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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…
CLINTON — One word comes to mind concerning the first five games of the Cromwell boys’ basketball season.
Dominant.
The Panthers (5-0), who won the CIAC Division V title last year, have beaten their five opponen…
BRANFORD — Because of an injury and illness, Guilford was forced to send a very young team to the mat Thursday night.
After wrestling 11 freshmen or sophomores in 14 matches at the Whippet Duals in Windham over the weekend, the…
WOODBRIDGE — In barely over two weeks, Hillhouse made it a clean sweep over Amity this winter.
The Academics 4-1, and off to their best start since the Bria Holmes days in 2012, came into the Paul Mengold Gymnasium and knocked …
NORTH HAVEN — It isn’t often that a high school basketball coach puts in a new defense at halftime.
But that’s exactly what North Haven coach Justin Falcon had to do Friday night.
With Platt running in transitio…
MADISON — It’s never easy to play back-to-back games on consecutive nights, especially early in the boys basketball season when teams are trying to see what kind of team they have.
Just a night after getting blown out by 27 poi…
EAST HAVEN — It’s been five years in the making, but East Haven wrestling is finally among the Southern Connecticut Conference’s top teams.
The Yellowjackets (2-0) knocked off another one of the league’s perennial powers Wednes…
EAST HAVEN — The last time East Haven and Career met, it was in a totally different setting and the game meant a lot more.
Back on March 17, East Haven won the CIAC Class M state championship, its first state crown, on Bella Ra…
Everyone talks about the Hand offense, which leads the state in scoring.
Don’t forget about its defense.
“Last year was all about the defense,” tri-captain Julian Banerji said. “This year, everyone forgets, but …
MADISON — One down, two to go.
Top-seeded Hand got one-third of the way in its quest to repeat as CIAC Class L football champion Tuesday night with a resounding 56-0 victory over 8th-seeded Bunnell in the Class LL quarterfinals…
MADISON — Here’s one of the most staggering statistics you’ll ever see: Hand scored 57 points in the first 18 minutes Wednesday night, while just running 10 offensive plays.
Scary, huh?
But that’s exactly what happened as the Tigers (10-0) com…
WALLINGFORD — When it rains, it pours.
Literally.
In a game played in a steady and sometimes driving rain, Sheehan’s Terrence Bogan did most of the pouring as he scored eight touchdowns, seven of them in period of just over 12 minutes in the s…
CLINTON — Morgan girls’ soccer coach Steve Sullivan called it the longest 25 minutes of his life.
He probably was exaggerating a bit, but the Shoreline Conference champions withstood fierce pressure to beat fellow Shoreline Conference rival No…
CHESHIRE — The numbers are simply startling.
One touchdown allowed by the varsity defense all season.
A 159-0 scoring margin over 21/2 games.
A scoring average of 48.4 points per game.
All eight games having a running clock at some point in th…
NEW HAVEN — There was no surprise Thursday night at the Southern Connecticut Conference girls’ swim meet.
For the 24th time in the 25-year history of the league and the seventh year in a row, Cheshire hoisted the team trophy at the Moore Field…
MADISON — Another Friday night. Another offensive explosion for Hand.
The Tigers, who came into Friday night averaging 45 points a game, upped that average even further by scoring 68 points in a 68-0 blowout of Jonathan Law in a Southern Conne…
GUILFORD — Charles Walcott spent most of the first three weeks of the season on the sidelines, nursing a right ankle injury he suffered in the preseason.
He played some against Waterford in the season opener, but was limited. Now that Walcott …
CHESHIRE — On Monday, Guilford didn’t score a goal in a scoreless tie against Law, so as time kept ticking off the clock Wednesday night, it was getting longer and longer since the Indians had last scored this season.
However, that changed in …
BRANFORD — Branford came into Friday night well rested after a bye week.
The Hornets took advantage of the two weeks they had to prepare and used it to blow out Pomperaug, 35-15, in a Connecticut High School Football Alliance game at the James…
NEW HAVEN — Corey Hooks didn’t play much in the first three games for North Haven after suffering a concussion in the season opener against West Haven.
He missed the second week of the season and played a little in the third week.
But after ha…
MADISON — Scott Testori saw the ball coming right to him and knew he had to get his head on it.
And with less than 20 minutes remaining, Testori had practically an open net that he took advantage of as he scored his second goal of the game as …
BRANFORD — Notre Dame-West Haven sophomore Tyler Basti didn’t get to carry the ball once in the first half Friday night.
But that all changed when starting running back Warren Murphy left because of a knee injury. From that point, Basti took o…
BRANFORD — It had been 33 years since Branford and North Branford last met on the gridiron and not much was different Friday night than the last time the two teams met.
Branford dominated from the opening kickoff and took a 42-12 victory over …
BRANFORD — Going into Thursday night’s game, Branford had allowed just two goals in three wins, while Cheshire had yet to allow a goal in two wins.
So what do you get?
Another night of defense. The two Southern Connecticut Conference Oronoque …
NORTH HAVEN – It’s only two weeks into the season, but North Haven has made quite a statement.
Just a week after beating West Haven for the first time, the Indians took down another perennial state power by pounding Masuk 41-20 at Vanacore Fie…
