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PUBLIC NOTICE
Pomfret Registered Democrats are hereby notified that a caucus will be held on Tuesday, January 9th at 7:00 p.m., at Grill 37, 37 Pomfret St., Pomfret Center CT for the purpose of accepting nominations and voting for the Pomfret Democratic Town Committee membership and transact any other business that may properly be brought before the caucus.
Raymond E. Wishart Jr.,
Chairman
Pomfret Democratic
Town Committee

Jan. 3, 2018

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Public Hearing Notice
Town of Pomfret
Planning and
Zoning Commission
The Pomfret Planning & Zoning Commission will hold the following Public Hearing at their meeting on January 17, 2018, starting at 7:00 PM at the Old Town House:
1. Normand & Naomi Ayotte, 176 Paine Road, special permit application for in-law apartment in basement
A copy of this application is on file in the office of the Planning and Zoning Commission, 5 Haven Road , Pomfret Center, Connecticut. The file is available for review during normal business hours.

Town of Pomfret
Planning & Zoning Commission
Dated this 27th day
of December 2017

Lynn L. Krajewski,
Clerk

Jan. 3, 2018

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The results on the floor were not what was hoped for, but off the floor, the Centaurs benefitted from participating in the Cowboy Christmas Classic tournament in Litchfield.
 Because of the long drive necessary to get to the northwestern Connecticut town, coach Aaron Patterson gave the team a choice. They could come back home following the opening game with E.O. Smith Dec. 27 or stay in Litchfield.
 Just over half the team opted to stay.
 “It was good for team bonding, nice to be away for a couple of days,” Patterson said.
 The Centaurs went bowling together and had some other activities including meals together.
On the floor, after a tough loss to the Panthers Dec. 27, the Centaurs ran into a very deliberate Litchfield team.
The Centaurs pulled within three points early in the third quarter, but saw Litchfield pull ahead and then pull the ball out to score the 58-45 win in the consolation game of the Cowboys Christmas Classic tournament in Litchfield Dec. 29.
“They outworked, outhustled and outplayed us. They were just better than us that night,”  Patterson said.
Litchfield, which owned a 35-27 halftime lead, only outscored the Centaurs 8-5 in the third quarter.
“We were scrambling, but we just couldn’t turn them over,” Patterson said.
Chase Anderson led Woodstock Academy (1-2) with 12 points while Cole Hackett added 9.
In the opener Dec. 27, Anderson scored 24 points, but it wasn’t enough in a 70-53 loss to E.O. Smith.
Cole Hackett added 11 points for the Centaurs (1-2) while Eric Preston added eight.
The Academy led by a point after the first quarter, but were outscored 17-11 in the second and trailed at the half, 32-27.
The Panthers extended their advantage to 13 points by holding the Centaurs to just seven points in the third quarter.
Marc Allard
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There were a lot of things that The Woodstock Academy girls’ basketball team could have done better Dec. 29 in the championship game of the Centaur Holiday Classic girls’ basketball tournament at the Alumni Fieldhouse.
But Woodstock Academy coach Will Fleeton doubted whether it would have changed the outcome after his Centaurs fell to E.O. Smith, 55-39.
“I think they’re a good team and this game, clearly showed to me, that they are the better team,” said Fleeton. “We missed some shots early, lots of things we could have done differently, but their motor kept running, looked consistent and they stayed on top of us.”
The Panthers only led, 12-11, after the first quarter, but gradually pulled away in the second.
The Most Outstanding Player of the tournament, Kaleigh Dale, scored six points of her game-high 19 points in the final 3 minutes, 47 seconds of the first half when E.O. Smith (6-1) went on a 13-5 run to extend a two-point lead to 10 at the break.
Dale didn’t lose the touch in the locker room as she returned to score six more in a 13-3 run to open the second half and give the Panthers a 20-point lead.
“Once they got the lead, they got into their motion offense. They don’t force shots, they take time and the clock is ticking which put more pressure on us to try and come back. In high school sports, that makes you start to fret and scramble, and do things that only make things worse,” Fleeton said.
The Centaurs (4-2) never got closer than 12 the remainder of the way.
