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

Schedules

Boys' Varsity Baseball Schedule

Boys' JV Baseball Schedule

Boys' Freshman Baseball Schedule

Team Rosters

Varsity Roster

Junior Varsity Roster

Freshman Roster

Coaching Staff

Head Coach - Dave 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.

Varsity Assistant Coach - Niko Zimmitti

JV Coach - Chris Cannata

Freshmen Coach - Frankie Mandile

Documents/Information

SHS Baseball Team Information

Transportation to practices at Memorial Field: students can take first round bus #75. The bus drivers are aware that student-athletes will have their athletic bags with them on the bus.

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 Schedule
• Fall Roster
• Spring Schedule
• Spring Roster

For more team information, check out the Friends of Simsbury Crew website!

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 - TBA

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 Schedule
• Fall Roster
• Spring Schedule
• Spring Roster

For more team information, check out the Friends of Simsbury Crew website!

JV Coach - Mary Zunino

Novice Coach - Brent Bette

Coach Bette became the novice girls coach in the spring of 2015. He rowed with the Litchfield Hills Rowing Club and was introduced to the sport at the Naval Academy Crew Camp in 7^th grade. Brent has been a member of social studies department at the high school since 2007. In addition to his coaching responsibilities, he is the adviser to the National Honor Society and serves on the district’s Professional Growth and Evaluation committee. He is a USRowing Level 2 certified coach and has attended the Northeast Rowing Camp, affording him an opportunity to interact with collegiate coaches from around the country.

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

Schedules

Boys' Varsity Golf Schedule

Boys' JV Golf Schedule

Coaching Staff

Varsity Coach - Garrett Post

Documents/Information

Transportation to practices at Simsbury Farms: students can take first round bus #90. The bus drivers are aware that student-athletes will have their athletic bags with them on the bus.

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

Schedules

Girls' Golf Schedule

Team Rosters

Girls' Golf Roster

Coaching Staff

Varsity Coach - Mark Melingonis

Mark has been involved with the Simsbury High Girls' Golf Team since 1999 and has been head coach beginning with the 2003 season. During this time, his teams have won four CCC titles, qualified for the state tournament nine times, finishing as high as second on two occasions. Mark has coached four All State and twelve All CCC players. The Girls' Golf program at SHS currently operates on the Varsity and Junior Varsity levels, with 24 girls enrolled for the 2014 season.

Mark has also coached the SHS Boys' JV Soccer team for the past 24 years and was named Assistant Coach of the Year for 2013 by the Connecticut Soccer Coaches Association. In addition to golf and soccer, Mark was an assistant coach with the SHS Girls' Ice Hockey program for 18 years.

Mark retired as a science teacher at Simsbury High for 28 years. He lives in Bristol with his wife Gail. They have three sons and four grandchildren.

JV Coach - Nicole Cournoyer

Documents/Information

Transportation to practices at Simsbury Farms: students can take first round bus #90. The bus drivers are aware that student-athletes will have their athletic bags with them on the bus.

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

Schedules

Boys' Varsity Lacrosse Schedule

Boys' JV Lacrosse Schedule

Boys' Freshman Lacrosse Schedule

Team Rosters

Varsity Roster

JV Roster

Coaching Staff

Varsity Coach - Jim Martocchio

Coach Martocchio played varsity lacrosse all four years at Simsbury High School and won numerous all conference and all-star awards. He scored 160 goals as a Trojan and helped bring the Trojans to two CIAC State quarter final games and a league championship his senior year.

The all-time leading goal scorer in Plymouth State men's lacrosse history, Martocchio obliterated the Panther scoring record book. Only one other player in school history has ever scored 50 goals in a season, and Martocchio did it all four years, including 86 goals and 100 points his junior year. As a freshman, he broke the 27-year-old school record with a 53-goal season. He came back to break his own record with 57 goals as a sophomore before the monster junior year and a solid 56 goals as a senior. His career total of 252 goals is 76 more than any other player in the program's history. He also set the single-game scoring mark in 2000 with 11 goals.

