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President:
Frank Beneski
Vice-Chairman:
Bob Cecchini
Secretary:
Sheila Beneski
Treasurer:
David Padegimas
Members:
Fran Aniello
Bob Berriman
John Bertolini
Kathy Bielonko
Cookie Bromage
Lou Casinghino
Art Christian
Kevin Goff
Michelle Killam
Dennis Kinne
Larry Krogh
John Kulas
Barbara Novak
Bruce Remington
Joe Sinicrope
Danny Sullivan
David Sullivan
Helen Thresher
TOWN OF SUFFIELD
Class of 2008
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Jill Bizeau
 | Jill Bizeau graduated from Suffield High School in 2000. She was a three-sport star for the Wildcats, excelling in soccer, basketball and softball. Jill was selected to the NCCC All Conference soccer teams her first three years until a knee injury in the fall of 1999 curtailed her high school career. In Jill’s junior year, 1998, she led her Suffield soccer team to a State Championship. She was selected tournament MVP and was chosen to the Coaches All State Soccer Team in both 1997 and 1998. Jill’s 69 career goals currently rank her fourth all time in SHS girl's soccer history. Bizeau’s outstanding athletic ability extended from the soccer season to the basketball season. In 1997-1998 she was the MVP of the team, MVP of the 1998 Enfield Tournament, and All NCCC. In 1999, Jill made the Hartford Courant All State 2nd Team and was chosen to the Coaches Class M All State Team. |
| In the spring season, Jill played varsity softball. As a freshman, she was rookie of the year and played varsity softball until her career ending injury. After Suffield, Jill attended Sacred Heart University, graduating in 2004. Playing Division I soccer at Sacred Heart, Bizeau had ten goals and eight assists. Her 2001 team was NEC Champions and Jill received the Allison Rioux Award that year. | |
Fred Blakesley
| Fred Blakesley was a Suffield High School custodian from 1947-1975 who had a major impact on the town’s young athletes. He was a dedicated Little League Baseball umpire and the basketball clock operator at the high school games for over twenty years. In fulfilling those responsibilities, Fred served the youth in town as a mentor, role model, teacher, supporter, and father figure to many. With his quiet, unassuming demeanor, Fred took a genuine interest in people of all ages. Whether it was giving kids rides to and from practice and games, or just giving advice and encouragement, he was always there to help. Fred was awarded the Suffield Teachers Distinguished Service Award and chosen “Man of the Year” by the Suffield Jaycees. We are very proud to induct Fred Blakesley into the Suffield Athletic Hall of Fame. He was one of a kind, an institution in Suffield for all of the good in life and a true friend to all. |
Rich Favreau
 | Richard Favreau graduated from Suffield High School in 1967. Rich earned varsity letters while participating in soccer, basketball and track. Favreau co-captained the soccer team in 1965. He was selected to the All NCCC soccer teams in 1965 and 1966. On the basketball court, he became the second player in school history to score over 1,000 career points, and he is currently still ranked 6th all time at SHS with 1149. Track and field was his spring sport. Rich was elected a co-captain in 1967 and he was chosen as an All NCCC standout. In the 1967 conference championships, Rich won the 100-yard dash, the long jump and the triple jump, setting a conference record. Rich finished his senior track season with school records in both jumping events. Rich entered the University of Connecticut in 1967. It was at UConn where Favreau really blossomed in soccer, his college sport of choice. He received the Squires Award in 1970 as the team’s most valuable player and was selected by the National Soccer Coaches Association for All New England honors. Rich participated in the New England Intercollegiate Soccer All Star Game where he was team captain. |
| Favreau was chosen for the All Yankee Conference Team in 1970. In 1971, Rich was named one of UConn’s Outstanding Scholar Athlete Award recipients as well as one of America‘s Outstanding Athletes. | |
Iggy Miller-Murawski
 | Iggy Miller Murawski graduated from Suffield Academy in 1936. Iggy was a standout in both basketball and baseball at the Academy. He captained the baseball team in 1935 and 1936 and the basketball team in 1936. Iggy received a scholar-athlete award for his outstanding success as an athlete and a student.
