East Haven Athletes Named To 2021-22 All-SCC Winter Sports Teams

CONNECTICUT – The Southern Connecticut Conference recently announced its All-Conference Teams for the 2021-22 Winter Sports season, including honorees for cheerleading, girls hockey, gymnastics, wrestling, girls basketball, boys basketball, indoor track, boys hockey and boys swimming.

Cheerleading

Phoebe Flasko (Lauralton Hall), Dollise Albero (Lauralton Hall), Lilly Keller (Lauralton Hall), Maura Carr (Shelton), Caileigh Cisero (Shelton), Siena Mattiolo (Shelton), Bridget Eberhart (Mercy), Aliana Fichera (Mercy), Adriana Diaz (Mercy), Kaitlyn Kapinos (East Haven), Kolbey Nastri (East Haven), Ariana Stewart (North Haven), Isabella Izzo (North Haven), Jenna Roby (North Haven), Mariella Esperti (Branford), Sami Iagrossi (Branford), Reegan O’Dea (Daniel Hand), Mia Scott (Daniel Hand), Gianna D’Angelo (Lyman Hall), Mallory Fisher (Lyman Hall), Alyssa Capello (Lyman Hall)

Girls Ice Hockey

First Team:

Goalie: Eva Smith (Masuk co-op)

Defense: Meghan Dupre (West Haven/SHA co-op), Olivia Gill (Guilford)

Forward: Madison Epke (Guilford), Maya Boyhen (West Haven/SHA), Avery DePodesta (Amity/Cheshire/NH co-op)

Second Team:

Goalie: Grace Nowak (West Haven/SHA co-op)

Defense: Aryana Wilson (Daniel Hand co-op/Branford), Kimberly Evans (Guilford)

Forward: Maya Komorowski (Masuk co-op/Shelton), Sofia Cuozzo (Guilford), Cora Buzzard (Daniel Hand co-op/Branford), Isabella Jackowicz (Hamden co-op/East Haven), Julia Crisci (Hamden co-op/East Haven)

Gymnastics

Morgan Flickinger (Daniel Hand), Brooke Anderson (Daniel Hand), Ella Esposito (Guilford), Natalie Morrell (Jonathan Law), Paige Dean (Daniel Hand), JessaCappiello (Mercy), Kenzie Powers (Jonathan Law), Hadley Reiss (Daniel Hand) Riley Grunow (Foran), Olivia Consiglio (Daniel Hand), Tallulah Malz (Mercy), Emma Nelly (Jonathan Law), Ginger Schmidt (Foran)

Wrestling

First Team: Raekwon Shabazz (Xavier), Maximus Morse (Xavier), Jackson Heslin (Xavier), Kyle Levesque (Xavier), Anthony Basile (Xavier), Dylan Levesque (Xavier), Matt Ferrucci (Xavier), Colin Loria (Xavier), Charles Weidman (Xavier), Cole Snider (Branford), Brent Strand (Guilford), Christopher Murphy (Guilford), Thomas Lunt (Xavier), Matt Weiner (Shelton)

Second Team: Jack Batista-Fletcher (East Haven), John Fernandes (Guilford), Antonio Madero (Foran), Charles Wahl (Daniel Hand), Craig Mager (Foran), Jace Korab (Branford), Kyle Pokornowski (Foran), Alex Cardozo (Fairfield Prep), Edward Barlage (Guilford), John Portley (Daniel Hand), Connor Smith (Fairfield Prep), Nate Mathis (Branford), Jordan Armstrong (Morgan), Malachi Mercer-Robinson (Fairfield Prep)

Girls Basketball

First Team: Grace Lurz (Cheshire), Sophia Coppola (Daniel Hand), Brooke Salutari (Daniel Hand), Faith Doyle (Foran), Leah Philpotts (Hamden), Alana Philpotts (Hamden), Nielle Reaves (Hillhouse), Trinity Moody (Hillhouse), Sophie Hedge (Mercy), Ava Giansiracusa (Mercy), Rosa Rizzitelli (Sacred Heart Academy), Carina Ciampi (Sacred Heart Academy), Darla Jagrosse (Sheehan), Amani Abuhatab (West Haven), Kassidy Carrano (West Haven)

