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 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 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 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 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 Aug 30, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Katie Vaspasiano has always held the game of lacrosse and the North Branford girls’ lacrosse team in the highest regards. Her pride and passion for both truly shined thro...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 27, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
Each and every one of us is on the go on a daily basis, moving back and forth between various responsibilities and jobs. But for a North Branford High School alum, she ha...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 13, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
It does not matter how you start, but more about how you finish. For Connor Stoner, he can add an addendum to that statement after his lacrosse career with North Branford...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 16, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Lexi Falcioni garnered great longevity in the game of softball, thanks to the constant uplifting and encouragement of her long-standing teammates. Through that, she has l...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 08, 2024 02 pm
By John Lecardo
Jason O’Connor loves the basic teaching nature of the sport of baseball and how it mirrors life. He used that to become a great reflection and model of persistence for th...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 25, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
The sport of tennis is more about securing points, sets, and matches. There is a certain element to it that challenges one to play the game with a certain dignity and rev...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 18, 2024 12 pm
By John Lecardo
Matt Prato is graduating from high school as one of the more well-rounded students, athletes, and people in his class. He has done it all on the back of hard work, dedica...
Person of the Week • Published May 21, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Mikella O'Brien is always soaking up knowledge and taking on new challenges to strengthen her repertoire with lacrosse. That determined drive has led to her being a sharp...
Person of the Week • Published May 07, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Any athlete that is asked to change their field assignment on the fly might feel some trepidation, much less when you are an underclassman. Yet Alyssa Marino showed a cer...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 30, 2024 01 pm
By John Lecardo
Sophia Sorrell always had a curious and adventurous mind and body when it came to sports during her upbringing. Now, those personality traits have served her well in her ...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 16, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Whether you are running full steam ahead in your own lane, or waiting for your leg of a relay race to take off, track and field can be a physically grueling and mentally ...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 02, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Emily Gu has grasped the essential skills of fencing in order to master it and become a pivotal piece of the burgeoning North Branford fencing team. Yet even more crucial...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 26, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Lily Ardito treats her stature as an athlete like a temple with constant upkeep via moving year-round. Yet she never complains no matter how grueling the endeavor is and ...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 27, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Sam Gott looks at the world of competitive running and track through the prism of stress and anxiety relief, along with constructing connections. He has utilized that ess...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 30, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
When it comes to raising his spirits and his game in the midst of competition, few will surpass Jack O’Brien. In terms of hustle, effort, and drive to leave no stone untu...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 16, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Joy Deng only just recently got into the sport of fencing upon her arrival into the Nutmeg State. Yet she has certainly made up for lost time, while grasping the essentia...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 09, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
The frenetic pace of the game of basketball works Emma Preiss up into a frenzy, and truly houses the source of her passion for the court. She loves the sport, along with ...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 21, 2023 02 pm
By John Lecardo
Camaraderie among a unit of players, or an entire team on a bigger front, can draw attraction to the game of football in many young athletes. Tommy Hansen falls under tha...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 31, 2023 12 pm
By John Lecardo
Alyssa Kendrick came into learning the sport of field hockey under the umbrella of one of the state’s most prestigious programs in the sport at North Branford High School...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 20, 2023 10 am
By John Lecardo
Once Reese Brigance first grasped a volleyball, it was all systems go, as she hit the ground floor running and is now quickly ascending up the ranks as a resounding rooki...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 11, 2023 09 am
By John Lecardo
Friendship has been the biggest conveyor for Aiden Hutchinson when it comes to him becoming connected with a sport, and so it is almost fitting that when it comes full ci...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 06, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
