Photos courtesy of photographers Elizabeth Crews, Michele Heffernan, and Mike DeCristofaro; Text from Elizabeth Crews
In late April I reached out to Matt Baker, the athletic director at the high school. My thought was that seniors were sad; spring athletes were sad, heck everyone was sad as we moved towards the end of the school year, many of us stuck in our houses. Was there a way to capture the equivalent of a “senior night” memory for any of them? Realizing there were a lot of senior athletes, I roped in two fellow photographers, Michele Heffernan and Mike DeCristofaro, who both agreed to volunteer their time to help.
Because the school grounds were closed, Matt could not authorize use of the fields or the uniforms. HABA, Holliston Athletic Booster Association, stepped up, and we worked out a plan to go to families’ houses using telephoto lenses and masks. We asked the kids to wear anything Holliston they had at home. Michele, Mike and I divided up the teams, worked with each team’s HABA rep to communicate the idea and direct them to online signup sheets.
The end-results were old-fashioned photo shoots with a majority of the athletes. Every family that participated has access to high quality pictures to download; Matt Baker also has the photos and is planning his own project honoring the seniors; and I created 30-second videos per team that I am working to promote online.
The Holliston Reporter thanks all involved for their efforts to bring these photos to our viewing audience.
View the gallery of photos here -> https://www.facebook.com/pg/HollistonReportercom-155733254139/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10158380365239140
Photo identification by sport:
Baseball
- Billy Ashworth
- Sam Farrell
- Dylan Fonseca
- Dylan Ibbitson
- Scott Langmeyer
- Owen Radcliffe
Men’s Lacrosse
- Seth Bello
- Ryan Cahill
- Jackson Goughan
- Ian Haywood
- Tommy Labb
- Andrew Lockard
- Jack Moran
- Connor Mulvaney
- Christopher O’Connell
- Robby Saponaro
- Jake Waldman
Men’s Track
- Cam Connell
- Ethan Falcao
- Zach Jacobs
- Jon Lukowiak
- Drew Mahoney
- Carter Mikkelsen
- Calvin Raymer
Men’s Tennis
- Nikko Alwani
- Nick Chusio
- Brendon Geary
- Brendan Haddad
- Ayra Kodali
- Thomas Sykes
Softball
- Jackie Alabrandi
- Katie Randlett
Ultimate Frisbee
- Nico Doyle
- Brendan Irons
- Ian Shaw
- Henry Tate
- Mathew Whiting
Women’s Tennis
- Alyssa Brucato
- Mary Hanstad
- Madison Rankin
Women’s Track
- Bella Bergloff
- Martha Devoe
- Gwen Freeley
- Campbell Hastings
- Riley Marsden
Women’s Lacrosse
- Sydney Collier
- Maggie Fitzgerald
- Izzy Larche
- Aliya Marino
- Shealyn Marino
- Audrey Strock
- Kaelin Trombley
- Kenzie Underwood
Thank you all so very much! Elizabeth, Michele and Mike for spending so much time photographing our seniors! The videos were amazing and appreciated so much!