Hamden Hall will open up its boys and girls basketball seasons on Thursday against St. Luke’s. The boys will play at home, the girls in New Canaan.
Hamden Hall athletic director Dave Doyle said the Hornets …
2021 football recruiting profiles: Cheshire Academy’s Jaden Shirden
This is part of our series on spotlighting the top football recruits in the state of Connecticut throughout the signing period. For the full list of football commitments in the state, check out our list here. Jaden Shirden Position: RB Measurements: 5-9, 185 School: Cheshire Academy (2020); St. Joseph (2016-2019) Hometown: West Haven. Committed to: Monmouth Committed #FlyHawks pic.twitter.com/C5Uznkor6W — […]
Mantz hired as coach for Cheshire Academy girls basketball, volleyball
Former Quinnipiac and Pomperaug standout Morgan Manz has been hired by Cheshire Academy to coach its girls’ varsity basketball and volleyball teams.Manz will be joining the Cheshire Academy staff as a science teacher, afte…
Our favorite virtual catches, video messages and more
High school teams and organizations across the state have come up with some creative ways to stay together while still practicing social distancing over the past few weeks. Here are some of our favorites. If you’d to share a video from your team or school did, please let us know @gametimect on Twitter or Instagram. […]
Boys Basketball Notebook: Cheshire Academy has turned things around; St. Joseph in thick of FCIAC race
Look at last year’s overall record and you would guess it would be one to forget for Cheshire Academy. The ’Cats went 2-23 in head coach Jim McCarthy’s first season as head coach.
“It’s hard to go through a…
The 2019 All-NEPSAC Football Teams
The 2019 All-New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Football teams. CLASS A Players of the Year TYLER VAN DYKE, Suffield Academy KALEL MULLINGS, Milton Academy Linemen of the Year ZACK ZINTER, BB&N JAEDON ROBERTS, Avon Old Farms ALL-NEPSAC Phillips Academy-Andover — Ben Carbeau, Sr. LB Avon Old Farms — Jaedon Roberts Sr. OL/DL; Kevin Coss PG DE; Nehemiah Thompson PG […]
Madison, defense deliver win for Brunswick football team in win over Cheshire Academy
REENWICH — A strong running game can be a quarterback and offense’s best friend and the Brunswick School football team certainly has one, with Jalen Madison leading the way.
Madison, a senior, was a workhor…
NEPSAC Football 2019: CHESHIRE ACADEMY preview
[Vitals] COACH — DAVID DYKEMAN (8th year, 63-31) CONFERENCE — Independent PLAYOFF CLASS — NEPSAC A HOME — Armando Simosa Field, Cheshire 2018 RECORD — 5-4 2019 OPENER — Sept. 7 vs The Hun School of Princeton, NJ TEAM WEBSITES — Maxpreps | cheshireacademyathletics.org; TWITTER [Top Players] WILFREDO AYBAR, So., DL, (6-2, 230) JACK ROBERGE, Sr., RB/DB, […]
Cheshire’s Aidan Godfrey leaves Cheshire for Cheshire Academy
Aidan Godfrey has left Cheshire High and enrolled at Cheshire Academy, where he will play basketball for the program. The move became official on Tuesday.
Godfrey, a 6-foot-8, 210-pound center, will reclass…
Former Cheshire Academy standout Holmes wins 400 for Penn State at Big 10 championships
Alexis Holmes of Hamden, a freshman on the Penn State women’s indoor track and field team, won the 400 title today at the Big 10 indoor track and field championships. Her time of 52.14 seconds is a school record. She is a recent graduate of Cheshire Academy.
