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USA Today announced its All-USA Connecticut Boys Basketball Teams for the 2018-19 season. FIRST TEAM Player of the Year: Joey Reilly, East Catholic, Sr., G Tre Mitchell, Woodstock Academy, Sr., C Connor Raines, Notre Dame-West Haven, Sr., G/F Nate Tabor, Sacred Heart, Jr., G Dev Ostrowski, East Lyme, Sr., G Coach of the Year: Luke […]
The 2019 GameTimeCT All-State Boys Basketball Team. Compiled by Joe Morelli. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media. Videos by Noah Finz, CT Sports Now. Designed by Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. [Complete All-State Lineups] ♦♦♦ FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Player of the Year Jaylin Hunter East Catholic Stats: The 6-1 guard and transfer from Nebraska […]
The 2018-19 GameTimeCT All-State Boys Basketball team lineups, including first, second, third and honorable mention teams. Compiled by Joe Morelli. Designed by Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. Honorable Mention Michael August, Stratford, 5-8, G, Sr.; Matt Becker, Fairfield Warde, 6-6, C, Sr.; Brian Berritto, Shelton, 6-1, G, Sr.; Eli Blackwell, Amistad, 5-7, G, So.; […]
Al Amir Dawes scored a game-high 36 points for the New Jersey boys team, which defeated Connecticut 102-97 Sunday at the 58th JCC Schoolboy/Schoolgirl Classic held at the Cardinal Shehan Center in Bridgeport Dawes, who will play at Clemson University next season, earned the Milton August MVP Award. Jaylen Ricks (Masters), the former Hamden High […]
BASEBALL Non-league Bethel at North Haven, ppd. to Tuesday, 4 p.m. Whitney Tech at Hillhouse, ppd. to Tuesday, 3:45 p.m. NVL Seymour at Derby, ppd., TBA Ansonia at Oxford, ppd. to Tuesday, 3:15 p.m. Shoreline Hale Ray at Old Saybrook, ppd. to Tuesday, 12:30 p.m. Haddam-Killingworth at Portland, ppd. to Tuesday, 3:45 p.m. North Branford […]
BASEBALL Non-league Whitney Tech at MLC, ppd., TBA Wilbur Cross at Bassick, ppd., TBA NVL Oxford at Torrington, ppd. to Tuesday, 3:45 p.m. SCC Law at Career, ppd. to April 18, 4 p.m. Guilford at Cheshire, ppd. to Tuesday, 4 p.m. Xavier at Sheehan, ppd. to Tuesday, 4 p.m. Shoreline Morgan at North Branford, ppd., […]
The 2018-2019 Connecticut High School Coaches Association’s All-State Boys Basketball teams, divided by each class. DIVISION I Mikey Basile, Immaculate Denali Burton, Danbury Kevin Crawford, Bassick Jaylin Hunter, East Catholic Matt Knowling, East Catholic Corey McKeithan, Windsor Connor Raines, Notre Dame West Haven Joe Reilly, East Catholic Amir Spears, Windsor James St. Pierre, Ridgefield Jamaal […]
BOYS Alex Aurora, Hamden, Sr: 2017 Division I medalist, posted 72 in last year’s event. Max Bos, Tolland, So.: Fired a 73 to tie for second at last year’s Division III championship meet. John Bosworth, Simsbury, So.: A 74 at the Division I meet makes this underclassman a force to be reckoned with. Kenny D’Attilio, […]
The New Haven Tap Off Club will be hosting the annual All-County and Scholar-Athlete Dinner on Tuesday, March 26, at the Villa Bianca in Seymour. The Tap-Off Club will also be honoring: Boys’ Basketball Coach of the Year, Jamie Anderson of Jonathan Law; Girls’ Basketball Coach of the Year, Mike Busillo of Sheehan; Hank Luzzi […]
Luke Reilly remembers as a kid looking at a poster that featured his father Joe’s South Catholic varsity team that finished 25-1, concluding with a Class L state championship victory over Harding. “When I first started coaching, I thought, ‘Man, how could you ever have a team with that kind of record?’” Luke Reilly […]
UNCASVILLE — Ryan O’Connell ran the break, Jay Jay Brennan hit him with the pass and O’Connell threw a thunderous dunk to the delight of the Waterford fan base at the Mohegan Sun Arena. There was a still a minute to go but the result was no longer in doubt. The kings of the Mohegan […]
UNCASVILLE — Joey Reilly shouted for everyone to hear: “Give me a ring! Give me another ring!” The senior guard ran all over the court after East Catholic had defeated Windsor 79-74 Saturday night before 6,783 at the Mohegan Sun Arena. It brought to an end a spectacular career for the senior guard. “We worked […]
Tre Mitchell of The Woodstock Academy has been named as the 2018-19 Gatorade Connecticut Boys Basketball Player of the Year. The award recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, The 6-foot-9, 235-pound senior center led the Centaurs to a 39-2 record […]
NEW HAVEN – It was the battle between two boys basketball teams looking for a trip to the Mohegan Sun Arena this weekend. NEW HAVEN — They traded baskets, they traded runs and at the end of regulation, traded fouls that led to free throws. And when those were all taken, regulation wasn’t enough to […]
