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Sean Conway’s dream was to play Division I men’s college basketball. That’s why he took a post-graduate year at Cushing Academy instead of going to play at a Division II school. The former Fairfield Warde standout patiently waited for a Division I scholarship offer to come in. Once it did, Conway took it. Conway has […]
Maloney will not be Howie Hewitt’s last stop on the coaching trail. Just one day after he announced his “retirement” from Maloney, Hewitt has taken over the vacant Southington girls basketball job, the New Britain Herald reported Tuesday. The official announcement comes Thursday. Hewitt resigned on Monday after 33 seasons as Maloney’s boys basketball coach, […]
Bob Ford Jr. & Sr. have decided to retire after 33 seasons as the head and assistant cross country coaches at Fairfield Prep, the school announced in a release on Thursday morning. Fairfield Prep won three Class LL state championships (1997, 1998 and 2011), two State Opens (1997 and 2011) and three Southern Connecticut Conference […]
The Connecticut High School Coaches Association will honor 25 coaches as Outstanding Coaches of the Year, an Athletic Director of the Year and announce three special awards at the 55th annual Recognition Dinner on May 9 at 7 p.m. in Kay’s Pier at the Aqua Turf in Southington. To be honored are Athletic Director of […]
BASEBALL Preps Hamden Hall at Greens Farms, ppd., TBA CTC O’Brien Tech at Bullard Havens, ppd., TBA Abbott Tech at Platt Tech, ppd. to May 7, 3:45 p.m. Whitney Tech at Kaynor Tech, ppd. to Monday, 3:45 p.m. NVL Kennedy at Ansonia, ppd. to Thursday, 3:45 p.m. Sacred Heart at Oxford, ppd. to May 4, […]
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Will Mallek, Fairfield Prep; Alex Gu and Calvin Smith, Darien: Mallek was the medalist, firing an even-par 36, but Gu and Smith both posted 37 t…
East Catholic’s Jaylin Hunter will continue his basketball career at Old Dominion, the senior guard announced Monday night. Hunter, a 6-foot guard, led East Catholic to the Division I state championship and was named the Register/GameTimeCT Boys Basketball State Player of the Year last week. “This has definitely been one of the toughest decisions of […]
BASEBALL CTC Platt Tech at Goodwin Tech, ppd. to Thursday, 3:45 p.m. Non-league Whitney Tech at Bassick, ppd. to Thursday, 3:45 p.m. NVL Sacred Heart at Seymour, ppd. to Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. Ansonia at Wilby, ppd. to Saturday, noon Oxford at Kennedy, ppd. to Tuesday, 3:45 p.m. Wolcott at Derby, ppd. to Tuesday, 3:45 p.m. […]
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 […]
