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Page 1: 2011 All-Press High School Athletes

Mike Orazzi | Staff

A special All-Press 8-page pullout section highlighting the best of the best from the winter sports season starts right here. Above, fans of the St. Paul boys basketball team this season.

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highlights area’s best

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All-Press Boys Basketball TeamBorea, Rodriguez, Holmes, Siemiatkoski, Jacquo lead way as first-team selectionsBy JOHNNY J. BURNHAMSTAFF WRITER

For the third consecutive year an area boys basketball team took the hardwood in March with a chance toearn a spot in a state championshipcontest. For the second time inthat three-year stretch, that teamhailed from St. Paul Catholic.

The Falcons, led by their guardplay, racked up a total of 19 winsand made a run deep into thisyear’s Division S State Tournamentbefore bowing out to top-seeded andeventual champion Valley Regional in thesemifinals.

While St. Paul coach Steve Phelps hadseveral solid players to man the Falconsbackcourt, more often than not ChrisBorea and Jacob Jacquo were the ones whoheld the keys that started the St. Paulengine.

That same set of keys also opens thedoor to the All-Press First Team.

Borea averaged 14.7 points per game, connected on 663-point field goals, shot 76 percent from the charity stripe,accumulated 102 steals, brought down nearly three rebounds anddished out three assists per game. The senior guard had 15 points,sevens steals, six rebounds and two assists in a second-round statetournament victory. Borea, an All-NVL Brass and All-NVLSuburban team pick, tallied as many as 28 points in a gameover the course of the winter.

Countless Borea baskets came off feeds from Jacquo. TheFalcons point guard had seven or more assists three times on theyear, averaging four per game along with 2.3 rebounds and 2.1 steals.Jacquo, a senior, had little trouble scoring in his own right. The speedyguard averaged 13.5 points per game and played some of his best ballin the postseason, putting up 15.7 per game, including a career-best 26in St. Paul’s tournament win over Wamogo.

Jacquo was an All-NVL Brass selection.But the Falcons weren’t the only area team led by their backcourt.

Borea and Jacquo are joined on the All-Press First Team by Bristol Centralguard Dan Siemiatkoski and Bristol Eastern’s multifunctional guard/forwardsEli Rodriguez and Tyrell Holmes.

Two Falcons and a Kangaroo, a Lancer and a Ram were selected for All-PressSecond Team honors.

St. Paul guard David Shaw and forward Justin Gonazlaez, Eastern center AndreBrooks, Rams guard Sinclair Lewis and Terryville forward Matt Sterner form theSecond Team.

In a season that began with relatively low expectations after it had graduated nearly all of its players who contrib-uted at the varsity level the previous year, Eastern found a way to put together another quality campaign.

Both Holmes and Rodriguez certainly had a lot to do with that.Holmes consistently provided the Lancers with a big performance in big games — none of which was more

memorable than his heroics in East Hartford. The Eastern senior knocked down the game-winner with just four seconds to play to provide his club the slim 70-68 win over the Hornets.

That wasn’t his only clutch act. Holmes tallied 25 points to pace the Lancers past Bulkeley in mid-January, went for 16 against rival Bristol Central, put up 21 to beat Platt and punch his team’s ticket to the state tournament, and went for 18 in the opening-round win over Fitch.

First Team

EliRodriguez,

Eastern

First Team

ChrisBorea,

St. Paul

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In all, Holmes, an All-CCC South pick, averaged 14 points and four rebounds per game.

After joining the team a few games into the season, as each game passed it became more and more clear that Rodriguez had a stellar ability to put the ball in the basket. The versatile junior posted multiple 15 point or higher games, including going for 21 on the road against East Hartford. But he saved his best performance for the state tournament.

Rodriguez tallied exactly half of the Lancers’ 62 point output in their first-round Division L win in Groton over Fitch. He averaged 22 points per game in the tournament.

For the year, Rodriguez averaged 15 points and five rebounds.

Siemiatkoski also had a knack

for coming up with his biggest performances in some of the Rams biggest affairs.

