Person of the Week • Published Nov 18, 2024 10 pm
By John Lecardo
Family and swimming have gone hand-in-hand for Sami Chemacki’s athletic life. She was influenced by her immediate family to dive into the lanes, and through that, she has...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 18, 2024 10 pm
By Maria Cipriano
Running is a sport that never comes naturally. It takes a lot of patience, stamina, and round-the-clock work to be among the best. For Jackson Gould, he has used his pass...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 18, 2024 10 pm
By John Lecardo
In only two short seasons, Marina Dowson has harnessed the support of her teammates and mentors with the North Branford cross country program and utilized it for some maj...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 18, 2024 10 pm
By John Lecardo
Chase King takes in the duality of football with its hard-hitting nature, yielding some fruitful friendships away from it. He has harnessed all the varying emotions of th...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 18, 2024 10 pm
By Maria Cipriano
It is hard to think about spring as the air becomes cooler and the daylight shorter. But for Charlie Carmichael, the month of April could not come any sooner, as he anxio...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 18, 2024 10 pm
By John Lecardo
Bella Bunce is someone who truly gets the essence of what makes cheerleading such an uplifting sport. She has harnessed the love of her teammates to cultivate an unmatche...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 12, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Audrey Henkel has become a remarkable rookie phenom for not only the Branford girls’ swimming and diving team this fall, but also the SCC as a whole. In only her first po...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 12, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Around middle school, Eve Backhaus’ athletic path took a bit of a detour. Yet she just went with the flow and made the most of it–which also explains the story of her jun...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 12, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Caley Napoletano is drawn to volleyball by the camaraderie it creates through the absolute necessity of synergy to succeed. She still takes it upon herself, though, to le...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 12, 2024 11 am
By Maria Cipriano
Adversity is something that many athletes face, not only on the competition circuit, but also in their everyday lives. It is even more inspiring when an athlete is able t...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 07, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
Hannah Sawicki has always had the infectious spirit synonymous with a diligent and successful cheerleader. Her pride and passion for her school and team shine through her...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 07, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
Kenny Batt has never given a second thought about soccer and his top athletic priority. Through his commitment to the game, along with the development of an upbeat and ha...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 04, 2024 03 pm
By John Lecardo
Whenever Ethan Skonieczny steps onto a soccer field, he keeps his objective simple in winning the day. It has been that slow and steady approach that has led to him being...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 04, 2024 02 pm
By John Lecardo
Olivia Cahill is the type of person who does not have the word complacency even take residence in her ears. Instead, the senior is someone who is constantly and consisten...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 04, 2024 02 pm
By John Lecardo
Tucker Norton is an individual who really takes pride in the intellectual elements of the sport of soccer. It has certainly been emblematic of his character as a player, ...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 31, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
For Taylor Bliven, he is always searching for that next threshold in terms of mile times and overall race minutes. His constant motivation has paid off in spades with him...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 31, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
Volleyball is a sport that truly needs every piece of the court functioning to its peak for the team to notch a point and subsequent set and match victories. For Ava Mazz...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 31, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
After playing basketball since elementary school and tennis since she was in 5th grade, Regan Grow decided to make it a triple crown on athletic courts as a freshman via ...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 31, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
For Alison Palmieri, she swung herself in many different directions down diverse athletic avenues as a youngster. But she always knew the one true path was in the backfie...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 31, 2024 12 am
By Maria Cipriano
Kathleen “Kathy” Hermes, a Guilford native, recently returned back from Saudi Arabia at the Veteran Fencing World Championships.
Kathy has been fencing since 2007 as a fo...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 24, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
Kenny Carter’s athletic career has seen many twists and turns. Yet through it all, he remained true to his first and true love, and he has used his athleticism and intens...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 24, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
When it comes to an athletic challenge, Tate Jones truly takes it on to its fullest. She is an individual who has an undying tenacity to be one of the best at her craft–w...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 23, 2024 11 am
By Maria Cipriano
Senior captain Natalie Estabrook is in her final season on the Morgan Huskies cross country team. She has been running on the team since her freshman year.
