Rutland Herald Fall Sports Guide
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Friday, October 6, 2017
Black River Girls Soccer
3 Josefine Kelfast
4 Jewels Sargent
5 Aisy Kelley
7 Morgan Brown
8 Emma Kirdzik
9 Mackenzie Martin
10 Becca Rogers
11 Hope Kelley
12 Hailey Pierce
13 Emily Benson
17 Katy Buckley
20 Esha Patel
21 Jae Grenedier
22 Paige Kelley
23 Grace Livingston
24 Abby Rogers
25 Christina Letourneau
Coach Kathleen Thompson
Assistant Coach Zoe Timboli and
Hannah Josselyn
West Rutland Girls Soccer
2 Kiana Grabowski
3 Isabella Cushing
4 Kiera Pipeling
5 Rebecca DeKalb
6 Lily Turner-Burrell
7 Samantha Callahan
8 Isabella Turner-Burrell
9 Rebecca Sanderson
10 Anna Cyr
11 Shelby Grabowski
13 Alyssa Carey
14 Deanna Kenyon
15 Serena Coombs
16 Alana Raymond
17 Kasey Serrani
18 Jenee McGee
19 Abigail Thomas
21 Hannah Bates
Coach Deanna Rodolfy
Kaylyn Cottrell.
“She is positionally savvy. She flips
them over the bar with ease if it is
hard and high,” Carr said.
The theme of the season seems to
be transfers and Carr picked up a
good one from Proctor in Hannah
Anderson.
“She can score and she keeps her
head about her in front of the goal,”
Carr said.
Tess Beauchain will be counted on
at left fullback and Morgan Nemeth
gives the team a lift at right full with
her return. The Minutemen lost her
just prior to the playoffs to an ACL
injury.
The Minutemen put together an
11-3-2 record last season and Carr
is looking for more good things
although he sees an improved Marble
Valley League.
He sees Woodstock and Hartford
being strong again but he also feels
Springfield and Fair Haven will take
a big step.
Mill River’s opener is Sept. 7 at
Springfield.
MSJ
When Sarah Fortier was a fiery
defender for Mount St. Joseph Acad-
emy she was Sarah Bride and her
coach was Tim Cassidy.
Oh, the circle of life. Now, she is
working as Cassidy’s assistant after
relinquishing the head coaching
reins.
Cassidy begins his second tenure
at MSJ with a team that was hit hard
by graduation but one that also has
plenty of promise.
A big reason for the promise is
goalkeeper Angela Perry. She made
her debut in the net last year as a
freshman, experienced growing pains
early in the season and before the
campaign was over became a talented
and confident keeper. The improve-
ment was dramatic.
The Mounties also get a boost from
Julia Lee, a fast and skilled transfer
from Otter Valley.
Other players include Kristin
Elliott, Tori Tracey, Kate Guilmont,
Emily Rappeno, Madison Guay,
Chante Abrams, Nicole Lawyer, Kate-
lyn Shutt, Sophia Tedesco, Lucy Gallo.
Abi Farrow and Savannah Perry.
“They have been working hard. We
have kids who have never played or
played very little soccer and we have
others who have played a lot,” Cassidy
said.
“We might take some lumps but I
think we might surprise some people,
too.”
The Mounties figure to get tested
in their opener on Sept. 1 at Green
Mountain. They will not be home
until Sept. 15 when Black River comes
to Abatiell Field.
OTTER VALLEY
You start with senior Gabby Poalino
when you talk about the Otters. That
is because the senior goalie can keep
them in games.
“This her fourth year in the goal.
She has incredible raw talent and ath-
letic ability,” coach Rick Hedding said.
Poalino plays with a unique style
of aggressiveness that often has her
roaming far from the net and picking
off balls before any type of play has a
chance to materialize.
Hedding said her method is per-
fect for the formation (a flat four)
deployed by the Otters.
The other returning seniors are
midfielder Sarah Hobbs and Colby
Reynolds who will be on the front
line.
“Her biggest asset is that she i s fast
and she is beginning to get better ball
control,” Hedding said of Reynolds.
The one junior is Felicity Drew and
she returns in the back.
Sophomores expected to con-
tribute are Julia Eastman and Leah
Pinkowski. Eastman will be up front
and Pinkowski is making the transi-
tion to midfield.
There are five freshmen and Hed-
ding is not certain where they will fit