The Simsbury High School cheerleading team may consist of both male and female athletes. The team supports SHS fall/winter athletic programs and competes during the winter season.

Team Roster

Information

Pre-season Informational Packet

Coaches

Head Coach - Lindsay English

Coach English was a competitive cheerleader and captain at UMass. She lives in Simsbury with her husband, Tyler, and son, Rory.

Volunteering at the Special Olympics!

The Simsbury High School boys' crew team competes during the fall and spring seasons in the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association (NEIRA) as well as the Connecticut Public Schools Rowing Association.

• Fall Event Schedule
• Fall Roster
• Spring Event Schedule
• Spring Roster

For more team information, check out the Simsbury Crew website.

INFORMATION

Crew Informational Packet for Sports Night

Coaches

Head Coach - Ann Carabillo

Head Boys Coach, Boys Varsity (Fall 1994-Present)
Novice Boys (Fall 1989-Spring 1994)
JV Boys (Spring 1991 and 1992)

Coach Carabillo rowed for Simsbury High School for 3 years, graduating in 1983. In her senior year, her boat was second at the Stotesbury Cup and third at the New England Championships. She continued rowing for four years at Northeastern University.

A Simsbury coach since 1989, she coached novice boys for five years, and has been coaching varsity boys since 1994. She coached the 2004 boys varsity to a silver medal at NEIRA and a berth in the USRowing Youth Invitational. Coach Carabillo identifies rowers who may be eligible for Junior National consideration. She received USRowing Coaching Level III Certification in 2001.

During the summer months, She manages programs for developing and aspiring rowers. Coach Carabillo tends to boathouse upkeep and equipment repair in between programs. She is also the president of the CPSRA and is the head seeder for the boys eight at the NEIRA.

JV Coach - Adam Askham

Novice Coach - Jenna Nalband

The Simsbury High School girls' crew team competes during the fall and spring seasons in the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association (NEIRA) as well as the Connecticut Public Schools Rowing Association.

• Fall Event Schedule
• Fall Roster
• Spring Event Schedule
• Spring Roster

For more team information, check out the Simsbury Crew website.

INFORMATION

Crew Informational Packet for Sports Night

COACHES

Head Coach - Paul Carabillo

After rowing four years at American International College, Paul competed as a master’s rower in several USRA National Masters Championships, the Canadian Henley Regatta and many Head of the Charles Regattas. Paul was fortunate to work with a German exchange student while she attended Avon HS. She had previously won a silver medal at the 2001 Junior World Championships. With Paul’s support, she completed in the junior women’s single in the New England Region. The culmination of the 2002 season resulted in her winning the National Youth Single Title in Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to working with his wife Ann during the summer recreation rowing programs, Paul has become a certified USRA Referee. Paul has refereed both scholastic and collegiate regattas including both the men’s and women’s sprints and the Head of the Charles Regatta. Paul has been the starter for the NEIRA regatta for the last four years.

Paul lives in Simsbury with his wife Ann and their two children.

JV Coach - TBA

Novice Coach - Elizabeth Austin

The Simsbury High School boys' cross country team is coached by Erik Petersen. The team competes during the fall season in the Central Connecticut Conference West Division as well as the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

• Contest Schedule
• Roster

COACHES

Head Coach - Erik Petersen

Assistant Coach - Richie Kremer

INFORMATION

• Race Warm-up Procedure
• Race Bag Content
• Speeds of distance training
• Positive Self-Talk

The Simsbury High School girls' cross country team competes during the fall season in the Central Connecticut Conference West Division as well as the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

• Team Event Schedule
• Team Roster

COACHES

Head Coach - Megan Shumway

Megan Shumway has been a personal trainer and running coach here in the Farmington Valley for the last five years. She trains athletes for specific distances and those who want to improve their running performance and speed. Coach Shumway is a Special Education teacher at Simsbury High School and this will be her first year coaching Simsbury High School Cross Country.

Assistant Coach - Richie Kremer

Practice is every day after school at 2:35 unless informed otherwise by coach or announcement by the Athletic Office.

Requirements to remain on the team:

• Come to practice prepared every day
• Participate in all meets and invitationals
• Try hard, stay positive, and be ready

If these requirements are not fulfilled, the coaching staff reserves the right to remove an athlete from the team

What you need:

• Running shoes
• Water

*If a team member must miss a practice, that team member must contact Coach Shumway BEFORE the missed practice to inform her of the absence.

