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Glastonbury’s 10-11 softball squad fought tooth and nail in the Section 2 tournament, sliding hard for home as pictured above.

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Glastonbury 10-11 softball All-Stars left it all on the field

By Evan MacySports Editor

The Glastonbury 10-11 softball All-Star team came together for a memo-rable month, one that took them with-in a stones throw of a state title berth.

And though the team ultimately fell short of getting past the state quar-ters, the girls left it all on the field. And

what could be more memorable than that?

“I can honestly say I think the kids gave it all they had,” Glastonbury’s manager Matt Tierinni said. “They were overmatched, but those kids gave 100%. You play as hard as you can and the wins and losses take care of themselves.”

After opening with a loss to the En-

field All-Stars, Glastonbury bounced back with an offensive explosion, a 26-22 win over Darien in the losers bracket.

“In the game we won, Olivia Sadak, she pitched all 6 innings and that’s a big accomplishment. She gives it her all and leaves it all on the field. Lauren [Marimon] played third and first and Shannon [Kiniry] is probably 5’4” and doesn’t miss anything, she’s a fear-less kid. They epitomized what the team was all about. Those two kids were the leaders on the team.”

The girls couldn’t keep it going the following afternoon, falling 14-4 to Seymour and ending a truly success-ful season.

“We practiced for almost a month,” Tierinni said. “We found it much more beneficial because the girls got to learn a lot more, and practice five

days a week. When you are coaching the cream of the crop, you can push the kids and they really learn more.

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Getting ready for fall sportsThe start of school is just around the

corner, and with it comes the start of an-other fall youth sports season.

By the second full week of Septem-ber, parents will be juggling practices, meals, other activities and, don’t forget — school.

It’s hard enough getting back into the routine of setting alarms, packing lunches and getting homework done, but now you throw in the nightly practice — or practices — and all of a sudden the stress begins to mount.

Here are five things to think about now before the rush of September — or in many cases, mid-August — hits home in your house.

What will you do if your child has practice and you just can’t drive him or her? It might be for a very good rea-son, such as you have a church meeting that night, but even if it’s for a not-so-good reason — delayed on the golf course — you still need to have a ride for your child.

Think ahead to whom you’ll call on — grandpa, a neighbor or a teammate’s mom — and be sure to ask now if he or

she is willing to help occasionally.In my house, we have a simple rule

before the fall sports season even starts: If the grades start suffering, you start missing practices, which ultimately will lead to missed game time.

Any good coach will tell your child that school comes first, but it’s your job as a parent to stress this as well and it’s easier to do now in August than when the first poor test grade comes home.

It’s just as important for the daugh-ter to see dad at the cheerleading

competitions, as it is for mom to attend her son’s football games. Don’t pick which game you’ll attend based on gender stereotypes. Remember, all of your kids want you in the bleachers.

Unfortunately, even though it is soccer season, beds still need to be made, dishes put away and laun-dry folded. Whoever is re-sponsible for these things dur-ing the offseason should also be doing them in-season. It

teaches children how to balance fun with responsibility.

Here’s a hint from experience: It’s much easier to motivate a child to get a chore done before practice. If you’ve ever tried to convince a child that empty-ing the dishwasher is important at 8 p.m. following a full day at school and a long practice, you know what I mean.

Your children are inevitably going to have more than just sports com-mitments after school, in the eve-

nings and on the weekends. Whether it’s a wedding they don’t care about, a sleepover they do or Sunday school they have to attend, priorities for those things should be set ahead of time.

Is a soccer game going to take pre-cedence over a friend’s birthday party? How about Grandma’s 75th birthday party? And what about that cousin’s wed-ding that even you don’t want to go to but have no choice? Will your child? Talk about it now, not the morning of the big game.

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Erika Studer | StaffGlastonbury youth football players at practice.

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When it comes to Little League Baseball, there is more than one way to measure success.

Sure, winning district and state championships can be important. But ask Glastonbury Little League Presi-dent Don Longtin what makes a good youth baseball program. He will give you a different response.

