Thursday News Blast: ECC Athlete of the Week, CHSCA Boys' Hockey Player of the Week
ECC Athlete of the Week, CHSCA Boys' Hockey Player of the Week.
We’re cruising into the first weekend of the year without football which is definitely a bummer, but there is still lots for the NFP Sports team to cover. The NFP Sports team will be on site this weekend at the ECC Cheerleading Competition in Waterford, CT. In addition, we’re looking to expand our team!
Before we delve into todays topics, take a quick second and checkout the new and improved NFP Sports Connecticut website! We’ve updated our site to include all of our fundraising and sports marketing options.
CHSCA Boys’ Hockey Player of the Week
For week 6 of the CHSCA Boys’ Hockey Player of the Week, we have four more talented puck handlers up for the award.
From the Nutmeg Conference representing SGWL is Elliot Demers who contributed to all 5 goals in two team wins along with 1 goal agains Enfield. Out of the CCC is Michael Zapp from Simsbury who 1 goal in a tie vs St. Joe’s and 3 goals in a win over Hamden. Coming out of the FCIAC is Ryan Tymon from Fairfield Warde-Ludlowe as he netted 7 goals and added 3 assists in a three game stretch. Last and certainly not least from the SCC/SWC is CJ Sherwood from North Branford who had 4 goals and 2 assists against Amity and added 3 goals and 2 assists vs Lyman Hall.
The CHSCA Boys’ Hockey Player of the Week is sponsored by Cheshire Sports Center and Hamden Sports Center. Voting closes at 8:00PM tonight so make sure to vote as soon as possible on CHSCA.org.
ECC Athlete of the Week
We’re back this week with another installment of the ECC Athlete of the Week program we have 13 talented athletes.
For ECC Boys Athlete of the Week, we have Kaden Ware from Killingly High School who won his third ECC Wrestling Championship. Staying on the mat, James Linder Jr. from Montville High School won an ECC Wrestling title and was named the tournaments outstanding wrestler. Out of New London High School is Henry Santana-Liriano who won the heavyweight title at the ECC Wrestling Championship. Jacob Lenz from Ledyard won the long jump event at the Class M State Championships. DeAndre Ducael from Norwich Free Academy won the Class LL State Championship in shot-put with a throw of 48’10.5 setting a new personal record by 4’. Josh Mooney from Stonington High School took first in the 55 meter hurdles, first in long jump, and second in the 55 meter event at the Class S State Championship. On the court Deondre Bransford from Wheeler High School averaged 15 points and 11 board over two games. The last candidate for ECC Boys Athlete of the Week is Jaiden Lopez of Lyman Memorial High School as he 43 points over two games and reached the 1,000 career points mark.
Shifting to ECC Girls Athlete of the Week, we have five candidates. Natalie Guzman from Killingly High School recovered from an injury to take sixth at the ECC Championship event. Jenny Lopez from Lyman Memorial High School dropped 40 points, 21 assists, 19 rebounds, an 16 steals over a three game span where one of the games resulted in a Lopez triple double vs Putnam. Shifting to track, Darielys Arnold from New London High School won the long jump event and took second in high jump at the Class M State Championship. Alexis Boyer from Norwich Free Academy on the pole vault event and took third in the 4x800 relay at the Class LL State Championship. Last and certainly not least is Bella Sorrentino from Woodstock Academy took second in shot-put, sixth in the 55 meter hurdles, and sixth in the 4x200 relay at the Class L State Championship.
Make sure to vote as soon as possible for who you think should win ECC Athlete of the Week as voting closes at 8:00PM tonight. The ECC Athlete of the Week program is sponsored by Buffalo Wild Wings and you can vote on the ECC website.
Southington Football Is Off To A Hot Start With Their Spring Fundraiser
Last week, the Southington High School football team kicked off their spring fundraiser selling David’s Cookies. Every time Coach Drury’s Blue Knights run a fundraiser, they do an outstanding job and this spring is no different. After kicking off last week, the Blue Knights are already up to over 200 boxes of cookies sold just online. In the fall, Southington also runs a fundraiser selling a premium discount card.
If you’re looking to buy some great cookies and support the Southing High School football team, you can buy a box HERE!
ECC Cheer Event
This Saturday at Waterford High School in Waterford, Connecticut, the ECC is holding their annual high school cheerleading championship. Every team in the conference that has a cheerleading team will be in attendance performing their unique routines in front of a large crowd. If you’re in the Waterford area from 4:00PM-8:00PM, stop by Waterford High School to support the very talented cheerleading squads from the eastern part of Connecticut.
Careers At NFP Sports
Here at NFP Sports, we’re looking to expand our team! We’re looking for employees on the fundraising, marketing, and content sides. For fundraising, we’re searching for highly motivated individuals who want to get into sales or have prior sales experience. On the marketing side, we’re looking for people that have some understandings of social media to help with digital marketing. On the content front, we would love to be able to hire a photographer to attend sporting events and banquets to take high quality photos. This is a great opportunity to build a portfolio. In addition, we’re looking for writers, people who have experience with digital media and making graphics, along with videographers.
If you want to apply, goto our updates website, nfpsportsconnecticut.com.
At that point, you’ll click on the “OPPORTUNITIES” tab in the far right corner and it’ll bring you to the opportunities page.
From there, all you have to do is fill out the information needed and hit submit!
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