The Sports Department, August 2013 (South Windsor)

By Evan MacySports Editor

FREEHOLD — After playing an entire month of nearly flawless baseball, win-ning district and state titles and earning a berth into the Junior League Baseball Eastern Regionals, the Tolland All-Stars looked poised to make a run at a nation-al championship.

But baseball is a funny game. All the things that had gone right for Tolland en route to a second consecutive state championship went wrong in Freehold, New Jersey. And as a result, the team was eliminated after its second game.

“The funny thing is I think we were one of the better teams down there,” Tolland’s manager Scott Curtis said.

“Typical of baseball, I’ve had a lot of these kids since middle school. We went 11-0, we played very well in dis-tricts and states, but every team has stretches where they don’t play well, and unfortunately ours came in our two games down there.”

Tolland lost to Massachusetts first, 10-6 committing nine errors. The follow-ing day, the team committed five more, losing to Maine 9-2.

“I feel bad for the kids,” Curtis said. “New Jersey didn’t see our true abilities. We beat ourselves. Unfortunately that happens. But the fact that they won a state championship is something they can be proud of.”

During an incredible run to capture the state title, Tolland defeated Edge-wood and Canton, two teams that rival the talent and ability of both Massachu-setts and Maine.

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Getting ready for fall sportsThe start of school is just around the

corner, and with it comes the start of an-other fall youth sports season.

By the second full week of Septem-ber, parents will be juggling practices, meals, other activities and, don’t forget — school.

It’s hard enough getting back into the routine of setting alarms, packing lunches and getting homework done, but now you throw in the nightly practice — or practices — and all of a sudden the stress begins to mount.

Here are five things to think about now before the rush of September — or in many cases, mid-August — hits home in your house.

What will you do if your child has practice and you just can’t drive him

or her? It might be for a very good rea-son, such as you have a church meet-ing that night, but even if it’s for a not-so-good reason — delayed on the golf course — you still need to have a ride for your child.

Think ahead to whom you’ll call on — grandpa, a neighbor or a teammate’s mom — and be sure to ask now if he or she is willing to help occasionally.

In my house, we have a simple rule before the fall sports season even starts: If the grades start suffering, you start missing practices, which ultimately will lead to missed game time.

Any good coach will tell your child that school comes first, but it’s your job as a parent to stress this as well and it’s eas-ier to do now in August than when the

first poor test grade comes home.It’s just as important for the daugh-

ter to see dad at the cheerleading competitions, as it is for mom to at-tend her son’s football games. Don’t pick which game you’ll attend based on gender stereotypes. Remember, all of your kids want you in the bleachers.

Unfortunately, even though it is soccer season, beds still need to be made, dishes put away and laun-dry folded. Whoever is responsible for these things during the offseason should also be doing them in-season. It teaches children how to balance fun with respon-sibility.

Here’s a hint from experience: It’s much easier to motivate a child to get a chore done before practice. If you’veever

tried to convince a child that emptying the dishwasher is important at 8 p.m. following a full day at school and a long practice, you know what I mean.

Your children are inevitably going to have more than just sports com-mitments after school, in the eve-nings and on the weekends. Whether it’s a wedding they don’t care about, a sleepover they do or Sunday school they have to attend, priorities for those things should be set ahead of time.

Is a soccer game going to take pre-cedence over a friend’s birthday party? How about Grandma’s 75th birthday party? And what about that cousin’s wedding that even you don’t want to go to but have no choice? Will your child? Talk about it now, not the morning of the big game.

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The Ellington/Somers Senior Legion baseball team’s run through the Northern Division Sectional came to a disappoint-ing end against Newington as the home team rallied for a 6-5 victory in the bottom of the ninth inning. Newington scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the game. Ellington was playing its third nine inning game in three days.

Ellington broke through in the top of the third inning as Mike Lesco walked, Neal Janiga singled and both scored on back to back singles by Jake Gagne and Colin Tiernan to tie the score at 2 - 2.