He paced Central in scoring in both showdowns with Bristol Eastern — once leading the Rams past their archrival thanks to a 15-point output. He also came up with 15 points in a crucial win over South Windsor that, at the time, kept the Rams hopes of qualify-ing for the postseason alive, as well scoring 17 in the previous game in a come-from-behind victory over Middletown.

Siemiatkoski averaged 12 points and three steals per game and shot 41 percent from 3-point land for the year. He was an All-CCC South selection.

His backcourt mate blossomed into a quality all-around point

guard. Lewis led the Rams in scor-ing in two of the final three games of the season. While he put up nine points a game over the course of the winter, maybe more importantly he dished out 4.2 assists each time out.

Sterner averaged 13.6 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game for Terryville. He put up those numbers while also serving as the Kangaroos best defender, leading the young team on both ends of the floor. His season was highlighted by a career-high 27-point night

against Northwestern.Brooks was a force in the middle

for the Lancers. In a game against Plainville, the senior blocked six shots (changing countless others), grabbed 14 rebounds and chipped in with 12 points.

He averaged 10 rebounds per game for the year to go along with eight points.

Shaw fought through a mid-season injury that kept him out five games to play a significant role in the Falcons’ memorable season. The senior guard paced St. Paul with 14

points in his final high school game. It was far from his season-high. Shaw posted an area-best 37 points against Ansonia. He averaged 11.5 points per game.

Gonzalez posted an impressive 11 double-doubles over the winter and had a total of 15 double-digit rebounding games, corralling as many as 17 in a single contest. He fell just shy of averaging a double-double for the season. He finished his junior campaign averaging 10 points, nine rebounds, 2.3 assists and three steals a game.

First Team

JacobJacquo,St. Paul

First Team

DanSiemiatkoski,

Central

First Team

TyrellHolmes,Eastern

Mike Orazzi photos

All-Press Boys Basketball Second Team

JustinGonzalez, SP

MattSterner, TV

AndreBrooks, BE

DavidShaw, SP

Sinclair Lewis, BC

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By PAUL ANGILLYSTAFF WRITER

When it comes to team success in girls basketball, the 2010-11 season will not be remembered as one of this area’s best.

The only major highlights were Bristol Eastern (14-7) winning the CCC South league title for the first time since 1990 and St. Paul (18-6) winning its second straight NVL Brass Division title. But the Lancers were defeated in the first round of the Class L state tournament and the Falcons — the only other area team to qualify

for postseason play — were knocked out in the second round of the Class M bracket.

Despite that, each team was able to put an All-State player on the court along with some other players deemed worthy of indi-vidual honors, including all-league accolades.

Even Terryville, which struggled to a 6-14 finish, had two players average more than 10 points a game and Bristol Central, which just missed the state tournament cut at 7-13, one of its best seasons in recent memory, had an honor-able mention all-league player.

All-Press Girls Basketball Team

Bristol Eastern’s Mallory Kloss

Eastern’s Walker, St. Paul’s Litwinko highlight selectionsFirst Team

ShianneWalker,Eastern

First Team

AmberLitwinko,

St. Paul

Bristol Eastern’s Shianne Walker

Terryville’sKaitlyn Natzke

St. Paul’sRebecca Ferland

First Team

RebeccaFerland,St. Paul

First Team

MalloryKloss,

Eastern

First Team

KaitlynNatzke,

Terryville

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All-Press Girls Basketball Second Team

AmberSpidell, BC

JessicaAlbino, TV

Karissa Smith, BE

Kirby Madden-Hennessy, BE

CourtneyLobo, SP

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Leading the way on the All-Press First Team are the area’s All-State selections, who also ranked as the top two by far among area scorers: Bristol Eastern senior Shianne Walker and St. Paul senior Amber Litwinko.

Walker, among the Lancers’ captains, was tops in the area with 16.85 points per game.

An all-around solid player, Walker has developed into a great point guard and has done an excellent job since her freshman year, according to Lancers coach Tony Floyd.

“I’ve been very pleased about how she’s

really done a great job for us,” he said.Litwinko, who lives in Kensington, was

right behind Walker with 16.58 points per game to go with averages of about five

rebounds and four assists. She finished her high school career third all-time in

scoring at St. Paul with 829 points.She led the team in scoring dur-

ing the championship game as St. Paul captured the Class S state title last season.

