{"id":718,"date":"2013-03-23T00:11:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T00:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/?p=718"},"modified":"2013-03-25T20:06:26","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T20:06:26","slug":"winter-athletic-awards-announced-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2013\/03\/23\/winter-athletic-awards-announced-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Athletic Awards Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Among the highlights of the winter sports season were a eighth-grade NEPSAC swimming champion, a record-breaking girls junior varsity hockey team, an all-time leading scorer on the girls hockey team, and two wrestlers who finished in the top 16 of their weight class\u2014the best Williston finish in almost a decade.<\/p>\n

Director of Athletics Mark Conroy announced the following highlights and individual award winners during assembly on March 21. The award winners were also recognized during winter sports team night on February 28.<\/p>\n

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\nGirls Basketball<\/a>
\nBoys Basketball<\/a>
\nGirls Hockey<\/a>
\nBoys Hockey<\/a>
\nBoys Skiing<\/a>
\nGirls Skiing<\/a>
\nGirls Squash<\/a>
\nBoys Squash<\/a>
\nBoys Swimming<\/a>
\nGirls Swimming<\/a>
\nBoys Wrestling<\/a><\/p>\n

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Girls Varsity Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This winter was another successful season for our girls\u2019 basketball program.\u00a0 Varsity girls basketball, under Coaches Kudla and Whipple, had a roller coaster season as the team had a series of runs\u2026win three, lose six, win four, lose three, win three.<\/p>\n

The team finished with 10 wins\u2014narrowly missing a place the NEPSAC tournament by one place.\u00a0\u00a0 The team was an excellent free throw shooting team hitting 61 percent of its shots during the season.\u00a0 Key victories during the season included a terrific win at Suffield, a one-point thriller over Hotchkiss at home, a convincing win at Westminster and a season ending trouncing of Choate.<\/p>\n

For her outstanding play during the Ray Brown Holiday tournament, sophomore and leading scorer Natalia Ovando was named to the all-tournament team. Ms. Ovando was also named to the NEPSAC Class B West All Star team along with classmate Maranie Harris-Kuiper.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Natalia Ovando \u201815
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013Gabby Thomas \u201816
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Karly Simpson \u201813<\/p>\n

Girls Junior Varsity Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n

The JV squad had a strong season under Coaches Gross and Chambers.\u00a0 Highlights included exciting wins over Miss Porters, Cushing and Loomis.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Yuchen Wang \u201815
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 Jordan Capelle \u201814
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Marie Innarelli \u201815<\/p>\n

Girls Third Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n

As is usual, Coach Garcia\u2019s 3rds Team demonstrated great improvement throughout the season. Highlights included sweeping Stoneleigh Burnham and a decisive victory over Miss Porters.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Margaret Cummings \u201915, Maisy Glick \u201815
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 Sabina Aslanova \u201815
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Caroline Channell \u201818<\/p>\n

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Boys Varsity Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under the leadership of Coaches Athas and Hart, the varsity boys\u2019 basketball team entered the season with high hopes as it got off to a 4-2 start with exciting home victories over Berkshire and Pomfret to its credit.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, a series of injuries\u2014 including by Corey Palumbo\u2019s season-ending knee injury\u2014disrupted the team\u2019s season.\u00a0 After the holidays, the team fought hard, but its lack of depth and experience proved tough to overcome.<\/p>\n

Two highlights worth noting were a decisive home victory over Avon Old Farms and a season ending defeat of Kingswood-Oxford. Individual highlights during the season included Max Risch\u2019s 35 points and 15 rebounds against Westminster and freshman Tyonne Malone\u2019s 44 points and 23 rebounds against Berkshire.\u00a0 Mr. Malone’s stellar freshman season landed him on the All NEPSAC Class B first team.<\/p>\n

\u201cDale Lash\u201d Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Tyonne Malone \u201916, Max Risch \u201813
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 Stephen Goldsmith \u201815
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Omash Ekperigin \u201813<\/p>\n

Boys Junior Varsity Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the lower levels, the JV, 3rds and 4ths teams all competed well throughout their seasons.\u00a0 The biggest highlight of the JV season was a buzzer-beating 43-42 victory over Berkshire on Tiger Liu\u2019s last second shot.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Mikey Thomson \u201814
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 Ben Sarat \u201814
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Alex Bzdel \u201817<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Boys Third Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Thirds team finished with a 6-5 record, sweeping rival Bement in both of their games.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Charlie Fogg \u201915, Davis Smith \u201816
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 David Yu \u201816
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Henry Chen \u201816<\/p>\n

