The Cheshire Citizen

STATE SOCCER FINALS

CHS boys raise Class L banner

By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff

HARTFORD The title drought is over in Cheshire as the No. 1 Rams defeated No. 2 Xavier 3-1 in the Class L boys soccer final at a cold and slick Trinity Health Sta dium on Sunday night. Cheshire (16-3-1) hoisted its second-ever state title tro phy and its first since 1988 behind first-half goals from William Stearns and Samir Dishnica. Kevi Sulollari headed home Cheshire’s third goal in the second half.

“This is very special,” said Cheshire coach Artur Bran co, whose Rams fell in the Class LL final on the same field a year ago to Farming ton, 3-2. “I’ve been going at this for 29 years. This is my first one and I’m very happy.

I’m ecstatic for every one, including myself.”

The Rams led 2-1 at the half. Cheshire took a 1-0 lead in the 13th minute with a running header by

Stearns. The assist was served into the box by Alex Clark.

Sulollari padded Cheshire’s lead with a second-half goal to secure the title.

“Samir has been great all season and he found me in the box and I put it home,” Sulollari said.

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For Ram girls, a heart-breaking finish

By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff

At least not one that could win a soc cer game.

90-plus weapons turned in at gun buy-back

Press Release

s first gun buyback event, held Saturday, Nov. 19 at the Cheshire Po lice Department, was a suc cess.

Cars were in line to drop off firearms outside the police station at 8:30 a half hour before the 9 a.m. start time.

Over the course of 22 games, no opponent could land a punch on Cheshire girls soccer.

HARTFORD

After 22 contests, after 1,820 minutes of game play, the Lady Rams stood 21-0-1.

Then came the first 10 minutes of the second half of Sunday’s Class LL state championship game at Trinity Health Stadium against Staples.

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“I am thrilled at the num ber of participants and the number of guns turned in at Cheshire’s first gun buy back. These guns will no longer be able to cause harm or death. They will never fall into the hands of criminals, or into the hands of someone having thoughts of suicide, or cause the accidental death of a curious child,” said Dr. Pina Violano, co-organizer of the event and co-founder of Swords to Plowshares Northeast.

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Cheshire celebrates after defeating Xavier 3-1 in the Class L championship game.

Photos by Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal

FROM PUBLIC WORKS

Winter weather tips, protocols

As winter approaches, the Cheshire Public Works Department asks residents for their cooperation in keeping our roads safe by following these regulations and suggestions.

Parking: Parking ban announcements will be made through the local media and on the town website, CheshireCT.org. During a ban, Town Ordinance prohibits parking on the street. Any vehicle so parked may be towed. Basketball hoops and other private property should be removed from the rights-of-way.

Sidewalks: Per Town Ordinance, property owners are responsible to clear snow and ice from adjacent sidewalks within 24 hours of the end of the snowfall or precipitation event. Residents are encouraged to wait un til town plows have pushed snow back to the curbline before clearing sidewalks and driveway aprons.

Priority roads: The first priority is to create travel lanes on through streets. Residents who live on a cul-de-sac or lesser-traveled road are asked to be patient with the re moval of snow from these areas. Following the end of the storm, all roads will be plowed back to the curbline. This pushback

allows room for snow from future snow storms, provides better access to mailboxes, and opens up storm drains for melting snow. Note: State roads (Routes 10, 42, 68, 70) are plowed by the Department of Trans portation, not the town.

Mailboxes:According to Town Ordinance, the Public Works Department does not re place mailboxes that are displaced by snow or slush from plowing. Occasionally a plow strikes a mailbox. The damage must be re ported within 48 hours of the end of the storm. Contact the Public Works Depart ment to have your claim investigated. The Town Council Resolution can be viewed at

Adopt-a-Family Program

The Cheshire Human Ser vices Department’s Adopt-aFamily Holiday Program re turns this year, with a few changes. While many indi viduals and organizations prefer to donate gifts and toys, the Human Services Department is limiting such donations in favor of gift cards. Popular retailers in clude Target, Walmart, Mar shalls, Dunkin, Kohl’s, Ama zon, and local establish ments. To make a donation, or to inquire about assis tance, call 203-271-6690 by Monday, Dec. 12.

Christmas Fair

The First Congregational Church Christmas Fair will be held Saturday, Dec. 3, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the church, on the green in the center of

Cheshire High School has named the following students to its honor roll for the first term.

