Athletes of the Week
Outstanding high school sports performances are on display every week in Connecticut. To honor those athletes, each week the Hartford Courant sports staff will nominate three boys and three girls from local schools as CT Varsity Athlete of the Week finalists. You can vote each week here at Courant.com/ctvarsity.
Winners will be announced each week on Tuesday and in The Courant on Wednesday.
Have an athlete you would like to nominate for CT Varsity Athlete of the Week? Send an email telling us about the athlete and where they go to school to ctvarsity@courant.com.
Week 8 winners
Ryan Sirois, boys soccer
Tolland senior scored five goals last week, including his 25th of the season, which broke Tolland's single-season record.
Abby Francis, girls swimming
Wethersfield senior set a pool record, winning the 50 free (24.41) and then helped her relay team set a pool record (1:40.94) in the 200 free relay as Wethersfield won 99-79 over East Lyme.
Week 9 finalists
Boys
Christian Wade, Xavier senior, soccer: Led Xavier to a shutout win in the SCC semifinals. He registered 10 shutouts so far this season.
Shawn Robinson, New Brit-
ain senior, football: Scored three touchdowns and rushed for 271 yards in a win over East Hartford.
Esad Korkutovic, SMSA senior, soccer: Scored three goals in a win over Classical.
Girls
Kaitlyn Murphy, Aerospace senior, volleyball: Had 37 assists, five aces, and three digs in CRAL semifinal win and 25 assists and three digs in a loss in the finals.
Sarah Gallagher, South Windsor junior, field hockey: The goalkeeper had eight saves in a 1-0 overtime win over Glastonbury and10 saves in a1-0 loss to Granby.
Becca Mayer, SMSA junior, volleyball: Had 28 assists and15 digs in a win over Coventry for the NCCC championship.