We hope you can enjoy some of the exciting Spring Athletics championships taking place in the next two weeks! Congratulations to all our students who competed, and to those who took home top prizes in the CRAL (Capital Region Athletic League) Track and Field Championships on May 27 at Weaver High School against teams from Hartford, New Britain, Windsor and more.
HMTCA Girls (pictured above) were crowned CRAL Champions and University Boys and Girls came in 2nd place (pictured below.)
The Weaver High School Beavers took home some first place wins:
Shantana Smith
• 1st Place – Women’s Varsity 100m Hurdles (33")
• 1st Place – Women’s Varsity 300m Hurdles (30")
Yasmeen Browdy-Beckford
• 1st Place - Women's Long Jump
Weaver Women’s Varsity 4x100m Relay – 1st Place (Personal Record: 51.04)
• Yasmeen Browdy-Beckford, Shantana Smith, Stephanie Appiah-Hagan, Zemanie Shreeves
Weaver Women’s Varsity 4x400m Relay – 1st Place (Personal Record: 4:37.78)
• Rashea Grundy, Adobie Daley, Denelia Rigg, Morisa Martin
Weaver Women’s Varsity 4 x 800 Relay - 1st Place
• Rashea Grundy, Morisa Martin, Nicole Pabon, Kenya Johnson
At the May 29, 2025 CRAL Baseball Championship Game, the HTMCA/SMSA co-op team tipped a win from University/Classical at the University of St. Joseph’s baseball stadium, while the Classical/University Softball team won the title from the Capital Prep/SMSA co-op.
CONGRATULATIONS to SMSA's unstoppable Girls Flag Football team for taking home the Conference Championship with a big win over Aerospace/Comp-Si. Shoutout to Valyzah Martinez and Celiani Gonzalez for earning All-Conference Honors. The Lady Tigers are still undefeated with a 7-0 record.
Cheer on our high school athletes at the following Finals:
Softball:
Class S - Capital Prep/SMSA (1st round bye - plays winner of Windham Tech vs. Somers on June 4th @ Quirk Turf, 3:30pm)
Class M - University/Classical vs. Montville (June 2nd @ Annie Fisher Turf, 3:30pm)
Class M - HMTCA vs. Daniel Hand (June 2nd @ Colt Park, 3:30pm)
Baseball:
Class S - University/Classical @ Morgan (June 2nd , 3:30pm)
Class M - HMTCA/SMSA vs. Griswold (June 2nd @ Hyland Park, 3:30pm)
Class L - Prince Tech/Bulkeley/Hartford Public @ Cheshire (June 2nd , 3:30pm)
Boys Volleyball:
Class M - SMSA/Bulkeley @ Cheshire (June 4th , time TBA)
Middle Schools Sports Update
We have worked so hard in the past several years to establish middle school sports here at HPS to foster engagement and health for our grade 6 through 8 learners and to prepare them for sports at the high school level. At our HPS Middle School Spring Sports Championships on May 24 at Manchester High School, 37 Hartford middle school student-athletes qualified and competed in the CT Middle School State Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet.
