Southington hires new girls tennis coach

Southington High hires a new girls tennis coach for the departed Ed Kalat. The release from the high school follows:

Southington High School Athletics Department would like to announce the appointment of Robin Thompson as the head coach for girls tennis. Coach Thompson is a graduate of Southington High School, a former student-athlete/captain and a past recipient of the Val Leach Award. She has the experience and ability to lead the girls tennis program. Alexandra Garry will serve as her assistant coach. Coach Garry is a former student-athlete and past captain of the girls tennis team and is currently a teacher in the Southington public school system.

Southington Enters Week 1 Wrestling Poll

Week 1, Dec. 19, Norwich Bulletin Coaches Wrestling Poll
                           Rec.  Pts    Prv Rank

1. Daniel Hand (6)  1-0    280    4

2. Danbury (5)         1-0    238    3

3. Xavier (3)            1-0    219    1

4. New Milford       1-0    211    5

5. Fair. Warde (1)    1-0    165    7

6. Ledyard               1-0    144    6

7. Farmington          1-0    136    t7

8. Southington         1-0    113   nr

9. Bristol Eastern     1-0     89    8

10. Windham High  1-0     83   10

(first place votes)


Others receiving votes: Greenwich (1-0) 56; Bacon Academy (1-0) 40, South Windsor (1-0) 26, Trumbull (1-0) 25; Haddam-Killingworth (1-0) 24; Montville (4-0) 11; Middletown (1-0) 7; Old Saybrook/Westbrook 7 (0-1)
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Coaches voting:
Brian Archibald, Bristol Central
Ricky Shook, Danbury
Joe Vano, Darien
Jason Shaughnessy, Fairfield Warde
Eric Misko, Farmington
Rich Bowen, Killingly
Gary Wilcox, Montville
Roy Wentworth, NFA
Derek Dion, Southington
Peter Veleas, Terryville
Charlie Anderson, Trumbull
Pat Risley, Windham
Mike Cunningham, Xavier
Mark Fong, Middletown
Matt Schoonmaker, Jonathan Law.
Votes tabulated on a 20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis.

Robarge to play baseball at UHart

Southington High School's athletic department announced Wednesday that Sr. Justin Robarge will be signing a National Letter of Intent to attend Division I University of Hartford to play baseball on Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 2:30 p.m. in the Athletic Office at Southington High School.

Robarge has been playing baseball all four years of his high school career. He contributed significantly to last year’s CIAC Class LL State Championship finalist. Baseball coach Charlie Lembo says, "The University of Hartford will be a great fit for Justin. With his skills and determination, I believe he will help the University of Hartford baseball program."

He was 1-1 last season in limited action on the mound, starting three games and throwing 17 1/3 innings, allowing 13 earned runs and striking out 14.

Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance HS Football Final Poll

Final
Released December 12, 2011

Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Prev. Rank
1.	Xavier (29)	13-0	435	1
2.	Daniel Hand	13-0	402	4
3.	Ansonia	13-0	380	3
4.	Staples	11-1	321	5
5.	Masuk	11-1	317	2
6.	New Canaan	11-2	302	7
7.	Windsor	11-1	247	6
8.	Holy Cross	12-1	201	NR
9.	New London	9-2	173	8
10.	Notre Dame-West Haven	8-3	140	9

Also Receiving Votes: Ledyard 11-2 114; Norwalk 9-2 106; Newtown 9-3 85; Cromwell 10-3 80; North Haven 9-2 60; Greenwich 8-2 32; Hall 9-2 21; Berlin 10-2 19; Valley Regional/Old Lyme 10-2 16; Shelton 8-2 8; Northwest Catholic 9-3 5; Conard 9-2 4; North Branford 4; Wolcott 8-4 3; Darien 2; Farmington 9-1 2; Bunnell 1

Voters: Brian Barreto (NVL Blog), Bob Barton (CT H.S. Football Record Book), Bill Bloxsom (Hersam Acorn), Jim Bransfield (Middletown Press), Kyle Brennan (Waterbury Republican-American), George DeMaio (WELI Radio), Gerry deSimas (Collinsville Publishing Co.), Bill Donovan (WXLM 980 AM), Mark Fijalkowski (CT Sports Network), Dave Greenleaf (Bristol Press), Mike Guerrera (Southington Citizen), John Holt (WFSB Channel 3), Larry Kelley (SE Conn Patch), Bob Lazzari (Valley Times), Greg Lederer (Cheshire Herald), Ken Lipshez (Farmington/W. Hartford Patch), Robert Mayer (Berlin Patch), Eric Montgomery (Minuteman Newspapers), Sean Patrick Bowley (Connecticut Post), Dave Phillips (Shoreline Newspapers), Mike Pucci (New Haven Register), Paul Rosano (Meriden Record-Journal), Dave Ruden (Stamford Advocate), Elliott Schickler (Westport News), Mike Suppe (Hersam Acorn Newspapers), Peter Vander Veer (Hersam Acorn Newspapers), Tom Yantz (Hartford Courant), Rich Zalusky (Willimantic Chronicle), Jimmy Zanor (Shore Line Times)

2011 Fall Southington All-Conference Selections

Here's who was named All-Conference for this past fall:

Boys Soccer (CCC West)

Sr. G Bill Queen

Girls Soccer (CCC West)

Jr. F Erica Kosienski

Sr. D Allison Vachon

Sr. M Christie Freer

Football (Division I-CCC West)

Sr. RB/LB Matt O’Connor

Sr. TE/LB Andrew Walowski

Jr. OL/DL Travis Clark

Jr. S/RB/WR Corbin Garry

Girls Volleyball (CCC West)

Jr. OH Corinne Horanzy

Sr. OH Tory Broytman

Jr. S Danielle Kaminsky

Sr. MH Emily Durocher

Field Hockey (CCC East)

Sr. D Danielle Macioci

Sr. M Micaila Dean

Sr. F Sarah Collier

Sr. D Sarah Pelligrinell

Boys Cross Country (CCC West)

Sr. Kyle Hamel