MERIDEN >> Northwest Catholic dominated most of the Class M girls soccer championship with pinpoint passes in its 2-0 win over Enfield at Meriden Saturday morning. Misses and great work by Enfield goalkeeper Makenzie Martin kept the Lions off the scoreboard until nine minutes before the half. Junior Hannah Borrowiec Found Rachel Elliott cutting toward […]
Girls soccer: Saturday's state championship preview capsules
CLASS LL No. 1 GLASTONBURY (22-0) vs. No. 6 RIDGEFIELD (17-2-3) When: Saturday, 10 a.m. Where: West Haven High On the Web: NFHSNetwork [Subscription required] Championship game appearances: Glastonbury is 2-7 in the final, winning in 2011 and 2014. Ridgefield is making its second appearance. The Tigers lost to Simsbury in the 1992 Class L final. […]
Football: Stafford / Somers / East Windsor hangs on to beat Enfield
ENFIELD >> Nathan LaJoie completed 12 of 18 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown as Stafford/Somers/Enfield built a big lead and hung on to defeat Enfield 24-20 Friday night. It was Stafford’s first home victory since November 12, 2012. Joe Mongillo caught five passes for 66 yards and two touchdowns, both in the second […]
2015 Pequot League Team Preview Capsules
EAST Coginchaug The Blue Devils lost several of their star players from last season and head into 2015 with new coach Nick D’Angelo. Parker Tregoning and Cam Powers at least return at RB and Wes Benjunas takes over at QB for graduated Jake Ober. The defense, however, returns just four starters. Team Preview […]
Football: In move that should surprise no one, CIAC denies Enfield and Fermi early co-op
The CIAC denied an application for Fermi and Enfield’s high school football teams to form a co-op in 2015, a year before the schools will officially merge into a new Enfield High School, according to a report in the Hartford Courant on Monday. We guess we can’t fault Fermi and Enfield for trying, but this […]
Class M girls basketball: St. Joseph rolls past Enfield, into first state final since 1979
PLAINVILLE — Shannon O’Meara scored 27 points and Bridget Sharnick added 19 to lead St. Joseph to a 61-39 victory over Enfield in the Class M girls basketball semifinals at Plainville High School. With the victory, the 11th-seeded Cadets advance to their first state championship since 1979. They will face No. 4-seeded Cromwell, a 42-39 […]
NCCC Girls Basketball Championship: Avon tops Bolton, leaves league as champions
HARTFORD – In their final game as a member of the North Central Connecticut Conference, the Avon High girls basketball team wanted to go out with some style and a victory. The Falcons, who shared the league championship with Canton, won their 1212 NCCC Tournament title Thursday night with a 60-46 win over Bolton. It was […]
Meet Hartford County's Scholar Athletes
High school seniors from Hartford County were recognized as the state’s top scholar-athletes at the 2014 Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) Scholar-Athlete Banquet sponsored by McDonald’s. A 31-year sponsor of the program with a longstanding commitment to educational programs in Connecticut, McDonald’s joined CAS to honor the following local students as the best of the […]
NCCC Track and Field Championships: Canton boys, Avon girls win titles
ELLINGTON – The rest of the track and field teams in the North Central Connecticut Conference are probably not very happy with the residents of the town of Canton. Why? The Canton High boys track and field team won four consecutive NCCC Tournament championships from 2010-13 without having a track and field facility on campus. […]
Cromwell, Coginchaug advance in Class M playoffs
By Press Staff Girls basketball No. 2 Cromwell 62, No. 31 Enfield 29 >> The Panthers began defense of their Class M crown with a big victory Monday night at the Salafia Gymnasium. Senior forward Janelle Harrison led all scorers with 18 points. Emma Belcourt, Araya Lessard and Alyssa Wright had eight points apiece, while […]
Canton football ties record for wins in a season
ENFIELD >> It seems like a long season, but it goes by quickly. So much time is spent in the weight room getting ready. There is plenty of studying in the classroom and learning how to execute offensively and defensively on the field in practice. The Canton High football team isn’t wasting any of its […]
Gilbert/Northwestern football uses second half surge to get past Enfield
WINSTED >> The Gilbert/Northwestern Yellowjackets got started late, but eventually got it together and cruised to a 21-point win over Enfield, 34-13 and are another week closer to a potential winner-take-all Pequot Championship game on Nov. 22. “We use the Valley game as focus, we want the game to be the Conference Championship game,” said […]
Middletown, Xavier football teams aiming for Homecoming wins
MIDDLETOWN >> It’s Homecoming weekend for both Middletown High and Xavier, while undefeated Wesleyan goes for its fourth win in a row to highlight week No. 5 of the local football season. No question that the big story in the area thus far is the emergence of Middletown High as a state power. The Blue […]