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Coach Deary-
Fillmore goes
out in style
By Ron P. Coderre
The Woodstock Academy gymnastics team with Paige Stuyniski and Grace Logan leading the way gave retiring coach Robin Deary-Fillmore yet one more gift on her way out as the Centaurs captured the State Open Championship for the fourth consecutive year. Woodstock finished with a team score of 148.3 ahead of second-place finisher Southington with a total of 140.325.
Last week the Centaur gymnasts won the Class S title. The Open championship was the second leg of what Woodstock hopes will close out Deary-Fillmore’s career in style – a New England Championship. The trifecta is well within the Centaurs grasp.
The highlight of the Open meet was a near-perfect Floor exercise performance by sophomore Stuyniski. Her routine garnered her a score of 9.875 on a total of 10. Her performance on the Floor set a State record. Her teammate Logan finished second in the Floor with a score of 9.725. To cap off the Floor, Woodstock’s Nicolette Deary was third (9.525) and Jordan Fulchino was fifth (9.4).
Stuyniski walked off with the All-Around individual crown, posting a score of 38.7. She was followed by Logan at 37.625.
Logan finished first in the Vault with a performance that was recorded at 9.55, while Stuyniski was third at 9.5. On the Bars, Stuyniski was second (9.525) and Logan third (9.5). Stuyniski was also first on the Beam with a score of 9.8.
This week the Centaur gymnasts are off to Pinkerton Academy Field House in Derry, New Hampshire to defend their New England Championship. Deary-Fillmore has experienced her final Connecticut Class competition, her final Connecticut Open competition, with one final competition remaining.
Next year Deary-Fillmore’s position as gymnastics coach at Woodstock Academy will be taken by her daughter, Kasey Fillmore, a former gymnast at Killingly High School and collegian at Bowling Green University.
Win, lose or draw, a fitting tribute to Deary-Fillmore would be naming her to the Woodstock Academy Athletic Hall of Fame and also honoring her with a banner in Alumni Field House commemorating her tremendous and unmatched coaching career at Woodstock Academy.
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DAYVILLE --- Westview Health Care Center of Dayville has named second shift Certified Nursing Assistant Anna Sekula the February Employee of the Month. She has been employed at Westview since September 2009.
Sekula graduated from Worcester State College in 2004 with a bachelor’s in business aAdministration and in 2009 attended Quinebaug Valley Community College to become a Certified Nurses Aide. She is currently taking classes at Three Rivers Community College in Manchester where she expects to earn her license to become a Registered Nurse in December 2016.
She enjoys abstract and modern art, music, dancing, architecture and gardening. She is most proud of her husband Lukasz, daughter Ewa and son Adam and shares that her two children are working toward achieving their Blackbelt distinction at Quest Martial Arts in Putnam.
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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 963-0000.
Feb. 18
Thomas Pipkin, 44, Green Street, Putnam; disorderly conduct.
Feb. 20
Billy Salvas, 24, Riverside Drive, Thompson; failure to display plate, misuse of registration, insufficient insurance, operating under suspension.
Feb. 22
Tyrone Harper, 29, Woodstock Avenue, Putnam; operating under the influence, failure to obey traffic signal.
Feb. 23
Bobbie Lee Navarro, 26, School Street, Putnam; sixth-degree larceny.
Andrew D. Place, 27, Prince Street, Danielson; operating under suspension, operating an unregistered motor vehicle, improper display of registration plate.
Feb. 24
Zachary Hunt, 19, Bunny Lane, Brooklyn; operating under the influence, failure to drive right.
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Scout video contest
NEW HAVEN — Frontier Communications is sponsoring Girl Scouts of Connecticut’s Fun Fest and the launch of the “Tell Your Girl Scout Story” video contest.
The contest is designed to encourage young women in Connecticut to create a short video describing how Girl Scouts has supported them in the areas of leadership, technology or community.
Participants will submit their videos, along with a parental consent form (required for participants under the age of 13) to a special Girl Scouts’ section of the Frontier Facebook page (www.facebook.com/frontiercorp). Once the videos have been posted, the general public will be able to vote for their favorite
In order to enter, a participant must be an active member of the Girl Scouts of Connecticut. Videos should be no longer than five (5) minutes. The deadline to enter is April 4. For more information and for a full list of contest rules, please visit:www.facebook.com/frontiercorp.
