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Vitals COACH — MIKE ELLIS JR. (4th year, 19-12) CONFERENCE — ECC Division I PLAYOFF CLASS — L (594 boys enrollment) HOME — Dorr Field, Groton 2017 RECORD — 10-1, ECC Division I champions, lost to Masuk in Class L quarterfinals 2018 OPENER — Sept. 7 at Hamden, 7 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — MaxPreps | TWITTER […]
GROTON – Coming off a loss, Waterford turned to its ace Mike Burrows to try and get back to into the win column on Saturday. The senior righthander didn’t let his team down. Burrows went to distance, striking out 14 as No. 2 Waterford beat rival Fitch 9-1. “We have a lot of confidence in […]
DARIEN — Somewhat surprisingly, the Fitch and Darien baseball teams played an almost mistake-free game in what was the season opener for both on Saturday.What that meant however, was that any miscue was magnified.It took just two by Darien, a …
Introducing the Top 10 hockey goals from championship weekend. Originally the list was going to be just the Top 5 goals, but there were some pretty good goals in the semifinals that I couldn’t ignore so the list grew to 10. No. 10 Ridgefield’s Matt Walker Trailing Fairfield Prep 1-0 in the Division I semifinals, […]
NEW HAVEN – The No. 3 Tri-Town and No. 5 Eastern CT Eagles boys hockey teams made their first championship appearance on Saturday in the CIAC Division III final and the Eastern CT Eagles made the most of their first chance for a title, scoring the game’s first three goals and cruising to victory. Kevin […]
DIVISION II Championship No. 1 FARMINGTON VALLEY vs. No. 3 GUILFORD When: Friday, 7:30 p.m. Where: Ingalls Rink, New Haven Records: Farmington Valley (21-3-1); Guilford (22-3) On The Air/Web: NFHSNetwork.com (subscription required) | WELI 960-AM Championship game appearances: As a co-op team Farmington Valley is making its first championship game appearance. Before joining the co-op, Farmington had […]
NEW HAVEN — After Staples’ star senior Sam New scored his third goal of the game with 2:15 left in the third period to tie the score at six, no one on the Eastern CT Eagles’ bench panicked.Not a single player or coach. And it showed out on the…
GROTON — Six days after a stunning loss to rival Newtown, Masuk, the ninth-ranked team in the GameTimeCT/Register poll, bused nearly 80 miles to Dorr Field for the start of the Class L playoffs against Fitch.Unfortunately for the Falcons, th…
We’ve made it. The long, grueling grind that is the regular season is finally over. All 12 weeks are in the books — so is Thanksgiving. The playoffs are here. The quarterfinals begin Tuesday at the sites of the higher seeds at 6:30 p.m. The 2017 CIAC Football Playoff Schedule The semifinals, however, have been […]
We were about to make the long trek to Killingly from GameTimeCT HQ. We’d reached the I-91 merge with I-95 in New Haven. Just turn left for 95 North and Killingly to watch if Capital Prep could continue its late drive for a Class S playoff berth, or take a right to West Haven to […]
BETHEL — Bethel boys soccer coach Tony Fernandes has lifted a state championship as both a player and coach, the latter in Wildcats colors.His message of “survive and advance” was heard loud in Bethel’s Class L opener Monday, as a slug…
WFSB 3 Connecticut When Shea McManaway and Norwich Free Academy torched Xavier in a Week 1 shootout victory, the rest of Connecticut took keen interests in the goings on in Norwich. In Week 2, the McManaway and Wildcats put on another show. They went toe-to-toe with Cheshire, which was still carrying the preseason banner of […]
HARTFORD >> Coming on in relief in a bases-loaded, no-out jam? Check. Driving in the game’s only run on a double with two outs in the sixth inning? Check. Heading to a state championship game for the second time in three years? All in a day’s work for Brendan Clark. The North Haven senior couldn’t […]
When the final out of the 2016 high school softball season was recorded, there was still one debate that raged on and one more game that softball fanatics would have loved to witness. Class L champion Fitch and Class LL winner Cheshire both finished undefeated at 27-0 and featured award-winning pitchers. Fitch’s Caroline Taber was […]
Above: Highlight reel for senior TE/DE Fre’sko Stevenson, one of Fitch’s many veterans returning up front in 2016. Vitals Coach: MIKE ELLIS JR. (2nd year, 5-5) Conference: ECC Large Playoff Class: L (578 boys enrollment) Home: Dorr Field, Groton 2015 Record: 5-5 (4-2 ECC Large) 2016 Kickoff: Sept. 9 vs. Westerly (R.I.), 6:30 p.m. Team website: MaxPreps Top players AIDEN GREEN, Sr. OT/OLB KEVIN BERARDI, […]
