Published in the March 22, 2018 edition
By DAN PAWLOWSKI
NORTH READING — The NRHS winter sports teams closed out their seasons with the annual Sports Awards Night on Tuesday, March 6.
In addition to the traditional letter awards, over two dozen special awards were distributed to the members of the eight teams.
Winter Varsity Special Awards
Girls’ Basketball
Coaches Award: Victoria Grasso. Unsung Heroine Award: Mia DeNofrio. MVP Award: Alexandria Grasso.
Boys’ Basketball
Dan Callahan Coaches Award: Lionel Beane. Unsung Hero Award: William Taylor. MVP Award: Colin Boucher.
Girls’ Swimming
Coaches Award: Kaia Grabar. Unsung Heroine Award: Elinor DeCleene. MVP Award: Molly Feffer.
Boys’ Swimming
Coaches Award: Christopher Mangano. Unsung Hero Award: 400 free relay: Noah Aran, Samuel Barrette, Brandon DeCleene, Owen DeCleene. MVP Award: Owen DeCleene.
Girls’ Indoor Track
Coaches Award: Jerlin Kaithamattam. Unsung Heroine Award: Juliette Nadeau. MVP Award: Meredith Griffin.
Boys’ Indoor Track
Coaches Award: Nicholas Carpenter. Unsung Hero Award: Andrew Crotty. MVP Award: Jake Doucette.
Cheering
Coaches Award: Alanna Hill. Unsung Heroine Award: Isabella Parrett. MVP Award: Kasey Kavanaugh.
Varsity Letters
Girls’ Basketball
Kiley McCarthy, Alexandria Grasso (All-League), Lauren Sullivan (All-Star), Noel Riley (capt.), Casey McAuliffe (All-Star), Victoria Grasso (capt.), Julia DiNapoli, Sydney Davis, Mia DeNofrio, Margaret Majeski, Taylor Moore (capt.), Julia Howse, Kiley Martel.
Boys’ Basketball
Francis Walsh, Burke Riesenberg (capt.), Alex D’Ambrosio, Ryan Connor, Michael Mikula, Matthew Solecki (capt., All-Star), William Taylor, Lionel Beane (capt.), Colin Boucher (All-League), Ryan Landers, Timothy Peach, Daniel Lignos-Kavonian.
Cheerleading
Ashley Bage Hoff, Angelina Casciano, Alexandra Colella (capt.), Joelle Demers, Alexis Demetri, Grace Exum (All-League), Veronika Fortin, Alanna Hill, Kasey Kavanaugh, Isabella Mejia (capt.), Talia Monteleone, Isabella Parrett, Rachel Shannon, Lacey Stebbins, Lucie Wilson, Abigail Leighton, Kerri-Ann Sexton.
Co-op Gymnastics
Alexa Galuppo (capt.), Caroline Boucher (All-Star), Nathania Brachanow (capt.), Jenna D’Ambrosio, Shannon Kelleher, Nadia Rawle, Makenna Lamont, Megan Macneil, Ashley Rabbitt.
Boys’ Hockey
Justin DiPlatzi, Joshua Zelikman (All-Star), Mark Potter, Dylan Babcock, Kevin Murphy (capt., All-League), Keith Lumb, Justin Danis, Owen Maxwell (capt., All-Star), Joshua Ramirez (All-Star), Ryan Fabrizio, Richard McGuire, Jack Fitzgerald, Storm Davis, Trevor R. Wilson, Liam Buckley, Jake DiNapoli, Justin Heintz, Trevor Lundy, William McCann, Christopher McCann, Stephen Robishaw, Patrick Scanlon (capt., All-Star), Alex VerColen, Nicholas Pasquale, Jacob Ancri, James Schille.
Co-op girls’ hockey
Cassandra Mirasolo (All-Star), Charlotte Grant, Jessica Robert, Jeny Collins, Samantha Mirasolo (Northeast Conference Player of the Year), Paige Thibedeau.
Girls’ Indoor Track
Kirsten Bradley, Sophia Casciano, Olivia Esposito, Meghan Griffin, Meredith Griffin (capt.), Lauren Gulbicki, Rachel Hill, Jerlin Kaithamattam (capt.), Maggie McCarthy, Jillian McCullough (capt.), Juliette Nadeau, Julia Tatone, Kelly Bratton, Grace Hadley, Ryan Hunter, Megan Lawlor, Kerry O’Brien, Kaitlyn Shevlin, Nicole Bruzzese, Emily Davis, Lauren Keough, Lindsay MacLellan, Caitlin Raimo, Alex Richards, Analise Gonzalez, Katelyn Gorgenyi, Julia Thorstad.
Boys’ Indoor Track
Kevin Brown, Michael Brown, Nick Carpenter (capt.), Andrew Crotty, Matt DeBenedetto, Jake Doucette (capt.), Matt Dovale, Connor Gover, Justin Hong (capt.), Greg Sawyer, Joey Disanto, James Garniss, Joe McCarthy, Karlis Plavins, Zach Rinaldi, Casey Robarts, Cameron Chinchillo, Andrew DeBenedetto, Joey Frammartino, Billy Lord, Grayson Budny, Garrett Butler, Sam Capobianco, Griffin Murphy, John Murphy.
Co-op Ski
Zoe Kennedy, Jillian Coveney, Madeleine Rutherford.
Swimming
Noah Aran, Sam Barrette, Owen DeCleene (All-Star), Courtney Hennessey, Caroline Belinowiz (All-Star), Brooke DeGrande, Molly Feffer (capt., All-Star), Christina Lasdin, Sara Curran, Brandon DeCleene, Elinor DeCleene, Benjamin Giunta, Hannah Lord, Hae-Jung Kim, Griffin May, Mary Regan, Kaia Grabar (All-Star), Chris Mangano, Henry Pelmas, Alec Semaan, Kristina Valenti (All-Star), Joleen Weiss.
Wrestling
Joshua Bedell, Andrew DiPietro (capt.), Kevin Farrelly (capt.), Dylan Reardon, Eric Benecke, Gerald Callagy, Aidan Carucci, Giovanni Colucciello, Stuart Glover, Steven Kane, Sean McCullough (All-League), Brandon Ouellette, Daniel Ryan, Christian Real-Costa.