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The Southern Connecticut Conference have a number of teams that has an elite golfer at the top of its rotation.
All of them performed admirably well throughout the regular season, starting with Xavier’s Chr…
NEW HAVEN — Julia Duprey was just looking for a pitch to drive. Speedster Jeniya Campbell was on first base, ready to go on contact.
The scenario played out like the members of the Platt Tech softball team …
NEW HAVEN — If the Hand tennis teams were going to go wire to wire in the Southern Connecticut Conference, it would have to be through Amity one more time.
The Spartans’ boys and girls teams stood in the wa…
Dave Augustine recalled his initial thoughts about taking over as East Haven’s golf coach: “It would be a cool thing to do for a few years.”
That was in 1977. Augustine still has the job. But, after 42 seas…
FINE PERFORMANCES
Calvin Smith, Darien: Shot a school record 5-under-par 31 at Tashua Knolls GC to help the Blue Wave beat St. Jo…
MADISON — Dawn Fagerquist has never forgotten when an opposing coach once told her following a loss that the Hand boys tennis team “lacked desire.”
It’s also something she uses to inspire her team before ev…
HAMDEN — It was a rough ending to Taniyah Thompson’s basketball career at Hamden, and not just because of what happened on the court.
In addition to the Green Dragons losing in the Class LL state semifinals…
Portland golfers may not talk much about accomplishing a four-peat at the Division IV state championship in June, but it’s understood.
Just look at Portland’s non-conference schedule: matches against Conard…
You might think expectations would be pretty high for the New Canaan girls golf program.
The Rams have won the FCIAC championship each of the last two seasons, then went on to win the CIAC girls state champ…
With all five starters returning, expectations were high for Coginchaug’s boys golf team coming into the season. That fact was not lost on the returning Blue Devils.
“The guys have picked up where they left…
Jason Kirck was content to remain as an assistant varsity boys basketball coach at his alma mater, Notre Dame-West Haven.
He wasn’t seeking to leave to become a head coach again until recently, when the gir…
NEW HAVEN — It really was touch-and-go last summer whether or not the Hillhouse girls basketball team would lose its two cornerstones for the upcoming 2018-19 season to prep school.
“It was very close. Peo…
FINE PERFORMANCES
Will Mallek, Fairfield Prep, and Alex Gu and Calvin Smith, Darien: Mallek was the medalist, firing an even-par 36, but Gu and Smith both posted 37 to help the Blue Wave defeat the Jesuits …
Alex Aurora wanted the opportunity to continue playing golf at a Division I college. He played well enough to have those opportunities.
A number of colleges in the Patriot League showed interest, as did Col…
The days of basketball players getting recruited to Division I colleges based on how they performed during the high school season are primarily in the past.
It’s now all about how players perform during the…
FINE PERFORMANCES
Alex Aurora, Hamden: Posted a 3-under 32 at Madison CC to help Hamden edge host Hand. Medalist with a 36 at Pin…
HAMDEN — From the first time she saw the campus at Tennessee State University, Tori Roberts fell in love with the school nestled in Nashville, Tennessee.
Roberts verbally committed to run track for the Ohio…
Matt Altieri had thought about retiring from both being a history teacher and baseball coach at Sheehan High School for quite some time.
The veteran coach finally decided in late October that this 2019 seas…
Desmond Lymon has worked in the Bridgeport school system for the last five years, is currently an assistant track and field coach at Bassick High and previously served as an assistant football coach with the Lions earlier …
Nine state champions were crowned at the Mohegan Sun Arena last weekend. Record crowds turned out. Let’s take a chronological look at some of the things that occurred:
9 a.m.: Fans were already lined up at …
New Canaan vs. Granby, Division IV boys basketball championship
A decade ago, a small school in New Haven known as Amistad Academy began playing a varsity boys basketball schedule of just nine games. The team didn’t win any of them.
Year two brought six victories in 12 …
DIVISION I
No. 1 East Catholic (26-1)
vs. No. 6 Windsor (23-3)
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Trinity Catholic girls basketball coach Mike Walsh will step on the court Saturday afternoon at the Mohegan Sun Arena to try to become the second known CIAC coach to lead the same school to both a boys and girls state cham…
SOUTHINGTON — The last three girls basketball coaches standing from the Southern Connecticut Conference shared a lot of love Wednesday morning.
All three coaches — Hillhouse’s Catrina Hawley-Stewart, Sheeha…
NEW HAVEN — East Catholic has taken on all comers over the past two seasons and beat almost every opponent it faced.
Some boys basketball games were close, like the road trip at Bassick. Most were blowouts …
WATERBURY — Bassick wasn’t going to go down without a fight.
The Lions fought back from a double-digit deficit in the third quarter to turn Monday night’s Division I state boys basketball quarterfinal again…
Bassick vs. Windsor, Division I quarterfinals
at Wilby, Waterbury
