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Fermi and Rockville will both look for a fresh start this season with first time head coaches in Joe Tata Jr. and Rob Scholtz.

Tata Jr. takes over a Fermi program that went 0-10 last season and he is looking forward to a bright future. He will begin his tenure against a strong Middletown team at home on September 14th. Scholtz took over at Rockville late in the summer after Pat Cox’s position at Tolland was changed to a full time athletic director position. Scholtz is extremely comfortable with Rockville and

worked as Cox’s right hand man during the entire off-season. Scholtz is also eager to rebuild a program that has struggled in the past. He plans to build on what his staff started in January and hopes to restore pride in the Rams program.

This fall the Tolland Eagles should be one of the strongest teams in the area. Coach Andy Bourquin returns a veteran squad that includes Chris Byam at quarter-back. Byam was a 1,000 yard rusher and all-league selection last season for the 6-4 Eagles.

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Fresh Faces For Area TeamsEnfield’s Caron Helps Make USC Trojans Stronger

By B.N Mazzone,The Sports DepartmentLOS ANGELES—In the past 30 years, off season strength training has become just as important as the actual games. Athletes train year round for their sports, oftentimes using a barbell, not a ball. One former Enfield man has made a living out of training these athletes.

Tim Caron, 31, an Enfield High class of 2000 graduate, is currently enter-ing his third season as an associate

strength, nutrition, and recovery coach for the University of Southern Califor-nia (USC).

USC’s football team is currently ranked No. 1 in the country in the associated press poll and is an early season favorite to win the national championship. Caron has taken a long road from Enfield, CT to Los Angeles, CA as a volunteer, intern, and full time staff member.

“It wasn’t the easiest road. I workedSee “LONG”, Page 5

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Learn To Adapt To New CoachBy Jon BuzbyThe Sports Department

It can take time for a player to adapt to a new coach, just like it takes time for a student to adapt to a new teacher. Some parents also need time for adjustment.

You may already be questioning if your child’s coach is the right one to lead the team, regardless of what level your child is playing. And those parents who are not doubting, probably have kids who are.

Some parents coach for that exact rea-son — then there’s no question, at least in the parent’s mind, whether the coach is getting the job done. But for parents who

don’t coach, and for kids who don’t call the coach Mom or Dad, getting used to a new coach can be frustrating at first.

Try to remember that a coach is a volun-teer doing the very best he or she can. Ev-ery decision made might not be the most

popular one, or in the players’ or parents’ opinion, the best one, but it is the coach’s decision and therefore has to be respected as long as safety is not an issue.

Let The Little Things GoMost of the little things parents get

frustrated about usually aren’t that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. Par-ents fight over little items such as how drills are run, if they are effective, and players’ positions on the field. My rule of thumb as a parent is if it’s not jeopardizing the safety of my child, I keep my opinions to myself. After all, I didn’t skip dinner to plan the practice and I’m sitting in the bleachers with a cup of coffee and the sports page during it.

Don’t Demean The Coach In Front Of Your Child

Any time my son questions his coach, I tell him that it’s a good experience to play for different coaches with varying person-alities, just like I strongly believe it’s good

for kids to have teachers with different teaching styles. I remind him that part of being a good athlete is being adaptable to a variety of situations on and off the field. It’s no different than at the varsity, college or professional level.

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However, if you think there’s an issue that needs to be discussed, don’t be afraid to meet with the coach and ask why things are done a certain way. I just wouldn’t do it one week into the season. And if and when you do approach the coach, consider starting the conversation this way: “Coach, I’ve never seen a game situ-

ation handled that way and I am always eager to learn, and so I’m just wondering why you do it that way.”

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Continued from Page 1Ellington, which finished undefeated (10-

0) during the regular season and captured the Pequot League title, graduated 18 starters. The Knights do however return strong athletes in 6-4 receiver Brendan Coverdill, 6-3 receiver Austin Tautkus, and 220 lb. fullback Neal Janiga. In his 14th year, coach Keith Tautkus expects his team to compete. Enfield returns a strong backfield that is led by Avery Boissy and head coach Jay Gaucher (also in his 14th year) will look for his team to be a solid contender this season. South Windsor will look to improve upon its 1-9 record from last season and try to build back towards the .500 mark.

RockvilleScholtz also begins his first year at

Rockville as head coach. Scholtz loves his team’s athleticism and speed. He believes that the Rams need to attack the edge on teams in order to achieve success. He feels that the Rams will be a successful team if they can take advantage of their speed. One concern that he has is inexperience, as he assembles a rather young roster.

Scholtz took over for Cox, who was hired as the coach in January. After he stepped down, Scholtz was appointed the head coach. He was on the staff and was involved in lifting and summer passing leagues from the beginning.

“Pat Cox is great friend, a mentor, and like a big brother to me,” Scholtz said. Although Scholtz took over late in the year, he believes that his staff (and Cox) started laying the positive groundwork in January that the team continues to build upon.

Rockville struggled last season, finishing at 1-9 under Dave Jedidian. The program saw their numbers drop each of the last few years, and they have had difficulty compet-ing with Bloomfield, Northwest Catholic,

Berlin, and Tolland. Sholtz believes Rock-ville can get back their glory days that they celebrated under legendary coach Tom Dunn.

“The last few years here at Rockville has not been what Rockville is, was, or will be,” Scholtz said. “We need to come out and change that now, not three years from now. We need to show that we care about the program, as a coaching staff, a team, and as a community.”

Top returning seniors are RB Devon Charles, senior RB/LB Geoff Barry and Senior OL/DL Tim Wilson.

Ellington/SomersEllington/Somers will look to compete

while replacing 18 starters from last year’s Pequot Conference Champions. The Knights lost eight defensive starters, but return a strong core that is led by seniors Neal Janiga, Austin Tautkus, and Bren-dan Coverdill. All three will be counted on as two way starters for the Knights. Tautkus feels that overall team depth is a concern as the program is smaller in numbers this season. Tautkus will also rely heavily on se-nior linemen Nick Salvador, Sean Tynan, junior backs Christian Schneider, Mike Casciano, and Joe Leslie.

“We have to stay healthy to stay competi-tive. We have a good core group but we will need others to step up for us to continue to be successful.”

