001welcome to the covid version of award program this is the second time we're doing it we did it for the fall we're doing for the winter uh we don't know if we're going to do it like this again in the spring we're slowly getting back to where we were back to normal i know next school year some of you you'll be gone but next school year our hope is to go back to the old format where we have that pizza deal and stuff in the cafeteria but we did this the first uh for the first season and worked out very well it's kind of neat we have about 20 minutes 25 minutes for the coaches that are here we'll invite them up to present and uh mrs t will take pictures so after basketball is
002going to be first so when they get their awards they're going to come back here she'll take a picture and this is uh mr mr miller this is being stream live or not it is okay so autographs for the basketball players maybe you get them in the afternoon i don't know believe what happens um i'm very we're very fortunate to have uh we have really good support um you know we do very well considering we have to compete with some of those teams down south county uh you did a great you had a great winter season very happy with what we've done and accomplished by all the things that we have to deal with the masks the covid separation the practices with mass it's been heck it's been heck for you i i know for
003us it's been difficult but it's got to be double difficult for the athletes who have performed and practice and do things every single day and we appreciate what you've accomplished moving forward so you take this you take your award it's a wonderful honor uh pictures streaming uh you know coaches are gonna have the reward boxes and stuff with the certificates and stuff later on maybe starting next week so you'll get your pins and all that coaches will pick it up from the athletic office so we're going to start and move pretty quickly because we're on a time thing here uh we got to be done by 10 25 10 27 okay so boys basketball on coach uh bach to come up coach whatever and i can hand them out for you if you want you're
004right here right across yeah uh first one our freshman uh sportsmanship winner uh great kid was part of leader of a team played our freshman and also moved up the varsity with us um at the end of the year bright future um i think he'll continue to get better and continue to be a leader leader khalil come on up [Applause] uh next one our jv sportsmanship uh winner uh just came to practice every day worked hard um very coachable um and and just a pleasure to have i think he'll continue to get better and uh you know next year hopefully help us out on the varsity level dan come on [Applause] uh next one our varsity sportsmanship winner um you know basketball you always want a player to put the team first and uh this
005player definitely uh sacrificed uh put the team first i went through some adversity through the year and then just handled it well and you know just a player that you want to coach became a captain uh during the year just because of his leadership ability and what he showed and putting the team first jorn come on up join uh next one our scholar athlete um joran and christian are like point zero two off you know i think christian is a 4.3 every teacher i talk to just tells me how nice of a young man he is how hard he works um and basketball the same thing you know one of our captains focuses um but kind of model of a student-athlete uh christian jeffers john come stay there thank [Applause] you okay we'd like to
006invite up uh coach anderson who's in here supporting the uh representing girls basketball coach come on talk about girls basketball okay take those off right hi everybody coach anderson and you've probably seen me running around the building every day for the last 24 years i love working with the athletes here i think junior high school has a great class of athlete each year that goes around uh really proud of you young ladies and young men uh the um freshman award goes to uh sophia a hard working young lady when she first came in uh coach till did a great job with that freshman program a lot of those girls are very good and sophia is one of the best players on the team come on okay um my jv um sportsmanship award goes to a
007young lady that i've known for the last three years she's a hard worker she doesn't complain about time and all that stuff she respect the program kevin [Applause] uh another young lady um varsity played varsity uh gabby uh coming up gavin gavin's a hard worker she's a good teammate she doesn't complain either she's a good worker [Applause] and the scholar athlete award for the varsity team uh viviana which i know for four years uh she has respect for the program respect for school i didn't know she was very smart so she's a very smart kid and a great kid great job big [Applause] ready i know everyone's awake nothing like flex period okay like to invite up coach murray indoor voice track coach all right let's start with the the freshman level let's see this
008is again a young man that just started uh with our sport this winter just very consistent every day at practice you know very positive um to his coaches and to his teammates you know just again a great kid to um kind of mentor and you know guide along throughout the season and in the future years to come let's bring down nathan [Applause] okay our junior varsity sportsmanship award winner for the boys indoor track team again an outstanding student outstanding person i'm always willing to accept criticism and also be there to positively positively kind of support his teammates at all times he's one of our hurdlers it's going to be you know a leader for outdoor this year and also next year ryan reyes [Applause] [Music] [Applause] then our varsity sportsmanship award goes to one of
009our seniors captain bidding with the program through the fall with cross country um also obviously indoor track and also outdoor track i'm just a pleasure to kind of coach over the years really grew into his leadership role this year as captain um chris twombly [Applause] and our scholar athlete award goes to an outstanding um human being and athlete but most importantly we're here for academic reasons and this person has an outstanding gpa of i think it's uh he's 10 out of 4 647 students here and he has a 4.76 uh gpa scott gersten [Applause] [Music] thank you okay i like to bite up coach rat for girls indoor track okay okay um so just a few words about the the season uh we had a very successful season this year uh the girls were the
