9/26/2016 - Welcome Falcon Fans! We had our annual Booster Club Ticket Drive yesterday and, thanks to the 120 student-athletes and 31 parent-drivers who volunteered, we raised $9,400.00. We look forward to investing this money in AHS athletic programs soon. Special thanks to Booster Club Vice Presidents Susie Downey and Jen Gorack for coordinating the Ticket Drive and our Avon Day booth; and to our Treasurer, Jim Stapleton, for keeping track of funds raised. What a great weekend it was for the Booster Club and for Avon High School’s athletic teams!

Our fall teams are off to a great start, and our Booster Club efforts are as well. For your review and convenience, minutes from our September meeting (and all future meetings) can be found here. Happy reading and Go Falcons! SRDavey, President

Results for the week of September 19, 2016: Team Opponent Score V Field Hockey Simsbury W 3-1

Southington W 6-0

Stonington L 0-2

JV Field Hockey Simsbury W 4-0

Southington W 1-0

Stonington W 5-3

FR Field Hockey Daniel Hand L 1-4

Guilford L 1-3

V Volleyball Northwest Catholic L 2-3

Bristol Eastern W 3-1

Conard W 3-2

JV Volleyball Northwest Catholic W 2-0

Bristol Eastern W 2-0

Conard W 2-0

FR Volleyball Northwest Catholic W 2-0

Bristol Eastern W 2-0

Conard W 2-0

V Girls Soccer Newington L 2-3

Conard W 4-2

JV Girls Soccer Newington W 5-1

Conard T 1-1

FR Girls Soccer Hall W 4-0

Simsbury T 1-1

Football Tolland L 0-16

V Boys Soccer Wethersfield T 3-3 (OT)

Conard L 1-2 (OT)

JV Boys Soccer Wethersfield W 1-0

Conard L 3-2

FR Boys Soccer Hall L 6-1

Simsbury L 6-0

CREW East Lyme, Farmington, Glastonbury, Lewis Mills, Stonington (Regatta)

Boys Varsity 8, 2nd place Boys JV 8, 2nd place Girls Varsity 8, 2nd place Girls Varsity 4-A, 2nd place Girls Varsity 4-B, 3rd place Boys Novice, 5th place Girls Novice, 5th place

SCHEDULES Upcoming events for the week of September 26, 2016 (for up-to-date changes & cancellations click here ): Date Time Team Opponent Location 9/26 3:45pm FR Boys Soccer Southington Home- Fisher Meadow

9/26 5:00pm V Volleyball East Hartford Away- East Hartford HS

9/26 4:00pm JV Volleyball East Hartford Away- East Hartford HS

9/26 3:45pm FR Field Hockey Enfield Away- Enfield HS

9/26 3:45pm FR Girls Soccer Southington Away- Southington HS

9/26 3:45pm FR Girls Volleyball East Hartford Away- East Hartford HS

9/27 3:45pm V Boys Soccer E.O. Smith Home- Fisher Meadow

9/27 3:45pm V Field Hockey Newington Home- Avon HS

9/27 3:45pm JV Boys Soccer E.O. Smith Home- Fisher Meadow

9/27 5:15pm JV Field Hockey Newington Home- Avon HS

9/27 3:45pm V Girls Soccer Manchester Away- Memorial Field at MHS

9/27 3:45pm JV Girls Soccer Manchester Away- JV Soccer Field at MHS

9/28 5:15pm V Volleyball Newington Home- Avon HS

9/28 4:15pm JV Volleyball Newington Home- Avon HS

9/28 4:00pm FR Volleyball Newington Home- Avon HS- Gym Two

9/28 3:45pm FR Boys Soccer Farmington Away- Tunxis Mead Park

9/29 3:45pm FR Field Hockey Glastonbury Home- Avon HS

9/29 3:45pm FR Girls Soccer Farmington Home- Fisher Meadow

9/29 6:00pm V Field Hockey Hall Away- Hall HS Field Hockey Stadium (Turf)

