GROTON – Every baseball coach throughout the state would love to have an NCAA Division I bound pitcher leading their staff. Luckily for Waterford’s Art Peluso, he has two. “It’s very important,” Peluso said. “But we have to have them both peaking at the right time — you know what I mean? — towards the […]
Eastern Connecticut Conference
The Eastern Connecticut Conference began operation in the 1934-35 academic year. The ECC is currently an 18-school league featuring competition in 23 sports programs. A board of directors governs the operations for the league which encompasses a large geographic area in the eastern side of the state.
League Website: www.eccathletics.org
Baseball: Burrows shines as No. 2 Waterford beats Fitch
GROTON – Coming off a loss, Waterford turned to its ace Mike Burrows to try and get back to into the win column on Saturday. The senior righthander didn’t let his team down. Burrows went to distance, striking out 14 as No. 2 Waterford beat rival Fitch 9-1. “We have a lot of confidence in […]
Girls lacrosse: Branford tops East Lyme, remains unbeaten
BRANFORD — In 2017, the Branford girls lacrosse team opened the season with an 11-9 loss against East Lyme but the Hornets went on to have a special and certainly memorable season.
They finished the regular season 12-4, went on to avenge the E…
Woodstock Academy’s Trustees announce school will stick with CIAC: Norwich Bulletin
Woodstock Academy will remain a member of the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, the school’s Board of Trustees decided Thursday night, ending months of wrangling over the future of its athletic programs. “I think it’s a response to the public outcry,” Woodstock Academy trustee and Pomfret Board of Education chairman Kate Cerrone told the Norwich Bulletin, […]
Woodstock Academy expected to decide between CIAC or NEPSAC membership on Thursday
Woodstock Academy, an independent high school serving approximately six towns in the northeast corner of Connecticut, is close to deciding whether its athletic program will remain a member of the CIAC or go it alone as a prep school under the New England Prep School Athletic Council. The school is expected to render a decision […]
High and Tight Podcast: April 10, introduction, FCIAC/SCC challenge review and weather talk
Hello and welcome to the first episode the High and Tight, the GameTimeCT high school baseball podcast. Baseball writer Scott Ericson and I decided to start this first high school sports podcast at GameTimeCT. What better sport to start with than baseball? In this first episode we introduce ourselves, give you a rundown of the […]
Basketball: Mercy’s Santoro wins MVP award as CT West beats CT East at JCC game
GIRLS Connecticut West 78, Connecticut East 74 Milton August MVP Award – Bella Santoro, Mercu Ken Liberman Hustle Award – Janette Wadolowski, Southington Quarter Scores 1 2 3 4 Final ******************************************* East 9 22 15 28 […]
Baseball: Jordan tosses gem, Darien edges NFA
DARIEN — Darien starting pitcher Justin Jordan knew he was going to have a good day when he felt his changeup working in the first inning.He needed to be sharp, with NFA’s UConn-bound starting pitcher Tyler Briggs taking the mound on the other…
Connecticut High School Coaches Association to honor 24 coaches May 10
The Connecticut High School Coaches Association will honor 24 coaches as Outstanding Coaches of the Year, an Athletic Director of the Year and Announce three special awards at the 54th annual Recognition Dinner on May 10 at 7 p.m. in Kay’s Pier at the Aqua Turf in Southington. To be honored are Athletic Director of […]
Baseball: Fitch edges Darien in season opener
DARIEN — Somewhat surprisingly, the Fitch and Darien baseball teams played an almost mistake-free game in what was the season opener for both on Saturday.What that meant however, was that any miscue was magnified.It took just two by Darien, a …
The 2017-18 CHSCA All-State girls basketball teams
Class LL Mary Baskerville, Enfield; Meghan DeVille, Mercy; Ellen Fair, Staples; Gabrielle Joseph, Notre Dame Fairfield; Juile Keckler, Trumbull; Rylee Mulligan, Newtown; Olivia Parisi, Fairfield Warde; Bella Santoro, Mercy; Taniyah Thompson, Hamden; Janette Wadolowski, Southington; Ashley Wilson, Norwalk. Class L Anna Barry, RHAM; Erin Carucci, Suffield; Gretchen Kron, RHAM; Isabelle Lipinski, Farmington; Karli Opalka, Pomperaug; […]
