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CROMWELL — After a tough, season-opening overtime loss to Granby/Canton, Stafford/East Windsor/Somers coach Brian Mazzone wondered where his team fit in this season moving forward.
“We lost to a good team i…
Entering the field hockey season, Cheshire coach Eileen Wildermann was in the uncharacteristic position of losing 17 players from 2018 with only three returning players.
She liked the idea of entering the s…
Fine Performances
Carolyn Baran, New Canaan: Scored two goals in a 6-0 win over Hand.
Ava Galdenzi, North Branford: Scored the game-win…
MADISON—Through its first seven games of the regular season, the Darien field hockey team took no prisoners with a 7-0 record, including five shutouts, while outscoring opponents 35-2.
On Saturday, the Blue…
SOUTHBURY — Since 2012, the Newtown football team has had Pomperaug’s number, entering the teams’ matchup on Friday with seven straight regular-season wins and dominating on both sides of the ball.
The one-…
CHESHIRE — What goes around is coming around for the Cheshire boys swim team
On Thursday, Cheshire athletic director Steve Trifone announced that Megan McGorry stepped down as the boys swim coach and former…
GUILFORD—Guilford field hockey coach Kitty Palmer has seen enough games in her day to get a sense of where momentum is swinging at any given moment.
On Tuesday against Southern Connecticut Conference rival …
Fine Performances
Tess Albrecht, Norwalk: She had two goals in a 4-1 win over Hand.
Brianna Bell, Hamden Hall: She had a goal and an assist in a 2-1 win over King.
Lexi Kopla…
WOODBRIDGE — This is a story about Faith, Love and Hope and how they have contributed to the Amity field hockey team’s 5-1 start this season (not including Tuesday’s game with North Haven).
It could easily …
NEWTOWN — While it is usually an exciting matchup whenever a South-West Conference team faces a Southern Connecticut Conference, on Friday, West Haven and Newtown entered with a different focus.
The Blue De…
Last field hockey season was a special one for Guilford coach Kitty Palmer and the Indians, coming away with their first outright state title with a 3-1 win over SCC rival Sacred Heart Academy in the CIAC Class M champions…
Fine Performances
Brianna Bell, Hopkins: She scored two goals including the game-winning goal in a 2-1 win over Wilbraham & Monson.
Grace Hartman, Hand: She scored with 4:26 to go in the…
NORTH BRANFORD — The North Branford football team finished with a disappointing 2018 season with a 2-8 record and kicked off 2019 with a disappointing 27-21 loss to SMSA/University/Classical.
On Saturday, t…
In an effort to grow the Xavier and Mercy boys indoor and outdoor track programs, starting this school year the two schools have decided to run combined programs in the winter and spring seasons.
The announ…
CHESHIRE — The Cheshire and Hillhouse football teams, meeting in the season-opener on Friday, had high expectations this year coming off late-season success in 2018.
The Rams won three of their last five ga…
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.
Tessa Albrecht, Norwalk, Jr., F: …
WOODBRIDGE — Amity three-sport standout Tess Csejka, who excels at field hockey, ice hockey and golf for the Spartans, knew at an early age — a very young age — that she loved sports.
In an era when most hi…
CHESHIRE — It’s not every day ESPN comes knocking on your door to do a promo shoot for its NFL Primetime show, but Cheshire High was tabbed for a six-hour session on Sunday.
“The people at ESPN gave me a ca…
BRISTOL—The Madison Little league baseball All-Stars clicked in every phase of the game this season and that talent led the team to the state title, representing Connecticut in the Little League Baseball New England Region…
BRISTOL — As disappointing as Madison Little League’s opening loss was to Vermont on Sunday in the first round of the Little League New England regional, Madison manager James Maynard was confident his talented 13-player s…
BRISTOL — As disappointing as Madison Little League’s opening loss was to Vermont on Sunday in the first round of the Little League New England regional, Madison manager James Maynard was confident his talented 13-player s…
BRISTOL — It’s been an impressive postseason so far for the Bradford, Vermont Little League team, which went 7-0 in its state tournament, tossing three shutouts along the way.
On Monday, the winning streak …
WILLIMANTIC — Max Sinoway’s Little League season was on the line Tuesday and it didn’t look good after falling behind by three runs to Madison after two innings in the double-elimination Connecticut Little League state tou…
KILLINGWORTH — Heading into his team’s Section 3 Little League game against Madison, Mystic coach Jeff Joyce believed his team would need to play an exceptional game to win.
A year ago, both teams met in th…
DURHAM — Since losing its first game in the District 4 tournament, the Milford 12-under softball has been rollin’.
Milford won its next 10 games to advance to the Connecticut Little League Softball champion…
MADISON—There are no pads, no tackling and no linesmen in the Shoreline Football 7 vs. 7 Grip it and Rip It tournament.
While it isn’t real football, what is real is the fun that players and coaches said th…
Patience is a virtue in track and field and it paid off for Xavier junior Robbie Cozean at the New Balance National Track and Field meet held Thursday-Sunday at AT&T Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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WEST HAVEN — The 2019 Waterford softball team serves as a perfect example for all high school sports teams how a team can evolve from one that gets clobbered the first week of a season to earning a state title on the final…
WEST HAVEN — Confidence is a virtue that usually leads to good things in sports.
Trailing 2-1 entering the seventh inning of the CIAC Class S softball final against Coginchaug, Somers believed they were go…