“She had to carry us a lot of times offensively,” he said. “She’s worked extremely hard to be the

player that she is.”Litwinko will join former

teammate and fellow All-Stater Chelsea Mone when she goes on to play college basketball next year at Western Connecticut State University.

“I’m excited about this new adventure,

playing with a new team and the

atmosphere,” she said. “It’ll

be exciting to play

with

Chelsea again.”Walker and Litwinko are each joined by a

teammate on the All-Press First Team.Lancers junior Mallory Kloss was a first

team All-CCC South performer this season, averaging 9.29 points per game.

After a tough start to the season, she was focused on the team and played a major role in the squad’s winning the league title.

“We started out 3-3 and I think the whole team was disappointed at that point,” Kloss said. “We just knew we had to prosper men-

tally and physically and I’m pleased [we got to] that place.”

Falcons senior Rebecca Ferland earned Academic All-State honors this season after averaging 9.71 points per game, along with about four rebounds and two assists per con-test. She was also an All-Brass Division in the NVL.

Referred to by Mone as the team’s “silent assassin,” he said she successfully made the tough transition from forward to guard this year and worked extremely hard to get better.

“She’s had a terrific year,” St. Paul coach Joe Mone said late in the season. “She’s had to make an adjustment going from small forward to guard this year and she’s made the transition well. She’s one of our unheralded players and deserves more credit than she’s received.”

Ferland, who had offers to play at the next level but elected to go to UConn instead and focus on her studies, said she was pleased with how the season went for the Falcons.

“This year we went into the season not knowing what to expect,” she said. “We lost a lot of seniors. A lot of us didn’t have big roles last year and had to step up.”

While the season didn’t go so well for the Kangaroos of Terryville, senior Kaitlyn Natzke helped keep the team in the tour-nament hunt until the last game with her average of 12.40 points per contest, as earns the final spot on our All-Press First Team.

In one week during the past season she scored 19 or more points in three straight games, although the team won just one of those contests.

“I think of myself as a go-to [player] when we need to score,” Natzke said during the season.

She hopes to continue playing next year at the college level.

“Coming into this season, I hadn’t planned on playing in college, but I need to. I can’t stop playing. I cannot see myself not play-ing,” she said.

Natzke was part of a senior class that squeaked into the state tournament with an 8-12 record after a dramatic season-ending upset victory over Thomaston two years ago before returning to Class S play with an 11-9 regular season record last year, but the ’Roos fell a couple wins short this season.

The area talent doesn’t stop with those five players, as Bristol Central senior Amber Spidell, Terryville senior Jessica Albino, St.

Paul senior Courtney Lobo and Bristol Eastern’s Kirby Madden-Hennessy, a senior, and Karissa Smith, a sophomore, were all selected for the All-Press Second Team.

Spidell averaged 9.26 points and 7.26 rebounds per game, shot 51.6 percent from 3-point range and was an honorable mention all-league selection this past season. She had a season-high 21 points and 18 rebounds against a tough Middletown team on Jan. 31, after scoring 19 points against the Blue Dragons the first time the teams met.

“The development of her game over the [past] four years is remarkable,” Rams coach Steve Gaudet said. “She just became a com-plete defensive and offensive player.”

Albino ranked fourth among Bristol and Terryville scorers this past season with 10.45 points per game, including some key big nights that helped keep the Kangaroos in the state tournament hunt until late in the season.

Lobo was an All-Brass Division pick in the NVL this past season after averaging about six points and six rebounds per game.

Aside from being a cousin to UConn hoops legend Rebecca Lobo, Courtney Lobo will long be remembered as the player who hit the winning shot in St. Paul’s state cham-pionship game victory last season.

This year, she had a tough time while playing with a sprained ankle.

“She sucked it up and threw on a brace and played,” Mone said.

Smith earned first team all-league honors this past season despite being just a sopho-more, and will likely play an even bigger role with the Lancers over the next two seasons.

A leader on the Bristol Eastern squad, Madden-Hennessy earned second team all-league honors.

