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 CT Shamrock News
CT Shamrocks Class of 2008
Commit to play basketball in college
Congratulations
to the following CT. Shamrocks Players and Coaches
Class S State Champions Bloomfield High
Shanielle Duncan-Clarke Class
S MVP
Ericka Sagay
Kia Brown
Class M State Champions Avon High
Lindsay Horbatuck Class M
MVP
Class S State Runner up Coventry High
Coach Liz Kay
Sarah Marchand
Kaitlyn Caldwell
Coach LL State Runner up New Britain High
Symone Roberts
Sarah Sideranko
Tyler Kimball
- Congratulations to Nicloe Kozlak (12A Team)
who won the Connecticut Elks Free Throw Shooting
Contest and will be advancing to the New England
contest the last weekend in March. Nicole also won
the Terry Owens award for making the most free throws
out of any other girl in the competition. Nicole
competed victoriously in the regional competition
of the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Shooting Contest
and will be competing in their Best in Connecticut
Contest next Saturday in Danbury.
CT Shamrocks Class of 2007
Commit to play basketball in college
Desiree Pina of Plainville HS has committed to
play basketball at Fairfield University
Alexandra Munson of Southington HS has committed to
play basketball at Cornell University
The Connecticut Shamrocks had 3 players selected
for the ELITE ADIDAS TOP 100 ALL-STAR GAME. They were
selected for their Annual All-Star Game which held
in front of over 200 College Coaches in Atlanta ,
GA. Those selected were:
- Point Guard Symone Roberts - 15 National Team
- Point Guard Sarah Royals – 13 National
Team
- Center Jessica Mercier – 13 National Team
Congratulations to the following CT Shamrocks
who have been named to High School All Conference
Teams:
- Lindsay
Horbatuck - NCCC
- Jessica
Kraiza - NCCC
- Brittany
Whiteley -NCCC
- Laura
Burdick -NWC
- Kristin
Lebel - NCCC
- Ashley
Adams - NCCC
- Amanda
Pierlioni - NWC
- Emily Plagenza - NCCC
- Emily Savino - NCCC
- Allie Munson-CCC North
- Maddie Korber-CCC North
- Michelle Ribaudo- Westminster
- Shanielle Clarke-CCC West
- Desiree Pina-NWC
- Michelle Royals-Torrington
- Richelle Anderson-CCC South
- Leanha Ware-CCC East
- Symone Roberts-CCC North
- Nicole Delano-CCC East
March 11, 2007 - Congratulations
to Symone Roberts who
scored 25 Points and was named MVP as New Britain
High School Wins LL State Championship. Please click
here for the full Hartford Courant article "Roberts
Rises Above"
March 10, 2007 - Congratulations to
Symone Roberts and Sarah Siderenko who won the CIAC
Class LL State Championship with New Britain High
School.
March 1st 2007 - All-NWC
Burdick has sights set forward. Please
click here for full article on Laura Burdick.
February 21, 2007 - Congratulations
to U12 National Team member Megan Gaudreau who the
Connecticut State Hoop Shoot contest for the third
time. Please click here to read the full article.
February 15, 2007 - Roberts'
star rising already.
Please click here for full article on Symone Roberts
of the 15U National Team.
February 2007 - Congratulations to Ashley
Adams who reached the 1000 point mark for Tolland
High School .
January 2007 - Congratulations to Cara
McCormack who reached the 1000 point mark for Hampshire
Regional.
January 20, 2007 - Congratulations
to Amanda Pierlioni who became the leading scorer
in Plainville history - boys or girls - by scoring
seven points to bring her career total to 1,193. Click
here for full article.
January 16, 2007 - Congratulations
to Kristen Lebel who reached the 1000 point mark for
Tolland High School.
January 2007 - Congratulations to
Brittany Whiteley who reached the 1000 point mark
for Windsor Locks High School.
