New Canaan Country School Girls Place 2nd In Basketball Tourney

NEW CANAAN, CT — From New Canaan Country School: The New Canaan Country School girls’ basketball team earned second place honors at an invitational tournament held Jan. 20 at Greenwich Country Day School. The seventh, eighth and ninth grade NCCS girls played a total of five games, winning four.

“With only seven girls on our squad, our team was significantly out-numbered in each contest, however their hustle, heart and determination throughout was absolutely unmatched,” said Head Coach Chantal Angelis.

Game results included a win over Greenwich Country Day School (19-15), a loss to The Rectory School (8-28), a win over Greenwich High School's freshman team (16-10), a win over Rumsey Hall (16-13) and a win versus The Green Vale School (22-6).

Members of the New Canaan Country School girls’ varsity basketball team include: seventh grader Sofie Petricone of Rowayton; eighth graders Paige Davis of New Canaan, Menna Delva of Norwalk and Sydney Osinloye of Norwalk; and ninth graders Anna Hernandez of Stamford, Jennifer Llamas of Norwalk and Audrey Magnusen of Norwalk. Country School Apprentice Teacher and Coach, Karina Olsen, assisted Coach Angelis.

New Canaan Country School is a co-ed, independent, day school for students in Pre-K (ages 3 & 4) through Grade 9. Located on a 75-acre campus in New Canaan, the school offers transportation to families living throughout Fairfield and Westchester counties. For more information about the school and its athletics program, please visit www.countryschool.net.

Photo: New Canaan Country School athletes who came in second place at the 2018 invitational basketball tournament held in Greenwich Jan. 20 included (front row from left to right) Menna Delva (Norwalk) Jennifer Llamas (Norwalk) and Sydney Osinloye (Norwalk); (back row from left to right) Head Coach Chantal Angelis, Audrey Magnusen (Norwalk), Paige Davis (New Canaan), Anna Hernandez (Stamford), Sofie Petricone (Rowayton) and Assistant Coach Karina Olsen. Photo credit: New Canaan Country School