MILFORD — Sometimes it takes a good part of the season to find a team’s identity. The Amity girls lacrosse team may have already found it.
With a come-from-behind victory over North Haven in their pocket less than a week ago, the Spartans repe…
Baseball: Lanese, Foran jump on Stamford early in 8-5 victory
STAMFORD—The Foran High School baseball team gained some revenge and pointed its season in the right direction Saturday with an 8-5 road victory over Stamford High School in the SCC-FCIAC Baseball Challenge.“The SCC-FCIAC Baseball Challenge (1…
Gymnastics: Greenwich wins first State Open title; Trumbull, Wilton go 2-3; Foran’s Laggis 3rd all-around
SOUTHBURY — Not even a fall off the balance beam by Greenwich High School’s best gymnast was going to derail the Cardinals’ run to the State Open gymnastics championship. The FCIAC and Class LL champs completed the postseason trifecta on Saturday at Pomperaug High School, amassing 143.525 points to run away with the program’s first […]
Jeff Jacobs: Foran’s Brianna Laggis’ love for gymnastics has endured highs and lows
MILFORD Brianna Laggis will perform well Saturday in the CIAC Class S meet at Pomperaug. After all, the Foran High senior recently finished first in floor exercise and vault and second behind Daniel Hand’s Erin Naclerio as the most outstanding gymnast at the Southern Connecticut Conference championships. Yet, to define Laggis by her scores on […]
Wrestling: Foran takes home second Class M championship in three years
Ryan Luth captured the 152-pound weight class to help the Foran wrestling team win the Class M state championship meet Saturday at Guilford. The Lions finished with 236 points, outdistancing the runners-up from Killingly (190). Guilford finished third with 140 points. Foran won this event in 2016 and was the runner-up in both 2015 and […]
Boys Basketball: Amity coach Jeff Nielsen gets career win No. 200 as Spartans top Foran
Tyler Thomas scored 30 points and added five assists and five rebounds as Amity defeated Foran 73-45 Wednesday night. The victory was the 200th for Amity coach Jeff Nielsen. Jack Nolan added nine points and nine rebounds. James Van Hise had six points, eight rebounds and three assists. Matt Cruz led Foran with 19 points. […]
Wrestling: Xavier takes five titles, repeats as SCC champions; Hand 2nd, Foran 3rd
FAIRFIELD — Moments after Foran’s Ryan Luth secured his fourth SCC championship in four years, his coach, Dave Esposito, proudly stated that the Lions had 14 wrestlers win at least one match at this year’s tournament.“If we have this s…
Boys hockey: North Haven scores three power-play goals to top Milford
NORTHFORD – As the postseason nears, it comes as no surprise special teams will play key roles for those who advance and those who do not. Looking to get in the postseason hunt, the North Haven boys hockey team proved this statement to be factual. Scoring three times on the power play and once while […]
Football: Foran names Tom Drew next head coach
Tom Drew was named Foran’s head football coach on Tuesday. Drew, who served as defensive coordinator at Law last season, replaces Jeff Bevino, who piloted the Lions’ program for the last 12 seasons. “Being in the building is huge for both building and maintaining a program,” said Drew, 33, who teaches special education at Foran. […]
Boys basketball: Foran qualifies for postseason for first time in five seasons
MILFORD – It has been a few too many years since the Foran boys basketball program has played in the postseason. That stretch is officially over. Jumping out to a 14-point lead, Foran rolled to a 66-50 Southern Connecticut Conference interdivision victory over Sheehan at Foran High Thursday evening. With the win, Foran improved to […]
Wrestling: Hand wins final six matches to beat Foran
MADISON — After six bouts, it looked as if Foran might stay undefeated in the Southern Connecticut Conference.From that point on, it was all Tigers as they won the next six matches, four by pinfall, to take a 37-30 victory over the Lions Wed…
Thursday’s gymnastics roundup: Foran edges Law
Foran 119.9, Law 116.0 (at Law) Vault: 1. Samantha Lambert (F) 8.2; 2. Lizzy Lombardi (L) 8.1; 3. Emma Jerue (F) 7.9; Bars: 1. Bri Laggis (F) 9.15; 2.Britney Lynch (F) 7.4; Lizzy Lombardi (L) 7.3; Beam: 1. Catherine Burns (L) 8.2; 2. Tie: Amanda Dew (L) and Samantha Lambert (F) 7.3; 3. Britney Lynch […]
West Haven woman charged with kicking basketball coach in groin at Foran High School
MILFORD — A West Haven woman was arrested at a girls basketball game Wednesday after she allegedly kicked a coach in the groin, police said. Tara Severino, 52, faces charges of assault and breach of peace. The incident took place at Foran High School, according to police records. Milford police did not release details regarding […]
