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 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 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 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 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 10, 2024 01 pm
By John Lecardo
Two items that Eliza Burgess loves and craves are sports and competition. So it comes as little surprise that she fit right into the Branford field hockey program and bro...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 20, 2024 12 pm
By John Lecardo
Some freshmen can step onto a varsity playing field with feelings of trepidation and intimidation, but this has not been the case for Lily Panuccio. She was thrust into n...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 06, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
Aliza Giordano works tirelessly both year-round and day in and day out to become the best lacrosse player she can be. And for the speedy and determined attacker, she has ...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 30, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
Lucy Moran might have been late to the track party in terms of her high school athletic career, but she more than made up with her proficient and prodigious pace. It all ...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 23, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
In a game predicated on ups and downs, a baseball player must house a sturdy mind to stay steady during the ebbs and flows. Jack Smith fully recognizes this fact and emb...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 11, 2024 12 pm
By John Lecardo
It is almost ironic that Joe Robinson’s favorite aspect about the sport of golf is the nature of solitude it presents. That is because he has cornered himself a reputatio...
Person of the Week • Published May 24, 2024 03 am
By John Lecardo
Throughout the years, Sam Coppola has logged several miles for the various Branford High School running programs he has participated in. Yet it has been the final leg of ...
Person of the Week • Published May 14, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Isaiah Forney may have responded a little bit later than desired when it came to the party that is the sport of lacrosse. Still, he has more than made up for any lost tim...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 23, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
One of the programs on the rise in the competitive cheerleading world in the Southern Connecticut Conference after this past winter was the Branford cheerleading team. A ...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 09, 2024 02 am
By John Lecardo
For the Branford cheerleading team, it had to endure many twists and turns this season. Though in the end, it all came together in the best way possible–thanks in large p...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 19, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
The cheerleading mat was Danielle Jones’ first home base for athletics. And more than a decade later, it has remained her lone nest for sports, but she has gained some en...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 12, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
The dance floor is a harbor for constant hustle and a multitude of movements. For Sadie Zalewski, she is a consistent locomotive–never stopping or leaning on past laurels...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 05, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
No matter how much energy her rigorous training regimen drains out of her, Joelle Budz’s drive is kept in motion by the fact that she is well aware it is all worth it in ...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 20, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Enaji Muhammad just naturally loved the ability to leap. So when he saw he could actually put that attribute to an athletic competition, it was a move that was anything b...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 12, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
The sport of running can often exhibit the purest form of athleticism and competition, as it is the body and the mind waging war. Tess Wasiolek has grasped that concept, ...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 06, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Many times in sports, tales of triumph over adversity are often told on terrains of competition. Yet for Eric Zielinski’s story, he has penned an ultimate comeback volume...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 23, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
In many tasks and skills in life, the wherewithal to excel in it is quite often not enough. And so, one additionally needs the correct function and form to thrive. This i...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 03, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
Basketball has been in Shelby Burnham’s blood ever since she could remember, and the beat of the rock unlocked her full and unearthed passion for the paint, and heart for...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 27, 2023 12 pm
By John Lecardo
They say that home is where the heart is, and for Ryan Jones, that beat sounded true within the Branford football program. He was motivated and impassioned by his peers a...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 19, 2023 11 am
By John Lecardo
Once Riley O’Brien first stepped foot onto a volleyball court, she saw the sport as a ladder to success, and was eager to climb it. Now, only about seven years into it, s...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 13, 2023 02 pm
By John Lecardo
Sophie Mioline was always drawn to the game of soccer at the surface, but once she delved deeper and discovered the importance of quintessential colleagues and coaches aw...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 09, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
It is not always how you start in a race or any athletic endeavor in life, but more about how you finish. Noah Hauswirth endured a slow and steady start, but he has sprin...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 26, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
