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Undefeated @GHS_athletics_ spoiled Date Night at @athleticsXHS tonight! The Indians remained unbeaten with a 58-51 victory over the Falcons. #ctbb @XavierHighCT pic.twitter.com/dPWhzVYQJV — CT Sports Now (@CT_Sports_Now) January 17, 2018 MIDDLETOWN — Undefeated Guilford made six free throws in the final minute to nail down a 58-51 Southern Connecticut Conference win in front of a […]
MIDDLETOWN — No contest.On paper, it looked like it should be a game as Cheshire came in at 4-2 and Xavier was 3-2. So much for paper as Xavier blasted the Rams 47-24 in a game that was nowhere near that close. Xavier, winners of three in a …
MIDDLETOWN — It’s the Christmas season and here’s a feel-good Christmas week story.Last Monday, Bernadette Graham of Pearl St., took her two dogs for a walk into Veterans Park. She likes to walk through the park, down the trail to the footbr…
Next stop: @PennStateFball. Senior quarterback Will Levis has signed his National Letter of Intent. #weare18 #PSUSigningDay pic.twitter.com/hxMYwnHhHx — Xavier Athletics (@athleticsXHS) December 20, 2017 MIDDLETOWN — For Will Levis, Penn State was love at first sight. Levis, who signed a National Letter of Intent to play football at Penn State in a signing ceremony at […]
MIDDLETOWN — The record will show the final score was a 78-74 Central Connecticut Conference boys basketball win for Middletown over Bristol Central in front of 350 at the LaBella-Sullivan Gymnasium Tuesday night.The reality is it was nowher…
MIDDLETOWN — Middletown High’s 32-year swim winning streak might be at risk, Xavier has has a new swim coach, Xavier’s and Middletown’s co-op hockey teams look like they both might be pretty good, Xavier’s wrestling team looks outsta…
MIDDLETOWN — In so many ways, Xavier High’s cross-country team has been to the mountaintop. Often we read or hear about individuals who reach the pinnacle of a sport. A swimmer rises to All-American level and goes on to the Olympics, a high school football player reaches the NFL or a George Springer […]
MIDDLETOWN — The king will live to fight another week.Four-time Class L champion New Canaan saw to that by beating Middletown 24-9 in front of 2,000 at Rosek-Skubel Stadium Tuesday evening. New Canaan needed to beat Darien on Thanksgiving to…
MIDDLETOWN — No one is kidding anyone when they suggest tonight’s New Canaan at Middletown Class L quarterfinal round game is a traditional No. 1 vs. No. 8 matchup.Sure, New Canaan (8-2) comes in at No. 8, but that’s the CIAC point syste…
No question the New Canaan at Middletown Class L quarterfinal round game in the CIAC football playoffs Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Rosek-Skubel Stadium is one of state’s premier attractions. The story line is simple. New Canaan began the season as the consensus No. 1 team in the state — after all the Rams […]
WALLINGFORD — Sheehan put the finishing touches on its nine-win, playoff-bound season with a 49-20 win over city rival Lyman Hall in the Carini Bowl played at Riccitelli Field at Sheehan Thanksgiving morning. Sheehan, which will host Barlow in a Class M quarterfinal round game Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., piled up 453 yards on offense, […]
@MHSBlueDragons beats its arch rival @WHSFootballCT 24-7 to complete its perfect regular season. #cthsfb pic.twitter.com/4Oh9EwzjBC — CT Sports Now (@CT_Sports_Now) November 23, 2017 WINDSOR — Middletown capped its first undefeated regular season since 1985 with a dominating 24-7 win over previously unbeaten Windsor in front of 1,500 at Jack O’Brien Stadium Wednesday night. “Our defense […]
HADDAM — Valley Regional/Old Lyme is in the playoffs. The Warriors cinched a CIAC Class S playoff berth with a 22-7 win over stubborn Haddam-Killingworth, 22-7, Friday night at H-K High School. Valley/Old Lyme spotted H-K an early 7-0 lead, but shut the Cougars out the rest of the way to win for the ninth […]
CROMWELL — Cromwell High baseball and basketball player Noah Budzik signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball at the University of New Haven in a ceremony held in the Cromwell High School Library/Media Center Thursday morning.“I …
Game footage of senior, Mike Aresco, breaking a Connecticut field goal record with his 44 yard FG in the 3rd quarter. He now holds the record of most career field goals with 22, surpassing the previous record holder of 21. #BleedBlue #cthsfb pic.twitter.com/hlcoa4bxOi — Middletown Athletics (@MHSBlueDragons) November 11, 2017 MIDDLETOWN — Stone Belzo threw […]