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By Ron P. Coderre
And then there were three. As the girls’ high school season comes to a rapid close only Plainfield, Putnam and Tourtellotte remain standing. The trio is poised to move into the first round of play in the CIAC Tournament.
Putnam, which finished the regular season at 10-10, opened play on Monday in New Haven against 14-6 Amistad Academy. The Lady Clippers were ranked #21 and Amistad #12. Tourtellotte, which is ranked #6 in Class S drew a home game against #27 HMTCA also on Monday at 7 p.m. at the Tiger’s Den. The Lady Tigers are 17-5 and HMTCA is 8-12. Plainfield, the #17 ranked team in Class M, faced #16 Cogincgaug on the road. The Lady Panthers are 14-8 and Coginchaug is 12-8. Their game was played on Tuesday.
In the prep ranks, Hyde-Woodstock, despite a 5-13 record got past the SENE quarterfinals before being eliminated. The Marianapolis V2 team also reached the SENE quarterfinals, where it fell to The Wheeler School. The Marianapolis V1 unit, which is struggling below .500, had a 1-3 week. Pomfret School at 13-8 won its only game of the week.
Prep School Alphabet Soup Season Coming to an End
The local prep schools, depending on the enrollment belong either to NEPSAC or the SENE or sometimes to both. This week two the schools, Hyde-Woodstock and Marianapolis V2, completed their seasons in the SENE.
Hyde-Woodstock played three games and posted a pair of victories. The Wolfpack got past the SENE quarterfinals before being beaten by St. Andrew’s 66-31 as Trayniece Mims (20 points) and Dossou Ndiaye (9) scored 29 of the team’s 31 points in the loss.
In the quarterfinal contest Hyde-Woodstock bested Providence Country Day 52-38 with Mims (26) and Ndiaye (13) leading the way to victory. Earlier in the week the Wolfpack tipped off against the Marianapolis V2 squad and came away with a 49-38 win. The duo of Mims (35) and Ndiaye (12) were too much for the Little Lady Knights to handle. Hyde- Woodstock is 5-13 and the MPS V2 team is 4-13. In its only other game Marianapolis V2 lost 71-41 to The Wheeler School in the SENE quarterfinals.
The Marianapolis V1 team, which just can’t seem to find the winning chemistry, opened the week with a 50-42 victory over the Berkshire School behind hot shooting Caroline Soucy who posted a game high 24 points. Rachel Aho had a double-double with 11 points and 14 rebounds for the 11-14 Lady Knights.
Tabor Academy came to Thompson and took the measure of the MPS V1 unit 64-40. Soucy (10) and Aho (9) were the leading scorers for Marianapolis. It took two overtime periods for The Rivers School to beat Marianapolis V1 but in the end they prevailed 70-58. Soucy with a team-high 22 points was outstanding for the Lady Knights, while her teammate Aho chipped in 16 points. The Lady Knights concluded their season on a losing note as they were beaten 48-47 by New Hampton School. Aho ended her career with a double-double, posting 16 points and 15 boards in the loss. Jordan Frye chipped in 11 and Soucy had 10.
Alyzae Davis, who’s been an offensive terror of late, led Pomfret School to a 52-35 win over St. George’s as she posted 17 points. She was joined in double figures by Deja Ross who had 13 points and seven rebounds for the 13-8 Lady Griffins.
Tourtellotte & Plainfield Lose 'Cat Fight'
The Eastern Connecticut Conference Girls’ Tournament turned into a “cat fight” as both Tourtellotte Lady Tigers and Plainfield Lady Panthers were beaten by the Norwich Free Academy Lady Wildcats.
After getting by Waterford 55-45 in the play-in round of the ECC Tournament, Plainfield went up against the iron in the Quarterfinals and was dropped 64-32 by the top seeded team Norwich Free Academy. The Panthers who trailed throughout to the Wildcats were unable to generate any offense as not one player reached double figures in the loss.
In the win over Waterford, Madeline Lorange posted a game-high 23 points to lead the Lady Panthers to victory. Four of her baskets came from long range beyond the three-point arc. Julie Jordan was also in double figures with 13 points.
Tourtellotte suffered the same fate as Plainfield, as the Lady Tigers were rewarded for their ECC Tournament play-in victory over St. Bernard with a game against #1 Norwich Free Academy. The Lady Tigers fell hard to the Wildcats 50-26. Allie Ablondi with 10 points, three from beyond the three-point arc, was the lone Lady Tiger in double digits. Tourtellotte enters the CIAC Tournament at 17-5.