MILFORD — Sometimes it takes a good part of the season to find a team’s identity. The Amity girls lacrosse team may have already found it.
With a come-from-behind victory over North Haven in their pocket less than a week ago, the Spartans repe…
Softball: Fletcher, Marchitto lead Amity past Lauralton Hall
WOODBRIDGE — After losing in the season opener, the Amity softball team used the loss as an eye opener. While the Spartans put up 10 runs against Hand-Madison, the flip side saw the Tigers score 11.
Fast forward three solid games later, and al…
Baseball: Lucas sparks No. 4 Fairfield Prep’s extra-inning rally past No. 6 Amity
FAIRFIELD — If this had been a road game, it would not have been at all surprising if Will Lucas had climbed aboard the Fairfield Prep bus, grabbed the keys from the driver and taken the Jesuits home. Because the senior did everything else but drive the bus after Prep’s comeback victory on Monday. Lucas […]
The GameTimeCT / Register Top 10 Baseball Poll: Staples unanimous No. 1, but SCC dominates poll
Staples only played one game (which is more than many northern Connecticut teams were afforded), but the Wreckers’ 4-3 rally past Xavier in the SCC-FCIAC Challenge on Saturday was enough to make them the unanimous No. 1 team in the GameTimeCT Top 10 for Week 2. But with the SCC going 11-4 vs. the FCIAC […]
Baseball: Lumpinski gets Amity back on track in dominant win over Ridgefield [updated]
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WOODBRIDGE — The Amity baseball team is not accustomed to losing. So when the Spartans fell to Cheshire in the season opener, alarms may have gone off.Losing seven of nine starters from last year’s team to graduation, the Spartans know there w…
The Inaugural 2018 GameTimeCT / Register Top 10 Softball Poll: SEYMOUR is No. 1
Two-time defending Class M champion Seymour begins the 2018 season as the top-ranked team in the New Haven Register / GameTimeCT Top 10 Softball Poll.
Baseball 2018: Amity’s Pat Winkel on MLB scouts’ radar
Patrick Winkel never plotted out to be a catcher. It just sort of happened one day, when he was a 9-year-old playing Little League ball. “The team he was on didn’t have a catcher,” Winkel’s father, Jim, recalled. “He tried it and he enjoyed it. Frankly, it’s a good position for him, given the strengths […]
Boys basketball: Immaculate dominates second half, beats Amity to capture Division II state title
UNCASVILLE — Give Immaculate a decent lead and the Iron Five will just grind it out on offense until you find a way to take the ball from them.The Amity Spartans never figured out how to stop the Mustangs on offense. The No. 2 seed sliced No. 9 Amity to shreds in the second half, taking […]
Boys basketball: Amity hoping to make first trip to state championship final a good one
Tyler Thomas peers at his list of personal goals on his bulletin board “every day when I wake up,” the senior from Amity said. There are some lofty goals on that board. Have a better record than last year? Check. Be Amity’s leading scorer? Check. Become the SCC’s Player of the Year? Check. Be the […]
Boys basketball: Balanced Immaculate set for Division II final vs. Amity
DANBURY — The smallest school in Division II with one of the smaller rotations around, the Immaculate boys basketball team, has not allowed its lack of numbers to affect its performance on the court.It only takes a fab five to produce results,…
WATCH: GameTimeCT columnist Jeff Jacobs talks boys basketball’s new tournament format with state final coaches
Before the 10 boys basketball teams in the five new divisions tip off this week for the right to claim a state championship, GameTimeCT columnist Jeff Jacobs sat down with five of the coaches to see how they feel like the new format worked or didn’t work this season. Jacobs talked with Sacred Heart’s Jon […]
Boys basketball: Wissink’s blocked shot propels Amity past Newtown into first state final
SHELTON — Cole Wissink was going to do whatever he can to get to the corner to block the final shot of the game. The Amity High freshman got there just in time to block Ryan Escoda’s shot into the Newtown student section. Wissink said he heard the buzzer sound. So did the Amity students […]
Boys Hockey: Cole, Amity stifle Cheshire, advance to Division II quarterfinals
WEST HAVEN — Tyler Cole made 37 saves, 14 of them in the third period, and Amity beat Cheshire 4-1 Tuesday at Bennett Rink in the first round of the CIAC Division II boys hockey tournament.Jamie Blum scored the last two goals for the seventh…
