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BOYS BASKETBALL FCIAC FIRST ROUND Greenwich 50, St. Joseph 49 A.J. Barber and James Pilc both scored 15 points to lead No. 15 seed Greenwich to an upset over second-seeded St. Joseph Tuesday night in a FCIAC tournament opening-round game at Trumbull. Greenwich moves on to face No. 10 Fairfield Warde in Friday’s quarterfinals. Tommy […]
Either it is going to be harder to pick games this season or I’m just off to a lousy start: 4-4. Well, if it helps motivate you great, but you should have plenty of motivation since, as the old saying goes, it’s WIN OR GO HOME!!!! The FCIAC takes center stage tonight. No. 17 Bpdt. […]
FCIAC Play-In Round Saturday, March 13 No. 15 Greenwich 56, No. 18 Harding 43 No. 17 Bridgeport Central 81, No. 16 Stamford 79 First Round Tuesday, March 16 No. 1 Ridgefield 101, No. 17 Bpdt. Central 55 No. 15 Greenwich 50, No. 2 St. Joseph 46 No. 14 Bassick 56, No. 3 Staples 53 No. […]
Notre Dame-West Haven suffered a pair of 3-point road losses two weeks ago and fell out of the top 10. But the Green Knights rebounded with a pair of quality road victories – at West Haven and at Xavier – to return to the top 10. Now the Green Knights await their seeding in the […]
A fabulous job going 1-1 in the FCIAC playdowns on Saturday (insert joke here). The league tournaments begin in earnest today with the South-West Conference opening round. Kolbe Cathedral and Notre Dame-Fairfield are the top two seeds and receive byes into Thursday’s quarterfinals. SWC TOURNAMENT BRACKET No. 14 Weston at No. 3 Immaculate, 6 p.m.: […]
In keeping with the our long-standing tradition of making predictions of league tournament games, we will attempt to do so again this season. Everyone likes bulletin-board material, right? We will not be picking consolation games that are held by league tournaments UNLESS it is a really intriguing, unexpected game. We will do our best to […]
BOYS BASKETBALL Staples 67, St. Joseph 58 Derek Sale posted a game-high 26 points for the Staples boys basketball team, which handed 10th-ranked St. Joseph its first loss Thursday night in a FCIAC contest at Trumbull. Chris Zajac added 11 points for the Wreckers (10-1). Jason James scored 20 points to lead the Cadets (11-1). […]
BOYS HOCKEY Amity 2, Milford 1 (OT) Amity comes from behind winning 2-1 in Overtime! Final score Amity 2 Milford 1 #cthk @AmityHighPuck @GameTimeCT @orangectlive01 pic.twitter.com/e8N2SjdReF — Amity HS Athletics (@amityathletics) March 11, 2021 Justin Miller scored 41 seconds into overtime for Amity in a SCC Division II win at West Haven. Jason Dittman had […]
Submit boxscores and other results to localsports@hearstmediact.com BOYS BASKETBALL Morgan 68, Coginchaug 50 Zach Johnson led the way with 21 points for the Morgan boys basketball team, which remained undefeated with the 68-50 win over Coginchaug at Clinton to clinch the Shoreline Conference regular-season championship. Alex Fratamico added 12 points for the Huskies (9-0). A.J. […]
After a week where every team in the top 10 prevailed in week 3, this past week was far from that. There were five losses among top-10 teams, including two from Notre Dame-West Haven. The Green Knights and another SCC team, Wilbur Cross, fell out of the top 10 while West Haven, which defeated Cross […]
It appears there will be a true Central Connecticut Conference champion crowned in boys and girls basketball later this month, albeit using a different format than in past seasons. The CCC has approved having all 32 teams playing in the tournament, likely to begin on March 22, in the proposal obtained by Hearst Connecticut Media. […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL Morgan 67, Hale-Ray 61 Catie Donadio scored 25 points and added nine rebounds to lead the Morgan girls basketball team to the win over Hale-Ray in a Shoreline Conference game at Moodus. Brooke Praskievicz scored 17 points to pace Hale-Ray. Morgan 14 17 18 18 — 67 Hale Ray 6 10 6 9 […]
Prince Tech coach Kendall May won his 400th career game Wednesday night in the Falcons’ 96-32 victory over Vinal Tech. “It was great (celebrating with the team),” May said. “We are a family. They will go down in history as the team that helped me get this milestone. …You would like to share it with […]
It’s not every day that someone can put up 30-plus points against a Ken Smith defense. But that was exactly what Northwest Catholic’s Matt Curtis did Monday night. He poured in 35 points in a variety of ways against Windsor in a clash of Central Connecticut Conference unbeatens, won by Northwest Catholic 78-74. “He’s really […]