Boys hockey: Branford scores short-handed, on power play twice each against Milford
MILFORD – As the season progresses, special teams usually plays a part in determining the success or failures of a team. Such was the case Saturday afternoon. Scoring twice on the power play and adding two more while short-handed, Branford rolled to a 6-2 victory over Milford in a Division II contest at the Milford […]
Wrestling: Foran wins three at Trumbull Duals
Law Duals (at Milford) Law 45, Notre Dame 27 106: McCourt, T (L) FFT; 113: No Match; 120: Bricoly (ND) Maj Dec Malin, C; 126: Delorio (L) Pin Johnson 2:42; 132: McCourt, S (L) Pin Stevenson; 138: Philian (ND) FFT; 145: Massi (ND) FFT; 152: Giantomidis, A (L) Pin Hughes 1:44; 160: Rosado (L) Pin […]
Girls basketball: Branford jumps out early, rolls past Foran
MILFORD – Branford girls basketball coach Justin Henry has been preaching to his team to get the ball inside. Knowing the outside shots come and go, Henry wants his team to focus on getting the easy buckets. The Hornets listened to his wishes as they jumped out to an early lead and rolled to a […]
Girls basketball: Shelton uses late run to top Foran
MILFORD — The start of a new season brings plenty of things to head coaches. Among them are the ability to see fresh faces and work on plenty of fundamentals.For both the Shelton and Foran girls basketball teams, there is plenty of time to f…
Diving: Foran’s Longley to continue career at West Virginia
Emma Longley, a senior at Foran, has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend West Virginia University as a member of the women’s swimming and diving team. Longley won the Class M Diving championships in both her junior and senior years at Foran. During the State Open, her record progressively improved over the years, […]
Football: Plaskon, Law rally past Foran to clinch improbable first state playoff berth
MILFORD — To make history, sometimes it takes a little magic. You need all the scores to break your way. You need the unexpected to go just right. You need your big players to be your big players. Everything aligned the way Law needed on Thursday morning, and the Lawmen are off to the CIAC […]
Football: Foran-Law Thanksgiving Day game packs plenty of intrigue and motivation
MILFORD — There are the obvious intracity motivations for a Thanksgiving Day rivalry football game, and this year’s Foran-Law game has a bunch of others on the side, too.It’s the last game for Foran coach Jeff Bevino, for one thing, and …
Football: Jeff Bevino announces Thanksgiving will be his last game as Foran’s head coach
Foran will have more to play for on Thanksgiving than just beating Law and salvaging a .500 season. Jeff Bevino, the Lions’ coach for the past 12 seasons, announced the game will be the last as head coach of the Lions. Bevino made the announcement to his friends on Facebook after breaking the news to […]
Football: Hillhouse holds on to beat Foran, keeps state playoff hopes alive
MILFORD — It was elimination night Friday night on a brutally cold and windy night at Foran.Neither Hillhouse or Foran could afford another loss this season if it was to have any chance to qualify for state football playoffs.With a 28-16 vic…
Girls Swimming: Foran’s Longley (M), Greenwich’s Russack (LL) win state diving championships
HARTFORD — Foran’s Emma Longley won the Class M diving championship for the second straight year Wednesday night at Bulkeley.Longley’s score of 458.90 set a Class M record. Bethel’s Farrah Volpintesta placed second (453.45) and five ot…
Girls soccer: Foran rallies to tie Law
MILFORD — With the field of eight already decided for the Southern Connecticut Conference girls soccer tournament, all that is left is determining the seedings. Going into Wednesday, Law could have finished anywhere from the second through s…
Football: Bogan, Sheehan stop Foran in see-saw battle
MILFORD — Sheehan and Foran, mirror images of each other as football teams, engaged in a battle of defenses in the first half of their showdown at the Vito DeVito Sports Complex Friday night. In the second half, both teams were praying to ge…
Football: Hutton rushes for 198 yards as Hand thumps Foran
MADISON – Sometimes a tough halftime talk is the perfect elixir. That was exactly the case Friday night as Hand scored 26 unanswered second half points en route to a 40-7 thumping of Foran in a Southern Connecticut Conference Tier 2 clash at the Surf Club. “We knew coming out we were the better team […]
Girls Soccer: Wootton, Law top Foran to remain unbeaten
MILFORD – It has been quite some time since the Law girls soccer team has been the talk of the city, let alone the Southern Connecticut Conference. The team may have to get used to it. Behind two goals by Grace Wootton and a stifling defense, Law won its fourth straight game with a 4-0 […]
