The Woodstock Academy girls’ basketball team is off to a good start.
The Centaurs went into the holiday break with a 2-1 record after a 48-29 win over Fitch High School in Groton Dec. 21.
“Our defense created turnovers that created offense for us. It was a complete team win,” said Centaurs coach Will Fleeton.
The Centaurs trailed after the first quarter, 13-12, but outscored the Falcons (0-4), 19-4, in the second quarter to put the contest away.
Senior Heather Converse led the way with 11 points and was the only player in double figures. Aislin Tracey added nine and Katie Papp tossed in eight.
The girls’ team began the week with a 38-23 loss to Bacon Academy in its home opener at the Alumni Fieldhouse.
The positive for the Centaurs was the defense.
The Bobcats (4-1) have the majority of their team back from last season including senior center Kellie Nudd who will play basketball for Division II Mercy College (Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.) next year.
Nudd got her points as she accounted for almost half of Bacon’s production with 18, but five of those came from the free throw line in the final quarter.
The defense did its job. The Centaurs closed to within three, 25-22, on a Converse basket with 53 seconds left in the third quarter.
It was the 10th point of the game for the senior forward and, unfortunately for the Centaurs, the last field goal of the game.
The only point of the fourth quarter for the Centaurs came on a Converse free throw as the Bobcats outscored them, 11-1. Woodstock Academy opened the season on the right note with a 61-45 win over Plainfield on Dec. 15.
The game was close early with the Centaurs up, 13-11, at the end of the first quarter which they extended to seven points, 28-21, at the half.
But it was Plainfield that came out with a little more energy to start the second half. The Centaurs ended up with a 21-9 advantage in the quarter to take the 49-30 lead into the final period which made life a lot easier on the road.
Papp and Converse played well inside against Plainfield. Papp finished with a game-high 20 points, even stepping outside for a 3-pointer.
Converse added 12 points, getting some of those on putbacks from her four offensive rebounds. She added 13 rebounds, seven assists and four steals.
The work of Converse and Papp inside, opened up the outside for Tracey and the senior guard took advantage.
She finished with 19 points including three 3-pointers. "She shot the ball well and ran the team pretty well,” Fleeton said.
The Centaurs get almost a week-long break for the holiday. They play E. Greenwich, R.I. at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 27 at home and host New Britain at 4 p.m. Dec. 28.
Marc Allard
Sports Information Director
The Woodstock Academy
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The strength and conditioning work that Julia Theriaque is putting in at Woodstock Academy is apparently paying off.
Theriaque cleared 4-feet, 10-inches in the high jump Dec. 19 in a season-opening meet for the Woodstock Academy girls’ indoor track team at Tantasqua Regional High School in Sturbridge, Mass.
The Centaurs downed Oxford, Mass. (44-42); Bay Path Tech (50-35); and Leicester, Mass. (43-41) but fell to Tantasqua (55-30).
Woodstock Academy was missing a number of athletes due to other holiday commitments at the school.
Theriaque was a bright spot with her first-place finish.
The junior is already taking aim at the number she reached in last year’s outdoor season and coach Josh Welch said that could very well mean an Eastern Connecticut Conference championship could in the offing.
“The work we are putting in with coach (Brenden) O(stazewski) and coach (Jeff) Higgins seems to be paying off. (Julia) looks much stronger and more explosive than she has in the past. She had amazing form in the air last year but the additional speed and power in her take off is great to see,” Welch said.
Another expected standout, Ivy Gelhaus, finished first in the 600-meter in just over 1 minute, 53 seconds.
Welch thinks a newcomer to the team, Aochen Li, has a very good chance to qualify for the States the 55-meter hurdles and possibly the 50-meter dash as well.
“She was very nervous. It was her first time racing the hurdles but she was aggressive and attacked each one. She is a pretty fierce competitor which is not immediately obvious from her mild manner,” Welch said.
Iris Bazinet also showed growth in the 1000-meter event.
Welch is also excited to see what kind of growth Sydney Couture and her brother, Lucas, have accomplished. Neither was at the season-opening meet, but both were expected to be in attendance for the Eastern Connecticut Conference Development meets that took place last Saturday and will again this Saturday at the Coast Guard Academy.