“Kirby has really done a great job as a floor general with us,” Floyd said.

“Her and Shianne have been the glue of the team. They both have done an excellent job this year,” he added. “When we needed some big plays … Shianne and Kirby have been able to rally [their teammates].”

Madden-Hennessey said she was proud to be part of the Bristol Eastern team.

“I’m glad we were able to at least get a home game [in the state tournament], and even though we weren’t able to win, we were able to play as a team and not give up,” she said. “Even though it wasn’t the ending we wanted, we were able to do well.”

St. Paul’sAmber Litwinko

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for the game! Have fun, remember

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By JOHNNY J. BURNHAMSTAFF WRITER

Through the years, wrestling has firmly set its roots deep into the Greater Bristol area.

There’s a tradition of excel-lence inside the circle as the local squads fight for league titles, consistently crown individual state champions and send several to the State Open and beyond each season.

That tradition continued this past winter.

Two state champions were crowned, three others reached the Class finals, a total of nine wrestlers qualified for the State Open, one went onto the New England event and a team ended a six-year league title drought.

And now, a combined 15 grapplers from the likes of Bristol Eastern, Bristol Central, Terryville and St. Paul Catholic can add All-Press honors to their list of accomplishments this season.

On the strength of capturing the school’s first CCC Southern Division title since 2004, seven Lancers are situated on the All-Press team. Andrew Chase, Josh Dess, Craig Sassu, Matt Piazza, Peyton Soucy, Hayden Joeckel and Dan Parker account for nearly half of the squad’s picks.

They’re joined by four from Central (D.J. Sanderson, Mike

Pokorny, Chris Dionne and Tyler Burrow), three Kangaroos (Scott LaMarre, D.J. Russo and Dom Folino) and one Falcon, Tucker

Bachand.The selection of both Chase

and LaMarre comes on the heels of each staking claim to a state

championship.Chase, after completing the

regular season with an impres-sive 29-1 mark took home the

112-pound Class L title. He went on to place second in his weight class at the State Open and earned a sixth-place finish at the New England event the fol-lowing week. In doing so, Chase became the first-ever two-time New England place-winner in Eastern history.

In addition, the senior won the 112-pound CCC South Tournament championship and was named All-CCC South for the third consecutive year.

LaMarre, after winning nearly 92 percent of his bouts during the regular season, put on a show at the Class S State Tournament.

The Kangaroos junior 145-pounder took out the field’s No. 19, No. 6, No. 2 and No. 1 seeds en route to the cham-pionship. LaMarre knocked off two-time defending state champion Zachary Cooke of Killingly in the finals. He was unanimously selected as the Class S Most Outstanding Wrestler.

The Class S crown came after LaMarre won the Berkshire League title for the second year in a row.

That all happened after being sidelined for the beginning of the season after suffering a signifi-cant injury. He finished the year with an overall 30-3 record.

Sanderson earned the distinc-tion as one of the state’s elite heavyweights. The Central

All-Press Wrestling Team

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103 pounds

PeytonSoucy,

Eastern

112 pounds

AndrewChase,

Eastern

119 pounds

JoshDess,

Eastern

119 pounds

MikePokorny,Central

119 pounds

D.J.Russo,

Terryville

125 pounds

HaydenJoeckel,Eastern

130 pounds

TylerBurrow,Central

135 pounds

CraigSassu,

Eastern

Seven Lancers, four Rams, three Kangaroos, one Falcon make list

Mike Orazzi | Staff

Bristol Eastern’s Andrew Chase was one of two state champions that make up our All-Press wrestling team.

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145 pounds

ScottLaMarre,Terryville

152 pounds

DomFolino,

Terryville

171 pounds

ChrisDionne,Central

189 pounds

TuckerBachand,St. Paul

215 pounds

MattPiazza,Eastern

285 pounds

D.J.Sanderson,

Central

285 pounds

DanParker,Eastern

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captain earned the No. 2 seed in the Class L tournament, claimed the CCC South Tournament title and advanced to the state finals. The senior captain advanced to the semifinals of the State Open and eventually took home fifth-place.