August 24, 2006 - Cara McCormack - Hampshire
Regional High School - Cara verbally committed to
attend Canisius College located in Buffalo, NY on
a full basketball scholarship. Canisius plays in the
MAAC conference which includes Marist, Siena, Fairfield
and Iona amongst its members. Canisius qualified for
the NCAA tournament last season falling to # 3 seed
University of Georgia. Cara at 6' 4" played center
for the 2006 State Champion Connecticut Shamrocks
16 National Team and selected Canisius College over
scholarship offers from Fairleigh Dickinson University
and Duquesne University.
August 23, 2006 - Laura Burdick - Farmington
High School - Laura verbally committed to attend the
US Military Academy at West Point on a full basketball
scholarship. Laura is a first year Connecticut Shamrocks
post player who received much attention from many
D-1 and D-2 colleges over the past 6 months before
deciding to attend West Point.
August 8, 2006 - Ashley Adams - Tolland High
School - On her 17th birthday Ashley verbally committed
to attend Quinnipiac University on a full basketball
scholarship. Ashley is the all time leading shot blocker
for the Connecticut Shamrocks and also led the 2006
State Champion Connecticut Shamrocks 16 National Team
in blocks and rebounding for the past 4 years.
August 1, 2006 - Amanda Pierlioni - Plainville
High School - Amanda verbally committed to attend
Bryant University on a full basketball scholarship.
Amanda has been the leading scorer on the 2006 State
Champion Connecticut Shamrocks 16 National Team for
the past 5 years. She is the only player to receive
a full basketball scholarship to Bryant University
for the class of 2007 recruiting year.
7/4/06 - Please click here for a great
full page article that was published in the Journal
Inquirer article on Brittany Whiteley of our U16 National
team . Click here for complete article.
5/10/06 - Congratulations to the U14, U15 & U16 CT Shamrock
National Teams for sweeping the gold medals in the
CT State AAU Division 1 Qualifying Tournament (Click here
for picture of 14,15,16 Gold Medal Winning Teams).
5/10/06 - Congratulations to the U10 National and U11 State
teams for winning silver medals in the CT State AAU
Qualifying Tournament.
5/10/06 - Congratulations to the U11 National team for winning
Bronze medal in the CT State AAU Division 1 Qualifying
Tournament.
5/7/06 - Congratulations to Necole Evans who capped her high
school career being named the 2006 Vi Goodnow Award
winner as the region's most outstanding high school
girls basketball player. Evans will be honored at
The Republican's 36th annual Western Massachusetts
High School Basketball Awards banquet at the Naismith
Memorial Hall of Fame in Springfield. Click
here for complete article.
4/22/06 - Congratulations
to the Shamrocks 15 National Team/Slattery for Making
the elite 8 at the Adidas Deep South Invitational
in North Carolina. The 15's finished 7th in the 16
Bracket.
4/1/06 - Congratulations to Shanice Billington for being
named the 2006 State Girls Basketball Player of the
Year by the Hartford Courant.
4/1/06 - Congratulations to the following CT Shamrock Players
who have been selected to the Hartford Courant High
School All State Team:
First Team:
Chaquaei Baskerville - Bulkeley
Sharnise Beal - New Britain
Shanice Billington - Bulkeley
Samantha Brigham - Simsbury
Shani Grey - Windsor
Taylor Losey - Bristol Eastern
Second Team:
Ashley Cialfi - Berlin
Julia Fagan - New Britain
Victoria Hodges - Farmington
Amanda Pierlioni - Plainville
Desiree Pina - Plainville
Brittany Whiteley - Windsor Locks
Honorable Mention:
Cierra Baker - Windsor
Kristin Lebel - Tolland
Leslie Lupien - Woodstock
Symone Roberts - New Britain
Kristin Sitek - Ellington
Stephanie Walker - Somers
Congratulations to the following CT Shamrock Players who have been
selected to the CIAC CT All State Team for their High
Schools:
- Sharnise Beal - New Britain High School
- Taylor Losey - Bristol Eastern High School
- Shanice Billington - Bulkley High School
- Chaquaei Baskerville - Bulkley High School
- Leslie Lupien - Woodstock Academy
- Desiree Pina - Plainville High School
- Stephanie Walker - Somers High School
- Brittany Whitely - Windsor Lock High School
3/22/06 - Congratulations to Leslie Lupien for being selected
to the All State Team and Academic All State Team
2006.