The Simsbury High School field hockey team program consists of a varsity, junior varsity, and thirds teams. The team competes during the fall season in the Central Connecticut Conference West Division as well as the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

TEAM SCHEDULES

• Varsity Schedule
• JV Schedule
• Thirds Schedule

TEAM ROSTERS

• Varsity
• Junior Varsity
• Thirds

COACHES

Head Coach - Brooke Bulmer

Coach Bulmer moved to Connecticut with her family in 2007. She volunteered her first two years and took over the Field Hockey program in 2009.

Coach Bulmer grew up in New Vernon, NJ and graduated high school from Morristown Beard School, in Morristown NJ. She played Field Hockey, Volleyball and Softball during her career there. Coach Bulmer received All State honors for Field Hockey and Softball and received the most outstanding athlete her senior year at MBS. Then Coach Bulmer attended Dean College in Franklin, MA where she played Field Hockey. After college she returned to coach JV Field Hockey and assist with Varsity Softball at MBS.

In 1986, after getting married she moved to Nantucket MA and began coaching there. Feeling passionate about Field Hockey, she coached the Varsity team for 18 years. She also started the middle school program and a youth program at the Nantucket Boys and Girls Club.

As the head coach at Nantucket, Coach Bulmer’s teams qualified for the state tournament 12 consecutive years and competed on Cape Cod and beyond. Her last year, before retiring, her team travelled to Disney World in FL to play in a pre season (scrimmage) tournament. She has had many players go on to play at the collegiate level over the years!

When she moved to CT, she couldn’t stay away from the game, so she asked Coach Hammersmith if she could help out during the first two years. Coach Hammersmith decided to retire and asked if Coach Bulmer would consider taking over the program. Since taking over, her teams have done very well and her record is 40-9 including tournament play.

Coach Bulmer lives with her 2 sons and 2 dogs in Simsbury.

Junior Varsity Coach - Meghan Murphy-Nagle

Thirds Coach - Jen Schulz

The Simsbury High School football program consists of varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen teams. The team competes during the fall season in the Central Connecticut Conference West Division as well as the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

For more team information, check out the Simsbury GridIron Booster Club website.

Game Schedules

• Varsity Game Schedule
• JV Game Schedule
• Freshman Schedule

Team Calendars

• August

Team Roster

• Varsity/Junior Varsity
• Freshman

Coaches

Head Coach - David Masters

Follow Coach Masters on Twitter @masters_coach

Dave Masters is in his 27th season involved in Connecticut High School Athletics. 2018 begins his fourth year leading the Trojans after starting as a varsity assistant coach at Simsbury in 2003. The Trojans completed the 2017 season in second place for the CCC Division 1 West with a record of 7-3. The Trojans won their last six games, including the Valley Gridiron Classic for the second year in a row, beating Avon 42-0.

Coach has also served as an assistant for the Connecticut State All Star Football Team in 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2016 and as a varsity assistant at Hall High School from 1993-2000. Coach Masters is the currently the CCC representative for the Walter Camp Football Foundation.

Coach Masters is also the varsity head baseball coach at Simsbury. The 2018 season with be his 7^th at SHS. Coach has 199 victories as a head coach in Connecticut. At the helm for Simsbury, Coach Masters has led the Trojans to an 84-68 record with a birth in the state tournament and a win in 2011 and 2013. In 2014, 2015 and 2016 the Trojans went to the quarter-finals with two semi-final appearances in the LL state tournament. Prior to taking the job at Simsbury, Coach Masters spent 12 years as the head coach at Hall High School in West Hartford. His Warriors captured the CCC West League Championship in 2009. Additionally, Coach Masters served as the head coach for the 2014 and 2015 Connecticut District 1 Senior All Star Team and has served as the head coach and assistant for the Connecticut High School Baseball All Star Junior Select Team 2010-2013. Coach has also served as CCC West League Chairperson since 2007.

Also in Simsbury, he served as the junior varsity hockey coach from 2005-2009.

Coach has been an educator in the West Hartford Public School system since 1993 where he teaches physical education. In the West Hartford system, Coach Masters gained coaching experience having served as a varsity wrestling coach (1996-1998), varsity hockey assistant (2000-2004) and JV lacrosse (1994-1997) as well as his tenure running the baseball program at Hall from 1999-2010. He also coached baseball and basketball in Somers, CT from 1991-1993.

Coach Masters is from the Finger Lakes Region in New York where he played football, basketball and baseball, earning honors at the state and league levels for baseball and football. Coach played amateur baseball in the summer thru college. Coach Masters attended Springfield College where he played football and earned his degree in K-12 Physical Education. His graduate work was at Central Connecticut State University where he earned his Masters degree in Educational Leadership.

Coach Masters resides in Simsbury with his wife and two children.

