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MILFORD — Every field has a story and the life of Danni Kemp was chronicled when the renovated field at Foran High was dedicated and named the Danielle Kemp Memorial Softball Field on Saturday.
Kemp’s fathe…
FAIRFIELD -Emma Johnson’s journey to becoming the FCIAC’s best gymnast wasn’t as easy one. As a Fairfield Warde freshman, Johnson could only watch her team perform as she had torn the meniscus in her right knee prior the p…
FAIRFIELD – Going into the FCIAC Gymnastics Championship meet, St. Joseph, Trumbull, Ludlowe and Warde were all within four-tenths of a point in their season averages.
“We all knew it was going to be a tigh…
Hailey Best won three events and took home all-around honors with a score of 36.6 to lead New Milford to the South-West Conference girls’ gymnastics championship. It was the second consecutive title, and eighth in the last 10 years for coach Bethany Mihaly. New Milford posted a score of 134.3. Pomperaug, led by Alaina Karp […]
RIDGEFIELD – Ridgefield has added two FCIAC girls’ basketball playoff victories to a perfect 12-0 regular season. As the defending league champion, Ridgefield coach Rob Coloney know how precarious that No. 1 status can be heading into the conference semifinals on Wednesday. Seeded 7th a year ago, Ridgefield defeated top-seeded Staples 50-46 in double overtime […]
MILFORD — Southern Connecticut Conference gymnasts from Foran, Mercy, Hamden, Law and Hand will compete as individual teams over a six-day period to determine the league’s best.
Amy Bodnar from Milford will…
MILFORD — The journey for Jonathan Law girls’ gymnastics coach Pat Simon began in 1963 while fooling around on the trampoline with friends at the local YMCA when he was student at Platt High in Meriden. Gymnastics wasn’t o…
Pomperaug’s Alaina Karp and Oxford’s Nicole Bobby weighed in on the unenviable task gymnasts face daily — the pursuit of perfection.
Unlike Sisyphus, the king in Greek mythology who rolled an immense boulde…
TRUMBULL – The usual basketball game day at the Lindwall household goes as one may expect. St. Joseph girls’ coach Chris Lindwall gets a “go get them” from his wife Janice. They in turn give a hug to daughter Julia and wis…
Hailey Best, New Milford, Soph: State Open runner-up on bars (9.325) and third on all-around (36.450). Won beam (9.20) and bars (9.350) for Class M team champion New Milford. SWC champion on bars (9.45) and floor exercise …
SHELTON – Joe Cavallaro was a mathematics teacher for the better part of four decades, so when the Shelton girls’ basketball coach added up risk vs reward when it came to coaching this season the answer was obvious. “It was a tough decision, but it is the right decision,” said Cavallaro, who informed the administration […]
While high schools in the state had the okay from the CIAC to begin practice for winter sports starting Tuesday, athletes at Foran High and Jonathan Law will have to go through more guidelines before participating, accordi…
MILFORD – Four-time Southern Connecticut Conference boys swim champion Edward Platonov of Jonathan Law wasn’t going to let the stop-and-start proposals on the winter season due to the COVID-19 pandemic slow him from getting ready for his senior year. “I’ve been working out in my gym at home to stay in shape. Knowing we are […]
NEWTOWN — Top-seeded Newtown scored three goals off set pieces in its 4-1 victory over third-seeded New Milford in the SWC North Division boys soccer final at Blue & Gold Stadium on Saturday.
Newtown sc…
MILFORD — West Haven and Foran each had one goal entering the pandemic-shortened Southern Connecticut Conference season and that was to play until the last day possible.
That day came on Friday when West Ha…
SHELTON – The Shelton girls’ volleyball had one more dragon to slay before the SCC playoffs get started next week. The Gaels took on Hamden and swept their way to a 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-15) victory on Thursday night. “I’ve happy with our performance against a good team,” said Shelton coach LeAnne Bianchine after her […]
TRUMBULL — St. Joseph keeper Cameron Reichenbach played the angles, head coach Thomas Connolly went with the percentages, and the fifth-seeded Cadets defeated fourth-seeded Trumbull 1-0 in the first round of the FCIAC East Region boys’ soccer tournament at Sebe Gangemi Field on Wednesday. Cameron Reichenbach talks about playing in goal for St. Joseph in […]
FAIRFIELD — Clare Edminster took the court with her Warde teammates for its season opener with town rival Ludlowe. Ten points in, Edminster registered a kill. Landing awkwardly on her ankle, coach Matt Narwold’s senior co-…
TRUMBULL — The brave new world of FCIAC girls volleyball finds teams playing in close groupings and that is fine with Trumbull coach Nicole Trommelen and Ludowe’s Meghan Skelton.
“Playing a team back-to-bac…
TRUMBULL — When the St. Joseph girls soccer team took on rival Trumbull there was a different feel than other season openers.
Trumbull’s 2-1 victory over the Cadets on Thursday was a decided change. After p…
Shelton boys’ soccer coach Isaac Montalvo hasn’t changed his tune because of the COVID-19 pandemic that limited his program’s preseason workouts.
“I tell the kids, every time you play no matter who is on th…
Jonathan Law girls’ soccer coach Alicia Francisco took over the program a year ago when the Lady Lawmen went 8-8-0 and advanced in the Class L state tournament before losing 2-1 on penalty kicks to eventual champion Guilfo…
SHELTON – Shelton boys’ basketball coach Brian Gardiner understands why rising seniors Brian Belade will be playing at Fork Union Military (Va.) and that Melvin Kolenovic will be taking the court for Bridgton Academy in Maine this coming season. “The plan was for both to play at Shelton this year,” Gardiner said. “Melvin spoke with […]
Mike DeFelice is Shelton High’s new football coach, taking over for 16-year mentor Jeff Roy. SHELTON — Named Shelton High’s football coach late in the winter, Mike DeFelice soon knew that the run-of-the-mill challenges faced by all new head coaches was going to be more difficult with the COVID-19 pandemic. “After I interviewed, sitting down […]
SHELTON — John Niski from Shelton High has been named Michael’s Cup Athletic Director of the Year for his contribution to the success of Unified Sports.
“At its core, Unified Sports is what a high school at…
MILFORD — Milford’s Edward Platonov came into the SCC Boys Swim Championships on Wednesday banged up and feeling a little defeated. Platonov shook off a back contusion to capture the SCC title in the 100-yard backstroke and took third place in the 200-yard freestyle to help coach Connor Lui’s co-op of athletes from Jonathan Law […]
TRUMBULL — Trumbull’s Jacklyn Smith was one the 10 athletes who etched their names into the record books by being among the first girls wrestling state champions. Smith posted victories against Emily Berrios out of Windsor and Caroline Gonzalez-Garcia from Windham to capture the All-Girls Wrestling State Open Invitational 182-pound title at the Floyd Little […]
TRUMBULL — Greenwich has had its eye on the prize all season long, and now coach Chrys Hernandez’ Cardinals are one win away from an opportunity to snatch that elusive first state title.
Greenwich defeated …
NEW HAVEN —Xavier stopped Fairfield Prep’s run of 15 consecutive Southern Connecticut Conference boys’ swimming championship Wednesday, when head coach Ronnie Vaughan’s Falcons outpointed the rest of the field at the Hutch…
