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With a couple teams taking their first loss of the season this past week, the girls volleyball coaches poll sees some shuffling around in this latest edition. Amity and Haddam-Killingworth suffered their first defeats of 2016 in the past week, but the two teams went in opposite directions. Amity fell from No. 4 to 6 […]
HIGGANUM >> The Haddam-Killingworth girls volleyball team’s dream of an undefeated season came to end Monday night. Defending Shoreline Conference champion Hale Ray snapped the Cougars 18-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory before a raucous crowd at the H-K Fieldhouse. It was evident from the outset that the senior-laden Noises were a different club […]
The top seven spots in the girls volleyball coaches poll remain the same this week. Farmington — who has yet to drop a set this season — remains No. 1. Greenwich lost its first match of the season on Monday to Stamford in five sets, but stayed at No. 2 and RHAM is third. SCC […]
HARTFORD >> Too much speed, too much size and — according to Haddam-Killingworth coach Mike Baklik, too much heart — added up to a blowout 54-21 win by SMSA/University/Classical cooperative over the Cougars at Dillon Stadium Thursday evening. “I was hoping we would have two good weeks with our bye coming off a win,” Baklik […]
Back and forth they go, but this time Farmington got the upper hand on rival RHAM. The Indians defeated previously No. 1 RHAM in straight sets — 25-17, 25-17, 25-20 — on Oct. 7 and thus taking over the top spot in this girls volleyball coaches poll. RHAM won the last head-to-head match 3-2 in […]
HIGGANUM >> Just two years removed from a magical Shoreline Conference and state championship season, the Haddam-Killingworth girls volleyball team is enjoying another terrific campaign this fall. The Cougars won their 11th straight contest, dismantling longtime rival Morgan 25-15, 25-10 and 25-17 on Wednesday night at the H-K Fieldhouse. H-K’s 11-0 start has included an […]
The contents of the top-10 remain mostly the same this week, but almost all the teams are in different places except for the one constant of RHAM holding the top spot once again. Greenwich jumped from fourth to second with a win over Ridgefield, but despite the sweep, the Tigers moved up from seventh to […]
The first edition of this poll last week saw first-place votes being thrown all over the place. This week RHAM has garnered a majority of the top votes and has taken a healthy lead in the No. 1 spot. Most of the top-10 remains the same except for two losses dropping Bristol Central from fifth […]
HIGGANUM >> Haddam-Killingworth scored 26 unanswered points in the second half and rallied past Coginchaug, 33-22, in a Pequot Conference contest Thursday night at Haddam-Killingworth High School. Cougars senior Noah Vinci scored three touchdowns, senior quarterback Jon Grasso tossed a pair of TDs and senior Alex Segaline had a game-high 126 yards rushing with one […]
Thursday’s Star Jason Raunikar, Westbrook boys soccer: He had three goals in a 4-1 win over Portland. [polldaddy poll=”9534284″] Vote for Monday’s Star of the Day until 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Haddam-Killingworth 5, Canton 4 (OT) (at Higganum) Canton 1 3 0 — 4 Haddam-Kill. 2 2 1 — 5 First half—HK: Celia Payfa 24:27; Brinley Anderson 12:53; can: Abby Charron (Grace Giancola) 7:08; Second half—HK: Brinley Anderson (Bella Cosenza) 27:30; Bella Cosenza 25:31; can: Abby Charron 23:14; Elizabeth Raynor 18:09; Grace Giancola 11:22; First overtime—HK: […]
In the first girls volleyball coaches poll of the 2016 season RHAM is on top, but first place votes are scattered throughout the top 10 and even beyond. No. 2 Amity and No. 4 Greenwich are the two other teams to receive multiple 1st-place votes, but nine teams in total — including three outside the […]
Monday’s star Alexa Cornacchia, Hamden Hall girls soccer: Scored four goals in Hamden Hall’s 6-2 win over Westover. [polldaddy poll=”9528918″] Vote for Tuesday’s star until 9 p.m. Wednesday.
