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2010 Hall of Inductees
Carolyn Bravakis
Carolyn Bravakis was a pioneer in women's distance running. She began running in
1975 and two years later won the 1977 National 30 Kilometer Championship. In
1978 she won the Bronze Medal in that race, won the Silver Medal in 1979 and was
fifth overall in 1981. She was the first female member of the Hartford Track
Club to run in the Boston Marathon. In 1979 she ranked 12th in the world in
Woman's Marathoning and represented the United States in the Inaugural Tokyo
International Women's Marathon in 1979. She was featured in a special edition of
TIME Magazine Women in Sports in June of 1978. Bravakis was a contributing
writer to several running magazines including New England Running Magazine,
Running Magazine and Front Runner Magazine.
Russell Dorflinger
Russell 'Rusty' Dorflinger starred in football
and baseball at Xavier High School and was a star outfielder for the Middletown
American Legion baseball team. He won three letters in both football and
baseball at Xavier and set what was then the all time record for pass receptions
at Xavier with 40 catches in 1971. He won the team's Senior Award at Xavier and
received Honorable Mention on the All-State Football team in 1973. In Legion
Baseball, Dorflinger was Rookie of the Year in 1971 with a .341 batting average.
In 1973 he was named to the Zone 3 Legion All-Star team and was also selected to
the All-Tournament team for the 1973 State Legion Tournament. He was named the
Legion's Most Valuable Player in 1973.
Robert Fralick
Robert Fralick was a longtime scout for the
Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets. He also served as an assistant
professional baseball coach for the Bristol and New Britain Red Sox. In
Middletown, he served as an assistant coach for many local high school teams,
including the 1984 State Championship football team at Middletown High School.
He founded a baseball training camp for young people and has instructed more
than 1,000 Middletown area children in the fundamentals of baseball. He has also
served as an assistant coach of Minor League teams in Florida and was an
instructor at Bucky Dent's Baseball School in Florida. He also served eight
years as General Manager of the Middletown Legion Baseball team.
George Glover
George Glover was a basketball and baseball
star at Middletown High School and was the point guard on the back-to-back Class
M State Championship basketball teams at MHS in 1968 and 1969 that were coached
by the late Prof Gallitto. The 1969 team was undefeated at 24-0. Glover was a
tri-captain in 1969 and was named to the Central Valley Conference All-League
teams three times and to the Middletown Press All-County team his senior year.
He was the third leading scorer on those championship teams and MHS was 79-10
during Glover's years with the Tigers. Glover was a starting pitcher for John
DeNunzio's baseball team at MHS for three seasons. He attended Amherst College
and played basketball for the Lord Jeffs.
Robert Heizman
Robert Heizman was a football and baseball
star for Middletown High and was a star pitcher for the Middletown American
Legion Baseball Team. He has been a first-rate high school football official for
21 years, working state playoff and championship games. He lettered three times
in football and twice in baseball at MHS. He was named to the All-Conference
football team at safety in 1972 and was captain of the 1973 Tigers. In baseball
at MHS he was named to the Northwest Conference All-Star team as a pitcher in
1974 with a 6-2 record with an ERA of 1.59. He was named the team's Most
Valuable Player. He is the only American Legion starting pitcher in Middletown
history to have an undefeated career record (13-0). In 1973 he was named to the
State Legion's All-State Tournament team for throwing 11 and two-thirds
scoreless innings in the tournament. As a football official, he has officiated
four CIAC playoff and state championship games.
Brian
Hetherington
Brian Hetherington was a football star at
Xavier High School and Princeton University. He played nose guard, tight end and
linebacker while at Xavier and played linebacker for the Tigers at Princeton. He
was co-captain at Xavier in his 1980 senior year and received several honors. He
received the Coaches' Award for Leadership, was named All-Conference tight end
and received Honorable Mention All-State at a second position, nose guard, from
the New Haven Register. At Princeton he was the Tigers' second-leading tackler
and the leader in quarterback sacks in his senior year. He received the Harland
Baker Award for Leadership and also was named Scholar-Athlete in his senior
year, an award that was established at Princeton in 1926. He currently coaches
youth football and baseball.
Henry Hiller
Henry Hiller was an assistant boys basketball
coach, head boys cross-country coach, head baseball coach and head softball
coach at Woodrow Wilson and Middletown High Schools. He coached baseball from
1969 through 1985 winning 160 games and losing 140. He coached softball at MHS
from 1987 through 2000 and compiled a record of 247wins and 156 losses. His
softball teams won six Northwest Conference championships and his 1992 team won
the State Class M championship with a record of 23-3. The new softball field at
Middletown High is named in his honor.
Anthony "Nin" LaBella
Anthony LaBella was a football and baseball
star at Middletown High School, a football player at the University of
Connecticut and he also played semipro football and baseball in Middletown. He
graduated from MHS in 1943 and in football he either threw a touchdown pass or
scored a touchdown in every game he played. He was named to the All-State team
in his senior year. In baseball he was the Tigers' shortstop and was captain of
the team his senior year. After his time in the Navy during World War II,
LaBella played football at UConn, the highlight of which was throwing touchdown
passes against Brown University in back-toback seasons. After college he played
football for the semipro Middletown Blue Jackets and baseball for the Middletown
Giants.