After falling behind 4-2, Ellington scored two runs to tie the score in the eighth to tie the game at 4-4. Tiernan singled and scored on Mike Cleary’s tri-ple to center field. Cleary scored on Nick Binkowski’s sacrifice fly to right field. El-lington took a 5-4 lead in the top of the 9th inning after a walk to Brian Hollister, he reached second on a sacrifice bunt by Adam Donovan and scored on Janiga’s single.

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Meucci reached on an Ellington error on his bunt. Bryant Morander was walked intentionally to load the bases. Ellington stopped the first run from scoring when Michael Piskorz ground into a force out at home. Ryan Callahan hit the game winning single to right field on an 0-2 count scoring Meucci and Morander.

Justin Oliver pitched 7 1/3 innings for Ellington giving up four runs on six hits, striking out seven and walking four. Jan-iga relieved Oliver in the eighth inning and gave up two runs on two hits. Tier-nan had three hits for Ellington.

Ellington’s loss came on the heels of two tough win in two games prior.

South Windsor

The South Windsor Legion squad ad-vanced to round two, after a big 7-3 win over Unionville started the action.

Cooper Goslin and Ben Firsick both had two hits each and led the South Windsor offense. Goslin reached base on all five plate appearances, scored two runs and stole three bases. Firsick fin-ished with two RBI, knocking in two runs in the third inning.

Dan Bettigole pitched seven strong in-nings for South Windsor, striking out sev-en, walking one, and gave up seven hits.

The following afternoon, South Wind-sor was shutout by Willimantic and elimi-nated, despite stellar pitching from Brian Finnegan.

Finnegan closed his South Windsor career allowing Willimantic to scatter six hits over nine innings striking out nine and no walks.

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Tolland entered the state tournamwnt as the No. 4 seed in Zone 8, and as such had a difficult road to advance.

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Tolland triplets shoot same score in Ellington Jr PGA


ELLINGTON — The Zimmerman trip-lets from Tolland know Ellington Ridge pretty well, it’s their home course. But something strange happened when they gathered after competing in the Ellington Ridge Camera Memorial Junior PGA Tournament Monday afternoon.

“I was surprised,” A.J. said. “I wasn’t expecting us all to get the same score.”

The trio, playing in different foursomes, each shot an 82, good for a solid finish in the tournament. But more than their sol-id place on the leaderboard, it was just plain odd.

“We’re pretty competitive,” Chris said. “I thought I was going to be the best. They’re normally mid 80’s. I was happy for them but at the same time a little dis-appointed I wasn’t the leader. I thought it was pretty funny that all of us tied.”

Chris had the best nine-hole stretch between the three, shooting a 39 on the front.

“I felt like I played pretty well in the front nine,” Chris, a soon-to-be sopho-more at Tolland, said. “I hit a lot of greens and was able to get up and down when I needed to. On the back nine I got into a little trouble but I saved myself bogey.”

The third brother, Mike, was the only one with a birdie in the round. He opened his back nine with a three on the par-four 10th hole.

“I was kind of surprised,” he said. “I thought I would be lower than them. It was also kind of weird. I was freaked out kind of, but I was happy with what I did. My putting was okay, I had a few one-putts. I thought my irons really carried my game today. I gave myself chances for birdies.”

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South Windsor Americans have season for the agesBy Evan MacySports Editor

HARWINTON — The South Windsor Americans exceeded expectations in their 11-12 Section 2 Little League run. That is for sure.

But the team seemed to redefine its own expectations every time it took the field.

Whether by beating bitter rivals, the South Windsor Americans in pool play, winning the District 8 title, or advancing to within one win of the state champion-ship series, the team seemed to both defy reasonable expectation while at the same time achieving unsurprising success.

“When we got to [sectionals] in Harwin-ton, we put together a couple wins and we thought, ‘wow we could do this,’” South Windsor manager Jason Donahue said. “We never expected to get this far. This group of kids, we really did overachieve. Robert Williams and Zach Donahue were two premier players but after that we had good ballplayers who did their job, played a role in some capacity.”