Iggy’s athletic accomplishments began, however, before high school and continued long after he graduated. In grammar school he won three baseball championships and one basketball title by 1932. |
| The Savitt Gems signed Iggy to a pitching contract in 1941. In the next four years Iggy participated against an array of professional talent from the Negro League, the New York Yankees, the National League All-Stars, and service teams who barnstormed the area. Among the many major leaguers he played against were Ted Williams, Satchel Paige, and Babe Ruth, and he played with the Babe in an All-Star game at Bulkeley Stadium. Iggy’s prowess as a pitcher led him to victories over some of the best baseball teams from Brooklyn to Boston, and he was also an excellent hitter, as his .353 batting average in 1946 will attest. He led his teams to several Twilight League championships, the last in 1953, before he moved on to become a Little League coach and administrator. His Suffield induction is his third Hall of Fame, having been previously inducted into the Hartford Twighlight League and the Enfield Halls of Fame. | |
Lloyd Steen
 | When Lloyd Steen graduated from SHS in 1978, he left an athletic legacy that included outstanding play as a stopper and goalie in soccer, and record setting performances in indoor and outdoor track. Lloyd’s athletic accomplishments earned him the Meade Alcorn Outstanding Athlete at graduation.
Lloyd helped lead SHS to two state semi-finals in soccer. His junior year as a stopper back the team finished with a 14-1-2 record, and, in his senior season he was the goalie on a team that finished with 13-3-3 record, including 9 shutouts. Lloyd’s best sport was track and field. Blessed with both speed and strength, Lloyd excelled in running and field events. He was a sprinter and hurdler and also participated in the shot put, javelin, discus, long jump and pole vault. Never finishing worse than third in every event he entered his senior year, Steen led Suffield to the NCCC Championship. Lloyd was named to the All Conference Team for the second time in 1978. Lloyd’s incredible versatility led him to try the decathlon in the State Open where he finished third, setting a school record of over six thousand points. This record still stands. |
| Lloyd’s success in the decathlon took him to Division I University of Rhode Island as one of their top recruits. In 1980, in the decathlon, he finished fifth in the Boston College Relays, fifth in the New Englands, and seventh in IC4A Championship in Philadelphia, and set the decathlon record at URI that stood for 22 years. | |
1981 SHS Boys Soccer Team
Back Row: Coach Tom Ferreri,Kurt Knoefel,Dave Sisk,Mark Burton,Dave Merrill,Tim Geary,Steve Quaqliaroli,Brian McEwan,Tim Cannon,Jim Danise,
Jeff Osowiecki,Rob Psholka,John Bertolini
Front Row: Bob Butler,Russ Fricke,Greg Stagg,David Sullivan,Danny Sullivan,David Simmons,John Gallant,Richard McCarty,Chris Mellilo,Mike Scully
| The 1981 Suffield High Boys Soccer Team was one of only two undefeated State Champions in Suffield’s athletic history. This team finished their season with a 17-0-3 record. With only four starters, all on defense, returning from the 1980 team, expectations were not high as the 1981 season began.
But the 1981 team had speed, toughness, and a strong defense, and above all, a strong tradition of soccer success. The 1981 season began with two easy wins before the first game with archrival Windsor Locks, a perennial soccer power. This game ended in a three all tie, but it proved to the Suffield team that this could be more than a rebuilding year. The team quickly extended their record to 7-0-1. The offense was led by Dan Sullivan, John Gallant, David Merrill, Rick McCarty, Russ Fricke, Bob Butler, Greg Stagg, and David Sullivan. The outstanding defense was anchored by John Bertolini, Brian McEwan, Rob Psholka, Dave Simmons and goalies Steve Quagliaroli and Tim Geary. Dan Sullivan and Bertolini were named to the All-State and JI All-Area teams, while Simmons also made the JI All-Area Team and all three were joined by McEwan on the NCCC All Conference Team. |
