GFA sophomore Nico Provo, representing Southside Wrestling of Trumbull, has placed second in Greco and is wrestling for 3rd in Freestyle at FloWrestling Nationals and has qualified for Team USA and the Jr. Pan American games in June.
GFA assistant wrestling coach Jake Fisher qualified for the 2020 US Olympic trials in Greco Roman wrestling yesterday. Today, he will compete for the US Senior Open championship at 77 kilograms.
#ctwr
@GameTimeCT
In the ultimate sign of cold-day sportsmanship, a
@Concord_Academy
helps out a
@GFA_Athletics
player by lending an ungloved hand on a frigid, windy day at the
@NEPSAC
boys soccer quarterfinals on Wednesday -
#ctbsoc
We have a gold medalist walking our halls. Rising junior wrestler Nico Provo won gold at the 2019 Pan Am Cadet Games in Mexico this weekend, representing Team USA and going undefeated in freestyle. He also took bronze in Greco Roman.
@GameTimeCT
#ctwr
@CTWrestling
@FredGerteiny
Congrats to our own Fairfield-based hoops duo of Cole Prowitt-Smith (Williams College), right, and Greg Lawrence (Emory University), left, on their verbal commitments to play at the next level.
#ctbb
#nepsac
@NEPSAC
@NEPrepBB
Meant to post this a week ago. A few months back, a photo went viral of an opponent helping out a player. We had the same situation play out here as
@WoosterGenerals
GK helped out a cramping GFA player late in the game. Class act, Wooster! Thank you.
#ctbsoc
@nepsac
@GameTimeCT
One thing that shouldn't get lost in Allie Palmieri's 1,000 career points is the fact that with today's 16th win by the Dragons, it gives
@GfaGirls
Coach Jen Harris her winningest season ever at GFA ... topping last year's 15 wins.
#ctgb
#1and0
#16times
#dragonnation
With this goal, GFA
#ctfh
standout Autumn Bartush broke the school record for career points. She has 50 goals to go with 20 assists for 120 points in just three years as a Dragon!
@NEPSAC
@GameTimeCT
Twelve more GFA student-athletes have finalized their plans to play sports in college, bringing the school’s Class of 2023 total of Dragons playing at the next level to 19. That’s out of a class of 90.
#impressive
#dragonnation
@NEPSAC
@GameTimeCT
Congratulations to GFA graduate Sean Hogan '19 who was the starting pitcher last night as the Danbury Westerners won the
@TheNECBL
championship.
@danbwesterners
The
@GfaGirls
#ctgb
team is headed to the
@NEPSAC
Class C semifinals for the first time in program history. Here is the Dragon Nation Sports Blog game report -
Congrats to Oscar Edelman and Joel Nash on their All-NEPSAC selections and to Carl Coridon and Sheridan Oberhand for their Honorable Mention selections!
#Dragons
#ctbb
#ctgb
GFA has won the 2022 FAA Tournament championship with an 11-5 win over
@kingschoolct
. It’s is the Dragons first-ever tourney title
@NEPSAC
@GameTimeCT
First time in school history! Wrestling program at
@GFA_Athletics
sending not one, not two, but FOUR senior wrestlers off to the next level
#GoDragons
🤼 🐉
More than 100 photos from Saturday's
@NEPSAC
Class C semifinals between
@GfaGirls
and
@DXSF_GBBall
have been posted on our school's Flickr page. That pushes the total of
#ctgb
photos this season to more than 1,000!
We know how to pick them. Former GFA girls soccer coach Freya Coombe (AKA
@only1Freya
) s now coaching the best players in the world with the Sky Blue Football Club of the NWSL. -
#ctgsoc
Our final Dragon Nation Sports Blog Athletes of the Week for 2019 have been announced - Way to go Jack, Allie, Clare and Peter!
#ctbb
#ctgb
#ctwr
#ctsquash
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Starting tomorrow and through Saturday, more than 225 wrestlers will converge on
@gfacademy
for the 2019 New England Prep School championships. Preparations are under way.
