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Two Avon teams win Connecticut Cup titles

SIMSBURY, June 13 – Two boys teams from the Avon Soccer Club earned championships in the Connecticut Junior Soccer Association’s (CJSA) Connecticut Cup spring state tournament at Curtiss Park.

The U-14 Avon Pumas (10-0, 5-0 tournament) won the tournament with a 4-2 victory over New Haven in the championship game. Marek Jablonski coached the team, which also won a divisional title in the CJSA’s NorthCentral League.

Avon United, a U-11 team that plays 8 vs. 8, shared the Connecticut Cup title with Easton Redding Gold after a 1-1 tie in the final. They are the first Avon teams to win a Connecticut Cup title since an Avon Soccer Club U-13 boys team won in 2005 and 2003.

Doug Hope’s U-19 Avon squad fell in the championship final, dropping a 2-1 decision to Hamden. The U-19 team, which shared a divisional title in the CJSA’s NorthCentral League, finished the season with a record of 7-2 and 3-1 in the Cup tournament.

All three Avon teams had exciting semifinal victories. The Pumas won their fourth straight Cup game with a 3-2 win over West Hartford. Avon United beat Wethersfield, 4-1 in the semifinals of the U-11 division.

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Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.

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