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The theme in the run-up to the 2021 boys lacrosse season, with 672 (your favorite dirty adjective) days between the 2019 Class L final and the six games scheduled for Saturday morning at 10: Nobody really knows anything… Nobody, except that Darien is No. 1 in the GameTimeCT poll, a unanimous choice to start the […]
It has been almost two years but softball is back, and the GameTimeCT Top 10 Poll along with it. There are many unknowns entering this season after a lost 2020 spring, but that hasn’t stopped the voters from gathering whatever information they could to rank the top teams in 2021. But, like every other sports […]
Editor’s note: Some of the stats to highlight each athlete’s content came from the last official track postseason (2019-2020 indoor track season), as well as the recent indoor dual meet results (in Mar…
WEST HAVEN — The North Haven hockey team has plenty of big-game players. Andrew Sacco has won a state title with Lyman Hall in 2019, and Jake Hines and Aaron Racino have continually been clutch.
With a chan…
MADISON — The last time Hand and Cheshire got together a couple of weeks ago, Hand was coming off a two-week quarantine without a practice. Cheshire won in double overtime.
Hand went on to play five more ga…
TOP PERFORMERS
Kolby Becker, Hamden: Becker, a junior, scored a pair of goals in Hamden’s 3-1 victory over the Daniel Hand co-op Saturday at Northford Ice Pavilion.
Caroline Cadelina, Amity …
CHESHIRE – For 32 minutes, Cheshire was chasing Hand, trying to keep the Tigers’ big height advantage from being the dominant force.
After tying the game on a prayer at the buzzer of regulation, the Rams he…
Welcome back to Pete’s Picks, your weekly look into the mind of the GameTimeCT sports producer who is tired of setting up polls on this website and then having to close them. Could you blame me? It was earlier this month when we started the CT Hockey Sweater Tournament and now after six rounds of play and […]
Welcome back to Pete’s Picks, your weekly look into the mind of the GameTimeCT sports producer who won one championship in his career apart of the Wantagh/Seaford Baymen that took home the title back in 2008. The votes — and there were a lot of votes this round — are in and our final matchup has been […]
Cheshire’s boys lacrosse team will have about 15 seniors in the spring. Brian Perry was their freshman coach, and head coach Mike Devine says they’ll stick it out for four years in part because of the love for the game tha…
Top performers
Ellie Pergolotti, Cheshire: Had a hat trick and added an assist in the Rams’ 7-0 victory over North Haven.
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Morgan Bagnall, Lauralton Hall: Bagnall won the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.88) and the 500 freestyle (4:58.41) in the SCC virtual championships. She helped key the team to a second-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay.
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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, …
MIDDLETOWN — Xavier had just over 15 hours to get ready for the Southern Connecticut Conference Division A boys’ soccer championship game.
After ousting Hamden in the semifinals that ended just before 9 p.m…
CHESHIRE — Back on Oct. 26 the Cheshire Rams volleyball team lost to Lyman Hall for the first time since 1998.
Not only did the Rams lose but they were swept convincingly.
“We see ourselves,…
MIDDLETOWN — Mercy put together a fine season in 2019 with an experienced defense and a young goalkeeper.
The keeper returned. The defense did not. But Melina Ford and the younger defenders assembled anothe…
The SCC girls swimming championships had a much different look this season, but a familiar victor emerged.
Cheshire, which entered the new-look season with eight consecutive SCC titles to its ledger, once a…
CHESHIRE — While the COVID-19 pandemic provided season-long challenges for the Guilford field hockey team, and despite Cheshire beating Guilford in the regular season, Guilford coaches and athletes entered Wednesday’s SCC …
Top performers
Gabby Tirado, Cheshire: Had a hat trick in the Rams’ 8-0 victory over Hamden.
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Abigail Adams, Trumbull: Adams registered first-place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle (2:07.72) and 500 freestyle (5:53.23) in Trumbull’s 102-63 victory against Fairfield Ludlowe. She helped ignite the team’s winning 20…
Morgan Bagnall, Lauralton Hall: Lauralton Hall received first-place finishes from Bagnall in its 96-90 triumph over Amity in the 200-yard individual medley (2:18.40) and 100 freestyle (56.22). She helped spark Hall’s 200 f…
During several meets this season, Seymour girls swimming coach Nick Blade has received inquiries from his athletes regarding how their opponent has fared — questions that are not expected during a traditional swim meet.
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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…
Maddie Bergin, North Haven: Bergin set a school record in winning the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5 minutes, 5.08 seconds against Amity. She broke a record of 5:07:01 set by Katie Armitage of North Haven back in 1995…
CHESHIRE — With the exception of last year, either Cheshire or Hand has been one of the participants in the Southern Connecticut Conference field hockey championship game over the last decade.
And it’s been…
WOODBRIDGE — There have been numerous changes throughout the area in terms of scheduling due to Covid-19. With the shuffling of the schedules due to restrictions of the virus, teams are playing in new divisions as well as …
Morgan Bagnall, Lauralton Hall: Bagnall finished first in two individual events for Lauralton Hall, which defeated Jonathan Law, 101-72. She won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2 minutes, 17.37 seconds, then …
The Southern Connecticut Conference will open its 7-on-7 fall football season on Oct. 10.
SCC commissioner Al Carbone confirmed that the league principals approved a proposal of a five-week season, ending t…
CHESHIRE — On any typical opening day for high school sports, spirits are high and smiles abound as athletes and coaches embark on a fresh, new season.
But Thursday was not your typical opening day.
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