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CROMWELL — Golf can transcend sports in many ways.

For Glastonbury natives Tim and Ste-phen Petrovic, the Travelers Champion-ship offered much needed bonding, and healing, for two brothers.

“It’s been awesome,” Tim said after

shooting a +1, 271 in the tournament. “Obviously it’s nice to play for four days but the most important thing this week was having my brother on the bag and having him go 72 holes. He’s walking a little slower, pacing himself a little bit.”

A longtime tour veteran and winner in 2005, Tim reunited with his regular caddy Stephen for the first time since the younger brother was diagnosed with

Leukemia.“It means everything to us,” Stephen

said. “Especially being out of it, in the hospital. I’ve really been looking forward even to the chance to be out here, let along being here. I am hurting a little bit. We have the Sunday bag out and I’m still on medication. It takes him a little time to get out of bed in the morning.”

But Stephen got up early, took his meds, lathered up in sunscreen and took the bag just like he did nearly every week back in the early 2000’s.

“Tim and I have been coming to the GHO, as we still call it, since back in Wethersfield,” Stephen, a Glastonbury high class of 1987 graduate said. “I can remember shaking Bob Hope’s hand on the 18th green. I’ve been going to this all my life. Tim’s been Monday qualifying and trying to get exemptions since he was 15. It’s been great, and we always

have a chance we think. We would really

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Picture this: Six young boys on a lake-front beach with a volleyball net, two rackets and a shuttlecock (that’s a birdie for you non-badminton experts). Me sit-ting on a lounge chair watching. Let the games begin.

It was a perfect start to a relaxing va-cation. I sat and watched as these boys embarked on organizing a badminton tournament. It was single elimination and they declared a winner about every 15 minutes before starting the tournament all over again. Here were the rules:

1. You can serve the birdie — I’m not a badminton expert — overhand or under-hand from anywhere you want on your side of the net. Inbounds or not.

2. If the birdie goes over the net and lands anywhere on the other side — in the sand, the lake, a boat or on the moun-tain — it’s good.

3. If the birdie hits the net at any time you take it over. It doesn’t matter which side of the court it lands.

4. If the birdie is on your side after the point, you serve it. No questions asked.

5. Play to 100 by 10s. If someone loses track, just guess the score.

6. Winner stays, loser swims. And swimmer has just as much fun swimming as when playing. Everyone was having a great time. Win or lose, all you could hear was laughter and cheering from every player. I was amazed that six children, ranging in age from seven to 12 could all get along so well. No arguing, no tears, no name-calling. Just a lot of fun. …

And then I got involved. I thought to myself, Why not teach them the real bad-minton rules? But still keep it simple. So here were my suggestions:

1. Serve underhand only. It’s actually easier for most.

2. Use boundaries. Just draw lines in the sand.

3. Play to six to keep the games short. More chances to play and swim.

4. Serve five times and then your op-

ponent serves five times. Everyone can count to five.

The players were leery at first, but soon all agreed. They seemed to be excited to know the real rules of the game. I proudly returned to my chair having taught these eager boys the right way to play bad-minton. I applied more sunscreen to my reddening face and was just getting back into my book when, all of a sudden, the arguing started.

“It’s in!” “It’s out!” “You already served five times.” Etc., etc. Soon the tears start-ed flowing and one player stormed off the beach because he couldn’t serve it un-derhand. Now, just one hour into my va-cation, I seemed to have the entire beach in an upheaval. I quickly suggested they go back to their old rules. They refused, insisting on playing the “right way.”

I sheepishly walked away from the ar-guing and crying and headed to the end of the dock. I jumped in the lake. It was a simple jump. No cannon ball or swan

dive. There were no judges there to cri-tique or correct me or tell me how a real diver would do it.

As I turned and looked back to the beach I thought to myself, Maybe the boys were playing the right way before I got involved, simply because it was their way.

Sometimes kids just need to be left alone to make the rules and play their way, whether it’s by the rules or not.