Second Team: Sarah Granados (Amity Regional), Shelby Burnham (Branford), Taylor Scott (Career), Natalie Lucas (Daniel Hand), Gabby Gaetano (East Haven), Faith O’Donnell (Guilford), Gianna Donnarummo (Hamden), Shelby Green (Jonathan Law), Catherine Bosse (Lauralton Hall), Shea Barron (Lyman Hall), Olivia Johnson (North Haven), Lauren Thompson (Sacred Heart Academy), Olivia Cassesse (Sheehan), Laryssa “LaLa” Guimaraes (Shelton), Tanner Punzo (Wilbur Cross)

Boys Basketball

First Team: Micah Morgan (Amity Regional), Jake Palluzzi (Branford), Tyler Favre (Daniel Hand), Max Manjos (Fairfield Prep), Justin Hess (Guilford), Matthew Gibbs (Hillhouse), Mekhi Conner (Notre Dame), Timaury Gay (Notre Dame), Andrew Lazarre (Notre Dame), Fredo Delgado (Wilbur Cross), Christian McClease (Wilbur Cross), Anthony Parker (Xavier)

Second Team: Hudson Geremia (Daniel Hand), Ron Calderon (East Haven), Griffin Harding (Fairfield Prep), Tommy Scholl (Fairfield Prep), Charlie Diamantis (Foran), John Neider (Jonathan Law), Jordan Elliott (Notre Dame), Tajae Jones (Notre Dame), Vinny DeFeo (Shelton), Manny Belcher (West Haven), Javaun Calhoun (West Haven), Tavares Tuck (West Haven)

Girls Indoor Track

First Team

55 meters – Avery Winters (Sheehan), 7.39

300 meters – Avery Winters (Sheehan), 42.17

600 meters – Leah Farrell (Cheshire), 1:43.35

1000 meters – Clara Gahm (Guilford), 3:11.30

1600 meters – Kelly Jones (Lauralton Hall), 5:13.30

3200 meters – Kelly Jones (Lauralton Hall), 11:36.69

55 meter Hurdles – Amanda Castaldi (Sheehan), 8.84

4 x 200 Relay – Sheehan (Erin Brennan, Patrice Mansfield, Amanda Castaldi, Avery Winters), 1:47.50

4 x 400 Relay – Branford (Katie Laska, Tess Wasiolek, Catherine Duffy, Joelle Budz), 4:19.03

4 x 800 Relay – Lauralton Hall (Kelly Jones, Carys Cook, Amanda Umbricht, Katerina Koutouvides), 10:28.77

1600 Sprint Medley Relay – Branford (Katie Laska, Joelle Budz, Catherine Duffy, Tess Wasiolek), 4:27.70

High Jump – Audrey Kozak (Shelton), 5-04.00

Pole Vault – Erin Brennan (Sheehan), 10-00

Long Jump – Erin Brennan (Sheehan), 17-08

Shot Put – Olivia O’Connor (Hillhouse), 38-06.50

Second Team

55 meters - Amanda Castaldi (Sheehan), 55 meters, 7.41

300 meters - Patrice Mansfield (Sheehan), 300 meters, 43.58

600 meters - Olivia Platt (Sheehan), 600 meters, 1:43.74

1000 meters - Meryl Sullivan (Daniel Hand), 1000 meters, 3:11.94

1600 meter - Anna Omelchenko (Wilbur Cross), 1600 meters, 5:16.75

3200 meters - Alexa Ciccone (Cheshire), 3200 meters, 11:44.69

55 meter hurdles - Caden Simpson (Jonathan Law), 8.85

4 x 200 meter Relay – Hillhouse (Ne’riah Townsend, Taniyah Mabry, Brianna West, Shalisha Robertson) , 1:51.24