3/22/06 - Congratulations to Ashley Cialfi for being selected
to the 2006 All State Team.
3/12/06 - Congratulations to Cara McCormack whose Hampshire Regional
High School Basketball team won their fourth straight
Western Mass Division ll championship with a 63-39
win over Drury. Cara led Hampshire with 20 points,
16 rebounds and 7 Blocks
3/11/06 - Congratulations to fellow shamrocks Symone Roberts,
Sarah Sideranko, Sharnise Beal and Julia Fagan whose
New Britian High School Basketball Team won the Class
LL State Championship beating Mercy High School by
a score of 67-53. Congratulations to Julia Fagan whose
was named tournament MVP.
3/11/06 - Congratulations to fellow shamrocks Shanice Billington,
Richelle Anderson and Chaquaei Baskerville whose Bulkley
High School Basketball Team won the Class L State
Championship beating Farmington High School and fellow
shamrocks Laura Burdick and Victoria Hodges by a score
of 43-42 in OT.
Congratulations to Necole Evans whose Central High School Basketball
team won their second consecutive Western Mass Division
1 championship beating Chicopee by a score of 50-47.
During the game Necole Evans surpassed the 2,000 point
milestone becoming only the eighth player in Western
Massachusetts history to reach the 2,000-point plateau.
Congratulations to the following CT Shamrocks who have been named
to High School All Conference Teams:
- Symone
Roberts - CCC
- Lindsay
Horbatuck - NCCC
- Kelly
Slattery - NCCC
- Brittany
Whiteley -NCCC
- Laura
Burdick -NWC
- Kristin
Lebel - NCCC
- Ashley
Adams - NCCC
- Amanda
Pierlioni - NWC
- Ashley Cialfi - NWC
- Nicole
Delano - CCC
- Stephanie
Walker - NCCC
- Samantha Brigham - CCC
- Haley Johnson - CCC
- Sharnise Beal - CCC
- Julia Fagan - CCC
- Taylor Losey - CCC
- Shani Grey - CCC
- Cierra Baker - CCC
- Katelyn White - CCC
- Victoria Hodges - NWC
- Aubrey Hoyt - Berkshire League
- Cara
McCormack - All Western Mass
- Jolene Brennan - All Western Mass
- Necole Evans - All Western Mass
- Allison Peck - ECC
- Leslie Lupien - ECC
CT Shamrocks Class of 2006
Commit to play basketball
in college
1/27/06
- Congratulations to Taylor Losey,
Victoria Hodges, Sam Brigham, Sharnise Beal, Shani
Grey, Shanise Billington, Necole Evans, Ashley Cialfi
and Leslie Lupien for being nominated for McDonald's
All Americans.
12/29/05
- Congratulations to Katelyn
White from Fermi HS on her being named MVP of the
Enfield Rotary Classic Tournament
11/09/05
- Congratulations
to Shanice Billington and Sharnise Beal who
signed their letters of intent to play today. Please
click here to view the full article.
6/17/05
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- Congratulations to Amanda
Ward who has committed to attend the University of Albany
for the 2005-06 season.
- Congratulations to Paige
Schneider who will attend Elms College
for the 2005-06 Season.
- Congratulations to Renee
Buck who has officially committed to CCRI for the
2005-06 season.
5/27/05
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- Congratulations to Necole
Evans (16 National) on her Team MVP award for winning
the 2005 CT District Girls' Basketball Championship.
- Congratulations to Jolene
Brennan (16 National) who received a sportsmanship
Award at the 2005 CT District Girls' Basketball
Championship.
- Congratulations to Katherine
Woods(14 State) who received a sportsmanship Award
at the 2005 CT District Girls' Basketball Championship.