Leslie will begin his first year as a quar-terback for the Knights. He replaces Bryan Rider (all-conference, TSD all area team 2011) who led the Knights as a pound-ing rusher and strong passer. Leslie is a speedy back who runs the option well. He also has a strong arm that he carries over from the baseball diamond.

The Knights graduate a class that Tautkus calls, “A once in a lifetime class.” The Knights defense ranked second in

the state last season and only gave up 7.7 points per game. Replacing those pieces will be a tough task.

Tautkus believes that his team works very well together and that teamwork will be strength. Despite losing many starters, Tautkus feels that his team can compete for the division title.

TollandTolland got back to their winning ways

last season finishing 6-4 in 2011. This was a vast improvement from the 0-10 season in 2010. Bourquin has a very talented and physical group that should compete for the league title.

The Eagles are led by standout quar-

terback Chris Byam (all-conference, TSD all-area team) who rushed for over 1,000 yards in 2011. Bourquin will look to senior running backs Mike Crinity, Jarrin Jones, Tom Day, and Tom Black to anchor a strong offensive attack. Tyler Wirth and Steve Koss are strong linemen who look to pave the way for an experienced backfield.

Tolland looks to build with this strong core and they have depth at many spots on the field. Bourquin is concerned about his team defense and his special teams’ performance. The Eagles look to be a competitive team in the CCC.

“When we improve on special teams and defense, we will be an extremely com-petitive team!” Bourquin said.

South WindsorThe Bobcats graduate 13 starters from

last year’s 1-9 squad. This season they hope to continue the rebuilding process. They will be led by junior all confer-ence linebacker Ben Kaczmarek, senior linemen Sam Odell, and Andrew Wolf. Bullock also looks to get strong contribu-tions from senior WR/DB Jesse Lavoie, and senior linebacker Tommy Anderson. Bullock believes that his team’s strength will be running the ball and controlling the clock. However, he is concerned about rebuilding his offensive line and waiting for the team to gel. The Bobcats hope to get back to the .500 mark this season.

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Long Days And Nights Paid Off For CaronContinued from Page 1for free, for credits, lived on couches, but I knew this is what I desired to do. It was the only thing I wanted to do. Now, I sit back and laugh about it. It’s definitely been worth it,” said Caron.

Upon graduating from Enfield High, Caron attended Springfield College and pursued a double major in Math and Education. After one year, he transferred to Westfield State in pursuit of the same degree. In the end, Caron finished the Math degree, but along the way, he lost the desire to teach.

“I was doing my student teaching and the entire time I was in there I’d be think-ing about how to train, how to improve my workouts, what I’d do at the gym and all that,” said Caron. “One day I woke up and said to myself, ‘Being a math teacher is what I’m supposed to do. It’s not what I want to do!’ After that, I did some re-search, met with advisors and I pursued a degree in exercise science.”

Caron spent time as a volunteer football coach at Enfield High while pursuing his degree, but realized that he wasn’t keen on coaching football either.

“It was fun and all, but I realized that I didn’t care about it all that much. Foot-ball is great, I have a love for it, but I just wanted to get in the weight room. I wanted to help the kids there, not on the field,” Caron said.

Caron first became interested in lifting during middle school. Over the years, the interest in improving his performance grew.

“I always lifted to become better at football. I wanted to be the best football player. Then when I became a junior or senior I realized that all football did was get in the way of lifting. I loved it more than football. I saw direct results in the gym and I loved that. I felt at home in the gym and with other people who worked hard there,” said Caron.

Caron was a three sport athlete playing football, basketball, and track at both En-field and Fermi High (he transferred after two years at Fermi). Although his teams continually struggled while in Enfield, he feels that his experience helped mold him.

“I learned so much in Enfield,” Caron said. “Enfield has a different culture. En-field gave me a great experience. I mean I meet kids and coaches from other states and towns who focused on one sport and barely made the teams. Me, I got to play three sports. If me and my friends lived in

a different part of the country we would have been cut from the foot-ball teams, laughed off the courts on the basketball teams and given no chance to compete. In Enfield, I could play three sports and excel. It was a great experience. Today, I think that helps me relate to my athletes better because I get what

a basketball player thinks, a hitter in base-ball, a full back in football, and a thrower in track. I understand those kids because of what Enfield provided me.”

Caron credits his father, Phil, who still lives in Enfield, for helping him become the employee that he is today.

“I couldn’t have had a better role model. My dad was awesome. He never has a bad day. I always waited for him to come home mad, upset, angry, and he never did. He was consistent every day. He was reliable, consistent, and honest and those were MVP traits for me. I love what he provided for me,” Caron said.

Upon completing his degree, Caron ended up back at Springfield College and started his master’s in Strength and Conditioning. In the meantime, he volun-teered for a semester at Harvard, interned at Georgia Tech, and Ole Miss. Along the way he met some people who had a huge

Enfield native Tim Caron has been a strong addition to the USC football training staff. Caron is in his third season as an associate strength and nutrition coach at the school. Courtesy of: University of Southern California

influence on his career.“I interned at Tech and my boss (Eric

Ciano) recommended me to his best friend, a guy who worked with him at the University of Tennessee, Aaron (Ausums). Aaron was Eric’s friend and he was the Ole Miss head strength coach. I interned at both places and stayed in touch with those guys. That summer while working at Ole Miss, Ciano called me and offered me a full time job at Tech,” said Caron.

He accepted the job at Tech and suspended his work at Springfield. He enrolled in an online master’s program at the University of California Pennsylvania in performance enchantment and injury prevention. Once that was done, Caron finished the degree at Springfield.

“When I got hired at Tech I had achieved what I wanted. But I always knew that I’d want those degrees and I’d want bigger things. That extra education was important to me. It took a while, but it made me more marketable,” said Caron.

At Georgia Tech, Caron was an as-sistant for the football team and was the head trainer for the women’s basketball program. During that time the football team won the ACC Championship, and faced Iowa in the Orange Bowl. Caron was on the sidelines for all of that. The women’s basketball team also competed in the NCAA tournament for all three years that Caron coached the team. He worked with athletes such as Calvin Johnson, Derrick Morgan, and Iman Shumpert. After three years on the job, his boss Eric Ciano left for the Buffalo Bills.