Sanderson is joined on the team by the Lancers’ 285-pounder.

In his first year wrestling at the varsity level, Parker consistently progressed into a top heavyweight. The Eastern senior won 23 regular season matches and had a good showing in the state tournament.

But even deeper than the heavy-weight division was the area’s 119 pound weight class. Each school had a standout 119-pounder and as a result, all three (Dess, Pokorny and Russo) were named to the All-Press squad.

Russo and Dess were each the top overall seed in their respective state tournaments. Dess advanced to the Class L champion-ship and qualified for the State Open for the third straight year. He was 21-7 in the regular season.

Russo lost just three times in the dual

meet season, winning 88 percent of his bouts. The Kangaroos senior made it the Class S semifinals. He placed fifth overall.

Pokorny secured the most wins of any of the three 119-pounders, winning a total of 23 matches, including a victory over his Eastern counterpart in the annual Eastern-Central showdown. Pokorny brought home the CCC South Tournament championship.

Coming off a spectacular freshman season that earned him All-American status, Sassu was impressive once again as a sophomore at 135. Sassu posted a 26-6 record, reached the quarterfinals of the state tournament and placed fourth (outscoring his opposition 38-10 in the consolation bracket) to punch a ticket to the State Open.

Joeckel, a 125 pound junior, joined Sassu at the Open with a fine run at the Class L event. Joeckel, as the tournament’s No. 9 seed, worked his way through the field to place fourth overall.

Soucy, one of the state’s premier light-weights, walked off the mat victorious 86.2 percent of the time during a dual meet match. He earned the distinction as the Southern Division’s top 103-pounder. The sophomore reached the semifinals of the Class L tournament and advanced to the Open.

His teammate, Piazza, did the same at 215. Coming off a 26-win campaign, the Lancers senior reached the Class L final

four before bowing out to the state’s top 215 pound grappler, Dean Tsopanides of Torrington.

Piazza wrestled his way back to finish third.

Bachand, at 189 pounds, represented St. Paul well all season, particularly in both postseason tournaments. Bachand placed fifth at the Class S event. A week ear-lier he placed third at the Tournament of Independents, winning all three of his bouts by pin. The junior went 20-9 during the regular season.

Terryville’s Folino capped off a stellar win-ter with a third-place finish in the Class S 152-pound bracket. Folino, a senior, was the field’s No. 3 overall seed after going 25-4 in the regular season. Those 25 wins were the second most of any 152-pounder in Class S.

Dionne was solid for Central all season, winning a total of 21 bouts over the course of the season. The Rams 171-pound senior walked off the mat victorious 70 percent of the time. He placed second at the inaugural CCC South Championships to earn All-Southern Division accolades.

Burrow stands as the youngest member of the All-Press squad and is just the second freshman ever selected to the team. Burrow placed sixth overall in a highly competitive 130 pound Class L tournament field. That performance came just one week after he claimed the CCC South tournament title.

Mike Orazzi | Staff

Bristol Central’s D.J. Sanderson celebrates after beating Bristol Eastern’s Dan Parker.

Johnny Burnham | Staff

Terryville’s Scott LaMarre won a state championship this season.

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By PAUL ANGILLYSTAFF WRITER

While there was just one state championship to be claimed by area indoor track performers this past season, several other athletes did have excellent performances in state-level competition and beyond and have earned spots on our third annual All-Press indoor track teams.

While Bristol Central again dominated most of our picks for both the boys and girls teams, the best state-level performance turned in by an area athlete this past sea-son actually came from Terryville junior Corie Scharpf, who won the Class S state title in the high jump with a leap of 5-feet-3.

She later tied for second place at the State Open in the event with a leap of 5-2, the best finish of any area athlete, then placed 13th among 23 entrants in the New England Championships with a jump of 5-1.

“It’s kind of exciting for us. It’s our first year of indoor track at Terryville,” Terryville coach Jeff Foulds said.

Senior Alyssa Brandt led the Bristol Central contingent on our All-Press team, with her second-place finish in the 1,600 meters (5:24.51) at the Class L meet, the best finish among Bristol girls, fol-lowed by a ninth-place finish in the event at the State Open over the weekend, running a personal indoor best of 5:17.55.