Williams was not only just the reliable and overpowering ace of the staff, he was a powerful bat in the middle of the batting order. Donahue was a solid number two, and a member of an often potent offense.

“We wanted to just get out of pool play,” the manager said. “We had a nice little

run. We were feeling good about our-selves. It worked out with Robert and Zach alternating we put together a nice little run. Every night there was a different kid who was a hero. When we won the district and we thought ‘wow anything af-ter this is gravy.’”

The team had plenty of gravy, as it en-joyed dramatic wins and incredible feats to create baseball memories to last a life-time.

First was the aforementioned win over the South Windsor Nationals in pool play on a grand slam and stellar pitching.

When you are a team competing against your town rival,” Donahue said,

“for you to beat them, it was a win not just for our group of players. I have been involved in Little League for a number of years, and every year the Americans were beat by the Nationals. When we beat them it wasn’t just for us it was for all the other kids who have come through as American leaguers. It was such a well

played game everyone enjoyed it.”Then, playing for the District title against

Ellington, the Americans turned a triple play, a rare feat, particularly for Little League ball players.

And then there was the game-ending double play, with a popped up bunt and clutch throw to get a man out at sec-ond propelling South Windsor to its final two games against eventual champion Coginchaug.

“Through 50 something years of league play, only two other teams have made it this far,” Donahue said. “It’s something re-ally good to hang your hat around. When you take a step back and reflect on what you did I don’t think many would believe we would be here. We couldn’t be hap-pier, but we are sad for it to end.”

“They are a great group of kids. You spend so many days with these kids that they do become your own kids. It’s been fun for me to really work with them and you develop a fondness for the kids. The hard part is that we don’t go to practice tomorrow. It’s a brutal end, it just stops.”

Evan Macy | StaffThe South Windsor Americans celebrate a game-ending double play.

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Tolland’s Kirby stellar in 9-10 LL play, loss to Ellington


TOLLAND — It was a dream match up for the District 8 title, as Ellington and Tolland went to battle once again for 9-10 Little League crown.

“Ellington and Tolland are traditional rivals,” Tolland manager Tom Kirby said. “The bottom line is, if you have good baseball teams and good baseball towns you will have good rivalries.”

The 6-4 Ellington win was no excep-tion, but Tolland was unable to take ad-vantage of a bases-loaded opportunity in the top of the sixth and ultimately fell in front of an energetic crowd.

“The best thing about it is you build baseball so you can play again tomor-row,” Kirby said with a smile after the tough defeat. “The kids have a good feeling walking away today and it bene-fits Tolland baseball all the way around.”

One of the brightest spots in the los-ing decision was the Tolland starting pitcher Josh Kirby.

“They threw Josh Kirby at us for 75 pitches and he did a great job,” Ellington manager Chris Mateya said. “We were just trying to get through him and keep the score close.”

All of Ellington’s runs came after Josh

Kirby’s exit, and the hurler had three strikeouts and just three hits in four and one third innings. He also got a base hit in the sixth inning.

“Josh Kirby is a good pitcher and a re-ally good kid,” his father Tom said. “He works really hard he has a couple of dif-ferent pitches and he showed them all.”

On the Ellington side, the game hap-pened to fall on the birthday of twins Aaron and Nathan Pyne, making the victory even more special.

“It’s my first time doing this,” Ellington manager Mateya said. “It’s my first 9-10 year old experience. It is a wonderful experience for these kids in their first time playing All-Stars.”

Ellington would go on to lose midway through the double-elimination Section 2 tournament.

Evan Macy | StaffTolland’s Kirby pitches against Ellington.

Tolland Junior League All-Stars win state championship

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teams can hit a slump, so too did Tolland at the worst time possible.

