HAMDEN—The most wonderful season of the diving life of Norwalk High School’s Kevin Bradley added another chapter of excellence Tuesday evening as the junior captured the 2018 Class LL boys diving state title at the Hamden High School pool.Brad…
Archives for March 6, 2018
Boys Swimming: Norwalk’s Bradley, Sheehan’s Buehler win state diving titles
NORWALK/MCMAHON’S BRADLEY WINS CLASS LL Class LL diving championships at Hamden Individual results: 1. Kevin Bradley (Norwalk/McMahon) 572.10; 2. Devon Satir (Greenwich) 537.95; 3. Ethan Godfrey (Glastonbury) 450.85; 4. Sergei Shaw (Greenwich) 447.95; 5. Nicholas Jefferson (Glastonbury) 428.85; 6. Caitlin Inall (Ridgefield) 421.10; 7. Joel Satir (Greenwich) 409.55; 8. Chase Galayda (Southington) 409.40; 9. Kyle […]
Boys Hockey: McKee leads North Branford past East Haven, into D2 quarterfinals
Sean McKee had a pair of goals and Jake Neubig added a pair of assists to lead the No. 5 North Branford boys hockey team to a 3-1 win over SCC/SWC rival No. 12 East Haven co-op in a first round game of the CIAC Division II hockey tournament at the Northford ice Pavilion on […]
Tuesday’s boys basketball roundup: Thomas leads No. 9 Amity past Hartford Public in D2 opener [updated March 7]
Division II first round No. 9 Amity 72, No. 24 Hartford Public 55: Tyler Thomas had 30 points, seven rebounds and five assists to lead the Spartans to their CIAC Division II first round win in Woodbridge. Jack Nolan and Joe Benedetti combined for 13 points and 16 rebounds for the Spartans. Jaquan Kins had […]
Boys Basketball: Crawford rescues Seymour in Division IV overtime win over Creed
When your team is up by just 1 point & your opponent has the ball w/ 25 secs left in OT & you know their best player is going to drive to the hoop &, as the old dads in the crowd call for it (haha), you need – and get – the season’s biggest […]
Boys basketball: Strong second quarter propels New Britain over New Milford in D2 first round
NEW BRITAIN—With the game at a slow, controlled pace, the New Milford boys basketball team stood a solid chance at scoring an upset in its Division II first round game at New Britain Tuesday.But once the Hurricanes injected energy by switchi…
Boys Hockey: Cole, Amity stifle Cheshire, advance to Division II quarterfinals
WEST HAVEN — Tyler Cole made 37 saves, 14 of them in the third period, and Amity beat Cheshire 4-1 Tuesday at Bennett Rink in the first round of the CIAC Division II boys hockey tournament.Jamie Blum scored the last two goals for the seventh…
Boys Basketball: Stamford follows its formula, ousts Naugatuck in Division II first round
STAMFORD — If nothing else, the Stamford boys basketball team has followed a pattern in many of its games.Build a big lead, nearly squander that lead, and then hold on down the stretch and escape with a victory.In Tuesday night’s CIAC Divi…
Boys Basketball: After three-year tourney hiatus, Bridgeport Central tops Career in D2 opener
BRIDGEPORT — The Bridgeport Central boys basketball team’s first state playoff game in three years was worth the wait for Barry McLeod and Co. The No. 14 Hilltoppers made their return to the postseason count, defeating No. 19 Career Magnet 62-56 in the first round of the Division II tournament on Tuesday. “It’s a good […]
Boys Basketball: Lewis Mills rolls past Abbott Tech in Division IV first round
BURLINGTON — Each team brought a prize ingredient to No. 8 Lewis Mills’ 58-31 first-round Division IV boys basketball win over No. 25 Abbott Tech Tuesday night.The Spartans had their athletes in top form, led by 6-foot-5 Josh Schibi and Ja…
Boys Basketball: Warde holds off Xavier in Division II first-round
@FairfieldWarde defeats @athleticsXHS in the first round of the @ciacbbb Division II Tournament. The @FWHSMustangs advance to face @Ihsmustangs in the second round. #ctbb pic.twitter.com/IpzX86Y0we — CT Sports Now (@CT_Sports_Now) March 7, 2018 FAIRFIELD — Warde’s killer B held off Xavier’s killer Bs. Standing at the free throw line with a one-point lead and just […]
Boys Basketball: Maatallah steps up, leads Wilton past Norwalk in D2 first round
WILTON — Kyle Maatallah didn’t quite have the senior year he expected.As the top returning scorer from last year’s Wilton team, Maatallah found his minutes, touches and shots cut into by the arrival of a transfer, senior guard Antonio Br…
Boys Hockey: Greenwich glides past St. Joseph, into Division I quarterfinals
GREENWICH — Tuesday’s state tournament game against St. Joseph could not have come soon enough for the Greenwich boys hockey team, which was eager to get back on the ice after losing to Ridgefield in the FCIAC final on Saturday.Orginally s…
Boys basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield, Sacred Heart forced to move CIAC second-round home games to neutral sites
Wednesday’s nor’easter has postponed nearly all of the boys basketball second-round games. A couple of those games in Division I will instead be played at neutral sites, and they involve a pair of teams that didn’t lose a game against CIAC competition this season. No. 2 seed Notre Dame-Fairfield (23-0) and No. 4 Sacred Heart […]
Boys Basketball: Hand holds off Darien in OT, advances to Division III second round
DARIEN—Points were at a premium Monday night in Darien, and that’s just the way Hand wanted it. It took an overtime period, but the No. 19 Tigers held off No. 14 Darien 46-43 in the first round of the Division III state tournament. “It was wild, honestly that was the game we were hoping to […]