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 […]
Girls Hockey: Suffield Co-Op edges Amity-North Haven-Cheshire in CHSGHA quarterfinals
SUFFIELD/ENFIELD/HOUSATONIC/ELLINGTON/MLC 3 AMITY/NORTH HAVEN/CHESHIRE 2 ENFIELD — Sophie Lupone scored a pair of goals to lead Suffield/Enfield/Housatonic/Ellington/MLC to a 3-2 victory over the Amity/North Haven/Cheshire Blades in a CHSGHA quarterfinal game at Enfield Twin Rinks Saturday. Tess Csejka and Melissa Montesi scored for Amity. Suffield advances to play Branford/East Haven/North Branford, an upset winner over […]
Girls Basketball: Rene’s layup at buzzer lifts Norwalk over Amity in double OT in Class LL 2nd round
NORWALK — There was no specific play drawn up during the timeout before Amity went to the line with the game tied and 7.2 seconds left in the second overtime.Norwalk coach Ricky Fuller just told his team to get the rebound and find the open …
Girls Basketball: Laugeni dominates as Amity stuns No. 10 Warde in Class LL first round
FAIRFIELD — At this point of the season, when the parameters change from simply turning the page to one-and-done, every team’s focus becomes single-minded. Survive and advance. And that’s just what 23rd-seeded Amity did in its first-round Class LL tournament game against No. 10 Warde Monday night, the Spartans survived and the Spartans advanced. Thanks […]
Football: Two-time championship coach Craig Bruno hired at Amity
Craig Bruno, who won a pair of state championships at Bunnell and also coached at Naugatuck, has been named the next head coach at Amity, the school announced today in a press release. He replaces Ted Czepiga, who left the program in December after three seasons. Bruno takes over an Amity program that hasn’t had […]
Girls Basketball: Laugeni, Amity stifle Lyman Hall to advance in SCC tournament
Amity tops Lyman Hall 46-27 in opening round of SCC tournament #ctgb pic.twitter.com/eYcDyK1FD8 — Mike Madera (@MikeMadera2) February 16, 2018 WOODBRIDGE – Amity junior Tara Laugeni likes the way her team’s defense makes the offense go. Laugeni had to like what she saw Thursday evening. Holding Lyman Hall to just ten points in the second […]
Boys Basketball: Amity coach Jeff Nielsen gets career win No. 200 as Spartans top Foran
Tyler Thomas scored 30 points and added five assists and five rebounds as Amity defeated Foran 73-45 Wednesday night. The victory was the 200th for Amity coach Jeff Nielsen. Jack Nolan added nine points and nine rebounds. James Van Hise had six points, eight rebounds and three assists. Matt Cruz led Foran with 19 points. […]
Hockey: Blum’s late goal lifts Amity to a tie with Cheshire
WEST HAVEN — Amity boys hockey coach Mike “Scooter” Richetelli and Cheshire coach Anthony Giusto always expect close, hard-fought games when their teams face off.Their SCC/SWC Division II matchup on Wednesday certainly met those expectat…
Girls Volleyball: Amity’s ABIGAIL HARBINSON, the 2017 New Haven Register Area MVP
With the sound of the ball whistling by a defender, it usually is not hard to figure where the shot came from when playing against the Amity girls volleyball team. Those booming kills usually came from junior Abby Harbinson. In a year in which Amity advanced to the Class LL state championship finals, it is […]
Hockey: Team development key to North Branford’s success
In the last three weeks, North Branford has been one of the hottest teams in Division II boys hockey with a seven-game win streak after starting the season 2-2.During the win streak the Thunderbirds have outscored opponents 39-13. North Branfo…
Boys basketball: Amity survives Hand in double OT
WOODBRIDGE – Free throws usually play a determining role in close contests. For the Amity boys basketball team, it was fortunate the one free throw it did make in the latter parts of regulation and two overtime periods proved to be all the insurance it needed. After missing eight straight free throws in that time […]
Girls basketball: Amity sweeps season series from Hillhouse
NEW HAVEN – Michelle Shoop and her Amity girls basketball team are looking for some consistency. Hovering around the .500 mark, the Spartans are ready to break through. Monday evening in New Haven may be that moment. Rallying from a three-point deficit with under three minutes to play, Amity defeated Hillhouse 55-50 in a Southern […]
Boys hockey: Big third period propels New Fairfield / Immaculate past Amity
