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BURLINGTON >> Lewis Mills (9-1) tightened its grip on the Berkshire League boys basketball lead with a 71-59 show of strength over defending co-champion Northwestern (7-2) Wednesday night at Lewis Mills High School. The Spartans’ only loss came from non-conference Canton. The Highlanders now have two league losses after a loss to Wamogo. On Wednesday, […]
TORRINGTON >> Torrington’s dramatic season development continued in a 93-48 boys basketball stampede over Watertown Wednesday night at Torrington High School. After an 0-3 start, the Red Raiders are 5-1 since, including a near-fist-half-stalemate with Sacred Heart last Saturday. A week ago, Torrington (5-4) unveiled a 10-man game-long full-court press in a convincing win over Oxford. […]
TORRINGTON >> Sacred Heart’s 95-71 winning margin at Torrington Saturday night might be close to what fans expected, but the way the Hearts got there wasn’t. Never mind that the 24-point margin was second closest of the year to Holy Cross’s 22-point loss to the Hearts, ranked No. 3 in this week’s GameTimeCt state poll. […]
BURLINGTON >> Housatonic’s girls basketball team came to play at Lewis Mills Friday night in a 48-39 win over the Spartans. The Mountaineers led by just two points at the half, but Emily Geyselaers (11 points) and Alison Holmes (10) led Housy through a 26-19 second half. Samira Abdelrehim scored 13 for the Spartans. Thomaston […]
TORRINGTON >> Torrington’s girls basketball team (7-1) played one of its best games of the season in a 56-47 win over Woodland (4-4) Friday night at Torrington High School. High scorers Brie Pergola (20 points, 7 rebounds) and Sidnee Kovall (16 points) were largely responsible, but others made key individual contributions while the offense flowed […]
WOODBURY >> With just three seniors between them, Gilbert and Nonnewaug showcased a bright future for wrestling in the Berkshire-Valley wrestling league Thursday night at Nonnewaug High School. The Yellowjackets, with just one league loss to Terryville, came from behind with three pins and a forfeit in the last four matches for a 45-36 win. […]
TORRINGTON >> Torrington’s boys basketball team unleashed a game-long full court press, swarming over a scrappy Oxford team en route to a 74-64 victory Wednesday night at Torrington High School. “In our first three games of the season, we tried to just play steady and we came out 0-3,” said Red Raider Coach Eric Gamari. […]
LITCHFIELD >> Lewis Mills (7-1) overpowered Wamogo inside to hand the Warriors (7-1) their first loss of the season, 60-45, in a boys basketball game at Wamogo High School Wednesday night. Mills stormed to a 19-7 first-quarter lead, then capped the win with a 20-8 third period. Spartan center Josh Schibi led the scoring with […]
WINSTED >> Gilbert’s Ali Brochu and Deanna Delacruz feasted under the basket for a combined 37 points in the Yellowjackets’ 55-33 win over Nonnewaug Monday evening at The Gilbert School. Brochu had 22 points, Delacruz had 15 after Gilbert jumped out to a 16-0 first-quarter shutout. Mary Bibby (12 points) led the Chiefs to advantages […]
TORRINGTON >> Torrington’s girls basketball team beat Kennedy 52-40 Monday night behind a big first quarter, plus 29 points from Brie Pergola and 13-for-14 Red Raider shooting at the free throw line. “I’m happy with the good things we did, but we made too many mistakes,” said Coach Mike Fritch. The first quarter was everything […]
WINSTED >> Wamogo’s Garrett Sattazahn dropped 29 points on Northwestern to lead the Warriors to a 72-60 win in a battle of undefeated Berkshire League boys basketball teams at Northwestern High School Friday evening. The Warriors (6-0) won every quarter after roaring out to a 22-15 first-quarter start against the defending league co-champions, now 4-1. […]
TORRINGTON >> Torrington’s boys swimming team made up for an opening relay loss to Woodland, winning all but two of the meet’s next nine events for a season-opening 90-78 win at the Torrington YMCA Wednesday night. Torrington winners were JT Barth (2), Curtis Ledda, Viktor Nemesvari (2), Jackson Keller (2) and Nemesvari, Barth, Ledda and […]
WINSTED >> Litchfield girls basketball surprised Northwestern with a 43-38 overtime win at Northwestern High School Tuesday evening. With the game 37-all in regulation, the Cowgirls held Northwestern to a single point in overtime as they flew past with six. Sam Foley (11 points) and Mary Spierto (9 points, 7 rebounds) led Litchfield’s effort. Addie […]
TORRINGTON >> Torrington boys basketball broke through for a 71-59 win against Wolcott in a battle of NVL teams looking for their first win Tuesday evening at Torrington High School. Each team has faced some of the league’s best, with Wolcott (0-4) suffering through an opening loss to Sacred Heart and Torrington (1-3) meeting the […]
LITCHFIELD >> Litchfield boys basketball broke into the win column with a 68-41 pasting over Housatonic (0-2) Friday night at Litchfield High School. The Cowboys, 1-1, opened up with a 22-point first quarter and never looked back behind Jared Guilmart’s 18 points and 13 more from Glenn Doyle. Wamogo 88, Gilbert 30 >> Garrett Sattazahn […]