9/29 4:30pm JV Field Hockey Hall Away- Hall HS Field Hockey Stadium

9/30 3:45pm V Girls Soccer Farmington Home- Fisher Meadow

9/30 5:00pm V Volleyball Bulkeley Home- Avon HS

9/30 3:45pm JV Girls Soccer Farmington Home- Fisher Meadow

9/30 4:00pm JV Volleyball Bulkeley Home- Avon HS

9/30 3:00pm Boys Cross Country Nonnewaug Invitational

9/30 7:00pm V Boys Soccer Farmington Away- Tunxis Mead Park

9/30 3:30pm Girls Cross Country Nonnewaug Invitational

9/30 5:00pm JV Boys Soccer Farmington Away- Tunxis Mead Park

9/30 4:00pm FR Boys Soccer Granby Memorial Away- Granby Memorial HS

9/30 4:30pm FR Field Hockey Granby Memorial Away- Granby Memorial HS

9/30 4:00pm FR Volleyball Wethersfield Away- Wethersfield HS

SAVE THE DATES

● Monday, October 3rd - The CIAC is hosting An Evening with Olympic and World Champion Skier Lindsey Vonn at Southington High School @ 6:30 p.m. Lindsey will discuss her new book "Strong Is The New Beautiful." Tickets are open to the public and cost $50.00 each; ticket holders will receive a complimentary copy of the book. Reserve your seat(s) by contacting Judy Sylvester at the CIAC office: 203-250-1111 • Monday, October 17th - Please join us for our monthly Booster Club meeting in the Community Room at 7:30 p.m. • Monday, October 24th - Saturday, October 29th is Avon High School Spirit Week featuring evening games played under the lights. Game schedule forthcoming. • Sunday, October 30th - the Falcon 5K! This community fun-run is open to all ages and abilities and is hosted by the Booster Club to celebrate the end of Spirit Week. Flyer and application are available here.

FALL CONTACTS

TEAM COACHES EMAIL VARSITY CAPTAINS

TEAM BOOSTER CLUB REP & EMAIL

Cheerleading Nancy Deschenes nancy.deschenes@att.net Bonnie Burns

Crew Jon Kostal (boys) Chris Dlugolecki (ass’t) Eric Rosow (girls) Pam Rosow (ass’t)

johnkostal@comcast.net christoper.dlugolecki@otis.com erosow@me.com pam.rosow@comcast.net

Ben Coleman Matt Tyler Jared Culbertson Will Kostal Annie Hayes Tali Filstein Claire Ryan Grace Baldauf

Nancy Kostal nancymkostal@comcast.net

Cross Country Cortney Fusco (boys) Al D’Adario (girls)

cfusco@avon.k12.ct.us adaddario@avon.k12.ct.us

Jon Hernandez Liam Hicks Sam Johnson Andrew Mascoli Shayna Aronson Justine Barry Gabby Colletti Christina Martin Rachel Seltzer

Nicole Leavens nicoledlox@gmail.com

Field Hockey Terry Zemniecki (V) Courtney Galotti (JV) Mary Creasey (DV)

hockeycoachTAZ@cox.net cgalotti@avon.k12.ct.us clcreasey@gmail.com

Hannah Deppe Natalie Grillo Olivia Jackson Lauren Jeandell Molly Sanderson

Maria Mascoli mascoli@sbcglobal.net

Football Sal Cintorino (V) Clay Hillyer (Assistant) Peter Bourquin (JV) Justin Folkwein (Ass’t JV) Kevin Sullivan (DV)

cintorino@ccsu.edu hillyer1@cox.net bourquin1121@sbcglobal.net coachfolkwein@yahoo.com ksul34@yahoo.com