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Eagles Look To Hit High Point During Playoff TimeBy Nate Owen,The Sports Department

The Tolland Eagles are relatively inex-perienced entering the season, but that just means they’ll be peaking come playoff time.

“I believe we can compete with the best teams in our league and in Class M,” Tol-land head coach Jim Leahy said.

Tolland was 8-5-4 in 2011 and lost to fourth-seeded Montville in the second round of the state tournament.

While they have a deep roster enter-ing the season, the Eagles are lacking experience, and will be faced with the task of replacing two-time all-state goalkeeper Eric Venezia.

Top returners include senior captains Keenan Devaney, Jack Moran, and Ethan Culver, along with senior back Cody Wasilewski, who Leahy is counting on to anchor the defense. Both Dev-aney and Culver return as starters in the midfield, while Moran is coming off a knee injury that kept him out last season.

“This team has real upside if they can come together for a single goal,” Leahy said.

EllingtonEllington returns a solid nucleus of

players from last year’s 11-5-1 team that made it the second round of the Class M

tournament.The Knights are led by seniors Drew

Cohen (midfielder/forward), Andrew Parker, (midfielder/defense), and Kevin Stein (goalie).

Cohen scored seven goals en route to All-NCCC honors last season, while Parker started every game and Stein split

goalie duties for an Ellington team that posted eight shutouts.

Also back are junior midfielder/defender Jon Bassett and sophomore forward James Costanzo, who had ten goals as a freshman.

While Ellington has plenty of experience up front, they’ll be looking to replace much of their backline, according to head coach Roy Gurnon.

“This year’s team will be fun to watch progress. They definitely have potential but right now they need to make the game simpler for themselves and their team-mates,” Gurnon said.

South WindsorAfter losing in the first round of the Class

LL playoffs two seasons in a row, South Windsor returns an experienced core that’s ready to go this fall.

Top returners for the Bobcats include a group of seniors led by Andrew Smith, a two-time All-CCC North midfielder, Christian Lopes, a 2011 All-CCC North midfielder, Zach Heckt, who lead the team with 13 goals, and goalie Eric Hintz. South Windsor is 16-3-3 in games started by Hintz.

Also back are seniors Andrew Panteson, who South Windsor head coach Dave St. Jean calls a “relentless competitor,” and backs Evan Cheman and

Jeff Allen.St. Jean said the Bobcats will look to

replace scoring and depth from last year’s 11-2-2 team, while also looking to step up in big games.

RockvilleAfter failing to register a win in 2011, the

Rams enter this season looking to make the strides needed to become a competi-tive team.

“We seem to be in a constant mode of rebuilding,” head coach Jamie Bunker said. “Not only have we lost three starters to graduation but five other of our younger players decided not to come out for vari-ous reasons.”

Among those back, senior captain Con-nor McCullough is a steady defensive player, while senior midfielders/forwards Danny Moncada and Matt Beaulieu will be counted upon for offense.

Juniors Nico Petrella and Brian Bliek anchor the backline, while classmate Matt Tracey is fighting through a variety of inju-ries, but can become a playmaker. Bunker is also counting on contributions from a trio of sophomore forwards in Shaun Monaghan, Seamus Foley, and Brett Montming.

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Rams Return Experienced TeamBy Reid L. Walmark,The Sports Department

Rockville returns all but two start-ers from the 2011 team that went 6-9-2 overall. The Rams were 4-2-2 down the stretch. They lost in the first round of the CIAC Class L tournament. Rebuilding the defense – namely finding a new goalten-der and two wingbacks – has been the focus of the preseason for coach Jennifer Brindisi, in her 14th season. The season opener is September 11th at Southington.

Senior Laura Skoly has looked good at center midfield. She is one of the cap-tains along with senior defender Colleen Donohue and senior Sarah Provencher, an All-CCC defender last season. Other key players should be sophomore Haley Hasty, senior Emily Vincze, junior Sarah Vincze and senior Lindsey Brosseau in the midfield and sophomore Morgan Skoly on attack.

“Last year our record was 2-6 in the first half of the season,” Brindisi said. “We had

obviously improved during the season and were playing very well at the end. Laura Skoly was only able to play in the second half of the season. This year we will have her from the start, and we have ten players returning from that team, so we have a solid core. We will be relying on freshmen to step in. The quicker we learn to work together, the more successful we will be.”

TollandThe Eagles went 13-1-2 in the regular

season last fall and earned the No. 6 seed in the Class M tournament. Tolland (14-2-2) was eliminated in the second round. The Eagles finished in first place in the CCC East with a 13-0-1 record.

Senior center midfielder Hannah Fay, an All-CCC player as a sophomore and junior, senior midfielder Megan Lester and Katie Akerley are the captains. Sopho-more midfielder Jenny Jacobs scored eight goals as a ninth-grader. Senior forward Mariah Elliot was named All-CCC East in 2011. Sophomore midfielder Alex Matteo will be in a utility role this fall for coach Ken Boucher (52-15-6), in his fifth year. He says the keys to success will be discipline, concentration and playing with composure.

“We need to know our on-field respon-sibilities to maximize our opportunities,”

Boucher said. “We also lost our starting defense, so team chemis-try and smart, simple play are a must.” Tolland kicks off the 2012 season on September 11th at Hall in West Hartford.

EllingtonOff a 9-4-1 regular season in 2011, the

Knights earned the No. 16 seed in Class M tournament, where they were eliminated in the first round. John Hostetler, who coached in Ellington from 1986 to 2001, has taken over as head coach. He is replacing four starters.

Senior midfielder Gigi Rubino, who was All-NCCC last fall, and junior forward Rachel Ziter are the captains. Junior de-fender Olivia Kosilla, sophomore defend-er Emily Costanzo and senior goaltender

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Hannah Fay was All-CCC as a sophomore for the Eagles.


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wrapped up another very successful season with a fourth place showing in the New Eng-land Sectional Tournament held at Hall High School in West Hartford last month.

This was the second consecutive appear-ance in the sectionals for the Ellington team, which also successfully defended its title at the USTA Western Massachusetts State Championship this season.

