If there is a high school hockey season in Connecticut, it appears it will go off without the Eastern Connecticut Eagles. “Unfortunately, since we are a co-op and the ECC has decided that there will be no winter co-op sports, we will not be allowed to participate even if the CIAC puts something together,” Eagles […]
The GameTimeCT Top 10 Girls Basketball Poll (March 1): Notre Dame takes No. 1 ranking into states
The 2020 girls basketball conference tournament semifinals and championship did not shake up the poll as much as expected. CIAC GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE/SCOREBOARD Ridgefield was the exception, leaping all the way to No. 9 following its run to the FCIAC championship after not getting any votes the week before. Hamden, which made a similar […]
NFA (Division I), Killingly (Division II) win ECC Girls Basketball championships
ECC Division I Final: NFA 58, Bacon Academy 30 UNCASVILLE — Senior center Makayla Poirier-Vaughters scored 24 points and earned tournament MVP as Norwich Free Academy rolled to the Eastern Connecticut Conference Division I girls basketball tournament championship, 58-30, over Bacon Academy Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun Arena. It was the first ECC tournament final […]
2020 ECC Division I & II Girls Basketball Tournament Brackets
The 2020 Eastern Connecticut Conference Girls Basketball tournaments will tip off Wednesday, Feb. 19 with play-in games and conclude with the championship games on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at Mohegan Sun. The quarterfinals will be held Thursday, Feb. 20 at the sites of the higher seeds and the semifinals Feb. 22 at Norwich Free Academy. No. […]
Week 4 football notebook: Schedule changes shuffle officials
We called Bill Riccio on Monday to ask what it was like for the New Haven Football Officials Association’s commissioner, rescheduling so many crews through all this Eastern Equine Encephalitis shuffling.
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Switch to kicker gets Bacon Academy’s Sean Baldyga back in the game
COLCHESTER — His second shoulder surgery was going to end Sean Baldyga’s football career. The tweet went out last November and everything. He had played three games as a sophomore running back for Bacon Academy before the first injury. The second came again in Week 3 of last season, his junior year. He hoped those […]
25 CIAC Girls Cross Country Runners to Watch in 2019
Ella Bradford, Hamden, senior: Finished sixth in the 1,600 at the Class LL meet during the outdoor season. Is the fastest returner in the SCC after taking second in the race last year; took 20th in Class LL.
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ECC Football 2019: BACON ACADEMY preview
Vitals COACH — DAVE MASON (4th year, 10-20) CONFERENCE — ECC Division II PLAYOFF CLASS — S (379 boys enrollment) HOME — Bacon Academy High School Field, Colchester 2018 RECORD — 3-7 2019 OPENER — Sept. 13 at Windham, 6:30 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — Maxpreps | TWITTER — @FootballBobcats | FACEBOOK — Bacon Academy Bobcats Football Top Players JAKE […]
The Long-Stick Podcast Episode IX: 2019 State Championship Saturday recap
WELCOME BACK to the final 2019 episode of the first season of The Long-Stick Podcast, your weekly audio dose of high school boys lacrosse in Connecticut. Unless you were one of the winning participants, it wasn’t a particularly memorable Championship Saturday at McMahon (unless you’re a fan of insane, empty-net goals, of which there were many). […]
Boys Lacrosse Notebook: Despite rout, Class M runner-up Weston is a team on the rise for 2020
There was one pretty good boys lacrosse championship game, with St. Joseph closing out the Class S final in the second half on Saturday. There was one that looked like it’d be a classic that turned out an easy Darien win i…
Boys lacrosse: CIAC semifinals, finals fine performances
Fine performances
Hudson Pokorny, Darien: Led the Blue Wave offense with three goals and two assists in the Class L final, a 13-3 win over Wilton.
Matt Constantinides, New Fairfield: Dominat…
Strong second half propels St. Joseph past Bacon Academy, to repeat as Class S champs
NORWALK — St. Joseph goalie Kyle Burbank hit the nail on the head when he described the Cadets’ 9-3 victory over No. 3 seed Bacon Academy at Brien McMahon’s Jack Casagrande Field in Norwalk on Saturday.
