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WEST HAVEN — You can call them the Comeback Kids.
For the second consecutive game in the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament, Cheshire found itself down going to its last at-bat. And twice, the Rams …
ORANGE — Back on April 1, Amity righthander John Lumpinski outdueled Cheshire lefthander Matt Downing in a 1-0 game in the season opener for both teams.
Since then, Cheshire (18-1, No. 1 ranked in the Gamet…
EAST HAVEN — The East Haven softball team started the season with three consecutive losses.
Since then, a young team has come together and the Yellowjackets (9-6) recorded their biggest win of the spring We…
HAMDEN — Jack Potash admitted he didn’t have much of a curve ball Wednesday, so he had to change speeds all afternoon.
It didn’t matter as the Hopkins junior righthander allowed just one hit and a walk over…
MADISON — Matt Downing couldn’t remember ever tagging a runner out at the plate for the final out of a game.
He can now.
The Cheshire southpaw pitcher tagged out Hand’s Colin Telford at the …
MADISON — One of the keys to winning high school lacrosse is winning the faceoffs.
That was the difference Wednesday night as Xavier dominated the faceoffs and knocked off Hand, 10-5, at the Surf Club Wedne…
MADISON — With the usual spring weather wreaking havoc with schedules, it had a been a week since Cheshire had played a softball game.
You wouldn’t have known it one bit.
The Rams exploded f…
NORTH HAVEN — Alexa Ferriouolo took a deep breath and stepped into the batter’s box.
It was the bottom of the 11th inning and closing in on two and a half hours of softball.
But the North Ha…
PLAINVILLE — All winter, Hand girls’ basketball coach Tim Tredwell preached that his team’s brutal schedule would get the Tigers ready for the state tournament.
He wasn’t kidding.
And Friday…
NEW HAVEN — It’s been 35 years since the Wilbur Cross girls’ basketball team has reached a state final.
Now, the Governors are within 32 minutes of doing just that.
Wilbur Cross (20-6), seed…
STRATFORD — It was a grind it out type of night for the South-West Conference boys’ basketball champions.
Bunnell, which won the SWC title last week at the buzzer, moved on in the CIAC Division I state tour…
MADISON — Playing a difficult regular season schedule is usually beneficial, especially for a young team.
It’s worked out perfectly for Hand as the 19th-seeded Tigers (12-12) blew out 30th-seeded North Have…
NEW HAVEN — The Fairfield Prep boys’ swimming dynasty continues.
The Jesuits won their 15th consecutive Southern Connecticut Conference boys’ swimming championship Wednesday afternoon, easily outdistancing …
OLD SAYBROOK — If it’s late February, it must be time for Cromwell to win the Shoreline Conference girls’ basketball championship.
The top-seeded Panthers continued their domination Friday night by winning …
WEST HAVEN — The West Haven/Sacred Heart Academy co-op has a chance to make it a trifecta.
And they’ll be doing it on very short rest.
The Westie-Sharks (18-2) knocked off Notre Dame-Fairfie…
WALLINGFORD — It’s not easy to beat a team three times in one season, but that’s exactly what Sheehan has done this winter against Shelton.
The 11th-seeded Titans downed sixth-seeded Shelton Thursday night,…
HAMDEN — When Christian Adams called “glass” on a three-point shot he took from the beyond the arc and it banked in the basket, it was the climax of what was an almost perfect game for Hamden Hall Wednesday night.
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Things are much different this winter on the ice for the Hand boys hockey team.
The Tigers, who skated through a difficult 5-16 season during the 2017-18 campaign, are 11-2-1 this year and have a sizable le…
NEW HAVEN — Tyrees Thomas looked down for a moment and took a deep breath.
The Wilbur Cross coach knew that his Governors had just survived a furious Hand comeback to grab a 57-55 victory Friday night in a …
EAST HAVEN — The flu bug has been running through the Branford hockey team.
It didn’t matter Wednesday afternoon.
The Hornets, fourth in the latest CIAC Division II rankings, dominated from …
NEW HAVEN — Notre Dame-West Haven is still undefeated — but barely.
The Green Knights needed every second Friday night to improve their record to 15-0 as Connor Raines canned a wide open layup at the buzzer…
NEW HAVEN — Deshaune Poole knows what it’s like to see nothing in front of him but the finish line.
The Hillhouse senior captured the 55-meter hurdles and the 300 meters for the second consecutive year and …
NEW HAVEN — The last thing Hillhouse coach Renard Sutton wanted to see was a larger number on the right side of his team’s record.
It’s been a long time since the Academics were below .500 in the month of J…
EAST HAVEN — Makenzie Helms knew she had to turn it on in the second half for East Haven to get past Hamden.
After being held to just two points in the second quarter and just eight total in the first half,…
It’s been a while since Hillhouse has had a girls’ basketball team as good as the one that the Academics put out on the court this winter.
In fact, you have to go back to the Bria Holmes days early in this …
WEST HAVEN — Another big regular season roadblock is out of the way for unbeaten Notre Dame-West Haven.
The fifth-ranked Green Knights knocked off Hamden for the second time this season Friday night with an…
MILFORD — There’s a reason Foran has been one of the dominant programs over the last few years in the Southern Connecticut Conference.
Consistency.
The Lions have had the likes of Mike Ross …
MADISON — Foran’s best start in recent memory came crashing to a halt Friday night.
The Lions, who had won 12 games in the previous three years combined but had won its first eight games this season, were humbled by Hand, 45-34…
EAST HAVEN — It wasn’t anything close to a defensive masterpiece on either side, but Guilford just keeps on rolling.
The Indians (7-2, winners of five straight, and on top of the CIAC Division II standings) continued to play ba…
