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Athletics<br />
Update<br />
2010 Winter and Spring Seasons by Rob Quinn, Athletic Director<br />
Emerson Bilodeau were also key<br />
playmakers for the Bulldogs and<br />
fi nished their basketball careers<br />
off in style on the Hilltop.<br />
Coach Pat Quinn had a good<br />
feeling about this team early in<br />
the season: “Right from the start,<br />
we felt we had better chemistry.<br />
We saw improvement right<br />
away.” Congratulations to this<br />
team for their historical run, a<br />
feat that will be remembered for<br />
a long time to come.<br />
<strong>Berwick</strong> Boys Basketball Catch<br />
Lightning in a Bottle<br />
with Dream Season<br />
The scene was surreal on the campus of Suffield <strong>Academy</strong><br />
on March 7, 2010. Our Boys Varsity Basketball team was<br />
in the fi nal seconds of an improbable run with a 52-49<br />
win over top-seeded and defending champion Hamden<br />
Hall to win the NEPSAC Class D Championship. When<br />
the game ended, the 50 plus student fans who had made<br />
the three-hour road trip to support their team, stormed<br />
the court to swarm the coaches and players. This was<br />
the fi rst ever Boys Basketball NEPSAC Championship<br />
for BA, and what made this feat even more impressive<br />
was that the team had labored through a difficult 1-<br />
18 season the previous year. Leading the way was<br />
senior forward Tell White, who was named MVP of<br />
the tournament. The Bulldogs also received a big lift<br />
this season from senior Rob Roy, who transferred from<br />
Dover High School for his senior year. Rob was a force<br />
throughout the winter, giving the squad the balance it<br />
needed to be competitive. Then there was sophomore<br />
Harry Rafferty, who was the smooth ball handler with<br />
a pure shooting touch. His on-court leadership was<br />
evident during the season, and his decision-making<br />
was critical down the stretch. Seniors Ethan Hawes and<br />
The third time was the<br />
charm for our Girls Varsity Ice<br />
Hockey team’s capturing the<br />
EIL Championship this past<br />
winter. The team had been in<br />
the championship game the previous two seasons and<br />
came up short. Not this time. The team played with<br />
grit and determination behind the stellar goaltending of<br />
senior Captain Lee Tsairis and won the championship<br />
vs. The Winsor School. Winsor had reached the final<br />
on the shoulders of their hot goalie, but our skaters<br />
were not to be denied and played a memorable game<br />
to bring home the hardware. Senior Captain Ashley<br />
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