The
3 girls will receive their awards at the WNBA CT Sun/Connecticut
AAU Night on June 30th at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
4/22/05
- Congratulations to the following
Shamrocks players who made the 2005 Hartford Courant
All State
team:
1st
Team: Sharnise Beal (New Britain) 16N, Shani Grey (Windsor) 16N and Shanice Billington
(Bulkeley) 16S.
Second Team: Ashley Cialfi (Berlin) 16S
Honorable Mention: Victoria Hodges (Farmington)
16N, Taylor Losey (Bristol Eastern) 16N, Amanda Pierloni
(Plainville) 15N and Brittany Whiteley (Windsor Locks)
15N
4/21/05 - Congratulations to Necole
Evans (Central HS) who made All Scholastic Western
Mass 1st team and to Jolene Brennan (East Longmeadow
HS) who made All Scholastic Western Mass 2nd teamfor
the 2004-05 HS season.
4/11/05
- Michele Ribaudo 08 (14N) representing
Westminster
School
was named All-Stars by the Women's New England Prep
School Basketball Association (WNEPSBA). Ribaudo is
a high-touted newcomer who stepped right into the
starting lineup because of her skill level and her
ability to see the court. Ribaudo averages 2.9 assists
per game, including usually at least one-no look pass,
and scores 9.1 points per game. She is the team's
leading three-point shooter as well. Michele Ribaudo
'08 represented the West in the annual East vs. West
All-Star game sponsored by WNEPSBA (the Womens New
England Prep School Basketball Association). The game,
which the East won 81-52, was played on Sunday, February
27 at Loomis Chaffee in Windsor CT. Ribaudo led the
team in scoring with 16 points (including three 3-pointers)
and had three assists.
4/6/05
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- Congratulations to Alison
Donnelly (11N) and Jackie Dunn (11N) of St. Mary's,
Longmeadow, MA on winning the Western Mass. CYO
Championship and the New England CYO Championship
. Ali and Jackie led St. Mary's to a 34-10 victory
over Holy Name of Springfield for the Western Mass.
CYO title. This qualified the team to compete in
the New England CYO Championship held in Providence, RI
on April 2-3. In Providence,
St. Mary's defeated St. Pat's of Norwich,
CT, 56-16, and
the Lady Knights of Nashua,
NH, 33-25, to qualify for the
championship game. Ali's and Jackie's team defeated
St. Luke's of Barrington, RI, 28-10, in the final game to
become the New England CYO Champions. The team finished
the season 31-1 in league play and 42-2 overall,
winning Western Mass. CYO and Western Mass. Suburban
Division I titles.
- Congratulations to Trisha
Donnelly (13N) of St. Mary's, Longmeadow, MA on winning the Western
Mass. CYO Bishops Tournament Championship for 7/8
grade girls. The team defeated St. Thomas of Palmer,
MA, 40-24. Trisha led the team in rebounds with
12 and added 8 points for the win. The team also
went on to compete in the New England CYO Bishops
Tournament in Providence,
RI,
where they were defeated in the quarter finals,
39-33. Trisha led all scorers with 16 points and
11 rebounds.
4/3/05
- Congratulations to Symone
Roberts (13N) and Victoria Markow (12N) of the St.
Francis Chargers on becoming the Hartford Diocese
CYO State Champions and the New England CYO Champions.
In the State Championship game, they defeated St.
Paul of Kensington, 55-43. Symone Roberts had 22 pts.,
10 rebs., 2 stls. and 5 asst. Victoria Markow had
10 pts., 2 rebs., 1 stl. and 1 asst. This qualified
them for the New England CYO Championship. In New
Englands, they defeated St. Thomas of Springfield,
58-46, and St. Joseph of Manchester, NH, 67-62, to
qualify for the championship game. They beat St. James
of Bridgeport,
61-42, to become the New England CYO Champions. Symone
had 95 points, 33 rebs, 21 stls and 11 assists in
the tournament and Vicki had 15 points, 13 rebs, 2
stls and 4 assists in the tournament. St. Francis
finished the season 28-1 in league play and 30-3 overall.
