By DAVID BORGESJournal Register News Service

BOSTON — It started innocent-ly enough, with a Manny Ramirezmoon-shot home run over theMonster Seats. And if a Manny’slong shot isn’t exactly a newsflash, it was just his second of theseason.

Then came a J.D. Drew blastover the Boston bullpen. Not theend of the world, if you’re aYankees fan.

Three pitches later, however,Mike Lowell lofted a homer overeverything, and things got inter-esting. And when Jason Varitekcracked a homer of his own twopitches after that — well, thingsgot downright historic.

Four straight Red Sox home

runs on 10 Chase Wright pitchesin the third inning Sunday nightmatched a major-league recordaccomplished just four other timesin baseball history. All four weresolo shots, however, and thoughthey gave the Red Sox a brief lead,they still had to come from behindto eventually secure a 7-6 victory,

thanks to a so-so effort by DaisukeMatsuzaka.

In fact, the game wasn’t decid-ed until Jonathan Papelbon gotred-hot Alex Rodriguez on a weakfielder’s choice grounder for thegame’s final out in the ninth. It’s

APBoston Red Sox’s Mike Lowell, left, congratulates teammate J.D. Drew after Drew’s solo shot off New York Yankees pitcher Chase Wright in the third inningof their baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston on Sunday in Boston. Manny Ramirez, Drew, Lowell and Jason Varitek hit consecutive home runs.

APPenn State linebacker Tim Shaw works out at the college’s training facilityin State College, Pa., on Thursday.

By PETER WALLACERegister Citizen Staff

Twelve people have beenselected for induction intothe 2007 class of theTorrington High SchoolAthletic Hall of Fame.

Patrick Finn, BruceKasenetz, Janis LaPorta,Andrew Marchand, MichaelMcKenna, Tammy Ostrosky,John Palladino, Joe Perusse,Biff Pond, Diane Shugrue,Luis Thuillard, and CharlesVierps will be feted at theCornucopia Banquet Hall onApril 29. Reservations canbe made through the highschool main office or bycalling committee ChairmanPat Fairchild.

Here’s a preview (inalphabetical order by lastname):

PATRICK FINN: Pat Finn(Class of ‘81) was a footballlineman, swimmer andscholar. He was named tothe Naugatuck ValleyLeague’s All-Defensive teamas a junior and a Hall ofFame Scholar-Athlete by theNational FootballAssociation as a senior. Hewent on to earn All-NewEngland honors as a three-year starter at TrinityCollege in Hartford. TheBantams named him defen-sive MVP as a senior.

BRUCE KASENETZ:Kasenetz, head coach of theTorrington football teamfrom 1981-1987, led theRaiders to the CIAC Class Mchampionship game in 1983and to the NVL champi-onship in 1987. In theprocess, he was namedConnecticut Coach of theYear, beat perennial powerAnsonia three times, andtraditional rivals Naugatuckand Watertown four timesapiece.

JANIS LAPORTA:LaPorta was a High SchoolAll-American swimmer in1976, before Torrington hada girls swimming team.Swimming for the boysteam, her 1:08.59 in the 100-yard breaststroke rankedLaPorta 11th in the countryin that event in 1976. Shewas in the NVL’s top 10 intwo events in all three ofher varsity years, and wasthe first Torrington femaleswimmer to go on to collegecompetition (ManhattanvilleCollege in Purchase, N.Y.).

ANDREW MARCHAND:Another champion swim-mer, Marchand reigned as

All-NVL for all four of hishigh school years (Class of’95), the last three as All-State, last two as All-American HonorableMention. As a two-yearState Open champion, he seta number of school records,several of which still stand.He also went on to swim atthe collegiate level, achiev-ing all-conference honorsfor three years at St.Bonaventure University inNew York.

MICHAEL MCKENNA:McKenna qualifies for theHall as a player, coach andtrainer. An All-NVL footballplayer (Class of ‘73),McKenna holds the recordfor longest field goal. As atrainer, he developedTorrington’s StudentTrainer Program. Hecoached baseball atTorrington and football atThe Forman School inLitchfield.

TAMMY OSTROSKY:Ostrosky (Class of ‘84)played four varsity sports,the second female RedRaider to do so. From star-ring high school roles incross country, soccer, soft-ball and basketball,Ostrosky was awarded abasketball scholarship byMitchell College in NewLondon. Torrington won anNVL softball championshipwith Ostrosky playing firstbase.

JOHN PALLADINO:Palladino attendedTorrington High School inthe early ‘50s. He playedfootball, baseball and bas-ketball with distinction, butjoins the Hall more as a leg-endary all-around athletethan for specific accom-plishments in a particularfield. Grade school?Palladino led games we’venever seen. Sand lot base-ball and football beforeorganized youth sports heldsway? Palladino was thereand leading.

JOE PERUSSE: Perusse(Class of ‘83) specialized infootball and baseball atTorrington. In football, as arunning back, linebackerand offensive guard,Perusse won MostOutstanding DefensivePlayer awards in his juniorand senior years, MostOutstanding OffensivePlayer in his junior year andMost Outstanding Lineman

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By PATRICK TISCIARegister Citizen Staff

After a couple of rain-filleddays early in the week, theweather cleared up enough forthe local high school teams toget plenty of games in.

Here’s a look at the best ofthis past week:

BASEBALL, WAMOGO 13,SHEPAUG 12: Ken Bosse’sRBI single drove in the go-ahead run in the top of theseventh as the Warriorsscored six times in the final

inning to shock Shepaug inWashington, Conn., onWednesday afternoon.

