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Football OffenseThe team was selected by the Telegram & Gazette staff with the help of a panel of coaches.

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Orlando Anderson, Fitchburg John Andreoli, St. John’s Cam Brigham, Wachusett Matt Fraticelli, Fitchburg George Jordan, Marlboro Michael Okayka, Shrewsbury

Dustin Greene, Nashoba Joe O’Loughlin, Nashoba Tijean Pluverge, Doherty Matt Whitney, Leominster Evan Wheeler, St. John’s Jawad Yatim, Shrewsbury

Eric Brigham, Shepherd Hill Jesse Bond, Bartlett Matt Jurczyk, Quabbin Willy Kempton, Nipmuc Nick Kiritsis, Bartlett Raheem Lewis, Millbury

Keegan Mackin, Shepherd Hill Mike Padro, Northbridge Andrew Price, Bartlett Bucky Richards, Millbury Brian Sweet, Tantasqua Zach Zidelis, Northbridge

Dan Allard, Valley Tech Jeremy Batchelder, Murdock Andrew Cefalu, Assabet Ian DelliChiaie, Narragansett Alec Hudson, Lunenburg Charlie Jones, Ayer

Paul Lindberg, West Boylston Tim Martin, Murdock Bob Pizzarelli, Valley Tech Dan Poirier, Lunenburg Granger Stenman, Bay Path Greg Tanney, Hudson

T he 5-foot-7, 160-pound Alvarezwas a key component in the

Colonials going 13-0 and winningthe Division 1A Super Bowl overWestfield. The win cemented thefirst perfect season in Shrewsbury’shistory and also earned Terry Walles’Colonials the distinction of being thefirst team in Central Mass. to record13 wins in a season. Alvarez rushedfor 1,041 yards on 181 carries and scored 11 touch-downs for Shrewsbury and was named the Division 1East Offensive MVP. Alvarez also was named theteam’s offensive MVP. He holds the school record formost consecutive years with a kick return touchdown.The Colonials’ come-from-behind, 21-17, victory overWestfield in this year’s Super Bowl was his most mem-orable sports moment. Alvarez also excels in indoorand outdoor track for Shrewsbury, and is a four-yearveteran of both teams. He is the son of Toby andSteve Alvarez of Shrewsbury.

Alex AlvarezShrewsbury HighSenior, Running Back

T he 6-foot-1, 200-pound Bishopled the Warriors to the Division 2

playoffs before falling to ShepherdHill, as Bishop established himselfas one of the premier wide receiversin Central Mass. With quarterbackWilly Kempton throwing to him,Bishop led the area by catching 54passes for 1,012 yards and 10touchdowns, which earned himDivision 2 East’s Offensive MVP award. It was thesecond consecutive season Bishop led Central Mass.in receiving, as he recorded 739 yards and 10 TDs in2006. A co-captain for first-year coach Phil Schiloski,Bishop leaves Nipmuc with the all-time record fortouchdowns and receiving yards. Bishop is also astandout baseball and basketball player for the War-riors, and while he is unsure of where he will attendcollege, Bishop does want to play sports there.Bishop also made 14 tackles and one interception ondefense. He is the son of Joe and Cindi Bishop ofMendon.

Brandon BishopNipmuc RegionalSenior, Wide Receiver

C arter completed a spectacularseason for the Panthers, earning

the Division 1 East’s League MVPhonors after finishing third in CentralMass. with 1,934 yards and 19touchdowns while completing 127of 229 passes. Carter earned threeMVP awards for his performance ina Thanksgiving Day win over Hud-son, as the co-captain accountedfor six TDs — three throwing and three rushing — whileracking up 155 yards rushing and 259 yards passingas the Panthers rolled to a 42-28 victory. He is also abasketball standout for the Panthers. Undecided on acollege choice, Carter hopes to play football when hegets there. Among Carter’s highlights this year was alast-minute touchdown strike to Lane Garvey to pushthe Panthers past Algonquin, 27-26, in what he con-siders his most memorable sports moment. Carteralso orchestrated another last-minute comeback thefollowing week against Burncoat. He is the son ofSteve and Teresa Carter of Marlboro.

Josh CarterMarlboro HighSenior, Quarterback

T he 6-foot, 205-pound Douglashelped the Red Raiders to a 9-3

mark and a spot in the Division 1Aplayoffs before losing to undefeatedShrewsbury in a thriller. One of thetop blocking tight ends in the area,Douglas helped the Red Raidersamass a staggering 387 points thisyear. Douglas is more known for hisprowess on the defensive side of

the ball, earning Division 1 North all-star honors as adefensive end. The Fitchburg co-captain also earneda spot on the Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise’s all-starteam for the last two seasons. Douglas is also a stand-out on the Red Raiders’ indoor and outdoor trackteams, earning team MVP honors last spring. Douglasenjoys weightlifting, watching television, sleeping andrelaxing in his spare time. He is undecided on whereto attend college next fall. Douglas feels this year’s25-21 win over St. John’s — a game Fitchburg trailed,21-6, was his most memorable sports moment. He isthe son of Tim and Victoria Douglas of Winchendon.

Tim DouglasFitchburg HighSenior, Tight End

T he 5-foot-7, 165-pounderrushed his way to a Central

Mass.-best 1,881 yards on 264carries as he helped Fitchburg toa spot in the Division 1A playoffs.Gomez scored 21 touchdowns andwas named the Offensive MVP inthe Division 1 North. Despite beingplagued by injuries at the end ofthe season, Gomez was one of

the more exciting running backs in the area, andrushed for more than 90 yards in every regular-season game and surpassed 100 in all but two.Gomez also broke the 200-yard barrier five timesthis year, including a torching of North Middlesexfor 283 yards and four TDs. Also a member ofFitchburg’s indoor and outdoor track teams, Gomezrecalls getting into a varsity game as a freshman ashis most memorable sports moment. Undecided onwhere he will attend college, Gomez enjoys relaxingin his spare time. He is the son of Mayra Reyes ofWestford.

Jonathan GomezFitchburg HighSenior, Running Back

T he 5-foot-7, 170-pound Halleyrewrote the Shepherd Hill record

books, amassing 1,951 yards on193 carries and scoring 25 touch-downs. Halley now is the school’sleader in rushing yards in a season,career rushing yards, points in aseason, consecutive 100-yardgames, touchdowns in a seasonand yards per carry (10.11). Halley

amassed 1,881 yards in the regular season and fin-ished second in Central Mass. Halley was named theMVP of the Division 2 West and was the running back,defensive back, kicker and punter for the Chris Lind-strom’s Rams, who captured the Division 2 SuperBowl in a thrilling, 34-21, come-from-behind win overEast Longmeadow. While he is undecided on whereto attend college, he hopes to pursue a career insports management. His father, David, played footballand baseball at Oxford High before graduating in1986. He is the son of David and Maureen Halley ofCharlton.

Dan HalleyShepherd Hill RegionalSenior, Running Back

T he 6-foot-3, 170-pound Kimbercompleted a stellar four-year

career at Fitchburg and was thestarting quarterback for the RedRaiders for the past three seasons.Kimber finished 10th in passing inCentral Mass., throwing for 1,256yards and 20 touchdowns whilecompleting 81 of 131 passes toearn the Division 1 North MVPaward. Kimber led Fitchburg to a spot in the Divi-sion 1A playoffs before the Red Raiders fell on alast-minute field goal to Shrewsbury. Kimber passedfor 100 yards or more in nine games and threw forfour touchdowns in a win over St. Bernard’s. Kim-ber, a standout basketball player for the Red Raid-ers, has been named to all-star teams for the pastthree years in football and two seasons in basket-ball. Kimber, who is undecided on where to attendcollege, calls this year’s comeback win over St.John’s as his most memorable sports moment. Heis the son of Jerry and Eileen Kimber of Fitchburg.

Jeremy KimberFitchburg HighSenior, Quarterback

T he 6-foot, 155-pound Martinezfinished second in receiving in

Central Mass, catching 44 passesfor 957 yards and 10 touchdownsfor the Pioneers. He averaged 21.8yards per catch and was named tothe Division 2 West all-star team.Last year as a sophomore, Martinezwas also second in Central Mass.receiving, catching 30 passes for673 yards and 10 touchdowns and was named to theleague all-star team. Martinez was a SWCL Westall-star last winter in basketball. Only a junior, Martinezhas yet to think about college plans but hopes tobecome a police officer after he graduates. Martinezenjoys listening to music and hanging out with friendsand family in his spare time. A football starter sincefreshman year for Frank Koumanelis’s team, Martinezfeels the best memories are coming for Southbridge,as he and fellow Super Teamer Tyler Ramsey hope tomake the Pioneers a team to watch next fall. He is theson of Luz M. Pietri of Southbridge.

Victor MartinezSouthbridge HighJunior, Wide Receiver

T he 6-foot-1, 200-pound Pat-terson emerged as one of the

more dominant running backs inCentral Mass. this year and helpedthe Chieftains to a share of theDivision 1 West title. Patterson wasnamed the Nashoba’s team MVP aswell as the Offensive MVP for theDivision 1 West. He finished fourth inrushing in Central Mass. with aschool-record 1,405 yards and 14 touchdowns on193 carries. As a freshman, Patterson earned offen-sive MVP honors and took home Rookie of the Yearhonors for the Chieftains as a sophomore. On Thanks-giving against North Middlesex, Patterson sealed theschool rushing record with 163 yards and three touch-downs on 21 carries to help Nashoba to a 28-6 win.Patterson helped the Chieftains and returning coachKen Tucker to a 7-4 mark as Nashoba’s offenseracked up 248 points. Patterson is also a standoutlacrosse player for Nashoba. He is the son of Frankand Susan Patterson of Bolton.

Travis PattersonNashoba RegionalJunior, Running Back

T he 6-foot-4, 235-pound Salis-bury is a three-year varsity starter

for coach John Dubzinski’s BlueDevils. His blocking resumeincludes clearing paths for a hordeof 1,000-yard Leominster rushers,including Adam Cordio, AnthonyBizzotto, Jonathan Hernandez andthis year’s duo of Alex Rivera andAlex Medina, who combined for

more than 1,500 rushing yards. This season, Leomin-ster came on late and took a series of must-wingames as the Blue Devils captured Division 1 Northand defeated Holy Name in the playoffs before fallingto Longmeadow for the third consecutive season.Salisbury played baseball as a freshman, but switchedto volleyball as a sophomore and was named theoffensive MVP that season and team MVP. He enjoyshunting, paintball and pickup sports in his spare time.Undecided on where to attend college, Salisburyhopes to get an engineering degree after graduating.He is the son of Jon and Lavina Salisbury of Leomin-ster.

Kyle SalisburyLeominster HighSenior, Offensive Line

T he only returning Super Teamer,the 6-foot-3, 300-pound Tozer

has been a rock at left tackle forMike Pucko’s Naps, as for the thirdconsecutive year Holy Name reach-ed the postseason. Tozer flourishedin the double-wing offense andprovided key blocks for many nota-ble running backs, including EmilIgwenagu, Wally Derosier and Do-

minique Price as a junior and Kevin Greene, EricAgyeman, Billy Derosier and Elizio Marchezi this yearas the unit neared 3,000 yards on the ground. Tozerwas named to the Division 2 all-star team last year andthe Division 1 East all-star team this year. While he isundecided on where to attend college, he hopes tobecome a successful business owner after he gradu-ates. Tozer has played lacrosse for the last threeyears at Holy Name. Winning Holy Name’s first SuperBowl in 2005 — a 37-12 win over Wahconah — washis most memorable sports moment. He is the son ofJudy and Mark Tozer of Worcester.

John TozerHoly Name HighSenior, Offensive Line

T he 5-foot-9, 158-pound Wheelerhelped the Aztecs to the Divi-

sion 3 East playoffs as Assabetfinished 10-2 but fell to eventualSuper Bowl champion Valley Techin the postseason. Wheeler wasnamed the Division 3 East’s Defen-sive MVP and earned a spot onthe Colonial Athletic League all-starteam for the past three years. A

four-year varsity starter for Rob McCann, Wheelerrecorded more than 100 tackles in two seasons.Wheeler was a big reason the Aztecs were able toscore 365 points while giving up just 135 this year.On offense, Wheeler paved the way for 1,000-yardback David Parker as well as James Mahoney (744yards), Justin Flanigan (642 yards) and Nick John-son (421 yards). Undecided on where to attendcollege, Wheeler enjoys dirtbiking and working onChevys in his spare time. He is the son of Chip andLisa Wheeler of Berlin.

Ryan WheelerAssabet Valley RegionalSenior, Offensive Line

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Football DefenseThe team was selected by the Telegram & Gazette staff with the help of a panel of coaches.


