{"id":3634,"date":"2017-11-20T14:30:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T14:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/?p=3634"},"modified":"2017-11-20T14:30:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T14:30:46","slug":"gabby-jones-to-play-ice-hockey-at-merrimack-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2017\/11\/20\/gabby-jones-to-play-ice-hockey-at-merrimack-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabby Jones to Play Ice Hockey at Merrimack College"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"East Longmeadow\u2019s Gabby Jones \u201918 agreed to play ice hockey for Merrimack College\u2019s Division I Warriors program. She signed a national letter of intent during a Nov. 10 ceremony recognizing seven Williston students signing to play college sports at the Division I and II levels.<\/p>\n

Gabby plays forward and has played ice hockey for 14 years. During her tenure at Williston, her favorite moments on the ice have been the annual \u201cPink in the Rink\u201d games, in support of breast cancer research. \u201cWe play for something much bigger than ourselves in these games,\u201d she said, \u201cand it is always so fun and has a big impact on everyone in the community, especially our team.\u201d<\/p>\n

During her time at Williston, she said, she has grown as an athlete. \u201cWilliston has gotten me ready for the next level. I have competed in four varsity sports since seventh\u00a0grade and it has helped me get better every single year.\u201d At Merrimack, she hopes to continue that trend. \u201cI hope to grow as a hockey player and have a positive impact on the Merrimack hockey team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her ice hockey coach, Christa Talbot Syfu, shares more:\u00a0\u201cGabby arrived in seventh\u00a0grade when our program made a big jump to being a playoff contender,\u201d she said. \u201cAs a six-year player,\u00a0Gabby has developed into a very\u00a0skilled forward but also makes smart\u00a0defensive plays,\u00a0making her a great two-way player.\u00a0Gabby has played a huge role for us because of her strong hockey IQ, which allows her to play in every situation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

East Longmeadow\u2019s Gabby Jones \u201918 agreed to play ice hockey for Merrimack College\u2019s Division I Warriors program. She signed a national letter of intent during a Nov. 10 ceremony recognizing seven Williston students signing to play college sports at the Division I and II levels. Gabby plays forward and has played ice hockey for 14 … Continue reading Gabby Jones to Play Ice Hockey at Merrimack College<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[368],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-signings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3636,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3634\/revisions\/3636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}