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The 2019 Connecticut Technical Conference boys basketball tournament will begin Thursday, Feb. 21 with a play-in round between No. 9 seed Grasso Tech at No. 8 seed Bullard-Havens. The CTC quarterfinals will be held Tuesday, Feb. 26 and continue with semifinals Feb. 28 both at sites of the higher seeds. Boys Basketball League Tournament Hub […]
Vitals COACH — JOE CEFARATTI CONFERENCE — CTC PLAYOFF CLASS — S (Co-Op) HOME — Palmer Field, Middletown 2017 RECORD — 1-9 2018 OPENER — Sept. 14 vs. ATI, 6 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — Maxpreps Top Players MARK FRANCIS, Sr., QB (5-8, 215) NEHEMIAH BROWN, Sr., RB (5-7, 155) LATRELL LINDSAY, Sr., RB/S (6-0, 185) […]
David Plourde struck out 11 and didn’t allow a hit in Goodwin Tech’s 6-0 win over Windham Tech on Wednesday. Plourde allowed one base-runner on an error in the fourth inning, but immediately picked him off. He faced the minimum in a seven inning game. Goodwin Tech scored three runs in the first inning on […]
MIDDLETOWN >> The Vinal Tech/East Hampton/Goodwin Tech football team ran out of time on Saturday afternoon. Trailing Quinebaug Valley 20-14 with less than a minute to play, Bellhawks senior quarterback James Tharin engineered a potential game-winning drive with a nifty first down run and a pair of clutch first down completions. When sophomore Nehemiah Brown […]
MIDDLETOWN >> It’s no contest, the happiest man in town is Vinal Tech football coach Joe Cefaratti. “I’m very happy, I’m ecstatic,” Cefaratti proclaimed after his cooperative team from Vinal Tech, East Hampton and Goodwin Tech defeated Wolcott Tech/Housatonic Regional/Wamogo, 27-18 at Palmer Field Friday night. “I was so pleased with how we moved the […]
MIDDLETOWN >> The headliners in the area this week are both in the city: Wethersfield at Middletown and West Haven at Xavier. Both MHS and Xavier are in everybody’s Top 10 and both must win to stay there. In other games, Cromwell/Portland and Valley Regional/Old Lyme look to go to 2-0, while Haddam-Killingworth, Coginchaug and […]
Here is the list of all the no-hitters/perfect games thrown in Connecticut high school baseball during the 2016 season. If you or your team has a performance to be added to the list, leave a note in the comments and we’ll add it. Justin Gallicchio Northwest Catholic (April 8): On just 93 pitches, the Bryant […]
MIDDLETOWN >> When Vinal Tech’s leading scorer Juwan Bennett went to the bench early in the third quarter with a hip injury, joining senior forward Curtis Anderson, who was already out with a broken foot, the Hawks looked more like a MASH unit than a team on the verge of making the Class L state […]
TORRINGTON >> Goodwin Tech’s boys basketball team beat Wolcott Tech 53-31 in a game that spotlights the challenges involved in the Constitution State Conference. The CSC, largely composed of tech schools and magnet schools across the state, has very successful basketball teams in their midst, highlighted by Capital Prep in Hartford. The two teams at […]
LITCHFIELD >> Wamogo’s boys basketball team capped a doubleheader at Wamogo High School with a 44-42 win over Litchfield Friday night. The Warriors led by six after three quarters. Litchfield rorared back with a 17-13 quarter, not quite enough. Garrett Coe had 13 for Wamogo (4-3); Max Loomis, 12. Ryan O’Neill scored 15; Barndon Hookstadt, […]
MERIDEN >> The senior captains held the trophy high into the air as their euphoric teammates surrounded them, all smiling faces covered with sweat. Somewhere in this sea of jubilation stood Vinal Tech/East Hampton/Goodwin Tech coach Joe Cefaratti, his jacket soaked from the traditional post-game Gatorade shower. The Bellhawks didn’t win a state championship. But […]