Boys Fourth Basketball<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coach Winston Miller\u2019s 4ths team had a strong season finishing at 7-2 including a season ending victory over an Eaglebrook team that had defeated them earlier in the winter.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Andrew Thomas \u201815
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 Michael Tran \u201815
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Matt Channell \u201817<\/p>\n

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Girls Varsity Hockey<\/strong><\/p>\n

Girls varsity ice hockey enjoyed another terrific season under the leadership of Coaches Talbot and Davey finishing the season at 15-5-1.\u00a0 After starting the season with a 4-4 record in December, the girls had an outstanding January and February stretch with only an overtime loss to Loomis as its only defeat.<\/p>\n

There were several highlights during this stretch, starting with a first ever 2-1 overtime victory at Tabor; beating Hotchkiss 3-0 in their annual Pink in the Rink game; a thrilling 2-2 tie with Choate; rallying from a three-goal deficit at NMH to win 5-3; and a tremendous victory over an undefeated Westminster team 1-0.<\/p>\n

A tournament berth was hanging in the balance when the team earned a decisive 3-0 victory at BB&N on the last Saturday of the season.\u00a0 The team\u2019s tremendous season resulted in our third postseason berth in the last four years.\u00a0 This year\u2019s team earned a No. 7 seed but lost to a very tough Choate squad in the opening round rematch.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 TBA
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 TBA
\n\u201cJohn R. Gow\u201d Sportsmanship Award \u2013 TBA<\/p>\n

Girls Junior Varsity Hockey<\/strong><\/p>\n

The JV team, led by Coaches Valine and Ward, made Williston history this winter by enjoying the best season in Williston JV Girls Hockey history. They finished with a record of 10-1-1.\u00a0 The team won nine of their last 10 games, including giving up one goal or less in seven of those games.\u00a0 The season ended fittingly with an exciting 7-5 victory over an always tough Choate squad.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Emily Cavazutti \u201914, Kaylee Largay \u201914, Janelle Parker \u201813
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 Emily MacDonald \u201816
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Molly Zawacki \u201817<\/p>\n

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Boys Varsity Hockey<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under Coaches Cunha and Hanford, the varsity boys hockey team had a season full of adversity, particularly when it came to injuries.\u00a0 Combined, the boys missed a total of 97 games. Despite these challenges, the team hung together under the terrific leadership of captains Jean-Gabriel Lacombe and Tim Keegan.<\/p>\n

As is always the case, the boys played a very competitive schedule against the majority of the top teams in NEPSAC.\u00a0 Highlights included wins over Hoosac, Worcester, and Vermont; a convincing 10-4 road victory over Albany; and a strong 1-1 tie against playoff bound Millbrook.<\/p>\n

As is usually the case, the home Deerfield game was a highlight for the team in terms of both the tremendous community support it enjoyed during the game and raising almost $1,000 for cancer research.<\/p>\n

\u201cDaniel D. Carpenter\u201d Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 A.J. Unker \u201813
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 Tim Mercer \u201814
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 J.F. Boucher \u201813<\/p>\n

Boys Junior Varsity Hockey<\/strong><\/p>\n

The JV boys hockey team, led by Coaches Fay and Demerath, finished with a 5-7-2 record.\u00a0 The team played exciting hockey all season\u2014nine of its 14 games were decided by a goal or less.\u00a0 The highlight of the season was a 3-0 shutout victory at Pomfret.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Conor Archbald \u201813
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 Francis O\u2019Brien \u201815
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Terry O\u2019Brien \u201814<\/p>\n

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Boys Varsity Skiing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Led by captain Alec Guay, the varsity boys team had a successful season highlighted by its fifth-place finish in the league. The team should be strong next year since they only lose Mr. Guay and fellow senior Eric Tallman.\u00a0 In the final individual standings, eighth grader Devin DeVerry finished in the top 10 in the slalom competition.<\/p>\n