Football: Foran rides Hubler again in victory over Harding
MILFORD — Foran High football coach Jeff Bevino is most comfortable when Jared Hubler has the ball in his hands. And even after two fumbles by the star quarterback, rest assured that mentality isn’t going to change.“He’s a leader, a wa…
Football: Hubler (5 TDs), Foran run over Brookfield for first victory
BROOKFIELD — Foran took the first punch, but responded to deliver one after another.Naturally, its quarterback was at the heart of it all. But this time on the ground.Senior Jared Hubler rushed for 241 yards and five touchdowns to lift Foran…
Girls Volleyball: Amity rallies in third to sweep Foran
MILFORD – Early in the season, teams are always searching for an identity. The Amity volleyball team may have needed just three matches to find what its about. Trailing 14-5 in the third game, Amity rallied to score 20 of the next 25 points to win the third game in a 25-11, 25-22, 25-19 victory […]
Football: Wilbur Cross holds off Foran
MILFORD — It was an inch or two, a link of a chain, a fortunate spot that might’ve erased Foran’s overgenerous first half and Wilbur Cross’ scuffling second. The Lions’ fourth-down attempt with 44.4 seconds left came up just short Friday night. Wilbur Cross held on for a 27-22 win to open the SCC football […]
Football: Time is now for Hubler, Foran
MILFORD — It’s senior year, and Foran quarterback Jared Hubler talked humbly at DeVito Field. He’s hoping to have a little fun this fall, he said, throw the ball around a bit. Throwing the ball around has traditionally been a strength for the Lions. They have been one of the most prolific offenses in the […]
Chip Malafronte: From worst to first, Foran turned a lucky break into a glorious state baseball championship
MIDDLETOWN [aesop_character img=”http://www.gametimect.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Screenshot-2016-06-11-23.02.15.png” caption=”CHIP MALAFROnTE” align=”right” force_circle=”off”] It wasn’t all that long ago when the season objective for the greatest Cinderella story in Connecticut high school history was quite simple and not terribly ambitious. “We were trying to avoid being the worst team in Foran baseball history,” senior co-captain Justin Lanese said. The Lions were […]
Class L baseball: Destiny's Darlings: Foran tops North Haven, caps off Cinderella run
MIDDLETOWN >> With the last putout at second base, the celebration started at Palmer Field. The Foran baseball team, a true Cinderella story, had set state high school baseball on its collective ear. The 8-2 win over North Haven for the Class L state championship Saturday night was not only the first in program history, […]
Class L baseball: Destiny’s Darlings: Foran tops North Haven, caps off Cinderella run
MIDDLETOWN >> With the last putout at second base, the celebration started at Palmer Field. The Foran baseball team, a true Cinderella story, had set state high school baseball on its collective ear. The 8-2 win over North Haven for the Class L state championship Saturday night was not only the first in program history, […]
Baseball: Saturday's 2017 CIAC Championship preview capsules
CLASS L No. 32 FORAN (11-13) vs. No. 7 NORTH HAVEN (18-6) When: Saturday, 7 p.m. Where: Palmer Field, Middletown Internet: NFHSNetwork.com (subscription required) Championship game appearances: This is Foran’s first trip to a state title game since 1977, when it lost to Naugatuck in the Class L finals, 3-1. It’s North Haven’s seventh trip […]
Baseball: Saturday’s 2017 CIAC Championship preview capsules
CLASS L No. 32 FORAN (11-13) vs. No. 7 NORTH HAVEN (18-6) When: Saturday, 7 p.m. Where: Palmer Field, Middletown Internet: NFHSNetwork.com (subscription required) Championship game appearances: This is Foran’s first trip to a state title game since 1977, when it lost to Naugatuck in the Class L finals, 3-1. It’s North Haven’s seventh trip […]
Baseball: No. 32 seed Foran continues miraculous run, beats Watertown to reach Class L final
HARTFORD >> Two outs and no one on doesn’t usually lead to a productive inning. Then again, losing 11 of your first 12 games in a season doesn’t usually lead to a trip to the state championship game. For Foran, there doesn’t seem to be any obstacle it can’t overcome right now. The Lions kept […]
Softball: No. 1 Cheshire guts out win over Foran, clinches SCC Hammonasset title
Final. Cheshire 3, Foran 2 #ctsb pic.twitter.com/VzrINWkpI2 — Mike Madera (@MikeMadera2) May 17, 2017 MILFORD – Just when you think you have the Cheshire softball team down and out, the Rams find another gear. Foran found that out firsthand Wednesday afternoon. Trailing by two runs, and having done very little through five innings of play, […]