“Alyssa is a wonderful athlete who comes to practice every day ready to compete at the highest level,” Bristol Central coach Larry Covino said. “She always has a smile and is a positive motivator for the entire team.”

Joining her on the All-Press Team is fellow Ram Aubrey Palmquist, a junior who placed fourth at the Class L meet in the 3,200 meters with a time of 11:39.54, then came in ninth in the event at the State Open with a season-best time of 11:32.86.

Also earning All-Press honors from Bristol Central is senior Amanda Martin, who was seventh at the Class L meet in the long jump with a leap of 15-9, followed by a 15th place finish at the State Open with a mark of 15-4.

Earning All-Press honors as a team is the Rams’ 4x800 relay of Melissa Cummings, Palmquist, Angela Bosco and Brandt, which had a third-place finish of 10:00.10

in the Class L meet, followed by a ninth-place finish at the State Open in 9:55.64, their best time of the season.

Rounding out the girls’ squad is junior Danyelle Everett-O’Neill of Bristol Eastern, who placed second in the 55-meter hurdles in the Class L meet with a time of 9.43. At the State Open, she placed 11th in the preliminary round with a time of 9.36.

“[She] worked hard. Danyelle really improved from last year,” Lancers coach Bob Rottler said.

The All-Press boys team for indoor track includes four individu-als and a relay from Bristol Central, with a Bristol Eastern hurdler slip-ping into the final spot.

Among the boys, Rams junior Jacob Eschner came the closest to claiming a state title, placing second in the 600 meters with a time of

1:24.76 at the Class L meet, less than one second short of the school mark. He went on to finish fifth in the State Open (1:24.93) before recording his best time of the year at the New England meet, coming in 12th out of 27 entrants with a time of 1:24.42.

“He’s a hard worker and a very, very competitive individual who does not like to get beat,” Covino said. “He has that internal motiva-tion.”

Rams senior Mike Duprey had the best State Open finish among area runners, placing fourth after running a 4.26.61, breaking his own school indoor mark by 1.5 seconds.

That came after also finish-ing fourth at the Class L meet (4:33.73) and before going on to the New England meet, where he placed 11th out of 26 competitors in the one-mile run with a time of 4:29.02.

“Mike is an outstanding athlete and student,” Covino said. “He comes every day prepared to work hard and has been a leader on and off the track. As a captain, Mike has done an excellent job of pro-viding leadership and guidance to the younger athletes. He is a great athlete to coach and his work ethic will be missed.”

Bristol Central senior Connor Kelley earned a spot on our All-Press team with his ninth-place finish at the Class L meet in the 3,200 meters, finishing in 10:17.50.

He was also joined by Eschner, Duprey and Jake Mancini on Bristol Central’s 4x800 meter relay team, which earns All-Press status after placing third in the Class L meet (8:23.33) before recording its season-best time of 8:21.24 to fin-ish 11th at the State Open.

Also earning a spot from Bristol Central is senior Connor McCarthy, who placed seventh in the 55 hurdles at the Class L meet with a time of 8.67 seconds.

Bristol Eastern senior Cody Varkal slipped into the final spot on our All-Press team by finishing 13th in the preliminaries of the 55 hurdles at the Class L meet with a time of 8.83.

Duprey, Kelley, Brandt and Palmquist were all part of last year’s All-Press indoor track selections, making them the first two-time members of the honorary team.

All-Press Indoor Track TeamTheBoysTeam

MikeDuprey, BC

JacobEschner, BC

ConnorKelley, BC

ConnorMcCarthy, BC

CodyVarkal, BE

JakeMancini, BC

AmandaMartin, BC

D. Everett-O’Neill, BE

CorieScharpf, TV

AlyssaBrandt, BC

Aubrey Palmquist, BC

MelissaCummings, BC

TheGirlsTeam

AngelaBosco, BC

Special Note:Mike Duprey, Connor Kelley,

Alyssa Brandt and Aubrey Palmquist each made their second

All-Press indoor trackteam this season.

Terryville state champ Scharpf leads area’s best