“Immediately after we all took it hard,” Canton said. “We realized all of us are moving on to different stag-es, school baseball and what not. We had been winning a lot and you won-der if you’ll ever have the opportunity to do something like that again. We had a lot of upset kids and coaches as well. The hardest thing to take is to know we did not play our best. You wonder what you could have done. But it fuels the fire, and keeps you motivated for the years to come.”

The experience of traveling to New Jersey in the limelight and represent-ing the entire state of Connecticut is an experience the boys will never forget.

“It was great for our kids, especially those kids who didn’t get to do it last

year,” the manager said. “They really do it up. The complex down there is beautiful they keep it well groomed. They announce the all kids, there is a banquet Friday and ceremony Sat-urday. It was something special that I and the kids will cherish 20, 30 years from now.”

Tolland won and lost as a team. Which is a much more impressive accomplishment than it sounds at first glance.

“I’ve been lucky enough to coach a lot of them in both basketball and baseball in the last few years,” Curtis said. “The thing I am most proud of is how they are as teammates and how they work together. They know it’s not one person it’s the team. Our motto was ‘what can we do for the team, what do we want Tolland baseball to represent?’ the kids have bought into that and the future for Tolland base-ball I think is very bright.”

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STAFFORD SPRINGS — Staf-ford Speedway returned to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in the house for the CARQUEST 150. Ronnie Williams, hailing from Ellington, took down his second win in the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature and Albert Saun-ders, from Stafford, claimed his sec-ond win in the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature.

In the 20-lap SK Light Modified fea-ture event, Bob Charland took the early lead ahead of Troy Talman and Ronnie Williams.

The caution came out with 15 laps complete for spins by Rich Hammann and Dylan Menditto to erase the large lead that Williams and Talman had built up over the rest of the field.

Williams took the lead on the restart with Membrino moving into second. Joey Ferrigno was on the charge as he pulled alongside Talman for third, but Talman was able to keep the spot.

With 2 laps to go, Williams was pulling away from Membrino, Talman, Ferrigno, Hines and Chase Dowling,

who were locked in a 5-car fight fro second. Williams took the checkered flag for his second win of the season.

Membrino finished second, with Hines, Talman, and Dowling rounding out the top-5.

In the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature event, Glenn Bartkowski took the lead at the green and began to set the early pace.

Albert Saunders quickly worked his way up to second with Duane Provost and Austin Bessette right behind him.

Bessette made a move to the in-side of Saunders on lap-18 to take over the race lead. But Saunders came right back on the same lap and retook the lead in turns 3+4 as they came to the white flag.

Bessette made one final run com-ing to the checkered flag but he came up just short as Saunders took his second win of the 2013 season.

Provost finished third behind Saun-ders and Bessette with Burnham and Hayes rounding out the top-5.

For more information contact the Stafford Motor Speedway track office at (860) 684-2783, or visit the track on the web at www.staffordspeed-way.com.


By Stephen ConcaConca Sport and Fitness

I recently had the opportunity to work with some of the region’s best baseball players at AP Player Development’s prospect clinic in Wilbraham. With this captive of baseball athletes, college coaches and pro scouts were eagerly looking to evaluate new talent. When it come to attracting college coaches and pro scouts there are two common themes that will dramatically impact an athlete’s future.

If you happen to be the one half of 1% to sign a pro-contract then you’re looking at a career average of 3.5 - 9 years.

After that, you better have some sort of education to fall back on. So with school just around the corner, let’s start with academics.

ACADEMICS: This is pretty simple. The college baseball coaches all told me the same thing. If the players don’t have the minimal grade requirements for the school they are looking at then don’t bother calling, emailing, or send-ing highlight videos.

There are too many good players who DO have the grades. Coaches don’t want to waste time with payers who can’t succeed in the class-room.

As a player, if you want the luxury of multiple college options, then you need the grades. If you don’t perform well in the classroom you will dramatically limit your possibilities. Instead of going where you WANT to go, you may end up going where you HAVE to go. Your choice.

