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NORTH HAVEN — Thanks to a few wrong turns and Connecticut traffic, the Bethel baseball team was close to an hour late for its matchup against SCC club North Haven on Tuesday afternoon.
North Haven probably …
Fine performances
Kyle Atherton, Trumbull: Six ground balls in a 12-11 overtime win over St. Joseph.
Jack Broggi, North Haven: Third goal came in overtime to beat Southington 11-10.
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TRUMBULL — Opening day presents the first competitive opportunity for assessment, and what strengths a particular squad may have, expected or not.
Turns out St. Joseph’s experienced offense is as potent as …
The spring of 2018 will long be remembered in SWC territory for the amount of havoc weather wreaked on the softball schedule.
Wet fields first led to delays and postponements. Then tornados swept through th…
Extreme parity is set to rule the SWC once again, with any of the eight teams who make the postseason capable of winning three games inside a week to lift the crown.
The wealth has been spread to a remarkab…
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…
Depth is significant in team swimming, especially when the all-important championship meets take place.
Well-represented in each event, Pomperaug has plenty of depth and as a result, has plenty of titles to…
The high school hockey season has reached the best time of the year. But it’s also the toughest, Cheshire coach Anthony Giusto knows.
This week, his Rams play the SCC/SWC Division II tournament, which featu…
SOUTHBURY — Help! Yes, it’s a Beatles hit song, but also the credo of the 2018-19 SWC champion Newtown High School girls basketball team.
That’s help, as in help defense. The Nighthawks have made it their s…
Now we are getting down to the nitty-gritty with tournament championship games. Let’s do this thing. CCC at Glastonbury No. 5 E.O. Smith vs No. 3 Newington: Both teams finished regular season 17-3, Newington with more senior leadership: NEWINGTON FCIAC at Trumbull No. 3 Trinity Catholic vs No. 1 Norwalk: Great run by Crusaders reaching […]
Welcome back to Uni-Browse. This week, in honor of the girls conference tournaments, we have a girls hoop edition of Uni-Browse. Last week, Immaculate won with 51% of the vote with 480 votes cast. BBD, Fairfield Prep, Hand, New Canaan ice hockey Hamden, West Haven, Lyman Hall, Fairfield Co-op ice hockey Bassick, Darien, Immaculate, Wilbur […]
FAIRFIELD — Late in the fourth quarter of Monday night’s SWC girls basketball semifinal, Bethel’s Maranda Nyborg tumbled to the floor of Notre Dame-Fairfield’s Rielly Auditorium. After teammates helped Nyborg back to her f…
Pretty good start to the conference tournament predictions. So far, the record stands at 38-9 overall. Day 3 Predictions Day 2 Predictions Day 1 Predictions Now, prognosticating gets a little tougher as conferences play semifinal matchups. If you’re a girls hoops fan, you have to love this slate of games tonight. NVL At Kennedy No. […]
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 […]
BETHEL — It was likely the hardest-fought game either team had this season which made sense given the stakes.
A game yearning for one team to make plays finally tilted after 30 minutes of back-and-forth act…
Day two of the girls tournaments. The calm before the Saturday storm of games. FRIDAY SWC No. 8 Brookfield at No. 1 Notre Dame-Fairfield: NOTRE DAME No. 5 Pomperaug at No. 4 Bethel: Panthers have won six straight since losing to Bethel Jan. 24. Bethel is riding an 11-game winning streak into the tournament. Tough […]
BETHEL—The season was at a crossroads for the Bethel girls basketball team. A disappointing fourth quarter in a loss to Newtown dropped the Wildcats’ record to 4-5, having completed a brutal stretch against the other top teams in the SWC without much success. That seems like light years ago now. The Wildcats will enter Friday’s […]
The SWC Girls Basketball Tournament will begin Friday with quarterfinals at the site of the higher seeds and conclude Wednesday, Feb. 20 with the championship at a site to be determined. The semifinals will be Monday, Feb. 18 at the sites of the higher seeds. Notre Dame-Fairfield, the third-ranked team in the GameTimeCT Top 10 […]
NEW FAIRFIELD — After a long weekend, the South-West Conference wresting championships fell on the broad shoulders of Newtown’s 285-pounder Joey Zeller in the final match of the evening at New Fairfield High School.
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Welcome back Uni-Browsers. It is hockey season and some of the hottest uniforms are found on the ice. Last week, West Haven won the poll with 45% of the vote with 556 votes cast. Hamden, West Haven, Lyman Hall, Fairfield Co-op Check out the video to see each of the four contenders and vote for […]
DANBURY– BBD goalie Alex Fernandes made 25 saves in BBD’s 3-2 win over Enfield/East Granby/Stafford at the Danbury Ice Arena on Monday. Fernandes stood tall in the final minute and a half after Enfield made it a one-goal game. BBD goalie Alex Fernandes talks about his team getting him an early lead and locking down […]
NEWTOWN — The quality of the opposition hasn’t changed, and neither has the result.
The Newtown girls basketball team continues to line up against quality squads, and the Nighthawks continue to deliver.
Hot shoo…
Desperate for a change from a demanding-yet-successful gymnastics career, Farrah Volpintesta — then a freshman at Bethel High — wanted to try something new. She had a friend who started diving the year before, and decided to give it a shot too…
NEW MILFORD — Through much of the first three quarters of New Milford’s game with Bethel Friday night, the Green Wave’s best offense was a missed shot.
Then the threes began to start raining.
Cleaning up on the …
DANBURY — It’s their city now.
The Immaculate boys basketball team was the last team standing after the News-Times Tip-Off, as 21 points from tournament MVP Jack Woods led the Mustangs to a 50-36 win over Danbury on Saturday ni…
DANBURY — Let the rivalry renew.
The Danbury and Immaculate boys basketball teams advanced to the finals of the News Times Tip-Off Tournament for the second consecutive year with wins over Abbott Tech and Bethel respectively in…
Megan Bauman, East Lyme: Senior guard was All-Conference last two seasons and on pace to break school records for scoring, assists and 3-pointers.
Julianna Bonilla, Waterford: The 5-foot-10 guard/forward committed to play at Ma…
The 2018 All-South-West Conference (SWC) Football Teams. First Team Offense QB–James Goetz, Weston RB–Nicholas Henderson, Brookfield RB–Dan Mason, Newtown WR–Jack Sawyer, Weston WR–Kevin Luke, Masuk TE–Shea Talbot, Newtown OL–Kenneth Caselnova, New Fairfield OL–Carson Ivey, Newtown OL–Shane Mallory, New Fairfield OL–Eric Reich, Brookfield OL–David Satkowski, Pomperaug PK–Nolan McCarter, Masuk Athlete–Zachary Buffington, New Fairfield Athlete–Christ N’Dabian, Bunnell […]