But while Fleeton’s team may have fretted a bit on the court, he wasn’t fretting off of it. He hoped the Centaurs could turn the loss into a positive.
“I wish we played every game against a team like this,” Fleeton said. “I think this tournament was good all the way around. We had quality competition and that is what we’re looking for.”
The Centaurs opened the tournament with a 48-40 win over Windsor in the first round.
The Warriors were the antithesis of the disciplined Panthers.
Windsor had one thing on its mind - force the tempo.
The way Kendrick Moore coaches his Warrior girls basketball team, it’s almost like watching a hockey team on the hardwood. Moore likes line changes; five in, five out.
It didn’t work early on against the Centaurs. Jamie Woods scored 11 of her 21 points in the first quarter to help the Centaurs take a 15-6 first quarter lead.
She was also a terror off the boards. “She’s truly a post player minus the size,” Fleeton said. “She shoots it well over both shoulders. Great footwork off the block, we make a point to get it in there to her. It’s different than in today’s game where most everything is done from the outside. We stick to the old school and feed her because she can make a difference.”
That lead more than doubled in the second quarter.
The Warriors went into a drought that lasted the length of a quarter.
Jenada Sweeney scored with 3:35 left in the first quarter and Windsor’s next basket was not until Nahriel Gelly broke the ice with 3:25 left in the second.
It led to a 32-11 lead at the break.
But the Warriors depth began to wear on the Centaurs in the second half.
“It was a battle from the start. They were scrappy, they were fast, they had hands on us the whole game and we had hands on them. We got tired and our shots weren’t falling, but we continued to run and the defense was there. That’s what won us the game,” Woods said.
The Centaurs were up by 24, 39-15, with 2:52 left in the third quarter when Windsor went on a 13-1 run to end the quarter.
After Woods had a three-point play to start the third quarter, the Warriors scored the next five to cut it to 10, 43-33.
“They ramped up the pressure, took us to places we didn’t want to go and we bought in,” Fleeton said.
But the Centaurs had enough answers to maintain that double-digit lead until just 29 seconds remained when Windsor scored to account for the final eight-point win.
Heather Converse added 13 points.
Woods was named to the All-Tournament team for the Centaurs while Ciri Miller was named to the All-Academic team.
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The Woodstock Academy girls’ hockey team posted its first win of the season on Dec. 30 as it downed Longmeadow, Mass., 4-2, in W. Springfield, Mass.
The Centaurs (1-2) fell behind in the first period, 2-0, but rallied for the win.
Five minutes into the second period, Chelsea Willis chased down a rebound in the crease and snuck it in to the net for her first career goal.
But the Centaurs were far from done in the period.
They tied the game with just under one minute left when Bridget Horst found Eliza Dutson with a pass for the game-tying goal.
Just a little over 30 seconds left, The Academy took all of the momentum into the locker room when it took the lead on an Emma Ciquera goal off a pass from Ellie Jellison.
Jellison added the insurance goal with just under three minutes left on an assist from Dutson.
Marie Gravier made 25 saves in net for the Centaurs.
Centaurs fall to Sheehan
The Woodstock Academy boys’ ice hockey team has been bothered by the weather early in the season.
Two of the first four games have been postponed by the elements including Dec. 30’s game against the East Haven cooperative.
It left the Centaurs still looking for their first win headed into 2018.
The Academy fell Dec. 27 in Wallingford to Sheehan, 7-5, to drop to 0-2 on the season.
Coach Mike Starr said the team, the defending Division III state champs, still have some work to do considering the amount of losses they suffered to graduation.
“I think they kids played really well (against Sheehan) and things are starting to click. It’s still a bit of a process after graduating so many players. It’s like putting a puzzle together and trying to see how the new players fit,” Starr said.
Jacob Black had the hat trick in the loss at the Choate-Rosemary Hall Rink in Wallingford. Black also added an assist.
Avery Riva also had a goal and an assist for the Centaurs while freshman Guerin Favreau scored his first career goal.
Matt Odom added a pair of assists while Doug Newton and Jake Starr each had an assist apiece.
Marc Allard
Sports Information Director