“I have been r...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 22, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Oliver Proctor is always drawn to an internal competition when it comes to athletics. He actually had to face quite a personal hurdle right from the starting gate with Va...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 15, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
No matter his travels, both in his personal or athletic life, Ernesto Barrosa has always utilized his passion to perform to his max potential as a lifelong lover of socce...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 15, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
One of the ultimate signs of selflessness for a team is when a player takes themselves out of their comfort zone to help make up for a personnel deficit at a position. Fo...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 15, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Sadie Iselin is an athlete who never stops challenging herself to see what new avenue or endeavor she can dominate. She additionally loves the adrenaline rush of a runner...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 15, 2024 11 am
By Maria Cipriano
The Morgan boys’ soccer team is dominating a lot of its opponents this fall. With a killer mindset and a strong foundation for success, the Huskies have many weapons, inc...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 15, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Olivia Ranciato actually began her time with sports in an entity that is quite the polar opposite of her current athletic occupation. Yet she has displayed her great athl...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 08, 2024 02 pm
By John Lecardo
Jack Rickleman has immersed himself in the tradition of the Hand boys’ cross country program, as he has seen some great campaigns in his three prior seasons. He is utiliz...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 08, 2024 02 pm
By John Lecardo
Ashlyn O’Rourke did not touch a field hockey stick until entering junior high, yet once she picked up a stick, she never put it down. She fully invested her full time, he...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 08, 2024 02 pm
By John Lecardo
For Birch Whitbeck, he took a slight detour in his athletic upbringing from the soccer turf. Yet when it all unfolded, he stuck with his first and true love. Now, his pas...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 08, 2024 02 pm
By Maria Cipriano
The Clinton Youth Soccer Association is always looking for young athletes to join its program and play the sport they enjoy. It’s about getting kids together and showing ...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 08, 2024 02 pm
By John Lecardo
Giada Garofalo was a bit of a latecomer to swimming, and honestly athletics in general. But once she dove headfirst into the lanes of liquid, she sunk her teeth into the ...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 01, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
For her first race with the Haddam-Killingworth girls’ cross country team as a freshman, Keira Sehl-Albert recalls she shocked herself with how well she performed on that...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 01, 2024 11 am
Isabel Torello has a lot on her plate, but no task seems too daunting for the senior from Guilford High School. Whether it’s competing for her high school and club swim t...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 01, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
For Katie Harmon, she is someone who is never afraid to leave it all on the field, even if it means stepping into a new atmosphere outside of her element. Yet no matter h...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 01, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Sara Delouchry always saw soccer as an outlet to not only showcase her athleticism, but also as an escape to gain a new level of enjoyment in life alongside friends. It h...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 01, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Lexi Heaphy has been a mainstay in the starting lineups for both of her clubs at East Haven High School. How has she withstood the pressure of performing as a starter for...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 24, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
It started with a simple decision to stay in shape about 30 years ago. But for Bruce Beebe, the choice turned out to be one of the more pivotal moments in his life that l...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 24, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
Lauren Vitarisi has been drawn to the break-neck feel of a volleyball match. So through those experiences, she has learned how to keep her head on a swivel, think fast, a...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 24, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
As Payton McIntyre has sunk her teeth into the sport of soccer, she has cultivated an internal sense of competitiveness that has never ceased to exist in her body and sou...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 24, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
Kolbey Nastri has utilized team spirit and the encouragement of others to push herself quite far in the sport of cheerleading. It has led to her becoming arguably the mos...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 17, 2024 12 pm
By John Lecardo
Piper Lea fell in love with the game of soccer essentially from birth. And her passion for the pitch carried across the pond–moving over the Atlantic and finding a new ho...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 17, 2024 12 pm
By John Lecardo
They say you only get one chance to make a first impression. Yet Julianne Henkel challenged that concept and prevailed. She worked 24/7 for an entire summer and has becom...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 17, 2024 12 pm
By John Lecardo
From the early stages of his youth, Nathan Crown has virtually been tethered to a soccer ball. The attachment has paved the way for a mutually beneficial relationship bet...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 17, 2024 12 pm
By John Lecardo
The game of volleyball came to Mia Abely rather a little later in her athletic upbringing. Though she has more than made up for lost time by diving into the community of ...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 10, 2024 01 pm
By John Lecardo
There truly is no setback Matt Lara cannot withstand. He is an individual who has experienced a lifetime of adversity with still a year of high school left, and despite i...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 10, 2024 01 pm
By John Lecardo
Hannah Dudley feels that as long as you are enjoying the game and giving your all, then everything else will fall into place. As much as she has given the game with all o...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 10, 2024 01 pm
By John Lecardo
Lena Goldberg did not find her way to a field hockey turf until right before her high school career began. But in such a short span, the Valley Regional athlete has cover...
