The Starting Five: Local Athletes of the Week

Jessica Garcia, Kayla Condon, Caroline Peak, Adrianna Mantilla- Wethersfield (Track): Garcia, Condon, Peak, and Mantilla combined to break the school record in the Distance Medley Race with a time of 13:58.32. The foursome broke the record as the Eagles competed at the Yale Invitational last weekend.

Braeden Humphrey- Newington Co-Op (Hockey): Humphrey was solid on the defensive end and dished out the game-winning assists in the Indians 1-0 win over New Milford. The sophomore has done a little of everything this season for a team that has won six of seven games entering this week.

Ashanti Frazier- Newington (Basketball): Frazier surpassed the career 1000-point mark during Newington’s 50-49 home win over East Catholic last Thursday. The do-it-all senior played all 32 minutes, scoring a game-high 24 points in the come-from-behind win over the previous unbeaten Eagles from East Catholic.

Brandon Scacca- Rocky Hill (Swimming): Scacca is a four-year varsity swimmer, who has already qualified for States in the 200 IM and 100 Breaststroke. The senior captain, whose twin brother Jay is also on the team, was the team’s MVP as a junior and head coach Lisa Cooney said Scacca is a “hard working, respectful, excellent role-model and leader”.
 
Greyson Pizzonia- Middletown (Baseball): Pizzonia announced that he will be continuing his baseball and academic career at Adelphi University, starting next fall. The senior has one more season left with the Blue Dragons on the diamond this spring as they aim for a third straight tournament appearance.