Eric Agyeman, Holy Name Scott Brady, Westboro Sean Gaffney, St. Peter-Marian Chris Daigneault, Leominster Shane Donnelly, St. Bernard’s Matt Goguen, Oakmont

Tom Kane, Milford Julian McClain, Algonquin John Perron, St. John’s Yarwin Smallwood, Doherty Dylan Smith, Burncoat Paul Tizzano, Shrewsbury

Kwame Akoto, NorthStephen Albertelli, Uxbridge Colby Bilodeau, TantasquaChad Duncan, Auburn Brandon Hampton, South Paul Hanley, Leicester

Connor Johnson, AuburnMike MacDonald, OxfordMichael Mattei, David ProutyNate Power, SouthbridgeKorey Tancrell, NipmucJustin Tervo, Millbury

Connor Anderson, Maynard Andre Aureliano, Valley Tech Mike Cassano, Narragansett Ryan Connor, West Boylston Alex Harrah, Littleton Jason Hatstat, Hudson

Shane Keddy, Worcester Tech Jake LaChance, Lunenburg Peter Lekaditis, Lunenburg James Mahoney, Assabet Dan Peete, Clinton Anthony Salame, Narragansett

T he 5-foot-9, 183-pound captainwas the Co-Defensive MVP of

Division 1 North for 9-3 Leominster.The Blue Devils have won threeconsecutive league titles with Alcalain the program. Unfortunately, Leo-minster had to go up against West-ern Mass. powerhouse Long-meadow the past three years, andthe Lancers won each time, extend-ing their winning streak to 37. A four-year member ofcoach John Dubzinski’s Blue Devils, Alcala lists beat-ing Fitchburg with his fellow seniors all four years ashis most memorable sports moment. He has been afour-year starter for the Leominster lacrosse team.Although he is undecided about his college plans,Alcala wants to be a doctor. He is the son of MariaFlores of Leominster.

Alex AlcalaLeominster HighSenior, Linebacker

T he 5-foot-8, 178-pound fireplugwas a force on both sides of the

ball for the 9-2 Indians and coachChris Nasis. This season, Bartlettwent 9-2 and beat Southbridge onThanksgiving for the fourth straightyear. In the two Thanksgiving winsbefore this season, the Indians shutout the Pioneers. Bellerose becamethe first 1,000-yard rusher for Bar-tlett in 10 years, finishing with 1,186 yards. He wasalso a threat to score from anywhere on the field with13 rushing touchdowns, one receiving and two onkick returns. He enjoys working out and playing Mad-den in his spare time. Bellerose lists the Indians’comeback win over Southbridge this year as his mostmemorable sports moment. He is the son of Donnaand Brian Bellerose of Webster.

Nick BelleroseBartlett HighSenior, Linebacker

The 5-foot-7, 165-pound captainwas the Defensive MVP of Division 2West for the 12-1 Rams. Bennettamassed 766 yards rushing, 525yards receiving and 94 points,leading Ken LaChapelle’s North-bridge squad to a Division 2A SuperBowl title. In a 21-4 playoff victoryover Millbury, he scored all theRams’ points, including three point-after kicks. A four-year member of the football team,he set the school record for touchdowns in a gameand finished in the top two in career scoring in schoolhistory. His brother Brennan is a walk-on guard for theBoston College basketball team. Bennett received the2007 Wendy’s High School Heisman for Massachu-setts. He is the son of Deb and Dean Bennett ofNorthbridge.

Tyler BennettNorthbridge HighSenior, Defensive Back

T he 5-foot-10, 175-pound seniorcaptain was a force in the

Guardians’ secondary for coachJustin Ball. He was named theHomecoming MVP and the Hazel-hurst Award winner this season.Conrad was the leading rusher forthe 5-5 Guardians with 598 yardsand six scores. He added 145yards receiving and another touch-

down. Conrad comes from an athletic family whichincludes grandfather Joseph Sharry, father ShawnConrad and cousin Matt Lynch. He is undecidedabout where he wants to attend college but wantsto continue his football career. He is the son ofChristine and Shawn Conrad of Holden.

Dan ConradSt. Peter-Marian HighSenior, Defensive Back

T he 5-foot-8, 195-pound seniorcaptain was the Defensive MVP

for Division 1 West. Cortes started atlinebacker and fullback for coachJustin Ball’s Guardians, who fin-ished 5-5 this season. He ran for597 yards and six touchdownsduring 2007. In SPM’s Thanksgivingloss to St. John’s, Cortes droveforward for a 1-yard TD run to give

his team a 6-0 lead in the first quarter. As a sopho-more, Cortes was named the Joseph Scavone Home-coming MVP. He enjoys working out and customizingcars in his spare time. Cortes is undecided aboutwhere he wants to attend college, but is looking toenter the field of law enforcement. He is the son ofDarlene and Jennithan Cortes of Worcester.

Ryan CortesSt. Peter-Marian HighSenior, Linebacker

T he 6-foot-2, 220-pound captainwas a force from the end and

nose tackle positions and wasnamed the Division 2 East Defen-sive MVP. A four-year player for the8-4 Woolies, he also started at righttackle for coach Dave Palazzi. Hewas in on 10 tackles in Millbury’sThanksgiving win over Grafton.Devlin received the Alumni Award

and carries a 3.0 grade point average. He enjoysweightlifting and skateboarding in his free time. Dev-lin’s mother was a state swimming champion at East-hampton in 1980. Devlin lists causing a fumble thatkeyed a win over Nipmuc and put Millbury into theplayoffs as his most memorable sports moment. He isthe son of Laura Devlin and Eric LeClaire of Millbury.

Connor DevlinMillbury HighSenior, Defensive Line

T he 5-foot-8, 195-pound captainwas the Defensive MVP for

Division 1 East. DiAntonio finishedthe season with 133 tackles, threesacks and an interception forcoach John Dagnese. A T&GDivision 1 all-star in 2006, hefinished his career with 451 tacklesin 46 starts. DiAntonio was theDivision 1A Defensive MVP in 2006during the Scarlet Hawks’ Super Bowl-championshipseason. A four-year member of the football andwrestling teams, DiAntonio finished third in the stateand New England during the 2006-07 wrestlingseason. He lists the 2006 Super Bowl victory andplacing third in the New England wrestling tourna-ment as his most memorable sports moments. He isthe son of Mary and Jay DiAntonio of Milford.

Nick DiAntonioMilford HighSenior, Linebacker

T he 6-foot-1, 220-pound captainled the Colonials to a memora-

ble 13-0 season and a Division 1ASuper Bowl victory over Westfield.Loiseau established a single-sea-son record for total tackles with136 for coach Terry Walles’ Coloni-als. Loiseau earned HomecomingDefensive MVP and ThanksgivingMVP in 2007 and Homecomingand Thanksgiving MVP in 2006. He batted down apass as time expired to secure Shrewsbury’s 24-21victory over Fitchburg in the first round of the play-offs. Offensively, he played fullback and ran for 307yards and five touchdowns. Of course, he lists the2007 Super Bowl victory as his most memorablesports moment. He is the son of Denise and PaulLoiseau of Shrewsbury.

Shawn LoiseauShrewsbury HighSenior, Linebacker

T he 5-foot-9, 215-pound captainearned the Paul J. Lucey Defen-

sive MVP for the Division 1 Westchampions. Marchezi is a three-yearmember of Mike Pucko’s 7-4 Napsand was a part of three champion-ship squads — the 2005 and 2006Division 2 teams and the 2007Division 1 West team. This year’sNaps finished 8-4, falling to Leomin-ster in the Division 1 playoffs. Marchezi, who playedfullback on offense, enjoys strongman lifting in hisspare time. He was part of a backfield that includedEric Agyeman and Kevin Greene, and gained morethan 2,000 yards this season. His number frequentlywas called upon to rush for two-point conversions.Marchezi is undecided about where he will enroll forcollege but wants to major in business. He is the sonof Francisca Nunes.

Eliezio MarcheziHoly Name HighSenior, Linebacker

T he 5-foot-11, 168-pound corner-back was named the Co-Defen-

sive MVP of Division 1 North.O’Rourke is a three-year memberof coach John Andreoli’s 7-4 Pio-neers. He had a key interceptionand a touchdown catch in a 27-14win over Leominster in November.Also a member of the St. John’slacrosse team, he was a Telegram

& Gazette Super Teamer last spring. O’Rourke wasthe second-leading scorer in the Central Mass. ALeague with 53 goals and 37 assists as the Pio-neers went 17-2, 10-0 in the league. Winning the2004 New England Pop Warner championship withthe Worcester Vikings is his most memorable sportsmoment. He is the son of Pamela and AvisO’Rourke.

Colin O’RourkeSt. John’s HighJunior, Defensive Back

T he 5-foot-11, 190-pound Ramseyis regarded as one of the top

two-way players in Central Mass.,leading Southbridge at quarterbackand safety. Ramsey was hamperedby a hand injury during the year andproved to be a standout runningback for the Pioneers as well. Ram-sey threw for 1,083 yards and 14touchdowns while completing 68 of

103 passes. He also gained 699 yards and seventouchdowns on 69 carries on the ground. Ramseywas named to the Division 2 West all-star team thisyear and was a Division 2 all-star for the Telegram &Gazette last year. Ramsey is also a two-time SWCLall-star for Southbridge and is also a three-year varsitybaseball standout for the Pioneers. As a sophomore,Ramsey scored a fourth-quarter touchdown and thenfound Josh Ramsey on a two-point conversion pass togive Southbridge a 16-15 win over Tantasqua, whichwas his most memorable sports moment. He is theson of Mike and Kathryn Ritter of Southbridge.

Tyler RamseySouthbridge HighJunior, Defensive Back

T he 6-foot-1, 245-pound wreck-ing ball wreaked havoc on

opponents from both sides of theline of scrimmage. On defense,Shippee-Winfield could not beblocked one-on-one. His speedand strength led to many tacklesfor loss and sacks. On offense, heled the Colonels with 1,292 yardsrushing and 10 touchdowns, ave-

raging 7.6 yards per carry. A 2005 T&G Division 3all-star as a sophomore, Shippee-Winfield lists win-ning the 2006 Division 3A Super Bowl as his mostmemorable moment. Shippee-Winfield looks to prepa season at Milford Academy in upstate New Yorkand then move on to a Division 1 program. He isthe son of Nichole and Christopher Winfield ofWorcester.

Craig Shippee-WinfieldSouth HighSenior, Defensive Line

SUNDAY TELEGRAM DECEMBER 30, 2007 F3

Boys’ SoccerThe team was selected by the Telegram & Gazette staff with the help of a panel of coaches.


Chris Chenelle, Groton-Dunstable Bryant Craft, St. Peter-Marian George Lamptey, North Enco Lika, Doherty Charlie Long, St. John’s Brendan McGill, Algonquin

Sean Mitchell, St. John’s Ryan Ruffing, Westboro Mateus Santos, Leominster D.J. Siewierski, Nashoba Chris Swindell, Milford Ben Tsuda, Shrewsbury

Chris Blessing, Valley TechJohn Burke, Oxford Steve DeOliveira, Millbury Dana Deveaux, Assabet Valley Nick Gontijo, Hudson Jason Gove, Northbridge

Bob Jameson, Northbridge Tony Jaskoviak, Tahanto Eric Peterman, Nipmuc Yuri Silva, Clinton Jonni Ventura, Oakmont Brett Walberg, Blackstone-Millville

Josh Deschene, Bartlett Sean Conway, Whitinsville Christensen Joe Flanigan, Monty Tech Mike Fowler, Maynard D.J. Gustafson, Bartlett Nick Hill, Maynard

Corey Howard, Hopedale Andrew Jorgensen, Bromfield Brian Morgan, Bromfield Mitch Power, Douglas Joe Senecal, Sutton Justice Severin, Hudson Catholic

A mong the top goalkeepers inCentral Mass., the 6-foot,

170-pound Berube allowed just 12goals in 18 regular-season games in2007. His 0.70 goals against aver-age was top in the entire SouthernWorcester County League. WithBerube in net, the Rams went unde-feated against the SWCL East,going 10-0-0 to take the league title.Berube also led Northbridge to a 17-1-0 overall recordin the regular season, earning the top seed in theCentral Mass. Division 2 Tournament. The Rams got afirst-round bye, and Berube shut out Oakmont andBlackstone-Millville to get Northbridge to the final. Theteam captain, Berube was named his team’s MostValuable Player and earned all-league, All-CentralMass. and all-state honors. Berube enjoys movies andspending time with his friends in his spare time, and isconsidering UMass-Lowell, Merrimack, Bryant andNew Hampshire for college. He’s the son of Wendyand Steven Berube of Uxbridge.

Evan BerubeNorthbridge HighSenior, Goalkeeper

A first-time selection to the Tele-gram & Gazette Super Team,

the 5-foot-7, 145-pound Cespedeshelped propel the Blue Devils to a9-5-4 record in the regular season,including 7-3-2 in Mid-Wach A,where Leominster finished secondto Algonquin. The junior midfielderhelped Gus Bucher’s squad earn aNo. 9 seed in the Division 1 Cen-tral Mass. Tournament, where the Blue Devilsknocked off North and advanced to the quarterfinalsbefore losing to eventual CMass and state championSt. John’s, 4-1. A three-year member of the varsityteam at Leominster, Cespedes amassed 12 goalsand 8 assists for 20 points this season, earning himthe Mid-Wach A scoring title. The two-time leagueall-star now has 23 goals in his career. The talentedjunior is competing in indoor track for the BlueDevils this winter and enjoys snowboarding in hisspare time. He’s the son of Beatriz Albino and RaulCespedes of Leominster.

