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Founders League cancels winter season

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The Founders League announced Friday that its winter conference schedule, like its fall season, is canceled.  “In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and after many discussions prioritizing community health, safety and well-being,” the announcement reads, “the Founders League has unanimously, and with great regret, decided to cancel all Founders League interscholastic competition for the […]

CIAC sets framework for winter sports seasons, ‘solely for scheduling purposes’

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball, Boys Hockey, Boys Indoor Track, Boys Swimming, Girls Basketball, Girls Indoor Track, Gymnastics, Wrestling

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The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s Board of Control met Thursday to establish further guidelines for a potential winter season, including the number of games a team will need to play to be eligible for the state tournament. “It was solely for scheduling purposes,” CIAC executive director Glenn Lungarini said. “Our leagues and athletic directors need […]

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Derby, New Britain allow players to use equipment in independent football

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Derby’s Board of Education voted Tuesday night to allow Derby High School football players to use school equipment in independent tackle football. There was no objection heard in the hybrid meeting, though there was at least one abstention. Derby’s board joins Meriden’s, which last week approved allowing its high schools to use school equipment and […]

CIAC announces plans for makeup season in spring, including 11 v. 11 football

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Updated story at 5:45 p.m. While announcing plans on Tuesday for an “alternative season” in the spring for sports that lose most of their seasons to the COVID-19 pandemic, including 11-on-11 football or any other fall or winter sport, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference came out against independent football and urged schools not to let […]

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DPH stands firm on football despite new CIAC strategies; Lamont pushes spring

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The state Department of Public Health remained unmoved Monday by the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s Friday pitch for getting DPH approval for a full-contact fall football season. The CIAC Board of Control will meet this week to determine what comes next. DPH acting commissioner Deidre Gifford sent a Monday letter reaffirming what she said Friday […]

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Rivals rally at capitol in bid to save football season; Lamont asks CIAC, DPH to meet

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HARTFORD — They’ve brought their message to the state Capitol building, and they didn’t go quietly into winter. And maybe the governor heard. Players from at least 40 high school football teams around the state came to the Capitol on Wednesday evening, rallying to try to save a CIAC season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “It […]

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Legislators urge Lamont to join football discussion as players prepare to rally Wednesday

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As Connecticut high school football players prepared to rally Wednesday evening at the Capitol in Hartford to save their season, state legislators from both sides of the aisle urged Gov. Ned Lamont to join the dialogue. Lamont later casually pitched shifting the season to early 2021 in his daily press briefing. Meanwhile, state Senate Republicans […]

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How we got here: A timeline CT high school sports’ 2020 summer of discontent

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Over the past four months the CIAC’s decision on whether or not football would be played this fall has been changed a handful of times. We take a look back at the important dates and stories from the past four months. ♦♦♦ May 5 Connecticut becomes the last state to cancel spring athletics after being […]

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A closer look at 7-on-7 football option for CIAC

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When it canceled 11-on-11 football for 2020 on Friday morning, the CIAC said it will work with football coaches and state athletic directors to give football players “the best low and moderate risk experiences possible.” One possibility, though not one that had been popular with coaches while full-contact football remained on the table, is 7-on-7. […]

Wilton teams cleared to practice

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Wilton’s sports pause is over: Teams are clear to return to practice as soon as Friday, town superintendent of schools Kevin Smith told the Board of Education on Thursday night. Smith said that Wilton director of health Barrington Bogle approved the school’s plan to rejoin the first phase of the CIAC’s fall-sports plan, which includes […]

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NFHS can’t compile full annual participation survey; football drop slows nationally

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In the greater picture of the COVID-19 pandemic, the loss of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) participation survey ranks pretty low. But it won’t be coming this year, the organization’s executive director, Karissa Niehoff, said in her weekly column for NFHS.org. “With spring sports unable to even get off the ground, […]

Nonnewaug board reverses course, athletes can practice

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Nonnewaug athletes will have a chance at a fall sports season after Regional School District 14’s Board of Education on Monday night reversed its decision and allowed students to return to conditioning and practice. The board voted to let athletes take part in activities under the CIAC’s latest plan, under which non-contact, small-group practices are […]

Situation still ‘fluid’ for fall sports even as CIAC offer cautious go-ahead

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Cross Country, Boys Soccer, Field Hockey, Football, Girls Cross Country, Girls Soccer, Girls Swimming, Girls Volleyball

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CHESHIRE — This CIAC update on the fall season wasn’t a football team bursting through a banner onto its field on homecoming. This was more dancing along the sideline, hoping to stay in bounds. CIAC Executive Director Glenn Lungarini said Thursday morning that conditioning for all sports continues to go ahead and teams will continue […]

