Max Edwards, the former Bunnell High product, has verbally committed to play next season at Division I Kansas State University. Edwards announced the news on his Twitter page on Sunday.
Edwards, now playing…
Still many unknowns for potential CIAC winter season
The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s governing board meets Thursday to approve a potential Jan. 19 start for winter sports practice, but individual schools and districts still have to be ready to participa…
‘College fair atmosphere using athletics’ CT coaches want to help run, instruct at summer basketball showcases
The Coaches Advancement for Racial Equity (CARE) Committee is hoping to have live state basketball showcases hosted by high schools this summer.
This would take place over a two-week period in order to prov…
Athletic directors, league commissioners hoping, prepping for winter season
Playing the waiting game is never an easy thing to do. But that is where things stand right now with having a winter sports season.
Jan. 19 has been known for two months as the CIAC’s potential starting dat…
CIAC Board of Control approves winter sports protocols, keeps Jan. 19 as target start date
The CAC Board of Control is meeting this morning to determine how to proceed with the winter sports season. Preseason practice is scheduled to began Jan. 19.
CIAC Executive Director Glenn Lungarini met virt…
Longtime Cromwell basketball coach Jake Salafia dies; won seven state titles
Former longtime Cromwell boys basketball coach Jake Salafia has died. Salafia was 92.
Salafia won seven Class S state championships at Cromwell, including five straight from 1967-71. The other two came in 1…
‘Optimistic’: CIAC, DPH meet about winter season outlook
CIAC Executive Director Glenn Lungarini met virtually with Deidre Gifford, acting commissioner of the state Department of Public Health, on Monday morning to provide updates on where things stand as the CIAC continues prep…
Milford hockey teams adopt new nicknames
The Milford hockey teams will have new nicknames the next time they take the ice for a regular-season game.
The Milford boys team is retiring the Indians’ nickname, which has been around since the program’s…
After four missed seasons, Hopkins’ Matchett hopes perseverance pays off in spring
Stories of high school athletes missing seasons due to injury are sadly common. There are also plenty of others who missed last spring season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
But for one person to miss the bet…
Ex-Prince Tech standout Kazell Stewart signs to play at Southern CT State
Former Prince Tech standout Kazell Stewart signed a national letter of intent on Friday to play basketball at Southern Connecticut State University.
The 6-foot-6, 200-pound Stewart verbally committed to the…
Sneakers, hoops and painting courts: Trumbull’s Walsh eager to give back to community
Since the day he first volunteered, Lance Walsh has always been eager to give back to his community.
Whether it’s been collecting sneakers through donations to give to kids, helping refurbish basketball cou…
Fried, Domingos lead 2020 All-American, All-New England selections
ALL-AMERICAN Maddie Fried, St. Joseph (GameTimeCT and CSCA State Player of the Year for the second straight year) Toni Domingos, Notre Dame-Fairfield Sam Forrest, Glastonbury Mary Lundregan, St. Joseph Olivia Mullings, Newington Autumn Smith, Staples ALL-NEW ENGLAND Faith Arnold, Ridgefield Bailey Ayer, RHAM Erynn Floyd. Wilton Melina Ford, Mercy Natalie Godoy, Miss Porter’s Gabriela Gonzalez, […]
High school officials are prepared for season with COVID-mandated restrictions
Steve Wodarski remains hopeful that there will be a first season for him as state interpreter of the International Approved Association of Basketball Officials (IAABO) Board 10. He also wants to get out there and officiate…
Guilford adopts new mascot for sports teams
Guilford has adopted a new mascot. The decision to become the Grizziles was made official this week after a vote by the student body. Guilford, whose former nickname was the Indians, is the latest school in Connecticut to retire nicknames which could be deemed offensive to Native Americans. Manchester (Redhawks) changed its nickname in 2019 and RHAM […]
Longtime Lyman Hall baseball coach Chuck Burghardt dies; led Trojans to 2002 state title
Chuck Burghardt, who coached baseball at Lyman Hall for more than a quarter-century, died on Tuesday. He was 75.
Burkhardt died at Yale-New Haven Hospital due to complications from a stroke, according to hi…
State coaches hoping to instill some changes in the game
No one knows for sure how the winter sports season will play out. The earliest any CIAC team can begin practicing is Jan. 19 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
All possibilities are on the table, including pushi…
Ermini ready for challenges as Branford’s new athletic director
If anything, the first month as Branford High School’s full-time athletic director was a unique experience for Tom Ermini. Trying to manage a new job during a pandemic is not something one normally deals with.
…
Hand’s Scott Testori commits to play at UConn next fall
Scott Testori never publicly revealed the colleges he wanted to play soccer for next fall. But he always had a No. 1 choice in mind.
On Thursday night, the Hand senior forward verbally committed to that No….
Health experts weigh in on likelihood of winter sports season
With more and more school districts either doing — or considering moving back to — remote learning for the remainder of the calendar year, the CIAC made the decision Tuesday to postpone the start of the winter sports seaso…
Offers continue to roll in for Bristol Central’s Donovan Clingan
It’s been a frustrating time for 7-foot-1 Bristol Central High basketball phenom Donovan Clingan. The good news is it has nothing to do with basketball.
Clingan, a junior, is currently at home in quarantine…
Girls soccer: A look at the state’s top performances for Week 7
Top performers
Ellie Pergolotti, Cheshire: Had a hat trick and added an assist in the Rams’ 7-0 victory over North Haven.
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CIAC moves start of winter season back to Jan. 19
The CIAC will postpone all winter sports activity until Jan. 19, according to email was sent to state athletic directors this morning.
Winter sports practice was proposed to begin on Dec. 5. But COVID numbe…
Haddam-Killingworth tops Old Lyme, defends Shoreline Conference crown
OLD LYME — Haddam-Killingworth didn’t have many chances to get shot attempts off against Old Lyme’s defense Monday afternoon, but the Cougars made them count.
On four shot attempts in the Shoreline Conferen…
Weston shuts out Notre Dame-Fairfield to win SWC South Division crown
FAIRFIELD — Weston girls soccer coach Gustavo Reaes had one last message for his players coming out of Saturday’s halftime speech.
“You aren’t the underdogs!” Reaes said twice.
Weston may ha…
East Hampton denies Waters, Old Saybrook in Shoreline Conference semifinal
OLD SAYBROOK — The seniors at East Hampton had never beaten the Old Saybrook boys soccer team. In fact, no Bellringers’ team had done so in six years.
East Hampton had one final chance this season to knock …
Moira Kellaher’s OT goal lifts Guilford to SCC B Division girls soccer title
GUILFORD — Once the opportunity at defending a state championship was not a possibility, the Guilford girls soccer players set their sights on a successful regular season and to win whatever the postseason experience provi…
Hand completes the mission of undefeated season
MADISON — The seniors on the Hand boys soccer team have rarely felt the sting of losing throughout their stellar careers. It’s been all about championships for the Tigers.
But the 2020 season was going to b…
Bunnell, Masuk withdraw from SWC tournaments
The South-West Conference tournaments continue to be impacted by teams withdrawing from its division tournaments.
Bunnell’s boys and girls soccer teams were forced to withdraw from their respective South Di…
‘God, Family & Basketball’: New book chronicles storied career of St. Joseph coach Vito Montelli
Throughout his storied boys basketball coaching career at St. Joseph High School, coach Vito Montelli filled scrapbooks with newspaper clippings about everything that happened with his program.
He also kept…
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