It’s been a frustrating time for 7-foot-1 Bristol Central High basketball phenom Donovan Clingan. The good news is it has nothing to do with basketball.
Clingan, a junior, is currently at home in quarantine…
A look at some of the state’s top performers during the postseason
Amanda Acabchuk, RHAM: The senior setter had 34 assists and 7 digs in RHAM’s 3-0 win over South Windsor in the CCC Region C final on Friday.
Emma Appleman, Guilford: Appleman collected 22 kills and 8 digs, …
A look at some of girls volleyball’s state top performers for Week 5
Emma Appleman, Guilford: Appleman collected 16 kills, 5 aces, and 6 digs in Guilford’s 3-0 win over West Haven on Oct. 29.
Aerin Bowman, Darien: The Blue Wave junior had a game-high 14 kills and 4 blocks du…
A look at some of the state’s top volleyball performances for week four
Emma Appleman, Guilford: Appleman had a double-double with 29 kills and 17 digs in Guilford’s four-set win over SCC rival Amity on Oct. 22. She added 18 kills in Monday’s 3-1 win against Hamden.
Fallon Bail…
A look at some of the state’s top volleyball performances for week three
Emma Appleman, Guilford: Appleman had 25 kills in back-to-back shutout wins against Branford and Daniel Hand. For the season, the reigning SCC Player of the Year has 92 kills, 42 digs and 17 aces in seven matches, with Gui…
25 CIAC boys cross country runners to watch in 2020
Sean Ahern, Middletown, Sr. Placed eighth individually in the 2019 Boys Class L Championship meet after finishing 22nd as sophomore. Placed 30th in 2019 State Open. Luke Anthony, East Lyme, Jr. Led East Lyme to its third straight Class MM and ECC championships. Placed second individually in both races. Ethan Aspiras, Woodstock Academy, Sr. Busted […]
Bristol Central’s Donovan Clingan picks up six Division I offers, now has 13 overall
Bristol Central center Donovan Clingan came into the week with seven scholarship offers to major Division I college basketball programs. That amount nearly doubled over the first two days of this week as schools continue to pursue Clingan’s services. Clingan, a 7-foot-1 rising junior, said he has received scholarship offers from Michigan State, Rutgers, Notre […]
The 2020 GameTimeCT All-State Boys Basketball First Team
The 2020 GameTimeCT All-State Boys Basketball team. Compiled by Joe Morelli. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media and were submitted. Designed by Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. Boys Basketball All-State Lineups FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Player of the Year Matt Knowling East Catholic, Senior, Forward Stats: The 6-4 guard/forward averaged 24 points, eight rebounds and […]
Courtside with Joe Morelli podcast (S2 E9): League Tourney Show with Immaculate’s Nelson Mingachos, GameDayCT’s Sports Doctor
WELCOME BACK to an action-packed episode of Courtside with Joe Morelli, your stop for Connecticut boys basketball talk. It was wild week for boys basketball in the state with league tournament quarterfinals on Friday and Saturday and then a couple of intriguing semifinals on Monday night. The biggest news of the week, of course, was Sacred […]
CCC Quarterfinals: Knowling, East Catholic dominate Clingan, Central; Windsor beats back Farmington
HARTFORD — When Justice Ellison finished off a razzle-dazzle dunk that’s become trademarked for top-ranked Windsor, forgive fans at the Babe Allen Field House in Hartford for thinking the rest of this quarterfinal game between favored Windsor and Farmington was a formality. The play was the exclamation point on Windsor’s 16-point halftime lead. But Nico […]
7-foot sophomore Donovan Clingan intends to finish four years at Bristol Central
Donovan Clingan, the 7-foot sophomore star, reiterated Tuesday that he intends to continue — and finish — his playing career at Bristol Central. Clingan, who will turn 16 next week, already has five Division I offers in hand, including UConn, Syracuse and Georgetown. He also has his eye on records his late mother, Stacey Porrini […]
Courtside with Joe Morelli podcast (S2 E7): Bristol Central’s DONOVAN CLINGAN & Coach TIM BARRETTE
WELCOME BACK to another episode of Courtside with Joe Morelli, your weekly look at high school boys basketball in Connecticut, hosted by the eponymous GameTimeCT beat writer Joe Morelli and editor Sean Patrick Bowley. This week, we welcome in-studio a young man and outstanding basketball player who has been making all kinds of headlines this season, […]
Clingan continues to impress, helps Bristol Central stifle Innovation
NEW BRITAIN – This may not have been a game where Donovan Clingan’s final numbers jump off the page at you, but the 7-foot sophomore can be such a presence without ever scoring a point. Innovation couldn’t get anything going against Bristol Central on offense – drives to the basket were blocked by Clingan, then […]
Two-school towns facing challenges keeping up on the football field
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…
CCC Football 2019: BRISTOL CENTRAL preview
Vitals COACH — JEFF PAPAZIAN (6th year, 32-18) CONFERENCE — CCC Division II West PLAYOFF CLASS — L (614 boys enrollment) HOME — Bristol Central Turf Field, Bristol 2018 RECORD — 5-5 2019 OPENER — Sept. 13 vs. E.O. Smith, 6 p.m. TEAM WEBSITES — Bristol Central HS | Maxpreps Top Players JAKOB SALINAS, Jr. LB/OL (5-10, […]
Greenwich captures seventh straight Class LL swimming title
NEW HAVEN — Entering Monday’s Class LL Swimming Championships, Greenwich knew it needed to not only win the meet in order to also contend for the State Open title, it had to do so in convincing fashion.