The CIAC will honor seven individuals for their contributions at the 2019 Boys and Girls State Basketball Championships Dedication in The Cabaret Theater at the Mohegan Sun Convention Center on Saturday March 16 beginning at 8:30 a.m. Dr. Karissa Niehoff, former CAS-CIAC executive director and current executive director of the National Federation of State High […]
Jackson Benigni scored a game-high 32 points, including eight 3-point shots, and added six steals to help earn tournament MVP honors for No. 2 seed Hamden Hall, which defeated top seed Canterbury 75-66 Sunday in the New England Prep School Athletic Council Class B final at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Tre Breland added 15 […]
Sacred Heart remains the top team in the GameTimeCT poll, securing 18 first-place votes after Windsor knocked off previously-unbeaten East Catholic in the CCC tournament final. Bassick moved into the No. 2 spot. East Catholic slipped one spot to 3rd, followed by Windsor and Waterford. NOTE: The poll will return following the conclusion of the […]
March begins today, but we got a taste of March Madness last night with three great championship finals (CCC, FCIAC, SWC) that came down to the wire. Naturally, I picked them all wrong and went 1-4 overall. So if I’m picking you tonight, or in the state tournament, you may have a problem. 71-25 overall. […]
HARTFORD — Calling it a tale of two halves in Thursday’s Central Connecticut Conference basketball final showdown would be selling both Windsor and East Catholic both short. The two league powerhouses traded jabs and body blows. Windsor dominated the first half, East Catholic the second. East Catholic almost came all the way back from 23 […]
A 70-21 record as we hit full throttle for the league tournaments: CCC final (at Bulkeley) No. 1 East Catholic vs. No. 2 Windsor: Rematch of last yer, won by East Catholic, which also won the regular season matchup at Windsor. The Eagles have been the bets team in the CCC by far and they […]
NCCC semifinals (at site of higher seed) No. 4 Ellington at No. 1 Classical Magnet: Classical won by 25 two months ago. Should be closer this time around, but the same result. CLASSICAL MAGNET. No. 6 HMTCA at No. 2 Granby: Home-court advantage very important here. GRANBY. NVL final (at Wilby, Waterbury) No. 1 Sacred […]
UNCASVILLE — Yes, point guard Mikey Buscetto graduated after helping Waterford win the Division III state championship last March, a tough loss to endure. But guard J.J. Brennan took over the controls from the maestro Buscetto and the program hasn’t missed a beat. The top-seeded Lancers won its second straight Eastern Connecticut Conference Division I […]
UNCASVILLE — De’Andre Williams scored 15 of his 18 points to earn tournament MVP laurels for top seed St. Bernard, which defeated No. 2 seed Stonington 57-43 Tuesday night to win the Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II championship before a crowd of 1,933 at the Mohegan Sun Arena. “It definitely was (a dream first half) […]
H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media Mileeq Green drives in for a basket for Trumbull. A 56-16 record thus far as we hit the first of the league finals. ECC finals (at Mohegan Sun Arena) Division II No. 1 St. Bernard’s vs. No. 2 Stonington: The two teams split during the regular […]
Little change as we are now in the midst of the league tournaments. Manchester dropped out after losing to both East Hartford and Windsor. Trumbull, the top seed in the FCIAC tournament, returned to the top 10 in the eighth spot. There will be more change next week as the league tournaments come to a […]
NCCC quarterfinal – site of higher seed No. 5 Canton at No. 4 Ellington: ELLINGTON NVL semifinals – at Wilby No. 7 Crosby vs. No. 3 Torrington: Red Raiders have quietly had a fine season, better than Crosby. But picking agaunst the Bulldogs in this tournament is not usually a good idea. CROSBY No. 1 […]
Hamden 65, Law 49 OT BRANFORD — Justice Washington scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half as No. 5 seed Hamden came from 20 points down to defeat No. 4 Law 65-59 in overtime Saturday afternoon in the SCC tournament quarterfinals at Branford High. Law (16-5) dictated much of the action over the […]
Welcome to our version of Super Saturday everyone. Plenty of choices, or just follow along on social media all day long. Take a peek at our predictions for today’s games. CCC quarterfinals (at Bulkeley) No. 9 Berlin vs. No. 1 East Catholic: EAST CATHOLIC No. 5 Farmington vs. No. 4 New Britain: New Britain won […]
Sacred Heart junior guard Nate Tabor is expected to back on the floor Saturday when the No. 1 ranked Hearts take on Ansonia in the Naugatuck Valley League tournament quarterfinals. Sacred Heart principal Butch Azzara confirmed to Hearst Connecticut Media Friday morning that Tabor, who has verbally committed to St. John’s, was back in school […]