The 2017-18 CHSCA All-State boys basketball teams
The 2017-2018 Connecticut High School Coaches Association’s All-State Boys Basketball team, as selected by the organization. Division I First team Tyler Bourne (Notre Dame-Fairfield), Noreaga Davis (Notre Dame-Fairfield), Isiah Gaiter (Sacred Heart), Trey Hall (East Catholic), Joe Reilly (East Catholic), Raheem Solomon (Sacred Heart), Matthew Veretto (East Catholic), Qualon Wilkes (Bassick), Tyshawn Welborn (Windsor). Second […]
The 2017-18 All-ECC Winter teams
The 2017-18 All-Eastern Connecticut Conference Winter Sports teams. Via ECCAthletics.org. Boys Basketball Division I First Team Dev Ostrowski (East Lyme), Trevor Hutchins (Ledyard), Giovanni Lopez (New London), Jalen Benson (New London), Aidan Miller (NFA), Luke Leonard (East Lyme) Honorable Mention Devin Rickerson (Ledyard); Edwardo Gonzalez (New London); Isiah Benson (New London); Ajia Brown (Fitch); Ken […]
WATCH: Relive every CIAC Championship game at Mohegan Sun in 2 minutes
It’s been just over three days since the final buzzer sounded at Mohegan Sun so we thought it would be a perfect time to relive each and every game from the weekend. The kicker? We put it all together in two quick minutes. The 2018 CIAC Winter Championship Weekend Scoreboard (Final)
Final 2017-18 GameTimeCT Top 10 Boys Basketball Poll: NOTRE DAME-FAIRFIELD is No. 1
Everything came together for the Notre Dame-Fairfield boys basketball team this season. First, Notre Dame defeated its nemesis, Sacred Heart, for the first time in three straight tries in a state championship game, last Sunday in the Division I final. It was the school’s first state title in school history. Notre Dame was not only […]
Basketball: One man’s look at the CIAC finals
UNCASVILLE — The CIAC has just completed a decade-long run of holding its state championship basketball games at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Time flies by quickly. There was plenty of action that went on that between 18,500-19,000 people witnessed Saturday and Sunday and many more who watched on the internet. Here are some thoughts over […]
Basketball: JCC Schoolboy Classic to be held April 8; CHSCA all-star games moved to Thursday
The 57th JCC Schoolboy/Schoolgirl Classic will be held April 8 at the Cardinal Shehan Center in Bridgeport The girls game begins at 1 p.m., Connecticut East vs. West, followed by the boys game at 3, Connecticut vs. New Jersey. Tickets are $10 for both games. The Girls East, coached by Brittany Huggins and Liz Stitch […]
The Final 2017-18 GameTimeCT Top 10 Girls Basketball Poll: MERCY is No. 1
MIDDLETOWN—They showed no Mercy all season long and the Tigers walked away with the biggest prize. The Mercy girls basketball program has the Class LL championship plaque in its trophy case. And the Tigers can celebrate their well-earned status as the No. 1 ranked girls basketball team in the final New Haven Register/GameTime CT Top […]
WATCH: GameTimeCT’s Joe Morelli and Jeff Jacobs recap the boys basketball tournament
UNCASVILLE – After the games had finished, all the plaques had been handed out and all the stories had been written, GameTimeCT’s Joe Morelli and Jeff Jacobs jumped in front of the camera to discuss what they thought of the boys basketball tournament. They talked about each state title winner and some of the players […]
Boys Basketball: Buscetto, Waterford surge past Avon in Division-III final
UNCASVILLE – The Waterford fans came in droves. With a 10-minute car ride to the Mohegan Sun Arena, you knew they would. It didn’t matter what time the game was played – in this case, the first Sunday morning championship game the CIAC has ever allowed – Lancer Nation was coming. Avon brought the fan […]
Swimming: Greenwich tops Fairfield Prep for State Open crown
NEW HAVEN — It was a battle to the finish, but history won out once again for the Cardinals. The Greenwich High School boys swim program won its sixth consecutive State Open Championship Saturday at Yale University. Greenwich had defeated Fairfield Prep by 190 points in the Class LL championship earlier this week. Saturday was […]
Boys basketball: 2018 CIAC state championship capsules
CHAMPIONSHIP LIVE UPDATES DIVISION I No. 2 ND-FAIRFIELD (26-0) vs. No. 4 SACRED HEART (24-2) When: Sunday, 6 p.m. Where: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville Internet: NFHS Network (subscription required) | WATR 1320-AM Championship game appearances: Notre Dame is seeking its first state championship, falling short in its first four attempts. Sacred Heart is 9-2 and have won […]
