Darien quartet headline large group of US Lacrosse All-Americans; Connecticut vs. Massachusetts baseball all-star game won't take place at Fenway.
By Hal Levy, Shore Line Newspapers
Special to MaxPreps.com
Some 15 boys from Connecticut earned US Lacrosse All-America status after being nominated by the Connecticut High School Lacrosse Coaches Association.
Darien, the top team in the state according to rankings by LaxPower.com, and Greenwich each had four players selected, while CIAC state Division I champ Fairfield Prep had two, as did Branford.
Darien's quartet included seniors Sam Spillane, a midfielder headed for Duke; defenseman Robby McDonald (Williams College), attackman Nick Heitz (Georgetown) and defenseman John Haire (Dickinson College).
Greenwich's four included only one senior, defenseman Sean Bannon, who will go on to Fairfield University. Meanwhile, Greenwich will retain junior midfielder Jim Dunston, junior defenseman Jonathan Meyers and sophomore attack Jared Horowitz.
Prep's pair, both juniors, were midfielder Rob Rotanz and junior defender John Cunningham.
Both of Branford's selections were seniors: midfielder Billy Alessi (Quinnipiac) and attack Joe O'Keefe (Western New England).
Michael Banks, a senior defenseman from Brien McMahon-Norwalk, will be at Albany next year; senior attack Charlie Streep of New Canaan will prep at Loomis-Chaffee (Connecticut) and senior defenseman Tommy Montelli of Weston will be at Duke.
In addition, the state boasts of seven academic all-America players. Greg Barron of Branford will attend Bucknell, Phil Dear of Guilford will be at Tufts, Jordan Graumann of Conard-West Hartford will go to Wake Forest, Zachary Isaacs of Brookfield will matriculate of Duke; Thomas Munson of Somers will attend Roger Williams (Rhode Island), Timothy Wolfe of Granby Memorial will be at Stanford and Joshua Zlatkus of Glastonbury will be at the University of Chicago.
The coaches also announced their all-state teams in Class L, M and S. All are seniors unless noted.
The Class L team includes attackmen Will Courson, Fairfield Prep; Jared Horowitz, Greenwich (sophomore), Doug Kuring, New Milford; Matt Larson, Cheshire and John Snellman, Norwalk. Midfielders are Brent Adams, Norwalk (junior), Devon Dobson, New Milford; Jim Dunster, Greenwich (junior), Bob Ellers, Simsbury; Sean Payne, Cheshire and Rob Rotanz, Fairfield Prep (junior). Defensemen are John Cunningham, Fairfield Prep (junior); Pat Gleeton, Cheshire; Sean Leblanc, Simsbury (junior); Jon Meyers, Greenwich (junior) and Ryan Schneeloch, Glastonbury. Goalie is Tommy Kralovenic of Fairfield Prep and specialists are long-stick middie Sean Bannon, Greenwich and short-stick middie Jake Clarke, Greenwich.
The Class M team includes attackmen Nick Heitz, Darien; Joe O'Keefe, Branford; Mike Ryan, Darien (junior), Charlie Streep, New Canaan and Brian Vincent, Brien McMahon-Norwalk (junior). Midfielders are Billy Alessi, Branford; Colin Delaney, Darien (junior); Chris Gugino, Conard-West Hartford; David Hawley, New Canaan; David Raleigh, Brien McMahon-Norwalk and Sam Spillane, Darien. Defensemen are Michael Banks, Brien McMahon-Norwalk; Mike D'Amico, Branford; John Haire, Darien; Stewart Knechtle, New Canaan and Alex Yackery, Darien. Goalie is Fergus Cambell, New Canaan (junior); long-stick middie is Robby MacDonald, Darien and the short-stick middie is James Shaw, Brien McMahon-Norealk (junior).
In Class S, the attackmen are Kevin Donahue, Joel Barlow-Redding; Kevin Kelly Joel Barlow-Redding; Jeff Ledwick, Weston (junior); Sean Macey, New Fairfield (junior) and Gordie Zimmerman, Weston. Midfielders are Nick Billy, Joel Barlow-Redding Matt Conway, Suffield; Ben Fine, Weston; Nick Jez, Somers; Myles Rich, St. Joseph-Trumbull and Darren Scheufele, Weston. Defensemen include Ryan Brown, Joel Barlow-Redding; C.J. Constable, New Fairfield; Tommy Montelli, Weston; Bryce Urban, Somers and Eric Wilson, Joel Barlow-Redding. Goalie is Oliver Baron of Weston, the long-stick middie is Mike Scheufele, Weston (sophomore) and the short-stick middie is Remy Bolea, Weston.
Connecticut vs. Massachusetts Won't Happen at Fenway
The Connecticut High School Coaches Association will send a baseball team of graduated seniors to play a Massachusetts all-star squad Saturday at Hudson (Mass.) High School at 2 p.m. The game had been scheduled for Fenway Park, but the Boston Red Sox wanted it played July 8 and Connecticut representative Ken Kezer (New Britain) thought that would be too late in the season, so the venue was changed.
The Connecticut team will be coached by Rich Magner of Xavier-Middletown, assisted by Bill Buscetto, Stonington and Ken Valliere, Windham.
The state players include recent pro draftees Matt Harvey of Fitch-Groton, Bill Bono of Waterford and Curt Casali of New Canaan. Harvey is a pitcher, Casali is a catcher and Bono does some of each (he was drafted as a pitcher).
The rest of the squad includes Mike Baccaro, Berlin, infielder; Mike Bartlett, St. Joseph-Trumbull, outfielder; Maxx Catapano, Fairfield-Warde, pitcher; Jordan English, Windsor Locks, outfielder; Ben Farina, Waterford, outfielder; Matt Govoni, Southington, pitcher; Jesse Hahn, Fitch-Groton, pitcher; Evan Jones, Killingly, outfielder; Ryan McGrath, Newtown, infielder; Mark Micowski, Xavier-Middletown, outfielder; Mike Olt, Branford, infielder; Max Russell, Amity Regional-Woodbridge, pitcher; Mike Sciarretta, Stamford, infielder; Tyler Turgeon, St. Bernard-Uncasville, infielder and Jack Wagoner, Northwest Catholic-West Hartford, pitcher.