Coach Martocchio began coaching for Simsbury as the freshman coach back in 2002. In the years following, he would coach the JV team as well as assist the varsity team. In 2007, coach Martocchio took over the varsity team. Coach Martocchio has helped bring the Trojans to three CIAC State Semi-final games and one quarter final game. Under coach Martocchio, the Trojans have also taken home four CCC league championships.

Coach Martocchio teaches History and Government at Simsbury High School and lives in town with his wife and young son.

Varsity Assistant Coach - Craig Wilson

JV Coach - Brian Wilson

Coach Wilson has been the JV lacrosse coach for the past 3 years. Before coming to Simsbury Coach Wilson spent 7 seasons at Farmington High School as the JV lacrosse coach and has also coached football and JV hockey at Simsbury.

Coach Wilson played lacrosse and football at Simsbury High School and graduated in 1994 and played 4 year of lacrosse at Fairleigh Dickson University.

Coach Wilson lives in West Hartford, CT with his wife and son.

Freshman Coach - Jason Gilbert

Coach Gilbert played lacrosse at Simsbury High and fall ball at Springfield College. After leaving Springfield, he came back to SHS for the inaugural year (2001) of the Freshman Lacrosse team. He's been coaching at Simsbury High School ever since, both JV and Freshman teams.

Coach Gilbert is also very involved with Simsbury Youth Lacrosse and is currently the Director of Coaching (Boys Division) and an assistant coach for one of the youth teams.

Coach Gilbert lives in Simsbury with his wife, son, and two daughters.

Documents/Information

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

Schedules

Varsity Game Schedule

JV Game Schedule

Freshman Game Schedule

For more team information check out the Simsbury Girls Lacrosse website!

Team Rosters

Varsity Roster

Junior Varsity Roster

Thirds Roster

Coaching Staff

Varsity Coach - Sam Zullo

Varsity Assistant Coach - Marcy Drees

JV Coach - Erica Martino

Freshmen Coach - Nicole Bailey-Gates

Documents/Information

Girls' Lacrosse Team Information 2018

The Simsbury High School Boys' Rugby program consists of both junior varsity and varsity teams. The teams competes during the spring season in the Connecticut SBRO League.

Schedule

Varsity Rugby Schedule

JV Rugby Schedule

Find more information on the Simsbury Rugby website!

Twitter @simsburyrugby

Team Roster

Boys' Rugby Team

Team Information

The Rugby team received a thank you letter from ImmaCare Inc. for the contributions we made to support their programs that help the homeless.

Coaching Staff

Varsity Coach - Ed Matteo

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 is also 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. He 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 served as the Rugby Connecticut President for the past 5 years and works closely with USA Rugby and youth organizations across the state and country to grow the game. He has been elected to two USA Rugby committees: the Rugby Committee, which is designed to oversee and review all committee work, and the USA Rugby Youth and High School Committee that provides direction to youth Rugby in the USA.

Coach Matteo is currently a Level 3 Certified USA Rugby Coach and a Certified CIAC Coach.

Assistant Coach - Howard Rosenberg

Coach Rosenberg began playing rugby in the fall of his freshman year (1980) at Ithaca College and played for four years, the last two years were spent as captain. His summers were spent playing with the West Hartford Yahoos.

Coach Rosenberg played for the Springfield Rugby Club while in law school at Western New England School of Law. He joined the Hartford Wanderers Rugby Football Club in 1987 and played with them until 1995. He was a member of the HWRFC team that won the Northeast championship in 1992; tours included the Bahamas, Montreal, Florida, Las Vegas, Milwaukee, Savannah, GA & Washington D.C. He played Sevens for the Hartford Wanderers during the summer season and the team qualified for the Eastern Championships a number of times. Teammates along the way included four U.S. Eagles.