#ctwr
@NEPSAC
Nico Provo of
@GFA_Athletics
defeats Dayton Delviscio of Malvern Prep currently ranked No. 4 in the national prep rankings. Here he is scoring the go ahead takedown. Provo led whistle to whistle winning 11-9.
#ctwr
GFA Athletics congratulates our own senior wrestler Griffin Seyfried, the 2019 NEISWA 126-pound wrestling champion and the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler -
@NEPSAC
@gfacademy
@GameTimeCT
#ctwr
Hats off to the
#Monsoon
and to the
@GFA_Athletics
faithful. You all really brought it tonight. The atmosphere was electric. Commensurate with a game where EVERY👏 SINGLE👏PLAY👏 MATTERED👏.
The
@GFAbasketball
and
@gcdstigers
#ctbb
teams held a moment of silence before today's FAA game to honor
@StLukesStorm
hockey player Teddy Balkind, who died last week after suffering an on-ice injury in a
#cthk
game at Brunswick. Our thoughts remain with the Storm and the Bruins.
If you're going to lose a heartbreaking game in overtime, you want to do it on a spectacular goal by a great player. Here is how
@millbrkmustangs
won today's game with 2:30 left in overtime.
#nepsac
.
@gfa_baseball
's
@Tflorio2
came up aces for the Dragons this season, leading the program to a historic season, an FAA Regular Season co-championship and a berth in the league tournament finals. What a season, Trace!
#ctbase
Congratulations to GFA sailor and rising senior Katherine McNamara on her 2021 i420 World Championship win in Italy earlier this month. Way to go, Kat!
@GameTimeCT
@NEPSAC
@DevellisJustin
One of my favorite photos from Saturday's NEISWA wrestling championships - This is
@GFA_Athletics
' freshman Peter Kane, moments after winning his title, helping out by volunteering his time as a tapper for the officials. That's a true team player.
#ctwr
@nepsac
@GameTimeCT
The
@GFA_Athletics
wrestling team had eight wrestlers crowned as Western New England champs and also won the team title with 266.5 points on Saturday.
#ctwr
Tyler Vassel '25 pours in a career-high 30 points, including five 3-point shots, as
@GFAbasketball
stays undefeated in 2024 with a win over Watkinson School
#ctbb
You can call him Charlie. You can call him Chuck. Whatever you call him, please call him a really, really, really good
#ctbase
player who was honored by the league after leading
@gfa_baseball
to an historic 2022 campaign.
The story of a father, a son, a coach, and a legacy of pride handed down through all three GFA Dragons en route to wrestling glory -
#ctwr
@CTWrestling
Presenting your 2020 FAA Wrestling champions from Greens Farms Academy, undefeated on the day, including a 45-33 victory over 22-year defending champ
@BrunswickBruins
.
#ctwr
@nepsac
@GameTimeCT
Congrats to former
@gfa_baseball
catcher Tim Mira on his team at Rollins College winning an NCAA Div. 2 Regional Championship and advancing to the College World Series.
@NEPSAC
#ctbase
#FAA
The GFA wrestling team is off to a good start at Prep Nationals with five Dragons advancing to the quarterfinals. Brady, Marcus, Nate, Peter and Ronnie all still alive in the hunt for national titles.
#ctwr
@CTWrestling
Meet your 2021
@GFAGirlsBball
tri-captains, from left, Georgia, Marygrace and Caroline. They can ball, lax, run like the wind, ride horses and more. And, they can lead us through a pandemic and into a hoop season. Good luck, girls!
#ctgb
@NEPSAC
GFA assistant wrestling coach Jake Fisher, right, has advanced to the semifinals at the 2019 U.S. Senior National Wrestling Championships in Fort Worth, Texas -
#ctwr
The
@GfaGirls
#ctgb
team had a huge win over
@HH_Hornets
to notch their 21st win of the season on Tuesday night. Here is the Dragon Nation Sports Blog's game report -