Girls basketball: 2018 CIAC state championship capsules
CHAMPIONSHIP LIVE UPDATES CLASS LL No. 2 MERCY (26-1) vs. No. 5 HALL (24-4) When: Saturday, 6:15 p.m. Where: Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville On the Air/Web:NFHS Network (subscription required) | Radio: WCNX 1710-AM Championship game appearances: Mercy is 2-4, last playing, and winning in 2013.. Hall is making its second appearance. The program lost to Lee in […]
Hockey: 2018 CIAC Championship Preview Capsules
DIVISION II Championship No. 1 FARMINGTON VALLEY vs. No. 3 GUILFORD When: Friday, 7:30 p.m. Where: Ingalls Rink, New Haven Records: Farmington Valley (21-3-1); Guilford (22-3) On The Air/Web: NFHSNetwork.com (subscription required) | WELI 960-AM Championship game appearances: As a co-op team Farmington Valley is making its first championship game appearance. Before joining the co-op, Farmington had […]
Hockey: In a shootout, Close drives stake in Staples, catapults Eastern CT into Division III final
NEW HAVEN — After Staples’ star senior Sam New scored his third goal of the game with 2:15 left in the third period to tie the score at six, no one on the Eastern CT Eagles’ bench panicked.Not a single player or coach. And it showed out on the…
Girls basketball: Maloney stepping down after 28 years as CIAC tournament director
There was a time when CIAC girls basketball games used a shot clock. Dave Maloney used it when he coached. That was more than three decades ago, when Maloney was the Branford head girls’ basketball coach. He is now in season No. 28 as the CIAC girls’ basketball tournament director. Although there is no shot […]
Boys Basketball: Buscetto, Waterford put breaks on Prince Tech, reach D3 championship game
NORTH HAVEN — A 21 point deficit was down to just five and plenty of time remained for Delshawn Jackson and Prince Tech to pull off a miracle in the Division III boys basketball semifinals. Instead, Waterford senior guard Mikey Buscetto does what he’s always done throughout his stellar career. He seized the moment. Buscetto […]
Boys Swimming: Depth leads Darien to Class L championship
MIDDLETOWN — The night belonged to the Blue and White Wednesday night night at the Wesleyan University pool as the Darien High School boys swim team was crowned Class L state champions.Darien finished the proceedings with 711 points to outdist…
Waterford’s Marissa Walker is the NFHS’ 2018 Spirit of Sport Award recipient
Waterford’s Marissa Walker, who has fought through cancer and its potentially debilitating affects on her leg to become a pitcher and captain on the Lancers’ softball team, has been chosen as the National Federation of State High School Association’s “National High School Spirit of Sport Award,” the organization announced Monday. When she was 9-years old, […]
The 2018 CIAC Girls basketball Tournament schedule / scoreboard [updated March 12]
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The 2017-18 CIAC Girls Basketball Tournament scoreboard. Results will be updated after all games are completed each evening. CLASS LL FIRST ROUND Feb. 26, 7 p.m. Amity 51, Fairfield Warde 38 Enfield 65, Fairfield Ludlowe 48 Glastonbury 61, Southington 54 Hall 84, Manchester 43 Hamden 71, Conard 57 Mercy 70, Cheshire 26 Middletown 51, Ridgefield […]
The 2018 CIAC Boys Basketball Tournament schedule / scoreboard [updated March 14]
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The 2018 CIAC Boys Basketball Tournament schedules and scoreboard. Results will be updated after all games are completed each evening. Postponements or other schedule changes are noted in red. DIVISION I FIRST ROUND March 5, 7 p.m. Crosby 80, Norwich Free Academy 62 East Hartford 58, Kennedy 56 Hillhouse 65, Fairfield Prep 56 Notre Dame-West Haven […]
Boys basketball: CHSCA All-Star Festival to be held March 21 at Maloney
The 43rd Annual CHSCA Boys Basketball All-Star Festival doubleheader will take place on March 21 at Maloney High School in Meriden. Teams Constitution and Charter Oak made up of players from Divisions III, IV and V schools will face off at 5:45 pm. The second game, Team Mohegan vs. Team Pequot featuring players from Divisions […]
Girls Basketball: Enfield knocks off No. 1, defending champ New London in LL quarterfinals
