Alexys Vazquez, sitting in the back seat of the family car, often was on her phone in search of an open fitness center basketball court, so later she could shoot some three-pointers, while older brother Kyle played baseball.

When an umpire was giving sophomore pitcher Sean Johnston a hard time, Veleas said, “Stop yelling at my player,” Johnston recalled.

Tony Legnani learned about Bob Johnson from newspaper clippings his mother had sent him, while he was on active duty in Okinawa.

After playing youth soccer for several years, Catherine Voelpel was hesitant to take up a new sport, running.

Amy Bordonaro Collins is a two-fer, a double-dose of athletic and academic excellence.

Jason Pires says Brittany Labbadia is on his “Mount Rushmore” of softball players he has coached at Berlin High School.

Berlin High School girls golf coach Jim Barnes looked out from the boisterous bus as it approached the Timberlin Golf Course clubhouse, after the team had won its first CIAC state championship in 2011.

Early in the 1999 baseball season the team was demolishing the opposition.

Adela Sarra McLaughlin's advocacy for girls' athletics was laudatory throughout her almost 40 years as an educator, coach and athletic administrator in the Berlin school system.

Aldo Zovich was a freshman at Berlin High School in 1976 when he went out for the first wrestling team in school history.

Anthony Marzi was an established pitcher on the UConn baseball team in 2013.

Olson said participating in the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials and setting the 1979 NCAA Division II hammer record were his most memorable sports achievements.

Meagan Guy was a basketball and softball captain as a junior and a senior and a volleyball captain her senior season at Berlin High School.

Nick Pepe was an admired coach for many years at assorted athletic venues.

Roger Pulito’s football career at Southern Connecticut State University began with a harrowing gauntlet.

The 2000 Recoat wrestling team continued the success of the 1999 team repeating Class M State Champions. The team finished a perfect dual meet season winning 19 with no losses to become Berlin's first ever undefeated team.

The 1999 wrestling team was the Class M State Champions setting a new record for points scored in a State Tournament with 261.5 points surpassing the record 234 points scored by the BHS 1986 Class S State Championship team.

Steve Baccaro graduated from Berlin High in 1947 where he was a four-year letterman in baseball, basketball, and football. He was the captain of the football team his senior year.

Phil Peretta graduated from Berlin High in 1961 where he was a four-year varsity athlete in both football and basketball. He was captain of the football team his senior year.

Allison Murphy Semenuk graduated from Berlin High in 2002 where she was a recipient of 12 varsity letters. In soccer Allison was a varsity starter her sophomore, junior, and senior years.