Ignacio CespedesLeominster HighJunior, Midfielder

A first-time selection to the Tele-gram & Gazette Super Team,

the 5-foot-11, 165-pound Cintraearned All-Central Mass. honors forthe third straight season. The topkeeper for coach Tim Hippert,Cintra also earned all-state acco-lades this season. North wentundefeated in the Inter-High thisyear, amassing a 3-0-3 record tocapture the league title. The Polar Bears went 9-5-4in the regular season, earning the No. 8 seed in theCentral Mass. Division 1 Tournament. Cintra played161⁄2 regular-season games in net for the PolarBears, allowing just 20 goals for a 1.21 goalsagainst average — tops in the Inter-High. Cintra ishoping to continue playing soccer at the next leveland is considering UMass-Lowell and Merrimack aspossible schools. He hopes one day to get theopportunity to play professionally. He’s the son ofLuciuane and Freud Moura of Worcester.

Jair CintraNorth HighSenior, Goalkeeper

T he 6-foot, 180-pound Crockerearned his first selection to the

Super Team after leading the War-riors to a 20-2 record as they gar-nered a No. 2 seed and breezedthrough the Central Mass. Tourna-ment to win the Division 2 title.Nipmuc defeated Northbridge, 4-1,in the final, with Crocker scoring thefirst goal. He cites that shot as his

most memorable moment in sports. Nipmuc wasperfect in Dual Valley Conference, compiling a 12-0-0record to win the league title. Crocker amassed 11goals and 2 assists during the regular season, thesixth highest point total in the league. After his strongseason, Crocker earned All-DVC, All-Central Mass.and all-state honors for the first time this season. Healso plays club soccer, competing for FC Puma in theMassachusetts Premier League. Crocker is unsure ofhis college plans but hopes to continue playing soc-cer at a Division 1 college next fall. He’s the son ofEllen and Calvin Crocker of Upton.

Evan CrockerNipmuc RegionalJunior, Forward

A team captain and Mid-Wach AMost Valuable Player, the

5-foot-7, 160-pound Grams led theTomahawks to a 10-2-6 record inthe regular season. With Grams inthe central midfield, Algonquin wonthe league title for the third straightseason and earned a No. 3 seed inthe Central Mass. Division 1 Tourna-ment, advancing to the semifinals.

An All-Mid-Wach, Central Mass. and state selection,Grams has played three years on varsity for the Toma-hawks, who advanced to the state finals in 2005 and2006 — taking the state title in ’05. Grams is also anaccomplished club soccer player, having competed inthe Massachusetts Premier League with Puma, Juven-tus and the Eagles, as well as the Bay State Games.Undecided on his college plans, Grams enjoys playingthe guitar and spending his spare time with his friends.He’s the son of Betsy and Bruce Grams of Northboro.

Tyler GramsAlgonquin RegionalSenior, Midfielder

A first-time selection to the Tele-gram & Gazette Super Team, the

5-foot-11, 200-pound Lee amassed13 goals and 2 assists in the regularseason, leading Skip Knight’sMountaineers to a 10-5-3 record.Wachusett earned the No. 5 seed inthe Central Mass. Division 1 Tourna-ment, where the Mountaineersdefeated Westboro, 3-2, and Shep-

herd Hill, 1-0, before losing, 2-0, in the semifinals toeventual CMass and state champion St. John’s. Ateam captain, Lee has played varsity at Wachusett forfour years and has also participated in indoor track forthe Mountaineers. Lee’s excellent 2007 campaignearned him Mid-Wach and Central Mass. all-starhonors, and he was also named all-state. An accom-plished club player, Lee was a teammate of fellowSuper Teamer Maarten van Ess on the Juventus teamthat won the Massachusetts Premier League state titlethis spring — which he cites as his most memorablemoment in sports. Undecided about college plans,he’s the son of Anne and Timothy Lee of Rutland.

Thomas LeeWachusett RegionalSenior, Midfielder

A repeat selection to the SuperTeam, the 6-foot-3, 175-pound

Lyvers scored the winning goal inovertime in the Division 3 state finalagainst Lynnfield to give the Trojanstheir second state title in three years— a feat Lyvers lists as his mostmemorable moment in sports. Theteam captain, Lyvers led Bromfieldto the Mid-Wach C title with a 5-1-2record. The Trojans were 14-2-2 overall to earn theNo. 2 seed in the CMass tourney, where they rackedup three straights shutouts to take the title. The leagueMVP, Lyvers amassed 17 goals and 12 assists in theregular season, earning All-Central Mass. and all-statehonors for the second straight year. Lyvers was alsoselected All-New England this year. In addition tosoccer, Lyvers has played four years of varsity basket-ball for the Trojans and is the team captain this winter.Lyvers is undecided about his college plans but hopesto become a surgeon. He’s the son of Nina and MarkLyvers of Harvard.

Josh LyversBromfield SchoolSenior, Forward

A Mid-Wach B and state all-star,the 5-foot-5, 135-pound Pereira

earned his first Super Team selec-tion after teaming with fellow SuperTeamer Maarten van Ess to takelead Marlboro to the Central Mass.Division 1 final. The Panthers went14-4-3 this season and went unde-feated in league play, compiling a6-0-2 record to win the Mid-Wach Btitle. Marlboro players occupied the top three spots inleague scoring, led by Pereira’s 20 goals and 6 as-sists for 26 points, and the top scorer on Steve Bish-op’s high-powered squad plans to continue playingsoccer after high school. He hopes one day to playprofessionally. Pereira has played two seasons onvarsity and fondly remembers the Panthers’ penaltykick win over Algonquin in the CMass semifinals thisyear. Another of his greatest memories is beating St.John’s twice in 2006. Pereira is undecided about hiscollege plans. He’s the son of Amelia Almeida ofMarlboro.

Flavio PereiraMarlboro HighSenior, Forward

A three-time Super Team selec-tion, having been selected for

soccer and indoor track as a junior,the 6-foot-2, 165-pound Powellracked up 12 goals and 7 assists inthe regular season as the Pioneerswent 4-0-0 to capture the CentralMass. Conference title. BehindPowell and fellow Super TeamerChris Stoker, St. John’s went 23-1-1this season, earning the top seed in the Central Mass.Division 1 Tournament, winning, 2-1, over Marlboro.The Pioneers went on to capture the state title with apenalty-kick win over Framingham. It was the secondstate title of the year for Powell, who was a member ofthe Juventus team that beat the Boston Bolts for theMassachusetts Premier League title, a duo he cites ashis greatest sports moment. An All-America selectionfor soccer, Powell also competes in indoor and out-door track for the Pioneers and is planning to studyeconomics or business management in college. He’sthe son of Joann and Richard Powell of Charlton.

Andrew PowellSt. John’s HighSenior, Midfielder

A repeat selection to the SuperTeam, the 5-foot-61⁄2,

140-pound junior amassed 23goals, 13 assists and 36 points inthe regular season while he led theTigers to a 11-4-3 record. Pruniernow has more than 100 points in hiscareer and still has all next seasonto look forward to. He cites passingthe century mark as his most memo-

rable moment in sports. Behind Prunier’s scoring,Douglas earned a No. 5 seed in the Central Mass.Division 3 Tournament, where the Tigers lost in thesemifinals. The Dual Valley Conference’s top scorer in2007, Prunier earned his third straight scoring titleand was named the league’s Player of the Year for thesecond consecutive season. A three-time league andCentral Mass. all-star, Prunier earned all-state honorsfor the second time this year. The team captain, Pru-nier will be looking for another strong season next fallas he considers colleges. He’s interested in BostonUniversity, Boston College, Connecticut and NotreDame — all top soccer programs. He’s the son ofChristine Prunier of Douglas.

Nicholas PrunierDouglas HighJunior, Forward

A teammate of fellow SuperTeamer Andrew Powell on the

Juventus and St. John’s teams in2007, the 5-foot-10, 150-poundStoker captained the teams to theMassachusetts Premier League andMIAA Division 1 state champion-ships, respectively. Stoker citeswinning these titles as his mostmemorable moment in sports.

Stoker was also named Most Valuable Player of theCentral Mass. Tournament. Stoker amassed 8 goalsand 13 assists in the regular season while leading St.John’s to an 18-1-1 record overall and 4-0-0 in theCentral Mass. Conference. An all-state selection in2007, Stoker has played varsity for the Pioneers allfour seasons. In addition to St. John’s and Juventus,he’s also the captain for the Massachusetts OlympicDevelopment Program. With his high school careerover, in the fall Stoker is headed to Providence Col-lege, which has been awarded a partial athletic schol-arship to continue playing soccer. He would like oneday to play professionally and possibly coach. He’sthe son of Regina and Mark Stoker of Holden.

Chris StokerSt. John’s HighSenior, Midfielder

T he leading set-up man in Mid-Wach B with 13 assists in the

regular season, the 6-foot-4,165-pound van Ess helped lead thePanthers to a 14-4-3 record thisyear, earning them the No. 2 seedin the Central Mass. Division 1Tournament, where they advancedto the final before losing to eventualstate champ St. John’s, 2-1. With

van Ess as captain, Marlboro also went undefeated inleague play, capturing the Mid-Wach B title with arecord of 6-0-2. In addition to his assists, van Essscored 10 goals, giving him 23 points this season —second only to his teammate Flavio Pereira in theleague. A repeat selection for the Super Team, vanEss earned MVP of the league this year and also wonAll-New England honors and a second straight NSCAACoaches’ Award. Van Ess also plays club soccer inthe Massachusetts Premier League and was part ofJuventus’ 5-0 state title win over the Boston Bolts thisspring — a feat he cites as his favorite moment insports. Van Ess will continue his soccer career atDartmouth next fall. He’s the son of Erna and Jim vanEss of Marlboro.

Maarten van EssMarlboro HighSenior, Midfielder


Girls’ SoccerThe team was selected by the Telegram & Gazette staff with the help of a panel of coaches.


Alex Barber, Hudson Dana Clowes, Algonquin Ashlyn Derosier, Shrewsbury Samantha Friday, Algonquin Lynn Goretti, St. Peter-Marian Erin Kinback, Shrewsbury

Courtney Letourneau, Wachusett Allie MacLeod, Groton-Dunstable Samantha O’Connor, Shepherd HillKatherine Polido, Nashoba Leda Tornaritis, Groton-Dunstable Erin Fleury, Wachusett

Hillary Atstupenas, Nipmuc Michelle Cavalieri, Auburn Jordynn Frollo, Uxbridge Rachel Hodgson, Nipmuc Mara Kralian, Grafton Kayla Leonardi, Grafton

Lindsay McQuade, Uxbridge Hannah Moriarty, Millbury Erin Peete, Clinton Chelsea Perkins, Millbury Sarah Rheault, Oakmont Laura Stern, Lunenburg

Sonia Basma, Littleton Leah Carbonneau, West Boylston Marissa Dickson, Bromfield Shauna Geagan, Hudson Catholic Rachel Miranda, Hopedale Hannah Mitchell, Hopedale

Rachel Plumb, Whitinsville Christian Henley Siegrist, Bromfield Tesia Stanasek, Valley Tech Rachel Valletta, Sutton Sam Ware, Assabet Valley Julie Winn, Sutton

T he Tomahawks’ scoringmachine landed a spot on

the Super Team after sparking adrive to the Central Mass. Divi-sion 1 final under coach KimMiller. After scoring nine goalsduring the regular season, Abronettedfive more in four postsea-son matches, with game-win-ners in each of Algonquin’sthree victories, two in overtime. She scored the onlygoal in the first-round win over Holy Name, bothTomahawk goals in an OT win over top-seededShepherd Hill and the sudden-death score in the2-1 verdict over Westboro in the semifinals. For thepast two seasons, she reaped All-Mid-Wach A,All-Central. Mass and All-State honors, and she wasteam MVP as a sophomore. As a freshman, she wasan all-league athlete in spring track. Abro, whoenjoys drawing, would like to pursue a career inphysical therapy. She is the daughter of Darleneand Ken Abro of Northboro.

Samantha AbroAlgonquin RegionalJunior, Midfielder/Forward

T his 5-foot-10 multi-talentedathlete anchored the Trojans’

journey to their first CentralMass. Division 3 championshipand state final. She posted a0.80 goals against average forthe season and didn’t allow agoal during the CMass Tourna-ment, posting four shutouts as acaptain for coach Gary Wenger.She nearly pulled off a state title for Bromfield,turning aside 15 shots in a 3-2 loss to Newburyportin the final, as the Trojans led, 2-1, entering thelast eight minutes because of her performance.Burke started the basketball season 76 pointsshort of 1,000 for her career, and the forward hasalready surpassed 1,000 rebounds. In the spring,she plays for the Bromfield baseball team. Herfather played football on a national club championat Worcester State. Burke, who is undecided on acollege choice, also likes music, cooking andpainting, and would like to own a restaurant some-day. She is the daughter of Randi and Tom Burkeof Harvard.

Lindsey BurkeBromfield SchoolSenior, Goalkeeper

T he 5-foot-5 Clark enjoyedquite a run as one of the

finest to play soccer for theWarriors. After leading the DualValley Conference in scoringthis past fall, the captain wasselected all-league, All-CentralMass. and all-state under coachHoward Cohen. She was theleading scorer in the DVC with17 goals and 13 assists, and she tallied three timesin Nipmuc’s 5-0 victory over David Prouty in theCentral Mass. Division 2 quarterfinals. Playing onDivision 3 state title teams in 2005 and 2006 areSarah’s most memorable sports moments. In hersophomore year, the Warriors captured the DVCtitle before winning the first state crown. Sheplayed basketball as a junior, and enjoys skiingand shopping in her spare time. Undecided on acollege choice, Sarah would like to major in busi-ness or marketing. She is the daughter of Charlotteand Ted Clark of Upton.