4 x 400 meter Relay – Daniel Hand (Julia Coric, Adelynn Arroyo, Meryl Sullivan, Maya Howard), 4:20.43

4 x 800 meter Relay – Hillhouse (Kayla Blackwell, Bernadette Karpel, Jennifer Torres Garcia, Kyla Parker), 10:37.68

1600 Sprint Medley Relay – Mercy (Ava Noviello, Julia Salley, Julia Lelko, Alexandra Epright), 4:37.21

High Jump – Abigail Ball (Amity Regional), 5-02

Pole Vault – Ava Steigbigel (Foran), 8-06

Long Jump – Audrey Kozak (Shelton), 16-10.25

Shot Put – Shalisha Robertson (Hillhouse), 36-07

Boys Indoor Track

First Team

55 meters – Colin Brown (Cheshire), 6.57

300 meters – Ralphael Hawkins (Hillhouse), 35.71

600 meters – Basit Iddriss (Foran), 1:26

1000 meters – Alexander Ushchak (Xavier), 2:39.68

1600 meters – Nikita Omelchenko (Wilbur Cross), 4:20.59

3200 meters - Alexander Ushchak (Xavier), 9:45.52

55 meter Hurdles – Blake Battaglia (Wilbur Cross), 8.07

4 x 200 Relay – Hillhouse (Ralphael Hawkins, Gary Moore, Jr., Sheldon Hawkins, Zyaire Wali), 1:33.89

4 x 400 Relay – Branford (Cameron Meli, Nate McCall, Colin Donahoe, Peyton Moriarty), 3:40.85

4 x 800 Relay – Xavier (Ryan Zimmerman, Jack Larkin, Joshua Lesniak, Nicholas Martin), 8:37.09

1600 Sprint Medley Relay – Xavier (Owen Pestka, Owen Miller, Chase Vitale, Jacob Kirejczyk), 3:46.04

High Jump – Dillon Luke (Xavier), 5-10

Pole Vault – Aidan King (Jonathan Law), 11-06

Long Jump – Dillon Luke (Xavier), 21-00.50

Shot Put – Gary Moore, Jr. (Hillhouse), 63-02 (SCC record)

Second Team

55 meters – Maximillian Musial (Amity Regional), 6.68

300 meters – Thomas Bretthauer (Jonathan Law), 36.54

600 meters – Ralphael Hawkins (Hillhouse), 1:26.60

1000 meters – Justin Shiffrin (Guilford), 2:40.99

1600 meters – Mason Beaudette (Amity Regional), 4:27.44

3200 meters – Parker Paragas (Amity Regional), 9:47.66

55 meter Hurdles – Jackson Warters (Jonathan Law), 8.09

4 x 200 meter Relay - Amity Regional (Maximillian Musial, Daniel Kim, Michael Bowman, Sean Doron), 1:37.77

4 x 400 meter Relay – Amity Regional (Michael Bowman, Sean Doron, Daniel Kim, Quincy Houser), 3:41.32

4 x 800 meter Relay – Wilbur Cross (Nikita Omelchenko, Sebastian Halpern, Hector Meza Sanchez, Wolfe Boone), 8:42.35

1600 Sprint Medley Relay – Amity Regional (Quincy Houser, Sean Doron, Daniel Kim, Brodey Lu), 3:50.45

High Jump – Zyair Wali (Hillhouse), 5-08

Pole Vault – Hunter Feitel (Xavier), 11-06

Long Jump – Christopher Hergott (Hamden), 20-10.5

Shot Put – Jquan Athis (Hillhouse), 48-01.75

Boys Ice Hockey

Division I

First Team:

Forward: Dylan Reynolds (Xavier), Michael Pilato (Notre Dame-West Haven), Anthony Malonis (Hamden), D.J. Carfora (West Haven)

