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Staples coach Dan Woog has been around the Staples boys soccer program in one form or another since his playing days in the early 1970s. He has never been a part of a game quite like the one Wednesday, as No. 18 Staples rallied from down two goals to beat No. 1 Glastonbury 3-2 in […]
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STAPLES TOUGH IN A TOUGH CLASS L
Class L is loaded with talented teams but the one to beat is still No. 4 seed Staples with its depth and standouts in every phase of th…
5 STORYLINES TO WATCH
FOUR HAND
Winning a state title is not easy. Winning three straight puts you among the all-time great teams, but four straight state championships? You have to go back …
As fun and exciting as the regular season is, the postseason provides girls swimming teams such as Daniel Hand even more opportunities to display its depth and skills.
“The season has gone really well for o…
MANCHESTER — Xavier senior Robbie Cozean expected Saturday’s Wickham Invitational to be a strenuous one, with Manchester’s Aidan Puffer slated to run against him in the final dress rehersal before the postseason begins.
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TOP PERFORMANCES
Zoe Baker, Hall: Baker took top honors in the diving event in Hall’s matchup vs. Middletown, earning 219.65 points.
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TOP SWIMMING PERFORMANCES
Anne Bowens, Staples: A senior, Bowens recorded winning times in the 50-meter freestyle (28.11) and 100 breaststroke (1:21.82) for the Wreckers in their victory over Danbury.
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Notre Dame-Fairfield graduated 10 players off a team that went 9-3-4 in the regular season and reached the semifinals of the CIAC Class S semifinals.
Replacing that kind of turnover would be difficult at an…
NORWICH — Austin Richards missed his entire junior season at Norwich Free Academy with an arm injury and didn’t really get back to throwing with his receivers until January. He spent the last eight months catching up, playing pitch and catch with NFA’s talented returning receiving corps. Two games into the 2019 season, they still […]
Alec Hughes of Glastonbury talks after his hat trick #ctbsoc pic.twitter.com/CtDlq5uwUS — Scott Ericson (@EricsonSports) September 20, 2019 GLASTONBURY — According to Glastonbury boys soccer coach Mark Landers, the Tomahawks have a long way to go before they reach their potential. That should be a scary thought for soccer teams not only in the CCC, […]
Chris Akinduro, Naugatuck, Jr. F: Two-year starter scored 11 goals with four assists as a sophomore.
Ben Carlson, Foran, Sr. D: Carlson has been chosen for the ODP regional team, making him one of the top d…
The following are 25 high school field hockey players to watch this season in Connecticut. The list includes players representing CIAC schools and is in alphabetical order.
Tessa Albrecht, Norwalk, Jr., F: …
Ella Bradford, Hamden, senior: Finished sixth in the 1,600 at the Class LL meet during the outdoor season. Is the fastest returner in the SCC after taking second in the race last year; took 20th in Class LL.
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Chris Abbey, East Lyme, senior: Captured the ECC title last fall, before taking second place in Class MM.
Nick Bendsten, Wolcott, junior: The defending NVL champion, he finished ninth in Class M. Only two o…
HAMDEN — The football teams from Hamden, Glastonbury, Guilford and Stratford met at Joe Bruno Field on Thursday afternoon to practice against each other. The season begins in two weeks and teams are scrimmaging across the state to prepare. Make sure to stay up to date with all the football team previews here 2019 […]
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 […]
[Vitals] COACH — ERIC HENNESSY (1st year) CONFERENCE — CCC Division I East PLAYOFF CLASS — Class LL (979 boys enrollment) HOME — Glastonbury HS 2018 RECORD — 5-5 2019 OPENER — Sept. 13 vs. Manchester, 7 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — Maxpreps [Top Players] BRANDON MYERS, Sr., LB/RB (5-11, 205) BRANDON VALDES, Sr., QB/WR (5-10, […]
GLASTONBURY — Every point Glastonbury kicker Ryan Smith scores this season will have more impact than on the scoreboard. When the ball goes through the uprights off the foot of Smith, money will be donated toward pediatric cancer research. “We strive to our players to become servant/leaders,” first-year Glastonbury head coach Eric Hennessy said. […]
The Glastonbury boys soccer team will begin the season nationally ranked. The Tomahawks were the only Connecticut team ranked in the USA TODAY/United Soccer Coaches Super 25 Fall Rankings coming in at No. 25 Glastonbury finished last season 16-3-2, winning the CIAC Class LL championship 1-0 over Hall. It was the fifth state title in […]
Not surprisingly, the NISCA Girls High School Swimming All-America list includes numerous Connecticut athletes, one of whom is Greenwich standout Meghan Lynch.
A rising junior, Lynch earned All-American acc…
Brunswick School’s swimming season featured a wealth of personal-record times, first-place finishes and as the recently released NISCA list shows, all-American performances.
The National Interscholastic Coa…
The NISCA recently released its girls and boys All-America diving lists and Connecticut was certainly well represented.
Kevin Bradley of Norwalk, New Canaan’s Jackson Camporin, Glastonbury’s Ethan Godfrey, …
CCC ALL-CCC WEST DIVISION: Ryan Roller (Conard); Erik Youngstrom (Conard); Brian Liao (Farmington); Sachit Sabapathy (Farmington); Scott Touhy (Farmington); Brennan George (Hall); Leonel Caceres (Newington); Louis Egbuna (Newington); Mason Romano (Newington); Ethan Basch (Simsbury); Joe Bargman (Simsbury); Zack Morgan (Southington); Tim Walsh (Southington); Adam Hunter (Southington). ALL-CCC EAST DIVISION: Chaddane Williams (Bloomfield); Emmanuel Goods (Bloomfield); Kai Haughton […]
Player of the Year: Logan Carstens, Staples CLASS L Aldane Burke, East Hartford Ardian Kodzodziku, Newtown David Niski, Shelton Eric Moore, Newtown Jake Harasyko, Glastonbury Kayque Jorge, Danbury Logan Carstens, Staples Owen Edminster, Warde Piers Roofthooft, Darien Rob Morrill, Newtown Ryan Roller, Conard Tim Walsh, Southington Tyler Herget, Darien Zack Morgan, Southington CLASS M Aiden […]
NEW BRITAIN — There was domination and there was history as the Class LL Outdoor Track Boys and Girls Championships concluded Thursday after a second day of competition at Willowbrook Park.
The Danbury High…
GLASTONBURY — From his days playing youth lacrosse all the way up until now, Wilton senior Andrew Calebrese has built his All-America reputation as a fearless goaltender. The Naval Academy recruit is famous (infamous?) for his aggressive play in Fairfield County circles, for sure. And in Wednesday’s Class L lacrosse tournament’s first round, he made […]
A wild week in Connecticut boys lacrosse has resulted in some adjustments, but not enough to drop Darien from the top spot in the latest GameTimeCT Top 10 poll as the state tournaments get underway. Darien’s 4-3 loss to Wilton ended the Blue Wave’s run of five-straight FCIAC championships, paving the way for New Canaan […]
For three months, we’ve followed 98 teams’ battle to get to McMahon in mid-June. In a week, we’ll be down to 12. Who’ll be the three celebrating CIAC boys lacrosse titles?
Class L
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There’s little time to dilly dally. There are league playoff games involving top 10 teams going on the day this poll is being written. So here’s the short of it: No. 2 Ridgefield faces No. 3 New Canaan and No. 1 Darien plays surging, No. 7 Wilton — which toppled No. 8 Staples in the […]