Sarah ClarkNipmuc RegionalSenior, Center Midfielder

T he 5-foot-4 Cobb completesan impressive high school

career with her selection to theSuper Team. This season, Cobbwas the leader of a stingy SPMdefense, one that captured theNo. 3 seed in the Central Mass.Division 1 Tournament. TheGuardians lost a 1-0 heart-breaker to Marlboro on a goalwith 3 seconds left in regulation.Cobb was a starter for St.Peter-Marian in each ofthe last four years, and was a three-year All-CentralMass. Conference selection. As a freshman, St.Peter-Marian advanced to the Division 1 CentralMass. final. Under coach Paul Keating, she servedas captain this past season and earned All-Statehonors. She is in her third season playing varsitybasketball at SPM and plans to compete in herfourth year of track this spring. As for next year,Cobb is undecided but would like to play soccer incollege. She is the daughter of Janet and DanCobb of Shrewsbury.

Lindsey CobbSt. Peter-Marian HighSenior, Sweeper

F or the 5-foot-6 Coonan, there’sno place like home — she lists

as her most memorable sportsmoment being on the first team toplay and win on the Mountaineers’new turf field. Coonan finishedthe season with five goals and twoassists. She scored off Marlboroin Wachusett’s regular-seasonfinale, a 1-1 tie. Coonan starred in

soccer for four seasons at Wachusett, and com-peted for the indoor track team for her freshmanthrough junior years. As captain for coach JenSolin’s squad this season, she collected Mid-WachA and All-State honors. Last year, Coonan waspresented with the Doug Flutie SportsmanshipSummit Award. She enjoys being with friends,running and working. The daughter of Kathleen andMichael Coonan of Holden, she hopes to graduatefrom college with a nursing degree and work in ahospital.

Kelly CoonanWachusett Regional HighSenior, Defender

I n four of her five varsity sea-sons, Cramer led the Panthers

in scoring, and she’ll graduateninth on the star-studded Marl-boro all-time scoring scroll. Dur-ing the regular season, she hadseven goals and seven assists for14 points, good for second inMid-Wach B. As a junior, sherecovered from a torn ACL and

returned for the Central Mass. Tournament. In thattourney, her goal with 1:40 left gave the Panthers a4-3 victory over Nashoba in a Division 1 semifinal.This year, she was all-league, all-state and captainfor coach Doug Freeman’s team. During her fresh-man and sophomore years, Cramer ran indoor andoutdoor track, qualifying for state meet competitionas a middle-distance specialist. Her sister Saman-tha played soccer at Tulane and brother Ben playedat Bryant. She is the daughter of Mary-Jane andFrans Cramer of Marlboro.

Amy CramerMarlboro HighSenior, Forward/Center Midfielder

D ’Errico was selected to theSuper Team after providing the

scoring punch needed for theColonials to capture the CentralMass. Division 1 crown and aberth in the state title match withfellow Super Teamer Maura Foxand under coach Chip DelPrete.During the regular season, D’Er-rico led Mid-Wach A in scoring

(13 goals, 10 assists). She had two goals in aCMass quarterfinal win over Wachusett and alsoscored in the Colonials’ semifinal victory over Marl-boro. She finished with more than 100 careerpoints. D’Errico served as captain this past fall andearned her third selection to the Mid-Wach A all-starteam. Her twin sister Gianna played alongside atShrewsbury, does the same with the Boston Rene-gades and will join her at the College of Saint Rosein Albany next fall. Nicola has helped the Rene-gades to three national tournaments and wasnamed to the Super-Y Nationals first team. She isthe daughter of Laurie and Matthew D’Errico ofShrewsbury.

Nicola D’ErricoShrewsbury HighSenior, Forward

F ox’s outstanding play through-out the season sparked the

Colonials on their drive to theCentral Mass. Division 1 cham-pionship and state final. Undercoach Chip DelPrete, she col-lected team and Mid-Wach AMost Valuable Player honors andwas tabbed the top player in theregion by the Central Mass.Soccer Coaches Association. She was third inMid-Wach A in scoring (9 goals, 6 assists). All-stateand All-New England kudos came her way, as didAdidas All-America honors, and she has beenelected captain for next season. As a sophomore,she was a league and Central Mass. all-star whilehelping Shrewsbury to the district final. She hashoned her skills for Black Watch in Rhode Island(Super-Y League) and the Fuller Hamlets (PremierLeague). Her brother Brendan played lacrosse atSt. John’s from 2004-07. She is the daughter ofMarjorie and Brian Fox.

Maura FoxShrewsbury HighJunior, Center Midfielder

T he 5-foot-7 Gosnell takes greatpride in being a defender, one

who has helped lead the Suziesto continued success. She wascoach Dan Delongchamps’ teamMVP this past season, her sec-ond as Sutton’s captain andcompleting an impressive five-year varsity career. After winningDual Valley Conference MVPhonors last year as a fullback, Gosnell played cen-ter half, sweeper and even a little forward whileleading the Suzies to the CMass Division 3 final,where they knocked off league rival Hopedale inovertime in the semis. Scoring a goal off a header ina game this season and winning a state champion-ship in 2004 she considers her most memorablesports moments. As a star for the Boston Rene-gades, Gosnell was selected for ODP camp in2004, 2006 and 2007. The daughter of Sue andJim Gosnell of Sutton would like to attend FitchburgState or Franklin Pierce and pursue a career inaccounting.

Heather GosnellSutton HighSenior, Defender

H er selection to the SuperTeam highlights a star-studded

athletic career for the Rangers, asshe has turned in impressiveperformances in three sports. Asa freshman, Kristiansen playedthird singles on Westboro’s tennisteam that won the Central Mass.Division 1 title and advanced tothe state final. Last winter, shewas a Mid-Wach B and T&G Division 1 all-star whilehelping the Rangers’ basketball team to a 20-0regular season. And on the soccer pitch this pastseason, the 5-foot-9 Kristiansen served as captainunder coach Paul Mumby. She was fourth in theleague in scoring (8 goals, 3 assists) during theregular season, and led the Rangers to the Division1 semifinals. She is a three-time All-Central Mass.selection and a two-time all-state pick. Undecidedon her college choice, she is the daughter of San-dra and Henning Kristiansen of Westboro.

Annette KristiansenWestboro HighSenior, Center Midfielder

T his is the third appearance ona Super Team for the 5-foot-8

Mongeau, who anchored thedefense for Westboro en route tothe Mid-Wach B championship (at5-0-3) and the Central Mass.Division 1 semifinals. She isjoined on the team by classmateAnnette Kristiansen, who is also abasketball teammate. Her other

two Super Team selections have come in lacrosse.As a junior center, she led all of Central Mass. inscoring this year, with 53 goals and 24 assists. As apoint guard, she has the Rangers aiming to return tothe CMass Division 1 final like last year, when theywent undefeated during the regular season. Mon-geau has played at the varsity level each season ofher high school career. Her sister, Jenny, playedlacrosse at Assumption, earning All-America statusas a junior in 2005. Emily is the daughter of Pattyand Peter Mongeau of Westboro.

Emily Mongeau Westboro HighSenior, Defender

F or the second straight season,the 5-foot-10 Peacock gar-

nered team MVP honors, and shehas collected similar accoladeswith Blue Raider basketball andsoftball teams. As a soccer cap-tain this year, she led Hopedale toa 16-2-2 mark, the Dual ValleyConference championship andthe Central Mass. Division 3

semifinals. She scored twice in the Blue Raiders’5-0 victory over West Boylston in a CMass quarterfi-nal. She was also a key sophomore performer in theRaiders’ run to the district championship in 2005.Peacock was a Super Team performer in basketballlast year, averaging 23.6 points per game whileleading the Blue Raiders to an undefeated DualValley Conference run and the CMass Division 3final. She scored her 1,000th point last season andwas named DVC MVP. Peacock, who will attendMerrimack College to play soccer next fall, is thedaughter of Beth and Jim Peacock of Hopedale.

Jessica PeacockHopedale HighSenior, Sweeper

I t hasn’t taken long for the5-foot-7 Ronan to make her

mark on Woolies soccer. Hergoalkeeping backboned Millbury’smarch to its first Central Mass.Division 2 title. In the district final,she shut out SWCL East rivalAuburn through regulation andovertimes and did the same inpenalty kicks, as the Woolies

prevailed, 2-0, in PKs — a course of events Ronanconsiders her most memorable in sports. The bestmay be yet to come for Ronan and her young team.She earned all-league and all-state honors this pastfall under coach Andy Burnett, and she’s playingvarsity basketball this winter after a JV season as afreshman. Her mother was a talented figure skaterwho competed at the national level. Her goal for twoyears down the road is to play soccer while studyingat a Division 1 institution and later to become ananesthesiologist. She is the daughter of JaniceRonan and John Gonynor of Millbury.

Erin Ronan Millbury HighSophomore, Goalkeeper


Boys’ Cross CountryThe team was selected from the top finishers at the Central Mass. Championships.

T he 5-foot-10,130-pound Be-

tschart, a repeat T&GSuper Teamer, was akey member in theBlue Raiders’ Division2 district and statechampionships teamsthis fall. Betschart, aco-captain and DualValley Conference all-star, ran to a fourth-place finish in 15:30 at the Central Mass.Championships, and finished 20th in 15:39in the state meet, both at Gardner MunicipalGolf Course. Hopedale edged Bishop Fee-han, 107-132, for the state title. Betschart,who also competes in basketball and trackand field, lists winning the states in 2005and 2007 as his most memorable sportsmoments. He also wants to make it to statesall four years of high school and win the stateteam title next season. He is the son of Anneand Doug Betschart of Hopedale.

Christopher BetschartHopedale HighJunior

T he 6-foot-3 Brunellefinished seventh at the

Central Mass. Division 1meet in Gardner with atime of 15:11.2. He fol-lowed that race with a27th-place finish at thestate meet on the samecourse. The Panthers’MVP, Brunelle was alsonamed a Mid-Wach B all-star the past twoyears and placed third at the league meetin Marlboro this fall. He owns courserecords at Quaboag, Marlboro and Quab-bin. Brunelle also participates in indoorand outdoor track, and was named thePanthers’ Most Improved Player last springand MVP last winter after playing soccerfor two years. Brunelle enjoys hunting andgoing to the beach in his spare time, andwhile he has not made a college decisionyet, he is thinking about majoring in engi-neering. He is the son of Michael andDonna Brunelle of Oakham.

Matt BrunelleQuabbin RegionalSenior

T he 6-foot-1, 145-poundBush led the Rangers

to a fourth-place teamfinish at the Division 1Central Mass. Champion-ships at Gardner MunicipalGolf Course with a third-place individual effort,behind only Nashoba’sAnthony Raduazo andNorth Middlesex’s Dave Hausherr, in a timeof 14:55. Bush later went on to finish 37thin 15:22 in the state meet. Under coachRick Hebert, Bush was fourth at theCoaches Invitational, ninth in the leagueand 17th at the Bay State Invitational. Lastyear in indoor track, Bush was the state’sNo. 1 freshman in the 2 mile. In outdoortrack, Bush was the league champion in themile and a part of the 4x400 relay cham-pion — his most memorable sportsmoments — and finished fourth in the mile atthe district meet. Bush’s hobbies includesinging, piano and sailing. He is the son ofKathleen and Brian Bush of Westboro.

Jeff BushWestboro HighSophomore

T he 5-foot-7, 105-poundFlaton makes his first

appearance on the T&GSuper Team after a 15:37,seventh-place finish in theDivision 2 race at theCentral Mass. Champion-ships at Gardner MunicipalGolf Course. Flaton cameback at the state cham-pionships and ran a 15:41 for a 21st-placefinish. Flaton, coached by Kevin Foster,placed second at the Mid-Wach C cham-pionships in 14:23, behind only Hudson’sLuke Doherty, over the 2.7-mile course atTahanto, helping the Trojans finish secondas a team. As a freshman, Flaton claimedthe top prize in the Mid-Wach C leaguemeet in 14:39. He lists gliding, backpack-ing and snowboarding as his hobbies.Flaton is the son of Noelle and Ken Flatonof Harvard.

Max FlatonBromfield SchoolSophomore

T he 5-foot-9,150-pound Hausherr

returns to the T&G SuperTeam in his senior seasonafter another tremendouscampaign. Hausherr, athree-time team MVP andthree-time captain whocompetes in cross coun-try, indoor and outdoor

track, fell just shy of defending his crown atthe Division 1 Central Mass. championshipsat Gardner Municipal Golf Course with asecond-place finish in 14:49, trailing onlyNashoba’s Anthony Raduazo. At the statemeet, Hausherr posted a top-10 time of14:40 for seventh overall. Coached by EdPancoast, Hausherr won the district title lastyear in 14:46 over the 2.9-mile Gardnercourse, and placed 13th in the state meetat Northfield Mountain. He is the son ofNancy and Steven Hausherr of Townsend.

