Crouse alumni hockey game set

The 21st annual Art Crouse Alumni game will be held Saturday at the Bennett Rink in West Haven.

All former alumni are invited. There is a $20 fee to participate. All proceeds will go towards scholarships for this year’s current seniors. For further information, contact Joe Morrell at 203-824-4547 or at jm4morrell@aol.com.

WEST HAVEN HALL OF FAME

The West Haven Hall of Fame Committee has announced its newest inductees to be honored, Dec. 15 at Cielo, West Haven ItalianAmerican Club.

Included in the Class of 2018 are Vin Nitido, Rick McInnis, Dave Anquillare, Alison Karosas, Tracy Bagnoli Guyette, George DeMaio, and the hockey line of Dave Depew, Steve Balaban, and Frank Longobardi.

Nitido (1951 graduate) played football and was also a three-year member of the swim and track teams. McInnis (1969) was a safety on the 1968 undefeated football team which finished ranked first in New England and fifth in the United States. McInnis has also been a basketball official for 37 years.

Anquillare (1989) joins his father John and brother Mike in the Hall, all former standout baseball players. Karosas is a former fouryear volleyball, basketball and track star. Bagnoli Guyette (1987) starred on the volleyball, basketball and softball teams. Bagnoli Guyette was a three-year starter on the softball team, and captain of the volleyball team her junior and senior campaigns.

DeMaio (1966) played basketball and baseball and was named the West Haven High School Athlete of the Year in 1966. He is a longtime area broadcaster at

960 WELI for high school sporting events. Depew, Balaban, and Longobardi formed one of the most feared lines on the ice in the 1970s, set a school line record of 80 goals, and a school record in wins with 18. With the G.A.P. line finishing one, two, and four in the state in scoring, the team advanced to the championship game against Hamden.

Tickets are $45 and can be purchased by emailing West Haven athletic director Jon Capone at Jonathan.capone@whschools.org.

SAULSBURY INVITATIONAL

The fourth annual Robert Saulsbury Invitational will be held Dec. 27 at Wilbur Cross.

There will be four games: Amistad vs. Kolbe Cathedral at 1 p.m., Career vs. Weaver at 2:45, the Wilbur Cross girls hosting reigning Class LL state champion Mercy at 5 and the Wilbur Cross boys hosting Hamden at approximately 6:45.

Several people will be honored in between games two and three. They are: John Stewart, former coach and athletic director at Gateway Community College; Jon Capone, longtime West Haven athletic director; Sabrina Johnson Breland, former standout at both Cross and St. John’s University, who coached Hillhouse to a pair of state championships in girls basketball; Tharon Mayes, the former Hillhouse and Florida State standout; Jason Bartlett, director of youth services and liaison to the New Haven Board of Education, Office of the Mayor; and New Haven citywide athletic director Erik Patchkofsky and the New Haven Athletics Department.

Tickets are $5 for students, $10 for adults. Proceeds to benefit The Robert H. Saulsbury Scholarship Fund. Refreshments available for sale. For more information, call 203-376-1385.