Assistant Coach - Tim Fogarty

Assistant Coach - Mike Furey

Assistant Coach - Nick Malcuit

Assistant Coach - Ed Matteo
Coach Matteo is a Simsbury High School graduate and lettered in Football, Wrestling and Baseball during his 4 years at Simsbury High School. He earned a B.S. degree from Springfield College, where he wrestled and began playing Rugby. Coach Matteo went on to play Men’s Rugby for the Hartford Wanderers and the Springfield Rifles from 1991 to 2003. During this time, Coach Matteo served on both boards and captained the Springfield Rifles Men’s team. In 2003 , he became the head Rugby Coach at University of Hartford for both the Boys and Girls teams and helped build both teams (Boys and Girls Clubs) into Division 3 ranked teams in New England. The pinnacle of his coaching career thus far was coaching the 2006 University of Hartford Boy’s team to the finals of the Div 3 New England Championship and a 2^nd place finish to the eventual National Champion Bentley College.

Coach Matteo has been coaching Rugby at Simsbury High School since the sport started as a club in 2007 and views his role as a coach and an ambassador for the game. Coach Matteo lives in Simsbury with his wife, daughter and three sons.

Assistant Coach - Chase Mayoussier

Assistant Coach - Jeff Wilkins

Volunteer Assistant Coach: Mark Woof

The Simsbury High School girls' soccer program consists of varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen teams. The team competes during the fall season in the Central Connecticut Conference West Division as well as the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

SCHEDULES

• Varsity Schedule
• JV Schedule
• Freshmen Schedule

ROSTERS

• Varsity
• Junior Varsity
• Freshman

COACHES

Varsity Coach - Steve Jarvis

Varsity Assistant Coach

- Shannon Matyczyk

JV Coach - Rachel Goldberg

Coach Goldberg grew up in town and is a proud alumnus of Simsbury High School. She and Coach Matyczyk played together since age 9 and they were seniors when they won the 1992 State Champion title for the Trojans.

She graduated from Hartwick College with a B.A. in Business Administration, where she played all 4 years on women's varsity soccer team.

She holds a CJSA coaching license "E" and many years' experience coaching boys and girls of ages ranging from 5-13.

She lives in town with her husband, Jon, and 2 boys.

Freshman Coach - Jeff Osborne

Coach Osborne has been coaching at Simsbury High School since 2002. From 2002-2014 he was associated with the football program as varsity offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator and head coach. His teams have been State Semi-Finalist twice in 2008 and 2009, winning one CCC Division I championship in 2009.

Currently, Coach Osborne is the varsity indoor/outdoor distance coach and freshmen girls’ soccer coach. Throughout his career, he has coached numerous All-State athletes in football and track. Coach Osborne was a member of the coaching staff, helping lead the girls outdoor track team to the 2017 Class L Championship.

Coach Osborne attended Springfield College where he earned his B.A. in History/Secondary Education. As a four year performer on the Springfield College football team, Coach Osborne had great success as a student-athlete. He started four post-season NCAA playoff games and was named Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the year in 1999. He was also an Academic All-Conference selection in each of his varsity seasons at Springfield. Coach Osborne coached football at his Alma Mater from 1999-2001 as a graduate assistant, earning a Master's Degree in Education.

Coach Osborne lives in West Simsbury with his wife Suzanne and their two sons.

INFORMATION

The Simsbury High School boys' soccer program consists of varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen teams. The team competes during the fall season in the Central Connecticut Conference West Division as well as the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

SCHEDULES

• Varsity Schedule
• JV Schedule
• Freshmen Schedule

INFORMATION

Boys Soccer Calendar

Fall 2018 Tryout Information

Player/Parent Kick-Off Meeting Handout

Get more team information by following the Boys' Soccer Booster club on Twitter @SHSTrojanSoccerPractice Schedule

TEAM ROSTERS

• Varsity
• Junior Varsity
• Freshman

COACHES

Head Coach - Kevin McKenna
Coach McKenna has been the Boys' Varsity Soccer Coach at Simsbury High School since 2015 and was the Boys' Assistant Varsity Soccer Coach in fall 2014.

Coach McKenna graduated from the University of Maine at Orono in 1985, where he was a member of its NCAA Division I soccer team. After graduation, he played semi-professional soccer for the Rovers of the Garden State Soccer League (NJ). He holds the National “C” Coaching License from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), as well as the National Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).

Varsity Assistant Coach - Doug Slater
Coach Slater is a teacher at Simsbury High School and has been a coach for the soccer program since 2013. A native of Hyde Park NY, Coach Slater served in the U.S. Navy from 1999-2003 before graduating with a BA in History from Colby-Sawyer College in 2007 and an MS in Special Education from Central Connecticut State University in 2012. He currently resides in Simsbury with his wife Kara and their daughter Morgan.

