The Mountaineer cheer squad amps up team spirit in front of a pink-themed student section during rivalry night against Lakeview High School on Feb. 5.
Photo by Riley Klein
From left, Taylor Terwilliger, Vi Salazar, Elizabeth Allyn and Soren Trivelli make up the newly reformed cheer squad at Housatonic Valley Regional High School.Photo by Riley Klein
Aspects of competitive cheer, such as vaulting, were incorporated into the group's routine.Photo by Riley Klein
Halftime shows returned to HVRHS basketball games this year.Photo by Riley Klein
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HVRHS's Simon Markow cleared 5-feet 4-inches in his first-ever attempts at the high jump and earned 4th place in the meet against Lakeview High School April 22.
Photo by Riley Klein
The boys 300m hurdles came down to the wire too, with Lakeview’s Max Guma defeating HVRHS’s Patrick Money by one-tenth of a second.
Lakeview won overall. The girls team score was LHS 100 - 37 HVRHS and the boys team score was LHS 82.5 - 61.5 HVRHS.
Kent School sent a number of runners to the meet as well. The Lions do not have a school team, but the athletes participated in the spirit of competition. They were not officially scored.
Medalists in each event listed below.
Amelia Dodge, center, hustled her way to first place in the 100m hurdles.Photo by Riley Klein
Track Results
Girls 100m
1. Olivia Myrie (LHS) 13.2 seconds
2. Camila Salinas (LHS) 13.3 seconds
3. Jemima Shanks (LHS) 13.6 seconds
Boys 100m
1. Ryan Segalla (HVRHS) 11.4 seconds
2. Daevion Ballard (LHS) 11.5 seconds
3. Jaden Blasi (LHS) 12.0 seconds
Girls 200m
1. Greyson Thomas (LHS) 27.8 seconds
2. Camila Salinas (LHS) 29.1 seconds
3. Sara Huber (HVRHS) 29.2 seconds
Boys 200m
1. Ryan Segalla (HVRHS) 23.2 seconds
2. Jaden Blasi (LHS) 24.8 seconds
3. Ben Southard (LHS) 25.5 seconds
Girls 400m
1. Harper Howe (HVRHS) 1:02.9 minutes
2. Allie Pape (LHS) 1:03.1 minutes
3. Ella Curi (LHS) 1:08.2 minutes
Ryan Segalla, second from right, took first place in the boys 100m, 200m and 400m.Photo by Riley Klein
Boys 400m
1. Ryan Segalla (HVRHS) 51.9 seconds
2. Anthony Labbadia (HVRHS) 52.9 seconds
3. Kyle McCarron (HVRHS) 55.2 seconds
Girls 800m
1. Lilyana Markavich (LHS) 2:42.8 minutes
2. Olivia Brooks (HVRHS) 2:55.1 minutes
3. Addie Foss (LHS) 2:55.2 minutes
Boys 800m
1. Silas Tripp (HVRHS) 2:12.0 minutes
2. Luke O’Mara (LHS) 2:16.2 minutes
3. Reide Augustyn (LHS) 2:18.1 minutes
Girls 1600m
1. Lilyana Markavich (LHS) 6:00.0 minutes
2. Olivia Brooks (HVRHS) 6:18.1 minutes
3. Addie Foss (LHS) 6:31.5 minutes
Runners representing HVRHS, Kent School and Lakeview compete in the 1600m.Photo by Riley Klein
Boys 1600m
1. Kyle McCarron (HVRHS) 4:29.4 minutes
2. Ben Schildgen (LHS) 4:29.8 minutes
3. Reide Augustyn (LHS) 5:02.1 minutes
Girls 3200m
1. Lilyana Markavich (LHS) 13:23.0 minutes
Boys 3200m
1. Ben Schildgen (LHS) 10:08.0 minutes
2. Bailey Williams (HVRHS) 13:20.0 minutes
Girls 100m Hurdles
1. Amelia Dodge (HVRHS) 17.6 seconds
2. Allie Pape (LHS) 19.2 seconds
3. Anisa Nefic (LHS) 20.3 seconds
Boys 100m Hurdles
1. Patrick Money (HVRHS) 17.3 seconds
2. Max Guma (LHS) 18.4 seconds
Girls 300m Hurdles
1. Amelia Dodge (HVRHS) 48.2 seconds
2. Greysen Thomas (LHS) 49.7 seconds