On that hot summer day, despite not being perfect, my jump into the chilly lake felt great. Unfortunately, it was just about an hour too late.

Remember not to make your vacation a competition. Keep it a fun vacation.

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GLASTONBURY — For the second year in a row, John Busque crossed the border from Manchester and crossed the finish line first in the InterCommunity Fire-cracker 5K, Sunday, June 30th, 2013.

“It’s not bad,” Busque said of his speedy time. “I haven’t done a workout since outdoor track. This is the first thing I’ve done faster than an ordinary run.”

A runner in all three seasons, the Man-chester native is a physical therapy major at the University of Hartford.

And unfortunately for those who have

finished behind him two years in a row now, the race comes at the perfect time for Busque.

“I liked [this event],” Busque said. “It’s a good time of the year, it’s just when I start-ed running for a month, when I need to pick it up with workouts. It’s a nice race.”

With perfect weather and a big turnout, Busque was pleased to reach his expec-tations in the annual event, organized by the Glastonbury River Runners.

“I ran pretty much what i thought I was going to run,” he said. “But I still need to push myself just a little bit.”

The first place finisher for the ladies has a little less experience, as Julia Gil-

loran was able to post the fastest time despite the remarkable fact that she’s not a runner at Woodstock Academy.

“During the summer I really like to run to stay in shape,” Gilloran, who hails from Pomfret Center, said. I don’t have time with other sports but I run in the gym ev-ery day.”

For Gilloran, the draw is the warm at-mosphere in Glastonbury.

“I love the feeling of competition,” she said. “Everyone here is really friendly and it’s just a really good atmosphere.”

Tolland’s Brett Stoeffler was the top local finisher, collecting fourth place in the men’s division in a large field of competitors.

“We’re really excited about the turn-

out,” Co-organizer Rosemary Hokanson said. “Our race continues to grow each year, everyone seems to have a really good time.”

The proceeds of the race get donated to youth and family services in Glaston-bury, yet another reason to be pleased with this year’s contest.

“This whole race is really close to my heart,” Hokanson said. “Our naming sponsor is InterCommunity, they are to-tally dedicated to the emotional, mental and physical health of individuals within the Greater Hartford area. To be able to turn around and donate the proceeds of this race to a member of the community that helps other is very fulfilling.”

Firecracker 5k run has record turnout

Evan Macy | StaffRunners hit the pavement as the Firecracker 5k begins in Glastonbury.

Evan Macy | StaffJust prior to the beginning of the race, competitors stretch at the starting line.

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Sponsored by Aetna, the Symposium will feature discussions on women in athletics living a well-rounded healthy life from top notch panelists including a nutri-tionist, a sports psychologist, an orthope-dic surgeon, a high school athletic direc-tor, a current college athlete, and Karissa Niehoff, Executive Director of the CIAC. The panelists will focus on topics that re-late to girls’ athletics, nutrition, and over-all personal wellness. Coaches and girls in attendance will also have the opportu-nity to ask questions of the panelists and interact at the conclusion of the event.

Some of the topics for discussion will be:

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posium begins. At the conclusion of the Symposium, attendees can stay in the stadium and watch the best of women’s professional tennis, up close and per-sonal. Overall, the day will be a fun, positive, and informative experience for everyone. A summary of the day’s activi-ties are listed below:

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nis matchesThere is no cost to attend this event.

Due to the seating capacity of the Court-side Club, each school that signs up may bring up to a total of 6 female athletes along with their coach and/or administra-tor and space is limited to the first 140 registrants. Teams or schools must reg-ister using this link by July 15 to reserve a spot: Registration Link: http://casci.ac/679. Those with questions regarding the event should email Stephanie Ford at [email protected]. The day’s fes-tivities will include a buffet lunch, New Haven Open tickets, and passes to the Symposium, all of which will be provided compliments of Aetna, upon your confir-mation to the event.