Dave HausherrNorth Middlesex RegionalSenior

T he 5-foot-10,120-pound Mazeika

was the ace of the Woo-lies’ squad and displayedhis talents on the biggeststages. In the Division 2Central Mass. champion-ships at Gardner Munici-pal Golf Course, he ran a15:30 over the 2.9-mile

course to snag a top-five finish, and cameback a week later in Gardner to run a15:32, which placed him 15th in the statechampionships. Mazeika, who also runsindoor and outdoor track, owes much of hisrunning success to his father, John, aformer high school cross country runner.Mazeika has his eye on winning the districtsand placing in the top five at the states nextseason. He’s most proud of breaking 15minutes for the first time in a cross countryrace. Mazeika is the son of Elizabeth andJohn Mazeika of Millbury.

Tim MazeikaMillbury HighJunior

T he 5-foot-11,150-pound McRae

returns to the T&G SuperTeam for the seasonstraight season. McRae,who admits to beinginspired by coach ChrisVander Baan, tore up theGardner Municipal GolfCourse in 15:13, 7 sec-

onds ahead of Hopedale’s Colin Ogilvie, tocapture the Division 2 title at the CentralMass. championships, a feat he lists as hismost memorable sports moment. McRaealso was a key in the Crusaders’ second-place team finish in the Central Mass.championships. He went on to place 13thin 15:30 at the state meet in Gardner.McRae is a Dual Valley Conference all-starand played varsity baseball last spring. Lastfall, McRae represented David Prouty as ahome-schooled student. He is the son ofClaire and John McRae of East Brookfield.

Arleigh McRaeWhitinsville ChristianSophomore

T he 5-foot-7,117-pound Mullarkey

bolted to a third-placefinish in 15:23 at theDivision 2 Central Mass.championships atGardner Municipal GolfCourse, an accomplish-ment he ranks as hismost memorable sports

moment. In the state meet, also in Gardner,Mullarkey had a top-20 finish (19th) with atime of 15:38. Other top accomplishmentsfor Mullarkey this year included fourth at theWachusett Invitational and seventh in theDual Valley Conference meet. Mullarkey,who also runs track in the winter andspring, enjoys ping-pong, soccer and beingwith friends and family. Mullarkey’s fatherwas a standout cross country/track athleteat South Catholic High School in Connecti-cut. He is the son of Ed and Deb Mullarkeyof Mendon.

Patrick MullarkeyNipmuc RegionalJunior

T he 5-foot-10,135-pound Ogilvie, a

three-time T&G SuperTeamer, capped off hissenior cross countryseason in style. He fin-ished second to Whitins-ville Christian’s ArleighMcRae in the CentralMass. Division 2 cham-pionships with a time of 15:21 and ran a15:10 to place fifth at the state meet at theGardner Municipal Golf Course, all whilehelping the Blue Raiders capture the Divi-sion 2 Central Mass. and state titles. Ogilvielists winning the state team title in 2005with his brother Thompson as one of hismost memorable sports moments. Ogilvie,who will attend Bowdoin College in the fall,won the New Balance Invitational in War-wick, R.I. He is the son of Marillee andDavis Ogilvie of Hopedale.

Colin OgilvieHopedale HighSenior

T he 5-foot-5,120-pound captain,

coached by DanRushton, made quitean impact for theHighlanders this sea-son. Polito went toe totoe with the best inCentral Mass. andposted a solid sixth-place finish in the Division 1 CentralMass. championships at Gardner Munici-pal Golf Course. He ran a smooth 15:10to advance to the state meet, also held inGardner. At the states, Polito covered the2.9-mile course in 15:01, good for 14th.Polito’s most memorable sports moment ishelping the Highlanders defeat the St.John’s 4x800 relay team at the Class Ameet in his sophomore campaign. Hisone main goal is to set the school recordin the 2 mile. He is the son of Karen andMartin Polito of Worcester.

Stephen M. PolitoDoherty HighSenior

T he 5-foot-10,135-pound Raduazo

stunned the field at theDivision 1 CentralMass. championships,outlasting defendingchampion and NorthMiddlesex ace DaveHausherr, to finish firstin 14:41. In the proc-ess, the Chieftains claimed their first Divi-sion 1 team title and their first Central Mass.title since winning the Division 2 crown 10years ago — a feat Raduazo lists as his mostmemorable sports moment. In the statemeet, Raduazo, a two-time captain, ran to afifth-place effort in 14:33, and the teamfinished third. Raduazo also took home theleague championship this season, as theChieftains finished 12-0. Raduazo’s parentswere standout cross country runners in highschool and became marathoners. He is theson of Celeste and Rocco Raduazo ofBolton.

Anthony RaduazoNashoba RegionalSenior

T he 6-foot-1,145-pound Sylvestre

battled back from a stressfracture in his left foot towin the Wildcats’ teamMVP award, after finishingfourth in 15:02 at hishome Gardner MunicipalGolf Course at the Divi-sion 1 Central Mass.

championships. In the state meet, Syl-vestre, a captain, came in 17th (15:07).Sylvestre also garnered MVP team honorsin cross country as a sophomore and junior,and is a captain of the indoor and outdoortrack teams. Last season, Sylvestre waspart of the Wildcats’ distance medley relayteam that set a state record during thewinter season. As a freshman, he was amember of the cross country team thatmade it to the states for the first time in 20years. He is the son of Patricia and CharlesSylvestre of Gardner.

Zack SylvestreGardner HighSenior

T he 5-foot-8,135-pound Tieuli

returns to the T&G Su-per Team for a secondstraight season after a15:07, fifth-place finishthat helped the Pioneerstake second at the Divi-sion 1 Central Mass.championships in

Gardner. Tieuli, who has been the Pio-neers’ No. 1 runner at the district meetthe last two years, has a twin brother,Chris, who is also in the top five on thecross country team. His older brother,Matt, was a four-time T&G all-star in crosscountry and currently runs at the Uni-versity of Notre Dame. Cameron’s top-fivefinish in the districts marked the sixthstraight year a Tieuli has finished in thetop five. Tieuli also enjoys ping-pong andreading Harry Potter books. Cameron isthe son of Lisa and Alan Tieuli of Upton.

Cameron TieuliSt. John’s HighJunior

T he 5-foot-10,140-pound Walsh, a

cross country and indoortrack captain, was aDual Valley Conferenceall-star and the teamMVP for the Sammiesthis fall. At the Division 2Central Mass. champion-ships at Gardner Munici-

pal Golf Course, Walsh’s time of 15:35was good enough to capture sixth placeand advance to the states. At the statechampionships, Walsh finished 38th in15:57. Walsh’s brother, Bart, was a three-time T&G all-star in cross country. Walshwas a cross country district medalist inthe 10th grade. His most memorablesports moment was winning the crosscountry team district title in 2006. He isthe son of Dottie and Bart Walsh of Sut-ton.

Zachary WalshSutton HighSenior


Girls’ Cross CountryThe team was selected from the top finishers at the Central Mass. Championships.

T he 5-foot-3 fresh-man makes her first

appearance on theSuper Team afterfinishing fourth in theCentral Mass. Division1 championship atGardner Municipal GolfCourse with a time of17 minutes, 49.9seconds. That was third fastest time by afemale Wachusett runner. Carlson finished17th in the state championships, also atGardner, in 17:48 — the fourth-best time forfreshmen. Her brother, John Carlson, is avarsity soccer player and was named to theboys’ tennis Super Team this past spring.When Carlson is not running, she enjoysreading and writing. She is the daughter ofKathleen Sweeney and Ed Carlson of Prin-ceton.

Katie CarlsonWachusett RegionalFreshman

T he 5-foot-7 Cheneverttoured the 2.9-mile

course at Gardner in 18minutes, 24.9 seconds toplace sixth in the CentralMass. Division 2 meet andmake her first SuperTeam. She was namedteam MVP for the thirdstraight season. This year,he set the Uxbridge course record (21:07),breaking her 2006 mark of 21:45. Chenev-ert also broke the Millbury course record,clocking in at 18:57. She is the point guardfor the Uxbridge girls’ basketball team.Chenevert is undecided about her collegechoice, but se wants to become an athletictrainer, an athletic director or a physicaleducation teacher. She is the daughter ofFlo and Peter Chenevert of Uxbridge.

Kate ChenevertUxbridge HighJunior

C onner returns to theT&G Super Team after

finishing sixth in the Divi-sion 1 championship,covering the 2.9-mileGardner course in18:21.8. The Patriots’cross country captain isplaying basketball for herschool this winner and willrun track in the spring. Her sister, AllisonConner, was a member of the 2006 crosscountry Super Team. When she is notrunning or playing basketball, Connerenjoys snowboarding. She lists breakingthe 20-minute mark for her home courseand qualifying for the state meet three yearsin a row as her most memorable sportsmoments. She is the daughter of Candiceand Tim Conner of West Townsend.

Corey ConnerNorth Middlesex RegionalSenior

T he 5-foot-9 Dunn is arepeat member of the

Super Team. She placedfifth in the Division 2championships, finishingthe 2.9-mile Gardnercourse in 18 minutes,22.1 seconds in helpingthe Trojans to anotherdistrict title. Dunn finished31st at the state championships in Gardnerin at 18:21. She was named to the 2007indoor track Super Team for her first-placefinish in the 600 meters (1:41.29). Dunnwas also named to the 2006 outdoor trackSuper Team for a top showing in the 800meters (2:21.22). She will finish her athleticcareer at Bromfield on the indoor and out-door track teams. Dunn’s father was anAll-America runner at Drake University. Sheis the daughter of Beth Haberkorn andRaymond Dunn.

Bo DunnBromfield SchoolSenior

T he 5-foot-1 Ellis fin-ished third at the

Central Mass. Division 1championships, coveringher home course atGardner in 17 minutes,42.1 seconds, and was23rd in the state Division1 championships (18:00).This marks the second

straight season that she has been namedMost Valuable Runner at Gardner. Lastyear, Ellis was her indoor track team’s topscorer and played softball, where she wasgiven the team’s Iron Man Award. Ellis is apart of the Gardner High band and enjoysIrish step dancing in her spare time. Ellislists helping Gardner qualify for the Division1 state meet for the first time in more than30 years as her most memorable sportsmoment. She is the daughter of Lisa andMichael Ellis of Gardner.

Stephanie EllisGardner HighSophomore

J arrard made her firstT&G Super Team after

finishing third in the Cen-tral Mass. Division 2championship (18 min-utes, 9.5 seconds) onGardner’s 2.9-milecourse. This season, sheset the course record atFitchburg’s Coggshall

Park (17:08, 2.8 miles) in the ColonialAthletic League meet. She also set HC’shome course record at 16:03. The GreenWave MVP finished 24th at the Division 2state meet in 18:07. She would like to runin college and someday hopes to coach.Her father lettered 11 times in high schoolathletics while being selected for severalall-star teams in football. She lists running ata 5:54-mile pace in winning the CAL individ-ual title as her most memorable sportsmoment. She is the daughter of CathyFitzgerald and Robert Jarrard of Shrews-bury.

Jessica JarrardHudson Catholic HighJunior

T he 5-foot-7 Jonesmakes her eighth T&G

Super Team after winningthe Division 2 CentralMass. and state titles forthe second straight year.She took her third con-secutive Central Mass.title when she completedthe 2.9-mile Gardner

course in 16:56.9. She returned to thesame site a week later to claim the state title(16.06). She followed that by finishingsecond (17:41.2) at the Foot Locker North-east Regionals in New York and 11th(17:54) at the nationals in San Diego. As asophomore, Jones also swept the CentralMass. (16:48 at Gardner) and state (18.49at Northfield Mountain) titles. Jones fol-lowed that by finishing ninth at the Foot-locker Northeast Regional in New York and25th at the nationals in San Diego. Joneshas also made Super Teams in indoor andoutdoor track. She is the daughter of SusanHunter-Jones and Dan Jones of Harvard.

Emily JonesBromfield SchoolJunior

T he 5-foot-4 Kobayashireturns to the T&G

Super Team after fin-ishing fourth in the Cen-tral Mass. Division 2meet, completing the2.9-mile Gardner coursein 18:21.3. Kobayashifollowed that by placing35th in the state cham-

pionships with a time of 18:28. As asophomore, she placed sixth (18:33.7) inthe Central Mass. championships to helpthe Crusaders to a second-place finish. Inher down time, Kobayashi enjoys reading,drawing and printmaking. Kobayashi listscelebrating the end of the 2007 seasonwith a team dinner after the state cham-pionship as her most memorable sportsmoment. She is the daughter of Yumikoand Masaru Kobayashi of Woodstock,Conn.

Maho KobayashiWhitinsville Christian Junior

T he 5-foot-4 Lacombemakes her debut as a

Super Teamer after fin-ishing first in the CentralMass. Division 1 cham-pionships, covering the2.9-mile Gardner coursein 17 minutes, 16.6 sec-onds. She was the topfreshman and sixth overallin the state Division 1 championship (17.19)at Gardner. Lacombe’s finish in the CentralMass. meet sent the Crusaders to thestates. Lacombe lists having her team makethe states for the first time, along with theteam participating in the “Jog for Joey”event as her most memorable sportsmoments. She is the daughter of Kristin andBob Lacombe of Groton.

