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MILFORD — Jonathan Law coach Erik Larka issues a two-pronged challenge to his players this week.
First, get revenge on Branford for last year, where the then-winless Hornets drubbed the Lawmen in Branford. Second, keep the dream of a Class M p…
BRANFORD — Branford came into Friday night well rested after a bye week.
The Hornets took advantage of the two weeks they had to prepare and used it to blow out Pomperaug, 35-15, in a Connecticut High School Football Alliance game at the James…
Entering the regular season, Branford first-year coach Pete Frye, taking over the Hornets for retired legendary coach Cathy McGuirk, admittedly had some butterflies going into the season-opening game at Southern Connecticut Conference rival Ly…
BRANFORD — Notre Dame-West Haven sophomore Tyler Basti didn’t get to carry the ball once in the first half Friday night.
But that all changed when starting running back Warren Murphy left because of a knee injury. From that point, Basti took o…
BRANFORD — It had been 33 years since Branford and North Branford last met on the gridiron and not much was different Friday night than the last time the two teams met.
Branford dominated from the opening kickoff and took a 42-12 victory over …
Week 3: North Branford (1-1) at Branford (2-0), 7 p.m. BRANFORD – The border war is back, at least for one night only. It took one school’s closing, another program halfway across the state dropping its varsity team and a game of schedule musical chairs for the Branford and North Branford football teams to finally […]
BRANFORD — Going into Thursday night’s game, Branford had allowed just two goals in three wins, while Cheshire had yet to allow a goal in two wins.
So what do you get?
Another night of defense. The two Southern Connecticut Conference Oronoque …
Cathy McGuirk, who stepped down after last season as Branford field hockey coach, received many coaching honors and awards during the 41 seasons she coached the Hornets.
Now, for the second time, she is being recognized nationally. McGuirk has…
Vitals COACH — JOHN LIMONE (6th year, 15-37) CONFERENCE — SCC Tier III PLAYOFF CLASS — M (441 boys enrollment) HOME — McVeigh Sports Complex, Branford 2017 RECORD — 3-7 2018 OPENER — Sept. 7 vs. Lyman Hall, 7 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — Branford Gridiron on Facebook Top Players JACKSON SEWARD, Sr. RB/MLB (5-11, 205) […]
BRANFORD — When Branford field hockey coach Cathy McGuirk retired in January after 41 years, along with her husband John McGuirk who was her assistant coach the past 38 seasons, the move took the players on the team by surprise.
“We thought th…
The Southern Connecticut Diamond Club Inc. will hold its annual Hall of Fame Induction dinner to honor those who have contributed to baseball in the Greater New Haven area. The dinner will be held Thursday, October 25 at Monticello’s Restaurant in Meriden. Hors d’oeuvres will be at 5:30 p.m. Dinner follows promptly at 6:30 p.m. […]
When it comes to replacing a high school coaching legend in any sport, it always helps when administrators can find someone who can produce the smoothest transition possible.
Branford co-athletic director Jake Paluzzi feels very lucky when it …
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.
For many , like Ch…
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 […]
