Former Guilford High School Coach Among SCDC Hall Of Fame Inductees

GUILFORD, CT — The Southern Connecticut Diamond Club, Inc., will hold its 16th annual hall of fame banquet and induction ceremony this fall, and a former Guilford High School coach is among the honorees.

Pete Civitello, who was the head coach at GHS for 10 years, will be inducted along with seven others at the event which is scheduled for Oct. 23 at The Woodwinds in Branford.

A 1994 North Haven High School graduate, Civitello captained Albertus Magnus COllege to the 1998 Great Northeast Athletic Conference championship. He then played three seasons in the West Haven Twilight League before venturing into coaching, beginning in the Max Sinoway Little League and the Connecticut Bombers travel program.

Before the 2003 season, Civitello was named the head baseball coach at GHS, and in 2007, he guided the team to the Southern Connecticut Conference Hammonasset Division championship, the SCC tournament crown, and the CIAC Class L state title. That year, GHS achieved a final state ranking of No. 2.

The team repeated as division champion in 2008 and ranked seventh in CT.

In 2010, Civitello led the North Haven High School boys basketball team to a SCC championship.

A resident of East Haven, Civitello is the director of secondary school leadership for Meriden Public Schools and the co-owner of the Northeast Clutch travel baseball program.

Also being honored by the SCDC this year are former Notre Dame High School and Wesleyan University standout Mark Consorte; two-time Derby High School all-stater Joe Lizza; former New York Mets draftee Michael Moras (Amity Regional HS ‘04); longtime Southern Connecticut State University head coach Tim Shea; and former Quinnipiac College slugger Vincent Siena Jr.

Frank Pallone of Shelton will be presented the Andrew Gassira Memorial Umpire Award, and Matthew F. Mentone of Durham is the winner of the Tony Mentone Memorial Distinguished Service Award.

The SCDC, a non-profit, volunteer-run organization whose stated mission is to foster and promote the game of baseball in the southern Connecticut region. SCDC Hall of Fame members are selected by the group's executive board.

Tickets to the 2024 SCDC Hall of Fame dinner are $60 per person and will only be sold in advance. They can be purchased online here, or by contacting Executive Director Rose V. Mentone at RMentone@comcast.net.