Qualify for
ECC tournament
The Woodstock Academy girls’ lacrosse program celebrated Senior Day and the final game of the regular season in good fashion.
The Centaurs handed Montville a 14-8 loss to finish the regular season with a 13-3 record.
“We have a great group of seniors so it’s bittersweet, but it’s just so awesome to see everyone come together and get a win on Senior Day,” said one of those seniors, Arielle Johnson. “It’s gone by so quick, I can’t believe it. The regular season is over, but we’re looking ahead to the postseason.”
That postseason began May 14 for the Centaurs who qualified for the ECC tournament.
The fourth-seeded Centaurs were scheduled to play top-seeded Montville again on Tuesday at Stonington, the game ended too late for this edition.
The winner plays in the ECC championship at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at East Lyme High School.
The Centaurs had a relatively long Senior Day celebration prior to the match with Montville May 15 since the lacrosse team has 11 on its roster.
All of them got a chance to play a lot of minutes against the Indians.
“What’s great for me to see is how much these girls have developed since freshman year. I’ve had many of them for four years and to think about how they started, how far they’ve come in just their knowledge of lacrosse and their skills. Every day my mind is blown in just how well they continue to progress every day. They never plateau. They just keep working hard and that’s the best thing you can ask for as a coach,” said Woodstock Academy coach Kathleen Johnson.
Appropriately so, the seniors took center stage.
Emma Ciquera scored five goals with classmate Ivy Gelhaus getting four. Arielle Johnson finished with two and four assists while Aislin Tracey also tallied.
The Centaurs jumped out on top early.
Gelhaus had a hat trick just 11 minutes, 8 seconds into the game and the Centaurs were up 5-2.
Gelhaus would have her fourth before halftime and Ciquera would have her hat trick as well as Woodstock Academy went into the break up, 11-3.
Disaster, however, nearly struck early in the second half.
Gelhaus collided with a Montville player and went down to the ground.
She had to be helped off the field.
Gelhaus suffered a bruise just above her right knee and sat the remainder of the game.
Fortunately, the Centaurs didn’t need her the remainder of the way against Montville.
The Centaurs went up 13-5 before the Indians (13-3) scored three of the final four goals.
“We’re happy to be 13-3,” Arielle Johnson said. “We had a great year, beating East Lyme for a first time, we keep saying it. But every year, we just keep getting better and better.”
Marc Allard
Sports Information Director
The Woodstock Academy

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Rotary Scholarship Winners
The Putnam Rotary Club awarded almost $32,000 in scholarships last week. Far left is club President John Miller and at far right is J. Scott Pempek, chair of the scholarship committee. Linda Lemmon photo.



PUTNAM — The Putnam Rotary Club and its Foundation awarded $31,500 in scholarships May 14.
The following students were awarded scholarships:
From Ellis Tech: Delaney Cross, $1,000.
From Marianapolis:
Samuel Roy, $1,000, Ray and Vi Brousseau Scholarship; Olivia Duncan, $1,000, Maurice Beaulac Scholarship.
From Putnam High:
Parker Sessums, $1,000, Ray and Vi Brousseau Scholarship; Madison Toutant, $1,000, Ray and Vi Brousseau Scholarship; Angelina Gould, $1,000; Michael DiColella,  $1,000, Ray and Vi Brousseau Scholarship; Kaitlin Zamora, $1,000; Jane Vongvirath, $1,000; Morgan Blackmar, $1,000, Ray and Vi Brousseau Scholarship; Lauren Blackmar, $1,000, Ray and Vi Brousseau Scholarship; Kayla Anderson, $1,000.
From Tourtellotte Memorial High School:
Matthew Grauer, $1,000, John O’Brien Scholarship; Dylan Vincent, $1,000, Ray Brousseau Scholarship; Brian Beresik, $1,000; Lindsey Seney, $1,000; Lauren Ramos, $1,000, Ray and Vi Brousseau Scholarship; Rori Johnson, $1,000 (4 year); Nicholas Kolodziejczak, $1,000; Mary Steglitz, $500, Ray and Vi Brousseau Scholarship; Daniel Langlois, $1,000; Jolie Wilber, $1,000; Marissa Elkinson, $1,000, Ray Brousseau Scholarship.
From The Woodstock Academy:
Liam McDermott, $1,000,  Ray and Vi Brousseau Scholarship; Maria Scandalito, $1,000, Leon Archambault Scholarship; Hana Burgess, $1,000, Ray and Vi Brousseau Scholarship; Ame Tsamaase, $1,000 (2 year); Summer Chaponis, $1,000, Ray and Vi Brousseau Scholarship; Amina Choudhry, $1,000; Haley Short, $1,000; Madelyn Grube, $1,000, Ray and Vi Brousseau Scholarship; Lauren Neely, $1,000, Ray and Vi Brousseau Scholarship.

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Honored
BANGOR, Maine — Danielson resident, Marshall Joseph Hudon, a compute rinformation system program major, was named to Husson University’s President’s List for the Fall 2018 semester.

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