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CHESHIRE — Hearing that Cheshire football coach Don Drust’s job might be in jeopardy at a Monday-morning meeting, a group of students and parents descended on the public schools office.
Around 100 people — …
Local youth sports, high school hockey in particular, lost two well-known faces and voices over the weekend.
The news struck on social media almost back to back on Saturday night: Brian Dinneen, public addr…
The state couldn’t stop watching Newtown win a CIAC football title in December. Much of the nation couldn’t stop in June.
The Nighthawks’ buzzer-beating, winning touchdown from the Dec. 14 Class LL champion…
The CIAC on Monday dropped high school sports fans something to look forward to: schedules for fall sports, including football (as well as playoff classes). They’re incomplete (say hey, Bullard-Havens), but there’s enough …
High school sports don’t resume until the fall, but four SWC football programs have a little competition going already to support health-care workers in the region.
Programs from Pomperaug, Newtown, Barlow …
The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t stopped Matt Gulbin from working out and preparing for his senior year on Wilton’s offensive line. But it did keep him from getting to visit Wake Forest, at least in person.
“On…
Thursday’s CIAC Division III boys hockey quarterfinal between the Housatonic co-op and McMahon/Norwalk, wherever they played it, was going to be a beauty. Regardless of the final score, they’d both already done something s…
NORTH BRANFORD — The defending CIAC Division II boys hockey champion was on the ropes Monday night in the first round of the tournament, a top seed down by two goals to South Windsor, the last team that snuck into the tour…
For three months, we’ve followed 55 teams’ battle to get to Ingalls Rink in mid-March. In a week, we’ll be down to 12. Who’ll be the three celebrating CIAC hockey titles at Yale?
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Storyline: After three years of FCIAC domination, Fairfield Prep reclaimed its throne in 2018 and kept it last year. If the Jesuits do pull off a third title in a row, it’ll be a milestone in at le…
Jamison Moore, Darien
There’s a deep defense on this team, plus the Blue Wave’s excellent sophomore goalie and a stable of talented forwards, not least of whom are top-line wingers Sam Erickson and Bennett …
The defending champions are back on top of the GameTimeCT Boys Hockey Top 10 Poll as the CIAC playoffs begin. Fairfield Prep hopped over Darien to the top spot in a bit of a split vote; three teams got first-place nods. The Jesuits are seeking their third straight Division I title, and they’re coming off […]
WEST HAVEN — They’ve played three spectacular boys hockey games, and if they can somehow make their separate ways to the CIAC Division II final, maybe they’ll play a fourth in two weeks.
In the meantime, Br…
WEST HAVEN — From the drop of the puck Friday night, as it was from the drop in December, the top team in SCC/SWC Division III was Sheehan.
The top-seeded Titans scored in the first minute and rolled to a 7…
GREENWICH — Taking over for one of the state’s best goalies on one of the state’s best teams, Chris Schofield had big skates to fill as a Darien sophomore.
He stopped 26 Greenwich shots, made one more big s…
MILFORD — Ever since it started the year with eight straight losses, Newtown’s boys hockey team has talked about climbing the mountain. Tuesday night, it found itself up on a ridge, for a while.
The Nightha…
Take a little scheduling crunch, add the playoffs, and Hall/Southington could pack six boys hockey games into 10 days as the playoffs begin.
The Warrior Knights played Saturday and Monday and play Wednesday…
We round up top performers from the past week’s boys hockey games and look ahead to next week.
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This week’s GameTimeCT top 10 poll looks a lot like last week’s as the regular season comes to an end. But two tweaks hit the bottom. Simsbury, riding a four-game winning streak into the playoffs, hopped back in at No. 9. Notre Dame-Fairfield hung on, leaving Hand on the outside after two weeks at No. […]
NORTH BRANFORD — He lost six games to injury, but Branford freshman forward Matt Morgan returned in style Wednesday night at Northford Ice Pavilion.
Morgan went to the front of the net and scored the Hornet…
We round up top performers from the past week’s boys hockey games and look ahead to next week.
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Anthony DiLungo’s No. 14 will hang forever in the rink that bears his father’s name. East Haven’s co-op boys hockey team retired DiLungo’s number before Monday’s game against Guilford at DiLungo Rink.
DiLun…
With one week to go in the regular season, and one conference’s postseason getting underway Saturday, the GameTimeCT top 10 poll stayed pretty steady this week. The 10 teams remained the same, we split a tie, and only one other set of teams switched places. The top five remained identical, led by No. 1 Darien, […]
WEST HAVEN — The No. 1 boys hockey team in the state was short-handed, but it still played like the No. 1 team in the state.
Missing several regulars, Darien came back from an early deficit to beat No. 4 No…
MIDDLETOWN — Over a season back together on the ice, Aden Hotchkiss and his Xavier boys hockey teammates have helped each other get better, even through hard times off the ice.
Three games are left in the r…
BRANFORD — Billy Linder’s goal 6:07 into overtime gave No. 8 Branford a 2-1 win over North Haven on Wednesday night at Northford Ice Pavilion.
We’re getting there. The regular season will be over in two weeks. And though the top of the GameTimeCT boys hockey top 10 poll remained the same, with Darien a unanimous No. 1, there was a bit of churn underneath. New Canaan, a week after dropping to fifth off a loss to Darien, has rebounded […]
We round up top performers from the past week’s boys hockey games and look ahead to next week.
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Matt Arena, Farmington Valley: Three goals and three assists in a 9-2 win ove…
The last time Milford played a postseason boys hockey game was 2015. That will change in two weeks.
Milford’s 8-0 win Monday night over Shepaug put the Indians into the SCC/SWC Division III tournament. It’s…