Mis…
Girls basketball League tournament predictions, Day 1
It is conference tournament time for girls basketball. Let’s go! Thursday CCC No. 16 Conard at No. 1 Windsor: WINDSOR No. 15 Manchester at No. 2 East Hartford: EAST HARTFORD No. 14 Farmington at No. 3 Newington: Farmington could push Newington in this one. NEWINGTON No. 13 RHAM at No. 4 Glastonbury: A deceptively tough […]
25 CIAC boys indoor track and field athletes to watch in 2018-19
Miller Anderson, Hall, Sr.: In the 1,000, Anderson finished 10th in New England (2:36.01) and placed 1st at the State Open (2:31.79) and in Class L (2:37.61).
Michael Browning, RHAM, Sr.: Won the shot put at the State Open (53-…
The 2018 All-Central Connecticut Conference Football Teams
The 2018 All-Central Connecticut Conference Football Teams. Division I East East Hartford –Jaquan Allen, Jonathan Cruz, Rafael Custodio, Jaydon Gardner, Quinton Haughton, John McNeil, David Ortiz, Raquan Tompkins, Samuel Valentine Enfield –Freddy Centrella, Brendan DeBarber, Andrew Diaz, Cameron LeBlanc, Wyatt Raymond, Joel Stewart Glastonbury –Dylan Clemens, Drew Daniels, Kirill Fioletov, Brandon Myers, Ryan Smith, Matthew […]
Six Connecticut wrestling greats picked for national hall of fame
Six distinguished members of Connecticut’s wrestling family have been selected to be enshrined in the Connecticut Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
The six — Colonel Charles Anderson, a Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient who …
Wrestling: Middletown rallies past Bristol Central
MIDDLETOWN — Middletown High’s young wrestling team is getting better.The Blue Dragons, who have 11 underclassmen in the starting lineup, came from behind to beat Bristol Central 40-34 in a Central Connecticut Conference South Division mat…
Boys Basketball: Middletown holds off Bristol Central
MIDDLETOWN — The record will show the final score was a 78-74 Central Connecticut Conference boys basketball win for Middletown over Bristol Central in front of 350 at the LaBella-Sullivan Gymnasium Tuesday night.The reality is it was nowher…
Football: No. 10 Middletown responds, runs past Bristol Central
MIDDLETOWN — For the first time this fall, the No. 10-ranked Middletown High football team faced adversity. To say the Blue Dragons responded would be to understate. Leading by just three points late in the first half, the Dragons hit Bristol Central with two touchdowns in the final 25 seconds, then stopped the Rams cold […]
Baseball: Bristol Central Hands Middletown 26th straight loss
MIDDLETOWN >> Another game, another loss. Middletown High lost its 26th baseball game in a row, 15-1, to Bristol Central in a Central Connecticut Conference/South Division game played at John DeNunzio Field Wednesday afternoon. Central (2-1) slammed 17 hits while its two pitchers, starter and winner Brock Clark and reliever Alec Balfour, held Middletown to […]
Girls basketball: Middletown routs Bristol Central
MIDDLETOWN >> The Middletown girls basketball team took control with a 17-0 first half run and routed Bristol Central, 67-33, Thursday night at LaBella-Sullivan Gymnasium. Senior center Brielle Wilborn netted a game-high 18 points, while Jenny Barbour and Sylvan Barcomb each had 10 points for the Blue Dragons, who have won four straight since a […]
#Tweet-Your-Buzzer-Beaters: Gonzales layup lifts Bristol Eastern over Bristol Central in OT
I'll just leave this here ???????????? pic.twitter.com/lS6uDAV4Rd — C-Dolla???? (@cassie8905) January 21, 2017 We love crosstown rivalries. We love them even more when they come down to the wire… and even more if they’re in overtime. And, when they end in a moment for #TweetYourBuzzerBeaters? It’s glorious. Such was the situation at Bristol Eastern — […]
Football: Maloney defense steps up in red zone, halts Bristol Central
Mitchell McEwen with the INT for Maloney and the Spartans win this won 34-27 over Bristol Central #cthsfb pic.twitter.com/UZEdP8LBXa — Derek Turner (@DCT_Sports) October 22, 2016 BRISTOL >> In a back and forth offensive affair it was up to a defense to make a stop. And when it mattered most Maloney’s defense rose to the […]
CCC Football 2016: Bristol Central preview
Senior running back Luis Medina rushed for 1,264 yards in 2015, the 16th most in a single season in Bristol Central history. He should play a large role in the Rams offense in 2016. Vitals Coach: JEFF PAPAZIAN (3rd year, 14-6) Conference: CCC Division II West Playoff Class: L (616 boys enrollment) Home: Muzzy Field 2015 Record: 7-3 (3-2 CCC D-II West) 2016 […]
Baseball: DiLoretto picks up the slack in Bristol Central win over Wethersfield
WETHERSFIELD >> Bristol Central’s bats got going early on Friday at Esposito Field in Wethersfield and the strong offensive showing carried the Rams to an 11-6 victory over Wethersfield. The Rams scored two in the top of the first off Eagles starter Sam Tenney and then another in the second to take a 3-0 lead. But Wethersfield […]