Building from this year’s undefeated regular season, the Western Massachusetts State Championship, and last year’s New England Sectional experience, the Ellington team faced five regional New England cham-pions in the sectionals including Old Say-brook Racquet Club representing Connecti-cut, North Hampton, representing Maine, Bill Dunn Summer Tennis, representing Eastern Massachusetts, Edge Essex representing Vermont, and Team New Hampshire.

After dropping their first match to the very powerful, and ultimate New England Sectional Champion, Old Saybrook Racquet Club, the Ellington team held their own,

winning their next three head-to-head match ups against Bill Dunn Summer Tennis, Team New Hampshire, and Edge Essex teams.

Led by Coach Rich Willis, the Ellington team played the largest roster in the tourna-ment following Coach Willis’ philosophy of allowing all who took part in the season to take part in the playoffs. While this may not appear significant at first glance, the Ellington team played 10 different players in the New England Sectionals while other teams limited themselves to their top six to seven players. Representing the Ellington team in the Sec-tionals were Austin Chen, Micah Fox, Ryan Sherba, Kevin Sisco, Lexi Kubas, Jessica Maitland, Candace Settle, Kathryn Sisco, Ashley Thomas, and Madison White.

The final standings were determined by the total number of individual games each team won in all its matches. The Ellington team finished fourth winning 124 game wins but closely missed out on third place where the Bill Dunn Summer Tennis Team won 130 games.

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The teams and players from our past are a huge part of what shapes our memo-ries and overall appreciation for sports. And nothing can cause memories to come rushing back quite like an old team photograph or an action shot from someone’s “glory days.”

This is our first installment of our new feature called “TSD Turn Back The Clock.”iMember Premium subscribers may logon to TheSportsDept.com to com-

ment on any of the photos in this gallery.

1983 - The Tolland girls soccer team defeated Farmington 2-1 to win the Class S state cham-pionship. It was the first of three consecutive championships for the Eagles. Courtesy of: Tolland High School

1990 - It was real life Glory Days for the Rock-ville High football team which captured the Class L state championship by defeating Newington 14-10. Courtesy of: Rockville High School

This photo of an Ellington recreation basketball All-Star team was likely taken in the early 1970’s. The team was coached by Dick Gunn who is pictured at far right. (Courtesy of: “Bullet” Bob Hayes)

If you have a photo you would like to see in next month’s edition of The Sports Department you may email it to us at [email protected] or mail it to us at The Sports Department, P.O. Box 746, Ellington, CT 06029.Mailed photos MUST be accompanied by a paid return postage envelope in order to be returned to sender.

This is a 1970 or 80’s era photo of the Timothy Edwards-South Windsor Middle School boys basketball team. The team was coached by the late Fred Hammick (far right). iMember Premium subscribers may logon to TheSportsDept.com to comment on any of the photos in this gallery. (Courtesy of: Craig Zimmerman)

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Tolland Girls Cross Country Looks To RepeatBy Danny Atkinson,The Sports Department

Tolland’s girls cross country team decisively won the 2011 M Class cham-pionship. In 2012 they are shooting for a repeat. Head coach Judi Lafontaine believes Tolland has the talent and confi-dence to again end up on top. Sophomore Courtney Akerly is the clear number one for Tolland. Akerly was the CCC East champion last season and placed fifth in Class M and 12th at the State Open while earning All-Conference and All-State Honors. Behind Akerly, Tolland has fellow All-Conference performers Melissa Caron and Molly Kozlowski as its second and third-ranked runners.

Tolland’s boys cross country team was the Class MM state champion in 2011, but are in a rebuilding year after losing four key starters.Tolland returns two outstand-ing runners in Colin Sauter and Connor Lafontaine. Sauter was both All-Con-ference and All-State last season, while Lafontaine earned All-Conference honors.

The volleyball team went 15-5 last season and defeated Killingly in the Class M tournament before losing to Rocky Hill in the quarterfinals. Tolland’s top returning players are Kelsey Lewis, Kayla Hig-gins and Delaney Kirk. Lewis, an outside hitter, was a force in every aspect of the game. She led the team in kills (153), aces (97) and digs.

EllingtonWith the return of its top two runners,

Ellington’s boys cross country team looks

to get over the hump and take home the NCCC title. Neil Hulstein and Spencer LeBel will form one of the top tandems in the NCCC. Head coach Aaron Flamino believes Hulstein is very capable of win-ning the individual conference title and earning All-Class and All-State honors.

The girls cross country team placed fourth in Class M last season and won the Class M title in 2010. Senior Kayla Sgarlata was All-Conference last year and Jen Hulstein was conference champion in 2010 and is hoping to rebound after being injured most of last year.

The volleyball team’s goal is to qualify for the state tournament after just missing out on it last season. In libero Ali Larew, outside hitter Jana Grinaski and setter Sam Salwa, Ellington has three players it can always rely on. Larew had 113 digs and 43 aces last season.

VernonRockville cross country had a season to

forget in 2011, as it has it had to forfeit all but one meet. Shayla Schoenberger has been Rockville’s top runner over the last two seasons. The boys cross country team finished 4-10 last season. The team’s top returning runners are junior Sean O’Gara and senior Steven Tarro.

Rockville’s volleyball team is coming off of a trying 3-15 campaign. Head Coach Kimberly Marinan believes her team’s versatility should allow them to improve in 2012. Rockville’s top returning players are juniors Danielle Wemmell, Emily Burg and Amy Eitelman. Wemmell will be a

strong outside hitter, while Burg and Eitel-man will showcase strong serves as the middle hitter and setter positions.

South Windsor

South Windsor’s boys cross country team had a 14-2 last season, and returns four of its top six runners. Ethan Gasta was South Windsor’s No. 1 runner last year, Ryan Krazar was ranked third, and Connor Grothe fourth.

South Windsor’s swimming team brings back a ton of talent from a one-loss team that placed seventh in the Class LL meet. The team is hoping to make another big leap in 2012 with All-Conference perform-ers Christine Lenkeit, Jenny Belanger, Michelle Robidoux, Lauren Branscombe

and Allie Romanowski returning.The volleyball team went 15-3 in 2011

but experienced a disappointing finish after it lost in the second round of the Class LL. The team returns Bryn Galuska and libero Kileigh Nassau.