Junior Varsity Coach - Mike McCullough

Freshman Coach - Chris Hall
Coach Hall is a School Counselor at Henry James Memorial School. A 2004 graduate of Conard High, Coach Hall went on to receive at BA in Communications from the University of Connecticut in 2008, and later served as an Assistant Boys Soccer Coach at Conard while earning his MA in School Counseling from the University of Saint Joseph. Coach Hall has true passion for the game and continues to play soccer on various club teams. He currently resides in West Hartford with his wife, Meghan.

Simsbury High School offers strength & conditioning programs during the fall, winter, and summer! Coach English works with students regarding their goals and availability.

INFORMATION

If you are not registering for a fall sport, consider participating in our Strength & Conditioning programs in the fall. You can still register now!

Students must have completed the registration process before they can go to their session.

Get more team information by following the Coach English on Twitter @SHSTrojansStrength

COACHES

Head Coach - Tyler English
 

The Simsbury High School unified sports program is a co-ed team that participates in three sports during the course of the year... soccer and flag football in the fall, basketball in the winter, and volleyball and track in the spring.

Unified Sports® is a registered program of Special Olympics that combines approximately equal numbers of athletes with and without intellectual disability on sports teams for training and competition. All Unified Sports® players, both athletes and special partners, are of similar age and matched sport skill ability. Unified Sports® teams are placed in competitive divisions based on their skill abilities, and range from training divisions (with a skill-learning focus) to high level competition.

The team practices one day per week and competes at various tournaments throughout the school year.

SCHEDULES

Teams practice once a week after school from 2:15-3:30 PM

• Unified Soccer Game Schedule
• Unified Basketball GameSchedule
• Unified Volleyball Game Schedule
• Unified Track GameSchedule

For more information about the team and upcoming meets, please visit the SHS Unified Sports website.

COACHES

Head Coach - Brooke Bulmer

Brooke has worked with special needs students for over 20 years. She lived on Nantucket for 22 years and coached field hockey and raised her two boys Matt (24) and Teddy (17). She worked for Nantucket Public Schools for 9 years before moving to Simsbury 11 years ago.

Since living in Simsbury, Brooke has been a Special Ed Paraprofessional at Simsbury High School and has helped with Unified Sports since arriving in CT. This is her fourth year as Head Coach for Unified Sports and she also coaches Varsity Field Hockey in the fall.

Brooke enjoys her work with our special athletes and their partners. It's very rewarding and gratifying when friendships are formed and athletes are made! There's nothing better than seeing all of our students bonding and coming off the court or field with huge smiles on their faces...You can’t beat it!

Assistant Coach - Matt Spector

The Simsbury High School girls' volleyball team consists of a varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen squads. The teams compete during the fall season in the Central Connecticut Conference West Division as well as the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

TEAM SCHEDULES

• Varsity Schedule
• JV Schedule
• Freshmen Schedule

TEAM ROSTERS

• Varsity
• Junior Varsity
• Freshman

COACHES

Head Coach - Brian Leblanc

Coach Leblanc is in his first year coaching girls' volleyball at Simsbury High School. He is also the varsity coach of the varsity boys' volleyball team here at SHS. Coach Leblanc is also a physical education teacher at SHS. 

Coach Leblanc began his playing career as a sophomore at Farmington High School. In high school Leblanc became a 2X all conference libero and his senior he was an all state and all Hartford courant player.

Leblanc attended CCSU where he graduated with a degree in physical education. While at CCSU he was one of the four founding members of the men’s CCSU club volleyball team. Leblanc was a 4x defensive player of the year at CCSU and by his senior year became co-president and captain. In his senior season he lead CCSU to a NECVL championship, which helped qualify the team to move from D2 to D1.

Coach Leblanc’s enthusiasm for the game along with his background in volleyball brings a new look to SHS. “If you want to be elite you need to be different. Separate yourself from the rest of the pack in one way or another and you will see success” –Coach Leblanc

JV Coach - Kelly Myers

Thirds Coach - Kay Yablecki

Coach Yablecki has been coaching the freshman volleyball team at Simsbury High since 2011. She attended high school in North Tonawanda, NY, where she played soccer, volleyball, and softball.

Coach Yablecki is a graduate on Penn State with a B.S. in Exercise Science. She and her husband Jim live in Simsbury and have three children who are all graduates of SHS. She has continued to play volleyball throughout her life and also enjoys playing tennis.

INFORMATION

Team and Tryout Information Flyer from Sports Night