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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…
Vitals COACH — BILL MELLA(1st year) CONFERENCE — SCC Tier III PLAYOFF CLASS — Class L (553 boys enrollment) HOME — Kennedy Stadium, Bridgeport 2017 RECORD — 0-10 2018 OPENER — Sept. 7 at East Haven, 7 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — TWITTER — @Coach_Mella Top Players JULIO DE LOS SANTOS, Sr., QB, (6-4, 210) QUINSHON MCKAY, Jr., CB, (5-11, 160) […]
BRIDGEPORT — What is good for Harding is apparently good for freshman athletes throughout the school district.
The city school board — although still broke — added to that deficit on Monday by deciding 8-to-1 to fund about $59,500 to support n…
Bill Mella was eager for a challenge.
Based on his latest move, it appears that the former Southington and Avon Old Farms football coach found what he was looking for. Mella, 50, on Thursday was named the new football coach at Bassick, the sch…
This is a story that starts 30 years ago in the locker room of the Hartford Whalers and a story that will continue 30 years from now on the playing fields of Bridgeport and Stamford and throughout Connecticut.Players from Western Canada would …
FAIRFIELD — Breanna Brown threw a no-hitter with 13 strikeouts in ND-Fairfield’s 16-0, five-inning win over Bassick Friday afternoon in a non-league softball game.Lucy Grant had four hits, including a double and a home run, with five RBIs and …
The season is over before it began for the Bassick High School baseball program.The Lions have canceled the upcoming season due to a lack of players.“We were only at about seven or eight kids,” Bridgeport citywide athletic director Chris Johns…
NEW HAVEN — Micah Brantley took his hand and cleaned off the pre-game instructions that had been written on the white board that hung in the Notre Dame-Fairfield locker room. Then, he took a marker and wrote three words: Sunday. One Mission. Notre Dame-Fairfield coach Chris Watts has said all season long that the Lancers […]
NEW HAVEN — Hamden ended February with a flourish, knocking off four teams in seven days to capture its first SCC championship on the hardwood. March, however, wasn’t as kind to the Green Dragons.In the quarterfinals of the Division-I state to…
BRIDGEPORT — Bassick began Friday night’s Division I Tournament game against visiting East Hartford with a flurry, scoring the matchup’s first 10 points. Yet the Lions stormed out to an even more impressive start in the second half, tallying 19 of the first 20 points in the third quarter. As it turned out, third-seeded Bassick […]
BRIDGEPORT — After his team defeated city rivals Central 82-60, Bassick junior guard Kevin Crawford summed up his team’s dominant performance rather succinctly.“I have to give my respect to Central. They’re a great team but, they just …