Micaela LacombeGroton-Dunstable RegionalFreshman

T he 5-foot-2 Leecaptained the Henry

Phelan-coached Tro-jans to a four-peat inthe Central Mass.Division 2 champion-ships and a three-peatin the state champion-ships. Lee, who ismaking her sixth ap-pearance on the Super Team, clocked in at17:38.5, good for second place in theCentral Mass. championships and came in10th at the state championships at 17:32.She aspires to break a 5-minute mile. Leelists helping Bromfield win three straightstate championships and having four teamsin the 2007 state finals (girls’ and boys’soccer, girls’ and boys’ cross country) asher most memorable sports moments. Leeenjoys snowboarding, playing the guitar andthe clarinet, acting and running in her sparetime. She is the daughter of Lisa Stanleyand Thomas Lee.

Liz LeeBromfield SchoolSenior

T he 5-foot-3 Porcheris making her debut

appearance on theSuper Team after fin-ishing seventh at theCentral Mass. Division1 championship, cov-ering the 2.9-milecourse at GardnerMunicipal GC in 18minutes, 30.0 seconds. She followed thatby placing 31st in the state championships(18:16). As a sophomore, she finished 21stin the Central Mass. meet in 19:28.4.When Porcher isn’t running on the trails forNashoba, she’s on the trails skiing for theChieftains. She has been on the Nashobacross country and ski teams for three years.Outside of sports, Porcher enjoys baking.She lists going to states this year for thefirst time ever as her most memorablemoment. Porcher is unsure about her col-lege choice but hopes to pursue a career ineducation. She is the daughter of CathyLeonard and Tom Porcher of Stow.

Molly PorcherNashoba RegionalJunior

T he 5-foot-8 Reedich ismaking her debut on

the T&G Super Team,having finished seventh inthe Central Mass. Division2 championship by cov-ering the 2.9-mileGardner course in 18minutes, 28.9 seconds.Reedich followed that

with a 25th-place finish (18:09) in the statechampionship, also at Gardner. Last sea-son, Reedich finished 12th in the CentralMass. Division 2 meet with a time of19:08.6. She has been a part of two statechampionship teams, and lists being part ofBromfield’s third straight state title thisseason as her most memorable sportsmoment. When not running, Reedichenjoys basketball, softball and reading.Reedich has also played varsity softball andJV and varsity basketball for the Trojans.She is the daughter of Sue and Doug Reed-ich of Harvard.

Emily ReedichBromfield SchoolJunior

T he 5-foot-8 Tyburski isyet another runner

making her debut on theSuper Team. She finishedsecond in the CentralMass. Division 1 race,covering the 2.9-mileGardner course in 17minutes, 39.6 seconds.She followed that with a

22nd-place finish at the state meet, also atGardner, clocking in at 17:58. Tyburskifinished first in the SWCL meet, coveringthe 2.73-mile course in 16:58.4 secondsto set a course record. She finished first inall 10 league meets this season, and wason the SWCL all-star team. As a freshman,Tyburski finished first in the SWCL meet(17:48.1) and 11th overall (19:14.6) in theCentral Mass. meet, making her a statequalifier. She is the daughter of Robertaand George Tyburski of Charlton.

Ali TyburskiShepherd Hill RegionalSophomore

T he 5-foot-4 Vinciullo isa repeat member of

the Super Team, havingfinished fifth in the CentralMass. Division 1 cham-pionship at Gardner,covering the 2.9-milecourse in 18 minutes,10.8 seconds. She fin-ished first in the freshman

girls’ race at the Amherst Invitational in arecord 19:37. Vinciullo also set records atMarlboro (19:34) and Auburn (19:40). Forthe second straight year, she finished firstin the Division 1 girls’ freshman race at theMSTCA Coaches’ Invitational. This year,Vinciullo clocked in at 12:47.0, and as aneighth-grader, she finished in 12:41.5.Vinciullo lists winning the MSTCA Coaches’Invitational two consecutive years as hermost memorable sports moment. She is thedaughter of Kathy Vinciullo of Hudson.

Laurie VinciulloHudson HighFreshman


Field HockeyThe team was selected by the Telegram & Gazette staff with the help of a panel of coaches.

D I V I S I O N 1 D I V I S I O N 2

Ali Baillargeon, Tantasqua Erin Crosson, Shrewsbury Kayla Davis, Gardner Cory delaGorgendiere, Quabbin Jordan DiGeronimo, Fitchburg Kayleigh Force, Leominster

Anisha Gundewar, Marlboro Elizabeth Hurley, Notre Dame Academy Maura Hurley, Notre Dame Academy Alyssa Ineson, Shrewsbury Sarah Matthews, Hudson Shannon Pustis, Shrewsbury

Jessica Barth, Uxbridge Kally Collette, Grafton Sara Favreau, Narragansett Melissa Field, Littleton Samantha Janhunen, Narragansett Olivia Jankins, Quaboag

Alyssa Juszczyk, QuaboagAmanda Kelleher, HopedaleLauren Rajcula, HopedaleEryn Shea, David Prouty Kayla Sokol, Quaboag Abigail Walsh, Blackstone-Millville

T he 6-foot-1 Becqueplayed on the Rang-

ers’ varsity team forfour years and nowdeparts as the school’sall-time leading scorer.A return Super Teammember, she comesfrom a line of familysuccess in the sport asher sister Megan played at Tufts Universityand sister Jessica played at Sacred Heart.Sarah plans to attend the University of Ver-mont next fall and pursue a business degree.A captain this year for Westboro, she earneda spot in the Best of 60 Game and was alsoa member of the silver-medal winning teamat the National Futures Championship. Alsoa four-year player on the Rangers’ lacrossesquad, Becque enjoys hiking and otheroutdoor activities. She is the daughter ofBecky and Scott Becque of Westboro.

Sarah BecqueWestboro HighSenior, Midfielder

B ouckaert finished herhigh school career by

captaining coach MegCurtin’s squad to a 9-6-3record and the No. 8seed in the Central Mass.Division 1 Tournament.She earned MVP honorsfrom the Inter-High andCentral Mass. FieldHockey Coaches Association and playedin the Best of 60 Game. Not even adivisional all-star last season, Bouckaertmade a large jump in her final season tojoin her first Super Team. She lists playingNotre Dame Academy her junior year asher most memorable sports moment,when the Patriots held their city foescoreless as part of their intense rivalry.Bouckaert enjoys skiing in her free time.She is the daughter of Melanie Curranand John Bouckaert of Worcester.

Jennifer BouckaertBurncoat HighSenior, Halfback

J ust a junior, Dicksoncaptained coach Shelly

Zalneraitis’ team to a14-4-3 record this year.She returns to the SuperTeam this year after mak-ing the squad last season.She is already a three-timeMid-Wach B field hockeyall-star, an honor she hasearned twice on the softball diamond aswell. Not to be left out in the winter, shecompetes on the Panthers’ indoor trackteam, placing fifth in the league in shot putlast season. Her brother, Ethan Dickson,won the state wrestling title last year at 152pounds. In her spare time, Kyla enjoysbaking, reading and listening to music. Shehopes to one day create workouts forinjured athletes to help them heal, alongwith studying sports psychology and mas-sage therapy. She is the daughter ofPamela and Garth Dickson of Barre.

Kyla DicksonQuabbin RegionalJunior, Midfielder

T he 5-foot Dolan was atwo-year captain for

coach John O’Neill’ssquad and helped lead theteam to a state champion-ship this year after makingthe state final her sopho-more and junior years.She also parts with theschool record for assistsin a season (27). A Best of 60 Game selec-tion, Dolan was the second-highest scorerin the state this season. She has also beenactive on the Bay State Games team, serv-ing as captain this year, winning a bronzemedal in 2006 and a gold in 2005. Hermost memorable sports moments includemaking the varsity field hockey team ineighth grade and thus getting a chance toplay with her cousin, Lauren Kurr, andplaying with her sister, eighth-grader HaylieDolan, this past season. She is the daugh-ter of John and Lisa Dolan of West Brook-field.

Danielle DolanQuaboag RegionalSenior, Wing

T he 5-foot-3 Egancaptained coach Patty

Provost’s Rebels in hersenior year, earningall-star honors from theCentral Mass. Confer-ence for the secondstraight season and aspot on the Best of 60team. A two-time Super

Team member on the tennis court, whereshe is a three-time CMC all-star, this is thefirst time she has been so honored for herfield hockey accomplishments. She haswon three state championships in her timewith Notre Dame, reaching the pinnacle intennis as a freshman and sophomore andwinning in field hockey as a sophomore aswell. In her free time, Egan enjoys readingand spending time with friends. She plansto attend college in the fall, but is unde-cided on a destination. She is the daughterof Rachel and Jay Egan of Worcester.

Abigail EganNotre Dame AcademySenior, Midfielder

I n just her secondvarsity season, the

5-foot-7 Farland hasalready earned a pair ofSWCL West all-starnods. This season, sheled the offense forcoach Jean Glennon’ssquad, which went 14-5.An all-around athlete,

she also competes on the Warriors’ indoorand outdoor track teams and is serving asa captain this winter. That may just run inthe family, though, as her father playedfootball for Tantasqua and WPI. Shelbylists her most memorable sports momentas scoring her first varsity goal as a soph-omore. In her spare time, she enjoysplaying sports and spending time with herfriends and family. She is the daughter ofRick and Karin Farland of Fiskdale.

Shelby FarlandTantasqua RegionalJunior, Forward

T he 5-foot-9 Gaumondleaves Quaboag with

numerous school re-cords. A five-year varsityplayer, she owns marksfor career goals (88),assists (61) and points(149). She capped hercareer with a 49-pointseason — 33 goals, 16

assists — after a 50-point junior effort thatincluded 33 goals. A two-year captain,Gaumond lists her most memorable sportsmoments as winning this season’s fieldhockey state championship and winningthe same title in basketball as a sopho-more. This is her third Super Team selec-tion to go along with her third straightselection as Division 2 Player of the Year.Gaumond plans on attending BostonUniversity in the fall. She is the daughterof Maryjane and Frank Gaumond of War-ren.

Macey GaumondQuaboag RegionalSenior, Midfielder

J ust a junior, the5-foot-5 Mackintire led

coach Lauren Chene-vert’s team as captain tothe state final. A repeatSuper Teamer, she hasnow been named a Mid-Wach A all-star, teamMVP and defensive playerof the year for two yearsrunning. This year, she played at theNational Futures Championship where herteam won a silver medal, an accomplish-ment she lists as her most memorable insports. Much of her free time is spent play-ing field hockey, as she plays on the CapeAnn Coalition team. On that squad, sheearned a gold medal at the National FieldHockey Festival. Away from the field, sheenjoys shopping and spending time at thebeach. She is the daughter of Debbee andRobert Mackintire of Shrewsbury.

Kara MackintireShrewsbury HighJunior, Defense

T he 5-foot-10 Mur-phy helped the

Rebels to a 14-3-3record and a spot inthe semifinals of theCentral Mass. Tourna-ment, where they lostto eventual championShrewsbury. Whileserving as a captain,she earned Central Mass. Conferenceall-star honors for her play this seasonand played in the Best of 60 Game. Hermost memorable sports moment waswinning the Central Mass. Tournament asa junior before advancing to the statefinal. In Murphy’s free time, she enjoysrunning, skiing and cooking. She plans onattending Boston University next year. Sheis the daughter of Lee Ann and JamesMurphy of Millbury.

Kate MurphyNotre Dame AcademySenior, Midfielder

T he 5-foot-10 Nagen-gast was key in

getting coach ColleenDebish’s Rangers intothe Central Mass. finalas she allowed only sixgoals in 21 games.Included in those yearlystats were three shut-outs of rival Quabbinthat let Westboro claim the Mid-Wach B titleand advance to the CMass final, accom-plishments Nagengast lists as her mostmemorable. A return Super Teamer, sheserved as team captain this season andearned a spot in the Best of 60 Game whereshe received MVP honors. An all-aroundathlete, she also competes on the Rangers’swimming and lacrosse squads. As a swim-mer, she qualified for sectionals in the 100butterfly her first three seasons. Nagengastplans on attending the University of NewHampshire next fall. She is the daughter ofKris and Rick Nagengast of Westboro.

Katherine NagengastWestboro HighSenior, Goalie

T he 5-foot-6 Nelsonreturns to the Super

Team for the third timeafter finishing her highschool career with a tripto the state final. Theroad to that last game,including defeating NotreDame and Westboro inthe Central Mass. Tour-

nament, she lists as her most memorablesports moments. Nelson leaves Shrews-bury as the school’s all-time leadingscorer with 109 points. She was votedCentral Mass. Player of the Year and is atwo-time MVP of Mid-Wach A. A two-timecaptain, she was also a league all-star allof her four years with the Colonials. Shewill attend Stonehill College in the fall,where she plans to continue playing fieldhockey and study to become a teacher.She is the daughter of Ann and BobNelson of Shrewsbury.