Here are the top performers:
Women's 55m hurdles - Brielle Parkes (8th place - SMSA)
Men's 100m - Urijah Linton (6th place - Betances STEM)
Men's 200 - King Gunn (3rd place - Achievement First)
Men's 4x100 relay - Pierre Louis, Harper, Johnson, Gunn (5th place - Achievement First)
Men's 55m hurdles - Ifeoluwaleke Emokpaire (5th place - HMTCA)
And here are all our winners by event:
Women's 100 Meters
1. Nylani Leon Classical Magnet 13.84 PR
2. Keneilia Morgan AF Hartford Summit 14.04
3. Morgan Jenkins-Granville Classical Magnet 14.29
Women's 200 Meters
1. Damara Flash HMTCA 29.51 PR
2. Nylani Leon Classical Magnet 29.92
3. Keneilia Morgan AF Hartford Summit 30.15
Women's 400 Meters
1. Rohey Minteh Noah Webster 1:13.78
2. Marisol Velasquez Noah Webster 1:14.61 PR
3. Ariane-Eva Pierre-Louis AF Hartford Summit 1:16.76 PR
Women's 800 Meters
1. Ganiya Koussandja Noah Webster 4:22.11
Women's 55m Hurdles 
1. Brielle Parkes SMSA 10.85 PR
2. Jelannys Marte Munoz Kennelly 11.27
3. Simara Paulino Global Communications 11.60 PR
Women's 4x100 Relay
1. Classical Magnet 55.90 PR (Nylani Leon, Nyasia Leon, Justyce Wilson, Morgan Jenkins-Granville)
2. HMTCA 58.52 PR ( Gabriella Ayala, Madeline Aguilar, Ifeoluwalere "Lere" Emokpaire, Damara Flash)
3. Noah Webster 59.26 PR (Azarah Houston, Rohey Minteh, Dreame Hampton, Cathy Chimney)
Women's Shot Put
1. Katherine Done Noah Webster 26'2
2. Deyaneishka Figueroa Dwight Bellizzi 24'8 PR
3. Nayeli Rockwell Classical Magnet 24'3 PR
Women's Long Jump
1. Azarah Houston Noah Webster 14'9
2. Taryn "Paige" Moore HMTCA 14'3
3. Jarelynn Cabellero Burr 13'10 PR
Mens 100 Meter
1. King Gunn AF Hartford Summit 12.15 PR
2. Urijah Linton B-Stem 12.34
3. Javoris Harper AF Hartford Summit 12.92
Men's 200 Meter
1. King Gunn AF Hartford Summit 25.06
2. Urijah Linton B-Stem 25.55
3. Sandley Gervilus HMTCA 26.36
Men's 400 Meter
1. Kishon Lewis B-Stem 1:00.53 PR
2. Marlon Johnson AF Hartford Summit 1:00.78 PR
3. Javoris Harper AF Hartford Summit 1:07.55 PR
Men's 800 Meters
1. Andrew Nkhum Noah Webster 2:44.12 PR
2. Jandres Martinez HMTCA 3:07.14
3. Anthony Martinez Noah Webster 3:09.78 PR
Men's 55m Hurdles
1. Ifeoluwaleke "Leke" Emokpaire HMTCA 9.04 PR
2. Kishon Lewis B-Stem 9.17 PR
3. Darius Lyn Noah Webster 9.28 PR
Men's 4x100 Relay
1. AF Hartford Summit 50.10 PR (Marlon Johnson, Jace Sinclaire, Javoris Harper, King Gunn )
2. HMTCA 51.01 PR (Sandley Gervilus, Ifeoluwaleke "Leke" Emopaire, Jayden Pearson, Lucas Restrepo)
3. Noah Webster 55.32 PR (Darius Lyn, Chance Coleman, Hakeim Green, Andrew Nkhum)
Men's Shot Put
1. Isaac Molina Noah Webster 31'9 PR
2. Kurt Henry Noah Webster 23'3
3. Matthew Cauley Noah Webster 23'0
Men's Long Jump
1. Kwame Apenteng Noah Webster 16'9
2. Darius Lyn Noah Webster 16'7
3. Urijah Linton B-Stem 15'8 PR
Mixed 4x100 Relay
1. HMTCA 55.24 PR (Gabriella Ayala, Jayden Pearson, Damara Flash, Lucas Restrepo)
2. AF Hartford Summit 55.74 PR (Shaniequa Martin, Keneilia Morgan, Devonio Bell, Nathan Cruz)
3. Noah Webster 59.97 PR (Kwame Apenteng, Alberto Rivera, Serenity Paddy, Laila Heckstall)
Congratulations to all our Middle School Athletes!
Please attend some of the exciting, upcoming matches.
Monday, June 2 at 4:30 PM at Sport and Medical Sciences Academy, watch the HPS Middle School Boys Volleyball Championship.
And on Tuesday, June 3, the Middle School Coed Flag Football Championship takes place at (t/b/d; either HPHS or Weaver) at 4:30 PM.