruz; Partner: Isabella Sorrentino. Boys’ Soccer - Varsity: Noah Page, Wyatt Robbie. JV: Christopher Kirkconnell. Girls’ Soccer - Varsity: Paige Owens, Rebecca Nazer; JV: Madison Bloom.
Fall athletes who achieved All-State and All-ECC status were also recognized.
Senior soccer player Grace Gelhaus was named a Class L All-State performer by the Connecticut Girls Soccer Association; fellow senior Morgan Bonin was a Connecticut High School Coaches Association Class L Volleyball All-State performer and sophomore Christian Menounos, who became the first Centaurs boys’ cross-country runner to compete in the New England championship since 2004, earned CHSCA All-Stater honors for his performance in the CIAC State Open championship.
Gelhaus and fellow senior Wyatt Robbie were both selected to play in the Soccer Senior Bowl matches and Bonin was selected to play in the CHSCA Senior Class LL and L All-Star volleyball match. Gelhaus was named ECC Tournament Most Outstanding Player.
Athletes who were named ECC Division I All-Stars included: Girls’ soccer - Grace Gelhaus, Freya Robbie, Leah Costa; Volleyball - Morgan Bonin, Liliana Bottone, Sophie Gronski; Football: Braiden Saucier, Carter Saracina, Kenny Brown, Marcus McGregor, Evan Roy, Seamus McDermott, Austin Amlaw, Jacob Lizotte ;Boys’ Cross-Country - Christian Menounos, Vincente Bastura; Girls’ Cross-Country - Lauren Brule, Julia Coyle, Olivia Tracy; Boys’ soccer: Wyatt Robbie.
ECC honorable mention awards: Girls’ soccer: Lennon Favreau.; Football: Trevor Costa, Henry Wotton; Boys’ Cross-Country: Colton Sallum; Boys’ Soccer: Noah Page, Jeffrey Phongsa.
The Woodstock Academy recipients of Scholar-Athlete and Sportsmanship Awards were: Scholar-Athlete – Girls’ Soccer: Lennon Favreau; Volleyball - Leila MacKinnon; Football - Jackson Gallagher; Boys’ Cross-Country - Vincente Bastura; Girls’ Cross-Country: Lauren Brule; Field Hockey: Sophia Petrella; Boys’ Soccer: Brian Jameson
Sportsmanship: Girls’ Soccer - Kayla Leite; Volleyball - Ellie Nunes; Football - Jared Eaton; Boys’ Cross-Country - Garrett Poitras; Girls’ Cross-Country -Sydney Lord; Field Hockey - Chloe Nason; Boys’ Soccer - Owen Tracy.
The girls’ soccer team was recognized for having the top collective grade point average among the fall sports programs for the first quarter of the academic year. The volleyball team was selected as best-dressed.
It was the last awards night for Woodstock Academy boys’ cross-country coach Peter Lusa as it was announced that he was stepping aside as both boys’ cross-country and outdoor track head coach. Lusa has been at the helm of both programs for the last 14 years.
“It was just time,” Lusa said. Lusa said it was a difficult decision but one that was actually made some time ago. “I made it early in the season and just tried to make sure that I got things done through the end of the season."
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy
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