WINSTED >> Gilbert’s girls basketball team beat Wamogo soundly, 51-30, Friday evening at Gilbert as a sign of where the two teams stand on their own self-improvement charts. The Yellowjackets (3-2) are all about hustle, offensively and defensively. “We talk about wanting to hustle more,” said Coach Gerry Hicks. “We’re trying to reach our potential.” […]
WOODBURY >> Lewis Mills boys basketball (2-0) dominated defending Berkshire League co-champion Nonnewaug 78-52 in an early-season show of strength at Nonnewaug High School Thursday night. Trevor Baker, Josh Schibi and Jackson Lord controlled the boards while guards Joe Neary, Lorenz Gunzl and Kyle Alvarez directed traffic. Baker had 16 points and 15 rebounds; Schibi […]
TORRINGTON >> Starting their seasons at opposite ends of boys basketball blowouts, Waterbury Career Academy and Torrington played to the wire Thursday before WCA pulled away to a 68-58 win on foul shots in the final minute at Torrington High School. In their official debut in the NVL, the Spartans dropped 11 threes in the […]
WATERBURY >> Torrington boys swimming and diving started its season with a 90-81 win at Wilby High School on Wednesday night. The Red Raiders won all but diving in the first nine events before stopping their scoring. Individual winners were J.T. Barth, Jackson Keller (2), Viktor Nemsvari (2), Curtis Ledda and Michael Ivain. Michael Galan, […]
WINSTED >> Forfeits at The Gilbert School swung a 42-33 Terryville wrestling win more than the wrestlers did Wednesday evening. The two-time Berkshire-Valley defending champion Kangaroos built a 27-6 lead through the first six matches starting at 106 pounds, including one Yellowjacket forfeit. A decision by Terryville’s Cayleb Leclerc and pins by Josh Anderson, Jake […]
WINSTED >> Lewis Mills girls basketball overcame a nine-point half-time deficit to slip past Gilbert 33-30 at The Gilbert School Tuesday night. Samantha Chadwick and Corinne Morrow led the Spartans with 11 and 8 points as Mills held Gilbert to just two points in the third quarter. Ali Brochu led the Yellowjackets with 10 points. […]
TORRINGTON >> Girls basketball coaches Mike Fritch and Phil Lott came away from a 47-32 Torrington win over Crosby wanting something extra for Christmas. Crosby Coach Phil Lott, blessed with an athletic team, wants more basketball savvy for his team (0-3). Torrington Coach Mike Fritch, with a cohesive starting lineup (2-1), wants more intensity. Red […]
LITCHFIELD >> Nonnewaug girls basketball edged Wamogo 46-45 in a last-minute battle of foul shots at Wamogo High School Monday evening. In a deadlocked game tied at the end of each of the first two quarters, the Chiefs (2-1) had a one-point advantage after three, carrying into the final few seconds of the fourth. With […]
TORRINGTON >> Wolcott Tech girls basketball emerged from a hard-fought game of fouls, turnovers and missed layups for its first win of the season Monday night in a 29-26 decision over Vinal Tech. “We’ve gotta win the hard way by playing tough defense and scoring ugly points,” said Vinal Tech Coach Jason Coleman. The strategy […]
BURLINGTON >> Lewis Mills girls basketball took care of business in a 47-21 romp over Shepaug Friday night at Lewis Mills High School. Sophomore guard Samantha Chadwick led seven Spartan scorers with 13 points among the 10 Mills athletes who played. In an inside-outside combination that’s apt to dominate all season, center Samira Abdelrehim had […]
TORRINGTON >> The style of Holy Cross girls basketball’s 60-56 win at Torrington Friday evening looked familiar to NBA fans in the good-sized crowd at Torrington High School. A fledgling squad of Red Raiders looked great through three quarters, leading by as much as 14 points late in the third period. Then the Crusaders, pressing […]
TERRYVILLE >> While Northwestern established itself as a league wrestling power in a win over Nonnewaug (see separate story), two-time Berkshire-Valley defending champion Terryville showed it’s still a force to be reckoned with in a 63-12 romp over visiting Notre Dame-West Haven Wednesday night. The Kangaroos took four forfeits (and gave up one), then swept […]
WOODBURY >> Northwestern coach Andrew Schwartz promised his Highlanders would contend for the Berkshire-Valley wrestling title this year after a third-place finish with just six wrestlers last year. Wednesday evening at perennial league favorite Nonnewaug, the Highlanders removed any lingering doubt with a 54-24 rout of the Chiefs. The team has swelled to 14 wrestlers. […]
TERRYVILLE >> Gilbert’s girls basketball stunned Terryville with a 55-16 wipeout at Terryville High School Tuesday evening. Liz Wexler and Deanna Delacruz led the Yellowjacket charge with 15 points apiece, but six other Gilbert players scored while the defense held four Kangaroo scorers to a team-high six points by Zoe Jabs. Jill Wexler added 10 […]