UPSET ALERT!! In Class LL, @enfield_sports knocks off defending state champion @WhalerAthletics in the quarterfinals. The Eagles move on to face @HallWHAthletics in the semis. #ctgb pic.twitter.com/MBTcO8n5YG — CT Sports Now (@CT_Sports_Now) March 6, 2018 There will be a new Class LL champion and No. 1 girls basketball team this season. New London has fallen […]
GameTimeCT / Register Boys Basketball Top 10 Poll: East Catholic remains on top as CIAC tournaments begin
The CIAC tournaments are about to begin. Who will be the five state champions? The top 10 has been filled with Division I teams all season long and this week is no different. How many of them will be in there when the final poll comes out in two weeks? East Catholic remains No. 1, […]
Boys basketball: Who will be the five teams left standing in two weeks?
Five divisions instead of four to take the crystal ball out of the moth balls and see what we can forecast for the upcoming CIAC Boys Basketball Championships: Division I Overview: Fans have been looking forward to seeing this field play out all season long. Two of the three remaining unbeatens, CCC tournament champion East […]
Boys basketball: Five players to keep an eye on during the CIAC tournaments
Mikey Buscetto, Waterford Point guard makes things go for the Eastern Connecticut Conference champions. Now Buscetto hopes to help the Lancers win some additional hardware in the Class M division at the Mohegan Sun Arena floor in a couple of weeks. George Gamble, Windsor A true difference maker, Windsor wasn’t the same team in the […]
Boys basketball: Ten things to keep an eye on during the CIAC tournaments
Cool Hand Luke Storyline: East Catholic has the fearsome front line, led by Matt Veretto and Trey Hall, a fine shooting guard in Joey Reilly, a dependable point guard in Jamil Hornesby and one of the state’s best bench coaches in Luke Reilly, who already owns two state championships and four trips to the finals […]
Boys Basketball: Buscetto, Waterford get their payback, top rival East Lyme to win first ECC title
Here’s Waterford winning its first ECC basketball championship #ctbb pic.twitter.com/Tjy5wXkmM0 — Sean Patrick Bowley (@SPBowley) March 1, 2018 WATERFORD — Round 1 went to Dev Ostrowski and East Lyme in a regular-season thriller that had everybody in this corner of Connecticut praying for a rematch. Eastern Connecticut got what it wanted in Wednesday’s ECC Division […]
Boys basketball: League tournament predictions, Day 6
Berkshire final Morthwestern at Wamogo: tewamsplit during the regular season. Home-court advantage usually means something in a championship final. WAMOGO. CTC semifinals Abbott Tech at Prince Tech. PRINCE TECH Wilcox Tech at Goodwin tech. Only losses for Goodwin are to Prince Tech (twice ) and WILCOX TECH. ECC Division II final (at Waterford) St. Bernard […]
Wrestling: Danbury landslide No. 1 in final state media/coaches poll
First-place votes in parentheses. Points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis, and last week’s ranking: Team Rec. Pts. LW 1. Danbury (17) 11-3 510 1 2. Bristol Eastern 15-0 454 2 2. Fairfield Warde 18-1 454 4 4. Southington 13-2 386 5 5. Xavier 12-5 358 6 6. Killingly 31-2 328 7 7. New Milford […]
#Tweet-Your-Buzzer-Beaters: Ocasio’s layup at the horn propels Sheehan girls into Class M second round
It’s playoff time, and Sheehan’s girls basketball team didn’t waste time capturing our first winning buzzer-beater of 2018 CIAC tournaments. Doing the honors was Lexi Ocasio, who scored on a layup at the horn to lift the Titans to a 47-45 victory over Waterford in the Class M girls basketball tournament first round. Lexi Ocasio […]
Girls Basketball: No. 12 Wilton holds off challenge from No. 21 NFA in Class LL 1st round
WILTON — All victories look the same on paper and in the brackets at state tournament time.Victories translate into survival and advancing. The opportunity for a special group of girls basketball players to continue a journey for at least a …
The GameTimeCT / Register Boys Basketball Top 10 poll: Hamden, Guilford move up ahead of SCC semifinal showdown
The postseason has begun, but the top four teams remain the same. And just like in previous weeks, the shakeups are minor. But the final two polls will probably have a little more with some of the teams guaranteed to lose this week and several more in determining the Division I state champion.