“A lot of people measure the success of their program by how many pen-nants they have up,” Longtin, active in Glastonbury little League since 1967, said. “I strongly believe that that isn’t a measure of success. All-Stars are only about 5% of your program. The real success is the regular season. What we try and impress upon all the coaches is that we are in the kids busi-ness. I love baseball, it’s my passion, and if you really care about the game and want it to grow from generation to generation, it can’t just be about the kids who win the pennants. The idea is that we make sure that every player, from 5 to 18 years old has an equal op-

portunity to play the game.”

L o n g t i n ’ s leadership has led to an enor-mous expansion of baseball in the Glastonbury area. When he first started, there were around 350 kids playing. Now, he says it is over 1,400 kids par-ticipating.

But the num-bers are like pennants. There are more im-portant things. Like creating a love, respect and passion for baseball that will last long after a little leaguer has recited the Little League Pledge for the last time.

“There’s a signal you send to a kid if you’re always batting him last,” Longtin

said, explain-ing why his o rgan iza t ion systematically rotates bat-ting order and defensive po-sitioning, “it’s that he isn’t that good. We introduced the pitch count long before the league did in 1997.”

The program has a very high r e g i s t r a t i o n rate, impressive when consider-ing the strong soccer and la-crosse youth programs that

compete for young athletes in Glaston-bury.

All the equal playing time is not meant to get the kids ready to play at GHS however.

“People always talk about getting the kids ready for the next level,” Longtin said. “The ultimate next level, when you think about loving the game and wanting it to continue on, it’s that your son is doing what you did. That he is coaching your grandson. When you have that in mind when you’re coaching, you’re not only teaching how to play but you’re teaching how to coach. We are here to serve the

kids. And that way, the game keeps going.”

The list of improvements Longtin has brought to Glastonbury Little League is extremely long, but the dedication cer-emony for Ross Field in 1992 is a good example of how Longtin can seamless-ly combine his love of baseball with his love of kids.

“We put a lot of money and effort into fields,” Longtin said. “When we built [Ross Field] in the spring of 1991, I spent a lot of time and contacted a lot of people. We got dirt from every major league park in the country, from Coo-perstown, Williamsport, and even the Field of Dreams in Iowa. The night that we dedicated the field, May 2, 1992, I had kids from the teams with [MLB] banners on the field, we called each one by name and ballpark, they came on the field and dropped a vile of dirt. When it actually happened under the lights, I was in complete awe.”

If it’s cold out, Longtin doesn’t just sit around waiting for baseball to return. He is also a co-creator of the Connecti-cut Girls Basketball League for 13 and 14 year-old girls.

“There was nothing in basketball structured for girls but a lot for boys,” he said. “Myself and a fellow from Rocky Hill got together and started a program, and right now we have about 850 girls.”

Longtin and Glastonbury Little League seem to have the same motto. “Everybody plays.” And as his lead-ership has proven, when everybody plays, everybody wins.

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NEW BRITAIN — Glastonbury golfers finished in second and third at Stanley Golf Course Wednesday, July 24 finish-ing the 36 hole Cas Coscina Memorial Jr PGA Invitational in impressive fash-ion.

Nathaniel Dong shot a 74 in the fi-nal round, giving him a two day total of 2-over-par 146, three shots behind Blake Kelley of Manchester.

Tomahawks teammate Evan Grenus shot a two-under 70 in his final round, with an incredible stretch on the back nine containing four consecutive bird-ies. He shot a 33 on his final nine and 148 for the two-day competition.

A little further down the leaderboard is Suffield’s Austin Rupp, whose 84 Wednesday dropped him to 18th place after a 74 to open the match.

Another Glastonbury golfer, Albert Hansrisuk shot a 160, good for 27th.

Suffield’s Matthew Stafford, Tolland’s Sean Benjamin and Glastonbury’s De-nis Biglin also had solid days in New Britain, with finishes in the top 45.

Glastonbury was also solid in the girls competition, with Lexie LeClair shooting an 86 and 87 for a two day total of 173, good for sixth place.

