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Entering the 2018 season, Branford midfielder Sophie Spencer knew she would be the focus of every opponent’s defensive game plan. Spencer served notice as a junior in 2017 how dominating she could be with the ability to single-handedly impact the outcome of a game. Last season, she had nine goals in a 16-13 win over […]
So the East Haven and Branford football teams won’t be playing twice after all this fall. Both teams will instead pick up a team in the Pequot Conference. Branford will host North Branford in week 3 on Sept. 21 while East Haven will play at Coginchaug in week 9 on Nov. 2. These moves transpired […]
MILFORD — The Branford and Hand girls lacrosse teams have a long history of playing exciting, hard-fought close games and their matchup in the CIAC Class M championship game on Saturday continued that trend. Sophie Spencer scored the Hornets’ last three goals and ended up with five overall and Daly Hynes had 10 saves to […]
CIAC SPRING CHAMPIONSHIP SCOREBOARD LIVE UPDATES ♦♦♦ CLASS L No. 5 NEW CANAAN (16-5) vs. No. 6 RIDGEFIELD (15-5) When: Saturday, 10 a.m. Where: Jonathan Law High School Field, Milford On the Web: NFHS Network (subscription required) Championship game appearances: Ridgefield makes its first appearance. New Canaan makes its eighth championship appearance with four Class M […]
HARTFORD — There’s a reason Windsor senior lefthander Alex Rosario is 25-1 in his career.
A mid to upper 80 mile an hour fastball, good curve ball and a great pickoff move to go along with a pretty good bat.
He capped off his high school caree…
STRATFORD — Heading into this season, Branford girls lacrosse coach Jackie Ceccolini was confident her defending CIAC Class M champion Hornets could match the special season they had in 2017 with a strong regular season and deep run in the pos…
The 10 football teams that were scheduled to play the Creed/Career/Whitney Tech co-op team this fall have found games, 10 days after the announcement came that Creed would close and the co-op would disband. “This is a one-year deal. It will probably never happen again,” SCC commissioner Al Carbone said. “With this issue popping up […]
CHESHIRE — The Branford girls lacrosse team scored the first two goals of the game against Cheshire in the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament semifinal at Cheshire High’s turf field on Tuesday.
The sluggish start by the Rams didn’t sit…
MADISON — It was no surprise that it came down to the final half-second.
And when Mackenzie Larson made a great save on Branford’s LanLe Crotty at the buzzer, Hand completed a huge second half comeback to edge the Hornets, 13-12, Wednesday nig…
BRANFORD — It didn’t take long for North Haven baseball coach Bob DeMayo to make a change on the mound.
Just 11/3innings, in fact.
Armed with a 3-0 lead thanks to a trio of unearned runs in the first inning, North Haven starter Zach Pincince r…
NORTH HAVEN — It didn’t take long for Branford baseball coach Steve Malafronte to say it.
“The magic number is five (runs),” Malafronte said after the Hornets defeated North Haven (ranked 11th in the latest GametimeCT.com state poll), 5-2, Wed…
While player milestones in high school sports are usually production driven, when it comes to coaching milestones it typically requires a perfect storm combining ability, success, potential and, more importantly, longevity.
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BRANFORD — Cheshire is getting just enough offense to back a great start by its pitching staff this spring.
The Rams (4-1 and ranked third in the GameTimeCT.com Top 10 poll) have yet to give up more than three runs in a game and continued that…
BRANFORD — In 2017, the Branford girls lacrosse team opened the season with an 11-9 loss against East Lyme but the Hornets went on to have a special and certainly memorable season.
They finished the regular season 12-4, went on to avenge the E…
GREENWICH — The Branford Co-op girls hockey team (Branford-East Haven-North Branford) has only played in the state tournament once before and has never reached a semifinal.To say No. 8 Branford were underdogs coming down to Dorothy Hamill Ic…
NORTHFORD – John Delucia’s eyes opened almost as wide as the opening in the net. After not getting many good shots off during the game, the Guilford junior captain put the pucks into the net with 3:15 remaining to put Guilford ahead and the Indians defeated Branford, 4-2, Friday afternoon in a Southern Connecticut Conference […]
On Thursday, Branford field hockey coach Cathy McGuirk retired from coaching after 41 seasons, a career that included 10 CIAC Class M titles, and the announcement hit hard with local coaches. “There is no one phrase or comment to sum up what Cathy means to Connecticut field hockey, especially here in the SCC (Southern Connecticut […]
MIDDLETOWN — Another night, another blowout.Undefeated Mercy, tied for the No. 1 ranking in the New Haven Register/GameTimeCT poll with New London, blasted Branford 66-24 in a Southern Connecticut Conference game played in front of small gat…
WEST HAVEN – With her team losing two straight games, senior Emma Pierson was not going to let the streak become three games. Scoring 11 points in the fourth quarter, including six from the free throw line, Pierson led the Hornets to a 47-42 Southern Connecticut Conference interdivision contest at West Haven High Monday evening. […]
Alexis Pendziwater scored 21 points — scored on seven 3-pointers — and Kylie Schlottman added 19 as East Haven defeated Branford 67-39 for coach Anthony Russell’s 100th career victory. Makenzie Helms added 12 points for the Yellowjackets, who improved to 7-1 and rebounded from their first loss of the season against New London. Emma Pierson scored […]
MILFORD – As the season progresses, special teams usually plays a part in determining the success or failures of a team. Such was the case Saturday afternoon. Scoring twice on the power play and adding two more while short-handed, Branford rolled to a 6-2 victory over Milford in a Division II contest at the Milford […]
MILFORD – Branford girls basketball coach Justin Henry has been preaching to his team to get the ball inside. Knowing the outside shots come and go, Henry wants his team to focus on getting the easy buckets. The Hornets listened to his wishes as they jumped out to an early lead and rolled to a […]
BRANFORD — When it comes to Thanksgiving morning, it doesn’t matter what kind of year both Branford and East Haven are having, the turkey always tastes a lot better with a victory.With both teams struggling throughout the year, Branford sa…
TRUMBULL — The New Canaan field hockey team was out-cornered and out-shot by a wide margin against Branford Tuesday night in the CIAC Class M semifinals.The stat sheet may have been heavily leaning Branford’s way, but the numbers on the sc…
GUILFORD — Close, low-scoring games have been the norm throughout the season for the Guilford boys soccer team. The Indians have only scored more than two goals six times. But two of those games came in the opening two rounds of the Class L state tournament. Guilford continued that offensive trend on Saturday — albeit […]
MILFORD — On a raw, rainy, windy Tuesday night, nothing was a given. No save could be taken for granted. And in the final minute, Nina Grabowiecki had to make one more save to preserve Branford’s 2-1 lead. Law’s Jocelyn Wirth found the b…
GUILFORD — Heading into the Southern Connecticut Conference championship game against Branford on Saturday at Guilford High, Hand’s Sophie Schreck expected a close, hard-fought defensive struggle.“The last time we played in the regular s…
GUILFORD — Defense was the name of the game in the Southern Connecticut Conference field hockey semifinal game between No. 1 Branford and No. 4 Guilford at Guilford High on Wednesday. While Guilford had its chances to score with 13 penalty c…
When Harding’s football players arrived at practice Tuesday, they were greeted by boxes and boxes of sparkling white new cleats for ever on the team. A just reward for their 20-13 victory Hillhouse, last year’s Class M state champions? Their first victory as a member of the Southern Connecticut Conference? No, it was merely a perfect […]