Grade 9, distinguished honors: Ireoluwa Adesola, Vanessa Anderson, Bismah Arif, Warda Ashraf, Cole Bernard, Katherine Bizzarro, Emily Black, Michaela Black, Wendy Cai, Ryan Crowley, Kelsey Cruz, Ava DiCicco, Lindsey DiNicola, Michaela Donnelly, Ellie Dra gunoff, Sadie Eisbach, Bradley Fang, Julia Funaro, Adwitha Gadhachanda, Adeline Galvin, Erin Glatt-Deeley, Julia Gonzalez, Annalise Holt, Youngchae Kim, Owen Lattanzio, Gabriella Long, Nina Moutinho, Ashley Peng, Will Pepper, Alexander Phillips, Ben nett Radshaw, Sarah Reid, Patrick Roth, Georgiana Shee han, Emma Sink, Suchita Srini vasan, James Sutherland, Matthew Watson; high honors: Leah Abildgaard, Julio Agraja, Iman Ahmad, Shannon Allen, Christopher Alvarenga, Geetha Benzy, Atharva Bhagare, Daniel Bishop, Victorija Brin, Rowan Byrnes, Avery Caldwell, Tema Caplan, Emma Celone, Zachary Chasen, Ava Ciccone, Addison Coffey, Julia Curello, Emily D'Souza, Leah Dale, Travis Daly, Norah DeCicco, Vanessa Dimech, Caitlin Doherty, Jessica Doherty, Cooper Duncan, Muno

Cheshire High School Honor Roll

Duong, Celeste Elliot, Sarah Feng, Stephen Fitzmaurice, Patrick Fitzmaurice, Dennis Galperin, Julia Gesseck, Zachary Glatt-Deeley, Charlie Golden, Jo celyn Grace, Brianna Hawkins, Jasmin Hayes, Eli Ingianni, Wyatt Jalowiec, Evelyn Johnson, Matthew Johnson, Collin Kee gan, Tristan Keith, Patrick La Torre, Tylie Lawless, Patrick Lewonka, Jason Liu, Hector Mar tinez, Ellie Michaels, Sarah Mollin, Eva Morse, Maryam Nawaz, Wyelin Newell, Lydia O'Grady, Tanay Patel, Ceara Paul, Ava Pearson, Liana Perez, Daniel Pociu, Razin Qureshi, Connor Rayball, Liam Reeve, Imani Reid, Jazelle Ribeiro, Alexa Rodriguez, Lucinda Salsman, Vivienne Sapelli, Dylan Scalice, Taylor Scialabba, Lilliana Sciola, Abby Sink, Abigail Smardin, Alex Smith, Brayden Stratton, Liam Suomala, Matalyn Tabor, Hanan Saya Talipan-Pinedo, Mya Tees dale, Madeleine Tessier, ChengChien Tokuno, Ryan Tremblay, Braeden Turski, Caitlin Tyrrel, Sajida Yusofzai; honors: Elmer Alarcon, Matthew Banach, Taylor Bestor, Lyla Blair, Joshua Bonomo, Charlotte Bouteiller, Ja son Chang, Carly Commune, Sara Danese, Lila Devine, Sean DeVylder, Piper Dooling, Aldo Fernandez, Molly Fleming, Callan

Fleming, Ariana Genosyan, San jeth Gobinath, Andrea Gogal, Carter Hayes, Usman Iqbal, Amir Iqbal, Charlotte Kelly, Sean Kennedy, Shan Kerr, Griffin Kochiss, Dylan Kozlowski, Gabriel Kriticos, Lincoln Kubicza, Stephanie Larson, Michael Lo Giacco, Grant Lozaw, Jenica Matos, Jordan McCue, Camila Mendonca, Jaiden Mendoza, Sa vanna Miller, Ryan Miller, JohnPaul Nelson, Gabriel Njeim, Riley O'Brien, Liam O'Dea, Luca Ocone-Krause, Katherine Pagliaro, Maxwell Palma, Gabriel Parrinello, Juniper Philbrick, Ja cob Rivera, Eliezer Rodriguez, Muhummedhashir Shuaib, Mia Soberany, Kaitlin Spring, Med havi Trivedi, Ashley Verneau, Kar lie Walker, Samuel Wallinger, Ava Watts, Kyler Weinberg, Jane Wood-Nangombe, Kevin Xie, Thomas Zemaitis. Grade 10, distinguished honors: Ali Ahamed, Joseph Amodei, Helen Baxter, Malakhi Beyah, Grace Bian, James Boyd, Siena Cartiera, Benjamin Chen, Quinn Clark, Elizabeth Cohen, Eva Curran, Jack DeJoseph, Mackenzie Dickinson, Sadie Doyle, John Doyle, Daniel Ein Al shaeba, Kaelyn Fitzgerald, Mairead Hall, Finian Hickey, Grace Hurlbut, Daniel Irish, Gor don Johns, Ashley Lentini, Matti

Lilback, Luke Mann, Nathaniel Markman, Robert Millner, Ramin Mirzaee, Omkar Narayanan, Leah Pisani, Aidan Prezioso, Dip ti Rajbongshi, Matthew Reid, Abigail Rinaldi, Elizabeth Schackner, Ava Sink, Jacob Tier ney, Rachel Tu, Eliana Walesky, Peggy Weng, Benjamin Wu, Na talie Yam; high honors: Rishika Adukondala, Thomas Allard, An drew Allen, Brianna Anders, Adelina Anderson, Shreya Baner jee, Arianna Bango, Olivia Beach, Camryn Beeman, Jackson Bill man, Isabella Blanchard, Amelia Brancazio, Tai Byrd, Kaitlin Can navaro, Eva Catalanotto, Danielle Chamberlain, Jiong Chen, Nicholas Cicia, Tierney Cox, Bennett Crerar, Chloe Crespo, Jacob D'Addona, Peyton Daniels, Rosa DeJoy, Matteo Del Mastro, Hunter DelGrego, Addi son DeRosa, Christopher DiNa tale, Adianna Donovan, Yulin Du, Dylan Dyer, Sophia Dykeman, Is abella Eyler, Jillian Falcone, Aliya Farid, Leah Farrell, Sophia Fayn berg, Finley Forselius, Thomas

