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The name Sheila Beneski may not ring a bell, but if you were a coach, a referee or a fan working or attending a big-time game on a given night, chances are you knew who Sheila Beneski was. Beneski, who died last Friday at age 76, and her husband Frank of West Suffield would regularly attend […]
Coginchaug boys basketball coach Todd Salva won his 400th career game on Thursday night as the Blue Devils won at Old Saybrook 58-42 in a Shoreline Conference game. Justin Penney scored 23 points to lead Coginchaug. Salva played for Wally Camp, the school’s all-time wins leader with 508 victories. Coginchaug 58, Old Saybrook 42 Coginchaug […]
NEW BRITAIN – This may not have been a game where Donovan Clingan’s final numbers jump off the page at you, but the 7-foot sophomore can be such a presence without ever scoring a point. Innovation couldn’t get anything going against Bristol Central on offense – drives to the basket were blocked by Clingan, then […]
There was some movement among some of the teams already in the top 10 from last week, but only one team joined the poll this week. Staples comes in at No. 10 thanks to its 7-0 start. The Wreckers handed Danbury its first loss — and knocked the Hatters out of the ninth spot from […]
WATERBURY – There are plenty of banners throughout the Palace at Crosby High School. One in particular recognizes the accomplishment of the 2005-06 Bulldogs’ team. That Crosby team was the NVL tournament champion. The banner also recognizes the “NVL Record: 61-game winning streak.” Here we are 14 years later, at the Palace on a Friday […]
NEW HAVEN – Amir Spears was not playing like Amir Spears for most of Wednesday night. Windsor’s senior guard had scored just 12 points through three quarters, struggling against Hillhouse’s quick defense. But just when it looked like second-ranked Windsor was about to go down, Spears put the Warriors on his back. He scored 18 […]
After finishing as the top team in last year’s final poll, East Catholic started this season at No. 2. After Windsor lost three games at the Battle of the Villages Tournament in Florida over Christmas break, East Catholic returned to the top spot with 14 first-place votes. But Windsor still received five first-place votes and […]
The Robert Saulsbury Basketball Invitational will be held Friday on Saulsbury Court at Wilbur Cross High. The slate begins at 1 p.m when Amistad, which advanced to the CIAC Division III state finals last season, faces Kolbe Cathedral at 1 p.m. That is followed by the Wilbur Cross girls hosting Norwalk, the reigning Class LL […]
Six games will be on tap Saturday for the fifth annual GHPA High School Basketball Classic, also known as the “Spirit of Doc.” Doc was Doc Hurley, a legendary former coach at Weaver High. A tournament used to be run in his name at the old Hartford Civic Center for years. Now, the GHPA event […]
View this post on Instagram Amity’s Abby Eschweiler with the bucket with 3.8 seconds to lead Amity to a 50-48 win over Hillhouse tonight #ctgb We love you guy in green shirt! Everyone high five that man! A post […]
Joe Morelli from GameTimeCT joined WFSB-3 sportscaster Joe Zone on his weekly podcast so titled “The Joe Zone High School Sports Podcast.” We discuss the opening to the high school boys basketball season, including the preseason poll, where we have seen No. 7 Immaculate lose and No. 4 Bassick go to overtime on opening night. […]
Windsor High School’s Amir Spears drives to the basket during the CIAC Division I boys varsity basketball semifinal game at the University of Hartford against Immaculate High School on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. More than nine months after Waterford held off New Britain to win the CIAC Division II state championship at the Mohegan Sun […]
Nurse 4 yd TD for Killingly. Take 15 7 lead opening possession 3rd over wtfd #cthsfb pic.twitter.com/0NsY9elYg4 — Joe Morelli (@nhrJoeMorelli) December 10, 2019 WATERFORD – It took almost a half for Killingly to get its offense going. Once it did, there was no stopping the Redhawks and its sophomore tailback. Jack Sharpe rushed for […]
Photo gallery courtesy of The Day of New London WATERFORD – How often do you see a high school football team put together two 17-play drives in the same game – or better yet, in the same postseason game? Waterford managed to do it twice on Wednesday night in its Class M state quarterfinal. The […]
Maddie Fried from the St. Joseph girls soccer team has been named to the All-American Team Wednesday by the United Soccer Coaches Association. She is joined by fellow FCIAC player Peyton McNamara from McMahon. Fried, a junior, finished this season with 27 goals and 17 assists for the Cadets, who advanced to the FCIAC tournament […]
NORTH BRANFORD – For most of the players in the Coginchaug/Hale-Ray/East Hampton football program, there is stability now that Eric Becker has completed three seasons as head coach. But for those three seniors, they are the last link to some rough times in the Blue Devils’ program before Becker arrived. Those seniors got to go […]
Boys Cross Country First Team: Robbie Cozean (Xavier), Brendan Mellitt (Cheshire), Mason Beaudette (Amity Regional), John Dill (Amity Regional), Benjamin Crair (Guilford), Ryan Farrell (Cheshire), Eamon Burke (Xavier), Dante Zucconi (Daniel Hand), George Luke (Xavier), Jacob Daxner (Shelton), Brody Santagata (Xavier), Griffin Hughes (Guilford) Second Team: Ohm Patel (Notre Dame), Nick Cassarino (Xavier), Michael […]
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Shawn Stanco has been tabbed to replace Chris Watts as head boys basketball coach at Notre Dame-Fairfield. Stanco was officially named on Friday afternoon in a release from the school. It is only on an interim basis. Watts stepped down a month ago to take an assistant coach’s position at Mercy College. “We didn’t want […]
2019 CIAC FALL CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND SCOREBOARD ♦♦♦ CLASS LL No. 1 SOUTHINGTON (17-0-2) vs. No. 3 GLASTONBURY (17-1-1) Where/When: Veteran’s Stadium, New Britain; Saturday, 3 p.m. Broadcast NFHS Network (subscription required) Tickets $10 adults, $5 for students and senior citizens (65 and older), free for children under 5 and members of the military with an […]
Berlin has been disqualified from the CIAC girls soccer state tournament for the use of an ineligible player, the CIAC said in a release Wednesday afternoon. Berlin was the No. 7 seed and had defeated No. 26 Barlow in penalty kicks. Now Barlow will travel to Madison to play No. 23 Hand in the second […]
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Morgan and Old Saybrook renew acquaintances Friday afternoon to decide the Shoreline Conference championship. The two teams have had four postseason meetings in the last three seasons. Let’s take a look back: Nov. 4, 2016: Old Saybrook 2, Morgan 1 (at Portland): Old Saybrook wins first Shoreline championship since 1964. Nov. 1, 2017: Morgan 2, […]
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CRAL Final Thursday, Nov. 7 No. 1 Parish Hill 3, No. 2 MLC 0 CTC Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 7 No. 1 Windham Tech 3, No. 4 Norwich Tech 2 No. 2 Platt Tech 5, No. 3 Bullard-Havens 2 Final Saturday, Nov. 9 at Cheney Tech, Manchester No. 1 Windham Tech 1, No. 2 Platt Tech […]
Olivia Dubuc from Sheehan earned the Whitey Piurek Outstanding Female Player Award and Jack Loura from Cheshire earned the Tony Denegri Outstanding Male Player Award from Greater New Haven Soccer Officials Association on Sunday. The Career High girls team (below) took home the Mabel Petersen Female Team Sportsmanship Award following its first varsity season […]
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The CIAC has released its 2019-20 boys basketball schedules. Note: Not all are complete. In fact, there are many that have 18 or 16 games and some less than that. The regular season begins Thursday, Dec. 19. A thumbnail look at some of the interesting matchups: It won’t take long for the rematch of the […]
