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Prior to Thursday’s State Open Swimming Championships, Greenwich coach Terry Lowe said his team had to produce a perfect meet in order to win another title.
Well, the Cardinals captured yet another State Op…
The high school boys swimming season concludes Thursday with the CIAC State Open Championships. Here’s a look at the much-anticipated final competition of the season.
WHERE: Robert Kiphuth Memorial Exhibiti…
NEW HAVEN — It wasn’t like their regular-season meetings, but playoff hockey shouldn’t bear resemblance to regular-season hockey. It should be like Tuesday night’s CIAC Division II boys semifinal, a combination of the scrappy and the beautiful. Justin Hazard tied it for Glastonbury with a beauty with 48.5 seconds left, then won it straight off […]
The CCC North and South Boys Hockey Tournaments will begin with semifinals Thursday, Feb. 28 at the home rinks of the higher seeds, unless noted, and conclude with championships on Saturday, March 2 at Trinity College. In the CCC South, No. 4 Hall/Southington will face No. 1-seed WMRP in the semifinals at Newington Arena at […]
GUILFORD — Getting a response from coaches to the question which teams were best positioned to win a Class M championship brought about a litany of choices.
Defending champion Foran High and last year’s run…
CLASS LL
Where: Trumbull High School
When: Saturday, 9 a.m. (finals scheduled for 5 p.m.)
Defending champion: Danbury
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The 2018 All-Central Connecticut Conference Football Teams. Division I East East Hartford –Jaquan Allen, Jonathan Cruz, Rafael Custodio, Jaydon Gardner, Quinton Haughton, John McNeil, David Ortiz, Raquan Tompkins, Samuel Valentine Enfield –Freddy Centrella, Brendan DeBarber, Andrew Diaz, Cameron LeBlanc, Wyatt Raymond, Joel Stewart Glastonbury –Dylan Clemens, Drew Daniels, Kirill Fioletov, Brandon Myers, Ryan Smith, Matthew […]
CHESHIRE — Sacred Heart Academy withstood penalty corner after penalty corner during the overtime periods in Tuesday’s Class M state semifinal.
Avon kept putting the pressure on, but the Sharks’ defense was up to the challenge. Then, late in t…
BRIDGEPORT — For 100 minutes Saturday night Bassick and Avon pushed one another to the absolute limit in their Class L boys soccer quarterfinal.
Neither team could break the 1-1 deadlock, leaving the lottery known as penalty kicks to decide it…
HEBRON – For the first time in program history the RHAM football team is 3-0. RHAM scored early and often en route to a 35-0 win over Avon on Saturday. “I had no idea it’s the first time in school history,” RHAM senior Cal Redman. “It’s super exciting though because my first two years here […]
COACH — JEFF REDMAN (1st year) CONFERENCE — CCC Division III East PLAYOFF CLASS — L (519 boys enrollment) HOME — Avon High School Field 2017 RECORD — 3-7 2018 OPENER — Sept. 8 at East Catholic, 1:30 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — Maxpreps Top Players HENRY SCHRECENGOST, Sr., OL/DL, (6-6, 290) JADON FOLKWEIN, Sr., RB/DB, […]
Here is our annual breakdown of state championships by school. This list includes only CIAC sanctioned sports. It does include both Class and State Open titles. New England and national titles are not included. 2017-18 state championships by school Greenwich -10 Golf (I) Gymnastics (L) Gymnastics (Open) Girls Indoor Track (LL) Girls Indoor […]
MIDDLETOWN — When Manasseh Bekele crossed the line after putting the finishing touches on Hillhouse setting a Class MM record by winning the 4×400 relay, there were a few handshakes with his fellow anchor leg runners.