Football Recruiting 2019: Connecticut’s High School Football College signing and commitment list
Below is a living list of Connecticut natives or prep school football players in the Class of 2019 who have signed national letters of intent to play in college, or have given a verbal commitment leading into National Signing Day. Players have the opportunity to sign early on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. National Signing Day for […]
2018 All-NEPSAC Football Teams
The 2018 All-New England Preparatory School Athletic Conference football teams. Class A Players of the Year Hunter Burns, Choate Rahsul Faison, Salisbury Jared Martino, Cheshire Academy Linemen of the Year Kevon Darton, Worcester Academy Jaedon Roberts, Avon Old Farms Suffield Academy Tyler Van Dyke, QB Jaden Dottin, WR Zedane Williams, LB Deerfield Academy Jackson McCarty, […]
National Letter of Intent signings from around the state
Three Notre Dame of West Haven student-athletes made their college choices official today signing their National Letter of Intent (NLI) for their respective schools Wednesday. Zackary Hochman and Justin Shanley will play lacrosse at UMass and Assumotion, respectively while Connor Raines will play basketball at Texas Rio Grande […]
Boys soccer notebook: Cheshire Academy growing with tough schedule; South Windsor locking down foes
Playing amongst some of the best prep school teams in the country, Cheshire Academy is building a successful season, having won four of its last five games.
The team is 5-4-1 with three of its four losses being by one goal and two of those los…
Friday’s football roundup: Saley lifts Law over Cheshire in OT; Bunnell rallies to win
Law 33, Cheshire 30 OT Zach Smith tossed a 10-yard touchdown pass to Ethan Saley in overtime to give the Law football team a stunning 33-30 upset over Cheshire Friday night in Southern Connecticut Conference interdivision action at Cheshire. Jothan Casey had kicked his third field goal of the game on the first possession of […]
NEPSAC Football 2018: CHESHIRE ACADEMY preview
Vitals COACH — DAVE DYKEMAN (10 seasons, 58-27) CONFERENCE — Independent PLAYOFF CLASS — NEPSAC A HOME — Armando Simosa Field, Cheshire 2017 RECORD — 8-1 2018 OPENER — Sept. 8 at The Hun School, Princeton, N.J., Noon TEAM WEBSITE Top Players BRYCE SEBASTIAN, Sr. WR/RB (5-9, 165) MALACHI BURBY, Sr. DL (6-3, 275) CLETUS MATHURIN, […]
Jeff Jacobs: Cheshire Academy’s Sebastian pushing through after losing brother to cancer
CHESHIRE — Craig Sebastian will climb into his car early Saturday morning in West Haven and drive the nearly 150 miles to Hun School in Princeton, N.J. His wife Mayra will head in the other direction 135 miles for Boston College.
This is footb…
Former Yale, UNH assistant McCarthy named boys basketball coach at Cheshire Academy
Jim McCarthy has been named the next boys basketball coach at Cheshire Academy
McCarthy, a former collegiate assistant men’s coach at several schools, including both Yale and New Haven, replaces Kevin Kehoe, who resigned after 10 seasons for t…
Cheshire Academy’s Holmes selected Gatorade Connecticut Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year
Alexis Holmes of Cheshire Academy has been selected as its 2017-18 Gatorade Connecticut Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Holmes is the second Gatorade Connecticut Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year to be chosen from Cheshire Academy. The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic […]
Cheshire Academy’s Holmes sets meet record in 400 at New Balance Nationals track meet
Recent Cheshire Academy graduate and Hamden native Alexis Holmes ran a 51.21 to win the girls 400-meter New Balance Nationals Outdoor title on Sunday at Aggie Stadium in Greensboro, N.C. Her time set a meet record, is the 7th fastest in U.S. girls high school history and currently the world’s second fastest time for U20 women. Holmes […]
Girls soccer: Cheshire Academy’s Reilly to play at URI
Cheshire Academy’s Jadyn Reilly, a Hamden resident, signed a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to play women’s soccer at the University of Rhode Island. Reilly, a forward, scored 11 goals and had five assists for the Cats last season.
Jeff Jacobs: From harrowing adoption in Kazakhstan to Cheshire Academy, Catanzarita defying odds to play Division I softball
CHESHIRE — Mike Catanzarita walks downstairs on so many nights as the clock heads toward midnight. He finds his daughter in the basement of the family’s Cheshire home, still working on her swing, and he pitches those four familiar words.
Go to…
Eight Cheshire Academy athletes sign NLITs
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…