Collin Dickinson homeredand had three hits forWamogo, while Mark Zarrellacollected three hits andearned the win on the mound.Karl Quist had three hits forthe Spartans, while ChrisAyer smacked a triple.

SOFTBALL, TERRYVILLE3, LEWIS MILLS 2: Terryvilletook advantage of three LewisMills’ errors and handed theSpartans their first loss of the

season after four gamesThursday afternoon.

Ashley Hogan picked upthe win on the mound andchipped in with a single.Emily Bohmer had a greatgame in defeat for Lewis Mills,clubbing a home run andallowing just two hits in acomplete game effort.

GOLF, HOUSATONIC 167,GILBERT 167, LITCHFIELD197: Clayton Wilburn,Housatonic’s fifth golfer, shota 48 to win the tiebreaker forthe Mountaineers, who pre-

vailed over Gilbert andLitchfield on Wednesday after-noon at the GreenwoodsCountry Club in Winsted.

Adam Vaccari of Gilbertand Housatonic’s Dan Simonseach shot a 39 to earn co-medalist honors. Jon Morseled Litchfield with a 41.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL,LEWIS MILLS 3, HALL 0:Roger Parent registered 16assists and 11 aces to leadLewis Mills over Hall in

Warriors-Spartans’ classic highlights week

HOUSTON (AP) —Sebastien Bourdais raced tohis second straight GrandPrix of Houston victorySunday and grabbed theinside track for his fourthconsecutive Champ Cartitle.

The Frenchman earnedhis 25th career win in his62nd start, continuing hisunprecedented dominanceof the circuit. Bourdais fin-ished his second win of theseason in style, turning hisfastest lap (58.018 seconds)on his 93rd and final triparound the 1.69-mile circuitnext to Reliant Stadium.

Bourdais has won 14 ofhis last 24 starts. With hisvictory Sunday, the 28-year-old star overtook pointsleader Will Power in thestandings. Power, who start-ed on the pole, damaged thenose wing on his car threetimes and finished 11th.

Bourdais got a little luckyat the end to secure the win.

He went for a pit stop on

the 68th lap, while rookieTristan Gommendy stayedon the track, gambling thathe wouldn’t have to stopagain for fuel.

But Gommendy ran outof gas on lap 87 and stalledas Bourdais glided past.

Bourdais cruised to thefinish line from there withrookie Graham Rahal, hisNewman/Haas/Lan iganteammate, protecting him insecond place. The 18-year-old Rahal, who skipped hissenior prom in Ohio to racein Houston, finished 4.819seconds behind Bourdaisand became the youngestdriver in series history toearn a podium finish.

Robert Doornbos, anoth-er rookie, was third, 7.061seconds behind the winner.

Bourdais reached 104.430mph on his fastest lap. Hehad the best qualifyingtimes on Saturday, but hewas bumped from the polewhen Champ Car penalizedhim for blocking Power.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP)— The list of Penn State line-backers who have gone on tostar in the NFL reads like aWho’s Who at the position —Jack Ham, Shane Conlan andLaVar Arrington, for starters.

Yet there’s been a dry spellfor Linebacker U. since 2000,when Arrington (Washington)and Brandon Short (New YorkGiants) were the last NittanyLion linebackers to be draft-ed.

That streak appears over.“It’s been too long since a

Penn State linebacker wastaken,” said Paul Posluszny,the school’s career leadingtackler. “Too long.”

Posluszny almost certainlywill be taken early at thedraft Saturday. AnotherLinebacker U. graduate, TimShaw, is also on the wish listsof several NFL teams.

Ham calls Posluszny thegreatest linebacker to play atPenn State. Coach JoePaterno says he’s a natural at

the position. Many scouts tar-get Posluszny as a mid-to-latefirst-round pick.

“One of those playoffteams will sit there and say,‘Smart, tough, fairly instinc-tive, clean off the field,’” NFLNetwork draft analyst MikeMayock said.

Posluszny has sideline-to-sideline range and a fiery on-field demeanor. Off the field,he is a mild-mannered,straight-A student.

In the 2005 season, his hel-met didn’t fit right, buttingagainst the bridge of his noseand creating a bloody gash bythe end of a game. When hereturned to the sideline,Posluszny would talk to hiscoaches like a Boy Scout.

During a tense momentagainst Ohio State two yearsago, Posluszny approacheddefensive coordinator TomBradley and asked, “CoachBradley, can I please ask you

Bourdais wins in Houston,in driver’s seat for crown

School’s back in sessionat select Linebacker U.

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No. 740Barry Bonds is

beginning to close

in on Hank Aaron— fast. Bonds hit

his 740th home

run Sunday, con-

necting for the

second consecu-

tive game in the

San Francisco

Giants’ 2-1 victory

over the Arizona

Diamondbacks.

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FRIDAYRed Sox 7, Yankees 6

SATURDAYRed Sox 7, Yankees 5

SUNDAYRed Sox 7, Yankees 6

Of note: Red Sox rallied in each

game for the first sweep of the

Yanks at Fenway since 1990

Red Sox vs. Yankees

The Red Sox hit four straight home runsSunday night against the New York

Yankees, tying a major league record.

Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew, MikeLowell and Jason Varitek (shown above

from left) connected in a span of 13

pitches during the third inning against

Chase Wright. The Red Sox became the

fifth team in major league history to hit

four consecutive homers.

THE FANTASTIC FOUR

Sox sweepat Fenway