Boys basketball: 2018 state tournament outlook
The CIAC tournament pairings will be released on Wednesday, but let’s take a peek of what we could be looking at when the state tournaments begin next Monday. Division I Should be a similar feel to the Division I format that was used by the CIAC from 2004-06: second-round matchups that could be viewed as […]
Boys basketball: Top performances from the past week; games to go see this week
FINE PERFORMANCES Dev Ostrowski, East Lyme: Scored 47 points, breaking his own school record, in the Vikings’ 75-70 win over Fitch. Brett LeQuire, North Branford: Had 33 points and 24 rebounds in a 64-42 win over Haddam-Killingworth and had 36 points in a 60-59 overtime loss to Old Saybrook. Connor Creane, Law: Finished with 33 […]
Gymnastics: Greenwich, Wilton, Woodstock Academy win state titles
Class L TEAM SCORES 1. Greenwich 145.425; 2. Trumbull 140.900;3. Fairfield Ludlowe 134.500; 4. Newtown 131.150; 5. Glastonbury 130.225; 6. Southington 126.100; 7. Staples 125.625; 8. Norwich Free Academy 123.250 INDIVIDUAL EVENT TOP SCORERS Vault – Adnerys De Jesus, Greenwich, 10.000 Bars – Adnerys De Jesus, Greenwich, 9.550 Balance Beam – Adnerys De Jesus, Greenwich, […]
Boys basketball: League tournament predictions, Day 3
Let the Super Saturday quarterfinals begin! CCC (at Bulkeley) East Catholic vs. Glastonbury. EAST CATHOLIC Bristol Central vs. Enfield. ENFIELD Windsor vs. New Britain. This is WINDSOR’S time of year. Simsbury vs. Southington. SIMSBURY FCIAC (at Fairfield Warde) Ridgefield vs. Norwalk. Defending champs get off to a good start. RIDGEFIELD Fairfield Warde vs. […]
Boys basketball: League tournament predictions , Day 1
We return for another season of picking the league tournaments round by round, game by game. So take a look at the bulletin-board material provided by yours truly and let’s hope thjat, after a beautiful stretch of weather, it is warm enough to prevent sleet and we get all of these games in this evening. […]
The GameTimeCT / Register Top 10 Boys Basketball Poll: Top five remain the same as postseason set to begin
There hasn’t been a ton of change in the poll throughout the regular season. No more than one team enters in per week and it normally is a team that had previously been in the top 10. This week, it is East Lyme returning to take the final spot while Hillhouse drops out after its […]
2018 ECC Division I Boys Basketball Tournament bracket
The ECC Division I Boys Basketball Tournament will begin Thursday, Feb. 22 with quarterfinal games at the sites of the higher seeds and conclude with the championship game at Waterford, Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. The semifinals will be held Saturday, Feb. 24, also at Waterford at 4:30 and 6:30 p.m., respectively. Ledyard, the […]
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