Reanna Sachs grew up in a deep and very athletic family, and her student-athlete life has mimicked her home life and upbringing by being part of another haven of support ...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 29, 2023 04 pm
By John Lecardo
The volleyball court corrals quite a communal feeling for Jenna DeFrancesco and, through her experiences around her second family, she has been swarming the net with reso...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 15, 2023 04 pm
By John Lecardo
Adversity hits us all at different points of time in our lives. We can choose two paths: one more productive, and another that can leave one spiraling into negativity and...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 08, 2023 03 pm
By John Lecardo
Throughout her tenure in the sport of field hockey, Julia Bozzi has had great success between the pipes throughout the town of Branford. And for her final foray with her ...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 01, 2023 06 am
By John Lecardo
Antonio Lynk has never not had a baseball in his hand, while simultaneously housing the drive and determination to improve and succeed on his skills. This was quite evide...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 25, 2023 11 pm
By John Lecardo
For Clara D’Amuri, she prides herself on appearing on the lacrosse turf in any way, shape or form, and she did that in quite a big way for the Branford girls’ lacrosse te...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 25, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
Drew Schwartz thought it would be a nice idea to try his hand at track for his final sports season at Branford High School, and he had a heck of a hunch, because the seni...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 10, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
Even as a senior rookie to the Branford track program, Ronan Hayes competed like a seasoned veteran while additionally learning the importance of friendship and fun when ...
Person of the Week • Published May 23, 2023 01 pm
By John Lecardo
No matter if he is in the field against another Southern Connecticut Conference thrower or in the field of competitors within his own squad, Evan Bouley’s incentive comes...
Person of the Week • Published May 09, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
The saying goes that blood is thicker than water, but for Colin Deane, the saying could translate into blood being thicker than a wood or iron for himself, as the young a...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 30, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
For the first time since before COVID, Branford High School (BHS) is once again raising the mast and fielding a sailing team this spring. And at the helm, the Hornets hav...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 16, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
Ava DeMilo has the headspace that nothing can stop her and she will never relent, whether for herself or her teammates, and it is that determination that helped her and t...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 04, 2023 06 am
By John Lecardo
The Branford boys’ ice hockey program underwent quite the turnaround the last two seasons, and throughout that ride, Dante DiLegge has learned a lot about himself, his ab...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 01, 2023 05 am
By John Lecardo
Jillian Vandale was drawn to dance at a young age because it gave her a chance to display her individuality, and she has certainly expressed herself on the floor while co...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 02, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
Throughout her sporting career, Marina Giammattei has proudly worn many hats–from All-SCC diver, to captain, and even team manager. Now, only a year into her collegiate c...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 26, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
Running has become synonymous with Massimo Corrick’s high school life. Whether it is to the books, the track, extracurriculars, or volunteer work in the community, he is ...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 17, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
Johnna Palmese has never taken part in any other sport besides dancing, and it is a deep-rooted and longstanding passion that has carried her to great prominence-both dur...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 07, 2023 10 am
By John Lecardo
Ryder Kropiwnicki has always enjoyed the personal responsibility facet when it comes to the sport of track and field. He has certainly been responsible for many memorable...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 03, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
For Max Kyle, when it comes to any tale of the tape on the gridiron, it is a moot point for him. And that is because no matter the size of an obstacle or adversary, he ha...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 29, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
No matter the event, the course, or its distance, Colin Donahoe never stops to improve upon his last run–a mental path that has paved the way to incredible personal succe...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 06, 2023 04 pm
By John Lecardo
When it comes to playing striker on the soccer pitch, success of a player is often determined by the level of aggressiveness when racing down the ball. For Tess Ferrie, s...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 31, 2022 08 am
By John Lecardo
Cooper Torrey has worn a lot of different hats on the football field for Notre Dame-West Haven (ND-WH) the last two seasons. But most importantly and rewarding, he conclu...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 18, 2022 10 am
By John Lecardo
No matter the scenario or opponent, Cole Snider refuses to fear, overthink, or shy away from any challenge–something he has been doing his entire life to rousing results....
