Now we’re getting into the meat of boys lacrosse season. No. 1 Darien takes its 62-game unbeaten streak into Saturday’s home game with arch rival and No. 2 New Canaan on Saturday. Otherwise, the rest of the top 10 remained relatively unchanged. Fairfield Prep returned to No. 5 and Greenwich climbed three spots to No. […]
High and Tight Baseball Podcast: April 24, CCC, SWC and NVL, plus we talk new No. 1 team
Welcome to the third episode of the High and Tight podcast. The season is finally in full swing and we are starting to see teams emerge as true contenders across the state. Baseball writer Scott Ericson and I recap some of the games we saw across the state last week. We touch on the CCC, SWC … [Read more...]
Baseball Notes: Cheshire shows up for Pepe, Notre Dame-WH shows up for Maler
Baseball players all over the state step up for each other on the field every day. Recently, two teams stepped up off the field, showing that teammates really do become like family. Last week, the grandmother of Cheshire senior pitcher Mike Pepe Jr. died suddenly. Pepe’s grandmother was a … [Read more...]
The Week 4 GameTimeCT / Register Top 10 Baseball Poll: Hand is No. 1
When the 2018 season began, Hand's baseball team got the attention of a handful of voters. But not enough to crack the GameTimeCT / New Haven Register Top 10. Not a month later, however, the 8-0 Tigers are getting all kinds of love. Capped by their 5-3 victory over Amity last week, coupled with … [Read more...]
Jim Bransfield’s name will join his son, Dana’s, on Palmer Field’s press box
MIDDLETOWN – Dana Bransfield's name on the Palmer Field press box will have some company soon: His father's. The press box, which was named for Dana Bransfield following his death in 1990 after a long battle with Leukemia, will also honor Jim Bransfield, the longtime Middletown Press … [Read more...]
Softball notebook: Hot bats help Seymour set pace in NVL; Griswold unbeaten again in ECC
Not only did Seymour keep its place as the top team in the GameTimeCT/Register Top 10 Softball Poll with a 4-0 week, but its latest win was the biggest of the season by far. The Wildcats won the rematch of last year’s NVL final with an exclamation point, using their scorching bats in a 15-9 win … [Read more...]
The Week 4 GameTimeCT / Register Top 10 Softball Poll: Amity returns, St. Joseph debuts
An emphatic 15-9 win over Holy Cross was enough to keep Seymour atop the GameTimeCT/Register Top 10 Poll for a fourth straight week as little movement took place among the leaders of the pack. The Wildcats notched 404 points for the second straight week while Southington, Trumbull, Masuk and … [Read more...]
