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 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
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 Aug 30, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Wherever there is a ball and a stick on the turf of the North Haven High School campus, there is no doubt Clare Cullagh will be there in a flash covering the ground. It i...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 27, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
Emily Cerasoli knew from a young age that she wanted to keep the court at her side upon her high school years. With a steadfast dedication to her craft that never takes a...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 20, 2024 12 pm
By John Lecardo
Ninamarie DeMennato has used her diverse background in sports to establish herself as a dynamic athlete with several strengths. More importantly, it proved pivotal in her...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 13, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
The North Haven golf team gravitated towards a great deal of recognition among the SCC and state rankings in 2024. One of the biggest focal points of that progress was th...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 06, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
Kevin Parker will stop at nothing no matter the day or month on the calendar to sharpen his skills with lacrosse. The desire and determination to thrive for both himself ...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 30, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
Danny LaDore realized he had one final run with the North Haven golf team this year. It led to him letting go of any anxieties and sources of trepidation on the links and...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 23, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
The game of lacrosse moves at such a fast pace, and an even swifter speed for those on the attack. For Jack Marro, he constantly keeps his head on a swivel and procures p...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 16, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
While not really involving himself with the game of golf until recently, Will Sagnella has become drawn to its truly unpredictable nature. No matter the uncertainties of ...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 25, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Conor Rourke is more driven by the process that leads to hitting the best mark. And it was that mentality that allowed him to tackle any literal or figurative hurdle with...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 18, 2024 12 pm
By John Lecardo
So much about being a softball pitcher is about trusting your own individual performance and abilities, but you also have to have unequivocal belief in those around you ...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 11, 2024 12 pm
By John Lecardo
Lacrosse opened a whole new athletic environment and setting for Catherine Bianchi. Moving from the quiet indoor confines of the dance floor to the loud, active, and bois...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 04, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Friendship has forged the fire that has ignited Alyssa Cherian’s passion for tennis. Still, it has been a steady flame with her being a cool, calm, and composed competito...
Person of the Week • Published May 24, 2024 02 am
By John Lecardo
A positive disposition and steady legs that never seem to slow down can take a player far in the sport of lacrosse. For Sydney Pitcher, she utilized both of those traits ...
Person of the Week • Published May 21, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
For Alex Gaetano, the mentors and peers around him have truly ignited his passion and love for lacrosse within the North Haven community. Now, in his final foray stepping...
Person of the Week • Published May 14, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
For Chandler Morris, she truly loves to be among her colleagues whenever she is taking part in sports. So it comes with very little shock that once she decided to take h...
Person of the Week • Published May 07, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Once she traded swimming for a stick, Nola Coyle discovered an even greater and grander purpose within sports by playing with a group towards a collective goal. This has ...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 30, 2024 01 pm
By John Lecardo
Leaving the lines of communication wide and open often drives success within a group, or any sports team. For Izzy Blanchard, she is harnessing the value of utilizing the...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 16, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
For Ryan Bernardo, his youthful upbringing was an athletic one with quite a bit of winning surrounding it. Even with that early success, he still stayed humble and hard-w...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 09, 2024 02 am
By John Lecardo
Mason Mansur has stayed grounded in a short stint with wrestling and taken things with a piecemeal approach. That head space has allowed him to get a leg up on his compet...
Person of the Week • Published Apr 02, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
It took the first decade of Ben Pollio’s life to find his haven athletically when he saw the fencing strip. In such a short time, he has harnessed the case study of each ...
Person of the Week • Published Mar 12, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Growing up, the influence of his family weighed heavily on the eventual path that led to Ibby Davila sticking with basketball for his entire upbringing and athletic life....
Person of the Week • Published Mar 05, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
In only his second season within the sport of wrestling, and his team’s only second campaign as a full-fledged program, Tyler DiMauro has already assumed a leadership rol...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 20, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
For any cheerleading squad to be successful, there needs to often be a solid foundation for their routine at competitions. But on a micro level personally, Ava Guarniere ...