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Glastonbury’s American 11-12 played its last pool play game Sunday, defeat-ing East Hartford 10-6 and finished to a record of 6-2.

Overall, the team finished tied for sec-ond place behind Newington along with West Hartford and Wethersfield. The four of clubs will play in the CT District 7 semifinals on Wednesday, July 10. The finals are then the following Friday.

“Cameron Morosky, Tyler Van Dyke and Danny Cecere have pitched well for us,” coach Bill Van Dyke said, “while Gi-anni Zarrilli has been superb behind the plate. He is also hitting .500, only behind Kyle Thompson who is hitting .556 and has an on-base average of .762.”

The team beat rivals, the Glastonbury Nationals, 7-6 in extra innings on a walk-off hit by Noah Diamond who is hitting .429. The Americans came back from 5-0 deficit.

However, the team did suffer a loss in the victory, with Aidan Twombly sustain-ing a hip flexor injury in the second inning.

“Aidan was one of our stronger hitters and pitchers,” the coach said. “He has not played since and will remain out for the near future.”

Another highlight for the Americans was a wild win over Wethersfield. Cam Morosky pitched well and Glastonbury led 8-3 going into the final frame. Having to pull Morosky as he reached his pitch limit, Wethersfield came back and score right runs in the top of the sixth, taking an 11-8 lead.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Glastonbury was patient and worked a few walks.

“We then had a timely hit by Kyle Thompson,” Van Dyke said. “and a walk-off hit by Cameron Morosky for the win.”

Glastonbury 10-11 Americans driven by potent offense

Glastonbury’s 10-11 Americans are al-ready in tournament play, and relied on stellar performances from a variety of players to get through the pool portion of All-Star play.

Major Dwyer has led the way with his bat, with Anthony Pellegatto sparkling at short-stop, Evan Varga playing tough behind the plate at catcher, and Hunder Loomis bring-ing the power, with two homers so far.

“We’ve gotten here with very good de-fense and even better hitting,” coach Dan Dwyer said. “Hopefully it keeps up.”

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Where to begin? There are so many factors that go into superior image mak-ing. We need to first understand how our cameras see light and how the computer chips and glass in your camera work to-gether to create a photograph. These concepts have not changed since the be-ginning of photography two centuries ago. For this first column we’ll look at ISO as the first way to control your image making,

ISO, (International Standards Organiza-tion) measures the sensitivity of your cam-era’s sensor to light. In the film days, this was known as your film’s ASA. You will use this setting to set your shutter speed and aperture to the settings that best maximize the light in which you are photographing. The ISO setting options on your camera typically start at 100, and continue to dou-ble, progressing to 200, 400, 800, 1600…etc. The highest and lowest ISO settings depend on your camera. The more ad-vanced your camera body, the more ISO settings you have. The lower your ISO, the less light your images will have and the less grainy look your images will have. The higher your ISO, the more light your images will have and the more grainy your images will become. Changing your ISO will directly effect your image’s exposure.

As a visual person, I learn best when I can see what I am learning, so here’s a

great way to understand how ISO effects your images.

Turn your camera setting/dial to Manual mode. Set your ISO to 100 and your shut-ter speed to 125 and your aperture to f8. Turn off your flash. Check your camera manual if you do not know how to change your aperture and shutter speed. Once you’ve set your camera this way, go out-side and stand in one place in the shade. Take a photo. Change your ISO to 200 and take the same photo again. Take the same photo three more times, each time changing your ISO to 400, 800 and 1600. Go inside and download the images and see for yourself what ISO does! Notice the difference in the grain and exposure as you change your ISO.

ISO’s 100-200 are great for very bright outdoor settings if you are not freezing ac-tion. Settings 400-800 are good for most outdoor situations. ISO’s 1600 and up are best for low light interior images or for pho-tographing at night.

Next month we’ll explore how to com-bine shutter speed and aperture to take full control of your camera and your pho-tographs. Happy image making and let us know how you like our new column and other topics you’d like us to cover! Contact us at [email protected].

