Varsity Lacrosse Secures Another Founders League Title Varsity Lacrosse (10-5) won their second Founders
League Championship in the last three years with dramatic wins over Westminster, Hotchkiss, Taft, and Choate. The season will also be remembered for the four-overtime win against Tabor, 10-9, and the double-overtime loss against Salisbury where Avon rallied for two goals with under a minute to play in regulation. Salisbury was ranked #2 in the nation. Seniors looking to play in college include Paul Alberti (Union), Jack Burke (Washington College), Liam Cardon (Kenyon), Gavin Clark (Hobart), Ben Casella (University of Richmond), Tim Fox (Trinity College -CT), Jonnie Gozzo (TCU), M.J. Keady (Hobart), Dan Kinek (Michigan), Kris Molinaro (Colby), Dan McDougall (Delaware), Chris Paddock (Limestone College), Emmet Rogers (Marquette), Derek Sganga (Marist), Will Ryan (Johns Hopkins), Paul Rakoczy (McGill University), Finn Sullivan (Hofstra), Pat Wallace (Richmond), and Harrison Wasserbauer (Hobart)
Varsity Track Impresses at Founders League Championships
Varsity Tennis Makes New England Tournament
Varsity Track (3-10) Varsity track
Varsity Tennis (10-5) had a great season with solid wins over Loomis Chaffee, Salisbury, Kent and Westminster. The team was selected for post-season play in the New England tournament and faced #2 seed Exeter in a match played at Andover. Avon played well, but did not go on to the semi-finals. The #1 doubles team of Captain Brendan Conry ’13 and senior Ben Davis won two matches in the New England Invitational Prep School Championships held at Choate and lost in the finals to St. Paul’s.
experienced a rebuilding year with several younger runners and field athletes making good progress throughout the season. Avon finished 6th at the Founders League Championships with impressive performances from Jeremy Campbell ’12, with a 2nd place in the High Jump, Petey Parker ’12, earning a 3rd place in the 300IH, 4th place in the 110HH, and 6th place in the High Jump. Other notable performances include Mickoy Nichol ’14 finishing 5th in the Triple Jump, Nnamdi Amilo ’12 finishing 6th in the 300IH, Joe Colton ’12 finishing 5th in the Javelin, and Luke Tiedemann ’13 finishing 6th in the Javelin, and our 4x100m relay finishing 5th.
The Village Green Summer 2012
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