By John Goralski Sports Writer First-year coach Dan Dachelet listened with amused skepticism last spring when Brandon Bayron laid out his plan for off-season workouts. Dachelet couldn’t help but think that his future captain might be biting off more than he could chew, but who was he to question it? When Bayron returned his running log at the first fall practice, Dachelet was happy that he held his tongue. It was certainly no surprise when teammates voted the relative unknown as this fall’s senior captain. It was a no-brainer. “Brandon put in something like 625 miles this summer,” said the coach. “It was an all-time record for mileage over the summer. When I walked in to the program, he already had a plan laid out for what he wanted to do. I told him to run with it, and he definitely knew what he was capable of doing.” Dachelet realized at once that he had made the right choice when he signed on to coach the Blue Knights. Bayron had proven that Southington athletes were up to the task. “Southington’s got a great history, and Coach Niro has done a great job taking them back up to where they were […]
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