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Franco, Blake Frank, Samantha Garcia, Lydia Ghaly, Alexandra Gilson, Sarah Goldstein, Tristan Grove, Allison Grove, Sydney Hale, Sophie Harris, Erin Hersh, Kali Hersh, Isabella Hlavacek, Is abella Hu-Voong, Caleb Kampf, Reagan Kappus, Ronan King, Ri ley Knickerbocker, Cameron Lewis, Anthony Mariani, Savanna Martelli, Gavin Martin, Kaitlyn Matzkin, Clare McManus, Krish Mehta, Connor Michaud, Max Mitchell, Briana Morocho, Mia Niglio, Joseph Norton, Ryan O'Connell, James O'Connor, Alexandra Orlins, Andrew Parent, Dominic Parete, Krish Patel, Re gan Paul, Katarina Pawlak, Maxwell Peltier, Gianluca Petron io, Jerry Piscitelli, Adrienne Porter, Brady Potyrala, Emely Quintana, Aubrielle Richard, Klaire Rowley, Aisha Sana, Malvi ka Sawant, Nadia Schweighoffer, Breckin Siefker, Sarah Silverman, Lily Simenka-Glick, Brianna Siniscalco, Ryan Smith,

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The link between diabetes and oral health explained

From the Chesprocott Health District:

If you have diabetes, it’s im portant to know how your whole body can be affected by your blood glucose, or blood sugar levels. In the case of your oral health, if your blood glucose levels are too high that means there is

also too much glucose in your saliva. This can lead to additional plaque on your teeth and possibly even tooth decay and gum dis ease if it’s not taken care of.

Managing your diabetes ef fectively and engaging in good dental health habits can help ensure your mouth

and the rest of your body stay as healthy as possible.

Step 1: Control your blood glucose levels

Follow these tips and your doctor’s orders to keep your blood glucose at a healthy level: Eat a well-balanced, healthy diet; take your medicine; stay active.

Step 2: Create good dental health habits

Start working these habits into your routine, if you haven’t already, to keep your mouth feeling great: Brush your teeth at least twice a day; use toothpaste with flu oride; use a toothbrush with soft bristles and replace it every three months; floss

Senior Health

your teeth daily; check your mouth often for swollen or bleeding gums; tell your dentist if you have diabetes.

It’s good to see your dentist twice a year, as they may be able to spot early signs of gum disease and help you take steps to address it.

Call your dentist today to make your next appoint ment.

Exercise and stress

Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., learn more about what stress is, how physical activity can help reduce stress and what exercises are best at helping to reduce it. Presented by Christine Solimini-Swift, ex ercise physiologist, GoodLife Fitness. Regis tration required. Call 1-855-442-4373 or go to HartfordHealthCare.org/VirtualClasses.

Awareness training

Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 2 to 3 p.m., learn how you can avoid slips, trips and falls for an overall safer environment. Presented by Lisa Murawski, exercise physiologist, GoodLife Fitness. Registration required. Call 1-855-442-4373 or go to HartfordHealth Care.org/VirtualClasses.

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Colin Spence, Thomas Superchi, Julia Tejeda, Tannistha Thumatti, Zoe Tougas, David Tsekhansky, Bailey Vitanza, Paul Wable, Julia Ward, Isabelle Warzycha, Kaden Weinberg, Frank Williams, Ava Wilson, Arwen Wright, William Yehe-Nara, Vincent Yeung, Christina Yong, Brenna Zbikows ki, Valerie Zheng, Theresa Zuro lo; honors: Jazelle Albizu, Jenna Alexander, Ali Ashraf, Ashley Ba hadosingh, Julian Belanger, Yohanna Ben Yehudah, Daniel Borzenkov, Carly Cahill, Christi na Carabetta, Katelynn Carabet ta, Ryan Ciupa, Hailey Creto, Phillip Dickinson, Kaylynn Din klocker, Natalia Gajecki, Nicholas Giampietro, Aiden Graves, Joseph Grenier, Marina Gronbach, Devonte Hanchard, Haley Hannan, Daniel Hayden, Luke Hayden, Natalie Howland, Aidan Hughes, Devin Kelly, Baris Kuvvetli, Sophia LaMadeleine, Alvan Liu, Ryan Markarian, Mollee Merritt, Julia Miller, Christopher Molnar, Luke Mongillo, William Palmer, Ramiz Ras, Bryan Rochefort, Sofia Ro tondo, Kermina Salib, Jordan Saltzman, Lily Shaheen, Alicia Shatalov, Elle Shaw, Tessa Travali, Maurizio Urriola Echenique, Madelyn Veleber, Ju liana Villarreal, Eric Voong, Paige Warburton, Hailey Weissman, Matthew Wild, Javen Zhang.