3/19/05 -
- Congratulations to Necole
Evans (16N) and Kristy Williams of Central HS who
were the Western Mass D1 champs. Necole was the
MVP of the Western Mass D1 Playoffs. Central finished
in 2nd place of the D1 states losing to Dartmouth
MA. Necole has over 1500 points,
1000 rebounds, 500 blocks through 3 years of HS.
- Congratulations to Kara
McCormick (15N) (Hampshire HS): D2 Western Mass
and D2 MA State Champions.
- Congratulations to Shani
Gray (16N) Sharnice Beal (16N) and Victoria hodges
(16N) Class LL, Brittany Whiteley (15N) and Amanda
Pierlioni (15 N) Class M, for being named to the
All State Team.
- Congratulations to Victoria
Hodges (16N) who was named MVP of the NWC League
Playoffs.
- Congratulations to Katherine
Woods (14S) for leading her 8th grade "Northwest"
travel team to a championship win of the WCGBL.
Kat scored 56 points in the 3-game tournament &
won an MVP award for her contributions throughout
the tournament.
3/14/05 -
- Congratulations to Whitney
Mackay's Suffield
High School
Team. They were the NCCC Tournament Champions and
also advanced to the Class M state semi-finals game.
- Taylor Semanie (13S) and
Julie Auman (13G) led St. Bernard's of Enfield to a 60 - 55 victory in
the championship game of the Enfield Deanery Tournament.
St. Bernard's completed an undefeated season at
12 - 0. During the 3 tournament games Taylor
scored 69 points, had 35 rebounds, 16 steals and
21 assists. Julie added 33 points, 12 rebounds,
14 steals and 10 assists. This was the team's second
championship in three years.
- Congratulations to Teighlor
Clare-Kearney, Nikki Ortiz, Callie Tambling, and
Coach Craig Kearney for leading Manchester
to the 8th grade Travel State Championship. In the
championship game, Teighlor had 24 points and Nikki
had 22 points to lead their team to victory in OT
against Torrington.
3/2/05 - Congratulations to the following
Shamrocks who were selected for their High School
All Conference Teams:
NCCC: Ashley Starr (Somers H.S.), Stephanie Walker (Somers
H.S.)
Brittany Whiteley (Windsor
Locks H.S), Ashley Adams (Tolland H.S), Kacey Scroggins
(Stafford H.S) and
Kristen Sitek (Ellington H.S.).
CCC: Shani Grey (Windsor
H.S.), Sam Brigham (Simsbury
H.S.), Sharnise Beal (New Britian H.S.), Taylor Losey
(Bristol Eastern H.S.),
Julia Fagan (New Britian H.S.), Jhenel Franklin (Windsor H.S.), Chaquaei
Baskerville (Bulkeley H.S.), Shanice Billington (Bulkeley
H.S.).
NWC: Victoria Hodges (Farmington
H.S), Amanda Pierlioni (Plainville
H.S.), Ashley Cialfi (Berlin
H.S.).
ECC: Alex Oniel (New London
H.S.), Allison Peck (Bacon
Academy), Leslie Lupien (Woodstock Academy).
2/27/05 - Congratulations to Symone Roberts (13N) and Victoria
Markow . (12N) whose St. Francis Chargers defeated
St. Paul by the
score of 59-38 to win the Central CT Deanery Championship.
Symone Roberts was named tournament MVP. She had 27
pts., 14 rbs., 8 asst. & 6 steals in the championship
game, and for the 4 game tournament, Symone finished
with 93 pts., 45 rbs.,21 asst., and 24 steals. Their
team finished the regular season 21-1 in the deanery
and 23-3 overall. They now go on to the State CYO
Championship in Waterbury beginning on March 5th. The
Chargers have
lost 1 game in league play in 3 years.
11/01/04
- Congratulations to Necole Evans on being named to
the Street and Smith Honorable Mention All American
Team.
10/16/04
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