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SportsBeat: All-American, All-State for Girls Lax

Players dominate the All-American team for girls lacrosse.

Paul Devlin, Neighbor

All-American certainly has a nice ring to it and many players from the area were smiling from ear to ear after finding out their names will forever be attached to it. The 2012 Connecticut All-American Girls Lacrosse team was announced recently and the first-team is dominated by a lot of players from the FCIAC.

Heading the list is the dynamic duo from . Sarah Mannelly, the Connecticut Player of the Year,  garnered All-American status after another brilliant season for the Rams. As a midfielder, Mannelly scored 83 goals and dished out 47 assists. Teammate , who is the best hockey player in the state, made the team as a junior after pumping in 84 goals during a season that saw New Canaan win the Class M state championship.

Area players who received Honorable mention All-American include: Jessie Ambrose (Staples), Maria Blois (Cheshire), Alexandra Crofts (Staples), Tori Dunster (Greenwich), Jena Fritts (Darien), Allison Sciaretta (Sacred Heart).

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First team All-State selections include:

Class L

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Name

School

Class Alannah Boyle Hall Soph Alyssa Hague Cheshire Senior Caroline Odgen Ridgefield Senior Kendall Stevenson Ludlowe Senior Racel Aronow Hall Junior Lauren Schapiro Stamford Senior Pauline Kaplan Danbury Junior Kathleen Kalbian Cheshire Senior Meaghan Brophy Newtown Soph Erin Kenning Newtown Junior Remy Nolan Staples Senior Shannon Colligan Greenwich Senior Cassandra Ekstrom Newtown Soph Alexis Sansone Cheshire Senior Kaitlin VosWinkel Newtown Senior Hannah Jeffrey Greenwich Senior


Class M

Kelly Armstrong New Canaan Junior Jenna Bellano Brookfield Junior Samantha Blicht Wilton Senior Megan Boepple Wilton Junior Dana Bouwman New Fairfield Junior Shayna Delaney Pomperaug Junior Britt Douglass Avon Soph Brynn Gasparino Darien Senior Serina Ghio Bethel Senior Christina Gould Laurleton Hall  Senior Tegan Helms Wilton Junior Cammie Kirby Darien Senior River Kynoch Joel Barlow Senior Morgan LaBarbera New Fairfield Senior Liz O'Sullivan New Canaan Junior Dillon Schoen Darien Soph Emily Stein Darien Soph Caylee Waters Darien Junior

Class S

Name School Class Emilee Maher North Branford Senior Grace Mattison Weston Junior Emmy Dulak North Branford Junior Lindsay Koch Weston Junior Catie Ledwick Weston Senio

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