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STAFFORD SPRINGS — Stafford Speedway returned to NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing action with the SK Light division taking center stage with a 25-lap Xtra Mart Xtra D feature that paid a $100 bonus to each of the top-5 finish-ers.

In the 20-lap Limited Late Model fea-ture event, the field took the green with Justin Bren and Don Wood side-by-side with Albert Saunders and Andrew Hayes before Bren took the lead on lap three. Saunders came back strong to Bren’s in-side on lap-4 to move the point.

With eight laps complete, Saunders had the lead with Don Wood, Arute, Burn-ham, Josh Wood, and Hinze lined up in single file behind him. Arute made the move around Don Wood for second on lap 11 and Burnham followed him through as Don Wood fell from second back to fourth as Saunders now had a lead of nearly a half straightaway over Arute.

With five laps to go, Saunders still had the lead over Arute, with Burnham, Josh Wood, Hinze, Hayes, and Austin Bessette behind him. Arute was unable to close the gap to Saunders as Saunders took down his very first career victory in the Limited Late Model division.

Rounding out the top-5 behind Saun-

ders and Arute was Burnham, Hinze, and Hayes.

In the 15-lap DARE Stock feature event, Alexandra Fearn took the lead at the green, but the caution came out be-fore a lap was completed as Vince Gam-bacorta lost a tire and hit the wall in turn 4. The race went back to green, but the caution came out again before a lap could be completed as Kris Fluckiger spun and came to a stop in turn 3.

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Somers’ Kyle Foster has a long list of achievements as a Spartan.

He won back-to-back state titles on the soccer field.

He was a four-time All-Academic All-Star as a wrestler, and helped lead the team to its first ever state title back in 2010.

He was first-team All-State as a la-crosse player, and made it deep into the playoffs in 2012.

Key to this success was Foster’s hard work early in his career, as a youth sports athlete and in middle school. It all start-ed with wrestling, and with one special coach.

“My wrestling coach, coach [Scott] Zachary, has been a family friend since I was little,” Foster said. “He got me into it in first grade and we have been working together ever since. We are very close, he’s my second father pretty much and he pushed me to my limits every year in wrestling.”

Success on the mat led Foster to find the same success in other sports at Somers, and Zachary was close behind helping Foster adjust.

“He knows every sport,” Foster said, “He gives me advice on sports life and school. I will definitely continue a relation-ship with him for the rest of my life.”

From wrestling, a tough individual sport with no dependence on team, Foster was able to develop a strong drive to succeed and work ethic.

“It’s different in wrestling,” Foster said. “You don’t have to rely on anybody else to do what you need to do. In order to be good at lacrosse you need good team-mates. Just because I was all-state doesn’t mean I did everything. It’s differ-ent.”

The same holds true on the soccer field.

“We had a really close team both years,” Foster said of the 2010 and 2011 Class S state titles he won, “and I enjoyed every minute of it. We were really good, I only played half a game in both games. In 2010 we really had a strong defensive team, only allowed in one goal in the last minute of a game in the entire tourna-ment. In the 2011 we just ran through it like it was nothing. We had such a good team that we beat Litchfield in the finals 7-1.”

With so much post-season experience as an underclassmen, Foster was able to

easily transition to a leadership role as he got older.

“For soccer, I was always experienced in playoff games,” Foster said. “Other la-crosse players never experienced a quar-terfinals, semifinals or finals game. They got nervous or anxious. I was more re-laxed and could help them through it. You always have to prepare yourself more for those special games. Some people don’t realize how important it is to prepare well. If you don’t want it more than the other team, they’re going to take it from you.”

With a full trophy case and memories to last a lifetime, Foster now hopes to experience the same lucrative career as

he begins college at Roger Williams Uni-versity.

In Rhode Island, he will study criminal justice and wrestle for the storied D-III program.

