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Former Stratford High star Dannie Powell is returning to the South-West Conference, across town from where he used to dominate the league on a regular basis. Powell on Monday was named the new boys basketball coach at Bunnell. He replaces Pat Yerina, who resigned in June after 21 seasons and subsequently took the same job […]
Kevin Wielk has been hired as the next boys basketball coach at St. Joseph High School, it was announced Friday.
Wielk takes over for Paul Dudzinski, who was let go in June after just two seasons with the Cadets.
This marks a homecoming for Wi…
Bill Mella was eager for a challenge.
Based on his latest move, it appears that the former Southington and Avon Old Farms football coach found what he was looking for. Mella, 50, on Thursday was named the new football coach at Bassick, the sch…
Bunnell’s Christ N’Dabian, Jonathan Cineus, Ramsley Exantus and Elijah Henry won the 4×100-meter at the boys Class MM Outdoor Track championships last month. Their blistering time of 42.46 seconds qualified them for the New Balance Nationals O…
WEST HAVEN — Five days after staging one of the most memorable comebacks in the Class LL softball tournament, fifth-seeded Amity was back to business. There was a championship at stake, and the Spartans made sure not to let it slip out of thei…
WEST HAVEN — The Masuk softball team beat Brookfield 10-0 on Friday night to win the Class L softball championship and finish off an undefeated season.
Junior right-hander Sam Schiebe threw a two-hit shutout, striking out 14. She shared Class …
Pat Yerina has resigned as the boys basketball coach at Bunnell High School, he told Hearst Connecticut Media in an email sent Wednesday.
Yerina coached 21 seasons at Bunnell, leading the program to 305 wins, four South West-Conference champio…
WATERBURY — Benjamin Shadeck just wanted to keep fighting.
Even though Cheshire’s comfortable three-run lead had evaporated with one thunderous swing from Will Lucas, the senior left-hander knew he had no choice but to dig in and keep fighting…
WEST HAVEN — The dream of a repeat lives on.
Trumbull now sits just one win from its second straight Class LL softball championship after edging third-seeded Cheshire 6-5 on Monday at West Haven High School.
“Our team’s just playing with a lot…
The long, winding search to find Marce Petroccio’s replacement is over. Staples on Monday tabbed Phil Treglia as its next football coach. Treglia, 41, comes over from Archbishop Stepniac in White Plains, N.Y., where he spent last season as the offensive coordinator. Treglia was formally introduced at the Staples Gridiron Club’s annual golf outing at […]
FAIRFIELD — The top-ranked baseball team in the state certainly didn’t expect to have to go to their bullpen in the third inning of Sunday’s Class LL quarterfinal against East Hartford. Odds are, they also didn’t expect their potent lineup to …
MONROE — It was one of the few times this season that Samantha Schiebe did not have an answer on the softball diamond.
“I don’t know how to answer these,” Schiebe, Masuk softball’s star pitcher and hitter, responded with a laugh when asked Thu…
TRUMBULL — The state tournament calls for these types of moments, the pressure-packed scenarios where one swing of the bat can win a game.
Trumbull shortstop Julia Huzi had the opportunity to experience it first-hand on Wednesday.
With the sec…
FAIRFIELD — All those years in the Norwalk dugout have taught veteran baseball coach Pete Tucci about what needs to be done in order to pull off the perfect upset.
Keeping that in mind, it didn’t take long for Tucci to realize that the Bears w…
Mother Nature finally cooperated.
After a few chaotic (rain-filled) weeks, we finally were gifted enough sunny days to finish the regular season and conference tournaments for spring sports. Seriously, we made it.
So, now that we seem to be in…
BETHEL — Last year, Newtown rode a dominant pitching performance by Orlando Swift and Kyle Roche to a shutout victory over Bethel in the South-West Conference championship game.
Twelve months later, the Wildcats returned the favor.
Jack Carrat…
DARIEN — It was a performance that defied the odds in more ways than one.
Trumbull’s Ben Fero was simply magnificent against fourth-seeded Darien on Monday in the FCIAC quarterfinals. The right-hander retired the first 15 batters he faced and …
NORWALK — It might sound ironic considering her background, but Rebecca Lobo hopes to keep a low profile in her latest venture. That’s right, Lobo, the former UConn and WNBA star turned ESPN analyst, plans to stay out of the spotlight for a change. As the new volunteer assistant girls basketball coach at Northwest Catholic […]
FAIRFIELD — The past is the past. One of the greatest pitching performances in the history of the Little League World Series is nothing more than a distant memory to the author himself, Will Lucas.
“I don’t really focus on it. It’s kind of in …
TRUMBULL — Winning is contagious.
Just look at the Trumbull High softball team, which received contributions from across the board in a 7-1 victory over Norwalk on Wednesday.
“It’s just a matter of any given day anyone can contribute one throu…
FAIRFIELD — Stratford coach Mick Buckmir sensed his team needed a pick-me-up after a challenging week that ended with the Red Devils dropping two of their final three games.
With that said, if there was ever a time for the Red Devils to have t…
TRUMBULL — There was some disappointment in the St. Joseph dugout when Zachary Feinstein laced Hadyn Gourley’s offering for a clean single up the middle to lead off the seventh inning of Saturday’s game.
Gourley’s no-hit bid was over. The lead…
TRUMBULL — With Wilton, New Milford, Darien and St. Joseph on the schedule, this week shaped up to be something of a defining moment for the Ridgefield High baseball team.
Would the Tigers, the defending FCIAC runner-up, show that they deserve…
TRUMBULL — All teams make mistakes. It’s the good ones that tend to take advantage of them.
Trumbull did exactly that on Wednesday, capitalizing on a collection of miscues to beat rival St. Joseph 5-4 at home.
“I thought our execution was pret…
MONROE — Zachary Prahach picked a good time to turn in his best outing of the season.
The senior right-hander did everything New Milford could’ve hoped for in Monday’s start against Masuk, tossing a complete game three-hitter to cement an 8-1 …
SEYMOUR The numbers are extraordinary, yet so believable. If you’ve pitched to Seymour’s Becca Johnson this season, you would probably nod your head in agreement. Johnson has stepped to the plate 48 times in this, her senior season. Forty-one times she has reached base. She has 31 hits — which is good for a ridiculous […]
TRUMBULL — If Trumbull intends to make a run during the second half of the regular season, it needs to start stockpiling wins.
Phil Pacelli knows it.
The Eagles certainly took a step in the right direction on Saturday, holding off Bunnell 5-3 …
The Trumbull High School baseball program is turning back the clock.
Prior to Friday’s 6 p.m. game against Westhill, the Eagles will honor the 20-year anniversary of their second and most recent state championship team.
“We wanted to honor one…
New Fairfield shuts out Stratford 1-0 #ctbase pic.twitter.com/gzSz2J2A1a — Doug Bonjour (@DougBonjour) April 23, 2018 STRATFORD — Brendan Duffy brought his ace stuff to the mound on Monday for Stratford. Unfortunately for the Red Devils, so did Sean King. In a classic pitchers’ duel, it was King who had the upper hand, throwing a complete-game […]