Person of the Week • Published Feb 12, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
Throughout his youth, middle school, and high school tenures in each, Brendan Grudberg has seen many ups and downs along the court. Yet he has remained steadfast, with a ...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 30, 2024 12 am
By John Lecardo
Quite often in all facets of life, passion can drive progress when it comes to mastery of a particular craft or hobby. For Jace Iamunno, his love to lace up his grappling...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 23, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
The bounce of the basketball vibrated loudly in Ava Johnson’s blood, as she discovered at a young age. But as she grew in the game, the blood pumped through her heart and...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 16, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Fencing is an avenue of competition where one can truly express themselves individually, both with physical prowess and mental acumen. Ayla Sivri has done just that with ...
Person of the Week • Published Jan 03, 2024 10 am
By John Lecardo
Rachel Adams is a determined individual who never takes her foot off the gas when it comes to perfecting a craft or learning a new skill. Naturally, the sport of fencing,...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 27, 2023 12 pm
By John Lecardo
In a game based on percentages and averages and where so many outcomes are out of control, Jordan Higgins lies at the center of it all on the mound. As a result, a cool a...
Person of the Week • Published Dec 06, 2023 11 am
By John Lecardo
From his first steps, Nico Boyle saw competitive running as something he could truly sink his teeth into, and through that unwavering desire and dedication, he bit into s...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 15, 2023 10 am
By John Lecardo
A change of pace has been thematic throughout Grace Martin’s athletic career leading up to high school, and it was the final shift that allowed her to accelerate as an at...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 08, 2023 11 am
By John Lecardo
Throughout pretty much a majority of her life, Molly Marottolo has been fleet of foot in multiple athletic avenues, which has helped open up the door to being not only a ...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 01, 2023 09 am
By John Lecardo
Several passionate fans of sports go through adolescence and early adulthood aspiring to work along the sidelines or behind the scenes of producing shows around the games...
Person of the Week • Published Oct 11, 2023 09 am
By John Lecardo
The North Haven boys’ soccer squad is building up a crop of new competitors, and the foundation of that construction is a fortified leader within its defensive front in J...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 29, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
Mutual support of one another through the grueling endeavor that can be a hotly contested heat of a high school swim race can go a long way, and Maddy Karavas is using he...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 14, 2023 01 pm
By John Lecardo
Tyler Kornacki has made an indelible impact on the fabric of North Haven baseball across the town for over a decade with the various clubs he has played on. Now, after ha...
Person of the Week • Published Sep 05, 2023 02 pm
By John Lecardo
Braden Golden loved playing alongside his squad mates and coaches during his high school baseball tenure, and his love for the game and his teammates propelled him to mak...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 29, 2023 10 am
By John Lecardo
The constant pressure of having the spotlight on you every time you step to the dish drew Shawn Murray to the game of baseball, though he easily excelled through those an...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 23, 2023 06 am
By John Lecardo
In the sport of golf, complacency is never an optimal mindset with a club, which is why Chris Labanara was not only drawn to the sport but also driven to swing hard and a...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 15, 2023 11 am
By John Lecardo
For both his personal seasons on the mound this spring and summer, and for the squads he played a part of, Ryan Bauman learned a great deal of resilience, and that it is ...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 10, 2023 06 am
By John Lecardo
Whether it was lining up a kick to go split the uprights, or squaring his body up for a shot off the tee to go right down the fairway, Declan Finkle’s aim was always true...
Person of the Week • Published Aug 04, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
Julia Migliorini finished the high school portion of her tennis career as arguably the most decorated player in North Haven girls’ tennis history, and her proficiency flo...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 25, 2023 11 pm
By John Lecardo
Reece Hebert really loves the routine-based nature of the preparation and playing time with regards to the game of softball, and she thrived off of that, as her diligence...
Person of the Week • Published Jul 18, 2023 12 pm
By John Lecardo
The game of golf requires much patience and persistence through several peaks and valleys throughout not only a given round, but also a given hole–something Christian Bas...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 23, 2023 08 am
By John Lecardo
Samantha Ide recalls that she unlocked another level of potential within the game of tennis, thanks to a strong support net of family, friends, and coaches–something she ...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 16, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
The North Haven softball team was undoubtedly the biggest story of the Southern Connecticut Conference in 2023, and within those pages for the Nighthawks was Jules Galass...
Person of the Week • Published Jun 08, 2023 07 am
By John Lecardo
Anna Hansard recollects that she was not much of a sports enthusiast when she was younger, but in a brief time, she has crafted an athletic and competitive nature as a si...
