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NEW HAVEN — Last season was far from a blue-chip season for the Hillhouse Academics. In fact, it was a subpar season.
A 13-11 campaign, including losses in the SCC boys basketball tournament quarterfinals a…
Often this space is reserved for the top games, between the top programs, those that experience winning on a regular basis. The battle of Top 10 teams with state title aspirations, adding another shiny piece to an already …
WELCOME BACK to yet another thrilling episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football talk in Connecticut with GameTimeCT kingpins Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. Week 8 saw a few surprises — Naugatuck losing to Torrington comes to mind — and one big near-miss, as Danbury took No. 3 Darien to […]
BRIDGEPORT — He made the tackle to end the game at the 5 yard line, got up, sprinted toward the sideline, put his hands to his helmet, kept sprinting, dropped them, kept going.
Quinshon McKoy brought down J…
WEST HAVEN — Ken Strong Stadium may not be where Derrick Lewis and Desmond Lymon spend their time these days, but it’s still home. The two football coaches may not actually be brothers, but they’re family.
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BRIDGEPORT — The Law football team didn’t want the last two weeks to define its season. Following a shutout loss to Barlow on Sept. 20, Law amped up its practice intensity knowing it would need to do that if it wanted to p…
When Maloney and Platt met in the CIAC Class L football semifinals last season it was not just a big day for the town of Meriden.
It gave hope to a lot of high school football programs in the same situation…
BRIDGEPORT — Foran got itself back into the win column in dominating fashion, defeating Bassick 45-0 at Kennedy Stadium on Thursday.
The win snapped an eight-game losing streak dating back to last season, w…
[Vitals] COACH — DESMOND LYMON (1st year) CONFERENCE — SCC Tier III PLAYOFF CLASS — L (526 boys enrollment) HOME — Kennedy Stadium, Bridgeport 2018 RECORD — 0-10 2019 OPENER — Sept. 13 at Hamden, 7 p.m. TEAM WEBSITES — Maxpreps [Top Players] JASON MARRERO, Sr., QB, (5-10, 180) KHYSHAWN BANKS, Sr., WR, (6-2, 165) QUINSHON […]
The Fairfield County Sports Commission announced its 2019 Sports Persons of the Year in each of the 16 communities the Commission directly serves. The local sports honorees will be recognized at the 15th anniversary Sports…
Desmond Lymon has worked in the Bridgeport school system for the last five years, is currently an assistant track and field coach at Bassick High and previously served as an assistant football coach with the Lions earlier …
WATERBURY — Bassick wasn’t going to go down without a fight.
The Lions fought back from a double-digit deficit in the third quarter to turn Monday night’s Division I state boys basketball quarterfinal again…
Two years ago on the same night in the same city, Bassick and Weaver played for league tournament titles in boys basketball.
Bassick won the final Constitution State Conference tournament crown, winning at …
Welcome back Uni-Browsers. This week we move to the hardwood for the latest in basketball fashions. Last week, BBD won our hockey uniform vote with 38% of the vote. BBD, Fairfield Prep, Hand, New Canaan ice hockey Hamden, West Haven, Lyman Hall, Fairfield Co-op ice hockey You can vote for your favorite this week down […]
DANBURY — All of Bassick’s defensive dominance across 16 games this season was summed up within seconds Monday night at Danbury.
Senior Kevin Crawford made up ground to chase down a seemingly lost cause on …
So East Catholic won at Bassick last Friday, remained at No. 2 while Bassick dropped to No. 4 in the latest GameTimeCT poll rankings. There are five undefeated teams remaining. Two of them face one another on Saturday: Classical Magnet at Wamogo. So, at the very least, we will have just four unbeatens heading into […]
BRIDGEPORT — It was what you would expect from the top boys basketball game of the season to date.
East Catholic and Bassick, the second- and third-ranked teams in the GameTimeCT poll, were locked in a low-…
The two undefeated teams square off Friday night in Bridgeport. Tip time is 7 p.m. Here are some notable items in the tale of the tape in this heavyweight matchup: Sign up for the Whistle Newsletter from GameTimeCT and get this and other CT HS sports news sent straight to your inbox
BRIDGEPORT — Along with all the other positions the school district has had to part with due to budget cuts was the district’s athletic director. In doing so, the city school board was able to shave $150,000 off of the millions it was trying to cut when salaries and benefits are included. Now, the athletic […]
BRIDGEPORT — Trap game. It is a cliché to some, but a rather scary prospect for basketball coaches.
Bassick High School boys coach Bernie Lofton, however, had no such fear Monday night when his undefeated L…
The teams all remained the same, but there was some movement among the 10 this week. Don’t miss the latest high school sports news, features and polls. Sign up for the free GameTimeCT newsletter. Bassick and Notre Dame-West Haven remained undefeated, two of the eight still without a loss, and both moved up one spot […]
BRIDGEPORT — One cannot miss the banner behind one of the baskets inside the Bassick High School gym: “1989 Boys Basketball State Champions.”
Yes, it has been that long.
But after their decisive 66-41 victory ov…
BRIDEPORT — Not that the Bassick High School boys basketball team needed any added incentive but Wednesday’s opponent Hamden seemed to have provided one anyway before the game started.
“During the day (a Hamden player) was talk…
The 2018 All-Southern Connecticut Conference (SCC) football teams. Players of the Year Tier 1 — JAKE ROBERTS, QB, Shelton Tier 2 — PHOENIX BILLINGS, QB, Hand Tier 3 — TERRENCE BOGAN, QB, Sheehan Coaches of the Year Tier 1 — KEITH HELLSTERN, Fairfield Prep Tier 2 — DAVE MASTROIANNI, Hand Tier 3 — SCOTT BENOIT, […]
BRIDGEPORT — When the Bassick boys soccer team got together for its first practice this fall, few around the state would have anticipated a run to the Class L quarterfinals in the Lions’ future — the players themselves as well.
“I remember the…
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…
LIONS ROAR
A quick look at the standings in Class L reveals an unusual member of the top five teams. Bassick is currently 7-0-2, sitting in fourth place in Class L.
The Lions are just one of five teams in Class L without a loss.
The success th…
MILFORD — Jonathan Law High School lost its first two football games this season by a combined 62 points. So, it would be easy to say Friday night’s opponent, perennial underdog Bassick, was uh, shall we say, just what the doctor . . .
Ah, tha…