“They are beginning to work with Patriot Pole Vault outside of practice to get themselves some additional air time and have been committed to strength and conditioning work and speed work to prepare them physically, so I have high hopes for both of them in that event as well as the hurdles. It would be great to see both of them pick up near where they left off in outdoor to start,” Welch said.
Boys’ Team Wins 1
The boys’ team was not as successful as the girls in their opening meet.
The Centaurs downed Oxford (45-40), but lost to Bay Path (51-34); Tantasqua (65-21); and Leicester (44-41) also held at Tantasqua Regional.
Kenneth Birlin was the top performer for the boys as he placed second in the 1000-meter and also participated in the 1600-meter event.
Welch is confident that Danylo Ntamwemizi and C.J. Burroughs will continue to improve in their quest to make state competition in the shotput.
The two have both been working on their glide and both are throwing the shot around 38-feet currently.
Freshman Ezekial Pichierri ran well in the 50 meter event.
The Centaurs were missing two of their distance runners, Ethan Aspiras and Evan Gianfrido due to prior commitments.
Marc Allard
Sports Information Director
The Woodstock Academy
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Town of Putnam
NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
JANUARY 7, 2019
The Electors and Citizens qualified to vote in Town Meeting of the Town of Putnam, Connecticut, are hereby notified and warned that the Special Town Meeting of said Town will be held at the Board of Education Conference Room, Putnam High School, 152 Woodstock Ave, Putnam, Connecticut, on the 7th day of January 2019, at 7:30 o’clock in the evening for the following purposes:
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2. To determine the wishes of those present and eligible to vote at Town Meeting of the Town of Putnam regarding the transfer of Funds in the amount of $5,500,000 from the Putnam Ash Landfill Fund to the Putnam Municipal Project Fund.
3. To determine the wishes of those present and eligible to vote at Town Meeting of the Town of Putnam regarding the refinancing of the outstanding internal loan balance of $1,993,579.60 for a term of 25 years at an interest rate of 0.25%.
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PUTNAM WPCA
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Mail must be postmarked no later than February, 1, 2019, to avoid interest charges.
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CCMC Tax Collector
Town & Fire District of Pomfret
Dec. 27, 2018
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Putnam Special Services District
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COLLECTOR OF REVENUE
(860) 963-6800
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Docket # 2018-10: Rawson Materials, Madilyn Smith — Request for a Special Permit for gravel removal consisting of 43,000 cubic yards. Properties located at 10, 38, & 52 Cady Road, Town Assessor’s Map 34, Lots 77, 78 & 79. Zoned AG-2. DENIED
Patricia Hedenberg,
Chairman
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The Woodstock Middle School girls’ basketball team went into the Christmas break with a 3-1 record.
“We’re very happy,” said Wildcats coach Brad Favreau. “The girls are working really hard, learning every day and trusting one another. I can’t ask for a better group.”
Woodstock Middle School opened with three straight wins.
They knocked off Ashford, 30-19, in a game played at the Woodstock Academy’s Alumni Fieldhouse in the first game of the season.
Grace Gelhaus accounted for over the team’s points as the eighth-grader led the Wildcats with 16.
“She played great,” Favreau said of Gelhaus. “We’re using her at the 1, so she will have the ball in her hands a lot. She did a nice job creating for herself and she certainly sets the tempo and we’re a team that likes to run. Her being the head of the snake is certainly beneficial.”
The Wildcats followed that up with a 53-15 win over another Quinebaug Valley Junior Conference Small School foe, Canterbury. Gelhaus and Reegan Reynolds each scored 12 points to lead a balanced attack.
Gelhaus scored a season-high 21 points in a 54-38 win over Thompson. Ellie Nunes had a double-double in the win with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
But Woodstock Middle hit a speed bump against Griswold.
The Wildcats were down by as many as 15 points in the second half but had a chance to tie with under 30 seconds to play, only to fall short, 27-24,
Gelhaus scored nine points with Brynn Miller getting five and Lennon Favreau added four.
“Our defense has been very strong. Offensively, we need to button up some of our weaknesses. We need to get more fluid with our offense, but I think that will happen over time. It’s only been a couple of weeks and I think, after the first of the year, we will be where we want to be,” Brad Favreau said.
Marc Allard
Sports Information Director
The Woodstock Academy
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