WEST HAVEN — It showed early that the New Fairfield-Immaculate boys hockey team had 10 days between its last contest against Fairfield Prep — its lone loss of the season — and Saturday’s matchup against SCC-SWC opponent Amity.The Musta…
Monday’s boys swimming roundup: Amity edges Hand, stays unbeaten
Amity 96, Hand 92 (at Orange) 200 yard Medley Relay: A- 1:40.29 Colin Roy, Arsenio Bustos, Kevin Yanagisawa, Tyler Roy, 200 yard Freestyle: A- 1:50.23 Kevin Yanagisawa, 200 Ind. Medley: H-1:58.08 Christopher Wu, 50 Freestyle: A-22.27 Colin Roy, Diving: A- 203.20 Uranik Klobucishta, 100 yard Butterfly: H- 55.60 Christopher Wu, 100 Freestyle: H- 50.85 William […]
Boys Basketball: Here’s Tyler Thomas throwing down a put-back in 5-0 Amity’s win over Pomperaug
Better angle @GameTimeCT pic.twitter.com/tlNqfe0ciF — Nick (@nickhuribal) January 7, 2018 OK, we’re not going to get into the habit of posting *every* dunk we see on Twitter dot com. But since we’ve highlighted two by East Catholic’s Matt Veretto (here and here), why not show off this great put-back slam by Amity’s own Tyler Thomas […]
Saturday’s boys swimming roundup: Amity laps East Lyme
Amity 106, East Lyme 73 (at East Lyme) 200 yard Medley Relay: A- 1:40.66 Colin Roy, Arsenio Bustos, Kevin Yanagisawa, Tyler Roy, 200 yard Freestyle:A- 1:51.77 Kevin Yanagisawa, 200 Ind. Medley: A-2:02.41 Arsenio Bustos, 50 Freestyle: A-22.01 Colin Roy, Diving: EL- 194.35 Ben Prouty, 100 yard Butterfly: A- 54.80 Kevin Yanagisawa, 100 Freestyle: A- 48.73 […]
Girls hockey: Greenwich routs Amity / North Haven / Cheshire
GREENWICH — Saturday’s Winter Classic matchup between the Greenwich High School and Amity/North Haven/Cheshire girls ice hockey teams began one hour later than it was scheduled to start due to traffic on the always crowded I-95. Yet waitin…
Girls Basketball: East Haven edges Amity in overtime
WOODBRIDGE — East Haven junior McKenzie Helms has only been a part of the East Haven girls basketball program a few short weeks and she can already see the difference. With all the hype of being one of the top teams in the area, Helms and he…
Hockey: Amity earns new coach Richetelli first victory in first game, 4-2 over BBD
WEST HAVEN – The Michael “Scooter” Richetelli era at Amity High got off to a resounding start Saturday evening. After honoring the state championship team from 10 years ago with a ceremonial puck drop by recently retired coach Gary Lindgren, the Spartans responded with an inspired effort for their new coach. In his first game […]
Boys basketball 2017-18: Amity’s Thomas just might be the best player in the SCC
WOODBRIDGE Amity High has had its share of great athletes come through the doors. Many of them excelled in more than one sport. It hasn’t been often that basketball was the primary sport of choice. “You normally don’t have someone show up who is a basketball-only player. That’s not a knock. Most kids in this […]
Football: North Haven has little trouble with Amity, returns to playoffs after year’s absence
WOODBRIDGE – Despite only three starters returning from a four-win team, North Haven football coach Anthony Sagnella believed there was potential for big things. The Indians accomplished one major goal on Thursday. Their victory over Amity, a 46-7 decision at William Johnson Field, clinched the program’s fourth state tournament berth in the past five years, […]
Girls Volleyball: Greenwich puts Amity away, wins Class LL title with 20th-straight victory
EAST HAVEN — History was made at East Haven High School Saturday night. And Greenwich High School, the girls volleyball team that hasn’t experienced a loss in nearly two months, made it.The Cardinals ended their season Saturday with their …
Girls volleyball: Amity faces Greenwich chasing 11th state title
When fifth-ranked Amity faces sixth-ranked Greenwich in the Class LL final at East Haven High on Saturday at 7 p.m., there may be a few surprises.Many expected the top two seeds, Cheshire and Southington, to square off, but they were eliminate…
Girls Volleyball: Harbinson, Amity stun top-seeded Cheshire, sweeps into Class LL final
Down goes Frazier!!! Amity sweeps Cheshire to advance to Class ‘LL Finals #ctvb pic.twitter.com/UMybBcTtil — Mike Madera (@MikeMadera2) November 16, 2017 NAUGATUCK – The message was simple. Play every point like it was the last, and play with energy. The Amity Spartans certainly followed suit. Playing an inspired game from the opening serve and riding […]
Football: Carr, No. 7 Shelton grind out victory over pesky Amity
