Outstanding Immaculate Coaches to Be Honored At 55th CHSCA Dinner

SOUTHINGTON, CT — The Connecticut High School Coaches Association will honor 25 Outstanding Coaches of the Year, including a coaching duo from Immaculate High School, as well as an Athletic Director of the Year and three special award winners at its 55th annual Recognition Dinner.

Athletic Director of the Year is Mark Logan of RHAM High School. Pat Simon will receive the Thomas Monahan CHSCA Honor Award, Larry Dupont will be awarded the Joseph J. Fontana Distinguished Service Award and Michael Barbaro of Town Fair Tire will receive the Joseph Calvanese Sponsorship Award.

The coaches to be honored are:

• Heather Allenback, Southington, cheerleading
• Matt Arinello and Shannon Horsky, Immaculate, field hockey
• Jack Biggs, East Lyme, girls volleyball
• Nick Boorman, Suffield, boys ice hockey
• Robert Briones, Norwich Free Academy, boys soccer
• Ann Burrows, Bloomfield, girls track
• Brian Collins, Glastonbury, indoor track
• Ed Crisafi, East Haven, softball
• Matt Diglio, Haddam-Killingworth, boys cross country
• Dennis Fabian, Staples, girls tennis
• Joe Gaetano, Sheehan, boys basketball
• Jen LaCapra, Oxford, unified sports
• Kelly Maher, Cromwell, girls basketball
• Sal Morello, Middletown, football
• Mark Olsen, Thomaston, girls cross country
• Kevin Siedlecki, Daniel Hand, girls lacrosse
• John Smachetti, Conard, girls swimming
• Al South, Notre Dame-West Haven, boys tennis
• Paul Steiner, RHAM, baseball
• Evan Tuttle, Southington, boys swimming
• Jeff Weber, Wethersfield, boys track
• Gary Wilcox, Montville, wrestling
• John Wiseman, Wilton, boys lacrosse
• Robert Zadrozny, New Britain, boys golf

The Recognition Dinner is slated for May 9, 2019 at 7 p.m. in Kay’s Pier at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. Tickets for the event are $46 and may be purchased only in advance by contacting John Fontana at 860-628-4122.