12 Sports
Friday, May 27, 2011
2011 AVON OLD FARMS COL- Track achieves modest accomplishments LEGE-BOUND ATHLETES Morgan Mullen ’11 Athlete John Boland
Sport Baseball
College Attending Georgia Perimeter University Andrew Coffey Baseball Marietta College Robbie Cordisco Lacrosse Bryant University Matt deVaux Baseball Endicott College Will Diamond Lacrosse Rollins College Jamison DiGeroni- Football Westfield State Univermo sity Ethan Enriquez Lacrosse Rollins College Mike Flynn Hockey Trinity College James Forster Tennis Hobart and WilliamSmith Colleges Edwin Foster Lacrosse Ohio Wesleyan University Kyle Foster Lacrosse Salisbury University Sam Funnell Lacrosse University of Vermont Sean Garvey Football Valdosta State University Dan Gauvin Hockey Providence College Tom Geraghty Football Merrimack College Mike Gibbons Baseball Wheaton College Christon Gill Football Western Carolina University Matt Goldman Lacrosse Providence College Greg Gozzo Hockey Harvard University Cam Hatch Baseball University of Maryland Alija Hogans Squash St. Lawrence University Makoa Kaleo Lacrosse University of Vermont Bronson Kelly Lacrosse Johns Hopkins University Dave Kent Baseball St. Anselm College Jeff Kim Lacrosse Trinity College Harry Lyons Football Bryant University Bobby MacDonald Lacrosse Gettysburg College Chris Madera Baseball Georgia Perimeter College Will Mason Lacrosse Gettysburg College Allando Matheson Soccer University of Connecticut Noah McMillan Football College of Holy Cross Reggie Mills C r o s s - C o u n t r y, Lake Forest University Track and Field Paul Mimms Lacrosse Ohio State University Kieran Morris Lacrosse Rutgers University Eric Naclerio Hockey Connecticut College Mark Naclerio Hockey Brown University Blaise Rosati Football Central Connecticut State University James Sconzo Lacrosse Trinity College Conor Shanahan Lacrosse College of the Holy Cross Adam Spracklin Baseball University of North Carolina at Asheville Guy Talarico Lacrosse St. Joseph’s University Alex Velardi Baseball Mount St. Mary College Max Weiner Baseball, Soccer Union College George Welles Hockey, Lacrosse Hobart and WilliamSmith Colleges
Staff Writer The Track team found itself in a tough season, going head-to-head against some of the strongest teams in New England. Still recovering from the tough loss of top-tier competitors like Patrick Creehan ’11 and Latif Rivers ’11, Avon started the season off staring down a very imposing schedule. However, Avon track stems from a winning tradition and never retreats from a difficult challenge. Coached by the always dedicated and always competitive Major Bourgault ’80 and led by senior captains John Galloway and Reggie Mills, the Winged Beavers marched straight into the heart of the season. Avon started with two early season losses, one occurring in the tri-team meet against the Taft and Choate schools and the other in a duel against Loomis. While competing bravely the young Avon team simply lacked the experience and age of their opponents. However, the young team was quick to learn and bounced back against Hopkins, carried by the supreme effort of their captains. Indeed, Avon seemed a team of bounce back wins. After suffering a tough loss to Hotchkiss and Trinity-Pawling, the Winged Beavers recovered in their next match, earning second place against Suffield Academy and Williston-Northampton. The last challenge of the season came in the New England tournament where Avon placed eleventh overall, a solid achievement for a supposed rebuilding year. Balancing early season setbacks with a solid win over the Hopkins school, Avon successfully established itself as an imposing team in the New England arena. This win, while certainly a team effort, was possible because of the supreme ath-
leticism and desire of Reggie Mills ’11, captain and participant in the 400 event, among others. Mills, the last runner on Avon’s relay team, had the baton handed to him while the first place runner raced 100 yards ahead. In an action of supreme will and athleticism Reggie not only managed to catch his opponent, but blow by him, securing the event for Avon and generating influential points for the final score against Hopkins: 79-57. Other season highlights came in the New England Championship, where both the 4×1 team and Mickoy Nichol ’14 placed. The 4×1 team, consisting of John Galloway, Jihad Pretlow ’13, Karl Jennings ’13, and Nick Castillo ’12, placed sixth overall, a not unexpected result considering their superb regular season play. Nichol, a competitor in the long jump, placed third in New England, a fantastic result and possible contender for season highlight. While top-tier finishes and eleventh place teams in the New England tournament are a matter of great pride for some athletic teams, the truth is Avon stands at the end of a rebuilding year. For a team who has recently won New Englands, eleventh place may appear bittersweet. Sweet because the NEPSAC league stands as one of the most prestigious and talented leagues available at the high school level, but bitter because anything less then the best always seems bitter for Avonians. However, the experience and skill derived from this season promises to make the team of 2012 one of the most competitive and talented in New England.
Mr. Lampe emphasizes need for film education
Continued from Page 7 One might also argue that our students are already experts in film, and that there is no real need to devote class time to it. Sadly this is also untrue. Most young people today are only familiar with the films of their generation. They have virtually no concept of the history of film, or the development of the medium. Simple concepts like, parallel editing, cutting within the action, and f raming are foreign to unstudied viewers. A simple overview of the
fundamentals of film making would change
enough. While this class incorporates elements of film study it is at its core a history course. The study of film is different than the study of other subjects, just as movies are different than books. What our students need is a course devoted purely to film analysis. A basic understanding of the language of cinema is an essential part of a complete education in today’s world. It is my hope that in the near future Avon and high schools everywhere will embrace film study.
“Most young people today are only familiar with the films of their generation.” the way our students look at film, and enable them to develop a critical eye. Film is already a part of our curriculum. Mr. Custer teaches a popular course on the Civil War in film and fiction. This is a great way to start, but it does not go far