On the JV team, Alec Johnson finished in the top three of the league in individual standings.\u00a0 At the end of the season Alec Guay was presented a very special award by the league\u2014the Zephyr Rapinchuk Award.\u00a0\u00a0 This award is given \u201cto a student who best exemplifies kindness, enthusiasm, love of skiing and mentoring others.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ski teams are excited to host the New England Class B championships next winter.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Skier Award \u2013 Devin DeVerry \u201817
\nMost Improved Skier Award \u2013 Eric Tallman \u201813
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Alec Guay \u201813<\/p>\n

Boys Junior Varsity Skiing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most Valuable Skier Award \u2013 Alec Johnson \u201814
\nMost Improved Skier Award \u2013 Tomoya Morita \u201813
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Bryan Bates \u201816\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/a>Girls Varsity Skiing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Led by Coaches Hing, Kennedy, and Bradley, our ski teams enjoyed successful seasons competing in the Mountain Institute League with other private schools in Western Massachusetts.\u00a0 While the girls\u2019 team was small in number again this winter, and the girls suffered a big loss when Maddie Dirats was lost for the season, the team had another successful year.<\/p>\n

Three new racers demonstrated great improvement throughout the season: Lena Gandevia, Brittany Engelman, and Elyssa Katz. In the final standing of league competition, the team finished in third place out of nine in the final league standings.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Skier Award \u2013 Jen Carellas \u201815
\nMost Improved Skier Award \u2013 Elyssa Katz \u201815
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Brittany Engelman \u201815<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Girls Varsity Squash<\/strong><\/p>\n

The girls squash program enjoyed a successful winter season as 30 girls competed under the leadership of Varsity Coach Peter Gunn, JV Coach Logan Brown and Thirds Coach Adeleen Brown.<\/p>\n

While the girls varsity squash team enjoyed victories over Ethel Walker, Canterbury and Choate during the season, the highlight of the season\u2019s dual match season took place in the final match when they lost 3-4 to a good Kingswood team.\u00a0 There were some incredibly exciting individual matches on this day highlighted by three girls\u2014Alysha Wong, Shaina D\u2019Souza and Devon Greenwood\u2014winning 11-9 in the deciding fifth game.<\/p>\n

The team followed up this match with a very strong showing at the season ending New England Class C tournament held at Millbrook.\u00a0 The team finished in third place.\u00a0 Led by co-captains Devon Greenwood and Ashby McCoy, the girls earned five top three finishes including: Shaina D\u2019Souza and Olivia Foster earning third at No. 2 and No. 4, respectively; Camila Paiva and Haoshu Xu earning second at No. 3 and No. 7; and Alysha Wong winning at No. 5.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Haoshu Xu \u201813
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 Ashby McCoy \u201813
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Devon Greenwood \u201913, Hannah Lee \u201814<\/p>\n

Girls Junior Varsity Squash<\/strong><\/p>\n

The JV and Thirds teams both made terrific progress during the season.\u00a0 The JV team finished its season on a high note with an exciting 4-3 victory over Deerfield.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Abbie Foster \u201816
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 Sofia Triana \u201816
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Julia Valine \u201815<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/a>Boys Varsity Squash<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Under the guidance of Coach Ryan Tyree, the varsity boys squash team enjoyed a season of great camaraderie and significant improvement.<\/p>\n

Led by Captains David Fay and TJ Kim, the team opened their season on a high note with a strong showing at the Hopkins Tournament in New Haven.\u00a0 According to Coach Tyree, highlights of their season included a season opening 4-3 victory over St. Mark\u2019s; defeating Berkshire on the road 5-2; and convincing victories over both Canterbury and Kingswood.<\/p>\n

The team finished their season with a strong showing at the NEPSAC Class B Tournament held at Avon Old Farms.\u00a0 With six returning players, the boys look forward to an even stronger showing next winter.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Evan Jacobson \u201813
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 Oliver Demers \u201914, Alex Kozikowski \u201814
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 T.J. Kim \u201913, Nick Pattison \u201815<\/p>\n

Boys Junior Varsity Squash<\/strong><\/p>\n

Led by Coach Stan Samuelson, the JV squash team finished their season on a high note by soundly defeating Kingswood.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Nile Buranasiri \u201815
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 Calvin Ticknor-Swanson \u201816
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Loren Po \u201815<\/p>\n

Thirds Squash<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Nick Hill \u201817
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 Noah DeVos \u201817
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Tyler Greenwood \u201817<\/p>\n