ATTITUDE: When I posed the ques-tion to these coaches and scouts about what they are “really” looking at when they come to evaluate players, aside from the obvious skill set... ATTITUDE was the most important. Again college and pro scouts said the same thing! ATTITUDE is everything.

Did you get there early and go through a proper warm up / prep routine or did you half heartedly toss and swing and socialize prior to the game?What were you doing in the on-deck circle? Were you engaged in the game and trying to time the pitcher? On the bench... are you paying attention to the game?

After striking out - did you slam your helmet down, throw your bat, yell at the ump, or did you hustle back to the dug-out with more focus for next time?

After hitting a ground ball - did you run out the entire play or loaf down to first?

After popping up - did you hustle all the way around to second base by the

time the ball was caught or give a less then valiant effort down to first?

After hitting a bomb over the center field fence - did he arrogantly show up the opposition pitcher or bench, or did he hustle around the diamond?

Are you sprinting on and off the field in between innings?

The take home message here is to give yourself as many options as pos-sible.

Give your academics the same dedi-cation and commitment you do to your athletics. Commit to both Do both with a positive ATTITUDE.

Listen to or read books on what it takes to possessing a positive attitude. It’s easy to have a great ATTITUDE when things are going well. How about when things get tough?

What’s your ATTITUDE going to be? You never know who’s watching!

Stephen Conca is the owner of Con-ca Sport and Fitness in West Spring-field, MA. Coach Conca has over 17 years of experience as a professional strength and conditioning coach and is currently expanding its baseball opera-tions. For more information on the Elite Baseball Development Program please call 413-304-2350 or send an email to [email protected].

Attitude is everything in sports, academics Preston, Karahalios honored

Staff Report

Former Enfield High School basketball star Trachone Preston was selected as the Male Rookie-of-the-Year at Eastern Connecti-cut State University back in July, as the school unveiled its yearly awards.

Preston graduated from Enfield in 2012, and traveled east to Dan-bury to play in the Little East Con-ference.

During his freshman campaign with ECSU, Preston was second in his confence in scoring and three-point precentage among freshman.

Soccer star Gia Karahalios, from South Windsor, recieved a similar honor from ECSU for her performance on the soccer field. The center back started every game her freshman year and helped Eastern to a 9-6-3 record in 2012.

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Recognizing ConcussionsBy Matthew Leeds, MS, ATC, LAT

What is a concussion?A concussion is a sports‐related injury to

the brain, also known as a traumatic brain injury (TBI), that can cause an altered level of consciousness, trouble with balance, or memory and concentration problems.

How does a concussion occur?A concussion is the result of a blow to

the body or the head of an individual that causes damage to the brain as it moves inside the skull. A concussion can be very difficult to detect because it may not always present with obvious signs or symptoms.

What is the best management of a concussion?

Once it has been deemed that a concus-sion has been sustained, signs and symp-toms must be monitored and sports partici-pation for that day should cease. Certified Athletic Trainers (ATCs) have a variety of tests to challenge balance, memory and concentration to determine the seriousness of the concussion. If an athlete’s symptoms persist or worsen, or level of consciousness deteriorates after a concussion, the patient should be immediately referred to a physi-cian trained in concussion management. (Casa et al., 2012)

The following are potential symptoms that the individual could possibly experi-ence:

HeadacheDizziness

Ringing in the ear (Tinnitus)Nausea/vomitingConfusionLoss of memoryLoss of consciousnessFatigueWith any loss of consciousness, am-

nesia lasting longer than 15 minutes, or if the symptoms worsen, the athlete must be seen by a doctor immediately.

When should an athlete return to play?

An athlete is allowed to return to play when they are symptom free during sports participation for a minimum of 7 days and has been cleared by a physician.

What is the best way to prevent con-cussions?

Although there is no way to totally pre-vent concussions from happening, recog-nizing signs and symptoms (by the athletic trainers, team members, coaches and par-ents) is critical. Remember, if you notice persisting or worsening symptoms with the individual, they need to get to a hospital im-mediately.