Football: Foran's Huber signs to play at New Haven
Foran wide receiver Brett Huber has signed a national letter of intent to play football at New Haven next fall, the school announced Wednesday. Huber finished with a state-record 107 receptions in his senior season, for 1,142 yards and eight touchdowns. He also ran for eight touchdowns and threw one touchdown pass to earn All-Area […]
Softball: DeSousa, Foran edge Guilford, punch state tournament tickets
MILFORD – Foran coach Stephanie Dawid has been looking for her team to come up with a clutch hit or two. Dawid got what she was looking for. Behind clutch hitting from Hailey LaForte and Alexis James, and the solid pitching of Makenna Prete, the Lions topped Guilford 2-1 in a Southern Connecticut Conference Hammonaset […]
Wrestling: MVP Michael Ross pulled off life reversal to become one of state's best
Imagine this. Take Notre Dame-West Haven basketball phenom Tremont Waters and multiply his artistry and dominance on the hardwood by 10. That, Foran wrestling coach Dave Esposito says, was Michael Ross’ 2016-17 season on a wrestling mat. Have you heard of Ross? Probably not unless you’re a state wrestling aficionado, or — more to the […]
The 2016-17 New Haven Register All-Area Wrestling Team
••• The 2016-17 New Haven Register Area Wrestling team. Capsules by Joe Morelli. Photos by Catherine Avalone and Peter Hvizdak. Designed by Sean Patrick Bowley. ••• Stats: Senior finished 45-0 at 152 pounds, winning both the SCC and Class M state championship meets for the third time and in addition, taking home the State Open and […]
Casey-O'Brien New Haven County Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar Athletes announced
The 57th anniversary of the Casey-O’Brien New Haven County Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame will be on Friday March 31 at Fantasia, 404 Washington Ave, North Haven. A reception will begin at 5:30 pm a with the march to the head table at 6:30 pm. Twenty-seven high school and […]
Former Foran softball star Danni Kemp, 19, dies during battle with brain cancer
MILFORD >> Former student athlete Danielle “Danni” Kemp, 19, lost her battle Friday to a rare, inoperable brain tumor, but remained brave and humorous to the end, her uncle, Bradley Taylor said. Taylor said Danni, who was “nice to everybody” and “never complained,” was admitted to the hospital this week in preparation for a procedure […]
Warde's Brancato, former Foran standout Kemp to receive CSWA Bob Casey Courage Awards at Gold Key Dinner
Fairfield Warde High School senior Giacomo Brancato and Foran High School graduate Danni Kemp have been selected as the Connecticut Sports Writers’ Alliance Bob Casey Courage Award winners. They will be honored at the 76th Gold Key Dinner on April 30 at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. Brancato was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma in […]
Class M Wrestling: Ellis Tech claims first state title over defending champion Foran; Guilford 3rd
GUILFORD >> Foran’s reign as the CIAC Class M wrestling champion is over, but barely. Ellis Tech of Danielson won four matches in the finals to beat the defending champion Lions and win the Class M crown before a packed house Saturday night at the Kenefick Gymnasium. The Golden Eagles took the top spot with 213.5 […]
Wrestling: Xavier reclaims SCC championship, wins fifth title in last six tournaments
Four Xavier wrestlers were crowned league champions as the Falcons reclaimed the Southern Connecticut Championship Saturday at Wilbur Cross. Xavier, which came in second to Foran last year, won its fifth SCC title in seven years. Before that the Falcons had won four straight, not including the canceled tournament in 2013. Three of Xavier’s champions — Ronan […]
#Tweet-Your-Buzzer-Beaters: David Berritto's hustle helps Shelton boys steal victory from Foran
Shelton/Foran Boys Basketball PINK GAME. Shelton wins at the buzzer! 63-61 #Gaelpride, #scc, #buzzerbeater, #ct126 pic.twitter.com/6ummBCHX49 — Shelton Athletics (@sheltongaelsAD) February 11, 2017 Typically buzzer beaters are produced by singular heroics. Maybe a guard beats his man up top for the game-winning drive or, even better, the winning 3-pointer. Or maybe a forward will drive […]
Hockey: Bishop, Cheshire swarm over Milford
MILFORD – The season thus far for the Cheshire hockey team has been a streaky one. With losses coming in groups, the Rams were looking to avoid their second straight defeat. Scoring two goals apiece in all three periods, Cheshire defeated Milford 6-1 in a Southern Connecticut Conference Division II contest at the Milford Ice […]
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