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Posted Mar 22, 2013 @ 11:57 PM
Norwich, Conn. —
This morning we send our congratulations out to Woodstock Academy boys basketball coach Greg Smith and his players on an extremely successful season that ended last Saturday night when the Centaurs captured their first basketball — and the school's first — state championship.
By MARC ALLARD
Posted Mar 17, 2013 @ 09:32 PM
Last update Mar 18, 2013 @ 11:06 AM
Mohegan, Conn. —
I look at Woodstock Academy boys basketball coach Greg Smith and think of myself — jack of all trades, master of none.
That’s not a putdown, mind you. It’s just a trait that some of us share, the price for wanting to be involved, to matter to others and be a productive piece of society.
Can you do this?
By MARC ALLARD
Posted Mar 16, 2013 @ 10:51 PM
MOHEGAN — The catastrophic meltdown that many except the true believers had expected from Woodstock Academy seemed to be underway in the fourth quarter of the Class L state championship game at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
The Centaurs had seen an eight-point third quarter lead evaporate and found themselves down by a point to the Crusaders with only four minutes, 33 seconds to play.
But as the chant rose from the largest student cheering section of the day at the state championship games, “We believe we can win,” the Centaurs, once again, responded to the challenge.
By MARC ALLARD
Posted Mar 13, 2013 @ 10:33 PM
Norwich, Conn. —
As the celebration rang loudly through Alumni Gym, it was a different story one floor below the court.
Although they could hear the hysterics, Woodstock Academy coach Greg Smith hardly had to raise his voice. His team, sitting as if at a prayer service, hardly resembled one that had just won the biggest boys basketball game in program history.
The second-seeded Centaurs had just beat third-seeded Bunnell, 65-60, in its second overtime game in as many outings. Woodstock now will face top-seeded Trinity Catholic for the Class L state championship at 4:15 p.m. Saturday at the Mohegan Sun Arena.
By MARC ALLARD
Posted Mar 12, 2013 @ 08:11 PM
Last update Mar 12, 2013 @ 08:18 PM
Woodstock, Conn. —
It hasn’t been that long since the Woodstock Academy boys basketball team visited the state semifinals. The circumstances, however, are entirely different.
The second-seeded Centaurs go into the Class L state semifinal against third-seeded Bunnell-Stratford at 7 p.m. today at Norwich Free Academy. In 2005-06, Woodstock hardly was the favorite.
By MARC ALLARD
Posted Mar 11, 2013 @ 10:53 PM
Last update Mar 11, 2013 @ 11:02 PM
Woodstock, Conn. —
With 25 seconds left in overtime, Woodstock Academy guard Chris Lowry found his backcourt mate, Tristan Welch, wide open beyond the 3-point line on an inbounds pass from under the basket.
Woodstock Academy coach Greg Smith, just several feet away, knew the senior was going to take the shot, but never watched the ball.
By MARC ALLARD
Posted Mar 05, 2013 @ 10:41 PM
WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock boys basketball team has been going at it, like most others, have been going at six days a week since the Monday after Thanksgiving and coach Greg Smith admits “it gets kind of old.”
But the Centaurs have been given a new spark, not only by their lofty No. 2 seed in the Class L state tournament but by something that’s bright and bouncy — a new floor for their basketball court.
By FRANCESCA KEFALAS
Posted Mar 03, 2013 @ 10:36 PM
Woodstock, Conn. —
Sit for a moment and watch as students move through campus between classes, and it might be easy to forget Woodstock Academy is nestled in a small northeastern Connecticut town.
By MARC ALLARD
Posted Mar 02, 2013 @ 05:28 PM
One of the first things Woodstock Academy athletic director Aaron Patterson heard about when he took the job this past fall was the condition of the basketball court at the Academy’s fieldhouse.