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Conditioning resumes for uncertain football season; ‘Breath of life’ as CIAC pushes for DPH approval

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As some schools resumed conditioning for a football season that may not arrive, a potential timeline for that season came into focus on Monday. CIAC executive director Glenn Lungarini had a two-and-a-half-hour conference call with around 20 state coaches on Monday, Hand coach Steve Filippone said. “He was very informative and helpful, letting us know […]

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The 2019-20 GameTimeCT All-State Boys Hockey First Team

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  The 2019-20 GameTimeCT All-State Boys Hockey team. Compiled by Michael Fornabaio. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media and were submitted. Designed by Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. Boys Hockey All-State Lineups FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Player of the Year Nick Maringola Cheshire, Senior, Goalie Stats: Had 45 saves or more in seven games. … Faced […]

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The 2019-20 GameTimeCT All-State Boys Hockey Team Lineups

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  FIRST TEAM Honorable mention Jeb Boyrer, Norwalk, Sr., F; Tyler Calhoun, Housatonic, Sr., D; Aaron Cholewa, WMRP, Sr., F; Lee Conlu, New Milford, Sr., G; Clayton Cowee, Enfield, Sr., F; Rhys Davies, Fairfield, Jr., F; Eric Dillner, Hand, Jr., G; Spencer Engstrom, Branford, Sr., F; Jack Esse, Fairfield Prep, Sr., F; Ryan Feher, South […]

Tens of thousands signed former Fairfield Prep goalie’s online petition to resume tournaments

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A year ago, Jake Walker was the winning goaltender in the last high school hockey game of the year, a CIAC Division I champion with Fairfield Prep. On Tuesday morning, he found out there would be no champion this year. Walker started an online petition that has drawn more than 30,000 signatures in a few […]

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Sacco earns first shutout for North Haven in Division II victory over Trumbull

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North Haven’s Andrew Sacco is 6-1 in his career in the state tournament and has allowed over two goals twice in that span. What makes him so good during the postseason? #cthk pic.twitter.com/x0F8fbzzFP — Pete Paguaga (@PetePaguaga) March 10, 2020 NORTH BRANFORD — We’ve reached that time of the boys hockey season when goalie matchups […]

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The 2020 CIAC Boys Hockey Tournament Schedules / Scoreboards

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On Tuesday, March 10, the CIAC cancelled the remainder of its winter tournaments due to the impact of coronavirus.  ♦♦♦ The 2020 CIAC Boys Hockey State Tournament scoreboard and schedule, culminating in the CIAC state championship games at Ingalls Rink in New Haven. Division links to official brackets on CIACsports.com. Scoreboard will be updated after […]

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Manware’s late goal, Yakimoff’s saves lift No. 8 Branford past No. 10 Hand, clinching top SCC/SWC seed

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Here's Jack Manware's game-winner with 3.8 seconds left in Branford's 4-3 win over Hand. #cthk pic.twitter.com/Oa4V49oY5j — Michael Fornabaio (@fornabaioctp) March 1, 2020 NORTH BRANFORD — Branford’s team managers counted 58 shots for Hand on Saturday night at Northford Ice Pavilion, so 55 saves for Jared Yakimoff. The number felt a little high, but honestly […]

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DeFilio’s hat trick leads Sheehan to victory after late LHK tying goals

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Sheehan's Anthony DeFilio talks about his game-winner #cthk pic.twitter.com/5QSHcQA1Er — Michael Fornabaio (@fornabaioctp) February 16, 2020 MIDDLETOWN — Three times, Lyman Hall/HK/Coginchaug showed the guts to come back against Sheehan, erase a deficit in a wild atmosphere at Wesleyan’s Spurrier-Snyder Rink, make a new game of it. And all three times the Trojans did, Sheehan […]

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Football Alliance announces 2020 matchups

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  A Newtown visit to Shelton for the second year in a row, a Hand trip to Bloomfield and a matchup of two defending state champions are among the highlights of the 2020 Connecticut High School Football Scheduling Alliance slate that was announced on Friday. The alliance began in 2017 to create more competitive regular-season […]

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2020 FCIAC schedules include two Alliance games

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  The 2020 FCIAC football schedule opens the weekend of Sept. 11-12 with a coach returning to his former stomping grounds for the first time. Trumbull will visit Staples to begin the year. Eagles coach Marce Petrocchio spent 25 years at Staples, winning three CIAC championships. Each FCIAC team will play two out-of-conference games in […]