Suffield High School Athletics has ended a very successful winter season with all the teams and/or individuals qualifying for postseason play. The girls’ basketball team made it to the finals in the NCCC tournament and advanced to the quarterfinals in the state tournament. Hazel Qua broke the school scoring record in a single game with 42 points. In addition, she surpassed the 1000 points total as a sophomore. Our boys’ basketball team qualified for both the NCCC tournament and the first round of the state tournament. Wrestling had several standouts in the postseason with four NCCC Conference Champions, Class S Champion and two State Open Champions. The State Open champions qualified for New England’s. The girls ice hockey team played in the CCC tournament finals and the semifinals for the state tournament. The boys’ ice hockey team qualified for the first round of states. Both the girls’ and boys’ indoor track teams had individuals excel with all conference winners in the shot put, high jump, 4 x 800 relay and long jump. Two class M Girls State Champions and the school record broke in shot put and high jump.
Spring sports began March 22; all sports schedules can be found on the athletic website.
All Conference Award Winners
All Conference:
Basketball: Hazel Qua
Boys Track: Carter Gnatek, Jacob Gagnon, Ben Farroni, Christian Flanagen, Drew Organ, Josh Zenczak
Girls Track: Lauren Lawson, Lourdes Lawson, Ayden Darvill, Hayli Graham, Heidi Story
Wrestling:
NCCC State Champions: Peter Annis, Jackson Annis, Naser Saleh and Yasin Afrailov
NCCC All Conference: State Champions plus, Cal Thompson, Rogen Harrole, Cedrick Hardy, Max Blake, Matthe Keilasinski, Maddox Tamayo and Benjamin Navin
Boys Ice Hockey: Noah Boyd, Max Demers
Girls Ice Hockey: Emily Greene
All State Award Winners:
Wrestling: Class S Champion: Peter Annis, Naser Afrailov (runner up), Yasin Afrailov (4th place), Jackson Annis (6th place) State Open: Peter Annis (5th) and Jasmine Alfrailova (3rd), both individuals qualified to wrestle in both the boys’ and girls’ New England tournament.
Girls Indoor Track: Class M Champion: Lourdes Lawson (Shot put) and Hayli Graham (High Jump)
School Records/ Accomplishments:
Girls Indoor Track:
Shot Put: Lourde Lawson
High Jump: Ayden Darvill and Hayli Graham
Girls Basketball:
Hazel Qua: Single Game Scoring Record: 42 points
1000 point scorer (sophomore)