Max Guma, left, and Patrick Money's race in the 300m hurdles was decided by one-tenth of a second.Photo by Riley Klein
Boys 300m Hurdles
1. Max Guma (LHS) 44.1 seconds
2. Patrick Money (HVRHS) 44.2 seconds
3. James Lundt (LHS) 53.4 seconds
Girls 4x100m Relay
1. LHS (Jemima Shanks, Matilda Barnes, Olivia Myrie, Camila Salinas) 54.0 seconds
2. HVRHS (Amelia Dodge, Harper Howe, Madelyn Johnson, McKenzie Lotz) 57.3 seconds
Boys 4x100m Relay
1. LHS (Noah Jenkins, Hunter Pinho, James Shaughnessy, Jaden Blasi) 48.6 seconds
2. HVRHS (Cole Simonds, Matthew McGuire, Nico Bochnovich, Owen Schnepf) 52.8 seconds
3. HVRHS (Brayan Lopez Gonzalez, Federico Vargas Tobon, Luca Floridis, Samuel Berry) 54.2 seconds
Girls 4x400m Relay
1. HVRHS (Amelia Dodge, Harper Howe, Adelyn Diorio, McKenzie Lotz) 4:29.3 minutes
2. LHS (Allie Pape, Olivia Myrie, Jemima Shanks, Aly Schmitz) 4:31.2 minutes
Boys 4.400m Relay
1. HVRHS (Anthony Labbadia, Ryan Segalla, Patrick Money, Kyle McCarron) 3:39.6 minutes
2. LHS (Max Guma, Nathaniel Stull, Ben Southard, Reide Augustyn) 4:00.4 minutes
3. HVRHS (Silas Tripp, Peter Austin, Owen Schnepf, Luca Floridis) 4:05.9 minutes
Girls 4x800m Relay
1. HVRHS (Olivia Brooks, Hannah Johnson, Adelyn Diorio, Meadow Moerschell) 11:50.0 minutes
Boys 4.800m Relay
1. LHS (Tucker Marchand, James Campbell, Luke O’Mara, Joey Nypert) 9:50.0 minutes
Anthony Labbadia placed first in the high jump after successfully clearing 5-feet 8-inches.Photo by Riley Klein
Field Results
Girls Shot Put
1. Olivia Lauretano (LHS) 24’ 3.5”
2. Eleanor Klug (LHS) 20’ 8”
3. Sarah Storm (LHS) 18’ 2.5”
Boys Shot Put
1. Jaxx Willey (LHS) 42’ 5.25”
2. Monty Sabolcik (LHS) 20’ 3.5”
3. Matt Festa (LHS) 29’ 4”
Girls Discus
1. Sarah Storm (LHS) 62’ 3”
2. Olivia Lauretano (LHS) 60’ 8”
3. Eleanor Klug (LHS) 58’ 5”
Boys Discus
1. Noah Schildgen (LHS) 91’ 10”
2. Monty Sabolcik (LHS) 86’ 9”
3. Joe VanOrmer (LHS) 81’ 6”
Girls Javelin
1. Olivia Lauretano (LHS) 74’ 2”
2. Eleanor Klug (LHS) 60’5”
3. Aly Schmitz (LHS) 59’ 7”
Simon Markow competed in the javelin event for HVRHS.Photo by Riley Klein
Boys Javelin
1. Luke Gordon (LHS) 108’ 0”
2. Jaxx Willey (LHS) 104’ 5”
3. Noah Schildgen (LHS) 94’ 9”
Girls High Jump
1. Greysen Thomas (LHS) 5’ 0”
2. Kaylee Wheeler (LHS) 4’ 4”
3. Ella Curi (LHS) 4’ 2”
Boys High Jump
1. Anthony Labbadia (HVRHS) 5’ 8”
2. Max Guma (LHS) 5’ 6”
3. Daevion Ballard (LHS) 5’ 6”
Girls Pole Vault
1. Allie Paper (LHS) 8’ 0”
Boys Pole Vault
1. Reide Augustyn (LHS) 8’ 0”
Girls Long Jump
1. Olivia Myrie (LHS) 15’ 6.25”
2. Jemima Shanks (LHS) 13’ 11”
3. Kaylee Wheeler (LHS) 12’ 6”
Patrick Money soars to 19-feet 7-inches in the long jump.Photo by Riley Klein
Boys Long Jump
1. Patrick Money (HVRHS) 19’ 7”
2. Jaden Blasi (LHS) 16’ 11”
3. Noah Jenkins (LHS) 16’ 10.5”
Girls Triple Jump
1. Harper Howe (HVRHS) 30’ 0.5”
Boys Triple Jump
1. Anthony Labbadia (HVRHS) 39’ 11”
2. Noah Jenkins (LHS) 34’ 4.5”
3. Cole Simonds (LHS) 33’ 2”
HVRHS girls lacrosse watches after practice as classmates compete in the track meet April 22.Photo by Riley Klein
Cornwall Consolidated School seventh graders Skylar Brown, Izabella Coppola, Halley Villa, Willow Berry, Claire Barbosa, Willa Lesch, Vivianne DiRocco and Franco Aburto presented a group research project on the life of Naomi Freeman Wednesday, April 23. In attendance were U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Conn., John Mills, president of Alex Breanne Corporation, Cornwall First Selectman Gordon Ridgway, Cornwall Selectman Jennifer Markow and CCS social studies teacher Will Vincent.
