Boys Varsity Basketball
Coach: Kevin Millington (10th season)
Winter 2005-06 Record: 11-9
How did last season end: Lost in West A quarterfinals to Cheverus
Key veterans: TJ Tandberg, 6’3 Senior guard, last year 15.5ppg, third-team all-conference; Travis Guerrette 5’10 Junior guard, last year all-rookie selection; Raibonne Charles 6’1 Senior forward; Zach Cantor 5’11 Senior guard; Ben Floyd 6’4 Senior forward, Dylan O’Connor 6’0 senior guard.
Key newcomers: Danny Marvonek, 6’1 Senior forward; Nate Dixon 6’4 Sophomore center; Ryan MacQueston 6’1 Sophomore guard; Garrett Clemmer 6’1 Freshman guard; Jonathan Sangillo 6’3 freshman guard.
Coach’s outlook: “We have a great backcourt in TJ Tandberg and Travis Guerrette and some great leadership in our other seniors. With the array of very talented young talent, we should be competitive in our league. We will need to improve defensively and let the young and old learn to gel in order to compete with the big dogs – Portland, Bonny Eagle, Cheverus, and Deering.”
Girls Varsity Basketball
Coach: Jessie Mayol (first season)
Winter 2005-06 Record: 3-15
Key veterans: “As a whole they all have very different personalities but when they step on a court they have a goal in mine. There is great senior leadership. Even though there are only two captains, we have eight seniors willing to take a leadership role.”
Key newcomers: “The newcomers are coming in confident. Some are taking key roles with minutes. I am still trying to put the pieces together as far as who should play with whom. We had a good pre season and I think they are ready for the regular season to start.”
Coach’s outlook: “Windham has had a strong basketball program in the past. My ideal goal is to get them back to where they used to be as a tournament competitive team. I’d like to get to the civic center and the playoffs, but mostly we’d like to improve on last year and take it game-by-game and step-by-step. They are good athletes and work hard.”
Boys Varsity Indoor Track
Coach: Paula Pock (fourth season)
Key veterans: Travis Cook, Sr, spring,, long jump; Anthony Ruggerio, So., sprints; Nick Kimball, Sr., shot put; Adam Linden, Jr., high jump, pole vault, hurdles; Dylan Janosik.
Key newcomers: Julian Gazzeloni, sprints; Colin Mello, hurdles; Brock Norberg, sprints; Patrick Ciez, high jump, hurdles.
Coach’s outlook: “Last year we had only 15 runners, so our team record was not that great, but we had some really solid performers. This year we have 25-plus boys out and they are all strong athletes so we are hoping to improve on last year’s record. We look to have some really strong relays and individuals, so I believe we will surprise a lot of other teams.”
Girls Varsity Indoor Track
Coach: Angie Lally (second season back at WHS); Assistant coaches: Don Barton, Paula Pock
Last season: Placed sixth in the SMAA Championship; 17 girls qualified for the State Meet at USM.
Key veterans: Seniors: Kristen Stewart, middle and long distance; Caitlin O’Brien, sprints; Kate McPherson, hurdles and sprints; Laura Gresik, sprints; Hannah Gallagher, middle distance; Mary Feeney, middle distance; Juniors: Stephanie Shepard, sprints; Vanessa Rallis, hurdles, high jump, and sprints,; Sophomores: Lindsay Plante, middle distance; Katie Cook, sprints; Cerise Caiazzo, jumps and sprints.
Key newcomers: Senior: Samantha Skvorak, long distance; Freshmen: Reilly Sullivan, sprints and middle distance
Coach’s outlook: “We have a large group of girls again this year; our goal is to improve our team record and qualify more girls for the state meet.”
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We apologize for not having all of Windham’s winter sports previews in this week’s paper. We’ll have swimming, wrestling and skiing previews in the coming weeks.
The cheering preview will appear in mid-January just prior to the league and regional competitions.
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