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OXFORD—Since the Oxford football team joined the Naugatuck Valley League in 2014, Ansonia has had the Wolverines’ number.
The last four seasons the Chargers have gone 4-0 against the Wolverines and outscored them a combined 162-20.
On Thursday…
FINE PERFORMERS
Jacqui Sandor, Hand: Sandor scored the game-winning goal in the first half in a 1-0 win over northern power Glastonbury as the Tigers improved to 3-0 with the victory.
Megan Kaeyer, Wilton: The goalie had 16 saves in a hard-…
Cathy McGuirk, who stepped down after last season as Branford field hockey coach, received many coaching honors and awards during the 41 seasons she coached the Hornets.
Now, for the second time, she is being recognized nationally. McGuirk has…
NEW HAVEN — For the second straight game, penalties and turnovers plagued the Wilbur Cross football team early in its non-league matchup with New Milford on Friday.
And for the second straight week, quarterback Leshaun Hicks and running back J…
CHESHIRE — While the Cheshire and Amity girls volleyball teams have forged a number of exciting and challenging rivalries within the Southern Connecticut Conference over the years, the Rams and Spartans rivalry takes on special meaning thanks …
NEW HAVEN — It took the first quarter for the Foran and Wilbur Cross football teams to get in a rhythm in their season-open Southern Connecticut Conference Tier 2 matchup at Barbarito-Marone Field on Friday.
While the passing game kicked in fo…
CHESHIRE — When Cheshire girls swim coach Dan Mascolo stepped down in June, it took many of the swimmers on the team by surprise.
After all, Mascolo had a pretty good run in his six years as the Rams’ coach with a 62-2 dual meet record, six st…
The following are 25 high school field hockey players to watch this season in Connecticut. The list includes players representing CIAC schools and is in alphabetical order.
Tess Albrecht, Norwalk, So., Forward: Extremely skilled player with a …
BRANFORD — When Branford field hockey coach Cathy McGuirk retired in January after 41 years, along with her husband John McGuirk who was her assistant coach the past 38 seasons, the move took the players on the team by surprise.
“We thought th…
When it comes to replacing a high school coaching legend in any sport, it always helps when administrators can find someone who can produce the smoothest transition possible.
Branford co-athletic director Jake Paluzzi feels very lucky when it …
EAST LYME — On Saturday, Wallingford was confident and felt it was prepared enough to have a positive outcome against Manchester National in an elimination game at the Connecticut Little League state championship tournament.
But Wallingford di…
EAST LYME — Pitching and defense dominated the first two scoreless innings between Madison and Manchester National in the opening game of the double-elimination Little League baseball state championship tournament on Thursday.
And then the off…
ROCKY HILL — It has been an impressive two days of pool play in Section 3 action for the Newington Under-12 Little League baseball team with an offense that is peaking at the right time.
In the second day of pool play on Thursday, Gavin Gray h…
NAUGATUCK — On Wednesday in the first round of pool play in 12-Under Little League Section 2 action, everything went right for Wallingford, setting the tone early and often with solid pitching, defense and hitting against Avon.
Simeon Levesque…
MILFORD — Lou Gehrig Little League of Milford manager Rob Hansen knew he needed a new game plan against Max Sinoway entering the teams’ matchup in the District 4 Little League championship game on Saturday, especially since the team from North…
The Connecticut high school track community lost a legend Wednesday when Lindy Remigino, a two-time gold medal winner at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and a Hartford Public boys track star and longtime coach, passed away at the age of 87 after a …
What a difference a year can make.
Heading into last season, the North Haven boys hockey team had a head coaching vacancy, Nick Costanzo and Chris Avena were among the finalists for the position and Costanzo was hired.
Fast forward to 2018. Co…
MADISON — Listening to Hand girls lacrosse captains Taylor Scully, Riley Kokoruda and Emma Valdez and Hand boys lacrosse captains Kevin Hughes and Nate Palumbo after their practices on Thursday, it’s easy see why these are their “glory days” a…
WEST HAVEN — The last three seasons the Hand boys lacrosse team has advanced to the CIAC Class M final only to be frustrated with a loss each season to FCIAC power New Canaan.
With New Canaan moving to Class L this season, maybe the fourth tim…
STRATFORD — Heading into this season, Branford girls lacrosse coach Jackie Ceccolini was confident her defending CIAC Class M champion Hornets could match the special season they had in 2017 with a strong regular season and deep run in the pos…
STRATFORD — Ball possession, balanced scoring and physical play combined to give New Fairfield the edge it needed against North Branford in the CIAC girls lacrosse Class S semifinals on Tuesday.
Turnovers didn’t help the Thunderbirds’ cause ei…
MADISON — Having played Barlow the past three seasons in the CIAC Class M girls lacrosse tournament, Hand coach Kevin Siedlecki expected a tough matchup with the 2018 South-West Conference tournament runner-up in the quarterfinals on Thursday …
5 things to know
1. Can anyone beat Darien?
Storyline: The Blue Wave (18-0) just keep on keepin’ on. They enter the Class L tournament as the top seed and they are heavily favored to win. The Blue Wave are coming off a win over Wilton in the F…
5 things to know
1. Can anyone beat Darien in the Class L tournament?
Storyline: The Blue Wave girls have been among the most dominant teams in the state since the CIAC started sanctioning girls lacrosse in 2004. Darien typically dominates its…
WEST HAVEN — The top-seeded Hand girls lacrosse team dominated the first half against No. 2 Cheshire in the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament final, including draws and ball possession, to take a six-goal lead into halftime.
Despite t…
CHESHIRE — The Branford girls lacrosse team scored the first two goals of the game against Cheshire in the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament semifinal at Cheshire High’s turf field on Tuesday.
The sluggish start by the Rams didn’t sit…
This past week, high school coaching legend Frank Crisafi was bombarded with texts and visits from many friends and former players at Yale New Haven Hospital while battling a heart and kidney condition.
From the 1940s to1980s Crisafi, 95, won …
HAMDEN — The Hamden Hall boys lacrosse team scored the game’s first four goals, including three in the first quarter, and held on for a 9-7 win over Rye (N.Y.) in the Fairchester Athletic Association championship game at Hamden Hall’s turf fie…
Led by the play of three captains and last season’s Register All-Area selections Taylor Scully, an attack player, midfielder Riley Kokoruda and defender Emma Valdez, the Hand girls have put together a typically strong regular season.
The Tiger…