Instructional Squash<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Mike Huang \u201816
\nMost Improved Player Award \u2013 Vivian Tin \u201916, Cici Zhang \u201816
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Fiona Li \u201916, Sarah Lucia \u201816<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Girls Varsity Swimming<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both the boys and girls teams trained hard all winter and enjoyed very competitive seasons.\u00a0 Their hard work led to steady improvement throughout the season. Most of the swimmers set personal records at the season-ending NEPSAC Division II championships.<\/p>\n

The highlight of the girls\u2019 dual meet season was a big victory over Westminster.\u00a0\u00a0 At the Bud Erich Invitational held in late February at Hopkins School, the girls all swam very well; they finished in eighth place out of the 14 schools that competed.\u00a0 The girls followed up this strong performance by swimming very well at the New England\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Three individuals are worth noting for their outstanding performances\u2014all three finished in the top three to gain All New England recognition.\u00a0 Seventh grader Maya Soley finished third in the 200 Individual Medley; junior Sam Frye finished third in the 100 backstroke and eighth grader Natalie Aquadro was crowned a NEPSAC champion for\u00a0 the second consecutive year when she won the 100 breaststroke.<\/p>\n

Ms. Aquadro actually broke the meet record twice\u2014once in the prelims and again in the finals!\u00a0 Ms. Aquadro also earned All New England in a second event when she finished third in the 500 free.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Swimmer Award \u2013 Natalie Aquadro \u201817
\nMost Improved Swimmer Award \u2013 Joy Chen \u201815
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Emily Grussing \u201815<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Boys Varsity Swimming<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

The boys count a tri-meet sweep of Avon and Wilbraham and Monson as the highlight of their dual meet season.\u00a0 At the Bud Erich Invitational, the boys finished in ninth place out of the 15 schools that participated.\u00a0 At the NEPSAC championships, one boy earned All New England for a top three finish.\u00a0 Eighth grader David Fitch finished second in the 500 free.\u00a0 Both teams had excellent days as the entire team had significant drops in their times.<\/p>\n

\u201cWilmot S. Babcock\u201d Most Valuable Swimmer Award \u2013 David Fitch \u201817
\n\u201cRobert J.H. Kiphuth\u201d Most Improved Swimmer Award \u2013 Sebastian Rivera \u201813
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Matt Freire \u201813<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Boys Varsity Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under the guidance of Coaches KaneLong, White and Sanders, the varsity wrestlers had another strong season and the team finished with a 10-9 record in dual meets.\u00a0 One of the highlights of their season took place during their opening home match when they won three of four matches defeating Wilbraham & Monson, Worcester and Tilton. The team also enjoyed terrific wins over both Deerfield and Salisbury.<\/p>\n

At the NEPSAC wrestling championships held at Choate, three boys earned All New England recognition for their top eight finishes: junior Pat St. Martin at 195, and senior captains Andy Pierce at 152 and Nick Kioussis at 170.\u00a0 All three of these boys qualified to compete at the National Independent School Championships held at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. In a great finish to their careers Mr. Kioussis and Mr. Pierce both won two matches each to finish in the top 16 in their weight class.\u00a0 This was our best finish in the past decade!<\/p>\n

\u201cDonald J. Knauf\u201d Most Valuable Wrestler Award \u2013 Nick Kioussis \u201913, Andy Pierce \u201813
\nMost Improved Wrestler Award \u2013 Kaissar Sarsenov \u201814
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Mikey Lloyd \u201816
\n\u201cPeter M. Edgerton \u201974\u201d Most Pins Award \u2013 Andy Pierce \u201813<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Junior Varsity Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most Valuable Wrestler Award \u2013 Hunter Adams \u201817
\nMost Improved Wrestler Award \u2013 Parker Sweet \u201817
\nSportsmanship Award \u2013 Dillon Watson \u201813<\/p>\n

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Among the highlights of the winter sports season were a eighth-grade NEPSAC swimming champion, a record-breaking girls junior varsity hockey team, an all-time leading scorer on the girls hockey team, and two wrestlers who finished in the top 16 of their weight class\u2014the best Williston finish in almost a decade. Director of Athletics Mark Conroy … Continue reading Winter Athletic Awards Announced<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"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":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718"}],"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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1028,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions\/1028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}