Volleyball: RHAM fights for perfect (25-0) finish
RHAM High girls volleyball player Kelsey Breault said her team is known for its comebacks.
It’s also known for something else — winning championships. Those two qualities came together here Saturday as the undefeated Sachems wrapped up a 25-0 season by winning their third straight Class M title with a 3-0 win over Joel Barlow. Game [...]
RHAM nets another Class M crown by Rich Zalusky
Tessa Smolinski had dreams about it on Friday night.
Dreams about how her final high school girls volleyball match at RHAM High would play out with the opportunity to close out her career with three consecutive CIAC Class M state championships.
“I just felt my heart pounding,” Smolinski said. “It was like we have to win and [...]
RHAM sweeps Barlow in volleyball final
RHAM wins 53rd straight match with sweep
Little did Barlow realize.
The Falcons were leading No. 1 seed RHAM 24-20 in the third game of the Class M girls volleyball final Saturday at Berlin High.
Normally that’d be a good situation for Barlow to be in, but it’s also the exact scenario that the Sachems practice routinely. So [...]
Senior All Star Game
Kelsey Welling, Tessa Smolinski, and Ellie Linden helped the “Black Team” defeat the “Pink Team” 3-2. Supported by Farmington fans cheering all of the black team on, the black team came back from a tough first game! Great show of fun, talent, and good sportsmanship. Congrats to all.
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PINK TEAM
Colby Billhardt/Darien Laurie LaRusso
Lexie Broytman/Southington [...]
Class M Volleyball: RHAM Wins Third Straight Title
With a 2-0 lead against Joel Barlow and his team down 24-20 in the third game and on the verge of losing only its second game all season — its first in the Class M tournament — RHAM coach Tim Guernsey called a timeout. But there was no need to panic.
“That’s something we’ve done all [...]
“RHAM Dominated the Scrimmage”
The one contest that everyone wanted to see, between RHAM, which won the Class M title prior to Darien’s match and jumped the Blue Wave to move into the No. 1 spot in the latest state poll, actually took place in the preseason.
RHAM reportedly dominated the scrimmage, which was not disputed by Sommi as she [...]
RHAM looking to add 3rd Crown to its collection
She was just a freshman at the time and not really a part of what happened, but Tessa Smolinski remembers the last time the RHAM High girls volleyball team lost a state tournament match.
“We got a bye and then we got beat 3-0,” Smolinski said of the Sachems’ Class L second-round loss to Mercy in [...]
RHAM a win away from Class M three-peat
Tessa Smolinski will wake up Friday morning at 5:15 for the last time in her high school volleyball career.
And the RHAM senior is actually very unhappy about it.
“I love volleyball so much that I’d get up at any time to play,” Smolinski said.
Smolinski’s and the Sachems’ dedication may not be the only reason they have [...]
RHAM Haunts Law Once Again
For the third straight time, the Law girls’ volleyball team ended its season with a loss to RHAM.
By Chris Hunn, Register Staff
MIDDLETOWN — Again. Different year, but same story.The top-seeded Sachems swept the No. 4 Eagles 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-22) Wednesday in the Class M semifinals.
“It was just going to come down to that bracket,” [...]
Sachems net berth in semis
Senior Alie Carlson had a career-high nine kills along with three blocks as the top-seeded RHAM High girls volleyball team rolled into the CIAC Class M state tournament semifinals with a 25-15, 25-14, 25-16 quarterfinal-round victory Friday over eighth-seeded East Catholic.
Tessa Smolinski ( 8 kills, 13 digs, 13-for-13 serving), Kelsey Welling (8 kills), Jocelyn Taylor [...]