The calendar has officially turned from October to November (darn), but here’s “A trip down 69” for the final week of the month. Saturday marked the CIAC state cross country championships at Wickham Park in Manchester, so we’ll start there.
CIAC state cross country championship
Runners from Bristol, Waterbury and Wolcott competed at the state meets, all held at Wickham Park in Manchester.
The top finisher from the area was senior Matt Varnum of Bristol Central, who took 9th place in the Class L boys meet. Bristol Central junior Hannah Jones finished 11th in the Class L girls race. In Class L, Kennedy sophomore Kyle Hotchkiss placed 12th. Kaynor Tech freshman Hannah Stoveken impressed with an 18th place finish in the Class SS girls meet. In Class S, Sacred Heart junior Rachel Guay was 20th overall.
Bristol Central also had the best team finishes. The Rams were 10th in the Class L boys meet, 11th in Class L girls. The St. Paul boys finished 12th out of 26 teams in Class S.
Here’s how all the area teams did, including their top finisher:
Class S
St. Paul boys 12th out of 26 — Senior Thomas Melvin 55th
St. Paul girls 16th out of 19 — Senior Kara Lipka 58th
Sacred Heart boys 20th out of 26 — Sophomore Jonny Warren 44th
Sacred Heart girls 13th out of 19 — Junior Rachel Guay 20th
Class SS
Holy Cross boys 18th out of 22 — Junior Chris Flynn 31st
Holy Cross girls 16th out of 19 — Senior Hailey Roosa 80th
Kaynor Tech girls 14th out of 19 — Freshman Hannah Stoveken 18th
Class M
Wolcott boys 20th out of 27 — Junior Ryan Robert 69th
Kaynor Tech boys 22nd out of 27 — Senior Jack Petrucci 73rd
Wolcott girls 14th out of 18 — Junior Alize Rodriguez 50th
Class MM
Wilby senior Kateri Danay 54th
Class L
Bristol Central boys 10th out of 23 — Senior Matt Varnum 9th
Kennedy boys 17th out of 23 — Sophomore Kyle Hotchkiss 12th
Bristol Eastern boys 19th out of 23 — Junior Harrison Dayton 81st
Crosby boys 22nd out of 23 — Junior Robert Yuja 92nd
Bristol Central girls 11th out of 19 — Junior Hannah Jones 11th
Bristol Eastern girls 16th out of 19 — Senior Nina Pasqua 59th
Kennedy sophomore Fuka Reale 104th
Crosby junior Megan Holland 118th
Wilby sophomore Bryan Oliveira 37th
Kaynor Tech girls volleyball qualifies for Class M state tourney on final day
The Kaynor Tech girls volleyball team defeated Goodwin Tech 3-2 in New Britain last Monday to qualify for the Class M state tournament.
A team must win 40 percent of its matches, and the victory was the eighth of the season for the Panthers. That gives them a winning percentage of 42.1 (8-11 record).
St. Paul girls, Crosby boys advance to NVL soccer semifinals
Two area teams will play in the NVL’s soccer tournament semifinals on Monday and Tuesday.
The St. Paul girls turned away Wolcott 1-0 on Saturday and will play Woodland in the semifinals Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Ray Snyder Sr. Field (Municipal Stadium) in Waterbury. Woodland defeated Seymour 8-0.
The Crosby boys defeated St. Paul 2-1 to move on to the semifinals, where they will play Naugatuck at 7:30 p.m. at Ray Snyder Sr. Field. Naugatuck beat Seymour 3-0 in their quarterfinal match.
On Saturday, the Holy Cross girls lost 3-2 (4-1 PKs) in a quarterfinal match against Watertown. Watertown plays Naugatuck in the other semifinal on Monday.
Ben Pryor nominated for athlete of the week
St. Paul senior running back and captain Ben Pryor put together a monster performance against Wolcott on Friday night, and for that he has been nominated for an award.
CPTV Sports nominated Pryor for its UChoose Student Athlete of the Week after Pryor accumulated 344 yards and seven touchdowns in a 69-52 loss. You can vote for Ben until 6 p.m. on Monday.
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