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BRISTOL — CIAC semifinal games guarantee a ton of talent. Guts to make the talent work often add unforgettable flavor.
In a 3-2 Northwestern win over Woodland Wednesday morning, that flavor was worthy of a …
WINSTED — No. 2 seed Northwestern showed promise with three runs in the first two innings of its Class M quarterfinal game against No. 7 Rockville, then fulfilled it with a three-run burst in the bottom of the sixth for a …
WINSTED — No. 2 Northwestern and No. 18 Suffield pounded opponents by a combined 33-5 in Tuesday’s first round of the Class M baseball state tournament behind their top starters.
Wednesday, in the second ro…
TORRINGTON — In a crazy year for high school baseball, Torrington, at 11-6, is a potential blowout win away from its best season since 2015’s 13-7 campaign.
It’s a year straight out of a Rip Van Winkle slum…
TORRINGTON — The final out in Naugatuck’s 11-8 win against Torrington in a hitters’ jamboree at Fuessenich Park Monday afternoon came when Greyhound outfielder Jibree Bartelle leaped for a rising line drive with a chance o…
TORRINGTON — Almost a month ago, Torrington bats bombed Wolcott pitcher Kyle Hensel in a big second-day comeback win for the Raiders at Wolcott High School.
Saturday afternoon at Torrington’s Fuessenich Par…
TORRINGTON — Torrington leadoff hitter Marissa Burger was 3-for-4 on a day without many hits, but the real story of Torrington’s 8-3 win over Watertown Friday afternoon at Torrington High School was aggressive base runnin…
TORRINGTON — In a season full of blow-out games helping almost no one, it’s refreshing when one like Torrington’s 5-2 win over St. Paul Catholic Wednesday afternoon helps almost everyone.
The Falcons are o…
WOODBURY — Nonnewaug sophomore Dylan Chung broke open a tense pitchers’ duel with a towering triple to right center field in the bottom of the sixth inning, igniting a four-run Chiefs scoring flurry in a 5-1 win over Thoma…
TORRINGTON — Former Berkshire League member Wolcott Tech, now in the Connecticut Technical School Conference, built a six-run lead in the first two innings en route to a 9-2 win over old BL foe Gilbert Thursday afternoon a…
TORRINGTON — On a day when Torrington’s baseball team could do no wrong, pitchers Ben Smith and Joe DiPippo and hitter Cooper Suminski were great examples of all they did right in a 9-1 win over Watertown at Fuessenich Par…
TORRINGTON — In a season chock full of high school baseball and softball blowouts so far, a well-played, exciting softball game comes off like a classic, even when it’s not.
Naugatuck beat Torrington 6-4 on…
WINSTED — Northwestern’s softball team won an early-season Berkshire League battle of unbeatens with Thomaston 11-5 Friday afternoon at Northwestern High School.
But despite the relatively wide gap in scori…
TORRINGTON — A brutal day for pitchers turned glorious for hitters Thursday afternoon at Torrington’s Fuessenich Park as St. Paul Catholic (5-1) turned Wednesday’s tornado warnings into baseball reality when the Falcons se…
TORRINGTON — Thanks to a year off for COVID-19, the early high school spring season is a time of discovery for most teams and individuals in Connecticut, young either in years or experience.
The Wolcott and…
TORRINGTON — While no one knew what to expect this season following a COVID-forced year off, surprises — good and bad — are proving to be an integral part of the landscape.
“So far, the NVL looks like a lea…
THOMASTON — Spring is always a great time of year. This time, for athletes and coaches across the state, it’s euphoric.
Unlike the winter sports whose state tournaments were stopped mid-flow by Covid-19 a y…
TERRYVILLE — Offense and defense took star turns threatening to win the Berkshire League boys basketball tournament final, but pure grit finally brought Terryville home to the championship in a 54-51 thriller over Shepaug …
WOODBURY — Sam Conti sank a foul shot with two seconds left in a Berkshire League girls basketball tournament semifinal to lift No. 2 Nonnewaug to a 26-25 win over No. 3 Northwestern on Tuesday afternoon at Nonnewaug High …
TERRYVILLE — Don’t let anyone tell you league and pod tournaments can’t be just as exciting as the Big Dance without this year’s Covid-cancelled state tournaments.
“It’s all they’ve got,” said Wamogo assist…
FALLS VILLAGE — Brooke Donaghey led No. 5 Shepaug from a 13-point halftime deficit to a cliffhanging 37-35 overtime win over No. 4 Housatonic in a Berkshire League tournament quarterfinal game at Housatonic High School Thu…
TORRINGTON — Success is always relative, subject to unexpected reversals.
Hundreds of high school athletes learn that life lesson every year. Number that in the thousands in this era of Covid-19.
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WOODBURY — A glittering crown erased the bruises in Northwestern’s 47-36 win at Nonnewaug Tuesday afternoon in a knockdown battle for the Berkshire League regular-season championship.
Both teams played the …
WINSTED — Shepaug Valley’s 68-56 boys basketball win at The Gilbert School was billed as a matchup between the Berkshire League’s leading scorers — Shepaug’s Owen Hibbard and Gilbert’s Dylan Crowley.
Crowle…
THOMASTON — A Thomaston 54-29 win over Northwestern Saturday afternoon completed a resounding sweep over the Berkshire League’s eight other girls basketball teams, including four of the league’s top teams in the last five …
TORRINGTON — Both coaches came away with complaints from a 46-39 Woodland girls basketball win at Torrington High School on Friday night that evened each team’s record at 2-2.
“They killed us on the boards,…
TORRINGTON — A smattering of Torrington High School parents seated on the one set of unfolded bleachers at the Connie Donahue Gymnasium Wednesday night was part of the strange new-normal atmosphere in a strange new-normal …
THOMASTON — If you can’t have a state tournament thanks to COVID-19, the Thomaston girls basketball team might have the next best thing.
Starting with a 55-23 Tuesday night win over Shepaug, the Golden Bear…
TERRYVILLE — Rivalry night in the Berkshire League turned into a boys basketball laugher at Terryville Friday night as a close first quarter ended with three straight steals by Sean O’Donnell off a full-court Terryville pr…