Girls cross country coach, Clint Bow-man, expects a very promising group of young runners’ valuable opportunities to develop during the season. Juniors Kaitlyn LaBonte and Melissa Jakaj are the most experienced of this group.

South Windsor’s field hockey team was 7-8 last season, losing in the first round of the Class LL tournament. It returns midfield-er Angie King, who was South Windsor’s top scorer and earned All-Conference honors.

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Accomplishments: My biggest accom-plishment of the field in school would have to be how no matter how challenging of a course load I take, I still always have made it on the honor roll.GPA: My current GPA is a 3.4325.How do you prepare for a game? The way in which I prepare for a game is I start off by doing a lap around the course to get use to the terrain and to get warmed up.Expectations for the next season: I expect that we finally beat the team who we haven’t been able to beat since I have been on the cross country team my fresh-men year, which is Glastonbury. Favorite Career Moment: The biggest accomplishment in my running career was on the last race of my sophomore year for outdoor track I finished with a personal best 4:59 in the mile.What area were you strongest in? What area did you improve the most in over your career? The area that I am strongest in for my running is my endurance. The area that I most improved in is the way I finished strong and fast.Looking back, what are you going to miss the most about playing for your team? Overall, what are you going to miss the most about high school? The thing which I will miss most about my team is the team unity which made us very close.

It will be tough to leave them behind. Favorite ath-lete? Which athlete do you most model your game af-ter? My favorite athlete who I look up to while I run is Steve Prefontaine who ran races from the 2000 to the 10000. Red Sox or Yankees?

UConn men or UConn women? Yan-kees, UConn men.What is your favorite sports website to follow? I follow mysportsresults.com. The reason that this website is so helpful, is it allows me to not only track my records but also allows me to see my competition and see around what times I need to get to win.Plans after high school: After high school I plan to keep on running whether if it’s on a team or as a club. I will most likely run for the college I (attend). To see the rest of this interview, please go to www.thesportsdept.com

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With Olympic season behind us, all eyes were on team USA as they competed against the strongest and fastest athletes around the world. If you follow sports at all, you are

sure to see powerful and defined muscles flexing and stretching to defy gravity.

These superhuman athletes make impos-sible feats seem effortless, but supporting their muscles, tendons, and joints are little colorful strips of tape, Kinesio-Tape to be specific.

Kinesio-Tape is the new craze in physical rehabilitation, but in reality it’s been around for decades. Kenzo Kase, a Japanese doc-tor, developed the tape in 1973. It gained worldwide exposure in the 1988 Seoul Olym-pics and was then introduced in the United States in 1995. This special tape uses properties including elasticity and recoil, not found in traditional athletic tape. Its purpose is to enhance muscular, joint, and circulatory function in a medication free, non-invasive, and nonrestrictive manner.

While Kinesio-Tape has become a staple in locker rooms and athletic fields around the world, you certainly don’t need to be an Olympian in order to train or recover from an injury like one. Whether you’re a weekend warrior on the basketball court, a novice

runner, or recovering from surgery, a Certi-fied Kinesio-Taping Practitioner (CKTP) can help you return to your prior level of activity. Some of the commonly treated conditions include ankle sprain, achilles tendonitis, hip bursitis, and tennis elbow.

In addition to providing traditional rehabili-tative services, a CKTP can apply the tape to provide a continued and ongoing effect of your treatment even after you have left the clinic. Each taping technique is special-ized to your injury and customized for your lifestyle. The desired effects are reduction in swelling, decreased pain, and improved joint alignment. The gentle and water proof tape can be worn up to 3-5 days, allowing you to return to your normal day-to-day func-tion. You can find a Certified Kinesio-Taping Practitioner at Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN) in the Physical Therapy Department. Visit the Glastonbury Wellness Center, located at 622 Hebron Ave Glaston-bury, CT, for your local office.

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By Bob Tedford, Ellington Recreation2012 Charles Huggins /Youth and Adult tennis tournament

In conjunction with the Friends of Elling-ton Tennis, September 29th and 30th have been designated as the weekend to offer the “FIRST” Charles Huggins tennis tour-nament, the event being named after the long-time Ellington youth tennis instructor, who passed in the spring of 2012.

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eligible for the 6th grade team. Tryouts are conducted in early-October.

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Ellington Student Athlete of the Month

Nickname GatorAccomplishments: NCCC 2011-12 All-Conference Team, 2011-12 All Area TeamGPA 4.0How do you prepare for a game? I like to listen to my iPod, get out on the field as early as possible and knock the ball around with a couple team-mates.Expectations for the next season/Thoughts on the season: This season should be a great one for the Knights. We have a good core group of returning seniors as well as some really talented underclass-menFavorite Career Moment: Please Elaborate Sophomore year away against Plainville in the 2nd round of the state tourney. It was a night game and the stands were packed with fans – I’ve never felt more anxious for a game in my entire life. We went in as under-dogs but came out with a 2-1 victory from a late game-winner.What area were you strongest in? What area did you improve the most in over your career? I think I’ve always been pretty Plaques for the Student Athlete of The Month are provided courtesy of

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KnightsKnightsKnightsgood at seeing the field and distributing the ball to my teammates, but my confidence on the ball is definitely something I’ve improved upon most in my career.Looking back, what are you going to miss the most about playing for your team? Well, I’ve been playing with the same guys since I was 10 years old so it’s definitely gonna be tough knowing that after this sea-son we won’t be playing soccer with each other again. What is the toughest challenge you’ve overcome? Freshmen year I was really hop-ing to make varsity, but unfortunately for me, I didn’t. So, I kept working really hard every day in practice and about halfway through the season I got called up.Favorite athlete? Which athlete do you most model your game after? Derek Jeter without question. And it’s pretty tough to model your game after a Messi or a Ronaldo, so I guess I just kinda work hard and play my own game.Red Sox or Yankees? UConn men or UConn women? Yankees. UConn Men.Plans after high school: After high school I’m planning to head off to college to major in engineering, but nothing’s for certain. Hope-fully I’ll end up somewhere where I might be able to play soccer, but we’ll see how that all plays out in the future.

