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WEST HAVEN — Morgan’s Zachary Tuccitto and David Saturno have formed a perfect bond on the pitch all season long. With a chance to help their team head back to the state finals for the second consecutive season, the pair did not disappoint.
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WEST HAVEN — If you ask anyone in the Shoreline Conference what the consistencies are, they would be sure to mention a couple of things. One is the Old Lyme Wildcats know how to win, and the second is Old Lyme senior Mya Johnson clearly knows …
WEST HAVEN — With heavy rain falling, there was belief Mother Nature was the balancing factor when Notre Dame and Shelton met Friday evening. The Gaels had other ideas.
David Yakowicz started the game with a long touchdown run, Shelton then sc…
ANSONIA — Coming into the contest against Ansonia, the Seymour football team knew how tough the Chargers were to score on. When the Wildcats twice got inside Ansonia’s 20-yard line in the first 6 minutes of the game, Seymour had to love its po…
NORTH HAVEN — Giselle Zumerchik and the North Haven volleyball team did not exactly get off to the start they hoped to in the CIAC Class L state tournament. It was the finish which mattered most.
Rallying after losing the opening game, No. 11 …
EAST HAVEN — Between the Cheshire and Amity volleyball teams, they owned 17 Southern Connecticut Conference tournament titles and shared another. It was only fitting the premier teams of the conference met again Saturday evening to decide anot…
MILFORD — With plenty at stake for the Jonathan Law football team, coach Erik Larka turned to his seniors.
Counting on Ethan Saley and Michael Plaskon, Larka was rewarded as the pair combined for 418 yards of offense in a 40-32 victory over Gu…
SHELTON — Just one look at Amity senior Abby Harbinson in warm ups told you all you needed to know. Harbinson and her Amity teammates were locked in.
Vowing to get back to the Southern Connecticut Conference championship after a one-year hiatu…
WOODBRIDGE — Amity senior Amelia Taddei and the rest of her teammates know if the Spartans are to advance in both the Southern Connecticut Conference and state tournaments, a total team effort in each will be required.
The third-seeded Spartan…
WOODBRIDGE — With the goal of making the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament on their mind, the Amity Spartans could not have asked for a better performance.
Playing host to Hamden in their regular season finale, the Spartans turned in …
WEST HAVEN — Even Mother Nature could not stop the West Haven girls soccer team on Senior Night. Despite a weather delay of one hour and 17 minutes, the Westies were able to conclude the regular season with a 1-0 victory over Foran in a Southe…
NORTH HAVEN — It had the makings of a classic from the minute the fans walked into the stands. It lived up to every bit of the hype.
That “it” was a heavyweight battle between Shelton and North Haven in which two undefeated teams went head to …
NEW HAVEN — Facing Hamden in a rare Thursday evening contest, the Wilbur Cross Governors may not have liked the way the contest started. They sure loved the way it ended.
Behind the running of Jasiah Barnes, who became the school’s all-time le…
WOODBRIDGE — Amity girls soccer coach Owen Quigley had a good feeling about his team earlier in the season. Not only did he like the make up of the squad, he liked the soccer sense it showed.
Fast forward 13 games, and Quigley has seen nothing…
MADISON — The traffic heading into the Surf Club in Madison suggested a big contest was on the horizon. The play on the field stated otherwise.
Behind the play of the Hand offensive line, the Tigers had plenty of room to run and more time to p…
MILFORD — Two teams. Two very different directions.
For both the Shelton and Foran volleyball squads, Wednesday evening’s contest exemplified the types of season each are having.
The Gaels have lost just three contests, all against perennial p…
MILFORD — Jonathan Law senior Kyle Goglia is known more for his defensive play. While Goglia was stellar in that role against cross-town rival Foran, it was the play he made late in the second half which may have been his biggest asset.
Bursti…
WOODBRIDGE — There is no substitute for playing against good competition. When the two teams are rivals, the play only gets better.
Such was the case when two Southern Connecticut Conference powers met Wednesday afternoon in Woodbridge.
That c…
WOODBRIDGE — It is not often in sports where a loss may be a good thing for a team. For Cheshire, a third game loss against Amity proved to be a blessing in disguise.
Having entered the contest without losing a match, let alone a game this sea…
EAST HAVEN – The Scott Benoit era was supposed to bring changes to East Haven. No one could have expected those changes to come so soon.
Facing Xavier, a typical powerhouse in Division I, East Haven was facing its biggest challenge of the seas…
WOODBRIDGE — Despite winning five matches in a row, the Guilford volleyball team still felt as if it had something to prove. A trip to Amity would show just how far the Indians have come.
With plenty of young talent on the court, Guilford show…
NORTH HAVEN — Two teams headed in entirely different directions. That may have been the summary going into the contest, but both the Cheshire and North Haven football teams had no plans on listening.
While Cheshire started quickly, it was the …
WOODBRIDGE — Both the Amity and Foran girls soccer teams are becoming accustomed to playing on the road. With each team playing its first handful of games away from the friendly confines of home, the coaching staffs are hoping that experience …
WEST HAVEN — Seth Davis and his Amity volleyball team are still trying to figure out the 2018 squad. With as many as four positions still to be finalized. Davis is looking to see who steps up to fill those roles.
One role he does not have to w…
WEST HAVEN — Three feet. That is all which separated West Haven from an opening day victory over North Haven. Don’t think the Westies forgot to use that as motivation all week.
Taking their frustrations out on Hamden, the Westies picked up the…
By MIKE MADERA
WEST HAVEN — Heading into Friday evening’s Southern Connecticut Conference tilt, both the West Haven and North Haven football teams knew they would have to establish new identities with an abundance of stars graduated from both …
Three years have flown by for Abby Harbinson. The rest of the Southern Connecticut Conference may beg to differ.
With one final year of high school ahead of her, Harbinson will have the task of leading the Amity volleyball team deep into the p…
HAMDEN — Baseball is a funny game. Just one break can turn an inning or a game around. Both the Bethel and Hamden American Legion baseball teams saw that Saturday. With Bethel pitcher Kyle Roche holding Hamden scoreless through four innings and seemingly on his way to a quiet fifth, a would be second out […]
Becca Johnson has always been a very good softball player. Who knew one small opinion would help turn her into a great player. Through eighth grade, Johnson was always a right-handed hitter and solid position player. Taking the advice of her travel softball coach, Neil Swanchak, Johnson turned to the left side in the batter’s box, went […]