Casa, D., Guskiewicz, K., Anderson., S., Courson, R., et al. National Athletic Train-ers’ Association Position Statement: Pre-venting Sudden Death in Sports. Journal of Athletic Training 2012; 47(1):96‐118.

For more information on concussions, read the position statements published by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association at nata.org.

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VERNON — They were supposed to be getting ready for a District 8 Little League 9-10 tournament game. But instead, they were slipping and sliding around in the rain with their friends and family.

After a mix up cost the Vernon All-Stars a trip to the elimination round and a chance to compete for a district title, dedicated parents and young athletes came together one last time to cele-brate a successful season that ended a bit prematurely.

“That was the night where I had to withdraw,” manager Wayne Opden-brouw said of the bittersweet practice, “after telling them the night before that they were going, and crushed their as-pirations. We decided to have a post season batting practice in the rain, the kids had a blast and left with smiles on their faces.”

Vernon was in a three-way tie for the top spot in their pool and was told prior to facing South Windsor in the pool fi-nale Wednesday, July 9, another team tied for the top spot, that all three would advance to the elimination round.

The team trailed South Windsor by a large margin when rain postponed the game.

“We found out a couple minutes be-fore the rest of the game that win or lose we advance,” Pete Walsh, the Vernon Little League Vice President, whose son is on the team, said. “After the loss, we then told the boys great job, it doesn’t matter, we are moving on and advancing.”

Opdenbrouw received email confir-

mation from the District 8 Administra-tor, which was followed by a confirma-tion phone call that three pool teams would advance.

Later that night, around 10 p.m., the entire team awaited the brackets for the elimination round, knowing that games could start as soon as the next day. When it was finally released, Ver-non was not in the bracket.

Opdenbrouw and Walsh stayed up until after midnight trying to resolve the issue to avoid having to tell the kids that they would not be advancing.

“The following morning I even went as far as to call Eastern Regional of Lit-tle League International,” Opdenbrouw said, “who after 40 minutes told me that there was nothing they could do.”

But in the face of devastating news, the team and community came togeth-er with the same dedication that they carried with them through the entire season.

“I never had to answer the question, ‘Coach when is practice over,’” Opden-brouw said looking back at the hard work his boys put in. “Time seemed to expire before we noticed it and all they wanted to do was keep playing. This attitude would later be proof positive in our ‘Last Batting Practice.’”

The coach told his team to fo-cus on the positives. On the 49 of-ficial hits the team collected, the 44 strikeouts tallied by the pitching staff, two batters with hits in all five games and one more with hits in four of five.

“I expected some tears and maybe a why,” Opdenbrouw said, “but they seemed to choke them back. One of my boys, profoundly said, ‘Coach, can we be on the team next year?’ To which

I responded, ‘you have to try out each year, but you all have preference as re-turning players.’ I couldn’t believe how adult they were facing this adversity. I certainly will lobby for each one of them to return.”

Fitting, of course, was the rain that began to fall as one last batting prac-tice began.

“At the end, we were hitting balls in the rain and it became a light mo-ment,” Walsh said. “We all had some fun and were sliding around in the dirt and playing in puddles. It’s been a long and tough 24 hours.”

The experience of managing these kids, which Opdenbrouw points out required just “a little fine tuning on my part and with my fellow coaches,” was an overwhelming opportunity, and one he will never forget.

“Our parents were offered for pur-

chase, ‘Fan T Shirts,” the manager said. “These shirts were inscribed their child’s last name and jersey numbers in the Vernon blue and gold. During practice before the game, their children would wear the same shirts to warm up, before putting their sa-cred uniform jerseys on just before the game to keep them sharp. They would proudly hang these jerseys at the front of the dugout, out of respect for the game and I guess in sort of a squared away, imposing way to the other team. The sense of commitment and pride was overwhelming, at least for me. Imagine bleachers full of par-ents wearing their child’s, brother’s, nephew’s, number and name, it was a sight.”