MIDDLETOWN >> Vinal Tech/East Hampton/Goodwin Tech stayed with Woodstock Academy through three quarters, but in the end it was the speed of Woodstock Academy — and too much Kameron Janice — that turned out to be more than the Bellhawks could handle. Woodstock won the game, 35-14, for its first win and handed the Bellhawks […]
MIDDLETOWN >> No surprise here. Capital Prep/Achievement First, fresh off its 2014 Class-S Small state championship, dispatched Vinal Tech/East Hampton/Goodwin Tech 44-0 in a Constitution State Conference game in front of 250 spectators at Palmer Field Saturday afternoon. “No, not unexpected,” VT/EH/GT coach Joe Cefaratti said. “But I am a little disappointed with our upperclassmen […]
MIDDLETOWN >> The high school football season opens tonight and all the area teams are in action. If there is a theme involving the three city teams, it’s concern about the offensive line. Xavier’s Sean Marinan, Middletown’s Sal Morello, and Vinal’s Joe Cefaratti all expressed concern about the guys up front. In all cases, it’s […]
MIDDLETOWN >> The high school football season is right around the corner and peeking at our local teams’ schedules we found that Xavier plays two games at West Haven’s Ken Strong Stadium and none at their sparkling new on-campus field; the Coginchaug versus Cromwell Thanksgiving Day battle is no more; defending Class S champion Valley […]
Preview page for the 2015 CSC Football season. Note: Links to team previews will be updated as previews are published throughout the month. Team-by-Team Previews Abbott Tech/Immaculate Bassick Bullard-Havens Capital/Achievement Cheney Tech Harding O’Brien Tech Platt Tech Prince Tech Quinebaug Valley (Putnam/Tourellotte/Ellis Tech) Thames River (Norwich Tech/St. Bernard/Grasso Tech) Vinal/East Hampton/Goodwin Wilcox Tech Wolcott Tech (sub-varsity in 2015) Team-by-Team […]
MIDDLETOWN >> Three key plays, plus a big night by Quinebaug Valley’s star running back Raiff Santerre, spelled defeat for Vinal/East Hampton/Goodwin at Palmer Field Friday night. Santerre ran for 209 yards on 37 carries as Quinebaug Valley beat the Bellhawks, 20-6, in a Constitution State Conference game in front of a small crowd of […]
MIDDLETOWN >> After losing five fumbles in the first quarter, the Vinal Tech/East Hampton/Goodwin Tech football team never had a chance Friday night. Bullard Havens Tech senior running back Jose Cotto scored three touchdowns and senior quarterback Chris McNamara returned from an injury to toss three touchdown passes as the Tigers blasted the Bellhawks, 44-0, […]
MIDDLETOWN >> So how good is the Vinal Tech/East Hampton/Goodwin Tech cooperative football team? Coach Joe Ceferatti thought a minute, then said, “We’re good. We’re getting there and we’re getting good results.” That assessment came after his Bellhawks won their third game a row, a 47-14 demolition of O’Brien Tech of Ansonia at Palmer Field […]
Vitals Coach: Joe Cefaratti Conference: CSC Playoff Class: L (671 boys enrollment) Home: Palmer Field, Middletown 2013 Record: 5-5 2014 Kickoff: Prince Tech, Sept. 12, 7:30 p.m. Team website: MaxPreps page Top players Austin Mann, Sr., QB/S Amos Talbott, Sr., OL/LB Eli Gates, Sr., OL/DL Wilson Nickel, Sr., C Outlook There’s reason to believe that this […]
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 […]
CSC Master Schedule Abbott Tech/Immaculate (no link provided yet) Bullard Havens Tech Capital/Achievement Cheney Tech O’Brien Tech Platt Tech Prince Tech Quinebaug Valley Vinal/East Hampton/Goodwin Wilcox Tech Wolcott Tech Note: Whitney Tech schedule is listed only for JV.
GIRLS SOCCER Torrington 2 Seymour 1 >> Torrington girls traveled to Seymour on Wednesday evening and escaped with a 2-1 victory. Torrington scored first when Taylor Pestritto was taken down in the box and converted the penalty kick. Emily manchester added a unassisted goal to make it 2-0 before Torrington allowed a late goal by […]
