Emmett O’Brien Technical High School has a diverse selection of boys and girls athletic programs. The sports range from basketball and softball to football and cheerleading. Student athletes are taught to work well with others and show sportsmanship on and off the field. Offering athletics is just another way we create responsible students and prepare them for the real world.
Athletic Director
Joe Carosella
Joseph.Carosella@cttech.org
Fall Sports
Team Information
The Emmett O’Brien Technical High School Cheerleading squad is a very dedicated group of students. Being a cheerleader takes a lot of hard work, but being a part of this well-organized team is well worth the effort.
In Cheerleading, our teammates are like a second family to us and the memories we make last a lifetime. Squad members share the excitement of victories. We sweat together, laugh together and plan together. We also support each other as well as the greater O’Brien Tech community. Nothing compares to the bond between members of our Cheerleading squad. The squad is built on a strong foundation and together we overcome difficulties and cultivate improvements, especially in the new members, which makes the team and the individuals stronger.
Head Coach
Emmus Crawford
Assistant Coach
Joe Carosella
Team Information
The O’Brien Tech Football Program consists of boys in grades 9-12 who play on the junior varsity and varsity teams. The varsity program is part of the Constitution State Conference. The CSC is a league that consists of technical high schools, traditional public schools and magnet/charter schools from all over Connecticut. The coaching staff emphasizes intelligence, strategy and sportsmanship as well as enthusiasm and the value of hard work.
Head Coach
Art Solis
Assistant Coach
Pete Silva
Team Information
The Soccer Program at O’Brien Tech is focused on developing young athletes into competitive soccer players by the time they reach the varsity level. The program stresses the technical, tactical and physical demands of the game as it is played in high school. By exposing young athletes to these demands early on in the program, the player will find himself better prepared to play at a higher level of soccer.
All practice sessions are geared to improve the player’s foot skills, placing emphasis on developing the quality of the player’s first touch on the ball. At the varsity level, higher demands are expected physically and technically from the players. They learn to perform under pressure and at game speed. A variety of team formations are introduced and explained in order to provide the player with a detailed understanding of the tactics of the game.
The coaching staff’s objective, led by soccer veteran Arturo Solis, is to assist hardworking student-athletes in developing into high-quality soccer players. In addition, the overall improvement of the athlete’s physical fitness and coordination will prepare the athlete to be competitive in a variety of sports here at O’Brien Tech.
Head Coach
John Tomasella
Team Information
Emmett O’Brien Technical High School’s Volleyball Program has a long history of success since its inception in 1980. O’Brien Tech Girls Volleyball has continually been a competitive force in the various leagues that they’ve played in.
O’Brien Tech fields teams at the varsity and junior varsity levels each year and plays a rigorous schedule against local area high schools in southern Connecticut, as well as league rivals in the CSC.
The Volleyball Program emphasizes team play, tenacious defense and above all, sportsmanship. Players of all abilities are welcome and quickly made to feel like part of the team. Historically, it has been the most successful girls sport at O’Brien Tech.
Winter Sports
Head Coach
Joseph Carosella
Assistant Coach
Peter Silva
Team Information
Boys basketball at O’Brien Tech has a long and storied history. O’Brien Tech has a solid tradition in basketball with the legendary teams of the 1970s who qualified for the CIAC State semi-finals and played in the old New Haven Coliseum. O’Brien Tech boys basketball teams have always showed great competitive spirit, outstanding sportsmanship and the never-ending pursuit for excellence. All three levels in our program (freshman, junior varsity and varsity) compete with the other much larger schools’ teams in the Constitution State Conference. Many O’Brien Tech players have earned all-state honors and have continued playing at the college level.
Head Coach
Sue Schryver
Assistant Coach
Mike Schryver
Team Information
The O’Brien Tech Girls Basketball Program prides itself on being a competitive member of the Constitution State Conference. Competing against much larger schools like Platt Tech, Bullard Havens and Kaynor Tech, the Lady Condors have qualified for the CIAC state tournament for the past five years.
The O’Brien Tech Girls Basketball Program continues to grow stronger each year by putting an emphasis on developing strong student athletes and by turning talented individuals into young women who are strong in the classroom, as well as on the basketball court.
Spring Sports
Head Coach
Matt Thompson
Assistant Coach
Ted Koziol
Team Information
The baseball team at O’Brien Tech has maintained a fine level of excellence through the years being, arguably, the most successful boys’ sport in the history of the school. They have qualified for the CIAC state tournament 10 of the past 11 years and have produced many all-league athletes.
Head Coach
Steve Orloski
Team Information
Golf at O’Brien Tech consists of a varsity squad of 8-11 players that start the season the third week in March and play a schedule of 12-16 events through the beginning of June. Competition consists of nine-hole stroke play events against 1-3 teams with occasional eighteen-hole tournaments. O’Brien Tech’s home course is the Orange Hills Country Club in Orange, CT. The team also plays some of the best courses in the region, including Mill River Country Club, Richter Park Golf Course and the prestigious Fisher’s Island Club in Fisher’s Island, NY.
Boys Head Coach
Gary Butler
Girls Head Coach
Elijah Moore
Team Information
There is a long and rich tradition of track and field at O’Brien Tech. Throughout its lengthy history, the belief that one can accomplish more individually within a close team atmosphere has always been at the track program’s core. The teams, whose rosters typically number 35 – 40 girls and boys, compete in sixteen different events against members of the Constitution State Conference, as well as several local public schools. Coach Butler and Coach Moore are happy to step into a well-established program. The program is able to accommodate a wide variety of athletes – from the beginner having no experience to the crossover athlete from other varsity sports to athletes where track is their main sport of focus. Each season, individual as well as team goals are reached. Our team always has a genuine sense of hard work, personal accomplishment and dedication to others.
Head Coach
Sue Schryver
Assistant Coach
Mike Schryver
Team Information
O’Brien Tech softball program competes in the Constitution State Conference (CTC) and is coached by Sue and Mike Schryver. The program has experienced great success in the past few years winning both the Nutmeg League Championship and CTC League Championship, both in the 2021 and the 2022 seasons. The 2021 team went undefeated with a record of 20-0 in the regular season. O’Brien Tech is always eager to welcome new players to the program and is looking forward to building upon the success of recent seasons.
Signing Up For Sports
The process of signing up for sports as required by state law includes:
Parents must perform the following tasks:
(1) Take the on-line concussion quiz as part of the concussion training below. Select “parent/guardian option”
(2) Sign-off on the concussion awareness form
(3) Sign-off on the sudden cardiac arrest form
Students must perform the following tasks:
(1) Take the on-line concussion quiz as part of the concussion training below. Select “student option”.