SHELTON — Shelton had hoped that quarterback Jake Roberts would be healthy enough to play all four quarters against Amity after spraining his knee last week in a win over West Haven. But when it turned out that he wasn’t, the Gaels turned …
Girls volleyball: Guilford tops Amity, to face Cheshire in SCC final
Guilford wins 4th game 25-22 and match 3-1. Advances to SCC semis #ctbb #scc pic.twitter.com/v3pWc1DuzD — Mike Madera (@MikeMadera2) November 3, 2017 GUILFORD – Amanda King and the Guilford girls volleyball team had a plan in place for Amity and its ultra-talented hitter Abigail Harbinson. Planning to limit the damage Harbinson caused when in the […]
Girls volleyball: Harbinson impressive in return for Amity in SCC quarterfinals
WOODBRIDGE – Amity junior Abigail Harbinson has been itching to get back on the court. Missing three matches with an ankle injury, Harbinson marked her return in impressive fashion. Spreading around 21 kills, Harbinson led the third-seeded Spartans to a 25-15, 22-25, 25-13, 25-21 Southern Connecticut Conference quarterfinal victory over sixth-seeded East Haven at Paul […]
Girls soccer: Swain’s goal, defense helps Amity beat Law
WOODBRIDGE — Heading into Wednesday afternoon’s SCC Housatonic Division girls soccer showdown between Amity and Jonathan Law, each team knew scoring would be at a premium. In a combined 24 games, the teams had combined to allow just 12 goal…
Girls volleyball: Cheshire marches past Amity, stays unbeaten
WOODBRIDGE — Every year is a new year. Try telling that to the Southern Connecticut Conference girls volleyball teams, especially those playing Cheshire. Trying to keep up with the Rams this year has proven to be almost impossible. Amity was…
Swimming: Belfonti, Hendrick lead Amity past Lauralton Hall
ORANGE — Vera Belfonti and Amanda Hendrick each won one individual event and swam on two winning relays as the Amity girls swimming team improved to 9-0 with an 97-84 win over Lauralton Hall Monday night at the Orange Community Center.Belfon…
Girls Soccer: Grosso, Amity snap Shelton’s six-game win streak
WOODBRIDGE – Amity girls soccer coach Owen Quigley likes to measure the success of his team by the competition it plays. Based on Amity’s victories this year, Quigley’s team is heading in the right direction. Using a first half goal by Danielle Grosso, Amity swept the regular season series from Shelton in a 1–0 Southern Connecticut […]
Football: Foreman has two INT TDs as Wilbur Cross defense dominates Amity
NEW HAVEN — Jaykeen Foreman and the Wilbur Cross defense knew how well Amity and its defense had played in the first three games of the season. Foreman did his best to counter that. Behind a pair of Foreman interception returns for touchdown…
Football: Eley’s late kickoff return lifts Hillhouse over Amity
NEW HAVEN — Hillhouse’s senior all-state end Prince Boyd had never even heard of Neal Eley when the junior transferred in from Creed Co-Op this summer.He knows all about him now.”Lucky to have him,” Boyd said. “Lucky to meet him. If there …
Inside the SCC: Egersheim family relives touching reunion between dad and son; Butler’s triumphant return for Amity
MILFORD — Cole Egersheim admittedly was surprised when he was called out to the pregame coin toss as one of Law’s game captains before a game vs. visiting Bethel Friday night. “I was like, alright, maybe I had a good week of practice or something,” the senior said. That surprise was nothing compared to the […]
Girls soccer: Amity squeaks past pesky North Haven squad
WOODBRIDGE – Owen Quigley and his girls soccer team have gotten off to a solid start this season. That does not mean the head coach is necessarily happy with the team’s play. With three wins in its first four games, Amity has allowed just three goals. For Quigley, that should be more than enough for […]
Football: Defense propels Fairfield Prep past Amity; Harrison hurt
FAIRFIELD — The sign that hung just under the windows of the press box at Rafferty Stadium read: “Powered by Pride.” And that pride was certainly etched into the faces of the Fairfield Prep defense Friday night.Forcing two key turnovers …
Girls Volleyball: Amity rallies in third to sweep Foran
MILFORD – Early in the season, teams are always searching for an identity. The Amity volleyball team may have needed just three matches to find what its about. Trailing 14-5 in the third game, Amity rallied to score 20 of the next 25 points to win the third game in a 25-11, 25-22, 25-19 victory […]
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