Kathryn NelsonShrewsbury HighSenior, Forward

T he 5-foot-6 Sebastiaoled the SWCL East in

scoring (22 goals, 10assists) for the secondyear in a row to helpcoach Sheila Bernard’steam to a 13-3-4 mark.The team’s quarterfinaldefeat of Lunenburg inthe Central Mass. Tourna-

ment lives as her most memorable sportsmoment. Because of her scoring exploits,Sebastiao earned SWCL all-star status thepast two seasons and served as captain thispast year. In addition to earning a Best of60 nod this season, she played in the BayState Games. A divisional all-star in 2006,this is her first Super Team selection. Al-though also a star on the Spartans’ basket-ball team, it is field hockey that she plans topursue in college; She is unsure of a desti-nation but hopes to study nursing. She isthe daughter of John and Leslie Sebastiaoof Uxbridge.

Amanda SebastiaoUxbridge HighSenior, Forward

T he 5-foot-3 Silverearned her second

straight Mid-Wach DMVP selection to helpthe Trojans to a 10-4-5record and the sixthseed in the CentralMass. Division 2 Tourna-ment. A return SuperTeam selection, she

played in the Best of 60 Game this sea-son. Also a member of the basketball andsoftball teams at Bromfield, she earnedleague all-star honors in softball last year.Her mother, Susan Silver, and aunt, LisaMoreau, are members of the QuabbinRegional Athletic Hall of Fame. In her freetime, she enjoys reading and is a volun-teer EMT. She plans on attendingAmherst College in the fall and hopes tobecome a doctor. She is the daughter ofSusan and Rick Silver of Wheelwright.

Casey SilverBromfield SchoolSenior, Midfielder


GolfThe team includes individuals who qualified for the state tournament.

A dams helped the Pioneers wintheir third straight state title when

he shot a 78 in the Division 1 statetournament at Marlboro CC, fin-ishing tied for seventh with team-mate Connor Wentzell and others.He tied for 10th in the CentralMass. Division 1 Tournament with a79 at Holden Hills. He was medalistseveral times this year for the Pio-neers. Adams has also won numerous tournaments,and he considers those victories his most memorablesports moments. This is his second year on the golfteam. He also played tennis last spring for St. John’s,which was runner-up in the Central Mass. Tourna-ment. Adams is undecided about college but hewould like to go into business someday. He is the sonof Katie and Greg Adams of Worcester.

Donald AdamsSt. John’s HighJunior

A ltomare is already one of the bestfemale golfers ever to come out

of Central Mass., having been a topplayer on the national junior circuitand having been selected for the2006 U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team.She finished second in the CentralMass. Division 1 Tournament, aheadof many accomplished male players.Her many non-scholastic accom-plishments include winning the Westfield Junior PGAChampionship, finishing first in two open AJGA eventsand posting a 32 in the U.S. Girls Junior. She set thecourse record at The International with a 66 when shewas 12. Altomare is weighing her college optionsamong Wake Forest, Florida, Virginia and Tennessee.The daughter of Kathy and Tom Altomare of Shrews-bury, she hopes to become an LPGA professional.

Brittany AltomareShrewsbury HighJunior

B erry capped off his fine careerwith the Mountaineers by

winning the Central Mass. Division1 Tournament at Holden Hills witha 1-over-par 72. His roundincluded an eagle on the eighthhole as he defeated some of thetop golfers in the district. Heconsiders that performance hismost memorable sports moment.Berry also shot a 5-under 31 in a match at Holden.The two-time Wachusett captain tied for 26th in thestate tournament with an 83 at Marlboro CC. Heenjoys playing all sports and relaxing with friends.Berry is undecided about college, but would like acareer that involves golf and sports management.He is the son of Sharon and Robert Berry of Rut-land.

Chris BerryWachusett RegionalSenior

B ird’s 87 at Kettle Brook GC puthim in a tie for fifth in the Central

Mass. Tournament and helped givethe Blue Raiders the Division 3 title,sending them to the state tourna-ment for the fourth time in six years.The 6-foot-2 sophomore also qual-ified for the states with his perform-ance. He shot a 94, good for 33rdplace, in the state tournament atWentworth Hills GC in Plainville. Bird, a Dual ValleyConference all-star, considers playing the CentralMass. and state tournaments as his most memorablesports moments. He also plays basketball for Hope-dale and is hoping to play either golf or basketball incollege. Bird enjoys paintball when he’s not playingsports. He is the son of Laurie and Bob Bird ofHopedale.

Mike BirdHopedale HighSophomore

C reamer’s birdie on his first holehelped the Pioneers win their

third straight state title. Creamer tiedfor fifth with a 77 in that tournamentat Marlboro CC. He also shot a 77and tied for fifth in the Central Mass.Division 1 Tournament at HoldenHills. Creamer said his most memo-rable sports moment was eitherwinning the state team title or being

men’s club champion at Glocester CC in RhodeIsland. He is a three-time junior champion at the club.Creamer also made the cut at the Rhode Island GolfAssociated stroke play championship. He is unsureabout college, but wants to choose a school where hecould play golf. He’s hoping to be a biomedical salesrepresentative some day. He is the son of Erika andMark Creamer of Sutton.

Matthew CreamerSt. John’s HighJunior

F einberg was just one strokebehind teammate and winner

Jesse Tolan when he shot a 79 tohelp Hudson win the Central Mass.Division 2 title at Gardner MunicipalGC. He tied for 19th in the statetournament at Waubeeka Golf Linksin Williamstown with an 83 as theHawks finished sixth. After winningthe Mid-Wach C Tournament last

year at The International — an accomplishment heconsiders his most memorable sports moment — hewas Hudson’s low scorer this season and led the teamin rounds as medalist. He also plays baseball andhockey for the Hawks and enjoys skiing and snow-boarding. Feinberg is hoping to play golf at a Division1 college. He is the son of Heather and Jeff Feinbergof Hudson.

Josh FeinbergHudson HighSophomore

T he 5-foot-9 Flahive finished tiedfor 10th with an 8-over 79 in the

Central Mass. Division 1 Tourna-ment at Holden Hills, a performancethat qualified him for the states andput him on the T&G Super Team.He then posted a 95 in the statetournament at Marlboro CC. Thiswas his first year on coach GregRota’s golf team, and he helped the

Rangers as medalist in two matches. He was captainof the freshman basketball team last year and movedup to the JV squad this season. He also played foot-ball and baseball at Westboro as a freshman. Flahiveenjoys skiing and golf. He is interested in studyingbusiness or communications in college and hopes tosomeday work either in those fields or in sports. He isthe son of Melissa and Daniel Flahive of Westboro.

Nick FlahiveWestboro HighSophomore

F ontaine makes his fourth appear-ance on the T&G Super Team

after leading their Pioneers to theirthird straight Division 1 state title. Hecarded a 76 at Marlboro CC tofinish fourth in the state tournament.He qualified for the states by fin-ishing third in the Central Mass.Division 1 Tournament. He postedseveral under-par scores this sea-

son, including a 5-under 31 at Green Hill. The 2005Mass. Junior Player of the Year, Fontaine was one ofjust 64 golfers in the country to make it to match playin the U.S. Junior Amateur this summer, a feat heconsiders his most memorable sports moment. Theson of June and James Fontaine of Southbridge, he isheaded to the University of Rhode Island next year andhopes to have a career in either in golf or business.

Taylor FontaineSt. John’s HighSenior

H arris won the Central Mass.Division 3 tournament for the

second straight year, shooting an80 at Kettle Brook. He then fired a74 at Wentworth Hills in Plainville tofinish second, just two strokesbehind the winner. He considersthat his most memorable sportsmoment. The two-time T&G SuperTeamer has been the Aztecs’ playerof the year the last three seasons and captain the lastfour. Harris also played hockey as a freshman andsophomore. He enjoys playing football with friendsand hopes to attend Flagler University in Florida. Hewants to play Division 1 golf. He is the son of Nancyand Bruce Harris of Marlboro, his father having beena Hall of Fame football player at Hudson Catholic.

Nick HarrisAssabet ValleySenior

A Southern Worcester CountyLeague all-star the last three

years, Hart had a breakout seniorseason, averaging under 40 andposting even-par scores more timesthan ever before. He shot an 81 atGardner Municipal GC to tie team-mate Trevor Stock for third in theCentral Mass. Division 2 Tourna-ment. He followed that with an 87 inthe state tournament at Waubeeka Golf Links to tieStock and others for 15th place. His most memorablesports moment, though, was helping underdog Graftonwin the SWCL tournament. Hart enjoys skiing andcoaching youth basketball. He hopes to somedaybecome an accountant and play on an amateur golftour. The son of Kevin and Claire Hart is headed toUMass-Amherst in the fall.

Greg HartGrafton HighSenior

J ohnson, who has been playingvarsity golf since seventh grade,

finished third in the Central Mass.Division 3 Tournament at KettleBrook with an 84 to make his sec-ond straight appearance on theT&G Super Team. His 85 in thestate tournament at Wentworth Hillsin Plainville was good for 19th placeand was the second best scoreamong Central Mass. competitors. The goal of theSammies’ captain is to win a state title. His most mem-orable sports moment was making a hole-in-one at theage of 10 on the 185-yard seventh hole at BlackstoneNational. Besides golf, Johnson also enjoys wakeboarding and water skiing. The son of Brian and HollyJohnson of Sutton, he is unsure about college.

Sean JohnsonSutton HighJunior

K irkpatrick became Nashoba’s firstsophomore to qualify individually

for the states when he fired a 7-over78 to tie for eighth in the CentralMass. Division 1 Tournament atHolden Hills. He finished his fineseason with an 86 at Marlboro CC inthe state tournament. Kirkpatrick had76.5 points and an 8-5-1 record inmatch play for coach Dennis Bean’sChieftains this season. He was a Fitchburg Sentinel &Enterprise all-star for the second straight year as wellas making the T&G Super Team for the first time. Hismost memorable sports moment was being medalistin his first team match with a 39. Kirkpatrick is amember of the drama club at school, and he wouldlike to someday be a psychologist. He’s the son ofSusan and Jim Kirkpatrick of Lancaster.

Harry KirkpatrickNashoba RegionalSophomore

K owal, tri-captain and four-yearplayer for Quabbin, made his first

T&G Super Team by finishing tiedfor fifth in the Central Mass. Division1 Tournament at Holden Hills whereshot a 6-over 77. He followed thatperformance with an 86 in the statetournament at Marlboro CC. Kowalwas the Mid-Wach B co-MVP thisyear and co-MVP of coach Joe

Duhamel’s Quabbin team. He lists winning his firsttournament as his most memorable sports moment,and he hopes to someday work in the golf industry.He played junior varsity basketball for the Panthers asa freshman and sophomore and enjoys playing theguitar when not participating in sports. He is the sonof Shawna and Michael Kowal of Barre.

Nick KowalQuabbin RegionalJunior

K rull earned his spot on the T&GSuper Team when he shot an 83

at Kettle Brook to finish second inthe Central Mass. Division 3 Tourna-ment, three shots behind medalistNick Harris of Assabet. He had a 97in the state tournament at Went-worth Hills in Plainville. He alsoplays hockey and baseball for theEagles and was the starting third

baseman on Tech’s baseball team, which won theCentral Mass. Division 3 Tournament last spring. Heconsiders that his most memorable sports moment.Krull enjoys playing all sports, and he hopes to be afirefighter someday. The son of Cindy and Kurt Krull ofWorcester, he will attend Worcester State College inthe fall.

Mike KrullWorcester TechSenior

M essier’s 86 in the Central Mass.Division 3 Tournament at Kettle

Brook was good for fourth placeand helped the Minutemen finishsecond to Hopedale and qualify forthe states for the first time in schoolhistory. He considers the perform-ance of his team that day as hismost memorable sports moment.He shot a team-best 93 in the state

tournament at Wentworth Hills in Plainville. Messierwas also fourth in the Colonial Athletic League Tourna-ment as Bay Path won the league title. This is his thirdyear golfing for the Minutemen. He plans to attendQuinsigamond Community College and hopes tosomeday own a contracting business. He is the son ofChristine and Robert Messier of Auburn.

Peter MessierBay Path Regional Junior

S chmidt closed with a 35 on theback nine to card a 6-over 77

and finish fifth in the Central Mass.Division 1 Tournament at HoldenHills. The Rams’ MVP then shot an87 in the state tournament at Marl-boro CC. Schmidt was the Rams’most improved player as a sopho-more and outstanding team playeras a freshman. He also runs track.

His great grandfather played football for BostonCollege. Schmidt’s most memorable sports momentwas winning a match after being down three holeswith four to play. He is undecided about college, butwould like to someday be a pharmacist or profes-sional golfer. He is the son of Maxine Keefe and JaySchmidt of Charlton.

Matt SchmidtShepherd Hill RegionalJunior

S timets makes his second straight appearance on theT&G Super Team after a season in which he had the

lowest scoring average in school history, firing a5-under 31 at Juniper Hill and 4-under 32 at the Moun-taineers’ home course, Holden Hills. The WRHS cap-tain tied for 10th with a 79 in the Central Mass. Division1 Tournament as Wachusett was second to St. John’s.He was 17th in the state tournament with an 81. Heconsiders winning that tournament as a sophomore hismost memorable sports moment. Stimets is undecidedabout college but hopes to play golf at a Division 1 school. Stimets is theson of Stacey and Rick Stimets of Paxton.

