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Please click here for the December 2017 issue of SCC NEWS, the official newsletter of the Southern Connecticut Conference.

Fairfield Prep senior Drew Thompson finished in eight place at the Foot Locker Cross Country National Championships on Dec. 9 at Balboa Park in San Diego.

Thompson finished the three-mile race in 15:43.7. He was the only male runner from the state participating. The champion was Dylan Jacobs of Illinois in 15:19.7.

Last year, Thompson finished 35th on the same course in 15:52.2.

Thompson won the SCC, Class LL, State Open and New England championship meets this season.  He is a three-time SCC champion - the only runner in league history to achieve the feat.

The SCC Scheduling Committee has determined the new divisional alignments for the 2018 season for the sports of girls volleyball and boys and girls soccer.  Teams were ranked in order based on their two-year counting games record (32 games for girls volleyball, 28 for boys and girls soccer). The Committee also used the following criteria to schedule the two “intradivision games” (or in soccer, the two games that got all teams to 14 games due to division imbalance): Primary “rivals” were scheduled first; Competitive matchups using the rankings were considered next; then secondary “rivals.”

Girls Volleyball 2018 divisional alignment

Boys Soccer 2018 divisional alignment

Girls Soccer 2018 divisional alignment

Other sports that will follow this same scheduling process are boys and girls basketball, baseball and softball. 

Congratulations to the SCC/COS NOW 2017 Fall Player and Coaches of the Year, as voted on by the league's head coaches.  Special thanks to presenting sponsor COS NOW and its parent company Connecticut Orthopaedic Specialists.

Fall Players of Year

Boys Cross Country – Drew Thompson, Fairfield Prep

Girls Cross Country – Meredith Bloss, Guilford

Field Hockey – Olivia Clarke, Guilford

Girls Soccer – Caroline Monahan, Lauralton Hall

Boys Soccer – Charles Sakovogui, Career/Hillhouse

Girls Swimming (Div. I) – Liz Boyer, Cheshire

Girls Swimming (Div. II) – Laura Rosado, Wilbur Cross/East Haven

Girls Volleyball – Abby Harbinson, Amity Regional

Football (Tier 1) – Kyle Godfrey, West Haven; Mark Montano, North Haven

Football (Tier 2) – Brian Casagrande, Daniel Hand

Football (Tier 3) – Stephen Zenisky, Sheehan

Fall Coaches of Year

Boys Cross Country – Chris Stonier, Xavier

Girls Cross Country – Jim Ford, Guilford

Field Hockey – Eileen Wildermann, Cheshire

Girls Soccer – J.D. Rhode, Jonathan Law

Boys Soccer – Mike Gruber, Jonathan Law

Girls Swimming (Div. I) – Martha Phelan, North Haven

Girls Swimming (Div. II) – Kristin Skuches, Foran

Girls Volleyball – Patricia Shugrue, Hamden

Football (Tier 1) – Jeff Roy, Shelton

Football (Tier 2) – Dave Mastroianni, Daniel Hand

Football (Tier 3) – Bill Weyrauch, Lyman Hall

Congratulations to Daniel Hand. Class L state champions.  The Tigers (12-1) win their 7th state title as a SCC member (and 12th overall).

Class L Championship - Monday, Dec. 11 @Trumbull HS

Daniel Hand 35, Masuk 21

Semifinals - Sunday, Dec. 3

Class LL - at Darien 27, West Haven 13... Blue Devils finish 9-3.

Class L - at Daniel Hand 31, Windsor 6... Tigers advance to first state final since 2012

Quarterfinals -- Tuesday, Nov. 28

Class LL

#7 West Haven 46, at #2 Shelton 7

at #1 Greenwich 27, Fairfield Prep 6

Class L

#2 Daniel Hand 35, #7 North Haven 13

Class M

#6 Joel Barlow 47, #3 Sheehan 34

at #1 Killingly 57, #8 Jonathan Law 21

Click here for the list of the 2017 SCC Fall Sports All-Conference teams -- boys/girls cross country, girls volleyball, boys/girls soccer, field hockey, girls volleyball, girls swimming and football (pdf)

Blanchette Sporting Goods is the presenting sponsor of the Southern Connecticut Conference Scholar Athlete Recognition program.

The SCC Scholar Athlete recognition program recognizes the “best of the best” in the SCC.  Recipients are selected by their school’s coaches and athletic directors. Recipients must have a minimum of a B (3.0) average overall and be a varsity letterwinner. Recipients should also demonstrate leadership qualities by: being a positive role model for other students both on and off the field; exhibiting an ability to help a teammate overcome adversity; showing a commitment to self-improvement; and putting the needs of the team before  themselves.

Fall 2017 Recipients

Amity Regional – Joseph Sugarmann (cross country), Danyu Hu (cross country)

Branford – Charles Longway (cheerleading), Autumn McHenry (field hockey)

Career – Charles Sakouvogui (soccer), Alexandra Queen (volleyball)

Cheshire – Brendan Murray (cross country), Elizabeth Boyer (swimming)

Daniel Hand – Brian Casagrande (football), Taylor Leckey (field hockey)

East Haven – Kylie Schlottman (volleyball), Justin Fonacier (football)

Fairfield Prep – Chris Massaro (crew), Drew Newcomb (cross country)

Foran – Addison Poffenberger (soccer), Gabrielle Tunucci (swimming)

Guilford – Julia Hyman (volleyball), Thomas Mitzelfelt (soccer)

Hamden – Alessandra Pinedo (volleyball), Dylan Zack (football)

Hillhouse – Kayla Beamon (volleyball), Manassek Bekele (cross country)

Jonathan Law – Rhea Grant (soccer), Mike Loschiavo (cross country)

Lauralton Hall – Caitie Lynch (soccer)

Lyman Hall – Brian Oliveira (cross country), Nicole Cislo (swimming)

Mercy – Katharine Sadak (field hockey), Jillian Pernerewski (soccer)

North Haven – Katie Rogers (soccer), Jackson Frank (cross country)

Notre Dame-  Frank Paine (football), Liam Nuttall (cross country)

Sacred Heart Academy – Claire Donelan (field hockey)

Sheehan – Christine Thorp (soccer), Stephen Fengler (cross country)

Shelton – Andrew Cordes (soccer), Courtney Litts (soccer)

West Haven – Megan Patterson (volleyball), James Delgado (tennis)

Wilbur Cross – Denisel Cerda (cross country), Will Suzuki (soccer)

Xavier – Owen Curran (cross country), Will Levis (football)

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The Southern Connecticut Conference was well-represented at the 2017 New England Cross Country Championships, held Nov. 11 in Belfast, Maine.

Xavier, the SCC and State Open champion, won the New England title with 74 points, while Fairfield Prep finished 7th.

Individually, Fairfield Prep senior Drew Thompson, who had won the SCC, Class LL and State Open titles already this fall, added a New England championship to his impressive ledger.  Thompson finished the 3.1 mile race in 15:16, winning the race by nearly 32 seconds.