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MERIDEN — Losing a state tournament game hurts. It means your season is over. But losing the way the Kolbe Cathedral girls did Monday in the Class M semifinals against Cromwell, was downright devastating, especially for ju…
STRATFORD — The Kolbe Cathedral players, coaches and fans inside the Bunnell gym had to be thrilled with what had transpired during the first 17 minutes of Monday’s SWC boys basketball semifinal.
Kolbe, see…
SOUTHBURY — Help! Yes, it’s a Beatles hit song, but also the credo of the 2018-19 SWC champion Newtown High School girls basketball team.
That’s help, as in help defense. The Nighthawks have made it their s…
NEWTOWN — Newtown High missed 23 of its first 24 shots in Monday’s SWC girls basketball semifinal … and yet the Nighthawks had Kolbe Cathedral just where they wanted them.
“When (Newtown) finally made the…
FAIRFIELD — The University of Virginia is really good at it on most nights, but for the most part, trying to control tempo is rather difficult for most basketball teams, especially at the high school boys level. Sooner or …
BRIDGEPORT — Kolbe Cathedral saw a 21-point halftime lead shrink to as little as five points, but held on to beat No. 8 Newtown 54-47 in a battle of 16-2 teams.
Gracen Kerr led No. 9 Kolbe (17-2, 10-2 SWC) …
FAIRFIELD — There were three minutes remaining in the third quarter Wednesday and Notre Dame of Fairfield trailed Kolbe Cathedral by 16 points having missed 31 of its 37 field-goal attempts. About 25 minutes later, however…
BRIDGEPORT — Trap game. It is a cliché to some, but a rather scary prospect for basketball coaches.
Bassick High School boys coach Bernie Lofton, however, had no such fear Monday night when his undefeated L…
BRIDGEPORT — The theme Saturday at the Wonderland of Ice was obvious, at least to Fairfield Prep coach Matt Sather.
“It was all about corners being turned,” Sather said after the Jesuits started the second …
TRUMBULL — After Trumbull’s 51-33 girls basketball victory Monday over Ludlowe, we know this much about the undefeated Eagles: They can shoot, defend, rebound and score in the paint.
If, however, there is one aspect of the game…
BRIDGEPORT — One cannot miss the banner behind one of the baskets inside the Bassick High School gym: “1989 Boys Basketball State Champions.”
Yes, it has been that long.
But after their decisive 66-41 victory ov…
STRATFORD — As the fourth quarter was unfolding Friday, surprisingly no red alert warning went off on the Bunnell bench, despite the Bulldogs letting an 18-point lead slip to three, and the box-and-1 defense employed by Stratford was keeping B…
TRUMBULL — Officially, there was no assist given on Timmond Williams’ incredible, buzzer-beating, off-balance 3-pointer off the backboard that gave Trumbull a thrilling 50-49 boys basketball victory over Ridgefield Thursday.
Un…
FAIRFIELD — Eight days earlier, when Staples defeated this same Fairfield Warde team by 16 points, the Wreckers jumped out to a 15-1 lead in the first quarter. Staples coach Paco Fabian knew that wasn’t going to happen again on Thursday.
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BRIDEPORT — Not that the Bassick High School boys basketball team needed any added incentive but Wednesday’s opponent Hamden seemed to have provided one anyway before the game started.
“During the day (a Hamden player) was talk…
FAIRFIELD — Yamani McCollough scored 25 points and Aizhanique Mayo added 13 as Notre Dame of Fairfield upset No. 1 Mercy 61-57 in overtime on Tuesday night.
Kameryn King had 14 points and Lilly Hedge had 17 rebounds for Mercey …
STRATFORD — It wasn’t the turkey that left the Bunnell High football team with a sour feeling last Friday morning. And it wasn’t the victory over cross-town rival Stratford on Wednesday, an effort that the coach referred to as “one of our poor…
TRUMBULL — The way the first half transpired, the St. Joseph High School football team knew this year’s Thanksgiving Day rivalry game against Trumbull would not be quite as easy a task as last year’s 58-point blowout.
Actually, the Cadets knew…
STRATFORD — Bunnell High School looked in Wednesday night’s regular-season finale against Stratford as if last week’s victory over Pomperaug had clinched a state football Class L playoff berth. It did not.
So, the Bulldogs, who came into Wedne…
Seymour rallied after losing the first set to win its second Class M girls volleyball championship in three years.
Setter Alyssa Cosciello, who had 41 assists, was named the MVP of the final for Seymour (24-1). Faith Rousseau added 24 kills fo…
FAIRFIELD — Fairfield Prep and North Haven came into this SCC contest with identical records, and some other similar statistical phenomena. But there was one big difference between them and that was on display for all to see on Saturday.
North…
FAIRFIELD — Horrible, rainy conditions are not exactly conducive to a productive passing game. Yeah, try telling that to Ridgefield coach Kevin Callahan or his quarterback Owen Matthews.
“We came in (to Friday’s game at Fairfield Warde) wantin…
TRUMBULL — Losing on penalty kicks is probably the worst way in all of sports for a team’s season to end. And based on the Wilton High girls soccer team’s post-game celebration after its 1-1 (9-8 PK) victory over St. Joseph Wednesday, it just …
FAIRFIELD — Fairfield Prep boys soccer coach Ryan Lyddy said he knew early in Tuesday’s Class LL first round state tournament game that his team was going to win. In fairness, though, a spunky Stamford team was playing the Jesuits fairly even …
TRUMBULL — After stewing over their tough FCIAC first-round playoff loss for the last 10 days, the Trumbull High Eagles figured they deserved at least a soothing 10-minute break during halftime of Monday’s Class LL first round girls soccer gam…
STRATFORD — One week after losing their first and second string quarterbacks to injury while suffering their first loss of the season, things seemed to be getting even worse for the Bunnell High Bulldogs Saturday.
The Bulldogs found themselves…
TRUMBULL — Adam Tolk ran for one touchdown and caught another while quarterback Colton Nicholas threw for two scores as the Trumbull football team rallied to beat Westhill 35-15 on Friday.
Westhill jumped to a 8-0 lead on a 99-yard fumble retu…
MONROE — Emily Belval, Olivia Farina and Siobban Lounsbury scored goals as Pomperaug earned a berth in Thursday’s SWC championship game with a 3-0 road win at Masuk.
Caitlin Murphy had 12 saves in goal for Pomperaug (11-3-4).
Madison Kobza fin…
BRIDGEPORT — Kevion Bednarz rushed for two touchdowns and passed for another Friday, leading Harding past winless city-rival Bassick 50-18.
Caleb Lemon added two touchdowns for Harding (3-4).
Jason Marrero tossed three touchdowns for Bassick (…