“I look forward to it,” Foster said. “High school is in the past now, I did my thing, I lived high school, I’m looking forward to college. I had a pretty successful high school career, whether it be academics or sports, and I’m ready to start the next chapter of my life.”

Honorable mention: Alex Zach-ary, Fermi, Avery Boissy, Enfield, Zach Rollins, Stafford, Kevin Mocadlo, East Windsor.

Somers’ Kyle Foster was a key member of the Spartans Lacrosse team.


TheSportsDept.com Female Athlete of the Year


Tolland’s Katy Sprout is a champion.She’s actually a champion several

times over.With titles in state meets, state open

meets, regional meets and team titles to boot, the recent graduate has had a lot of success during her four-year career as an Eagle.

“I think my three consecutive years as the state open 300 hurdle champion would be one of my proudest accom-plishment,” Sprout, who currently holds seven school records, said. “Also plac-ing sixth at Nationals a couple weekends ago in 400 hurdles. Also getting the state record in that event.”

It’s likely that had the reigning New England’s champ thought a little more, she would have thought of several more accomplish-ments. And why not? She is one of the most decorated sprinters in recent memory.

“Probably my sophomore year at Tolland,” Sprout said, looking back at when she first knew she was good enough to fill a trophy case, “I broke the school record by a lot. I was so young and it opened up that I could be successful and go far even as a sophomore.”

Running track can be a lonely endeav-or, with a bevy of opponents and the un-forviging clock to contend with, and only ones self to rely on. But through hard work, repitition and slicing fractions of a second off a finely coreographed half-minute sonata on the pavement, Sprout has honed her craft better than anyone in the state of Connecticut.

“I think the biggest thing is,” Sprout said, “no matter how big the race, is I just tell myself it’s the same race I’ve done over and over again. If I tell myself I’m prepared enough, I shouldn’t be too ner-vous. I should just go out there and have fun with it.”

For Sprout, the act of running track isn’t completely solo. After posting the best time of the day in her hurdle event, the Eagles’ captain has an entire team excited to congratulate her.

“My team is so close,” Sprout said. “We have so much fun together. We re-ally push each other a lot, we are very competitive, but we want to make each

other better. We won state the past two years and were runners up the year be-fore that. We are probably one of the strongest teams we’ve been in along time. We won our conference three out of four years. We’ve won a lot of invita-tionals together, it goes on and on.”

With the support of her teammates to lean on, Sprout is also thankful for a mentor and tutor of a coach in Corey Bernier.

“I think my coach,” Sprout said, “he’s so knowledgable about track, I don’t know how he does it, but somehow he just knows everything. Early in the spring when I hurt my foot I had such big goals, New England’s, State Opens, I wasn’t

sure how I would fare when June came. But he knew all along that may-be it could make me stronger. He’s motivational and kept me together the whole time. I see it with everyone else, too, he can just push people. He gives them that extra kick and that extra drive.”

All of Sprout’s hard work has paid off, as her stellar academic perfor-

mance paired with elite work on the ath-letic field has earned her the opportunity to attend Dartmouth in the fall.

“Academically its a great school I’m hoping to use that to my advantage and set myself for a great future,” Sprout said of her Ivy League decision. “The track team and track coach really drew me to the school. The coach, she’s very pas-sionate, she seems very knowledgable and very supportive of me during the application process and throughout my season. I’m going to just see how it goes and work from there.”

Sprout also closed an important chap-ter in her life at Tolland, and will carry the memories with her to her new life as a college star.

“I think just being able to look back at my four years at Tolland,” Sprout said, “it’s pretty crazy to look back at it now. I have so many memories when I was in the moment, and I have great memo-ries to look back at whether it’s track or school events. Being a graduate, I learned a lot over my four years and I’m excited to apply it now to real life.”

Honorable mention: Emily Quail, Fermi, Rachel Kaliff, Enfield, Amanda Jacobsen, Stafford, Kayla Renauld, Somers, Melissa Wabble, East Windsor.