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Eastern Connecticut Hockey Tournament

On September 21, 2102 the East-ern Connecticut Hockey Organization (ECHO) will hold their 11th Annual Golf Tournament at the Blackledge C.C. in Hebron, CT. The cost is $448 for four-somes ($117 for Single Golfers) and includes Lunch, Golf, Cart and Dinner.

Not a Golfer? Then come for dinner and the Raffle (over 50 items). Silent& Live Auc-tions as well.

Cost for Dinner only is $43. Lots of sports memo-rabilia. Please visit www.echostars.com or call Bob Pilney at 860-647-9398.

Stafford Bulldog Youth Football League Tournament

The Stafford Bulldog Youth Football League will hold its golf tourna-ment on Sept 21 at Cedar Knob Golf Course in Somers.

Entry fee is $110 and includes golf, cart, lunch, dinner, prizes, golf awards and more.

The format is a scramble and shotgun play begins at noon. Silent Auction and Chinese Raffle also held. For more information please contact Henry Engel (860) 262-1651 or Scott Gilbert (860) 993-4865; [email protected]. COME JOIN THE FUN AND SUPPORT THE CAUSE!

Vernon Orioles Tournament Slated For October 6

The Vernon Orioles baseball club will

hold its 21st annual golf tournament on Oct 6 at Twin Hills CC in Coventry. Entry fee is $110 per golfer and includes greens fees, cart, post-tournament barbecue, golf towels, balls and team picture. All proceeds benefit the Vernon Orioles and Vernon Park and Recre-ation.

Deadline for registration is Oct 1. Please call Steve Krajewski at 860-870-3520 for more information or

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Burke Scholarship Women’s Golf TournamentThe North Central Connecticut Cham-

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This year’s tournament will held on September 21st, at the Rolling Mead-ows Country Club located at 76 Sadds Mill Road in Ellington, CT. A continental breakfast for the golfers will be held in the club’s banquet hall at 8am, fol-

lowed by a 9am shot gun start. The 9-hole tournament will be

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This year’s tourna-ment will include the

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The fee per golfer is $65.00, which includes continental breakfast, lunch, greens fees, and golf cart. All proceeds from this event will be awarded to stu-dents from the five area high schools, as well as NCCCC member’s children, and one student from Asnuntuck Com-munity College. To register for this event please contact the chamber at (860) 741-3838.

Local Golf Tournament ListingsSean Benjamin and Bob Ballok shot a

74 and took first place in the Junior-Adult Tournament held at Twin Hills CC in Cov-entry. Benjamin was also successful in winning the overall Junior Club cham-pionship, carding a 77 to outpace Dan Bullock (80) and Allan Andrews (83).

Junior/Adult Tournament Results - Alternate Shot

1st: Bob Ballok & Sean Benjamin 752nd: Dave Morrison & Guest 763rd: Ron Regan & Kyle Regan 79 m/c4th: Ross Brancati & John Brancati 79

m/c5th: Dave Mathieu & Dan Weed 826th: Bryan Blair & Kirk Blair 837th: Ben Phelom & Peter Phelom 84High Reverse - Daniel Piazza & Bob

PiazzaClosest to the Pin - 4th, Sean Benja-

min & Bob Ballok

8th, John Bracati & Ross Brancati16th, Ross Brancati & John BrancatiClosest to the Pin 2nd Shot 18th

Hole - Dave Mathieu & Dan Weed 0’-0”

Tournament Results From Twin Hills CC

Sean Benjamin (L) and Bob Ballok show off the hardware after winning the Junior-Adult title at Twin Hill CC. Courtesy of: Twin Hills CC

Boggini Wins THCC Club ChampionshipTolland’s Glen Boggini won the Twin

Hills CC championship for the second consecutive year. Flight results below:

2012 THCC Club Championship Winners of the Flights

Gross Hcp. NetA - Flight

1st Bruce McKinney 78/83 11 1392nd Mike Lafontaine 82/78 10 1403rd Steve Noel 79/74 5 143

B - Flight1st Jim Flannery 79/85 15 1342nd Aaron Duncan 87/83 18 1343rd Paul Costello 81/81 13 136

C - Flight1st Dave Warner 88/88 21 1342nd Joe Graves 91/92 23 1373rd Harold Violette 95/87 22 138

Senior Flight1st Mickey McDermott 102/94 33 1302nd Nick Isch 86/88 18 138

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Athletes prepare for the day by making sure they have their running shoes, cleats, shin guards, uniform and ball to take to

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Continued from Page 7Kiara Stone will be key contributors as well.

The season-opener is September 11th at Canton. “We will have to play with great effort and togetherness to compete in the tough NCCC,” Hostetler said.

South WindsorFive starters must be replaced for the

Bobcats, including an All-State defender, who went 11-1-4 last year and gave up but five goals all season. After an undefeated regular season, in which South Windsor (10-0-3) placed second in the CCC North to Class LL champions Glastonbury (11-0-2), the Bobcats lost in the second round of the Class LL tournament. Senior forward Chris-tine Allard, the team’s leading goal-scorer

a year ago, was All-CCC in 2011. Junior for-ward Rebecca Karlins was second in goals. The preseason focus has been to develop additional scorers. The season starts on September 11th against Bristol Eastern.

Other key players should be senior defenders Tori Russo and Lauren Dansereau, juniors Kat Comeau, a mid-fielder, and Auna Harvey, a defender, and sophomore defenders Dani Karpiej and Colleen Bouquot.

“If we can develop our goal scoring abili-ties, stay healthy, and continue to improve daily, we will be a contender in [the] states,” said coach Ed Duclos, in his second year. “We have strong player leadership, talented and experienced players, a strong defense, and a skilled group of new/younger players.”

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Most after school practices or games are within 4 hours of lunch, so it is im-portant to eat well at lunch. Choose a turkey sandwich, pasta, yogurt, fruit, or a granola bar. When lunch is within 2 hours, choose cereal and low-fat milk, a piece of toast, a low-fat muffin, half of a bagel with yogurt or fruit. If you are in a tournament or practicing 2 or 3 times a day, plan to eat carbohydrates in between each game or session.

