Eight Cheshire Academy student-athletes inked a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday. Top from left, Nick Zukauskas from Southington (Lynn, lacrosse); Will Ellis from Valley Stream, N.Y. (Central Connecticut State, basketball); Chris Blanchard from Wallingford (Franklin Pierce, hockey); Joe Tacopina from Westport (Temple, football). Bottom from left, Matt Perrotti from Orange (Wagner, lacrosse); John Fox from Wolcott (St. Bonaventure, lacrosse); Dolan Ocasal […]
Football: Masuk’s Roberge transferring to Cheshire Academy
Star running back Jack Roberge is transferring from Masuk to Cheshire Academy, his father, Chris, confirmed to Hearst Connecticut Media on Monday. The 5-foot-9, 195-pound Roberge rushed for 1,299 yards and 13 touchdowns on 161 carries last year, helping lead Masuk to an 11-2 record and the program’s first appearance in the state finals since […]
Indoor track: Holmes earns All-American laurels at New Balance Nationals
Cheshire Academy senior Alexis Holmes, a Hamden resident, earned All-American honors at the New Balance Nationals Indoor Track and Field Championships over the weekend in New York. Holmes placed second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.6 seconds and third in the 200 with a 23.86 mark. The meet took place at the New […]
Boys basketball: Cheshire Academy rolls in season opener
Cheshire Academy 121, Nichols College (JV) 52 (at Dudley, Mass.) CA 47 74 – 121 NC 22 30 – 52 Cheshire Academy (121) Justin Allen 4 0-0 8, Marco Barosi 1 0-0 3, Kevin Buckley 5 0-0 10, Aaron Burt 7 5-7 19, Joe D’Amico 3 0-0 7, Will Ellis 4 2-2 10, Eamon Fitzpatrick […]
Girls volleyball: Cheshire Academy wins first NEPSAC Class B championship
The second-seeded Cheshire Academy girls’ volleyball team won at top-seeded Middlesex School 25-23, 25-22, 23-25, 20-25, 19-17 Sunday to capture its first NEPSAC Class B championship at Concord, Massachusetts. It was Cheshire Academy’s second NEPSAC title in the last five years. The Cats won the Class C title in 2014 and reached a conference final […]
Twelve student-athletes from Cheshire Academy announce future plans
On Wednesday, 12 student-athletes from Cheshire Academy made their college choices official. Alexis Holmes of Hamden announced she will run track at Penn State. Rachel Abraham will play lacrosse at Longwood University and Mia Leko will swim at Dartmouth. Also, Arnas Sabonis signed to play men’s tennis at Fairfield and eight Cats baseball players inked […]
Football: Cheshire Academy sets tone, tops Brunswick in bowl rematch
GREENWICH — The tone was set early in Friday night’s football showdown between Brunswick School and Cheshire Academy in a rematch of last season’s Wayne Sanborn NEPSAC Championship Bowl.And it was the visiting Cats that set the tone.Scor…
Football: Bruins get first big test of season against Cheshire Academy
GREENWICH — Brunswick School plays its first home game of the season Friday against the last team that beat them.That’s right formidable Cheshire Academy visits Cosby Field for a 7 p.m. football showdown against the Bruins in what is a rem…
Field hockey: Hamden Hall skips past Cheshire Academy (photo gallery)
Hamden Hall 3, Cheshire Academy 1 >> Amanda Carroll, Molly Anderson and Kara Curtis all scored for Hamden Hall in a prep school home win. Addison Witkowski scored for Cheshire Academy.
Boys basketball: John Kelly leaves Fairfield Prep for Cheshire Academy
John Kelly has decided to leave Fairfield Prep and instead enroll and play basketball at Cheshire Academy. Kelly, a 6-foot-7, 190-pound wing player, will reclassify and repeat his junior year. “It is hard (to leave). I have a lot of friends at Fairfield Prep,” Kelly said. “It’s a great school. To leave all that breaks […]
Football: Cheshire Academy LB, former Bloomfield standout Dillon Harris commits to UConn
Dillon Harris, a 6-foot-1, 220-pound linebacker at Cheshire Academy, made his verbal commitment to play at UConn Wednesday. Harris made the announcement on Twitter. He is the second player from Connecticut’s Class of 2018 to make a verbal commitment to an NCAA-FBS school, following East Hartford LB Kevon Jones, who made his commitment to the Huskies […]
Boys Basketball: Cheshire Academy’s Chol Marial a big-time prospect
CHESHIRE In a few years, Chol Marial could be the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft, posing for a picture with commissioner Adam Silver and beginning what he hopes will be a lucrative pro career. Right now, Marial is just another kid on the Cheshire Academy campus, trying to blend in. At least […]
Football: Here's how Michigan introduced Newtown's Ben Mason and Cheshire Academy's Tarik Black
When it comes to impressing the fan base and the players choosing to sign with them (in the present and the future), there seems no limit to what college football programs will do. And it only gets crazier every year, especially for programs with the deepest pockets. We turn our focus to Michigan, which nabbed […]
Football: Cheshire Academy's Tarik Black signs with Michigan alongside Holmes (ND) and Vretman (Rutgers)
CHESHIRE >> Not too long ago, Tarik Black and C.J. Holmes were just kids running around Hamden Fathers Pop Warner football fields, then rushing back to each other’s houses to play even more football… on their video game consoles. As they furiously tapped control buttons to make virtual players perform outstanding feats against each other, they […]
