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SHELTON – Enfield never let up in winning its Class L boys’ volleyball semifinal 3-0 over CCC rival Glastonbury on Tuesday. No. 2 seed Enfield (18-1) will play No. 1 seed Darien (19-0) for the title on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Xavier. Enfield played a familiar foe in CCC opponent Glastonbury. Coach July Joslin’s […]
SOUTHINGTON – Two weeks ago, Southington softball second baseman Alison Rembish fractured her hand during practice when a ball bounced awkwardly and hit her hand. She missed the Central Connecticut Conference tournament and wasn’t sure if she would be able to play in the CIAC Class LL softball tournament. “I wanted to play in the […]
NEW CANAAN — There may not have been any North Carolina blue at Dunning Field when the New Canaan girls lacrosse team hosted Glastonbury on Saturday, but it was two future Tar Heels who got the ball rolling on the opening …
MILESTONES
Anna Makover, Brien McMahon: The senior captain scored her 100th and 101st career goals during the Senators’ 16-4 victory over Danbury last…
Top performers
Jack Szabo, Pomperaug: His 1-over-par 37 at Connecticut Golf Club helped Pomperaug defeat Bethe…
Emma Abbazia, Greenwich: The freshman had eight goals and three assists as the Cardinals started the season 2-1. That included a four-goal, one-assist performance in an 11-10 win over Staples in the seas…
Staples at Darien, Friday, 4 p.m.: The Wreckers, who lost to Wilton on Wednesday, face another challenge against defending FCIAC and Class L champion Darien.
Guilford a…
Daniel Hand at Cheshire, Friday, 6 p.m.: Two of the SCC’s traditional powers come into this game with matching 3-1 records. Hand has won three straight since a season-opening loss to Ludlowe, while Chesh…
In a season where you’d expect teams to be finding themselves, guess who looks exactly like the team they always are? Unanimous No. 1 Darien remains unanimous No. 1 Darien after the first 10 days of boys lacrosse. The Blue Wave took care of a couple of top-10 opponents over the past week. After No. […]
DARIEN — One of the benefits of having a boys lacrosse program as deep as the one in Darien is the natural flow from season to season.
As coach Jeff Brameier tells it, players come in each spring knowing ho…
BOYS
Colin Barrett, Avon, Sr.: Finished fifth at the 2019 Division II championship meet.
Sebastian Beaver, Ridgefield, So.: Should be a key factor in …
Raegan Bailey, Sr., A, Cheshire: The senior attack collected 52 goals and 21 assists as a sophomore and will again be key for the Rams’ offense this spring. She is a returning All-State second team and All-SCC first team s…
The theme in the run-up to the 2021 boys lacrosse season, with 672 (your favorite dirty adjective) days between the 2019 Class L final and the six games scheduled for Saturday morning at 10: Nobody really knows anything… Nobody, except that Darien is No. 1 in the GameTimeCT poll, a unanimous choice to start the […]
The 2021 All-Central Connecticut Conference Winter Teams. This post will be updated as more teams are released. BOYS BASKETBALL REGION A Riley Fox, Fr., Conard Ty Calloway, Sr., Enfield Matthew Walker, Sr., Hall Will Gaumer, Jr., Hall Andre Timothe, Sr., Hartford Public Matt Curtis, Jr., Northwest Catholic Hayden Abdulah, Jr., Northwest Catholic Amarre Spence, Sr., […]
GOALIES Blythe Novick, Sr. (New Canaan), Grace Nowak, Jr. (West Haven/SHA). DEFENSE Caroline Cadelina, Sr. (Amity), Riley Esposito, Jr. (Northwest Catholic), Mackenzie Gardner, Sr. (West Haven/SHA), McKenna Harden, Sr. (New Canaan), Shelby Little, Jr. (Avon), Megan McCarthy, Sr. (Trumbull/St. Joseph), Mary McKiernan, Jr. (Glastonbury). FORWARDS Kate Bellissimo, Sr. (Darien), Mackenzie Chapman, Jr. (Simsbury), Jianna Cohrs, […]
Here is an idea: Find a high school gymnasium somewhere in the middle of the state, invite the top four teams in the GameTimeCT Girls Basketball Poll including their coaches and trainers, nine officials to work 3 games, a scoreboard operator and someone to do the scorebook. Nobody else. Then roll the ball out and decide on […]
Frank Usseglio, coach of the ETB Storm girls ice hockey team, was scrolling through the Twitter timeline, something he said he tends to do when he has “nothing to do,” and he came across a familiar name. “Western New England was introducing their players for the new program and there’s Maggie Gould of Hamden,” Usseglio […]
Katie Farr, Coginchaug: Had a hat trick in the Blue Devils 6-0 win over Hale-Ray.
Taylor Gambardella, Guilford: Marist-bound senior led a defense that posted three shutouts this week against Branford (0-0),…
GameTimeCT · Just for Kicks Podcast: Season 3, Episode 3: Glasonbury boys soccer coach Mark Landers On the latest episode of the Just for Kicks high school soccer podcast, Scott Ericson and Joe Morelli are joined by Glastonbury boys soccer coach Mark Landers. Coach Landers is coming off his 300th career win and he joins […]
Linsey Arends, Woodstock Academy, Jr. 2019 Class MM championship meet runner-up with a time of 20:14, finished 33rd in State Open as a sophomore. Peyton Bornstein, Tolland, Jr. Finished fourth in the Class M Championship with a time of 20:08, helping lead Tolland to a State Title with teammate Calista Mayer Elisabeth Brown, Sheehan, […]
Tess Albrecht, Norwalk, Sr., F: Scored 36 goals and had 17 assists in leading the Bears to the CIAC Class L semifinals last season. Two-time CHSCA All-State, GameTimeCT All-State and All-FCIAC selection.
La…
Maddie Bergin, North Haven: Bergin, a senior, finished third in the 50-yard freestyle at the 2019 State Open (23.90 seconds) and took fourth in the 100 freestyle (52.31). Bergin won both the Class M 50 (24.01) and 100 free…
Chris Akindura, Naugatuck, Sr. F: The three-year starter is one of the most dangerous scoring threats in the state and could be the best player in the NVL. All-NVL in 2019.
Max Baer, Barlow, Sr. M: The All-…
Chloe Landers of Glastonbury High School has been named the Gatorade Connecticut Girls Soccer Player of the Year. Landers is the second player to be chosen from Glastonbury. The award recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field. The 5-foot-6 senior […]
The Cheshire and Glastonbury boys lacrosse teams came up with an innovative way to compete on Friday during this time of social distancing. Well-played by both programs. Below is a string of tweets and Instagram posts to recap the wall ball challenge. If you are doing something unique and fun, or creative and charitable, let […]
With the cancelation of the CIAC’s winter sports tournaments due to the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the country, athletes whose seasons were cut short have had to come to grips with the pain of the decision. In Glastonbury, Erin Cabana, the school’s sports show reporter, sat down with senior basketball player Quinn O’Connor and talked with […]
GIRLS GYMNASTICS
CT ALL-LEAGUE TEAMS 2019-20
ALL-FCIAC GYMNASTS
First Team
Ava Mancini, Lu…
2019-20 CHSCA All-State Girls Gymnastics teams
FIRST TEAM
(in alphabetical order)
Kaitlyn Abbey (East Lyme Co-op); Alison Albanese (Cogincha…
WESTPORT — For three quarters Glastonbury did about everything it could to frustrate top-seeded Staples in the quarterfinals of the Class LL girls basketball tournament Monday night. The Tomahawks cut down passing lanes an…
