Connecticut's premier high school sports website
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). […]
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…
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…
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.
“I’…
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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.
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Let’s dispense with the pleasantries shall we? The first five or six weeks of the Connecticut High School Football season have mostly been one, big massive snooze fest. Sure, there have been some exciting moments. Any game involving Glastonbury or Conard (or both) we suppose. …There’s been some East Haven theatrics, sure. Thrilling — but […]
COLCHESTER >> You can’t earn your stripes in the ECC without proving it against the league’s top three programs. Bacon Academy had already taken out New London, now it was just seconds away from toppling mighty Ledyard, which it had never beaten. Ever. The Bobcats appeared to have corralled Ledyard’s final, desperation play and when the clock hit […]
Above: Highlight reel of Bacon Academy’s 34-18 victory over New London via CPTVSports. Maybe Bacon Academy’s for real after all. Peter Kazibwe ran for 170 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead Bacon Academy to an impressive 34-18 victory over New London Saturday in Colechester. It was Bacon Academy’s first victory over New London since […]
DIVISION I Bacon Academy Sean Kelly is one of the state’s most prolific quarterbacks, and he has returning weapons at his side. But the Bobcats could use a defense if they want to make any headway among heavyweights like New London or NFA. Team Preview East Lyme Only five starters are back for […]
Above: Highlight reel for Bacon Academy senior quarterback Sean Kelly, who is Connecticut’s top-returning passer with 3,100 yards. Vitals Coach: Erik Larka (3rd year, 8-14) Conference: ECC Division I Playoff Class: M (426 boys enrollment) Home: Bacon Academy High School Field, Colechester 2014 Record: 6-5 2015 Kickoff: Sept. 12 vs. Woodstock Academy, 3 p.m. Captains: Peter Kazibwe, Zack Hill, Dylan Kornbrath Team website: MaxPreps Top players Sean […]
We had a rough go in this edition of the GameTimeCT Plays of the Week. So many great moments, so many great and clutch plays and so little time. We already had good footage from two games — Darien vs. Greenwich and St. Joseph vs. Greenwich. We had a ton of great submissions. And just […]
Above: Highlight reel for Bacon Academy linebacker/tight end Tom LaSaracina, who should figure prominently into the Bobcats’ success in 2014. Vitals Coach: Erik Larka (2nd year, 2-9) Conference: ECC Medium Playoff Class: M (426 boys enrollment) Home: Bacon Academy High Field, Colchester 2013 Record: 2-9 (1-4 ECC Medium) 2014 Kickoff: Sept. 12 at Plainfield, 6:30 Captains: Tom LaSaracina, Mike Damato, Brandon Dufour, […]
ECC Master Schedule Bacon Academy East Lyme Fitch Griswold Killingly Ledyard Montville New London Norwich Free Academy Plainfield St. Bernard/Norwich Tech Stonington Waterford Windham Woodstock Academy
