High School Sports

Boys tennis: Inaugural Weston High Tennis Open set for Aug. 23

August is not a month typically associated with high-school tennis in Connecticut. Recent Weston High graduate Stephen Blinder is looking to change that, while also raising money for a worthy cause. Blinder, a former member of the Trojans’ boys tennis team, is organizing the inaugural Weston High School Tennis Open, set to run Aug. 23-26 at the Weston High hard courts, for incoming and current high-school age boys. The single-elimination tournament entry fee is $30 and proceeds will benefit Norwalk Grassroots Tennis & Education. Norwalk Grassroots, according to its website, “engages underserved children in Norwalk through tennis, offer a safe … Read more

Bara, Baisley win Weston Lacrosse Club Merit Award

In 2010, the Weston Lacrosse Club established the Weston High School Merit Award in order to honor one senior class member from each of the Weston High School boys and girls lacrosse teams each season. This year’s recipients are Sofia Bara and Jason Baisley. The recipient is chosen based on embodiment of the core values of the Weston Lacrosse Club as demonstrated by leadership, sportsmanship, athleticism in the game of lacrosse, citizenship, scholastic achievement and community service Merit Award Winners are recognized at the WHS end-of-year award ceremony and permanently on the Weston Lacrosse Club website. Winners receive a cash … Read more

Tomasiewicz will be Weston’s first county Sports Hall of Fame inductee

Claire Beth ‘C.B.’ Tomasiewicz Nogay, one of the area’s greatest all-around female athletes, will be Weston’s first-ever inductee into the Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame. She was one of six prominent sports figures announced last week as this year’s class of inductees. Others being honored are A.J. Mleczko Griswold of New Canaan, Travis Simms of Norwalk, Rashamel Jones of Stamford, John Kuczo of Stamford, and and the late Paul Kuczo Sr. of Stamford. The Hall of Fame, which is overseen by the Fairfield County Sports Commission, Inc., will honor the newly elected Hall of Famers with an induction ceremony … Read more

Yerina returns as Barlow boys basketball coach

Pat Yerina is returning as head coach of the Joel Barlow boys basketball team. — David G. Whitham photo

  The new head coach of the Joel Barlow boys basketball team won’t need a tour of the school. Pat Yerina, who previously coached the Falcons for five seasons in the late 1980s and early 1990s, has been hired to replace Matt Whelan. Whelan recently announced he was leaving to become head coach of the Norwalk High boys basketball team. Yerina, a former standout player at Fairfield University, has been the head coach at Bunnell High in Stratford for the last 21 years. Earlier this month, Yerina announced that he was leaving Bunnell, saying that he wanted a change. That … Read more

Weston boys track: Lautenbach sixth at Open

The Weston boys track and field team closed out the season with three postseason meets, capped off by the New England championships earlier this month. The Trojans scored a total of 33.5 points to finish in seventh place at the Class MM meet on May 30 at Middletown High School. Perennial power Hillhouse captured the championship with 81.5 points. The best finished was turned in by senior captain Tim Lautenbach, who was second in the 1600 meters in 4:24.51, with sophomore Kevin Crowley taking seventh in 4:43.44. Brian Kennedy ran his best race of the season and grabbed fourth in … Read more

Girls track: Trojans qualify three for New Englands

The Weston girls track and field team ended the season by qualifying three athletes for the New England championships on June 9 at the University of New Hampshire. Sophomore Elise Russell had the best finish, earning all-New England honors with a sixth-place finish in the pole vault (10’9”). Senior Kathleen Murphy ended her outstanding career for Weston by placing 13th in the 1600 meters (5:16.16), while freshman Ava Zielinski concluded a superb debut season by taking 17th in the 800 meters ( 2:20.25). State Open At the State Open championships, held on June 4 at Willow Brook Park in New … Read more

Newington edges Barlow in boys volleyball state finals

Barlow's Matt Cruz goes for a kill during Thursday night's Class M state championship match against Newington. — Andy Hutchison photo

  The Joel Barlow boys volleyball team took top-seed Newington to the wire before falling in Thursday night’s Class M state championship match. Newington won the fifth game by two points to beat third-seed Barlow, 3-2, at Shelton High School and earn its second straight Class M title. The Indians prevailed by scores of 26-24, 23-25, 25-20, 22-25, and 15-13. “As a fan it was a great game, as a coach I’m proud, and as a competitor I’m disappointed,” said Barlow head coach Chris Lovelett after the match. In the decisive fifth game, Newington opened a 6-3 lead, prompting Barlow … Read more

Girls tennis: Weston, Barlow players end season at State Open

Members of the Weston and Joel Barlow girls tennis team closed out the season earlier this week at the state individual tournament. Weston’s Ally D’Aquino reached the quarterfinals with three wins. Seeded 10th, she scored wins over Amber Raisner of Hall, 8-0, and Lauren Elmasry of Branford, 8-0, in the opening rounds. In the round of 16, she swept seventh-seeded Caitlin Sze of South Windsor, 6-2, 7-6. In the quarterfinals she lost to second-seeded (and eventual runner-up) Madeline DeNucci of Glastonbury, 6-1 6-0. Barlow’s number-one singles player, Maddie Massey, scored an 8-1 win over Wilton’s Emma Cadlwell in the first … Read more

Barlow boys volleyball reaches state finals

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The Joel Barlow boys volleyball team is back in the Class M championship match for the third time in four years, after a 3-1 victory over Lewis Mills on Monday in the semifinals at Kennedy High School in Waterbury. The third-seeded Falcons (15-7) play top-seeded Newington in the finals on Thursday at 5 in Shelton. Newington, the defending champ, swept South Windsor 3-0 in the semifinals. The final scores were 25-12, 25-23, 22-25, 25-19. The last time the Falcons were in the state finals was 2016, when it lost in the championship match for the second straight year. They will … Read more

Track: Ceva, Tomaszewski lead Barlow at Class MM championships

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Hannah Ceva placed in three events and accounted for 12 of Joel Barlow’s 19 points as the Falcons finished 17th at last Wednesday’s Class MM girls track and field state championships in Middletown. Ceva was fourth in the 400 meters, fifth in the long jump and sixth in the triple jump. She had season-best efforts in both the long jump and triple jump. Alyson Tomaszewski placed in two events for Barlow to add five points to the team’s total. She finished sixth in the 100 meters and seventh in the 200 meters. The Barlow boys team finished 27th with six … Read more

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