010west division champions they finished third at the fca championship uh runner-up at the state class double l uh championship and uh the girls won the state open um championship so uh just tremendously successful season um and it's a pleasure to work with uh with these young ladies um it's also one of the things that's personally very fulfilling is a lot of the kids that are coming up here i've been able to work with as their history teacher whether it's in ap world history or whether it's in freshman classes and it's just a really nice thing to see some of that stuff come full circle um so i'm very proud of you guys and um and it's just a nice thing to see you guys represented here um our first um our freshman sportsmanship award winner
011goes to a middle distance runner always has a smile on her face uh he's tough in the workouts and was willing to do a lot for the team jd moreno [Applause] our junior varsity sportsmanship award winner goes to uh to a person that uh you know faces adversity and challenge with with toughness and a team first um mentality she also balances like so like seven clubs something like that um and does an amazing job as a as a student i have this young lady for two years now in class and it's been an absolute pleasure to work with her and to work with her after school as well pearl chia come on [Applause] we always talk about um doing the little things right and then big things will happen um that was one of the
012favorite quotes that uh is not mine it's really from kevin wilcox a former uh track and field coach here on the on the girls side it's one of those things that really personifies this young lady doing the extra things staying in the weight room a little bit longer working on blocks at the end of practice all things that this person is about so come on up erica stave [Applause] i don't know if they're here today but uh this person uh also had them as a as a freshman had them in in ap world and very bright young lady hard-working involved in a lot of things in the in the school in our scholar athlete this year is audrey podar [Applause] ready thank you congratulations okay uh we have a couple of sports now where our
013coaches are out of the building and can could not get here so we're going to make those announcements and mrs t is going to hand them out um i'd like to acknowledge our two wrestlers uh wrestling with one of those teams that really got for lack of a better word did not were hosed last year they didn't get the opportunity to compete but they came back this year and uh did a wonderful job i mean repeat fca champion um state champion uh quite an honor so we'd like to acknowledge two young men uh our varsity sportsmanship for wrestling liam fern [Applause] and our scholar athlete for wrestling dom ayo god [Applause] uh boys swimming you know boys swimming is one of those sports that's off campus it's hard for a lot of spectators to get
014to get to but the athletes who swim are driving athletes they're the ones that work every day they don't get the accolades a lot of teams have they're off campus and they do a a stellar job competing against some of the state's top swimming programs and i'm very appreciative for the work that they do we have two uh young men that have uh stood out for boy swimming and varsity sportsmanship is joshua olivieri [Applause] congratulations and scholar athlete is ben sam cervino [Applause] good job you wait good job thank you next up ski team ski team again one of those sports that are really focused on self development they're off campus they get on a bus to practice an hour away they get up on a bus to compete a wonderful wonderful group of young
015people there and we'd like to acknowledge two two members of that team uh we have varsity sportsmanship for the ski team it's joshua rubin sollenberger joshua sorry and we'd like to acknowledge cheyenne thomasic as our scholar athlete for scheme boys heist hockey interesting group boys ice hockey it's a tri-town we have three towns that participate really city of danbury brookfield bethel and talk about commitment and all that kind of stuff that you got to do to compete they have competed at very high level in the swc conference and they also have competed and one a little shy of going to the state championship this year very proud of what they've accomplished as hockey players so we have our sportsmanship winner for boys ice hockey is ryan turner ryan [Applause] ryan's a rough customer on the
016boards on the ice good player great player and boyce ice hockey scholar athlete ian elkins [Applause] hmm uh for cheerleading this year we came back after two years off uh due to coved and had um honestly a spectacular season the team got right back into it um they won their fck league championship they won the state championship sec uh first runner-up at the state open and first runner-up at new england so it was a stellar season for them to come back strong like that our jv sportsmanship winner is not here today our varsity sportsmanship winner is somebody who just motivates her teammates all of the time we call her the map motivator because she's constantly jumping up and down and cheering on that mat no matter what she's doing she is cheering on her teammates
017hoping for the best that's kaleen dota [Applause] our varsity scholar athlete maintains a 4.3 gpa she's involved in many other things very busy scheduled but she's also a four-year varsity cheerleader she was an fcx scholar athlete she's an all-state cheerleader for three years just a number of accomplishments kiera mccarthy [Applause] [Music] thank you and finally another sport that not too many of you know about it's gymnastics and actually our girls who compete for danbury are up to new milford every day for practice and they can practice with the new milford team they compete as individuals as the danbury team of three and even though there were i think we had three right versus two we had two this year two this year so uh again we're very proud of these young young people for what
018they do and accomplish as a gymnast we have our varsity sports sportsmanship is chloe [Applause] baccala congratulations in our gymnastics scholar athlete silvana haddad congratulations i'd like to take a moment just to again acknowledge the athletes for what you've accomplished coaches who are here we can't do it without you uh the support that you give with the athletic program i also like to thank mr miller mr miller will drop a come to a drop of the hat to do anything to help our sports program and i appreciate everything you do strong for us and i also like to uh acknowledge the help of our gentleman-like coach here van morrow who's with us constantly he's going to be a coach himself uh we're very appreciative of you coming back another danbury graduate coming back and working
019with us and we're very proud of that um so as i said again i thank you uh this is over in about two minutes i guess five minutes so sit back and relax if you have any questions uh stop up here and as i said the coaches will be picking up their certificates and their pins and all that so you all your teammates will get some kind of recognition from the winter season thank you again appreciate it you