Smolinski, Welling, Grosso and Linden to Lead Lady Sachems
From The Hartford Courant
RHAM-HEBRON
Last year: 24-0
Coach: Tim Guernsey
Top players: Tessa Smolinski, sr., outside hitter; Kelsey Welling, sr., middle hitter; Ellie Lindsen, sr., setter; Mallory Grosso, sr., libero.
A note: All but one starter returns from the defending Class M champions.
RHAM’s Smolinski Chosen as Hartford Courant Player to Watch
Hartford Courant Five Players To Watch
Sarah Beres, Ellington, OH, Sr.: Powerful attacker getting Division I looks.
Jessica Frankowski, Farmington, OH, Sr.: Can control matches with her offense and defense.
Dianne Gan, Conard, S, Sr.: Area’s top setter will help Chieftains contend.
Kelly Myers, Coventry, OH, Jr.: Had breakout sophomore year until sustaining hand injury.
Tessa Smolinski, RHAM, OH, Sr.: [...]
Volleyball Preview from The Courant
RHAM vs Rocky Hill Volleyball Dig Pink
RHAM secures Class M crown
By RICH ZALUSKY
Chronicle Sports Writer
NEWINGTON — It was hard not to notice the calm look on the face of RHAM High girls volleyball coach Tim Guernsey when calm wasn’t the word of choice to describe what was happening right in front of him.
RHAM had just completed wrapping up its second consecutive CIAC Class M state [...]
Girls volleyball: It’s doubly delicious for RHAM Repeats as M champ; Smolinski named MVP
By Sherman Cain, Journal Inquirer
NEWINGTON — As a junior, Kelly Stratton got to enjoy hugs and handshakes after the RHAM High girls volleyball team won the 2007 Class M state championship, the first ever for the program.
Stratton wasn’t so sure the same thing would happen in 2008. The Sachems graduated six seniors from the [...]
RHAM powers past Law for M crown
From the New Haven Register
By Dan Nowak, Register Staff
NEWINGTON — RHAM, one of the most complete girls’ volleyball teams in the state, had an answer for everything Law served up in the Class M state championship game.
The Sachems set the tone in the first game, scoring the first nine points of the match, as Tessa [...]
RHAM Repeats As Class M Volleyball Champion
By LORI RILEY, The Hartford Courant
NEWINGTON – — Tessa Smolinski thought she might have had the winning point of the Class M volleyball championship Friday night. RHAM started to celebrate and so did its fans.
But no. She had gone over the net. The Sachems had to settle down and reset.
“We just got back on the [...]
RHAM tops Law for Class M volleyball title
November 15, 2008 by rhamvb
Filed under 2010 Schedule, Media
By MICHAEL FORNABAIO
Staff writer, the Connecticut Post
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NEWINGTON — Even when the laws of physics appeared to be on the side of Law girls volleyball Friday night, fate fell squarely on the side of top-seeded RHAM in the Class M championship match.
RHAM was already on the way to defending its championship with [...]
RHAM Reaches Top
Mangan (38 Assists) Voted MVP In Sweep Of Barlow.
BERLIN – As a seventh grader in 2002, Mallory Mangan watched her sister Jillian struggle through an 0-18 season. RHAM had a volleyball team for the first time and any talk of championship seemed impossibly distant.
The climb to the pinnacle would only take five more seasons.
Mallory, a [...]
Fall Foliage Tour
By Ken Lipshez (Lipservice Blogspot)
A tip of the hat and very rare exposure of the old chrome dome to the RHAM volleyball team. The Sachems challenge Bristol Eastern as the best I’ve seen this year, although Rich Heitz has that Southington group peaking for the Class LL tournament (if the Knights can knock off [...]