Eating a recovery snack within 30 minutes after a practice or game helps in the replacement of glycogen storage. Glycogen is a large molecule produced in the liver that stores glucose for the body. After carbohydrates have been consumed, more glycogen is produced and released as glucose levels deplete. An ideal recovery snack would include:• Granola, energy or breakfast bars• Bagels with peanut butter• Submarine sandwiches• Crackers and cheese• Burritos• Fresh fruit such as apples, bananas,

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Nickname: Lobster, ChiAccomplish-ments: I haven’t missed a day of school since April of second grade.GPA: 96.371, 13th in a class of 207How do you prepare for a game? I usu-ally spend a lot of time before games with my team. I think it’s important to have a strong team bond in order to play well on the court.Expectations for the next season/Thoughts on the season: I think this will be a good season for the team. We have been playing well together and won our first scrimmage of the season after only a couple days of practice.Favorite Career Moment: Sophomore year I got a kill at an away game with my left hand. I still remember turning around in awe to my coach because I couldn’t believe the ball even made it over the net.What area were you strongest in? What area did you improve the most in over your career? I remember com-ing in freshman year and having a pretty good serve. I didn’t always make it over the net, but still had more power than other people in my grade. I think I have improved on passing a lot.Looking back, what are you going to miss the most about playing for your team? Overall, what are you going to miss the most about high school? I’m already dreading the end

of the season when I have to leave my teammates. We become almost like a family with the amount of time we spend together during the season. I will miss all of my friends after high school, but I will especially miss being in the same school with my mom and stepfather every day. I can’t imagine not walking down the hallway and yelling my stepfa-ther’s name or going into guidance to sit by my mom’s desk after school to talk about my day.What is the toughest challenge you’ve overcome? I was diagnosed with compartment syndrome in both legs last year. It took me out of volleyball and forced me to miss a year of dance. I had surgery on both legs in April and I’m still pushing through to a full recovery. There are a few things I still can’t do this season, but I won’t let it stop me from playing.Favorite athlete? Which athlete do you most model your game after? My favorite athlete would be Misty May-Treanor. I really admired her during the Olympics and dream of being able to play volleyball as well as she does.Red Sox or Yankees? UConn men or UConn women? Yankees, UConn women.Favorite band, movie, TV show? TV show: Pretty Little Liars, Dance Moms, and Gilmore Girls; Movie: Toy StoryHow do you believe sites like Twit-ter and Facebook have changed how you watch and follow sports? It’s sad, but I usually look to Twitter or a phone app to tell me the scores of sports games instead of sitting down to watch them.Plans after high school: I plan to go to college to study elementary education. My dream is to go to UConn and go through the Neag School of Education.


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By Reid L. Walmark,The Sports Department

Senior Alex Danais, of South Windsor, a graduate of Worcester Academy, is a defender on the Sacred Heart University men’s soccer team. Entering this season, he had played in 44 matches, starting half of them, with one goal, a game winner against NJIT last fall.

Ian Hunter (Ellington 2009) is back for his second year as captain at Castelton (VT) State. He is a de-fender who began the season with three goals in 53 career matches. Sophomore Michael Thomas (Elling-ton 2011) is a midfielder at Stonehill College. Sophomore Ben Zandonella (South Windsor 2011) is defender who started five games last season. Senior Ryan Mocadlo (Ellington 2009) is defender at WPI. Sophomore Eric Crevoiserat, a graduate of Glas-tonbury, is a midfielder at WPI, and Sam Russell (GHS) is another sopho-more midfielder for WPI.

Sophomore Kristen Tetrault (Tol-land 2011), who was named Com-monwealth Coast Conference rookie

of the year last fall, is a midfielder for the Roger Williams women’s soc-

cer team. She had six goals and six assists in 2011, third best on the team, although she started nine of 22 matches. Tetrault scored in RWU’s 1-1 tie against Wheaton College on August 31.

Six of Tetrault’s former teammates at Tolland are freshmen playing in college. Kristin Carr (Tolland 2012) is a midfielder/forward at St. Rose College. Carr had three goals and an assist in a 10-0 win over NYIT on August 30. Allison Gallo (THS 2012) is a forward at the University of Connecticut. Two of Gallo’s team-mates with the Huskies are senior midfielder Karen Gurnon (THS 2008) and Michelle Baj (South Windsor 2009), a senior defender who trans-ferred from Siena College. Freshman Kaitlin Thibideau (THS 2012) is a defender at Eastern Connecticut. Three of Thibideau’s teammates are senior forward Taylor Buchanan (Ellington 2009), freshman defender Gia Karahalios (South Windsor 2012) and senior midfielder Kelly Wallace (SWHS 2009). Alyssa Valenti (THS 2012) is a defender at LIU Post. Allie

Nuccio (THS 2012) is a defender at Manchester Community College and Kailee Doerfler (THS 2012) is a mid-fielder at MCC.

Sophomore Bryan Fowler (Tol-land 2011) is running cross country at UConn. The season opens on Sep-tember 15. His high school teammate, Trevor Lafontaine (THS 2011), is a sophomore on the Army cross country team, which opened on September 7. Matt Mensher (THS 2012) is a fresh-man running at Quinnipiac.

Senior Andrew Sullivan (Elling-ton 2009) is running cross country at Sacred Heart. Freshman Alex Smith (EHS 2012) is a freshman running for the Assumption College men’s team. He placed 74th out of 143 finishers on September 1 at Keene State.

Senior Allison Landry (Ellington 2010) is running at Georgian Court, where she is the school record-holder in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in track. Alexandra Maciolek (EHS 2012) is a freshman runner at Eastern Connecticut where she placed 115th of 147 finishers on September 1 at Keene State.

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Senior captain Ian Hunter, of Ellington, looks to get Castleton State College over the hump for a NAC title after finishing runner-up to Husson last season. Hunter, a defender, has three goals in his career.

Local DigestEllington’s Russell Fighting Hard To Recover From

Tragic AccidentEllington High senior Troy Russell is

continuing with his rehabilitation at Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford. Russell, an All-Conference shortstop for the EHS baseball team and guard for the basketball team, broke two vertebrae in his neck in a swim-ming accident in Rhode Island last month.