Photo by Riley Klein
To memorialize Freeman, the seventh graders petitioned the town selectmen to rename Great Hollow Road where the Freemans once lived. New street signs for Naomi Freeman Historic Road were created with some help from the town highway department.
“No one in this community, or the state for that matter, will ever forget that this happened here,” said Hayes.
Cornwall Highway Department helped the students create new signs to install on Great Hollow Road.Photo by Riley Klein
Per Cornwall Historical Society records, Freeman’s story began in 1794 when she was born in Vermont. John Sedgwick and his wife Abigail, of Cornwall, adopted her in 1801: an act that protected her from slavery, which was still legal in Connecticut at the time.
Sedgwick included Naomi in his will and she received a dowry after his death in 1820.
Naomi later married Obadiah “Obed” Freeman, a man who had been enslaved in Cornwall. She purchased an acre in Cornwall, becoming the town’s first African American woman to own land, and the two settled on Great Hollow Road in 1828.
Nearly 200 years later, the street itself bears her name.
“We are really proud of the work we’ve done and that Naomi Freeman will continue to be an impactful presence in our town,” said CCS student Vivianne DiRocco.
DiRocco and her classmates Skylar Brown, Izabella Coppola, Halley Villa, Willa Lesch, Willow Berry, and Claire Barbosa discovered Freeman’s story earlier this year while conducting research into important women in Cornwall’s history. The full project will be presented at Troutbeck Symposium May 1.
“One of the archaeologists who excavated the Freemans’ home told us about a gap in Connecticut’s history concerning the everyday life for free African Americans. We hope that we filled that gap a little bit,” said Lesch.
There are no known photographs or portraits of Freeman. The students utilized artificial intelligence to create images of what she might have looked like during her life in Cornwall.
The students created artwork to show what Naomi Freeman, her husband Obed and daughter Sarah might have looked like living in Cornwall.Photo by Riley Klein
“What an incredible example of what happens when young people are given the tools, the encouragement and the space to lead,” said CCS Principal Leanne Maguire. “Thank you for showing us what is possible when curiosity meets courage.”
John Mills, president of the Alex Breanne Corporation in West Hartford, was consulted by the students to help unearth census data and track down living descendants of Freeman. His company researches formerly enslaved people and brings their stories to light.
Mills said he was surprised to see the extensive research that was conducted by the students by the time he was contacted. His company sometimes helps render images for individuals lost to history, but the students had even taken that on themselves.
“I’m incredibly impressed with what you’ve done here,” said Mills to the students. “Now you’re a part of the celebration and civic engagement.”
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