Ricky StimetsWachusett RegionalJunior

S tock tied for third in the Central Mass. Division 2Tournament at Gardner Municipal GC when he fired

an 81, three shots behind winner Jesse Tolan of Hud-son. He completed his fine season by tying for 15th inthe state tournament with an 87 at Waubeeka GolfLinks in Williamstown. Stock was a Southern WorcesterCounty League all-star the last two years and won theSWCL Tournament at Raceway Golf Course in Thomp-son this fall with a 2-over 73 this season. He considersthat his most memorable sports moment. Stock alsoplays baseball and basketball for the Indians and enjoys all sports as wellas being with friends. The son of Donna and Bill Stock of Grafton, he isundecided about college.

Trevor StockGrafton HighJunior

T amburro tied for eighth in the Central Mass. Division1 Tournament at Holden Hills with a 7-over 78,

qualifying him for the states for the first time. He postedan 85 in that tournament at Marlboro CC. He was thePanthers’ co-captain and MVP this season and also aMid-Wach B all-star. This was Tamburro’s third seasonon the golf team, having been the squad’s unsung heroand most improved player his first two years. His mostmemorable moment was sinking a 10-foot putt on the18th hole to break 80 for the first time. When he’s notgolfing, he enjoys spending time with friends. He is unsure about collegebut would like to work in pro golf management some day. He is the sonof Judy and Ted Tamburro of Marlboro.

Jonathan TamburroMarlboro HighJunior

T hiesing finished fifth in the Central Mass. Division 2Tournament and was undefeated in match play to

earn SWCL all-star honors for the third straight year. Healso stars in baseball (two-time T&G division all-star andSWCL all-star) and hockey (two-time Russell Confer-ence all-star). He pitched the Paul N. Johnson16-year-old Senior Ruth all-stars to the New Englandchampionship in 2006, sending the team to the WorldSeries in Arkansas, a feat he considers his most memo-rable sports moment. He was golf captain and medalist

in six matches. Thiesing was 14th in the state tournament after posting an86 at Waubeeka Golf Links in Williamstown. The son of Bill and SueThiesing of Grafton, he is undecided about college but hopes to playbaseball in school.

Tim ThiesingGrafton HighSenior

T olan birdied three straight holes to start the backnine at Gardner Municipal GC and won the Central

Mass. Division 2 Tournament with a 7-over-par 78, oneshot ahead of teammate and fellow sophomore JoshFeinberg. Their performance helped Hudson win theteam title as well. Tolan considers being medalist tohelp his team win as his most memorable sportsmoment. He fired a 39 on the back nine, the bestscore on what was a windy day. The Mid-Wach C all-star shot a 95 in the state tournament at Waubeeka

Golf Links in Williamstown. Tolan also runs indoor track, and he enjoysplaying all sports. His father set a state meet record in 1978 in the 2 mile.He is the son of Joy and Jim Tolan of Hudson.

Jesse TolanHudson HighSophomore

W entzell makes his second straight appearance onthe T&G Super Team after helping the Pioneers

win their third consecutive state title. He tied for sev-enth with a 78 in the Division 1 state tournament atMarlboro Country Club as St. John’s edged Barnstablefor the title. Wentzell shot a 76 at Holden Hills to finishfourth in the Central Mass. Division 1 Tournament. Heconsiders winning the inaugural FCWT Red Tail Openby three shots this summer as his most memorablesports moment. Wentzell, who also plays volleyball for

the Pioneers, will attend either Harvard or Dartmouth next year. He is theson of Judy and Steve Wentzell of Worcester, and his brother, Garrett,who plays golf at Penn, was also an all-star at St. John’s.

Connor WentzellSt. John’s HighSenior


VolleyballThe team was selected by the Telegram & Gazette staff with the help of a panel of coaches.

H O N O R A B L E M E N T I O N

Anila Alaij, Doherty Kate Bumpus, Leominster Amanda Copeland, Sutton Amanda Craigen, Fitchburg Kellsie Ebbeling, Whitinsville Christian Jennifer Ferreira, Ayer

Levi Lopes, Assabet Amanda Mahar, Valley Tech Amanda Scott, Marlboro Hannah Thomas, Leominster Xia Yang, Fitchburg

A shton is one of three repre-sentatives on the Super Team

from the Division 1 Central-Westchampion Scarlet Hawks, but theonly returning player with LisaGoneau and Kristen Morcone grad-uating. The 5-foot-10, 150-poundAshton was instrumental in Milford’sstate semifinal win over NorthQuincy, finishing with 17 kills,including five straight in the fifth and final set. Thatthrilling win is Ashton’s most memorable sportsmoment. Ashton added a team-leading six kills in thestate final. The two-year varsity starter compiled 243kills, 140 blocks and 279 points this season, helpingMilford go 17-3 in the regular season and 21-4 over-all. She will do her best to help coach Linda Zacchilli’steam break Barnstable’s five-year title streak nextseason, but the task will be difficult without Goneaufinishing the play on the outside and Morcone settingup the hitters. Ashton is the daughter of Patty and RickAshton of Milford.

Liz AshtonMilford High Junior, Middle Blocker

A t 5-foot-8, Baban holds manyRanger records, including career

assists, single-season assists, andsingle-match assists with 54. Babanwas a two-time all-state and Mid-Wach B seelction as well as leagueMVP. She was recognized as the2007 Gatorade Player of the Year,which goes to the state’s top player.Baban’s 618 assists, 88 digs, 83kills and 41 aces were instrumental in leading theRangers to a 23-1 record and the Division 2 statechampionship. Baban had 35 assists and three kills inthe title victory over Bourne, which she rates as hermost memorable sports moment. Baban owes manyof her assists to classmates and fellow captains Chris-tina Carr and Danielle Coffey, the two hitters fromcoach Roger Anderson’s squad that benefited mostfrom Baban’s precise passing. The daughter of Con-nie Wedel and Farzad Baban of Westboro, Baban willstudy filmmaking at New York University in the fall.

Mina BabanWestboro High Senior, Setter

C arr, one of five seniors and threeSuper Teamers from the Rang-

ers’ Division 2 state championshipsquad, was a three-year varsitystarter. She was selected to threeMid-Wach B all-star teams in herimpressive career. Her dominatingserve played a large part in herteam’s 3-0 win over Bourne High inthe state final, the first state volley-ball crown for Westboro that provided her most mem-orable moment in sports. Carr and her classmates,particularly setter Mina Baban and middle hitterDanielle Coffey, both fellow captains and Super Team-ers, will be sorely missed by her coach Roger Ander-son, who guided the Rangers to a 23-1 record thisseason. A three-year member of the outdoor trackteam, she will play an integral part in that team thathopes to win the class meet for the third straight year.The daughter of Carol Winn and Arthur Carr of West-boro, Carr is undecided on a college but would like tostudy to be a physician.

Christina CarrWestboro HighSenior, Outside Hitter

O ne of three Rangers representedon the Super Team, Coffey

teamed with classmates and co-captains, setter Mina Baban andoutside hitter Christina Carr, to helpthe Rangers win the first Division 2state championship. Coach RogerAnderson’s team relied heavily onCoffey’s play in the middle to helpthem finish a program-best 23-1

after a convincing sweep of Bourne in the state final.Coffey, who controlled the middle of the court at6-foot-1, holds school records for career blocks, kills,blocks in a season and hitting percentage. This is hersecond appearance on the Super Team. She is notsure what college she will attend, but would like tocontinue to play basketball and volleyball. The daugh-ter of Sandy and Kevin Coffey of Westboro, Coffeyhas been a member of the basketball and volleyballteams all four years and has been voted to numerousall-star teams in both sports.

Danielle CoffeyWestboro High Senior, Middle Hitter

F arrell helped the Panthers com-pile a 13-7 regular-season record

and advance to the quarterfinals ofthe Division 2 Central Tournament,where they fell to finalist Medfield.This is the first Super Team appear-ance for the 5-foot-8 hitter. Farrell isa manager for the boys’ volleyballteam, and in her spare time sheenjoys working out and training to

hone her skills on the court. Her career goals lie in thescientific field, where she hopes to be a part of thecontinuing advancement of science. She has alreadybeen voted captain of next year’s team by coach PeterLepore. The daughter of Diana and Mike Farrell ofMarlboro, her most memorable sports moment waswhen her team came back from 0-2 to beat NorthMiddlesex. The Panthers beat North Attleboro in thefirst round of the tournament and finished 14-8.

Meghan FarrellMarlboro High Junior, Outside Hitter

G oneau, at 5-foot-6, is one ofthree Scarlet Hawks on the

team. With classmate Kristen Mor-cone doing the setting and junior LizAshton blocking in the middle,Goneau completed the trio by com-piling 250 kills, 49 aces, 120 digsand 335 points in the regular sea-son. A three-year varsity starter,Goneau was a key component of a

Scarlet Hawk team that has achieved great successunder coach Linda Zacchilli, including a 21-4 recordthis season. Her most memorable sports moment wasmaking it to the Division 1 state final this seasonagainst Barnstable. She was honored as team co-captain and received all-star recognition, as well asbeing presented team awards such as “most dedi-cated” and “best sportswoman.” With interests thatinclude piano, snowboarding and traveling, Goneauwould like to attend college close to home at Assump-tion. The daughter of Maria and Stephen Goneau ofMilford is undecided about her career objectives.

Lisa GoneauMilford HighSenior, Outside Hitter

H ebert had 10 aces and sevenkills in the Suzies’ win over Mill-

bury in the first round of the Division3 Central Mass. Tournament, amatch that she considers to be aturning point for her team and hermost memorable sports moment.The 5-foot-6 Hebert is a member ofthe National Honor Society and hasbeen named captain of the volleyballteam along with the indoor and outdoor track teamsfor her senior year. Hebert holds records in the 200and 300 meters and has earned Dual Valley Confer-ence all-star nods for her accomplishments on thetrack. In the fall, she will attend Northeastern Uni-versity and hopes to own and run her own businesssomeday. Her interests include running, cooking andreading. Coached by Donna Coonan, she is thedaughter of Brian and Cheryl Hebert of Sutton.

Sarah HebertSutton HighSenior, Outside Hitter

K rygsman, at 5-foot-51⁄2, wasnamed team MVP as the Crusad-

ers finished as the top independentteam in Central Mass,. with a 17-3regular season record under coachMaxine Wheelock. The season wasa success despite being upset by12th-seeded Ashland in a Division 3Central quarterfinal Krygsman, awinner of the sportsmanship awardin 2006 and two-time co-captain, has been acceptedinto Nova Southeastern University and Calvin College.She enjoys art and hopes to become an optometrist.Her older sister, Annika, is a graduate of WorcesterState, where she played volleyball, basketball andtrack. Eschewing any individual achievements oraccolades she has received, Rebecca’s fondest andproudest sports memory is being part of a tight-knitteam with a strong coach. The daughter of Len andPam Krygsman of Northbridge, she is an honor rollstudent who received high honors last year.

Rebecca KrygsmanWhitinsville ChristianSenior, Setter

L ebel, already a three-year varsitystarter who was Rookie of the

Year in the Colonial Athletic Leaguein 2005, captained her team to itsfirst undefeated regular season(20-0). Although the Beavers wereupset in the Division 3 Central quar-terfinals, Barbara King’s team hasreason to be optimistic for nextseason, as Lebel returns to a teamfilled with underclassmen. Lebel, at 5-foot-7, led theBeavers in kills and blocks. She is an active memberof the student council, aviation club, Skills USA, SEAClub and the National Honor Socitey, while also play-ing on the softball and basketball teams. Her favoritesports moment was her team’s victory in the StateVocational Large School championship game overShawsheen Tech, a match in which the versatile Lebelcompiled 11 service points, 16 kills and 15 digs tolead her team to its first large schools title. She is thedaughter of Linda and Richard Lebel of Millbury.

Becky LebelBlackstone Valley TechJunior, Middle Hitter

M orcone, a two-time captain andSuper Teamer, was the catalyst

for the Division 1 state runner-upScarlet Hawks, amassing more than1,200 assists over the past twoseasons. The 5-foot-5 Morconefinished with a staggering 700assists this past season, to go with135 service points and 205 pointsin her team’s 21-4 campaign. She

was a four-year starter and one of three Scarlet Hawksto make the Super Team under coach Linda Zacchilli.The lone setter for Milford, she recalls her team’svictory over North Quincy in five games in the statesemifinals as her most memorable sports moment, amatch in which Morcone served the final five points.Morcone was a T&G Division 1 all-star last season ascaptain of Milford’s softball team. She enjoys playingthe trumpet, and she will attend and play softball atL.I.U.-C.W. Post next fall. She is the daughter of Franand Len Morcone of Milford.

Kristen MorconeMilford High Senior, Setter

W hite, captain of this year’s High-landers and a four-year varsity

starter, played a major role inDoherty’s lengthy league winningstreak over her first three seasons.The Highlanders went 9-0 in theInter-High this season to capturetheir third league championship ofWhite’s career. Doherty, coachedby Phil Spellane, went 12-6 in the

regular season to qualify for the Division 1 Central/West Tournament, where it lost in the first round toNorth Middlesex. The 6-foot White is also a four-yearstarter for the Highlanders basketball team, where shegarnered Super Team honors last year as captain.White, who will attend Franklin Pierce College, con-siders basketball her best sport but would love to playboth basketball and volleyball in college. She enjoysgoing out with her friends. She is the daughter ofValery Rogers White of Worcester.

Jewel WhiteDoherty HighSenior, Middle Hitter


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