HADDAM — Haddam-Killingworth pulled a huge Pequot League upset by beating Old Saybrook/Westbrook 14-7 at H-K High Friday night. The Cougars (6-3) got first half touchdowns from Cody Ellix and Jake Frith — both one-yard runs — to lead 14-0 at the break. They then held off OSW (7-2) in the second half limiting the […]
MIDDLETOWN — Middletown High takes its No. 8 Connecticut ranking to the uncharted waters of New Jersey football tonight and Xavier looks to rebound from its crushing overtime loss to North Haven. Haddam-Killingworth will look to clinch a least a .500 season tonight and Cromwell/Portland, Valley Regional/Old Lyme and Coginchaug/Hale-Ray are heavy favorites in other […]
That rumbling sound you heard between nine and 10 o’clock Friday night was the sound of undefeated football teams crashing. West Haven, South Windsor, Southington and Cromwell/Portland all lost.Not that they lost to bad teams. East Hartford,…
MIDDLETOWN — North Haven coach Tony Sagnella had a plan for overtime with Xavier. “I told the kids that if we won the toss we’d defer,” he said. “I told them I didn’t care if they scored. If they did, so what? I went on to tell them we would score on our possession — […]
HADDAM — Haddam-Killingworth’s football team climbed over the .500 mark with a 35-12 win over North Branford Saturday night at H-K High School. Leading just 14-12 at the half, H-K ran away with a 21-point second half to improve to 4-3. “This was a game where we were able to finish the job,” said H-K […]
MIDDLETOWN — There are 0-0 soccer games in which there is a winner and a loser.This was one of them.Branford (3-5-3) was delighted with the result and Mercy was (5-3-3) distraught with the tie in the Southern Connecticut Conference match pla…
MIDDLETOWN — For the first time this fall, the No. 10-ranked Middletown High football team faced adversity. To say the Blue Dragons responded would be to understate. Leading by just three points late in the first half, the Dragons hit Bristol Central with two touchdowns in the final 25 seconds, then stopped the Rams cold […]
COVENTRY — Coventry/Bolton/Windham Tech defeated Haddam-Killingworth 46-21 Friday night to remain undefeated. The Patriots raced to a 30-7 half time lead on two first-quarter touchdowns by Shaun O’Connell who had two, one-yard runs, a 49-yard run by Nick Pronovost and a 32-yard run by Jordan Smith. H-K (2-3) got on the board on a second […]
MIDDLETOWN >> Middletown ‘won,’ 4-4, in overtime. Never mind that technically the game was tied, this has everything to do with how the tie happened, who it happened against, and the weight of history that was on the line. The facts are these: Middletown High’s girls soccer team (5-2-1) trailed three-time Class […]
As the high school football season approaches the halfway mark, let’s take a peek at the CIAC playoff rankings for some of Middletown’s teams. Remember this is purely a mathematical system with points awarded for wins and for wins a defeated opponent has. It has nothing to do with sports writers’, coaches’ or other folks’ […]
FARMINGTON >> Middletown never let Farmington breathe. The No. 9 – ranked Blue Dragons held the Indians to a minus three yards rushing for the game and 34 yards total, while piling up 343 yards themselves in a 41-0 Central Connecticut Conference game played Saturday evening at Farmington High School. Middletown (4-0) wasted […]
MIDDLETOWN >> It was the Will Levis Show at Palmer Field Friday night. The Penn State-bound Xavier quarterback threw for 347 yards on a brilliant 21-for-29 performance good for five touchdown passes. Just for fun he ran for a sixth as Xavier outclassed East Haven 56-3 in front of 1,000 fans. “He showed […]
HADDAM >> Bryce Karstetter threw for 258 yards and four touchdowns in leading undefeated Cromwell/Portland to a 43-7 Pequot League win over Haddam-Killingworth in front of 400 at H-K High School Thursday evening. Karstetter (12-for-22, one interception) had TD passes to Dianta Highsmith of 74 yards in the first quarter, a 31-yarder to Liam Coleman […]
MIDDLETOWN — Xzavier Reyes led the way. The junior running back scored Middletown’s first three touchdowns and finished the game with 190 yards on 21 carries in leading No. 10-ranked Middletown to a 38-16 win over Hartford Public in front of 1,300 at Rosek-Skubel Stadium Friday evening. The Blue Dragons (3-0) raced to a 38-0 […]