Leon Asberry Tommy Donovan Jack Jones Max Kritikos George Pavlakis Nick Schuster

Todd Donovan todono@microsoft.com

Boys Soccer Dave Zlatin (V) Will Brisco (JV) Kyle Kramek (DV)

dzlatin@avon.k12.ct.us will.brisco@gmail.com kkramek@avon.k12.ct.us

Cam Armistead Dylan Hellyar

Staci Purcell stacipurcell@gmail.com

Girls Soccer Jim Murray (V) Jeanine LaBrosse (JV) Andy Schayler (DV) Sam Kurban (Assistant)

jmurray@avon.k12.ct.us jlabrosse@avon.k12.ct.us avoncoach@comcast.net skurban@avon.k12.ct.us

Taylor Lisevick Megan McKenna Grace Meador

Fernanda Jacobs barreiros@sbcglobal.net

Volleyball Curt Burns (V) Amy Laporte (JV)

curtburns@att.net alaporte09@gmail.com

Rachel Carlson Grace Stevens

Mary-beth Hart mbhart14@comcast.net

Sam Brown (DV) samanth92brown@aol.com Erin Sutter

After graduating from Avon High School in 2012, Drew Montano moved from Fisher Meadows to the fields at Stonehill College. Drew graduated in May, leaving behind an incredible track record as a star soccer player for the Skyhawks. Drew is the all-time leading scorer for Stonehill. He played 64 games and earned 60 points (22 goals and 15 assists) while playing for the Skyhawks. He also participated in the study abroad program in Florence, Italy, playing soccer with an Italian team because one of his professors was a soccer coach there. This summer, after college, Drew played for Connecticut Football Club in New Britain as part of the new American Soccer League (ASL). Recently, he started a job in Boston and will be playing soccer in the Boston area and hopes to play in Boston’s ASL chapter. An Avon native who got his start on the Avon Soccer clinic field, Drew earned many honors here and at Stonehill. Here is a brief summary: a. Here is a summary of Drew’s many honors: 2011: helped lead his team (of ten fellow seniors) to the State Finals; was selected for the All NCC Conference, All-State and All-New England teams 2012: NE(Northeast)-10 Conference All rookie team. NE-10 rookie player of the week. NE-10 academic honor roll 2013: NE-10 academic honor roll 2014: NSCAA/Continental Tire All-East Region third team & NE-10 All-Conference second team selection. Along with NE-10 academic honor roll. 2015: NE-10 all conference second team and NE-10 academic honor roll. (Voted MVP by his Stonehill soccer team players; also received year honors on best goal of the season). Photos: Drew Montano playing for Avon High School (at the Pink-Out for Breast Cancer game, Fall 2011) and at Stonehill College.

-To see Drew’s bio and more info on him, click here. -For an article about Stonehill’s All-Conference selections, including Drew and more about his season, click here.

Avon Volleyball’s Maddy Hart , junior, has been nominatedfor the CPTV Sports Student-Athlete of the week. The junior had a four-kill run to lead the team over Conard last week. Click here and vote for Maddy today! Voting ends at 6:00 pm tonight (9/26).

Collinsville Press covered several Avon openers this past week. Read more here. Recently, the CT State Cross Country polls came out, check where the Avon girls team is here.

● The Avon Varsity Volleyball team last Wednesday night as they knocked off undefeated Bristol Eastern 3 sets to 1. ● AHS student-athletes sell Avon spirit wear at Avon Day. Over $500 of gear was sold! ● Freshman soccer players get ready to hit the streets for the booster club’s annual ticket drive.

LINKS

Full season schedules, scores and standings are available at the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference. Visit the CIAC website.

The Avon Athletics website is your source for forms, up-to-date announcements, and a copy of the AHS Athletic Handbook which provides essential information for athletes (and fans), to visit click here.

For additional info, forms and other calendar items, please visit our Booster Club website. For more info and updates on all things Avon Cross Country, visit here. For everything you want to know about Avon Crew, click here.

The Booster Club seeks to fill the Team Rep position for: Girls Basketball * Softball * Girls and Boys Track. No experience required. We simply need a parent-volunteer from each of these teams to function as liaison to the Booster Club by attending one monthly meeting, and regularly communicating with their team and coach. Interested candidates should contact: Susie Downey, Booster Club VP of Volunteers, at susiedow@aol.com