Grade 11, distinguished honors: Jillian Beardsley, Daniel Beecher, Ananya Bhagare, Lydia Byers, Sella Cahill, Daniel D'Souza, Arya Desai, Ainsley Dz iura, Eva Fiala, Emily Fisher, Madelyn Gorra, Trevor Gould, Benjamin Grey, Kathleen Hall, Kate Hangen, Thomas Henry, Ava Houle, Aaditya Jain, Juliana Jaramillo, Anja Sabine Josef, Mackenzie Knapp, Logan Kranyak, Ella Kulas, Madalyn Lanz, Paige Lepisto, Brianna No li, Qasim Pasha, Ella Paul, Ava Prior, Julia Rubin, Evan Russo, Olivia Scotti, Rory Stults, Valerie Terzakis, Tessa Trocchi, Gavin Werner, Joshua Wildstein, Emily Zeng; high honors: Michael Anastasio, Riley Baldoni, Emma Ballschmieder, Sophia Bates, Jacob Berkowitz, Max Bern stein, Julia Bevilacqua, Austin Blair, Emma Blier, Rocco Botti, Kaitlyn Bowman, Hannah Bucci, Jocelyn Camacho, Ethan Can dal, Carina Cartiera, Lucas Chymbor, Alexa Ciccone, Alex Clark, Allison Corris, Abigail Cor tigiano, Virginia Curello, Kyle Cyr, Emma Danaher, Tegan Danaher, Madison DeStefano, Caitlin Dolan, Aiden Erickson, Mariem Fahmi, Jack Fernicola, Molly Fletcher, Giuliana Geloso, Jeffery Gonzalez, Ryan Grove, Si monique Hanchard, Jonah Hangen, Grace Hanke, Abigail

Harkins, Sophia Harma, Vannia Holguin Albrecht, Zhiyuan Huang, Jia Jarrell, Matthew Jef fery, Claire Jeon, Justine Jewett, Maya Katsovich, Youngseo Kim, Christopher Kobylanski, Taylor Kozlowski, Caleb Kroon, Brian Krzanowski, Kylie Kurtz, Joshua LaMaster, Shawn Lawless, Mackenzie Lewis, Maura Lewon ka, Darcy Lin, Arianna Lucatino, Emma Luchina, Sarina Marra, Michael Mayano, Bradyn McNal ly, Faith McPhee, Emaan Naqvi, Jessica Ndjomou, Mary Nugent, Caroline O'Dea, Alexander Pap pas, Bryan Picado, Xinya Poirier, Noelle Purtill, Emma Rinaldi, Elias Rivera, Christopher Rochefort, Paulina Rodhani, Joshua Rodriguez, Tyler Rosen thal, Katelyn Schiavi, Samantha Schmidt, Juliet Shugrue, Kier sten Spagnola, Nikita Stepin, Kelsey Stern, Gage Stevenson, Kira Strauss, Elis Sulollari, Carl Tackett, John Paul Tannous, Katharine Teator, Maxwell Theis, Matthew Torello, Estelle UlrichUrban, Evan Vasiljevs, Mia Vien tos, Kaela Wethern, Joseph Williams, Cobe Zhang; honors: Julia Barto, Madisyn Bernier, Kevin Blier, Sarah Brandt, Jack Brewster, Connor Campbell, Alejandra Chacon Samaniego, Ava Ciupa, Ella Davis, Nathaniel DellaCroce, Sophia DelRosso, Amelia Devine, Lindsey DeVylder, Mackenzie Dudeck, Addison Emons, Caitlin Fanning, James Ferraro, Carter Freeto, Isaiah Fuentes, Michael Fusco, Giulia Giardina, Ryan Hays, Jacob Jalowiec, Tristian Johnson, Sa vannah Jones, Esha Josyula, Lo gan Keenan, Lila Kiernan, Jack Lengyel, John Lotko, Morgan McDonough, Julia Minardi, Mei Monroe, Brady Mudry, Anjali Nanavati, Matthew Northrop, Kaden Orellana-Vasquez, Biagio Pepe, Paul Robinson, Ava Ro tondo, Michael Shweky, Matthew Smith, Noah Sussal, Lily Tabellione, Genesis Torres, Alyssa Underwood, Ella Van Valkenburg, Adam Vernon, An thony Zuniga.

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sponsors, students and committee members who made this final year’s event such a great success!

All the residents and businesses who purchased luminaries or helped organize the event.

• The Cheshire Academy Soccer team for breaking down the pallets.

CHS Baseball and Softball Teams for loading the trailer for the Mile of Hope

The Bernier Insurance Agency

LAW OFFICES OF BRUCE W. DIAMOND

THANK YOU CHESHIRE!