Coach Rosenberg was selected to play for the United States in the 1989 Maccabiah Games in Israel, the 3^rd largest sporting event in the world. His travels with the U.S. Maccabiah team included Israel, Toronto, New Orleans and Chicago. Coach Rosenberg played with the Old Boys for the Hartford Wanderers (HOBO’s) from 1995 to 2000 in the Northeast and enjoyed a number of Old Boy rugby tours around the country. He helped start Simsbury High School rugby in 2007 and has been an assistant coach for the Trojans ever since.

Coach's greatest rugby memory/experience – "Coaching my son, Zach, during his junior and senior years at SHS."

Volunteer Assistant Coach - John Mudano

The Simsbury High School Girl's Rugby program consists of both varsity and junior varsity teams. Coached by Alycia Washington, the team competes during the spring season in the Connecticut SBRO League.

Schedule

Varsity Girls' Rugby Schedule

JV Girls' Rugby Schedule

Find more information on the Simsbury Rugby website!

Twitter @simsburyrugby

Team Roster

Girls' Rugby Team

Coaching Staff

Varsity Coach - Alycia Washington

Assistant Coach - TBA

Volunteer Coach - Doc Spada

Volunteer Coach - Jon Ladd

Documents

The Simsbury High School softball program consists of a varsity and junior varsity team. The team competes during the spring season in the Central Connecticut Conference West Division as well as the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

Schedules

Varsity Softball Schedule

JV Softball Schedule

Team Roster

Varsity Roster

JV Roster

Coaching Staff

Varsity Coach - Jed Flaherty

Jed has been an English teacher at Simsbury High School since 1998. He has been involved in the sport of softball in a number of ways, beginning as a club advisor for a softball team in a private school in St. Croix VI, becoming an assistant middle school coach at The McGee School in Berlin, CT, and then coaching the freshmen and JV teams of Simsbury High School from 2002-2008. In between coaching stints at SHS, Jed has been coaching little league softball and baseball.

Jed lives in town with his wife, his son, and his daughter, who is an avid softball player.

Junior Varsity Coach - Bryan Forman

Returning for his third year of JV Softball, Coach Forman is anticipating another strong season for Trojans Softball this spring. Coach Forman is looking to continue to build a winning program and looking to improve upon the success and hard work of the past two seasons. Coach Forman has also served as the Freshman Baseball coach at East Granby High School, and has a long history of coaching and officiating youth baseball and softball here in Simsbury.

Coach Forman began his teaching career in Simsbury in 1996 at Henry James Memorial where he now teaches Technology Education. He is a 1994 graduate of Central Connecticut State University and earned his Master’s degree in 2014 at the University of Saint Joseph.

Volunteer Assistant Coach - Jay Reynolds

Coach Reynolds joins the Trojans with multiple years of experience at all levels of youth sports, having been a member of the coaching staff of more than two dozen teams in various sports -- basketball, soccer and baseball, in addition to softball. He has coached softball from novice players to all stars and winter ball, helping to build the foundation for the next generation of Trojans and he remains on the Simsbury Little League board of directors. Coach Reynolds, an SHS alum who lives in town with his wife and two children, is a 20-year veteran of ESPN, where he anchors SportsCenter on ESPN Radio.

Volunteer Assistant Coach - Grant Winkleblack

Coach Winkleblack began coaching softball at Simsbury High in 2016 as an Assistant Varsity Coach. He has been involved in coaching girls’ softball for many years at several youth levels. Coach Winkleblack’s philosophy is centered on developing each player’s unique talents and their level of personal accountability to the team’s success, all within an environment that seeks to preserve and enhance their enjoyment of the game. Coach Winkleblack has worked at Cigna for over 20 years, and resides in Simsbury with his wife and daughters.

Volunteer Assistant Coach - Liz Martinez

Coach Martinez is a graduate of Simsbury High School where she pitched for the softball team. She played in college briefly as well. She has been coaching Little League softball for 5 years and is also the Simsbury Little League VP of Softball. She is looking forward to joining the coaching team and helping to develop and grow the softball program in Simsbury. Coach Martinez lives in Simsbury with her husband, son, and two daughters. Both of her daughters are avid softball players as well.

