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SIMSBURY — The way the Cheshire football team dominated in the first quarter of its matchup with Simsbury in the Class LL quarterfinals, it looked like the Rams were on their way to a big finish.
They took …
The 2019 CIAC Football Playoffs begin Wednesday, Dec. 4 (after a postponement due to weather) with quarterfinal rounds at the sites of the higher seeds. They will continue with semifinals Monday, Dec. 9 at sites of the higher seeds, and conclude Saturday, Dec. 14 at either Trumbull’s McDougall Stadium, or Veterans Stadium at Willowbrook Park […]
The 2019 CIAC Class LL football quarterfinal preview capsules. Compiled by Pete Paguaga. Written by Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. 2019 CIAC PLAYOFF SCOREBOARD / SCHEDULE More quarterfinal previews: CLASS L | CLASS M | CLASS S All games Wednesday, Dec. 4, 6:30 p.m. ♦♦♦ No. 8 NFA at No. 1 Newtown WHERE – Blue and Gold Stadium, Newtown […]
CHESHIRE — Jason Shumilla’s quarterback sneak on a two-point conversion attempt in double overtime was snuffed by Southington, and the Blue Knights won a 21-20 thriller in the Apple Valley Classic.
The game…
What was unofficial by the numbers has become official by committee on Friday, and the CIAC football playoff pairings are set.
The committee made no changes to the pairings that became apparent by the end o…
A quiet week meant a quiet poll. You’ve got to dip to 14th place to find a change in the GameTimeCT Top 10 football poll this week, a little Shelton surge after beating Fairfield Prep 49-19. There’s another at 19th, where Sheehan’s win over Hamden moved the Titans up two whole spots. No, those aren’t […]
NEW HAVEN — Winning the Class L title the last two years and numerous SCC championships over the past decade, the Cheshire girls swimming team has produced a pool full of memorable seasons.
Yet the Rams’ 20…
VITALS WHERE/WHEN: Yale University’s Kiphuth Pool, Sunday, 2 p.m. Defending champion: Greenwich | 2018 runner-up: Cheshire WATCH LIVE: NFHS Network (Subscription Required) DIVING RESULT: GREENWICH’S FRIAS EDGES WESTON’S KATZ TO WIN TITLE SWIMMERS TO WATCH Emma Babashak, Wilton, (seeded third 500 freestyle, 5:05.30, seeded fifth 100 butterfly, 57.47); Maddie Bergin, North Haven (seeded second in 50 freestyle, 24.01, […]
MIDDLETOWN — After ruling the pool at the CIAC Class L girl swimming championship meet the past two seasons, it was time for a new challenge for Cheshire, which moved up to Class LL this season, due to increased school enr…
North Branford played an thrill-a-minute game Friday. It could have a thrill-a-minute weekend coming up.
The Thunderbirds went back and forth with Morgan, scoring 40 in the second quarter, winning 72-32. Th…
That game everyone was pointing to in the preseason? It lived up to the hype, and it affected a few votes in the GameTimeCT football poll. Hand’s 21-14 win over Shelton on Friday at the Surf Club kept the Tigers in the No. 1 spot they’ve held all year. Three voters, though, swung their first-place […]
CHESHIRE — Jack Lovelace and his Cheshire teammates were not satisfied with the way they were playing after one half. Despite winning by six points, the Rams felt they could have played better.
Lovelace and…
CHESHIRE — Girls soccer teams won’t get much better preparation for state tournament play than butting heads with the heavyweight teams in the FCIAC.
New Canaan was one of the upper-echelon teams in the FCI…
MIDDLETOWN—FCIAC seniors swept the top five spots at the Class LL girls diving championship Wednesday night at the Middletown High School pool.
Greenwich seniors Saylor Kirsch (443.75 points) and Reggie Fri…
After another stable week in the GameTimeCT football poll, we’ve got another week where some big matchups could produce some changes in the Top 10. No. 1 Hand meets preseason No. 6 Shelton at the Surf Club on Friday night. No. 9 Ridgefield gets another crack at a top FCIAC team, visiting No. 4 Greenwich […]
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If you’re looking for conference champions, you’ll find plenty right here. The Class L bracket features four champs with No. 3 RHAM (CCC), No. 4 N…
Trailing two games to one in the semifinals of the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament on Thursday, Shelton lost one of its top players to injury in its showdown with Cheshire at Murray Gymnasium. When senior all-SCC selection Reem Abdel-Hack left the match with a lower body injury, game four was tied at 3. From there, […]
This week’s GameTimeCT Top 10 football teams are the same 10 football teams that were in last week’s top 10. There’s one little difference. Southington’s 35-7 win over previously unbeaten Simsbury has moved the Blue Knights up a spot, a season-high seventh, in this week’s poll. That comes at the expense of undefeated Ansonia, which […]
NEW HAVEN — As usual, the Cheshire girls swim team had the depth to win the team title at the Southern Connecticut Conference Girls Swim Championships, but it was North Haven that came away with some impressive awards and …
CHESHIRE — Shelton head coach Marvin Miller gave a pump of his fist when Noelle Garretson put his fourth-seeded Gaels in front of No. 1 Cheshire in their SCC girls soccer semifinal on Monday night. He limited himself to a …
Olivia Dubuc from Sheehan earned the Whitey Piurek Outstanding Female Player Award and Jack Loura from Cheshire earned the Tony Denegri Outstanding Male Player Award from Greater New Haven Soccer Officials Association on Sunday. The Career High girls team (below) took home the Mabel Petersen Female Team Sportsmanship Award following its first varsity season […]
EAST HAVEN — After suffering through a rare 3-7 season a year ago, Cheshire’s bounceback season continues.
The Rams captured their fifth consecutive win with a dominating 48-14 victory over East Haven Frida…
It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.
The Bristol Eastern volleyball team, at least during the regular season, is finishing on top.
The Lancers, who knocked off three-time defendi…
Rylie Giles, Ridgefield: Giles touched the wall first in the 200-meter freestyle (2:08.85) and was the 400-meter freestyle winner for the Tigers in its 93-93 tie against FCIAC rival Staples.
Esme Hunter, St…
The big FCIAC games didn’t disappoint on Saturday, at least in the “how will they reshape the poll” sense (and on the field as well, in different ways). Darien’s 27-21 win Saturday at Greenwich flipped the Blue Wave over the Cardinals for third place in this week’s GameTimeCT Top 10. Coming down to the last […]
NEW HAVEN — Momentum can shift quickly.
Winless Wilbur Cross was driving on its first possession at Bowen Field Thursday night against a Cheshire team that has rediscovered its identity as one of the better…
CHESHIRE — It was exactly what you would expect from two perennial Southern Connecticut Conference volleyball powers — a close match.
It went the maximum five games before a raucous crowd as Guilford remain…
Don’t look now but there is a team sitting atop of the Southern Connecticut Conference standings you may not have expected to be there.
Sure, Cheshire is a Class LL school just three seasons removed from wi…
CHESHIRE — For one half, Cheshire could do nothing wrong with the football and not much more wrong without it. That made sure the second half wasn’t the problem it could’ve been.
Cheshire scored on its firs…