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Rocco Ocone-Krause, Eunsuh Park, Anna Pociu, Ryan Rajan, Carly Raucci, Patrick Roberg, Megan Rossi, Zackary Schnitzer, Valeriya Shlyk, Ava Simeone, Sagarika Srinivasan, Neve Stanziale, Kevi Sulollari, Asya Tarabar, Blake Tripodina, Kylee Vazquez, Caroline Veleber, Silas Wang, Samantha Wang, Lily Watson, Shangyu Xu, Katherine Zarra; high honors: Alana Ak bas, Leah Anderson, Luke Ba nach, Cesar Barbeau, Ryan Bar bieri, Siddhant Bhardwaj, Mia

Blaze, Zoe Bobruff, Luca BorzBaba, Jordan Boucher, Michael Bowman, Colin Brown, Kaitlyn Buczek, Taya Buntin, Kaitlyn Cannon, Isabella Cerrito, Brady Chan, Zechariah Chen, June Chung, Caitlin Cienki, Ella Co hen, Timothy Considine, Drew D'Addio, Lily Date, Taylor Davis, Michael DeJoseph, Teresa De Matties, Clara Dempsey, Antho ny DePaolo, Caitlyn Desmond, Stephanie Dickinson, Matthew Dimech, Samir Dishnica, Antho ny Distante, Marco Donato, Rachel Dubois, Sarah Dwyer, Alexander Fang, Corbin Forselius, Allie Fox, Joseph Fran co, Cooper Freeto, William Gaudet, Andrew Gershfeld, Mon ica Ghaly, Julianne Giordano,

Emma Grove, Isabelle Guillotte, Somya Gulati, Thomas Hayden, Emory Hendon, Michael Her scovici, Sean Horton, Julia Hum mel, Elise Hurlburt, Anna Hurlbut, Emma Ingerson, Matthew Irizarry, Gabrielle Johnson, Kyla Kampf, Elizabeth Klem, Shivaika Kumar, Audrey Lawlor, Elissa Lil ly, Kaela Ljungquist, Julia Loehmann, Ty Lopez, William Lovelace, Anish Mandava, Jeremiah Mann, Muluken Marc hand, Marisa Markowski, Kathryn McCardle, Aidan Mc Cauley, Alexa McPadden, Eliza beth Miller, Erin Miller, Hailey Mo la, Jordi Monreal, Connor Moran, Samantha Mudry, Trevor Nielson, Andrew Norcross, Lauren Opin, Sarah Orlinsky, Alexandra Pal ladino, Catherine Palma, Char lotte Palma, Daniel Parent, Colby Paul, Lauren Peronace, Kaitlyn

Post, Avery Potyrala, Violet Put nam, Irelyn Richard, Caitlyn Rivera, Emily Rivera, Marissa Rivera, Martin Roberg, Noah Rockoff, Emily Rodin, Justin Rua, Lauren Samela, William Searles, Haley Shaw, Madison Shaw, Au drey Sheehan, Kristina Sirois, Kyra Smith, Lianna Sogliuzzi, Kayla Sotero, Benjamin Strout, Sophia Surato, Julia Swartz, John Tarca, Benjamin Thomp son, Gabriella Tirado, Dylan Tu, Kathryn Ulicki, Andrew Vagts, Andrew Vaill, Arjun Vedere, Veronika Verbitsky, Katherine Voong, Hannah Warzycha, Jack Watson, Reilly Whalen, Riley Wil son, Kaylee Xie, David YeheNara, Hannah Yong, Jake Zawel, Sihana Zogaj; honors: Ajwad Afzal, Jake Ali, Adrian Ali, Macie Allen, Jelissa Andrews, Connor Atwater, Isabelle Azaula, Julia

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House fire leaves 4 people displaced

By Ben Baker Record-Journal staff

CHESHIRE Fire engulfed a two-story, single fami ly home on Devonwood Drive Friday morning, Nov. 18, leaving four people dis placed and causing signifi cant structural damage to the house.

First responders arrived on the scene at approximately 10:35 a.m. after a call was placed by a resi dent who discovered an up stairs bedroom caught fire.

On Nov. 18, Fire Chief Jack Casner said the source of the blaze was still undeter mined, but added the de partment ruled out arson and described the incident as “certainly not suspicious.”

Casner said the second floor and roof of the four-bed room home were severely damaged. Occupants will be unable to return to the house until the anticipated reconstruction process takes place, he said.

“There was so much damage to the bedroom where it

started that they’re recon structing the scene as we speak,” Casner said. “There’s construction that’s going to have to take place before [residents] can reoccupy the home”

No serious injuries were re ported. Only the caller who contacted the depart ment was on site when fire fighters arrived.

Casner said Cheshire re ceived assistance from the Southington Fire Depart ment, which arrived as part of an existing mutual aid policy between the towns.

“Oftentimes during the day, combination and volunteer departments have a hard time getting staffing, so we call for assistance from an other agency, just in case, ” Casner said. “It's like an insurance policy.”

Casner was unsure when fire marshals will obtain enough evidence draw a definitive conclusion as to the cause of the fire.

The fire marshal was not available for comment.

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Cedar Mountain

Cedar Mountain Commons, an independent and assisted living community located at 3 John H. Stewart Drive in Newington, will host an open house Wednes day, Dec. 7, from 3 to 7 p.m. Registration is recommend ed. Call 860-665-7901.

The Orchards

The Orchards, an indepen dent and assisted liv ing community located at 34 Hobart St. in Southington, will host an open house Thursday, Dec. 9, from 4 to 7 p.m. Registration is recom mended. Call 860-628-5656.