Defense: Will Monroe (Xavier), Grant Curtis (Notre Dame-West Haven)

Goalie: Colby LaSalle (Notre Dame-Fairfield)

Second Team:

Forward: Matt Kraus (Xavier), Kellen Sargolini (Hamden), Ryan Bernardi (West Haven), Tiernan Curley (Fairfield Prep)

Defense: Anthony Peschell (West Haven), Luke Noonan (Fairfield Prep)

Goalie: Peter Alfano (Notre Dame-West Haven)

Division II

First Team:

Forward: Jake Hines (North Haven), Jack Roberts (Lyman Hall), Matt Morgan (Branford), Anthony DeFilio (Sheehan)

Defense: Daniel Pettit (Lyman Hall), Brendan Hilinski (Sheehan)

Goalie: Jared Anderson (North Haven)

Second Team:

Forward: Michael Torre (Guilford), Gennaro Pompano (East Haven), Dylan Gay (Lyman Hall), Ryan Michonski (North Branford)

Defense: Kevin Sandor (Daniel Hand), Owen Quick (North Haven)

Goalie: Gavyn Litvyn (Guilford)

Division III

First Team

Forward: Kenny Granacker (BBD), Andrew Scalia (Masuk), Nico Tournas (JBWA)

Defense: Duncan Crane (JBWA), Ronan McAllister (Newtown)

Goalie: Markus Paltauf (Newtown), Louis Alfidi (BBD)

Second Team

Forward: Nicholas Kondub (Masuk), Theo Dietter (New Milford), Liam Gelfand (BBD)

Defense: Quinn Danvers (New Milford), Jack Cirillo (Masuk), Kevin Wokanovicz (Milford)

Goalie: Tory Beck (Masuk)

Boys Swimming

200 yard Medley Relay

Xavier (Mitchell Wollen, Matthew Whitaker, Samuel Enes, Dillon Gallo)

Amity Regional (Seamus Hennessy, Adam Liu, Kevin Sweeney, Benjamin Frazer)

200 yard Freestyle: Maxwell Enes (Xavier), Noah San Vicente (Xavier), Jack Signorello (Daniel Hand)

200 yard IM: Brendan Conners (Greater New Haven co-op), Mitchell Wollen (Xavier), Anmol Sapru (Cheshire)

50 yard Freestyle: Elliot Lee (Daniel Hand), Nikita Zuev (Xavier), Benjamin Frazer (Amity Regional)

Diving: Thomas Kehoe (Fairfield Prep), Christian Butler (Greater New Haven co-op), Orion Heiser (Hamden)

100 yard Butterfly: Elliot Lee (Daniel Hand), Owen Tharrington (Fairfield Prep), Anmol Sapru (Cheshire)

100 yard Freestyle: Nikita Zuev (Xavier), Benjamin Frazer (Amity Regional), Nathaniel Duffy (Fairfield Prep)

500 yard Freestyle: Noah San Vicente (Xavier), Maxwell Enes (Xavier), Hugh Hutchinson (Fairfield Prep)

200 yard Freestyle Relay

Xavier (Nikita Zuev, Noah San Vicente, Dillon Gallo, Samuel Enes)

Greater New Haven co-op (Brendan Conners, William Cong, Aiden Cohen, Hethon Foster)

100 yard Backstroke: Brendan Conners (Greater New Haven co-op), Owen Tharrington (Fairfield Prep), Mitchell Wollen (Xavier)

100 yard Breaststroke: Silas Wang (Cheshire), Jack Ferguson (Haddam-Killingworth co-op), Matthew Whitaker (Xavier)

400 Freestyle Relay:

Xavier (Nikita Zuev, Mitchell Wollen, Maxwell Enes, Noah San Vicente)

Daniel Hand (Ian Looby, Jack Signorello Joseph Sharkey, Elliot Lee)