Record-Journal DENIS BLANDON MALONEY SOCCER JULIE DUSZAK SOUTHINGTON SWIMMING Denis Blandon is one of those "as he goes, we go" players. When the Maloney senior is controlling the midfield, working sideline to sideline and distributing the ball wel, the Spartans tend to do well In Mon- day night's rivalry game, Blandon scored a pair of first-half goals to send Maloney on its way to a 4-0 victory over Platt. It was win. Said coach Dave Pamess, "He's been one of The reigning CCC West breaststroke champ is off to a stellar start here in her senior year. Julie Duszak has won nine individual races and been part of 10 first-place relays in helping the Blue Knights get off the blocks at 5-0. She's won her signature event four times and, as a freestyle sprinter, has won twice Maloney's fourth straight at 100 yards and three times at 50. Her fastest times entering the week: 25.52 in the 50, 5739 in the 100 and 1:12.51 in the breaststroke the most consistent players we have. CAMERON GERME PLATT SOCCER LEXIE HEMSTOCK CHESHIRE FIELD HOCKEY Platt fell to 0-5 with Monday's loss to Maloney and, for a guy lke Cameron Germe, who enjoyed success with the baseball team this spring, that's a tough go. Yet the senior goalie has been a bright ight on the pitch for Platt. All-CCC South a year ago, Germe is closing in on 400 career saves. He's been fantastic throughout his whole career, Platt coach Tim Redican said. Fantastic kid and fantastic goalie. He gives us a fighting chance in a lot of games. Cheshire field hockey took a 6-0 record into its Monday showdown with rival Hand. The Rams are perennial contenders, so being undefeated after six games is no major surprise. The manner in which they've done it is another story. Cheshire won its first Six without giving up a goal. Tre backbone of that shutout streak is second-year goale Lexie Hem- stock, a two-sport star who has commited to play field hockey and softball at Western New England. SHAKESPEARE RODRIGUEZ CHLOE LABISSIONIERE WILCOX TECH VOLLEYBALL LYMAN HALL FOOTBALL Name us a defensive back in Connecticut high school football with a more literary name than Lyman Hall junior Shakespeare Rodriguez. Name one any more proldic. Last week, with a 12-yard nterception return against Foran, Rodriguez record ed his second pick-six of the season. He had two INTs in Lyman Hall's 20-10 win in Milford and now has three overall. The team scoring leader also has rushing and receiving TDs for the 2-2 Trojans The Wilcox Indians have nice balance on the vol- eyball court this fall It shows in the 9-1 record they took into this week's acton. Their leading hammer on offense? That's Chloe Laßissionieme. The junior hitter compiled 22 kils in three days last week as the Tribe suffered its first loss to Cheney Tech, then rebounded with wins over Kaynor and O'Brien. Chloe's season high, so far, are the 14 kills she planted on Sept. 21 against Whitney Tech. VOTE AND WIN! WIN $500! THIS WEEK'S Vote for your favorite AOTW and automatically be entered for our year end $500 drawing! One lucky person will be randomly selected as our $500 winner. A single vote gets you entered, vote every week to earn more chances to win! 6 WINNERS yrecordjournalscom/ATHLETESMAITHENAROU ALEPER SHEEHAN SOCCER MALONEY SOCCER