Caregiver support

Do you care for someone di agnosed with dementia? Join this support group the second Wednesday of the month from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Facilitated by Patty O’Brian, CDP, dementia spe cialist, Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Ag ing. Registration required. Call 1-855-442-4373 or go to HartfordHealthCare.org/ VirtualClasses.

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In Brief

Energy assistance

The Cheshire Human Services Department is taking appli cations for the Connecticut Energy Assistance program, which provides support to income eligible households in paying for a portion of their heating cost during the winter months. All heat sources are considered. Contact Kristen Schechter at 203- 271-6690.

Bible School

Wellspring Church, 222 Lincoln St., Kensington, will host Vacation Bible School for children age 4 to 12, Dec. 28 and 29, from 9 a.m. to noon. The program is titled “A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Meaning of Christmas,” and will in clude games, crafts and activities. The fee is $10 per child ($20 per family). RSVP by Sunday, Dec. 4. Email VBSChrist mas@wellspring.net.

CT Safe

The CT Safe mobile app allows citizens to report on suspi cious activities within their communities. The app can be downloaded on Apple and Android phones.

Crisis network

The Adult Crisis Telephone Intervention and Options Net work is available to people in distress 24/7, 365 days a year. For adults (18-plus), call 1-800-HOPE-135 (1-800-467-3135) or 2-1-1. For those under age 18, call 2-1-1.

School districts prepare for free meal funding to expire

By Jessica Simms Record-Journal staff

Funding provided by the Schools Meals Assistance Revenue for Transition (SMART) will run out by the end of the month for many school districts. This means that students who don’t qualify for free and reduced meals will need to pay for school meals.

Both Wallingford Public Schools and Southington Public Schools administra tors project that their funds will be depleted by Nov. 30, meaning starting Dec. 1, the school districts will return to paid meals.

For Cheshire Public Schools, Superintendent Jeff Solan said he projects their funds will last until the end of De cember.

The SMART program went into effect in August once the state distributed $30 mil lion in American Rescue Plan Act funding to local school districts to allow them to be able to continue to offer free meals to all stu dents until the funding ran out.

Wallingford received a total of $553,513, Cheshire, $688,000 and Southington $639,258. These total amounts were determined by a formula, according to John Frassinelli, division di rector of school, health, nu trition and family services for the state.

However, now that these funds are running out, dis trict administrators have or will notify families soon, preparing them for the switch back to paid meals.

Jennifer Mellitt, director of business and finances for Southington Public Schools, said the district already filed their notice to conclude the funding and have notified parents that they will be re turning to paid meals.

“We also encouraged par ents to complete the free and reduced lunch applica tion which is on our web site,” Mellitt said.

Mellitt also said that at the Nov. 10, board of education

meeting, the board members voted to increase the price of school meals by 25 cents due to the rising costs of food and supplies. This will be effective Dec. 1 and for both breakfast and lunch at all Southington schools.

“We did have some discus sion to see if the 25 cent in crease would actually be enough to support the cost of the program and Ms. Mel litt did state that with the federal reimbursement rates and the profit from the prior year, we should be able to operate at this price point,” said James Chrzanowski, board member, at the Nov. 10 meeting. “We will be monitoring those closely.”

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“Today, we had to come and go hard and dominate the midfield and play our game,” Sulollari added.

It was all Rams for much of the first half. In the opening minute, Ellis Sulollari had a corner kick turned away by the Falcons defense. Colin Brown had a shot in the 6th minute that was cor ralled by Xavier keeper Spencer Misenti.

After Stearns staked Cheshire to a 1-0 lead, Ryan Markarian had a shot off of a corner kick in the 18th and Jack Markarian had a shot off a corner stopped by Misenti as it was all Cheshire in the early going.

Dishnica beat two defenders and then lured the goalie out, made a move and put it in the open net as Cheshire went up 2-0 in the 28th minute. “I got a touch past a defender and the keeper came out and I got a touch by him and I put it in, and it felt amazing,” said Dishnica, the SCC Player of the Year. “Last year, coming up short, this was our first one since ’88. It feels great to get this one for coach.”

Xavier (18-3-2) responded three minutes later with a goal from its leading scorer, Mario Milardo, in the 31st minute with a great shot in the middle of box from straight on. Diego

Canellas provided the assist as the Falcons garnered some much-needed mo mentum.

Sulollari opened the second half with a clean look fro 20 yards in minute 42. Canellas countered with a header that sailed just over the crossover in the 43rd minute as both teams had good chances in the opening minutes of the second half.

Stearns drew a foul in the 45th minute and the Rams set up a free kick just outside the box on the right corner. Dishnica booted it on net and the ball was headed in by Sulollari as Cheshire went up, 3-1. “It was incredi ble,” Dishnica said. “We got a free kick in a really good spot. Set-pieces have been good for us and we capital ized.”

Nolan Kappus made a diving save on a Xavier scoring op portunity in the 63rd minute. Kappus then made a diving save on Aidan Driscoll in the 70th minute.

Though SCC rivals, Cheshire and Xavier did not play each other this season prior to Sunday. Last year, they col lided in the Class LL semifi nals, with the Rams win ning 2-1 on penalty kicks (85). The Cheshire boys went on to lose in last year’s final to Farmington.