Her teammates Elizabeth Andrian and Lauren Crouse finished in 10th and 11th place respectively, and Suffield’s Emma Heim shot a 177, good for eighth.

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An overuse injury occurs to an area of the body (soft tissue or bone) which under-goes repetitive stress over a period of time, rather than a traumatic incident or event. Some examples of overuse injuries are:

n lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) n patella tendonitis (jumper’s knee) n patellofemoral pain (runner’s knee) n tibial stress syndrome (shin splints). Overuse injuries typically occur when

the body is unable to adapt to the repetitive stress it undergoes. Some instances when the body is unable to adapt to stress occur when:

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n Improper time for the body to heal and recover from activity

n Not participating in an off season or strength training regime

n Ignoring pain/injury in a different area of the body

n Participating in too many activities in one season (overtraining)

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n At the end of a long season (i.e. right before tournament play)

The best treatment for an overuse injury is first seeking out a thorough evaluation from a health care professional. An ath-letic trainer can evaluate your son at the first signs of an overuse injury and provide guidance in icing the affected area after activity and activity modification while at practice. If his condition does not improve or an athletic trainer is not available, then a visit to your child’s primary care doctor is necessary for complete treatment. He/she will provide guidance on how to heal the injured area as well as prescribe services such as physical therapy. The success to recovering from an overuse injury is rest and a gradual re-introduction to the activity once cleared by a health care professional.

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In the 20-lap SK Light Modified fea-ture event, Bob Charland took the early lead ahead of Troy Talman and Ronnie Williams.

The caution came out with 15 laps complete for spins by Rich Hammann and Dylan Menditto to erase the large lead that Williams and Talman had built up over the rest of the field.

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Membrino finished second, with Hines, Talman, and Dowling rounding out the top-5.

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I recently had the opportunity to work with some of the region’s best baseball players at AP Player Development’s prospect clinic in Wilbraham. With this captive of baseball ath-letes, college coaches and pro scouts were eagerly looking to evaluate new talent. When it come to attracting college coaches and pro scouts there are two common themes that will dramatically impact an athlete’s future.

If you happen to be the one half of 1% to sign a pro-contract then you’re looking at a career average of 3.5 - 9 years. After that, you better have some sort of education to fall back on. So with school just around the cor-ner, let’s start with academics.

ACADEMICS: This is pretty simple. The college baseball coaches all told me the same thing. If the players don’t have the min-imal grade requirements for the school they are looking at then don’t bother calling, email-ing, or sending highlight videos. There are too many good players who DO have the grades. Coaches don’t want to waste time with pay-ers who can’t succeed in the class-room.

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Did you get there early and go through a proper warm up / prep routine or did you half heartedly toss and swing and socialize prior to the game?What were you doing in the on-deck circle? Were you engaged in the game and trying to time the pitcher? On the bench... are you paying attention to the game?

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Evan Macy | StaffAction from the Nutmeg State games, as Glastombury’s Top Dawgs lacrosse team takes on Simsbury in 11 and under play. For more, visit TheSportsDept.com.

Melanie Oliviera | Photosfromthesidelines.comThe Glastonbury 10-11 girls softball All-Stars compete in Newington during the Section 2 double-elimination tournament last month.


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Glastonbury football practice begins at Glastonbury High on Thursday, August 8th.

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CROMWELL— Back in June, one of the biggest events in the entire state, the Travelers Championship PGA Golf Tournament took place just outside Hartford.

Local volunteers are perhaps the sole reason the event is such a suc-cess each and every year, and their dedication and talent makes it among the top PGA TOUR stops for pros and fans alike.

Volunteers often do the dirty work, like picking up after patrons or making sure the galleries behave properly so that the best golfers in the world can do their jobs.

“It can be [intimidating] for some people,” Glastonbury’s David Fierman said. “People come out here, they’re star struck, they come here to watch golf. We’re not star struck, it’s second nature to us. We see these guys all day long. They’re regular guys.”

Fierman has been volunteering at the Travelers Championship since it was the Sammy Davis Cannon Hart-ford Open, back in 1989.