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Transportation to practices at Memorial Field: students can take first round bus #75. The bus drivers are aware that student-athletes will have their athletic bags with them on the bus.

The Simsbury High School boys' tennis program consists of a varsity team only, though exhibition (JV) matches are common following varsity contests. The team competes during the spring season in the Central Connecticut Conference West Division as well as the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

Schedules

Boys' Varsity Tennis Schedule

Team Roster

Boys' Tennis Roster

Coaching Staff

Varsity Coach - Chris Medve

Documents/Information

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The Simsbury High School girls' tennis program consists of a varsity team only, though exhibition (JV) matches are common following varsity contests. The team competes during the spring season in the Central Connecticut Conference West Division as well as the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

Schedules

Girls' Varsity Tennis Schedule

Team Rosters

Girls' Tennis Roster

Information

Girls' Tennis Tryout Informations

Coaching Staff

Liz Keppel - Head Coach

Follow Coach Keppel on Twitter for up to date info at @girlstennisSHS

Coach Liz Keppel, a staff member at Simsbury High School has been a member of the SHS Varsity Tennis coaching staff since 2009. She plays competitive tennis as a member of the United States Tennis Association and is also a USTA captain/official. Her son was the 2011 Boys Varsity captain and All CCC West player and her daughter was the 2014 Girls Varsity captain and All CCC West player and is currently a NCAA college level tennis player. She moved to Connecticut after attending the University of Pittsburgh. As a longtime member of the Simsbury community, she has volunteered with many local organizations and charities. Coach Keppel enjoys playing tennis and paddle tennis with her family as well as hiking and skiing. She resides in Simsbury with her husband Rob. Coach Keppel enjoys coaching the SHS Girls’ team to encourage and develop the students to enjoy a lifelong sport that is TENNIS!

The Simsbury High School boys' track & field team competes during the spring season in the Central Connecticut Conference West Division as well as the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

Schedule

Meet Schedule

Team Roster

Boys' Outdoor Track & Field Roster

Coaching Staff

Head Coach - Lorenzo Milledge

Coach Milledge has been coaching track for over 25 years. He started coaching at Camp Pendleton in California and has coached at Hartford High School and Weaver High School. Coach Milledge’s coaching philosophy is to help students achieve their best performance and grow up to be responsible adults and be the best they can be in whatever they chose to do.

Assistant 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.

Assistant Coach - Kevin Dakin

Documents

Track & Field Team Expectations

The Simsbury High School girls' track & field team competes during the spring season in the Central Connecticut Conference West Division as well as the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

Schedule

Meet Schedule

Practice Schedule for Spring

Team Roster

Girls' Outdoor Track & Field Roster

Coaching Staff

Head Coach - Lorenzo Milledge

Coach Milledge has been coaching track for over 25 years. He started coaching at Camp Pendleton in California and has coached at Hartford High School and Weaver High School. Coach Milledge’s coaching philosophy is to help students achieve their best performance and grow up to be responsible adults and be the best they can be in whatever they chose to do.

Documents

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

Schedule

• Unified Soccer Schedule
• Unified Basketball Schedule
• Unified Volleyball Schedule
• Unified Track Schedule

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

Coaching Staff

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 boys' volleyball program consists of a varsity and junior varsity teams. The team competes during the spring season in the Central Connecticut Conference West Division as well as the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference.

Schedule

Varsity Game Schedule

JV Game Schedule

Team Calendars:
March
April
May

Team Rosters

Boys Volleyball Roster

Coaching Staff

Head Coach - Brian Leblanc

Coach Leblanc is in his first year coaching boys volleyball at Simsbury High School. He spent the previous two spring seasons, as the assistant coach at Lewis Mills. Leblanc is also a physical education teacher in Simsbury, he teaches at Squadron Line elementary school. Before coming to Simsbury coach Leblanc taught PE/Health for half a year at New Canaan High School.

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 - TBA