MLC 91, University 83One night after scoring 39 points and his 1000th, Jaden Walker scored a school record 52 points to lead the Dragons to a double OT win! #ctbb @GameTimeCT @McFarland_Shawn @nhrJoeMorelli pic.twitter.com/j8A0Jn66Hh — CREC Athletics (@CRECAthletics) March 3, 2021 It was quite the two-night stretch for senior Jaden Walker from the Metropolitan Learning […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL West Haven 45, Shelton 43 Amani Abuhatab finished with 19 points as the West Haven girls basketball team edged Shelton Tuesday night in a Southern Connecticut Conference win at West Haven. Sarah Evangelista added 11 points for the Blue Devils. Clarissa Pierre scored 19 points to lead Shelton. Shelton (3-4) 12 11 9 […]
WEST HARTFORD – There is no state tournament to be played this season and right now in the CCC, there has been no determination as to what the league tournament will even look like. But even in a shortened 12-game regular season playing in regions, these games matter: to the coaches who come to work […]
It was a quite week in the top 10 as the group combined to win 20 games against no losses. So the top 10 basically remained the same from last week – except for Ridgefield breaking the tie for sixth place with Bristol Central. WEEK’S TOP PERFORMANCES The top three remain an All-CCC affair: East […]
On January 28, 2020, we had a 1 vs. 2 ranked matchup in the GameTimeCT boys basketball poll between Central Connecticut Conference powerhouses No. 1 East Catholic and No. 2 Windsor. Windsor won that day on a last-second circus shot by Corey McKeithan as the game lived up to the pre-game hype. On Monday night, […]
It’s a moment any basketball player cherishes: scoring your 1,000th career point. Part of that is get a chance to cherish it against your rival and with your family present. Sheehan’s Jack McDonnell scored his 1,000th career point Monday night in the Battle of Wallingford against Lyman Hall. He became the sixth player to do […]
Notre Dame-West Haven had the most impressive performance of the top 10 teams last week, defeating previously fourth-ranked Wilbur Cross by 18 at the Floyd Little Athletic Center. Naugatuck was the only team to drop out of the top 10 after falling at St. Paul on Saturday. Entering in the final spot was the other […]
East Catholic garnered all 17 first-place votes this week as it remained an all-CCC affair at the top of the poll. Windsor and Northwest Catholic remain in the second and third spots, respectively, both winning its first two games in convincing fashion. Wilbur Cross moved into the fourth sport after coming from behind to defeat […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL Sheehan 36, Guilford 21 Caitlyn Hunt led all scorers with 15 points for the 10th-ranked Sheehan girls basketball team, which defeated Guilford 36-21 Thursday in a Southern Connecticut Conference game at Guilford. Moira Kellaher led Guilford with eight points. Sheehan (2-0) Hayleigh Lagase 0 2 0-0 6, Caitlyn Hunt 5 0 5-5 15, […]
Fairfield Warde juniors Justyn Davis and Jordyn Davis will miss the boys basketball season after being declared ineligible, Warde coach Ryan Swaller confirmed Thursday. The Davis brothers, both 6-foot-4 guards/forwards, were both All-FCIAC Second Team selections last year for Warde. They were expected to help the team be a league contender. Swaller said they can […]
Boys Basketball Amity 43, Hillhouse 41 Sebastian Holt led all scorers with 21 points as Amity handed Hillhouse this Southern Connecticut Conference defeat at The Floyd Little Athletic Center. It was the first time the Spartans defeated the Academics since the 2008 SCC tournament quarterfinals. Matthew Gibbs led the Academics with 10 points. Amity Regional […]
If you played basketball in the tri-state area at any point over the last four decades, chances are you knew Tom Konchalski. Konchalski was a renowned scout and talent evaluator who lived New York City, but worked all over the tri-state area, keeping notes on every high school boys basketball player you could think of […]
As the Grateful Dead song goes: “What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been.” When last we left 11 months ago, the CIAC boys basketball tournaments had lasted all of one day before the CIAC was forced to cancel the remainder of it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, we still are in the midst of the […]
The CIAC has recommended that no spectators be allowed at high school hockey games for the month of February after meeting with the Connecticut Rink Owners Association on Tuesday. It was also recommended that social distancing be maintained by the players in between periods when the ice is being cut, according to the email sent […]
Basketball The Southern Connecticut Conference is split into two East and two West Divisions for both boys and girls basketball. There are five teams apiece. Teams will play nine games in division and three in the opposite division. Each team will play its rival or a team close geographically. A few of those on both […]