Cheshire and Xavier meet four times in 2021 and both moved down to Class L this fall.

Dishnica, who was later named the game MVP, said the team was fueled all sea son by the loss in the finals last season. “That loss was all we were thinking about,” Dishnica said. “We knew we had to go out there and work harder, and to get here feels amazing.”

Cheshire’s title quest started with a 6-2 win over Avon in the second round The Rams then ousted SCC foes Notre Dame-West Haven (6-0) in the quarters and Guilford (3-2) in the semis.

Xavier edged RHAM in the second round 1-0 (3-1 in PKs) before beating Pom peraug 2-0 in the quarters and Middletown 5-1 in the semifinals. Prior to Sunday, Xavier’s lone state final ap pearance and state champi onship was in 1995 in a 2-1 win over Simsbury in LL. “I’m just very happy for ev eryone, ” Branco said. “This is not just a title for me, but this title goes beyond the coaching staff and belongs to the Town of Cheshire. This is for Cheshire”

Kevi Sulollari said the Rams wanted to get this title for Branco. “He deserves this; he’s coached for so long,” Sulollari said. “He’s so pas sionate about this sports. We should have won it last year for him, but failures always need to success. He de serves this. He’s a great guys with great morals and re spect for everyone. He’sa great coach.”

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The first 10 minutes and 11 seconds to be exact.

Slicing and dicing with ex cellent speed and skill up top, the Westport squad ex tended a 1-0 halftime lead with three goals in the open ing 10:11 of the second half.

In one fell swoop well, three top-seeded

Cheshire’s undefeated sea son and state title aspira tions were dashed in the fi nal round, 4-1, by the No. 3 Wreckers, whose nickname never seemed more apro pos.

Sophomore Annabel Ed wards, working in combina tion with junior Evelyn Chu dowsky, scored all three of those Staples goals to start the second half.

Freshman Natalie Chu

dowsky got the Wreckers out to a 1-0 lead midway through the first stanza, us ing deft footwork to create space and get off a curling shot to the corner from the top of the box.

Freshman Abby Sink scored for Cheshire, finishing a cross after never-say-die work on the right wing by senior Haley Shaw. But, by then, Staples led 4-0 and on ly 10 minutes remained to be played on a cold after noon that slipped into even colder night.

Cheshire’s season, which in cluded the SCC conference championship, still goes down in the history books. It just goes down at 21-1-1.

“I don’t think that this loss can take anything away from what the girls have done all season to get to this point,” said Cheshire coach Kylee McIntosh. “I think we still have the best record in the whole state, so I’m not mad.

“They worked hard; some games just don’t go our way, ” she continued.

“They’re an incredible team, so kudos to them.”

The Wreckers finished at 162-4 and finished atop Class LL for a second straight sea son. A year ago, before penalty kicks were instituted to settle championship game ties, Staples shared the crown with FCIAC rival Wilton after battling to a 0-0 tie.

Both McIntosh and Staples coach Bob Beattie agreed on

this point: last year’s trip to the state finals, on the very same Trinity Health Stadium field, worked to the Wreck ers ’ advantage on Sunday.

“I think it did help us. We only graduated three kids from the starting lineup last year; we had 23 returners who already had this experi ence, ” said Beattie. “I told the Cheshire coaches they’ve got a talented team and they’re talented coaches be cause they wouldn’t have got this far with the record they have beating the teams they have if they weren’t good. So I told them, ‘Use this and get back next year.’”

If the Rams do return, per haps they won’t be so affect ed by the bright lights of the championship stage. Those lights can be awfully blind

ing on new eyes.

“I think some of it was our inexperience being in these kind of games, but at the same time I think we were just not ready mentally to take up the chall nege, ” McIntosh said. “I think we were a sort of scared and we gave them a little bit too much respect.

“We talk about how we don’t let fear dominate our play, and today it did. But it’s a big stage and I under stand it,” added McIn tosh, who played for the Rams the last time they reached a girls soccer state final in 2008.

Cheshire lost that year to Trumbull, 1-0, in overtime. McIntosh recalled the Rams went after victory full-throt tle in OT and wound up paying for it.

14 years later, against Sta ples, the Rams came out of the gate with alacrity, carry ing the first 10 minutes be hind the right-side forays of senior forward Anna Hurl but.

But Staples settled in and steadily began to tilt the field. Plus, the one big en gine the Rams couldn’t get untracked was star midfield er/striker Gabby Tirado. Whenever the senior got the ball on her skilled feet, mul tiple Staples defenders closed on her and closed quickly.

Cheshire’s Haley Shaw, left, and Gabby Tirado head off the field after Sunday’s 4-1 loss to Staples in the Class LL championship game in Hartford.

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The M.O. was clear: Don’t give Tirado room or time to operate.

“Everytime I got the ball, a lot of pressure came on me,” Tirado said. “This happened a couple times during the season, so I moved around position-wise. But in the end, they got the better of it.”

Containing Tirado was high on the Staples game plan.

“She is quite a talent,” Beat tie said. “We gave our two center-backs specific infor mation on how to play against her and I thought they executed the game plan really well.