In the years since, Fierman has be-come an Assistant Gallery Chairman, yielding authority over many other gal-

lery workers and the responsibility to maintain order on the golf course at TPC River Highlands.

“It’s been so many years that I can recall getting absolutely drenched in downpours trying to get people off the course,” Fierman, who works in educa-tion sales when he isn’t in the fairway, said.

“Some of the responses have been funny over the years. They don’t al-low cell phones on the course. I once approached someone talking on the phone, and they said ‘I just want to call and see how my wife’s doing, she just

went into labor,’ and I said ‘so what are you doing here?’”

But more than the frustrating and sometime obnoxious golf fans, the event gives Fierman more than a few job perks.

“I like spending the time outside, meeting people,” he said. “I made some friends here over the years. Knowing that the proceeds go to char-ity, it’s my way of contributing. This is a week’s vacation I take it every year. I like being involved. What we do is little bits of everything. It’s the involvement.

It’s funny because I’m next to the best golfers in the world for a week, but I watch very little golf.”

Enfield’s Timmy Pisano is another volunteer, a recent Fermi High School graduate.

So recent in fact, that Pisano showed up bright and early the morning after getting his diploma.

“I’ve been volunteering for the last four years I really like it,” Pisano said. “I decided I wanted to come back this year. I went home for graduation, slept and came here.”

Though not a competitive golfer, Pi-sano loves to play for fun and loves the chance to be in the center of the golfing universe for four days every June.

“It’s really fun, it’s a family atmo-sphere,” he said. “It’s also nice to do something nice for the community and give back, because that’s what this is about.

The volunteers create their own community for the week as well, forg-ing special friendships and retuning year after year.

“The other volunteers is the best part,” Pisano said, “getting to meet the people you meet, and you gain a lot of experience doing a lot of things. Ev-erybody who is here, you start to know them all by name.”

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Evan Macy | StaffGlastonbury’s David Fierman.

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We tried to set the tone early. We said ‘listen, you’re an All-Star for a reason and were going to push you to be better.’”

And the Glastonbury girls re-sponded by working hard, and get-ting better.

“The kids did the best they could,” the coach said.

“We left it all on the field and that’s all you can do. That’s how our team plays, they gave it their best every game.”

As a coach, Tierinni and his staff were able to work hand-in-hand with the young club, helping them to build on their skills and get ready to continue competing at a

higher level.“The night before the tourna-

ment, we took the kids out to Lu-na’s,” Tierinni said.

“One of the parents said ‘you can really see the kids are better and that goes to coaching.’ The kids allowed us to push them hard-er than they have before and they competed at a competitive level. The kids deserve all the credit they really do. It’s a tough idea for a 10 or 11 year old to get the concept of, but they allowed us to push them in that month period. It was very rewarding for a coach.”

The rewards will only get better, as the girls return next season bat-tle tested, and in the competitive 12-year old age group.

Glastonbury 10-11 softball squad learned from successful 2013

Melanie Oliviera | Photosfromthesidelines.comThe Glastonbury 10-11 girls softball All-Stars had a potent offense in 2013.

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In our July papers, we honored the “Best in the Area” girls lacrosse teams. Unfortunately, we we inadvertently omit-ted a very deserving and talented Glastonbury ath-lete, Taylor Walker.

Walker was not only an All-State lacrosse star, she was also an Honor-able Mention All-Amer-ican and was named to Lower New England Team One. We regret our mistake, and wish her well as she gets ready for her junior year.

GHS’s Walker is All-Area selection

Girls soccer team to beatThe Glastonbury girls high school

soccer team is already turning heads and making headlines, and the season hasn’t even started yet.

The team was selected as one of just 10 girls teams in the entire country by MaxPreps as an “early contender” in 2013.

The pirennial soccer powerhouse looks to be a force in Class LL after a

19-game win streak last season pro-pelled the team to the title game, where they lost 2-1 to Newtown.

In late 2012, the team was ranked in the top 10 in the country and has been to three of the last four Class LL cham-pionship games.

Glastonbury opens its season with eight returning at Tolland, Tuesday September 10.

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