At the time, the blisteri…
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 […]
NEW HAVEN — The Farmington Valley boys hockey team made its first appearance in a CIAC tournament championship game on Friday, facing defending champion Guilford. Despite the lack of championship game experience, the Generals made that first appearance count and took no prisoners. The Generals scored the game’s first seven goals, including two from Matt […]
Wednesday night’s CIAC boys basketball tournament action had nothing on Monday night. But we were still treated to one insane finish in the Division III semifinals between Avon and Enfield. Despite a 41-point, seven 3-pointer effort from Enfield’s Jadon Archer, Avon was only down one — 75-74 — with seconds remaining. After two failed cracks […]
GUILFORD — It was a group of seniors from Guilford who have played together for years and together accomplished things the program hadn’t done in nearly two decades. But most runs come to an end at some point and Guilford’s came to a crashing conclusion Saturday night in the Division III state quarterfinals. No. 9 […]
STAMFORD — It’s not how you start the journey, it’s how you finish.The Stamford-Westhill-Staples Co-op girls ice hockey team opened its season Wednesday night by falling 2-0 to the Avon-Southington-East Granby Nighthawks at Terry Conners…
MILFORD — Both the Law and Avon boys soccer teams came into the postseason with comparable records. The teams were not that close on the field. Dominating time of possession and scoring the only goals of the contest, No. 17 seed Avon topped …
HEBRON >> Finn Boynton wasn’t pleased with the first nine holes of what would be the final round of his high school golf career. But the Milford resident knew that 1-under score at Tallwood Country Club Monday was “good enough to get a round going on the back nine.” And that’s exactly what Boynton did. […]
GLASTONBURY >> Soccer is a way of life in Glastonbury. Combined girls and boys there are 12 state championship banners hanging in the gym, including two each the last two years. But the newest claim to fame for the Tomahawks is the longest win streak in Connecticut girls soccer history. On Thursday as rain fell […]
Seven coaches, one athletic director, one media member and a legendary military member and state athlete will be honored as 2016 inductees to the Connecticut High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame at its 40th annual ceremony on Nov. 17 at the Aqua Turf in Southington at 7 p.m. Athletic Director Elaine Biercevicz Piazza, coaches […]
AVON – On a hot and humid afternoon, the Rocky Hill football team looked cool and composed using its double wing offense to march up and down the field Saturday at Avon High. The Terriers scored the first time they touched the ball and put up 35 points in the first quarter as they rolled […]
Above: Leon Asberry Jr. will assume a key role as the Avon running back in 2016 under new coach Sal Cintorino. Vitals Coach: SAL CINTORINO (1st year at Avon | 49-52-1 career with Newington and Bristol Central) Conference: CCC Division III East Playoff Class: M (511 boys enrollment) Home: Avon High School 2015 Record: 8-2 (4-0 CCC D-III East) 2016 Kickoff: Sept. 10 vs. Rocky Hill, […]
MIDDLETOWN -Notre Dame coach Don Martone insists his team isn’t doing anything differently than it was when the Green Knights appeared to be headed for a mediocre finish at 6-8 with just six games left in the regular season. ND won all six of those remaining games and less than a month later finds itself […]
AVON >> Avon has become serious about its baseball program. The Falcons have a young and enthusiastic alumnus as their coach. They recently completed a sparkling new off-campus field. They have fans and Little Leaguers coming out to their games. All that’s really missing now is a championship year to display on the sign adorning the backstop fence. It says the last time Avon […]
Sal Cintorino, a veteran head coach with stops at Newington, Bristol Central and at Central Connecticut State, has been hired as the next coach at Avon, the Collinsville Press reported Monday. “It is certainly an exciting opportunity,” Cintorino told the Collinsville Press. “I had the opportunity to attend some events this winter and thought it […]
WEST HARTFORD >> Extra inning games and comeback victories have become a commonplace for the Northwest Catholic baseball team this season. The Lions scored twice in the seventh to beat Conard on April 15. On Monday, Northwest and Watertown went back and forth for 12 innings and still haven’t finished. That suspended game will continue […]
AVON >> Just nine days ago, Weaver beat Avon by forcing turnovers and creating easy transition baskets. Despite Beavers’ coach Wendell Williams saying he changed everything from that game last week to give the Falcons a new look the result was pretty much the same. Weaver forced 25 turnovers — including four straight to end […]
