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NEWINGTON — In the end, there were not many dry eyes around Xavier’s baseball team — coaching staff included. When a club enjoys being together as much as the Falcons have in 2019, letting go Wednesday was not easy.
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MIDDLETOWN — Middletown High’s attempt to qualify for the postseason will have to wait at least one more game.
Windsor erased a two-run deficit with five runs in the sixth inning, the momentum coming courte…
DURHAM — Connor Rulnick’s Coginchaug teammates will need some new material now that he officially has more than “warning-track power.”
The Clark University-bound senior hit a belt-high fastball over the fen…
BASEBALL
Portland 8, Westbrook 0: After signing with Rhode Island College earlier in the day, Cole Peterson threw six shutout innings and hit a two-run home run to lead Portland to a Shoreline road win.
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PORTLAND — If Shoreline Conference baseball teams did not give Portland much thought heading into the new season, they might want to now.
The Highlanders handed Haddam-Killingworth its first loss and forged…
MIDDLETOWN — A chorus of screams greeted Dominique Highsmith’s screaming line drive into the gap, and what followed was the sound of victory.
Highsmith drove a 2-1 pitch to right-center and circled the base…
HIGGANUM — Neither coach imagined his season-opener unfolding the way it did Monday, which meant Haddam-Killingworth’s Mark Brookes was pleasantly surprised while Old Saybrook’s Nick Hahn tried to shake it off.
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Innovation vs. Old Lyme
OLD LYME — The healthy respect the Old Lyme and Morgan boys basketball teams have for each other was never more evident in the postgame handshake line.
A Morgan player to an Old Lyme player: “Go win it all….
MIDDLETOWN — Tyler Wenzel pushes off the one-meter board with a fierce purpose, corkscrews through a one-and-a-half somersault and twist, and hits the water in a position that meets the approval of coaches Kim Caruso and T…
For No. 7 Cromwell, this time of year on the basketball calendar brings a sense of familiarity.
The Panthers won the CIAC Division V championship last March, the ninth overall title for the program and seco…
MIDDLETOWN — Xavier has hired an athletic director for only the third time in its 56-year history.
Matt Martorelli, the AD at Northwest Catholic since 2011, will succeed Tony Jaskot, who is retiring this su…
MIDDLETOWN – They are teammates and fans of each other who just happen to be on opposite sides of wrestling’s spectrum.
Eli Cyr competes at 113 pounds, Nygell Smikle at 285. Cyr is a seasoned varsity compet…
CROMWELL – Good teams find ways to overcome bad nights and win games, and Cromwell had the depth and the determination to do that Tuesday in the Shoreline Conference tournament semifinals.
As Cromwell’s top…
CROMWELL — Coach John Pinone has had some very good Cromwell High boys basketball teams through the years, ones good enough to win multiple Shoreline Conference titles and two state championships.
Never, th…
MIDDLETOWN — Thursday was a night for Middletown High to recognize and appreciate its seniors and look forward to what its underclassmen will provide in the coming seasons.
Sophomore guard Kya Mayo scored i…
Cromwell beats Valley 42-36 to advance to 16-0!! #ctbb pic.twitter.com/z78Ty1hO4n — CHS Sports (@_CHS_Sports_) February 6, 2019 DEEP RIVER – Cromwell coach John Pinone finally got his wish. After 16 lopsided wins, the Panthers had to fight their way out of Valley Regional’s gym to remain unbeaten. Nothing came easy for either team Tuesday night. […]
MIDDLETOWN — Maybe the first six games of Mercy’s basketball season were just a warm-up.
While not at their best Friday night, the defending Class LL champion Tigers used a strong second half at both ends o…
MIDDLETOWN – Xavier on Thursday removed hockey coach Nick Costanzo in the middle of his first season with the Falcons.
School officials would not comment beyond a brief statement announcing Costanzo’s depar…
Cromwell High baseball coach Lew Pappariella, who led the Panthers for 11 winning seasons and took them to three CIAC Class S championship games, has stepped down from his position.
Pappariella said Monday that his career goals…
MIDDLETOWN — Is Middletown High’s wrestling team preparing once again to assert itself at the state level?
There are signs of this after the Blue Dragons followed their victory over crosstown rival Xavier in December by putting…
MIDDLETOWN — Middletown was looking for a shot of confidence Monday night after losing four of its first five games of the season against some of the state’s top teams.
The Blue Dragons chipped away at Platt’s double-digit lead…
DURHAM – Coginchaug coach Chris Watson spoke about his defense in glowing terms after the Blue Devils held undefeated East Hampton to 26 points on Friday night.
If only his offense could have come up with two more buckets.
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PORTLAND — Basketball games are never over after the first quarter, but this one was as out of reach for Portland as it could have been Wednesday night.
Cromwell outscored the Highlanders 25-2 in the opening eight minutes and n…
MIDDLETOWN — In the times Xavier High’s basketball team struggles to score this season, its defense is going to have to compensate. That didn’t happen Friday night and coach Mike Kohs was not pleased.
Unbeaten Waterford ruled t…
MIDDLETOWN — Xavier High held off Cheshire in the closing minutes Thursday night for a 48-42 victory in the 15th edition of the Artie Kohs Christmas Classic.
K.J Grisham led Xavier with 18 points — 12 from 3-point range — as th…
MIDDLETOWN — Xavier High’s search for only the third athletic director in the school’s 55-year history will get underway shortly after the start of the new year.
Xavier officially announced this week that Tony Jaskot, who has b…
NEW BRITAIN — Fumbling away the ball on the first play from scrimmage in a state final might have shaken some players, but not Bloomfield’s Ky’Juon Butler.
The senior running back had been here before Saturday as the only start…
HIGGANUM — There are two players named Callender on the Haddam-Killingworth football roster, and another is on the way next fall. Their father, who has been involved in the sport for decades, coaches the Cougars’ offensive and defensive lineme…