The team finished with a 3-2 record, with run outputs of 15 runs twice 13 in their All-Star opener.

Vernon All-Stars are true champs

Vernon’s 9-10 Little League All-Stars meet on the field after a game in July.

Vernon Little League will hold Fall Ball Registrations on Thursday Au-gust 15th at the Legion Field Snack Shack on Regan Road from 6:00pm to 7:30pm.

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for our new 50/70 Intermediate Divi-sion.

Fall Softball is open for girls ages 7 to 17 as of January 1st 2013.

Registration forms can be down-loaded from our website at www.ver-nonctlittleleague.org under the “Forms & Documents” section.

Vernon Little League fall softball and baseball registration open Staff Report

Rockville will have a new basketball coach for the 2013-14 season.

Rams’ boys basketball head coach Pete McCann stepped down from his position last week.

McCann led the Rams during a down year in 2012-13, with the team posting a 5-15 record and missing out

on post-season play. The team did improve however, af-

ter after a 2-12 start the Rams finished strong with a 3-3 record in February.

McCann is a 1994 Rockville High graduate and led his alma mater for the first time in 2009.

He leaves the position to spend more time with his family.

Rockville’s McCann steps down



ELLINGTON — It is only fitting that a proud community like Ellington crowned a proud Ellington resident as the Ellington Triathlon Champion Sun-day, July 14.

In just his second triathlon ever, Da-vid Hildebrand took the race, by sea, road and foot.

“I expected to win,” the high level road biker said. “I started running about four weeks ago. I don’t swim but I made it through the swim as best I can, and since I live right here I was able to come out on the course to practice.”

Clocking in at an impressive 57 minutes and 52 seconds, Hildebrand finished over two minutes faster than second-place finalist Chris Winter.

He also beat out the top female fin-isher, Allie Burdick, who posted a time of 1:06:30.

“It’s a lot of fun,” Hildebrand said. “I love this because it’s Ellington, I am proud that our town puts this on. I can’t believe how well organized it is. The volunteers come out and give us a great opportunity to have fun.”

The organizers, led by Bill Dough-erty, have just as much fun putting on the event as participants like Hildeb-rand and his wife Nicole have racing in it.

“It’s grown every year for us,” Dougherty said. “We get a lot of peo-ple coming out for their first triathlon, and a lot of their fifth triathlon. It’s a beginner race. It’s a beautiful course, and there’s a nice small competitive group of the top 25 that are very com-petitive.”

With nearly a dozen iron men us-ing the day as a volunteer opportunity, the proceeds go to various deserving causes in the community.

“We raise money for the Ellington fuel fund,” he said, “we also donated the buoys last year.”

The fuel fund is a line item in the town budget, meant to help curb high gas prices.

The Triathlon bas become the main contributor to the fund.

But just like those combatants in the three-skill race, the organizers are competitive, too.

“Tolland started [a triathlon] about seven years ago,” Dougherty said smiling, “and we thought, ‘what a

beautiful setting we have, Ellington should have it instead of Tolland.’ There’s a little rivalry there. Some of us who were triathletes got together and organized it.”

Ellington’s Hildebrand takes hometown triathlon

Evan Macy | StaffEllington’s David Hildebrand.

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Evan Macy | StaffSouth Windsor’s Robert Williams fires a strike to first on a bunt in the Section 2 playoffs.

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Evan Macy | StaffThe SWA bench during a win over Burlington in the Section 2 playoffs, above, and below after a Robert Williams homer against Coginchaug.

Evan Macy | StaffSouth Windsor’s David Hanson delivers a pitch to Coginchaug in the Section 2 finals.

Evan Macy | StaffThe 9-10 District 8 Champions from Ellington celebrate, and above, a key play at the plate and a swing and a miss for Ellington in the District 8 title game.

Evan Macy | StaffTolland and Ellington clashed in the 10-11 Dis-trict 8 playoffs as well, with Tolland prevailing.

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