Junior Varsity and Freshman Teams Named

We are pleased to announce the Junior Varsity and Freshman teams for 2016.  This requires a few introductory notes.  We have had a full week to evaluate most of the candidates, and that allowed us to spend the last two days focused on the players coming out.  Several in that latter group made the freshman team.  We have had numerous conversations back and forth over the past two days, and are very satisfied with the rigor and fairness of our decision-making process.

We have a huge number of players interested in playing for the four HHS teams.  As a result, the Varsity, JV and Freshman teams will each carry 26 players.  That will be a challenge for coaches and players.  Our immediate concern is that we will be hard-pressed to provide uniforms for every player.  While we ask for patience and flexibility, we also promise to have every player outfitted.  Playing time in games will be a challenge, but our policy of "fair though not equal" will allow us to give every player a chance to play in every game.

The players not chosen for the Varsity, JV or Freshman team are all now on the Reserve roster.  We will keep this fluid through the start of school, and indeed have several players who will be coming for the first time next week.  This will present a huge challenge, but we have been preparing for this particular one for months in terms of equipment, scheduling and practice design.  There is a slight schedule change.  The Reserve pool will not practice for the next two days, as the other three teams prepare for their opening games on Friday. The Reserves will practice on Friday at the Dresden Fields from 4:00- 5:30.  A reminder that all players and parents are asked to attend the Parent/Player meeting Thursday evening at 6:30 at HHS.

Tomorrow is photo day for the Varsity, JV and Freshmen.  There is a change of venue:  All three teams will meet at Dresden at 3:00.  They will be given uniforms, change, and have team photos taken.  They will then have regular practice from 4:30 - 6:00.

Here are the teams:

Junior Varsity

Lincoln Adam

Caleb Benjamin

Adam Blackburn

Ethan Cobb

Kyle Doucette

Christo Dragnev

Matt Fenner

Pedro Gallino

Sawyer Hanlon

Fletcher Kaplan-James

Keillor Kaplan-James

Harris LaRock
Will Laycock

Gary Li  

Tommy Madden 

Sam Maynes

Pierre Mayo

Blake Palmer

Max Patyk-Finkel

Alex Purcell  

Ben Ralston-Daniel

Mark Ralston-Daniel

Andy Rightmire

Aidan Rowley

Colm Seigne  

Owen Stadheim 

Vincent Versteeg

Freshman Team:

Judd Alexander

Latham Allison

Carter Auch

Will Blinkhorn

Brendan Brigham

Peter Burnham

Eli Bush

Andrew Chen

Antonio Correa

Nolan Gantrish

Carl Gemunden

Jordan Gottleib

Ben Ives

Nicholas Kim

Clay Kynor

Amaane Matsuoka

Anthony Maynes

Quincy McBride

Gray Messersmith

Tristan Meyer

Patrick Osborn

Joey Perras

Noah Pikelny

Ethan Ross

Eli Stack

David Stoffel