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 […]
Seven coaches, one athletic director, one media member and a legendary military member and state athlete will be honored as 2016 inductees to the Connecticut High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame at its 40th annual ceremony on Nov. 17 at the Aqua Turf in Southington at 7 p.m. Athletic Director Elaine Biercevicz Piazza, coaches […]
OLD SAYBROOK – Old Saybrook/Westbrook football coach Mike Marone insists that his team has a pretty good passing game. There was no need to use it Saturday afternoon as the Rams piled up close to 400 yards rushing en route to a 41-13 bashing of Haddam-Killingworth in the season opener for both teams. “We have […]
Vitals Coach: MIKE BAKLIK (third year) Conference: Pequot Sassacus – South Playoff Class: S (289 boys enrollment) Home: HK High School, Higganum 2015 Record: 5-5 2016 Kickoff: Sept. 10 at Old Saybrook/Westbrook, 12 p.m. Team website: MaxPreps Top players ALEX SEGALINE, Sr., QB/DB (5-11, 180) JON GRASSO, Sr., DE (6-2, 200) TREVOR BROCHU, Sr., LB (5-9, 170) AUSTIN MAHLER, Sr., OL/DL (6-0, 250) KEVIN DOUGHERTY, Sr., […]
The 2016 New Haven Register All-Area Girls Lacrosse Team. Compiled by Dan Nowak. Portraits by New Haven Register Staff. Most Valuable Player Meghan Dutchyshyn Cheshire, Sr., Attack Stats: Scored nearly three quarters of the team’s goal the first third of the season. Ended up with 63 goals and three assists last season and ended up as […]
BERLIN >> The Wolcott baseball team was seemingly able to hit whatever Haddam-Killingworth pitchers through at them on Tuesday in the semifinals of the Class M state tournament. The eighth-seeded Eagles sprayed 13 hits all over Sgt. Zipadelli Field and came away with a 10-1 win over fourth-seeded Haddam-Killingworth to advance to their first state […]
HADDAM >> Before the high school baseball season began, Haddam-Killingworth coach Mark Brookes said he wasn’t sure what he had with this year’s team. Turns out what he has is an elite, Class M Final Four club, one that’s one win away from playing for a state championship. Brookes’ No. 4 ranked Cougars saw to […]
MOODUS >> Haddam-Killingworth outlasted Nathan Hale-Ray, 9-6, in a quarterfinal round game of the Shoreline Conference softball playoffs at Lou Milardo Field Thursday to advance to today’s semifinal round at No. 1 ranked North Branford. The game was far from an artistic success as the teams combined for 11 errors — eight by the winning […]
HIGGANUM >> The Cromwell baseball team sure picked a good time to end a late season swoon. Powered by a terrific complete game pitching performance from senior Amir Nitowski and an opportunistic offense that scored three runs in the top of the sixth, the Panthers upset top-seeded Haddam-Killingworth, 5-2, in the Shoreline Conference tournament quarterfinals […]
HIGGANUM >> After a nine-game winning streak, the Haddam-Killingworth softball team has fallen onto some hard times. Jeff Talbott’s team dropped its first two, ripped off nine in a row, but since has dropped four of six, including a 6-2 Shoreline Conference decision to The Morgan School Wednesday afternoon. “What happened to us, and it […]
CROMWELL >> When you can relax and just play the game good things usually happen. That was the mindset the Haddam-Killingworth baseball team had on Wednesday at Fran Monnes Field. Coming off back-to-back losses, the Cougars returned to form by pounding out 15 hits — eight by the bottom three spots in the order — and […]
Stephanie Dawid wanted to create a positive environment in her first year as head coach at Foran. So far, so good. “I wanted to create a team that enjoyed what they were doing, and one that liked being around each other,” Dawid said. “I think we already accomplished that, which is cool.” Dawid, a Foran […]
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 […]
HIGGANUM >> Coming into this season, long-time Haddam-Killingworth baseball coach Mark Brookes didn’t know what he had for a team. Eight games in, he’s starting to figure out it’s a good one. After beating Valley Regional on Wednesday 4-2, the Cougars are 8-0 and off to their best start since 2010 when they went 19-1 […]
The 2015-16 New Haven Register All-Area Gymnastics Team. Compiled by Joe Morelli. Photos by Arnold Gold. Most Valuable Player Madison Clark Sacred Heart Academy, junior Stats: Won the all-around competition at the SCC championship meet with a score of 35.8. Also won the floor exercise (9.1), took third in the uneven bars (8.7) and […]
The 2015-16 New Haven Register All-Area Boys Track and Field Team. Compiled by Register Staff. Photos by Arnold Gold and Catherine Avalone. Most Valuable Performer Shane O’Connor North Haven, senior Stats: Won the shot put at the State Open (49-10.5, personal best), the Class L meet (48-0.5) and SCC meet (47-4.5). Was 11th in the […]
