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NEW BRITAIN — Aside from seeing Donte Pope score his 1,000th high school point, Middletown might not feel good about anything else from Monday night’s game.
New Britain, however, left the gym with a hop in …
MIDDLETOWN — The sentiment was clear. Wednesday night’s game against Bassick was a big one for the Middletown boys basketball team.
“Not to disrespect any of the other teams we’ve played, but we went up aga…
WINDSOR — Rob Fleeting has been coaching football at Windsor long enough to know a 21-point lead never feels quite good enough, especially if you build it right out of the chute.
The Warriors put Middletown…
MILFORD — Old Saybrook will play for a second straight CIAC Class S championship after Shon Ryan’s penalty kick 2:26 into the first overtime was the difference in a 4-3 victory over No. 9 Cromwell on Tuesday night.
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MIDDLETOWN – A relentless ground attack and an almost impenetrable line. What more did North Haven need Friday night?
The Indians produced touchdowns on four of their first five possessions and topped 400 yards rushing …
FARMINGTON – There could be a serious spike in membership in the Chris Danas Fan Club following his virtuoso performance Saturday.
The Middletown High senior quarterback’s biggest admirers, of course, are h…
MIDDLETOWN – Shelton had lots of time during its bye week to contemplate consecutive losses to Cheshire and Newtown. And whether it had the mettle to regain its footing in the Class LL playoff hunt.
The Gae…
OLD SAYBROOK — Coginchaug/Hale-Ray/East Hampton committed two turnovers in the first six minutes of its season opener, and in the closing minutes Saturday the Blue Devils’ second unit got careless and allowed two scores.
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MIDDLETOWN — Middletown needed one quarter of football to find its footing in Friday night’s season opener at Rosek-Skubel Stadium. Offensively, at least.
The defense was on its game from the opening whistl…
DURHAM — Tommy John surgery is no longer a worst-case scenario for ballplayers. One study shows the elbow procedure — ulnar collateral ligament replacement — is most often performed these days on teens between the ages of …
CROMWELL — Right-hander Tyler Baldwin was back on the field for the top of the seventh inning before any of his Rocky Hill-Cromwell-Portland teammates could cross the first-base line.
The 5-foot-7 pitcher’s…
GLASTONBURY — Now, it’s on to the playoffs.
Middletown Post 75 qualified for the American Legion state tournament with authority Tuesday night, totaling 13 hits and riding the dominant six-hit pitching of T…
MIDDLETOWN — Post 75 had one seven-run rally to offer Monday night, but a second? Not even the ’72 Yankees could have pulled that off.
After wiping away an ugly start (and eight-run deficit) to Monday’s Zon…
CROMWELL — As the calendar turns to July and Zone 3’s contenders start to distinguish themselves, Rocky Hill-Cromwell-Portland looked like one of them by squeezing out an important win against Northern Division leader Enfi…
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…
