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Housatonic Valley Regional High School coach Jeff Tripp remarked, "It was a hot day, but with an early 8 a.m. start the tournament moved at a good pace with excellent play all around."
The JV doubles tournament concluded with a final match of two teams from Nonnewaug High School. The championship-winning pair was Jorni Kuqi and Roman Criscione.
The final varsity matches will be played at Thomaston's Nystrom Park Tuesday, May 26, at 1 p.m.
In the doubles championship, Northwestern Regional High School teammates Lincoln Ouellette and Merrick Bannerman will take on Shepaug Valley High School's duo of Liam Denning and Gabe Tammarro.
The two remaining varsity doubles teams were named Berkshire League all stars.
In the singles bracket, the tournament will continue May 26 with the semifinal round.
Nonnewaug High School's Luke Primini will play David Block from Shepaug. On the other side, Lakeview High School's Luca D'Urso will play Shepaug's Ben Churyk.
The two remaining players from Shepaug, Churyk and Block, did not drop a game in their tournament matches on May 19. Primini, of Nonnewaug, lost just one game. D'Urso emerged from a back-and-forth battle (6-2, 2-6, 10-8) against Northwestern's Braiden Kennedy in the quarterfinal round.
All four players remaining in the singles tournament were named BL all stars. Other all stars for the season included Kennedy, Gustavo Portillo (Housatonic), Luca Inglese (Shepaug) and Jameson McTamney (Lakeview).
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Kent Sexton Brett Kallstrom, master of the ceremony, welcomes all.
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Though the ceremony was moved inside, traditions continued outdoors with a gun salute. The Kent Center School Band played and the Choir Club sang “America The Beautiful.” Town First Selectman Eric Epstein read the names of Kent veterans killed in wars, while Pastor John of the Kent Congregational Church closed the observance with prayers honoring veterans “for giving their last full measure of devotion to protect and defend us.”
Kent Volunteer Fire Dept. starts the ceremony. Lans Christensen
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A U.S. Marine Corp honor guard leads the North Canaan Memorial Day parade ahead of the elementary school band Monday, May 25.
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Kirk Harrington, commander of Couch-Pipa Post 6851 in North Canaan, introduced Ken Merrill, who led everyone in prayer before Joan Segalla Baker, Grand Parade Marshal, spoke to the crowd of approximately 150 who circled around the Doughboy statue, a tribute to American infantrymen in World War I.
“We remember those who did not come home,” Baker said. “When I was in high school, we had three graduates from HRVHS who never made it home from the Vietnam War.”
“I would like to honor Staff Sgt. Norman Stoddard from Kent,” she said, “George W. Clark, United States Marine Corps, from Lakeville, and Lt. Michael John Carley of Sharon, a helicopter pilot.”
Baker also pointed to “Hometown Heroes” banners flying from the town’s utility poles, a new initiative to recognize local veterans.
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