The extent of the injury is still unknown, but Russell is battling daily to recover use of his upper and lower extremities. The community has banded together in numerous ways to try to help Russell and his family. Individuals wishing to show their support for Russell may purchase inspirational “Pray For Troy” wristbands. The bands are $5 each and are available during business hours at Bolles Motors in

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Ellington. All proceeds will be donated to the Troy Russell Benefit Fund.

South Windsor High School To Form Hall of FameSouth Windsor High School is proud to

be celebrating 50 years of history, memo-ries and tradi-tion. To com-memorate this, South Windsor High school is establishing a South Windsor High School Hall of Fame.

The purpose of the South Windsor High School Hall of Fame is to recognize individual contributions to athletics, scho-lastics, associated student body activities (such as the arts, student government, and other clubs), career, community service,

and society as a whole.The nomination deadline has been

extended to November 2, 2012. Nomina-tion forms are available in the main office at South Windsor High School or on our website at www.southwindsorschools.org/highschool by clicking on the link for 50th Anniversary News.

Eligible nominees include: alumni of SWHS or Ellsworth who graduated a minimum of 10 years ago; employees of SWHS or Ellsworth who have left a mini-mum of 5 years ago; and people who have made extraordinary contributions to South Windsor High School may or may not have been an alumni or employee of South Windsor High School.

Rockville Taps Caban For Varsity Girls Basketball PostRockville High School has a new varsity

girls basketball coach. Former Bolton boys coach and CT Wave AAU girls coach, Israel Caban, was officially named head coach of the Rams. Caban replaces Craig

EHS Alumni Game Honors Former Player And Service Hero

The Ellington High soccer team held its annual alumni game on August 25. More than 40 former players returned to play in the game and also to honor a former team-mate and local hero, Greg Caron, who lost both of his legs while on active duty in Afghanistan last year.

The game was tied 1-1 at halftime, but the Alumni took control in the second half on the way to a 3-1 victory. Please see many more photos at TheSportsDept.com.

Greg Caron addressed the crowd at last month’s Alumni game in Ellington.

Archambault, who left this past spring for a coaching positon at Canton High School. Caban takes over an RHS squad that finished 0-20 a year ago, but returns a number of talented underclassmen.

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Nickname: DeDomAccomplish-ments: In soc-cer my team made it to the state tourna-ment last year. In track I was all state and all conference sophomore and junior years. My 4x4 also competed in emerging elite in the New Balance Nationals my sophomore year. Junior year my team won Class M states.GPA: 3.4How do you prepare for a game? I always listen to music before every game or meet. For soccer games I always braid my hair before the game.Expectations for the next season/Thoughts on the season: This soccer season I expect us to work hard and make it as far as we possibly can. It all depends how hard we practice and how we perform on the field.Favorite Career Moment: My favorite career moment in high school sports would be going to North Carolina for the New Balance Nation-als for track. It was a crazy experience com-

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peting against the best high school athletes.What area were you strongest in? What area did you improve the most in over your career? In soccer I’m strongest in defense. But for track I improved in the 400m run the most over my career.Looking back, what are you going to miss the most about playing for your team? Overall, what are you going to miss the most about high school? I’m going to miss my teammates, all the girls I’ve ever played with. That’s what makes you do a sport in the first place.What is the toughest challenge you’ve overcome? Making it through a track season. Running and getting in shape has always been a challenge for me in soccer so I made myself do track to get in shape and that was constant running. It was one of the hardest, but most rewarding in the end.Favorite athlete? Which athlete do you most model your game after? My favorite athlete is Alex Morgan.Red Sox or Yankees? UConn men or UConn women? I’m a Red Sox fan. UConn women.Favorite band, movie, TV show? Zac Brown Band, Despicable Me, WakebrothersHow do you believe sites like Twitter and Facebook have changed how you watch and follow sports? I’ve never used Face-book or Twitter to follow any sports.Plans after high school? I plan to go on to college and possibly run track if I have the opportunity.

Carly DeDominicisSoccer, Track

Celebrate Tolland Festival Is Right Around The Corner

By Tom Ainsworth,Tolland RecreationHi Everyone,

By the time you read this our fall schedule of programs and activities will be out and available for you to peruse. We have tried to put together a good as-sortment of programs for everyone in the family to enjoy. As always we are open for suggestions for programs and activi-ties you would like to see offered and we are always looking for new instructors as well. So if you have a talent you would like to share give us a call.

Don’t forget to join us Saturday, Sep-tember 15th from 10am till 3pm for the Celebrate Tolland Festival. It is being held at the high school and will include a Fine Arts Show, an Apple Pie and Des-sert contest, a Book Sale, a Plant Sale, a 15ft inflatable slide, a bounce house, basketball competition, prizes, free give aways and more. We have plenty of great musical entertainment by the coffee house performers and the award winning, Uncle Flatty Band.

There will be lots of good food as well as fun activities and displays for the whole family to enjoy. To cap off the fes-tivities join us for the Color Me Art 1 Mile Fun Run to benefit the Adams Adventure project and get turned into a living work of art! We are always in need of volun-

teers so if you are interested give us a call at (860) 871-3610.

The Town Hall Trick or Treat Event is scheduled to take place on Thursday, October 25th from 5:30-7:00pm for ages 10 & under. If the construction is not fin-ished by then we will move the event over to the Recreation Center. Also there is a chance for your pet to get in on the Hal-loween action. Send us a picture of your pet dressed up for Halloween and we will post them on our website and facebook page. The best costume and cutest pet will win a prize. Send photos to [email protected] by October 18th.

Don’t forget about the Annual Cider Mill 5K scheduled for Saturday, Sep-tember 29th sponsored by the Tolland Parent Teacher Association. In addi-tion to the 5K, there are different length kids’ runs and a fun run. For complete information go to the web site at www.cidermillroadrace.org. Proceeds benefit the school PTOs and the Recreation Department.

If you have any questions about any-thing recreation related, you can give us a call at (860) 871-3610 or check out the town’s web page at www.tolland.org.

Please enjoy the nice fall weather and get out and take advantage of the multi-tude of trails and pathways in town, and maybe we’ll see you out and about.

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