Evan Macy | StaffTolland’s Katy Sprout in the 300 Hurdles during the Class M meet in New Britain.

Kevin Hayes | StaffKaty Sprout in the Stafford Invitational.


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and prestigious career for Tim, today, the scorecard was secondary.

“We went out to have some fun, and enjoyed the fresh air,” Tim said. “He wasn’t able to do that for a long time. Golf takes a back seat. We will add them up and we’ll see where we are on Sunday. I’m going to let the golf thing take care of itself. I put it all in perspective. I’m not go-ing to grind on myself if I hit a bad shot.”

When Stephen found out he was sick, Tim received the phone call every brother dreads. He dropped everything to be by his brother’s side.

“It’s the phone call you never want to get, and I got it,” Tim said. “He’s my only brother. You hate to see something like this happen to anybody. We were kind of scratching our heads, asking why, why? But now it’s all about getting better and pushing forward.”

“It means the world,” Stephen said of having the support of his brother, and the rest of his family, “My wife and kids are there 24/7 for me, Tim stepped up and did a lot of traveling. The night that we found out he flew in from Phoenix.”

With the worst behind them, the Petrovic brothers can now focus on the game they love, and enjoying the community that raised them, and always welcomes them back.

“I graduated from Glastonbury high, we both did,” Stephen said. “My mom still lives in Glastonbury, she came down here last night, we spent Christmas together there right when I found out I was sick. I still get my hair cut at Towne Barber. I played football and golf as a Tomahawk.”

“I’ve got dad, mom, we have some family out here,” Tim, a graduate of the University of Hartford, said, “my sister is coming back tomorrow. I only get up here a couple times a year. I try and make the most of it, visit with as many people as I can and try to play golf.”

But win or lose at TPC River High-lands, the guts and determination showed by Tim’s brother and caddy Ste-phen is enough to make them both feel like champions.

“He’s tougher than me that’s for sure,” Tim said of Stephen. “He’s maybe half a step slower, but its understandable. We toughed it out, got him a little lighter bag. He hasn’t been out in the sun a lot, and when you’re on the medications he’s on you have to watch it. But he has no re-strictions and the doc said ‘go get it.’”

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GLASTONBURY — The Connecticut Junior PGA gives the best young golfers in the state an opportunity to face the best competition around while working on their game over the summer.

At Glastonbury Hills on Wednesday, June 26, area golfers held their own in the tournament, with many posting im-pressive scores.

Glastonbury’s Albert Hansrisuk shot a 78 to finish in the top ten, thanks in part to a birdie in the par four 13th hole.

Tomahawks’ teammate Denis Biglin also broke 80 with a 79 on a cloudy day on the course.

It’s my home course, I like it,” the soon to be senior at Glastonbury said. “I know the course well and it gave me a little bit of an advantage. I’m just trying to play a lot of tournaments to get some more experience.”

Another Glastonbury golfer, Lauren Crouse, is working over the summer to get better with senior year on the hori-zon. She shot a 94, good for a spot in the top 10 in the girls division.

“It gave me a little bit of an advantage on the front nine,” Crouse, who finished

seven shots behind Tomahawks team-mate Elizabeth Andrian, said. “I need to improve my putting and hit it a little straighter.”

Tolland’s Sean Benjamin had two birdies on his back nine to muster an 89 in his second appearance in the Glastonbury Hills Junior Open.

“I played here last year,” the junior at Tolland said. “I like the course but I didn’t play well today. It’s fun to get the com-petition outside of high school golf. I am doing a couple more tournaments and I need to improve my putting.”

Evan Macy | StaffGlastonbury’s Lauren Crouse.


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The Glastonbury Muchachas, the Hart-well Soccer Club’s travel team for girls 14-and-younger, were minutes away from advancing to the Connecticut Ju-nior Soccer Association’s championship game in that age-group division on Oct. 27 at night in Burlington. But their 1-0 lead disappeared in the waning moments, and the young la-dies came off the field as a shocked, dejected and shak-en group. Naturally, tears wouldn’t be far behind if overtime yielded a loss.

