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Connor Farrington, Saratoga Central Catholic

PETER R. BARBER/DAILY GAZETTE PHOTOGRAPHER Connor Farrington of Saratoga Catholic takes a shot in front of Zach Reese of Fort Plain Wednesday, January 13, 2016.

Name: Connor Farrington
School: Saratoga Central Catholic
Year in School: Senior
Height: 5’11
Position: Shooting Guard
Current season stats or team record: 6-9 record 21 ppg
Basketball Awards or Achievements: 2016 Section 2 Class C Sectionals MVP
1st team WAC North all-team
School record for 3s in game, 9.
Other sports you play in High School: Soccer, baseball
Favorite moment from non-basketball sport: Playing in Joe Bruno Stadium for Section 2 Class B semifinals vs Schalmont.
Favorite class in school other than lunch or gym? Forensics
What are your plans after High School? Become a police officer and eventually join the FBI.
Do you plan on playing sports in college? If yes, which sport and have you committed yet to a school? Baseball and have not committed but looking at St Michaels and Saint Rose.
What are your strengths as a player? Having a positive mentality, giving my all 32 minutes a game.
What skills do you need to improve on as a player? Using my right hand
What improvements have you made recently in practice/training? Rebounding
Favorite moment on the court: Winning the 2016 Section 2 Class C Sectionals
Toughest moment on the court: Losing in the Regional playoffs in Potsdam losing by 4
What have you learned about team work? That it doesn’t matter how good a team is, if you all work together and try your
hardest that you can be a good team and be successful.
Name a couple of people that have been role models over the years and what have you learned from them? Grandma, lost her battle to lung cancer. She was the strongest person I’ve ever met.
What words of advice or encouragement would you share with younger athletes? Always try your hardest. The harder you work, the more successful you’ll be in the long run.
Do you have a saying or motto that you live your life by or maybe a team slogan? Do your job- Bill Belichick
What is your favorite team activity, pregame or postgame,that you share with your teammates? Listen to music in the locker room with them.
How crazy are your school’s fans? Not too crazy
What team do you want to beat to win the Sectional Final or other tournaments this year? Stillwater
What is a typical day like for you? Get up eat breakfast, go to school, go to practice, go home shoot a little more, eat
dinner, do homework and go to bed.
What are your interests outside of sports? Patriots, Red Sox and criminal and police shows
Favorite food: Tacos
Favorite local restaurant? Moes
Favorite song/artist: Night Crawler- Travis Scott
What’s your favorite old school jam? Beastie Boys
What are your favorite movies or books? Favorite movie is Rudy favorite book is the Hunger Games
Who is your favorite athlete (Any sport)? Tom Brady
Favorite NCAA, NBA or WNBA team: San Antonio Spurs
If you could have dinner with anyone who would it be? Tom Brady
Anything else that you’d like to share about yourself, your family or team: My basketball team is the hardest working group of kids I’ve worked with. We all have a good time at practice work hard and play very good as a team. Going to miss all of the next
year.
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