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NCHS Boys Squash Defeats Greenwich Cards

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[Editor’s Note: The following write-up came in from a NCHS Squash Team parent. If you have a sports team summary ready for publication, please send it to editor@newcanaanite.com.]

On Wednesday, January 7th, the NCHS Boys Varsity A squash team played the Greenwich High School Cardinals at Chelsea Piers in Stamford. The Rams are continuing their quest for their 3rd Fairwest Championship. Grayson Bubrosky, playing #1 for New Canaan, beat Mac Awalt 11-4, 11-4, 11-8 and Killian Bubrosky (2) defeated Stephen Song 11-6, 11-8, 11-6. Christian Megherby (3) was victorious over Kieran Davis, winning 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7.

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School Board to Weigh Funding for Varsity Club Sports in Budget Request

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District officials as they finalize a budget request for next year are looking at whether to include stipends for varsity club sports such as squash, skiing and crew. Board of Education members on Monday said that treating the separate sports fairly means establishing firm criteria in areas such as program history and participation. “I think it is really important for us to be consistent and I appreciate that we all love the sports that we love,” Secretary Dionna Carlson said at the school board’s meeting, held in the Wagner Room at New Canaan High School. “But as a board I think we have to be consistent.”

The comments came as Superintendent of Schools Dr. Bryan Luizzi proposed a budget for fiscal year 2016 to the BOE. The full board is scheduled to come back Jan.

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NCHS Boys Varsity Squash Continues to Roll, Beating Bronxville and Greenwich

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The Ram’s Boys Varsity squad is having a great season so far as they pursue their third Fairwest Squash Championship. Following season-opening wins against St. Luke’s School and Rye High School, Varsity A team on Wednesday faced off against Bronxville High School and the Varsity B team played Greenwich High School for a set of double wins. Vs. Bronxville

Against Bronxville, the Rams dominated, only giving up 2 out of 8 matches:

Killian Bubrosky (2) defeated Jack Buendia 9-11, 11-1, 11-7, 11-2.

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New Canaan High School Squash Requests $20,000 from District: ‘No Funding Means an End to the Program’

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Saying they need $20,000 to operate beyond this winter season or that the entire program will fold, the founders of the New Canaan High School Squash Team and participating students on Monday night called for district officials to find money to support them. Squash is an increasingly popular, fun and character-building sport that serves both boys and girls, and for the eight years that New Canaan High School’s program has been running—now with varsity club status—it’s been operated by volunteer parent Liz Schmidt, she said. Schmidt told the Board of Education at its meeting Monday that she is retiring after this season and that funds are needed to pay a coach and keep it going. No funding “means an end to the program” and “lower-than-requested funding is understandable, but would require us to cut down on the number of kids that we can admit to the program.”

“We understand that there have to be parameters on how and where money is spent,” Schmidt said during the meeting, held in the Wagner Room at New Canaan High School and attended by dozens of the 80 students who play on the Rams teams, as well as several squash parents. “However, we would like to respectfully suggest that perhaps the parameters for funding New Canaan High School sports be looked at.