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The 2020 CCC Girls Basketball Tournament will begin Thursday, Feb. 20 with the first round at the sites of the eight higher seeds and conclude with the final three rounds at Glastonbury High School. The quarterfinals will be held all day Saturday, beginning at 11 a.m. at Glastonbury. The semifinals will be Tuesday, Feb. 25 […]
Back on opening night, after his Simsbury team had defeated defending state champion New Canaan 3-2, coach Paul Melanson was clear that he had faith in both of his goalies, who had split time in that game.
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FINE PERFORMANCES
Caitlyn Caldon, East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor (ETB): Caldon, ETB’s senior goalie, collected 27 saves in a 4-3 win over West Haven/SHA at Bennett Rink on Saturday. ETB has won six…
The East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor co-op (ETB) visited Boston last week to face Matignon High School at the Warrior Ice Arena, the practice facility of the Boston Bruins.
The event was about much m…
WINDSOR — When it was over, after a night that captured everything that makes high school basketball great, Matt Knowling was good enough to step back out of the East Catholic bus. “We’ve got to be a lot better,” the Eagles’ 6-foot-5 senior said after his team’s first loss of the season. “When we play […]
WINDSOR — East Catholic had kept Windsor’s Corey McKeithan under wraps the entire second half Tuesday night. The senior guard had scored exactly two points from the free-throw line as the game featuring the state’s top two teams had reached the final minute. But that didn’t stop McKeithan putting up one last shot. It was […]
Building depth is one step on the way for a co-op boys hockey team. Learning how to win together, that’s another.
Learning to check your sharpened skates on a practice day rather than a game day? It appears…
Watch the Top 10, No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown between East Catholic and Windsor Tuesday night at Windsor. Broadcast via The Day of New London‘s GameDay team. And beforehand, you can check out the latest Courtside With Joe Morelli podcast with special guest: East Catholic coach Luke Reilly, embedded above. More on the showdown: […]
WELCOME BACK to another podcast edition of COURTSIDE with Joe Morelli, covering things all things boys basketball in Connecticut. And it’s a busy, busy week for hoop fans across the state, beginning TONIGHT (Tuesday, Jan. 28) when No. 1 East Catholic faces No. 2 Windsor in the anticipated rematch of last year’s CIAC Division I […]
It took another 5 1/2 weeks, but the state is still going to get the premier matchup the sport of boys basketball has to offer.
No. 1 East Catholic travels to No. 2 Windsor Tuesday night for a Central Conne…
Many of the state’s Top 10 girls basketball teams took losses this week, including No. 1 Notre Dame-Fairfield. The Lancers lost to Hudson Catholic of New Jersey, 61-48, just two days after their competitive and narrow victory over No. 2 Newtown. WEEK’S FINE PERFORMANCES / GAMES TO WATCH (JAN. 26) Regardless, Notre Dame stayed No. […]
West Haven/SHA coach Erin Blake affectionately refers to Taylor Nowak, Megan Froehlich and Jianna Cohrs as her “Conehead Line,” a nod to the 1980 US men’s hockey team and the movie “Miracle.”
For opposing d…
TOP PERFORMERS
Caitlyn Caldon, East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor (ETB): Caldon, a senior, stopped all 20 shots she faced as ETB blanked defending state champion New Canaan, 2-0, on Sunday at the Newin…
Notre Dame-Fairfield holds steady as the unanimous No. 1 and they’re about to face the state’s No. 2 team. With New London losing to South Kingstown (RI), 74-45, enough voters saw fit to bump up Newtown, Notre Dame-Fairfield’s SWC rival, to the No. 2 spot. They did so just in time as the Nighthawks play […]
TOP PERFORMERS
Caitlyn Caldon, ETB: Caldon amassed 35 saves and allowed just one goal to help ETB tie the Amity co-op, 1-1, on Jan. 4 at Astorino Rink in Hamden. For the season, Caldon has a 1.49 goals agai…
14 high school basketball players from Connecticut schools were nominated for the McDonalds All-American Games. Nominated girls Shamaria King, Watkinson School Megan Landsiedel, Stamford Maranda Nyborg, Bethel Sara Wohlgemuth, Hand Nominated boys Periklis Basimakopoulos, Shelton Justice Ellison, Windsor Brian Geitner, Tolland Matt Knowling, East Catholic Zach Laput, Notre Dame-West Haven Corey McKeithan, Windsor Guy Ragland, […]
There wasn’t much movement in the poll as the top teams took care of business last week. Stamford and Newtown did flip spots, but otherwise the top 5 was the same. Notre Dame-Fairfield looked like the No. 1 team in dismantling both of its opponents last week, including Bethel. The CCC, meanwhile, made some inroads […]
The holiday tournaments and cross-conference games in December provided Top 10 teams with stiff tests to open the season. Nobody came through the fray better than new No. 1 Notre Dame-Fairfield, which beat two ranked teams in Hand and New London. Previous No. 1 Norwalk, took it on the chin from Newtown on opening night […]
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NEW CANAAN-DARIEN DOMINANCE
The two FCIAC rivals have accounted for 11 state championships in the 14 years since the Connecticut High School Girls Hockey Coaches Associat…
Kate Bellissimo, Junior, Forward, Darien: An All-FCIAC first team selection as a sophomore, Bellissimo will be a key weapon on what could be one of the fastest lines in the FCIAC. She had one of the Wave’s two goals in a s…
NEW HAVEN — Many winning traditions weigh down high school sports programs.
The Weston girls swimming team isn’t one of them.
“It is an amazing run of success. And the girls work super hard,…
TOP PERFORMERS
Emma Babashak, Wilton: Babashak, a senior, was the 100-yard butterfly winner for Wilton in its meet against FCIAC foe Greenwich, touching the wall in 58.96 seconds. She also placed second in …
North Haven sported a 6-0 record heading into Tuesday’s meet against powerhouse Cheshire, with its signature victory coming against Lauralton Hall — a team that certainly had its number in previous seasons.
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[Vitals] COACH — STEVE CALANDE (8th year, 31-41) CONFERENCE — CCC Division III West PLAYOFF CLASS — S (290 boys enrollment) HOME — Cheney Tech High School Field, Manchester 2018 RECORD — 3-7 TEAM WEBSITE — Maxpreps, Facebook — @EastCatholicEaglesFootball [Top Players] JACK BARRY, Jr., TE-DT (6-2, 220) MICK O’CONNOR, Jr., RB/DB (5-10, 170) JACOB […]
East Catholic High School forward Matt Knowling made a verbal commitment Sunday to play basketball at Yale University for the 2020-21 season.
Knowling, a 6-foot-5, 190-pound forward, averaged 19 points, 13 …
Maddie Bergin, North Haven, Jr. – Bergin earned All-State honors by placing fifth and sixth, respectively in the 100 (52.75) and 50 freestyle (24.03) events at the State Open. She won both events at the Class M Championshi…
This November, the CIAC will crown champions in boys soccer for the 20th time this century. In that time, 45 schools have claimed state titles in Classes S, M, L and LL, including years where co-championships were earned. Five schools, Farmington, East Catholic, Brookfield, Barlow and Avon have won titles in two different classes. Here […]
Former East Catholic guard Joey Reilly has verbally committed to play basketball at Division I Holy Cross. Reilly will leave Philips Exeter Academy and attend the Patriot League school this fall. He helped lead East Catholic to the Division I state championship last March and the No. 1 spot in the final GameTimeCT/Register Top 10 […]
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 […]
