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Capsule look at the 2020 League Conference Tournaments with top players to watch, favorites to win each tournament and links to each bracket. Berkshire League Saturday, Feb. 29 – Friday, March 6 Top Seed: Wamogo Defending Champion: Wamogo Championship Game: Friday, March 6 at Shepaug Valley, 7 p.m. Favorites: Wamogo, Shepaug Valley Contenders: Nonnewaug, Terryville […]
A 20-2 start on Thursday. Let’s see what today brings….. CRAL Semifinals No. 4 MLC at No. 1 Innovation: Last year’s Division V state champions are now in Division II and had another fine season in the regular season and will continue here…INNOVATION No. 3 Achievement First at No. 2 Aerospace: Both teams […]
MIDDLETOWN – All the Xavier basketball team needed was a little bit of a cushion in order to spread Sheehan out in the closing minutes of Thursday’s Southern Connecticut Conference tournament game. With Sheehan needing to commit fouls to get Xavier into a one-and-one situation at the free-throw line, spreading the court was the necessary […]
It’s that time of year again. Yes some of the tournaments began on Wednesday, but the postseason begins in earnest today. And what would the postseason be without motivational material for the teams not selected below. So here goes: CCC No. 16 Bloomfield at No. 1 Windsor: Teams meet for the second time […]
It was a relatively quiet week for the top 10 teams in last week’s poll. The only team that lost was No. 9 Naugatuck to No. 3 Sacred Heart 67-62. But because it was a loss to an undefeated Hearts’ team, a game in which Naugatuck led in the second half, the Greyhounds remained in […]
Donovan Clingan, the 7-foot sophomore star, reiterated Tuesday that he intends to continue — and finish — his playing career at Bristol Central. Clingan, who will turn 16 next week, already has five Division I offers in hand, including UConn, Syracuse and Georgetown. He also has his eye on records his late mother, Stacey Porrini […]
The National High School Athletic Coaches Association have recognized 16 people from the Connecticut High School Coaches Association (CHSCA) as finalists in their respective sports/positions for a national honor. Those 16 people are: Jon Capone, athletic director, West Haven; Matt Altieri, baseball, Sheehan; Robert Murray, boys cross country, Danbury; Rich Biondi, boys track & field, […]
It was a quite week for the top nine teams in the poll, but there is a new team in the 10th spot this week. Old Lyme makes its first appearance of the season in the top 10 after a pair of quality non-conference victories last week: at Amistad and in double overtime against Glastonbury […]
The top three boys basketball scorers in Capital Prep history had their numbers retired on Feb. 10. Kahlil Dukes (No. 3) is the school’s all-time leading scorer with 2,228 points which is tied for eighth all-time among CIAC players. He scored 51 points in a game and was a Register All-State selection as a senior […]
Hartford Public has forfeited its two December wins against Weaver due to the use of an ineligible player, both Weaver coach Reggie Hatchett and the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference confirmed on Tuesday. “It’s my understanding that Hartford Public had an ineligible player. Once they found out, they removed him from the lineup and self-reported (the […]
It was a pretty quite week for the top 10 despite one team suffering its first loss. Hamden had an impressive come-from-behind 69-68 victory at home to hand Notre Dame-West Haven its first loss. But it only cost the Green Knights one spot in the latest poll as they swapped spots with undefeated Norwich Free […]
State’s all-time winningest CIAC coaches (through 2019-20 season). X-indicates coach still active VITO MONTELLI, St. Joseph — 878 x-NICK AUGELLI, Crosby — 704 CHARLIE BENTLEY, Harding — 655 MIKE WALSH, Trinity Catholic — 633 x-KEN SMITH, Windsor — 612 TONY FALZARANO, Putnam / Tourtellotte — 609 ED GENERALI, Sacred Heart, Holy Cross — 578 x-RON […]
Hamden Hall’s Jackson Benigni scored the 2,000th point of his high school career with 90 seconds left in Monday night’s 43-31 victory over Hopkins at the Beckerman Athletic Center. Benigni finished the game with 22 points. Benigni, who played his first three seasons at Xavier, led Hamden Hall to the NEPSAC Class B championship […]
The 1 vs. 2 matchup lived up to the hype: the game went down to the final seconds and it took a circus shot — a 360 move from guard Corey McKeithan — to help No. 2 Windsor prevail over No. 1 East Catholic 48-45. And because of that, Windsor becomes the first unanimous No. […]
NEW HAVEN — Wilbur Cross has had its share of miserable third quarters this season and Thursday night wasn’t any different. The Governors didn’t hit a single basket and Hillhouse retook the lead. But Cross didn’t go away. In fact, the Governors had a couple of chances to go ahead in the game’s latter stages. […]
WINDSOR — East Catholic had kept Windsor’s Corey McKeithan under wraps the entire second half Tuesday night. The senior guard had scored exactly two points from the free-throw line as the game featuring the state’s top two teams had reached the final minute. But that didn’t stop McKeithan putting up one last shot. It was […]
It hasn’t been easy for Fairfield Prep in its first nine games, winning just three, but last week’s performances at home could help jumpstart its season. First, the Jesuits hung tough with fourth-ranked Notre Dame-West Haven 48-47. Three days later, also at Alumni Hall, Prep stunned then fifth-ranked Hillhouse 53-50. LATEST BOYS BASKETBALL TOP 10: […]
It took a few extra weeks but the state got the matchup it desired: 1 vs 2. No. 1 East Catholic visits No. 2 Windsor Tuesday night at 6:45 p.m. as the two Central Connecticut Conference rivals renew acquaintances for the first time this season. The last time these two titans met was in last […]
For the second straight week, the same nine teams remained in the top 10. But this time, the new team joining is not from the FCIAC — but from the CCC. Northwest Catholic, its lone loss against No. 1 East Catholic, takes the final spot, replacing Staples, which suffered its first loss to Trumbull. BOYS […]
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 […]