The Muchachas’ spirits needed a boost in the worst way.

Out of the dark, walking on to the field, with his crutches, came head coach Mi-chael J. Newhouse, who had relinquished those duties unof-ficially to assistant coach Peter McCluskey. Newhouse was receiving treatments for cancer that pre-vented him from being at every practice and match. But he made it to all the big games, and this was a big spot.

Newhouse came up huge.“He said, ‘Hey, it’s tied. We’re going into

overtime, and we’re going to win,’ ” Mc-Cluskey said on June 22, the day after the Michael J. Newhouse 1st Annual Memori-al Golf Tournament at Blackledge Country Club in Hebron, the largest event in club history. “They needed to be settled down, and Michael did that,” said McCluskey,

himself struggling to hold off his emotions a week shy of the five-month mark of can-cer claiming Newhouse’s life. (It was a rare form of oral cancer that had spread to his lungs.) The Muchachas scored twice in overtime for a 3-1 victory and won the Connecticut Cup the following week.

“He was fighting cancer,” McCluskey said. “That was powerful.”

That was vintage Newhouse – in com-mand and showing the depth of how much he cared. Now, his speech is part of his legacy left to the scores of Glastonbury soc-cer, basketball and baseball players

he coached for nine years.

“There are going to be some play-ers who are going to be better people for having played for him,” McCluskey said. “They are go-ing to be stronger.”

Newhouse’s time with Glastonbury’s

young athletes will be regarded as leg-endary in the view of many who worked alongside him.

“We were fortunate to have had him in this club and, to go beyond that, we were fortunate to have had him in this town,” Hartwell president Mary Kay Brophy said of Newhouse, Hartwell’s director of travel teams. “He was always the coach for his kids. He took on a significant leadership role [with travel teams] that was certainly time-consuming. It was a love of his.” Ne-whouse introduced the Positive Coaching Alliance program to Hartwell, which can

only add to his legacy.Don Longtin, an icon of town sports,

worked with Newhouse for four years in girls travel basketball and Little League. “I loved the guy. He was a great partner in sports,” said Longtin, 79, president of the Little League and a basketball association vice president. “He was honest; straight forward; an athletic guy; a good competi-tor in a nice way; and a very fair main. He exemplified sportsmanship.

“He was an integral part of the trav-el basketball program,” Longtin said. “When you lose someone like this, you can find a replacement but it will never be the same. You won’t have the same de-corum. What was special about Michael was the combination of his decorum and his willingness to impart his knowledge to the kids. He had patience for the kids to learn it. That takes a knack, a special talent. Not every good athlete knows how to do that.”

Newhouse played basketball and baseball at RHAM High School in Hebron before attending Eastern Connecticut. He coached his daughters Hayley, 14, on the Muchachas, and Lyndsey, 12, in basketball and soccer and son Austin, 8,

in baseball and basketball. Longtin was the head coach of Austin’s baseball team, with Newhouse the assistant last sum-mer, though Longtin regarded their roles as co-coaches.

The proceeds from the golf tournament, a four-player scramble that attracted 283 players, are going toward the Newhouse Children’s Education Fund for college. There were ceremonies, a tribute read aloud and a symbolic release of balloons during the 20th Glastonbury Hartwell Spring Warm-Up Tournament in late April that attracted 210 teams from New Eng-land and New York and brought 15,000 fans, family and players into the area.

All Hartwell travel players received a MJN patch. Newhouse had supervised 500 players among Hartwell’s 30-plus travel teams. The Newhouse family ex-presses pride in living in Glastonbury, and is thankful for all the wonderful rela-tionships they have enjoyed through Mi-chael’s involvement with youth sports in town.

Hartwell Soccer’s Newhouse inspires a generation of kids

Evan Macy | StaffKids in action at the spring soccer kickoff, honoring Michael J, Newhouse.

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