Whether it is gliding across the dance floor, or maneuvering herself around the volleyball court, Sam Melillo has always been fast on her feet, and is setting the North B...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 22, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
Nico Falcioni has enjoyed baseball from the first time he hit a ball off a tee, very much so for its tendency to reward the patient and mentally fortified athlete, and it...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 25, 2023 04 pm
By John Lecardo
If any individual spent just a few quick moments speaking to Cameron Garrett, they would instantly come away from the conversation knowing full well that he is someone wh...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 18, 2023 06 am
By John Lecardo
An absence of complacency has proven to be quite an asset for the North Branford softball program and its lengthy string of success, and Natalia Lucibello embodies that s...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 11, 2023 05 pm
By John Lecardo
While other toddlers were playing in their toy boxes with trucks and various other trinkets, John Onofrio took his play time outside with a bat, ball, and glove in his ha...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 04, 2023 04 pm
By John Lecardo
When he first picked up a lacrosse stick, Eli Defaranos was not all too keen on the idea of playing the game, yet he changed his tune after being drawn to the entertainme...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 18, 2023 12 pm
By John Lecardo
Intensity is not always an early indication of proficiency with any given task, as Tessa Juniver has learned with a more relaxed approach in the field, at the plate, and ...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 11, 2023 11 am
By John Lecardo
Sports can often wield instances of overcoming hurdles and personal adversity on the road to triumph, and another fine example of that resided at North Branford High Scho...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 08, 2023 09 am
By John Lecardo
For Morgan Lucibello, the physical nature of the game of lacrosse really attracted her to the turf, and in such a short time span with the sport, she has laid down the hi...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 02, 2023 10 am
By John Lecardo
Sometimes in athletics, through rigorous reps and training, an action for an individual can transform from a simple hobby to pass the time to someone’s personal pastime–t...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 13, 2023 12 pm
By John Lecardo
Gianna Palma sees the game of lacrosse as a strong stress reliever and, for the North Branford girls’ lacrosse team, the feeling was mutual as she helped put the Thunderb...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 02, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
Gianna Gamble was drawn to the game of lacrosse through the desire to be amongst her companions and friends when she was very young. Yet years later, it is that camarader...
Person of the Week • Published May 16, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
For over a decade, the one steady aspect of Mea Riordan’s life and athletic career has been the game of lacrosse, and while even through switching positions this spring, ...
Person of the Week • Published May 05, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
For Payton Kamienski, she truly sees the micro-level impact of individuals’ actions on the macro stage that is a total team’s success–an observation she has taken to hear...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 18, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
Molly Lacroix stepped onto the North Branford High School campus as a rookie to the sport of tennis, yet with only two full seasons under her belt with the girls’ tennis ...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 25, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
For some, representing your entire school in one sport could be quite intimidating and cause great mental and physical trepidation. Yet Chris Manganiello is not like most...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 14, 2023 11 am
By John Lecardo
From a young age, James Mascari found a fire from the ice when it came to his passion for the sport of hockey. It is that love of the game, combined with his unrelenting ...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 07, 2023 06 am
By John Lecardo
No matter whether she was watching her family play in New York from afar as a spectator or had the ball in her hands down one with seconds left on the clock in the fourth...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 18, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
CJ Sherwood has played hockey since virtually he could first walk, and ever since then, no matter the name of his team, he has always been about winning games while gaini...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 15, 2023 10 am
By John Lecardo
Sometimes when you want to reach a goal or objective in life, you may have to dip out of your comfort zone a little bit. For Joshua Kuczynski, he did just that and it yie...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 24, 2022 08 am
By John Lecardo
Only halfway through her second year of high school athletics within North Branford, Adriana Hills has proven that she can excel in multiple sports at multiple positions ...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 24, 2022 12 pm
Spencer Carroll is capable of playing any position and filling any role when she’s on the volleyball court. Heading into her senior season with the North Branford girls’ ...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 17, 2022 12 pm
While growing up, Robert Cappella’s backyard was in the out-of-bounds section on the second hole at Sleeping Giant Golf Course in Hamden. Naturally, it made sense for Rob...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 12, 2022 10 am
Lauren Ackerman’s senior season with the North Branford softball team saw her earn the role of captain while garnering All-Shoreline Conference honors as she helped the T...
