Sports
Suffield Legend to Receive Coach of the Year Award
He will be honored by the Connecticut High School Coaches Association at their 52nd annual Recognition Dinner.
The Connecticut High School Coaches Association will honor 27 coaches, including a longtime Suffield sportsman, as Outstanding Coaches of the Year this spring.
Joe Sinicrope, a 2004 inductee of the Suffield Athletic Hall of Fame, will be presented the indoor track coach of the year award. This past December, the track at Suffield High School was dedicated in his honor.
An Athletic Director of the Year and three special awards will also be presented at the 52nd annual Recognition Dinner on May 12 at 7 p.m. in Kay’s Pier at the Aqua Turf in Southington.
Tickets for the event are $46 and may be obtained by contacting John Fontana at 860-628-4122. No tickets will be held to be paid the night of the dinner. All tickets must be paid in advance.
This year no tickets will be sold at the door; however, tickets will be collected at the door the evening of the event.
To be honored are Athletic Director of the Year Betty Remigino-Knapp of West Hartford schools; Joe Aresimowicz, state representative, with the Joseph J. Fontana Distinguished Service Award; Michael Pitruzzello of Middletown High School with the Thomas J. Monahan CHSCA Honor Award; and Vern Pinder of Spalding, with the Joseph Calvanese Sponsorship Award.
The coaches to be honored:
- Peter Tucci, baseball, Norwalk
- Gary Barcher, boys basketball, Bloomfield
- Jeff Lownds, boys cross country, Woodland
- Eric Bergman, boys golf, Morgan
- Marty Morgan, boys lacrosse, New Fairfield
- Colin Delaney, boys soccer, Montville
- Eileen Thurston, boys swimming, Berlin
- Steven Jasulavic, boys tennis, Wolcott
- Tyson Kaczmarek, boys track, Darien
- Jonathan Shepro, boys volleyball, Staples
- MaryAnne Catalano, cheerleading, Greenwich
- Deirdre Hynes, field hockey, Wilton
- Sean Marinan, Xavier, football
- Catrina Hawley-Stewart, girls basketball, Hillhouse
- Douglas Russell, girls cross country, Newtown
- Ronald Barnes, girls golf, Berlin
- Owen Quigley, girls soccer, Amity Regional
- Todd Raney, girls swimming, Amity Regional
- Gary Ribchinsky, girls tennis, Valley Regional
- Brian Collins, girls track, Glastonbury
- Timothy Guernsey, girls volleyball, RHAM
- Mark Sorrentino, gymnastics, Nonnewaug
- Bob Russel, ice hockey, Greenwich
- Joe Sinicrope, indoor track, Suffield
- Scott Aresco, softball, Maloney
- Christopher Staley, unified sports, Norwich Free Academy
- Nicholas Garoffolo, wrestling, Fairfield Ludlowe
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