The Cup Stays Here; Spring Athletes Honored

The Saints are keeping the Cup! Our student-athletes and coaches made sure the Canterbury-FGS Cup wasn’t going anywhere this year by outlasting long-time rival The Frederick Gunn School (FGS) by a final tally of 26-17-1. FGS Athletic Director Mike Marich showed his usual good grace as he returned to present the Cup to Sixth Form Council member Riley McPhee ’23 at a boisterous School Meeting in Maguire Auditorium.

First introduced in 2018, the Canterbury-FGS Cup is awarded annually to the school that wins the most athletic contests throughout the year. This spirited competition and camaraderie carries on a rivalry that has been going strong for more than a century!

That same morning, our Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse team was lauded for finishing as champions of the Canterbury Invitational Tournament.

It was all part of the School’s Spring Athletic Award Assembly, where coaches honored the Saints who particularly distinguished themselves during the season. The Crew, Track, Golf, and Lacrosse teams each named a Coaches’ Award recipient and a Most Valuable Player (MVP).

In addition to naming MVPs, the Softball and Baseball teams presented the Barbara Frank Sheehan Softball Award and Class of 1962 Baseball Award to the players who exhibited courage, leadership, team spirit, and ability that exemplifies Canterbury Athletics. Each Tennis team also awarded MVPs with additional presentations of the Horace E. Tennes Girls’ Tennis Award for outstanding contribution to the girls’ tennis program and the William Stephanek ’78 Boys’ Tennis Award recognizing leadership.

A round of applause for the recipients…

Varsity Baseball
Presented by Head Coach Todd Mathewson
Class of 1962 Baseball Award: Cullen Stone ’23
MVP: Kenneth “Trey” Begasse ’23, Andrew Rondini ’24 

Boys’ Crew
Presented by Head Coach Sally Ruderman
Coaches’ Award: Cameron Folli ’23
MVP: Stephen Hraska ’25

Girls’ Crew
Presented by Head Coach Sally Ruderman
Coaches’ Award: Madison Lang ’24
MVP: Grace Morris ’25

Golf
Presented by Head Coach Bob Potter
Coaches’ Award: Connor Koh ’23
MVP: Alexander Halpert ’26

Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse
Presented by Head Coach Chris Roberts
Coaches’ Award: John Bagg ’23
MVP: Patrick Pannasch ’23

Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse
Presented by Head Coach Casey Lyons
Coaches’ Award: Hannah Nash ’23
MVP: Avery Trach ’23

Varsity Softball
Presented by Head Coach Julio Omaña
Barbara Frank Sheehan Softball Award: Camryn Beauvais ’24
MVP: Sophia Faruol ’25

Boys’ Varsity Tennis
Presented by Head Coach Olivia Pena
William Stephanek ’78 Boys’ Tennis Award: Adam Zarif ’23
MVP: Thomas Prendergast ’23

Girls’ Varsity Tennis
Presented by Head Coach Libby Bennett
Horace E. Tennes Girls’ Tennis Award: Joy Okonye ’23
MVP: Victoria Concepcion ’26, Katherine Datlow ’24

Boys’ Track and Field
Presented by Head Coach Matt Biggart
Coaches’ Award: Hayden Devorsetz ’24
MVP: Thomas Lapham ’23 

Girls’ Track and Field
Presented by Head Coach Matt Biggart
Coaches’ Award: Emily Lang ’24
MVP: Kaitlynn Kenna ’25
 

POSTSEASON AND ALL-LEAGUE HONORS
Kudos as well to our Varsity Baseball and Varsity Softball teams for outstanding seasons that led to postseason berths…and to the standout Saints who earned all-league honors for the spring:

Baseball
All-New England: Kenneth “Trey” Begasse ’23, Andrew Rondini ’24
Honorable Mention: Sean Stephenson ’23, Cullen Stone ’23
Western New England Pitcher of the Year: Andrew Rondini ’24
First Team Western New England: Owen Arias ’23, Richard “Billy” Batson ’24, Kenneth “Trey” Begasse ’23, Sean Stephenson ’23, Cullen Stone ’23
Second Team Western New England: William Nardella ’24, Cole Silvia ’24

Boys’ Lacrosse
All-New England Class C: Aiden Hines ’25
Honorable Mention: Patrick Pannasch ’23
All-Western New England: Aiden Hines ’25, Devon Lampron ’24, Patrick Pannasch ’23
Honorable Mention: Jack Greenberg ’24, William “Liam” Heitman ’23, Ryan Roberts ’24

Girls’ Lacrosse
All-New England Class C: Avery Trach ’23, Virginia Zapletal ’24

Softball
All-Western New England: Ava Faruol ’24, Sophia Faruol ’25

Girls’ Track and Field
All-New England: Jacquelynn Kenna ’24 (long jump), Kaitlynn Kenna ’25 (300m hurdles)

Boys’ Track and Field
All-New England: Godson Ajoku ’23 (shot put), Bradley Bozzuto ’25 (1500m, 3000m), Thomas Lapham ’23 (1500m, 800m), Ryan Oemcke ’24 (800m)
Honorable Mention: Hayden Devorsetz ’24 (110m hurdles)

Congratulations to our award recipients, lacrosse tournament champions, postseason teams, All-NEPSAC honorees, and all our athletes and teams for helping to raise the Cup in victory! Roll Saints!

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