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    Wednesday, May 08, 2024

    Stonington Athletic Hall of Fame to add 10 members

    The Stonington High School Athletic Hall of Fame will induct 10 new members on Saturday, April 25, at the high school.

    Being honored are John Francis Gallagher (Class of 1914, football, basketball, baseball), Eugene O. Gynther (Class of 1933, football, basketball, baseball, track), George J. Savin (Class of 1946, football, basketball, baseball, track), Ernest H. Ozanne Jr. (Class of 1947, basketball, baseball), Charles W. Shea (Class of 1947, cross country, football, basketball, track), Dick Williams (Class of 1960, basketball, baseball, track), David Cidale (Class of 1965, football, basketball, baseball), Jennifer C. Sullivan (Class of 2001, soccer, basketball, track, lacrosse), Will Agnello (Class of 2002, cross country, track) and Jennifer Fogg (Class of 2003, soccer, basketball, softball).

    Gallagher played on some of the first organized teams at Stonington, serving as captain in all three of his sports. He was the starting catcher for the baseball team for four years and later  coached baseball at Westerly, winning the Eastern Connecticut-Western Rhode Island league championship in 1923, and football and baseball at Stonington.

    Gynther was voted Most Athletic in his class. He was captain in all three sports and president of the S Club, going on to play on various amateur and semi-professional basketball and baseball teams after graduating. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1936-40 and during World War II from 1942-45 and was named to the All-Navy baseball team twice.

    Savin earned All-Eastern Connecticut Conference honors in track in 1946 and was a state champion in the 220-yard dash. He was also a member of 440-yard and 880-yard relay teams that took first at the 1946 Connecticut Relays. He was a co-founder of the Stonington Athletic Boosters and coached Stonington's first Pee Wee Football team.

    Ozanne led the ECC in scoring his senior basketball season and helped the Bears to the state tournament semifinals. He earned three letters in baseball. As a sophomore he pitched in every game the Bears played, as a junior he pitched a no-hitter against Killingly and in his senior season he played four different field positions as well as pitching. He played baseball at UConn.

    Shea was a key member of the basketball team, helping the Bears to the state finals in 1946 and the semifinals in 1947. As a senior, he led Stonington in scoring with 308 points and had what was then a single-game scoring record with 33 points against Norwich Free Academy. He earned first team All-ECC and second team All-Class B Tournament honors.

    Williams earned All-ECC honors in basketball and baseball as a senior and was a member of the 1958-59 ECC champion basketball team and ECC champion baseball teams in 1957, 1959, and 1960. He went on to play basketball at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduated in 1964 and is a Vietnam veteran who earned two Bronze Stars.

    Cidale played on ECC championship teams in football in 1964 and baseball in 1965 and earned all-league honors in both sports. He was awarded the Stonington Police Association Outstanding Player and Stonington School Bus Drivers' Offensive Player awards at the 1964 Armistice Day football game versus Westerly. He is a member of the University of Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame.

    Sullivan, now the coach of the Ledyard girls' soccer team, was a two-time all-state selection and three-time All-ECC pick in soccer at Stonington who went on to play on four NCAA tournament teams at UConn (including a second-place finish in 2003). In track, she was a member of the state champion 4x800-meter relay team as a junior.

    Agnello earned 12 letters during his running career and was named to All-ECC teams six times, three for cross country, one for indoor track and two for outdoor track. He was a member of the 1999 Class M outdoor track and 2001 Class M cross country state championship teams.

    Fogg was a first team All-ECC pick in basketball who led the Bears in scoring her senior year. She finished with 1,167 points, what was then a school record. She went on to play basketball at Suffolk University, where she was a four-year starter.

    The Hall of Fame dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the high school's commons. Tickets are $35 each. For information, call Liz Young at Stonington High School at (860) 599-5781 between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. or send a check made out to the SHS Athletic Hall of Fame with a note listing who will attend and which inductee guests are there to honor.

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