The 2016 New Haven Register All-State Softball First Team. Compiled by Mike Pucci. Portraits by Catherine Avalone and Arnold Gold. Complete All-State Lineups ••• FIRST TEAM Player of the Year Caroline Taber Fitch, Sr., P Stats: Went 27-0 with a 0.38 ERA for the Class L and ECC champions. Struck out 232 batters and walked just […]
Fitch senior pitcher Caroline Taber admitted that she was once known for not having a changeup as part of her arsenal. That changed this season. And Taber, already one of the state’s best, became even more effective in the pitching circle. Taber worked on perfecting that pitch all last summer while a member of the […]
Unbeaten Class L champion Fitch finishes as the No. 1 team in the final Top 10 Poll. Unbeaten Class LL champ Cheshire placed second, while Class M champion Seymour was third. Fitch received 10 of 15 first-place votes from the panel of sports writers and coaches. Cheshire received five first-place votes. Team Record 1st Place […]
WEST HAVEN >> Caroline Taber likes to take naps on game days – sometimes more than one. They must be doing her some good. The two-time Gatorade Connecticut Player of the Year scattered three hits and struck out 11 to lead top-seeded Fitch to a 2-0 victory over No. 2 Masuk in the CIAC Class […]
STRATFORD >> Top-seeded Fitch-Groton is on its way to its third straight Class L Softball Finals after a 3-0 win over No. 4 Torrington Tuesday night at Stratford’s DeLuca Field. Last year, the Falcons (23-0), were undefeated going into the finals only to lose to East Haven. The year before, with one regular-season loss, they […]
GROTON >> After walking the game’s first two batters, then getting hit hard in the second inning by a Mercy team that was primed for an upset, it seemed like the emotions of the day were getting the best of Fitch senior pitcher Caroline Taber. Taber had learned that morning, while sitting in French class, […]
From Gatorade Press Release: In its 31st year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced Caroline Taber of Fitch High School as its 2015-16 Gatorade Connecticut Softball Player of the Year. Taber is the second Gatorade Connecticut Softball Player of […]
SOUTHINGTON >> The streak is over. Southington was one win shy of tying Seymour’s state record of 78-consecutive softball wins, but No. 2-ranked Fitch beat the No. 1 Blue Knights 2-0 on Monday at Southington High School to hand them their first defeat since 2013. “Our senior class,” Southington coach Davina Hernandez said. “They were freshman when […]
Monday’s Star Tom Close, East Hampton boys basketball: Finished with 28 points in East Hampton’s 84-63 victory over Valley Regional. [polldaddy poll=”9244320″] Vote for Tuesday’s Star until 9 p.m. Wednesday.
From the CIAC: Twenty high school athletic programs have been selected as CIAC Michaels Achievement Cup exemplary programs recognizing their outstanding achievement as overall athletics programs for the 2014-15 academic year. They are: Branford Canton Coventry East Catholic East Hampton Fairfield Ludlowe Fitch Joel Barlow Ledyard Lewis Mills Lyman Memorial Lyme-Old Lyme North Branford Northwest Catholic Northwestern Simsbury […]
Let’s dispense with the pleasantries shall we? The first five or six weeks of the Connecticut High School Football season have mostly been one, big massive snooze fest. Sure, there have been some exciting moments. Any game involving Glastonbury or Conard (or both) we suppose. …There’s been some East Haven theatrics, sure. Thrilling — but […]
As it dragged on a bit, the Foran postgame chant lost its rhythm and turned into a fairly tough tongue twister. Everyone involved hopes it gets considerably longer and more difficult by Thanksgiving and beyond. Jeff Bevino leads his Lions in a “Cha-ching” for every win they pick up. After obliterating New London Friday night […]
GUILFORD >> The third quarter has not been very favorable for Fitch this season. It looked like that trend would continue Friday against Guilford. The host Indians, already leading by a touchdown, recovered an onside kick to start the second half. But the Falcons kept their composure and forced Guilford to punt. On the ensuing […]
GROTON >> When the rain finally cleared after a more than 90-minute delay Friday night, some familiar faces were missing from the Norwich Free Academy sidelines. Starting running backs De’Jean General and Ransford Darby were both out with injuries. But perhaps most notably, star quarterback Jawaun Johnson was also out — for reasons that haven’t […]
