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Former longtime Cromwell boys basketball coach Jake Salafia has died. Salafia was 92.
Salafia won seven Class S state championships at Cromwell, including five straight from 1967-71. The other two came in 1…
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY First Team Kaylee Gravel, Jr., East Hampton Isabel Berardino, So., Haddam-Killingworth Savannah Garcia, So., East Hampton Caitlin Wiley, Jr., Old Saybrook Catherine Minegar, So., Old Saybrook Jessica Starr, Jr., East Hampton Grace Mikan, So., Cromwell Ava DiMatteo, Jr., Haddam-Killingworth Carlina Castro, Fr., Old Saybrook Madeleine Morgado, So., Old Lyme Second Team Kathy […]
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 […]
Catie Donadio’s game winning basket. Morgan advances 41-40 over a tough Cromwell team. East Hampton on Friday for championship pic.twitter.com/Dl85pQuwHz — sdonadio (@sdonadio3) February 26, 2020 DURHAM — Catie Donadio scored 21 points, including the winning basket with 30 seconds remaining as Morgan knocked off four-time defending champion Cromwell, 41-40, in the Shoreline Conference semifinals […]
The 2020 Shoreline Conference girls basketball tournament will tip off Thursday, Feb. 20 with play-in games and conclude Friday, Feb. 28 with the championship at Old Saybrook. The quarterfinals will be held Saturday, Feb. 22 at sites of the higher seeds and the semifinals will be Tuesday, Feb. 25 at Coginchaug. Cromwell is the four-time […]
Berlin’s Lyzi Litwinko had a week to remember.
A few days after hitting a 35-foot shot at the buzzer, beating E.O. Smith 47-46, the senior guard knocked down two free throws with no time left, giving her te…
CROMWELL — In a game girls basketball fans had circled on the calendar, New London and Cromwell did not disappoint.
Cromwell, the defending Class M champions hosted the Class LL runners-up and current No. 8…
The Norwalk girls basketball team finished last season with an unbeaten record and as the unanimous No. 1 team in the Top 10 poll. The Bears lost a few key pieces to graduation but bring back enough talent that voters stuck with them as No. 1 this preseason. They also have a new head coach: […]
BERKSHIRE LEAGUE
2018-19 Champion: Housatonic Regional
Favorites: Northwestern, Housatonic Regional, Nonnewaug, Thomaston, Shepaug Valley
Players to Watch: Natalie Lederman, …
New coaches, new divisions and more highlight this year’s journey to Mohegan Sun in girls basketball.
EXTRA CLASSES
For better or worse, the CIAC has added a fifth division to girls basketba…
The 2019 All-Pequot Conference Football Teams. Offensive Player of the Year: JAQUAN DUFOUR, Rockville Defensive Player of the Year: SAM ATTIANESE, Granby/Canton Coach of the Year: ERICK KNICKERBOCKER, Rockville Teddy Necoh Award for Perseverance: DAN BELSEN, Windsor Locks OFFENSE QB: Brandon Fratta, North Branford QB: Aaron Faiella, Coginchaug/East Hampton/Hale Ray QB: Jackson Rome, Granby/Canton QB: […]
MILFORD — Old Saybrook will play for a second straight CIAC Class S championship after Shon Ryan’s penalty kick 2:26 into the first overtime was the difference in a 4-3 victory over No. 9 Cromwell on Tuesday night.
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A former assistant girls soccer coach at Cromwell High is facing alleged sexual assault charges involving a student-athlete. Philip Russo turned himself into Cromwell police on Wednesday, WVIT-30 first reported. The charge is second-degree sexual assault. Russo is alleged to have had a sexual relationship with a student-athlete WVIT-30 also reported that Russo has been […]
CROMWELL — After a tough, season-opening overtime loss to Granby/Canton, Stafford/East Windsor/Somers coach Brian Mazzone wondered where his team fit in this season moving forward.
“We lost to a good team i…
CROMWELL – The first five minutes for North Branford were a bear. Cromwell/Portland took advantage of a pass coverage mismatch to score on its opening drive, and, after picking off quarterback Brandon Fratta on the Thunderbirds’ first play from scrimmage, the Panthers got into the end zone again two plays later for a 14-point lead. […]
[Vitals] COACH — RANDELL BENNETT (3rd year, 17-4) CONFERENCE — Pequot PLAYOFF CLASS — S (co-op) HOME — Pierson Park, Cromwell 2018 RECORD — 9-2, lost to Stafford/Somers/East Windsor in Class S quarterfinals 2019 OPENER — Sept. 13 at Haddam-Killingworth, 6:30 p.m. TEAM WEBSITES — Maxpreps | TWITTER — @cromportfb [Top Players] JUSTIN STERGOS, Sr., RB/S […]
CROMWELL — Right-hander Tyler Baldwin was back on the field for the top of the seventh inning before any of his Rocky Hill-Cromwell-Portland teammates could cross the first-base line.
The 5-foot-7 pitcher’s…
Here is our annual breakdown of state championships by school. This list includes only CIAC sanctioned sports and team championships. It does include both Class and State Open titles. New England and national titles are not included. Here’s a look back at 2017-18 2018-19 state championships by school Bloomfield (7) Football (S) Boys Indoor Track […]
CROMWELL — As the calendar turns to July and Zone 3’s contenders start to distinguish themselves, Rocky Hill-Cromwell-Portland looked like one of them by squeezing out an important win against Northern Division leader Enfi…
Haddam-Killingworth scored two runs in the second inning and they held up, and right-hander Jon Civiello notched his fourth win of the season in the Cougars’ 2-1 victory over host Cromwell at Fran Monnes Field on Thursday….
Berlin scored the winning run with one out in the seventh to beat Middletown 7-6 in a CCC baseball game Wednesday at Sage Park.
Daniel Veleas, Berlin’s No. 2 hitter, had two hits and scored four runs – incl…
For the first time since 2000, the Norwalk girls basketball team are the No. 1-ranked team in the final GameTimeCT poll of the season.
Bear coach Ricky Fuller does not think his 2019 undefeated state champi…
Cromwell held off a furious comeback from Sheehan Sunday at the Mohegan Sun to win its third Class M state title since 2013.
After trailing by as many as 16 in the third quarter, Sheehan battled back to tak…
CLASS LL
No. 2 New London (22-2)
vs. No. 1 Norwalk (24-0)
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GETTING AWAY FROM THE SHORE
Cromwell has dominated the Shoreline with 49-straight conference wins in the regular season.
Knowing the team would be competing for a Class M state title, coach …
MERIDEN — Losing a state tournament game hurts. It means your season is over. But losing the way the Kolbe Cathedral girls did Monday in the Class M semifinals against Cromwell, was downright devastating, especially for ju…
NEW HAVEN — The gut check came Monday night, and it couldn’t have come much later, if LHK wanted to reach its first boys hockey final.
They tied their CIAC Division III semifinal with 2:44 left, and junior …
POSTSEASON UPSET ALERT @SJCadets stun #1 Cromwell, 74-58 in Division IV! #RunToTheSun #ctbb pic.twitter.com/I0UxNE6hBd — CT Sports Now (@CT_Sports_Now) March 7, 2019 CROMWELL — Steve Paolini scored 20 points and Brendan Kade added 19 as No. 16-seeded St. Joseph dominated unbeaten, top-seeded and No. 7-ranked Cromwell, 74-58 in the Division IV second round Wednesday at […]
For No. 7 Cromwell, this time of year on the basketball calendar brings a sense of familiarity.
The Panthers won the CIAC Division V championship last March, the ninth overall title for the program and seco…