“Luckily for us, we’ve seen talented strikers all season, so the game plan’s kind of the same to stop the striker. You try to keep kids like that quiet,” Beattie added. “She had periods in the game where she was excellent. You hope she doesn’t score in those periods and, thankful ly, today she didn’t. But she’s a great kid. She’s going to have a great future in the game. ”

Tirado is almost certain to play in college. First, she’s likely to put in a prep year. For now, she was waging a tearful war with her emo tions as her high school ca reer came to a close. After missing most of her junior season to a fractured fibula, Tirado rebounded with a se nior season that surpassed the All-New England cam paign she enjoyed as a sophomore.

“We worked so hard to get here and it’s still such an ac complishment to have made to it to this game,” Tirado said.

“I know we had an incredi ble season; we couldn’t have asked for anything better. This (stinks), but that’s part of life, to lose. They’re a real

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On this day, it was Barto’s hour to shine

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NEW HAVEN She was not a No. 1 seed. But she was, without a doubt, the No. 1 area swimmer at Sunday’s State Open at Yale Universi ty’s Kiphuth Pool.

Re-introducing Miss Julia Barto of Cheshire High School.

The junior brought home two individual gold medals from the CIAC’s most elite meet, capturing the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard backstroke.

With a time of 2:03.05, Barto out-dueled Darien’s Miller Ward (2:03.62) and Hall’s Meghan Tiernan (2:03.75) in the 200 IM.

In the 100 backstroke, Barto touched in 56.57, which is a new Cheshire school record. The backstroke was a local showcase. Three of the top four spots went to area girls. Lyman Hall senior Elise Richardson, the Class M champion, was third in 58.75. Cheshire sophomore Natalia Gajecki, the Class L champ, was fourth in 58.84.

In that Class L meet, swum Tuesday, Nov. 15 at Corner stone Aquatics in West Hart ford, Gajecki had edged Bar to by 3/100 of a second as the teammates finished 1-2 in the backstroke.

Five days later in New Haven, Barto cut .33 seconds off her time in the back stroke and 1.72 off her time in the IM, where she’d placed third.

Subtraction added up to two state crowns for the junior.

One of Barto’s senior team mates, Julianna Tyler, notched a pair of fourthplace finishes in the 200 IM at 2:07.80 and in 100 but terfly at 57.09.

Cheshire senior Avery Po tyrala, who claimed the Class L titles in the 100 and 200 freestyles, placed sixth in both events on Sunday. She swam a 53:37 in the 100 and a 1:54.49 in the 200.

Also finishing sixth Sunday was Southington’s Ella Nadeau in the 100 breast stroke. The junior’s time of 1:07.59 was just a smidge off the school-record 1:07.53 she’d recorded in the Class LL meet on Wednesday, Nov. 16.

Lyman Hall junior Hailey Baker also qualified for the Open in the breaststroke. She was 14th in 1:09.11. In all, area swimmers were rep resented in every event, in cluding all three relays. With a time of 1:47.57, Cheshire’s 200 medley relay of Gajecki, Barto, Tyler and Potyrala was second to

Cheshire junior Julia Barto won the 200 individual medley and the 100 backstroke at Sunday’s CIAC State Open at Yale’sKiphuthPool. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal

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Organizers and supporters see this event’s impressive participation as confirma tion that gun buybacks can succeed in Cheshire, where the idea was greeted with some skepticism. “We hope that future events will enjoy greater business and com munity financial support so that noone wanting to turn in a weapon is turned away for lack of funding,” said or ganizer Marj Chapman.

During the gun surrender process, the team from Swords to Plowshares Northeast demonstrated the transformation of gun bar rels to garden tools, using the portable forge they set

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CPD Chief Neil Dryfe ex pressed optimism that the event be repeated in the fu ture, seeing how well the day went. Sponsors of the event were First Congrega tional Church of Cheshire, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Chesprocott Health District, Swords to Plowshares Northeast and the Cheshire Police Department.

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Darien, reprising the same order of finish in the Class L meet.

The same four Cheshire girls were Class L champs in the 400 freestyle relay. On Sunday, they placed third in 3:33.44.

Southington’s 200 medley relay, seeded No. 7 after finishing third in Class LL in a school record 1:50.18, met its seed Sunday with a time of 1:51.11. The team featured Nadeau, fellow juniors Julia

Laszewski and Veronica Okurowski, and senior an chor Alexis Strong.

For the Meriden Co-op, freshman standout Addison Markoja qualified for two individual events in her first State Open. She placed 14th in the 200 freestyle in 1:57.52 and 18th in the 500 free in 5:22.52.

Markoja also anchored the 200 medley relay (22nd, 1:56.96) behind sophomore Sarah Kim, senior Maddie

Fitzgerald and junior Rylie Benigni as well as the 400 freestyle relay (18th, 3:45.53) behind Benigni, Kim and junior Kamryn Yepez.

In the team stand ings, Ridgefield, which had unseated defending champ Greenwich in Class LL, took the Open crown with 478 points.

Class L champ Darien was runner-up at 388.5. Cheshire was third at 342.

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