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NEW HAVEN — Newtown football has been almost everywhere in the month since that emotional, improbable night in the fog at Trumbull’s McDougall Stadium. But this Saturday morning was about their outside linebacker.
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MIDDLETOWN — Slow starts have hampered No. 2 Notre Dame-West Haven through the start of the boys hockey season. Penalties dogged the Green Knights in their last game before Wednesday night’s game at Wesleyan’s Spurrier-Sny…
As a few teams reach the midpoint of their season, this looks like one of those fun years where no boys hockey team is safe, where no one will run away with Division I, where any game is up for grabs on any given night. They’re fun, that is, unless you’ve got to try to […]
Northwest Catholic boys hockey coach Dan Melanson says he’s good at counting his blessings, and the first month of this season has given him chances to do so.
The Lions played without eight regulars, ill or…
We round up top performers from the past week’s boys hockey games and look ahead to next week.
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DARIEN — It’s hard to win a game from the penalty box. And though previously unbeaten Notre Dame-West Haven was confident in its ability at five-on-five, Darien took advantage when the Green Knights handed it power plays S…
SHELTON — The skaters may be short-handed but tenacious up front and on the blue line, but in net, Notre Dame-Fairfield’s boys hockey team has both tenacity and depth.
Senior Nick Piselli made 53 saves Wedn…
A 6-0 start, including a tournament win in Massachusetts, has Notre Dame-West Haven atop the GameTimeCT boys hockey top 10 poll in Week 4 of the season. The Green Knights, runner-up to Fairfield Prep last year, have three in-state wins in addition to their win in the CM Christmas Tournament. They’ll make two trips into […]
We round up top performers from the past week’s boys hockey games (plus some holiday tournaments) and look ahead to next week.
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Matt Arena, Farmington Valley: Four goals and…
Trumbull coach Greg Maxey knows his team wasn’t on a lot of people’s boys hockey radar at the start of the year. And he knows his team has caught some attention with a 5-2 start.
“What we’ve been talking ab…
DARIEN — Notre Dame-Fairfield always seemed to have a body in the way all Saturday evening at Darien Ice House, have a skate there to block a shot, have a stick in a passing lane. But then Sam Augustine found something unu…
MIDDLETOWN — Sophomore goalie Chris Schofield had just finished off his second shutout in four games, a 3-0 Darien win at Xavier, and his captain kind of likes the way he’s playing.
“I think he’s playing ou…
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Many teams that begin their season 0-2, 1-4 and 3-6 can make plans elsewhere for mid-March. Not Fairfield Prep, which could trademark its way of building and teaching an inexperienced team, test…
Sr. F Matt Arena, Farmington: A big piece of back-to-back Generals runs to Ingalls.
Sr. F Cole Chapman, Simsbury: Scored 27 goals last year, developing his all-around game.
Jr. F Aaron Chole…
BRIDGEPORT — When he met an eighth grader named Troy Rainey, Harding football coach Eddie Santiago said, he saw this day coming, and way more. Rainey, though, was going to be an actor.
Santiago convinced hi…
The Connecticut Division I boys hockey championship does not always go to the Catholic schools, nor to the FCIAC powers in the southwest corner of the state, but that’s the way to bet. In particular, the way to bet is Fairfield Prep, winner of 11 out of the past 20 titles under coach Matt Sather, […]
There are a stunning number of intriguing CIAC hockey matchups on Wednesday, the first full day of competition. Our 10 games to watch this season could be the day’s schedule, cut off wherever. We’ll try to sneak in a few l…
They stalked the leader all year, then knocked off the leader on the last day of the season to win their third consecutive CIAC football championship. St. Joseph, No. 2 all regular season, finishes the year as the No. 1 team in the GameTimeCT Top 10 poll. “This means a lot, for the whole football […]
NEW BRITAIN — Jaden Shirden, after his usual big rushing day, smiled when his teammates on the other side of the ball came up in conversation, the defense that led St. Joseph to their third CIAC football championship in a row. “They’re some bad boys,” Shirden said. “They come out and play. They do their […]
TRUMBULL — When the young running back wasn’t running around the house, imitating his dad or Barry Sanders, the sign went on the door: “Watching film.” He watched the games of his father, or the games his father coached, f…
SOUTHINGTON — Disappointed not to get a chance to see both the CIAC Class L football championship, pitting No. 1 Hand against No. 2 St. Joseph, and the Class LL title game, with No. 3 Newtown and No. 6 Darien?
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SOUTHINGTON — Darien will get another shot at Newtown, this time in the CIAC Class LL football final.
The Blue Wave wore down host Southington on Monday in the second half, winning 21-12 in the semifinals a…
The rumbles came early on Thanksgiving, maybe mistaken at first for the wind blowing down trees in the distance on that otherwise-gorgeous fall morning, but unmistakable soon enough. Those scores they were announcing over the PA systems? They were seismic. THANKSGIVING STORY LINKS | PLAYOFF SCOREBOARD | STAFF PICKS New Canaan’s 20-0 win over Darien in […]
TRUMBULL — Jaden Shirden ran for three touchdowns and caught one of Jack Wallace’s four touchdown passes in St. Joseph’s 52-7 win over Trumbull on Thursday morning at Dalling Field.
St. Joseph (10-0) comple…
What was unofficial by the numbers has become official by committee on Friday, and the CIAC football playoff pairings are set.
The committee made no changes to the pairings that became apparent by the end o…
We round up top performers from the weekend’s football games.
Colbe Andrews, Valley Regional/Old Lyme: Had a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and two interceptions in a 49-14 win over Gilbert/Northwes…
NEW BRITAIN — Devon Bushka’s goal with 29 minutes, 28 seconds remaining lifted Holy Cross to its first CIAC girls soccer championship on Saturday. The Crusaders defeated Old Lyme 1-0 at Veterans Stadium in the Class S fina…
STAMFORD — It’s not the primary focus for St. Joseph; a third consecutive CIAC football title comes in higher. But it’s nearing the point where getting that will also get the Hogs their first undefeated season since 1983.
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We round up top performers from the weekend’s football games and look ahead to next week.
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