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Senior Guerin Favreau will continue to pursue his lacrosse dreams at Endicott College. Photo by Woodstock Academy.

Committed
Senior prep basketball player Raymond Espinal-Guzman has committed to play Division I basketball for Sacred Heart University. Photo by Marc Allard.


Two seniors from The Woodstock Academy made their collegiate choices known recently.
Guerin Favreau will continue his lacrosse playing career at Endicott College in Beverly, Mass.
Centaurs prep basketball player Raymond Espinal-Guzman will play Division I basketball for Sacred Heart University in Hamden next season.
“The biggest thing that attracted me to Endicott was its location,” Favreau said. “Boston is a great place to be and Endicott provides that. It also has a very prestigious lacrosse program and I want to play at the highest level I can.”
Favreau has been a standout in both lacrosse and ice hockey at Woodstock Academy.
He had 23 goals and 17 assists as a sophomore for the Centaurs.
His junior season fell victim to the pandemic.
Favreau also shined in hockey where he scored 33 goals and had seven assists for the Centaurs as a junior.
“I knew for a long time it was going to be lacrosse but I am very upset to see hockey go. I hope I can continue to play in some form during college,” Favreau said.
He added that making the decision just two months into his senior year at Woodstock Academy takes a weight off his shoulders.
“It’s a huge relief knowing where I’ll be for the next four years already. A lot of students don’t decide until their end of their senior year so it’s pretty cool that I already know,” Favreau said.
Espinal-Guzman is a native of Cranston, R.I., and is in his year at Woodstock Academy.
The 6-foot, 8-inch guard/forward said his decision to attend and play for Sacred Heart was based, in part, on similar considerations that Favreau had including not straying too far.
“It was close to home so the people that love me the most will be able to watch me play,” Espinal-Guzman said. “(Sacred Heart coach Anthony Latina) is very good and known for developing players. He is one of the top coaches in college basketball.”
Espinal-Guzman becomes the first member of the newest crop of Centaurs prep basketball players to commit to playing at a school at the next level.
Woodstock Academy coach Jacque Rivera said the guard/forward had interest in schools not only from the Northeast Conference but as high as Atlantic-10 schools.
“We’re most excited that this young man gets to go on to a post-secondary school for free,” Rivera said. “I think he’s unbelievably versatile. He can step out. He can shoot. He can put it on the floor a bit and he can be versatile at that level. He can play some inside, some outside and, as he continues to go through out strength program with coach (Brenden) Osatszewski, he will get stronger. I think it’s an opportunity for him to go and play right away.”
Rivera said the pandemic and all the issues that surround it has not changed the Academy’s focus when it comes to sending basketball players to the next level.
“It’s about finding the right fit and what makes sense for them. With the limited movement right now, we’re able to have more conversations. It’s important more than ever that athletes choose a college with the new NCAA rules (as soon as possible) but it does not make sense if it’s not the right fit,” Rivera said.
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy

Nova Fredrickson
WOODSTOCK — Nova Arlene (Hodges) Fredrickson, 80, formerly of Old Sawmill Rd., wife of the late Carl Gustav Bernard Fredrickson, died Aug. 9, 2020, at Westview Healthcare in Dayville.  Born in 1940 in Eaton County, Mich., she was the daughter of the late Clair and Nova (Crisher) Hodges. Mrs. Fredrickson worked many years for Loos & Company, Belding Heminway Company, and Linemaster Switch. Arlene and her late husband also ran the BBQ Hut in Putnam until 2005. Arlene enjoyed flower gardening and playing Scrabble.
She leaves her children, Carl Fredrickson III (Kelly) of Panama City Beach, Fla., Michael Fredrickson (Sandra) of Pomfret Center, and Shawn-Marie Lengel of Eastford; her husband’s daughter Deborah Meyer (Horatio) of Mansfield Center; grandchildren, Kathryn Elise Ledogar, Molly Kennan Renaud, Katrina Marie Lengel, Sonja Packlaian and Angelia Meyer; great-grandchildren, Lilah Rose Ledogar, Lucie Mae Ledogar, Ainsley Grace Ledogar, Sawyer Emmalyn Renaud, and Ariana Marie Lengel; her half siblings, Barbara, Carol and Jimmy. She was predeceased by her siblings, Rosella, Betty, Ida Belle, Clair Jr., Henry, Clarence, and Duane.
A Graveside Service was Oct. 17 in Pomfret South Cemetery. Gilman Funeral Home & Crematory, 104 Church St., Putnam.

Sandra Feuti
CHEPACHET — Sandra B. (Olney) Feuti, 68, of Park View Dr., died Oct. 12, 2020, in Day Kimball Hospital. She was the wife of the late Theodore Bibeault. Born in 1952 in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Leroy A. Olney and Barbara (Vanasse) Cole. Sandra worked for many years as a certified nurse’s assistant at Zambarano Hospital in Burrillville. She enjoyed knitting and belonging to several online animal groups.
She leaves two sons, Robert H. Feuti of Thompson and Channing M. Feuti of Angelica, N.Y.; two sisters, Cheryl Alexander of Woodstock and Cara Bergstrom of Danielson; three grandchildren, Robert, Cassie, and Hunter Feuti; a great-grandchild Wesley Feuti; nieces and nephews, Alyssa and Tyra Bergstrom, Gary and Jeffery Onley, and Randy Borders and her toy poodle, Rosie.
The Graveside Service is at 1 p.m. Oct. 23 in Ascote’s Hill Cemetery, Chepachet. Gilman Funeral Home & Crematory, 104 Church St., Putnam.

Nancy LaFramboise
WEBSTER — Nancy (Raps) LaFramboise, 58, of Bates Crossing, died Oct. 13, 2020. She was the wife of Paul LaFramboise. Born in Marlborough, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Richard and Patricia (Calnan) Raps.
Nancy was a housewife who enjoyed living on the lake, waterskiing, and snowmobiling. She loved to volunteer at the library and the senior center, Nancy was a library trustee and the treasurer of the trustees. She was the current president of Webster’s Tuesday Club.
In addition to her husband, she leaves her sons, Jeffrey LaFramboise and his girlfriend Stephanie Girard, Eric LaFramboise and his fiancée Madison Weston, and Troy LaFramboise and his partner Scott Parker Jr; her brother, Paul Raps (Cindy); nephew, Andrew Raps; niece Emma Raps; and her special four-legged friend, Bella.
A private graveside service was Oct. 20. Gilman Funeral Home & Crematory, 104 Church St, Putnam.

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Presentation
American Legion Post #13 recently presented a check to Tyler Eddy to help offset the cost of his new trumpet. According to Brian Maynard, post commander, Eddy proven his commitment to both the American Legion and our community by playing Taps at Legion ceremonies.  Taps became a custom started by Captain John C. Tidball, West Point Class of 1848. Maynard said the post thanked Eddy for his support of American Legion Post #13. Courtesy photo.

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