Frank Marino
Frank Marino was a football and baseball star
for Middletown High and played baseball for the Middletown American Legion team,
Cheshire Academy and the University of Connecticut. He also played for the
Yarmouth Red Sox of the Cape Cod League, the Middletown Collegians and the
Hartford Twilight League. He was the quarterback of the undefeated 1966 MHS
football team and quarterbacked Cheshire Academy to the league title the
following year. He played the infield for the 1966 MHS Class M State finalist
baseball team and was All-League shortstop in 1967. He played Legion baseball
for three seasons and was the shortstop on the 1968 State Championship team.
Sean McHugh
Sean McHugh was a star football player at
Xavier High School and at Trinity College in Hartford. McHugh, a 1984 Xavier
alumnus, was a star lineman on the 10-1 1973 Xavier football team which was
runner-up in Class L and was ranked No. 5 in the state. He was named to the
Hartford County Conference All-League team, the Middlesex County All-Star team,
the Connecticut Class L All-State second team and was named Honorable Mention to
the New Haven Register All-State team. He was also named as a Scholar-Athlete by
the New Haven County Football Foundation. At Trinity, McHugh was a three-year
starter and letter winner and was named winner of the John C. Alexander Award as
the Athlete with the highest GPA. He also played professionally in Denmark with
the Tempere Rocks and led the team in tackles.
Bruce Micale
Bruce Micale starred in football and baseball at
Xavier High School and played baseball at the University of Rhode Island. Micale
won three letters in football at Xavier. He was named to the All-Hartford County
Conference All-League second team as a running back in his junior year and
firstteam All-League in his senior year. He lettered twice in baseball at Xavier
and was named to the HCC All-League first team in both his junior and senior
years. He was named to the New England High School All-Star team in 1983. He
also was named to Team USA and toured Taiwan in 1983. He was a star outfielder
for the Middletown Legion team which won the state title and finished third in
the Northeast in 1982. In 1984 at URI, he was selected as Atlantic-10 Player of
the Week.
Milt Miller
Milton Miller was on the original staff of
Woodrow Wilson High in 1931. He was an alumnus of Springfield College where he
played baseball, basketball and soccer. He was named to the Little All-America
second team for soccer in his senior year. He served at Wilson High for 38 years
coaching just about every sport the high school offered. He was the school's
longtime director of athletics and taught physical education. He was also a
longtime official of the Central Valley Conference, serving as its president for
a term and as its secretary for 25 years. He also was one of the state's leading
high school basketball officials, serving in that capacity for 12 years. The
high school football field on Hunting Hill Avenue was named in his memory and
when the new MHS opened, the entire outdoor athletic complex was named in both
Miller's Memory and that of former MHS football coach Waino Fillback.
Jim Parmelee
James Parmelee was a three-sport star at
Woodrow Wilson High School. He played football for three years and was captain
his senior year, played basketball for four years earning two letters and played
baseball for four seasons, earning three letters. He was a member of Wilson's
1955 state championship baseball team. He also played Legion baseball and played
for three years for the Higganum Higgies of the Middlesex County League. He also
was a pitcher/outfielder for UConn for three years and was the baseball coach at
E.O. Smith High School in Storrs from 1964-2000. He played baseball until age
50, serving as a pitcher in the Willimantic Twilight League until 1986 and
currently plays in the Cape Cod Old Timers Softball League. He also runs and for
many years ran in the Manchester Thanksgiving Day Road race.
Roger Younger
Roger Younger was a standout basketball player
at Middletown High School and went on to lead Sacred Heart University to the
Division II National Championship in 1986. At MHS Younger was a three-year
starter and averaged double figures each of those years as MHS went to the Class
M tournament every year. At Sacred Heart, Younger helped lead the team to a
record of 104-23 during his four years with the Pioneers. The National
Championship was the firstever by a New England school in Division II and the 30
wins turned in by Dave Bike's team remain a school record. Younger ranks seventh
in all-time scoring at Sacred Heart with 2,153 points and he led the Pioneers in
scoring three years in a row. He was named captain his senior year. Younger is
among the all-time statistical leaders in 12 different categories at Sacred
Heart. He was named second team All-American in 1985 and was selected to the
First Team All-America squad in 1986.
 1992 Middletown High School Class M State Championship
Girls Softball Team
The 1992 Class M Middletown High School
State Championship Softball team is the only public school state championship
softball team in the history of the City of Middletown. The team had a regular
season record of 19-3 and won the Northwest Conference Championship. In the
State Tournament, the Blue Dragons won four straight games, capped by a dramatic
4-3 win over favored Seymour at Falcon Field in Meriden. The winning pitcher was
Nancy Cacciola, who won all four games in the tournament. Cacciola is a member
of the Middletown Sports Hall of Fame. She and Lori Baylock were cocaptains of
the championship team. Henry Hiller, a member of this year's Class of 2010 Hall
of Fame, was the coach of the Blue Dragons.
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