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DANBURY — There were several instances, earlier in Friday’s FCIAC quarterfinal game, when Danbury High School boys soccer player Malamin Jallow came agonizingly close to scoring a goal but couldn’t quite capitalize.
With the fate of the Hatter…
RIDGEFIELD — The Ridgefield High School girls soccer team has prided itself all season long on its stellar defensive play — and rightfully so, as the Tigers allowed only three goals in the regular season and posted 14 shutouts in 16 matches.
O…
REDDING — For anyone hoping to whet their appetite for exciting girls volleyball in the days leading up to the South-West Conference playoffs, Joel Barlow High School was the place to be Wednesday night.
With the playoffs set to begin in less …
The search for a new coach for the New Fairfield/Immaculate boys hockey team has turned up a familiar face.
Mike Bonelli — who coached the Immaculate High boys team for seven seasons, from the 2002-03 season to 2008-09, prior to the formation …
BROOKFIELD — It was the final regular-season tune-up for two boys soccer teams already locked into their spots in the South-West Conference playoffs, but the fact that Monday night’s non-conference clash between Pomperaug and Brookfield high s…
WILTON — The Ridgefield High School football team’s defense had its back against the wall on two separate occasions in the fourth quarter Saturday against rival Wilton. Both times — with no margin for error — the Tigers came up big in preservi…
BETHEL — She didn’t waste a second.
As soon as the starter’s pistol went off at the start of the South-West Conference girls cross country championship race, Pomperaug High School sophomore Kate Wiser bolted to the front of the pack. By the ti…
DANBURY — It was a rematch of last year’s South-West Conference field hockey final, and might have even been a sneak preview of a possible playoff clash still to come.
Just like last year’s championship match, Tuesday night’s battle between re…
DANBURY — The unbeaten Danbury High School boys soccer team is determined to lock up the top seed in the upcoming FCIAC playoffs, and the Hatters took another step toward doing just that on Monday.
Joe Mooney had a goal and an assist and Marce…
DANBURY — After a rough week that included back-to-back, one-goal losses to Newtown and Weston, Immaculate High School girls soccer coach Nelson Mingachos said his team needed a healthy dose of “Vitamin W” Saturday against Notre Dame of Fairfi…
DANBURY — The scoreboard may have indicated a 1-1 tie at the end of Saturday afternoon’s game, but for the Immaculate High School boys soccer team, it felt like one of its biggest wins in a long time.
On the other side, that same 1-1 tie was a…
The high school wrestling season is still more than a month away, but Danbury High School junior Ryan Jack is already in championship form.
Wrestling out of Empire Wrestling Academy in Somers, N.Y., Jack won the 125-pound championship at the J…
RIDGEFIELD — As far as regular-season soccer games are concerned, they don’t get much bigger than Tuesday afternoon’s battle between unbeaten Staples and unbeaten Ridgefield.
And as far as scoreless ties go, they don’t get any more entertainin…
NEW FAIRFIELD — This week started out rough for the New Fairfield High School field hockey team, but after suffering back-to-back losses, the Rebels finished the week on a high note Saturday night.
Emily Radovic scored two goals and Heather Cl…
BROOKFIELD — This year’s seniors on the Stratford High School girls volleyball team have seen a tremendous amount of growth and improvement in their program in the last four years — and the best may be yet to come.
The Red Devils defeated Broo…
REDDING — A winning boys soccer team at Joel Barlow High School is as much an autumn tradition as the leaves changing, and although the season isn’t even halfway over, the Falcons had good reason to celebrate on Saturday.
Ben Goodacre scored t…
DANBURY — The Ridgefield High School girls volleyball team hasn’t skipped a beat this season after graduating eight seniors from the squad that reached the Class LL state quarterfinals last year.
In fact, in what would have been a rebuilding s…
DANBURY — Any hopes the Prince Tech football team had of pulling off a come-from-behind victory Saturday were snuffed out by an opportunistic Abbott Tech/Immaculate defense.
ATI forced six turnovers against a potent Prince Tech offense to secu…
NEWTOWN — Nothing could stop the Woodstock Academy girls volleyball team on Monday, not even a bus ride all the way across the state for a match against a perennial contender.
Even after sitting on the bus for two solid hours, the undefeated C…
RIDGEFIELD — The Ridgefield High School girls soccer team seems to have picked up right where it left off last season — which is good news for the Tigers, who finished last season with a victory in the Class LL state championship game.
The Tig…
BETHEL — The Weston High School girls soccer team really couldn’t have scripted a better start to this season.
Through four games, the Trojans have piled up three wins and a tie, and with Thursday’s 7-0 triumph over South-West Conference foe B…
There will be plenty of new faces in new places on the boys soccer teams in the South-West Conference this season, with several teams graduating very large, very talented senior classes last year.
Newtown graduated 14 seniors. Bethel and Bunne…
Vitals COACH — DANTE BOFFI (2nd year, 1-9) CONFERENCE — Pequot Uncas PLAYOFF CLASS — S (236 boys enrollment) HOME — Canton High School Turf Field 2017 RECORD — 1-9 2018 OPENER — Sept. 8 at Coginchaug/Hale Ray/East Hampton, 6 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — MaxPreps Top players CARTER GAVIN, Jr., RB/LB (6-1, 205) CHARLIE PARCHEN, […]
Vitals COACH — RICH HOLMES, fifth season with co-op (29-12) CONFERENCE — CTC PLAYOFF CLASS — M (co-op) HOME — Mustang Valley, Immaculate High School, Danbury 2017 RECORD — 6-4 TEAM WEBSITES — MaxPreps, TWITTER — @HATfootball Top players MATT CHRISTE, Sr., RB/DB (6-0, 175) ANTHONY FRASIER, Jr., RB/QB/OLB (6-0, 190) C.J. CIANFLONE, Jr., QB/DB […]
Six distinguished members of Connecticut’s wrestling family have been selected to be enshrined in the Connecticut Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
The six — Colonel Charles Anderson, a Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient who …
Vitals COACH — BOBBY PATTISON (2nd year, 7-3) CONFERENCE — SWC Division I PLAYOFF CLASS — Class LL (844 boys enrolled) HOME — Blue and Gold Stadium, Sandy Hook 2017 RECORD — 7-3 (SWC Division 1 co-champions) 2018 OPENER — Sept. 7 vs. New Fairfield, 7 p.m. TEAM WEBSITES — NighthawksFootball.com | MaxPreps | TWITTER — @NewtownFootball Top Players DAN MASON, […]
Kevin Dunleavy had himself a good chuckle Wednesday morning when he showed up at the front doors of Immaculate High School and found himself locked out, needing to be buzzed in by security.
A revered member of the Immaculate family, Dunleavy s…
Having guided two different programs in two different sports at two different high schools to their first-ever state titles, Ed Lucas is more than a cross country/track and field coach, he’s an architect, a builder of championship teams.
His l…
NEW MILFORD — Hard to believe, but it’s been nearly 14 years since New Milford High School senior football player Joe South was killed in a car accident on Route 7, those 14 years having flown by seemingly in the blink of an eye. No matter how…