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Heald’s late goal lifts Bacon Academy over East Catholic, into first state championship game
CHESHIRE — Bacon Academy’s Dylan Heald played the hero in the Class S boys lacrosse Semifinal matchup Wednesday, scoring the go ahead goal against East Catholic with 26 seconds remaining on the clock to lead his team to victory and the school’s first state championship berth. “It was great to see our captain, Dylan Heald,” […]
The 2019 GameTimeCT All-State Girls Track Team
The 2019 GameTimeCT All-State Boys Track Team. Compiled by Dan Nowak. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media, Norwich Bulletin, NFA Athletics. Designed by Pete Paguaga. FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Athlete of the Year Tess Stapleton Ludlowe At National meet fifth in 55 hurdles emerging elite division (8.07), at New England won 55 hurdles (8.19) and won long […]
Girls Basketball: League tournament predictions, Day 5
Day brings us more semifinals, a championship game in the ECC and quarterfinal action in the CTC. Day 4 Predictions Day 3 Predictions Day 2 Predictions Day 1 Predictions Let’s get after it. BERKSHIRE LEAGUE At Northwestern No. 4 Nonnewaug vs No. 1 Housatonic Regional: HOUSATONIC No. 3 Gilbert vs No. 2 Northwestern: NORTHWESTERN CCC […]
Girls Basketball: League tournament predictions, Day 3
Day 3 brings us to Super Saturday in girls basketball with a full slate of conference tournament games. Let’s go! BERKSHIRE LEAGUE No. 8 Wamogo at No. 1 Housatonic Regional: HOUSATONIC No. 5 Lewis Mills at No. 4 Nonnewaug: NONNEWAUG No. 7 Shepaug Valley at No. 2 Northwestern: NORTHWESTERN No. 6 Thomaston at No. 3 […]
Girls basketball League tournament predictions, Day 1
It is conference tournament time for girls basketball. Let’s go! Thursday CCC No. 16 Conard at No. 1 Windsor: WINDSOR No. 15 Manchester at No. 2 East Hartford: EAST HARTFORD No. 14 Farmington at No. 3 Newington: Farmington could push Newington in this one. NEWINGTON No. 13 RHAM at No. 4 Glastonbury: A deceptively tough […]
2018 Eastern Connecticut Conference All-Star Football teams
The 2018 Eastern Connecticut Conference All-Star Football Teams. Division 1 Offense Center — Austin Beebe, Fitch Lineman — Joe Klick, NFA Lineman — Jeffrey Andruskiewicz, NFA Lineman — Josh Morton, East Lyme Lineman — Rahtrel Perry, New London Quarterback — Elijah Parker, NFA Receiver — Zehki Burgess, New London Receiver — Spencer Duthrie, East Lyme Receiver — Kevin Pomroy, NFA Back — Jacob Commander, New […]
ECC Football 2018: BACON ACADEMY preview
Vitals COACH — DAVE MASON (3rd year, 7-13) CONFERENCE — ECC Division II PLAYOFF CLASS — M (410 boys enrollment) HOME — Bacon Academy High School Field, Colchester 2017 RECORD — 5-5 2018 OPENER — Sept. 8 vs. Griswold, 2 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — Maxpreps | TWITTER — @FootballBobcats Top Players BEN GROTTOLE, Sr., OL/DT, (5-11, 235) […]
Girls basketball: Teklits leads New Fairfield past Bacon Academy to Class M title, first since 1992
UNCASVILLE >> Kristen Teklits finished with 25 points, seven rebounds and four steals to lead the fourth-seeded New Fairfield girls basketball team to a 41-38 win over No. 11 seed Bacon Academy for the Class M state championship Saturday at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Teklits, who will play at Maryland-Baltimore County next season, made four […]
Girls Basketball: Bacon Academy stifles Career to reach Class M final at Mohegan Sun
CLINTON – Bacon Academy coach Dave Shea knew the key to stopping Career was to limit the play of star junior Ky’Jae Hargrove. Shea could not have imagined just how well the defense of his team would play. Holding the second-seeded Panthers without a field goal for a stretch of 11 minutes, 8 seconds in […]
Football: Eight from state headed to Milford Academy
HAMDEN >> Former St. Joseph standout, and Stratford native, Tyler Matakevich spent a year at Milford Academy before going on to an illustrious career at Temple University. Matakevich was named the AAC defensive player of the year as a senior and won the Bronko Nagurski trophy and the Chuck Bednarik award, in addition to […]
Boys Basketball: Bacon Academy handles Northwestern in Class M boys basketball round two
WINSTED >> The thing to know about No. 12 Bacon Academy, coming into the Class M Boys Basketball second round against No. 5 Northwestern, is the Bobcats beat Class LL Ledyard and Class L New London to win the Eastern Connecticut Conference Tournament Championship as a warm-up for the state tournament. Thursday evening at Northwestern […]
Football: Law hires alumnus and Bacon Academy coach Erik Larka
After almost a decade spent building his coaching resume and turning one program into a state playoff team, Erik Larka is coming home. The Milford native and Law graduate, who last year coached Bacon Academy to its second state playoff berth in history, has been hired to turn his alma mater’s football fortunes around. “It’s a […]
Monday's Star: Close, East Hampton; vote for Tuesday's Star of the Day
Monday’s Star Tom Close, East Hampton boys basketball: Finished with 28 points in East Hampton’s 84-63 victory over Valley Regional. [polldaddy poll=”9244320″] Vote for Tuesday’s Star until 9 p.m. Wednesday.
The State Football Quarterfinal Primer, Broadcast Links and Live Updates
Live Twitter Update Stream, Below So you want to be a state champion, eh? Let’s see how you navigate through three rounds against the best football team this state has to offer. Welcome To The Gauntlet. Thirty-two teams enter the state quarterfinals tonight at the higher seeds. Sixteen teams will leave and head for Monday’s state […]
Football: The 2015 CLASS M State Quarterfinal Preview Capsules
The 2015 CIAC Football Playoffs in a Nutshell More Preview Capsules: CLASS LL | CLASS L | CLASS S Capsules written by Mike Pucci (Stratford-Killingly) and Sean Patrick Bowley (St. Joseph-New Fairfield, Bacon-Ledyard, Brookfield-ATI) CLASS M No. 8 Stratford at No. 1 Killingly WHERE/WHEN — Killingly Sports Complex, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. RECORDS — Killingly 9-1, […]
Boys Soccer: Leahys ride off into sunset as Tolland defeats Bacon Academy for Class M title
MIDDLETOWN >> Jim and Tommy Leahy went out winners. Jim is the head coach of Tolland’s boys soccer team and son Tommy, a senior, starts for the Eagles. Saturday morning their team beat Bacon Academy 2-1 to win the CIAC Class M state championship in front of 1,000 paid spectators at Rosek-Skubel Stadium at Middletown […]
Boys soccer: Saturday's state championship preview capsules
CLASS LL No. 1 GLASTONBURY (19-3) vs. No. 11 DARIEN (16-2-5) When: Saturday, 1 p.m. Where: West Haven High Internet: NFHSNetwork Championship game appearances: Darien is making its first championship game appearance. Glastonbury is 5-5-3, earning a co-championship in 2013 and beating Farmington in overtime last season. What to look for: Nicholas Kapelewski scored in […]