WATCH: Tarik Black, Cheshire Academy's blocked extra point conversion vs. Suffield Academy was pure madness [updated]
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@SportsCenter @SportsCenter @SportsCenter @SportsCenter pic.twitter.com/71T9CasdDU — D ?? L O ++ (@supremebeing23) October 9, 2016 UPDATE: The following play was reported to us as a blocked field goal since our reporting software which Cheshire Academy used to report the boxscore to us, doesn’t consider 2-point conversions for the other team. The NEPSAC does not play […]
Football: Tarik Black named first Connecticut US Army All-American Bowl representative since 2009
Cheshire Academy receiver and Hamden resident Tarik Black has been chosen to play to the 2016 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas, the school announced in a ceremony Tuesday. Black is a 6-foot-4, 205-pound senior and four-star recruit at Cheshire Academy. He has yet to choose from nearly 30 NCAA FBS scholarship offers. Black is […]
Football: In wild and heated affair, Choate holds off Cheshire Academy for 22nd-consecutive victory
WALLINGFORD >> In a wild game filled with unorthodox scoring plays that swung momentum around like a sledgehammer and saw more jawing and taunting than a rap battle, Choate Rosemary Hall had the last laugh against Cheshire Academy’s stocked roster in a 33-30 season-opening victory Saturday at J.J. Maher Field. Down just three and facing […]
Football: Hamden native, Cheshire Academy WR C.J. Holmes makes video splash in committing to Notre Dame
C.J. Holmes, a Hamden resident and Cheshire Academy four-star recruit, is in Beaverton, Oregon for Nike’s “The Opening” football camp, a showcase for 166 of the country’s top football prospects. Before leaving, Holmes said he would be announcing his college football commitment there with the help of Bleacher Report. He dropped the news Friday morning. […]
Baseball Notebook: Fairfield Prep working through growing pains; New Milford thriving on senior leadership
The Fairfield Prep baseball team has qualified for the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament for the fourth-consecutive year. But unlike the previous three appearances, the Jesuits will have to play their quarterfinal game on the road. Entering its final regular season game with Cheshire on Monday, Fairfield Prep is 11-8 overall, 5-3 in the SCC Quinnipiac […]
Football: Offers (Auburn the latest) keep rolling in for Hamden's Tarik Black
Hamden native and Cheshire Academy standout Tarik Black picked up another offer from SEC Country Friday. The four star-rated receiver Tweeted out photos from his visit to Auburn and announced that coach Gus Malzhan had tendered a scholarship offer. Had a Great Visit At Auburn! ???? Thankful to have received an Offer! War Damn Eagle […]
Football: The Harbaugh-Michigan satellite camp is pulling into orbit around Cheshire Academy (update)
Update: May 6 — We’ve been informed by Cheshire Academy that Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh himself will not be attending, just his Michigan coaching staff. Michigan is suddenly all about Connecticut this week. On Tuesday night, Ben Mason, a two-time All-State and three-star linebacker prospect at Newtown, made a ballyhooed verbal commitment to play football for Michigan. On […]
Baseball: 2016 no-hitter / perfect game list
Here is the list of all the no-hitters/perfect games thrown in Connecticut high school baseball during the 2016 season. If you or your team has a performance to be added to the list, leave a note in the comments and we’ll add it. Justin Gallicchio Northwest Catholic (April 8): On just 93 pitches, the Bryant […]
Football: Cheshire Academy's Brandon Sebastian commits to Boston College
Cheshire Academy’s Brandon Sebastian committed to play football at Boston College on Saturday. He made the announcement via Twitter. Sebastian, a 6-foot-1, 175-pound safety, originally starred as a running back at West Haven High School but transferred to Cheshire Academy before his junior season. He had been looking at offers from Temple, Syracuse, Rutgers, Rhode […]
Boys Basketball: Cheshire Academy's Pemberton selected to play in Jordan Brand Classic Regional game
Cheshire Academy’s Elijah Pemberton has been selected to play in the annual Jordan Brand Classic Regional all-star game at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The game, which will be held Friday, April 15 at 5:30 p.m., is a showcase of players from the greater New York City region and is played on the same evening as the […]
Boys Basketball: Cheshire Academy's Pemberton wins appearance in national dunk competition
Cheshire Academy basketball player Elijah Pemberton has emerged the winner of an online slam-dunk contest and will participate in the 2016 Slam Dunk Championships (sponsored by American Family Insurance) during the NCAA Final Four weekend in Houston, April. The championship will be broadcast on CBS at 3:30 p.m. April 3. According to a press release, […]
Boys Basketball: Cheshire Academy's Elijah Pemberton reaches finals of national dunk contest
Cheshire Academy basketball player and Hofstra commit Elijah Pemberton is one round from competing in a national slam dunk competition, the High School Slam Dunk & 3-point Championship, which will be shown on CBS during the Final Four weekend in Houston, Texas. Above is the highlight reel for Pemberton, a 6-foot-4 guard from Middletown who […]
