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TAKING OVER THE HELM
Several coaching changes took place since the 2019 high school girls swimming season concluded, one of which occurred at Lauralton Hall. Fran Pfeiffer who coached at Lauralton Hall for …
The Southern Connecticut Conference is moving forward with plans to start a 7 on 7 football league some time in October. League commissioner Al Carbone said Hamden athletic director and football coach Tom Dyer and Hand athletic director Craig Semple will put together a proposal for league principals to review, hopefully by Monday. The plan […]
Football teams from across the state hit the field this week for the restart of conditioning after a pause.
The week started with a no for high school football players, shifted to a yes for all athletes two days later, and concluded with a definite maybe on Friday.
The CIAC’s roller coaster ride only added to the…
Three student-athletes – Mia Lawrence (Mercy), Edwin James Figueroa (Hamden) and Kyle Maruca (North Haven) – are the recipients of the 2020 Southern Connecticut Conference Comeback Player of the Year awards. All three student-athletes suffered severe injuries, yet were able to overcome them to become outstanding role models in their respective schools. A corporate sponsor of the SCC, Connecticut Orthopaedics […]
Ray Guarino grew up playing baseball in West Haven and spent his most recent years coaching the sport in Hamden. His ties to baseball runs very deep in both towns.
So it’s only fitting that the next time Ha…
The 2020 GameTimeCT All-State Girls Basketball team. Compiled by Scott Ericson. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media and were submitted. Designed by Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. Girls Basketball All-State Lineups FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Player of the Year Sara Wohlgemuth Hand, Senior, Guard Stats: Third all-time leading scorer at Hand with 1,517 points. Senior […]
High school teams and organizations across the state have come up with some creative ways to stay together while still practicing social distancing over the past few weeks. Here are some of our favorites. If you’d to share a video from your team or school did, please let us know @gametimect on Twitter or Instagram. […]
The Casey-O’Brien New Haven County Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame is honoring its 60th group of Scholar Athlete award winners.
A date for the event has yet to be determ…
Girls Ice Hockey First Team Forward: Madison Epke (Guilford), Taylor Nowak (West Haven), Demeri Carangelo (Hamden), Megan Froehlich (West Haven); Defense: Tess Csejka (Amity Regional), Brooke McNabola (SHA); Goalie: Bethany Karp (Pomperaug) Second Team Forward: Reilly Sargolini (Hamden), Leigha Howland (Foran), Haley Cable (Amity Regional), Catie Gregory (Newtown; Defense: Olivia Gill (Guilford), Caroline Cadelina (Amity Regional); Goalie: Christina Meadows (Branford) Boys […]
GIRLS GYMNASTICS
CT ALL-LEAGUE TEAMS 2019-20
ALL-FCIAC GYMNASTS
First Team
Ava Mancini, Lu…
FORWARDS Kori Bartko (Avon), Nora Birmingham (Ellington), Demeri Carangelo (Hamden), Maddie Epke (Guilford), Kaleigh Harden (New Canaan), Nelle Kniffin (Darien), Meghan Lane (Wilton), Grace Melanson (Simsbury), Taylor Nowak (West Haven). DEFENSEMEN Tess Csejka (Amity), Shelby Little (Avon), Catherine Martin (Darien), Brooke McNabola (West Haven), Sydney Orszulak (Greenwich), Julia Swanson (East Catholic). GOALIES Caitlyn Caldon (South […]
RIDGEFIELD – It wasn’t your average first round matchup between Ridgefield and Hamden in the Class LL tournament on Monday night. “Not at all and we talked about that,” Hamden coach Amanda Forcucci said. “FCIAC champions against SCC champions, both teams had to gut it out in their tournament. They played in overtime against […]
NEW HAVEN — Defense has been the calling card for Hillhouse throughout its run of state championships over the past decade.
So it probably was like looking in the mirror Monday night, watching its Elm City …
BRANFORD – The defending champions were on the brink of being sent home from the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament Saturday. But sixth-seeded Wilbur Cross made some clutch free throws and one huge steal in the final second to defeat No. 3 seed Shelton 56-53 in the quarterfinals at Branford High. Darius Esdaile (15 points) made […]
BRANFORD — It took 25 years for Hamden to win its first Southern Connecticut Conference basketball championship.
Now you can make it two in a row.
The seventh-seeded Green Dragons knocked of…
FINE PERFORMANCES
Caitlyn Caldon, East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor (ETB): The senior goalie was once again solid as she collected 29 saves in a 1-0 victory over the Avon co-op on Friday. Caldon also …
MILFORD — When it comes time for the postseason, one thing which can never be counted out is the heart of a champion. Just ask the Hamden Green Dragons.
Despite entering the Southern Connecticut Conference …
MILFORD — Jonathan Law’s performance on the balance beam proved to be the difference at the SCC Championships in the James Richetelli Sr. Gymnasium on Thursday night. Law defeated Mercy, 126.60 to 126.40, to win the title. Coach Pat Simon’s Lady Lawmen posted a score of 32.30 to the Tigers’ 29.80 on the beam to […]
The score wasn’t what he or anyone on Hamden wanted, but boys hockey coach Todd Hall had some perspective on Saturday’s 7-1 loss to No. 3 Notre Dame-West Haven.
“I’m not making excuses, but we went through …
FINE PERFORMANCES
Caitlyn Caldon, East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor (ETB): Caldon, ETB’s senior goalie, collected 27 saves in a 4-3 win over West Haven/SHA at Bennett Rink on Saturday. ETB has won six…
The East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor co-op (ETB) visited Boston last week to face Matignon High School at the Warrior Ice Arena, the practice facility of the Boston Bruins.
The event was about much m…
They rotate once more, and Fairfield Prep is back on top. The preseason No. 1 team in the GameTimeCT top 10 boys hockey poll, the Jesuits have reclaimed the top spot going into a Wednesday-night rematch with No. 2 Darien in Bridgeport. The Blue Wave beat Fairfield Prep 6-3 on Jan. 20 in Darien. Though […]
Styles, to borrow a phrase from an entirely different sport (at least at this level), make fights. And maybe that’s what we’re seeing this season in Connecticut boys hockey. This team has no answer for that team’s size. But that team has no answer for that other team’s speed. And that other team can’t handle […]
WEST HAVEN — With a five-game losing streak in hand, Jared Pliszka and the West Haven hockey team had the perfect remedy. A contest against arch-rival Hamden was sure to get the Westies going.
Behind 28 sav…
TOP PERFORMERS
Caitlyn Caldon, East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor (ETB): Caldon, a senior, stopped all 20 shots she faced as ETB blanked defending state champion New Canaan, 2-0, on Sunday at the Newin…
For a better part of five-plus minutes in the fourth quarter, Wilbur Cross had all the momentum and had held Hamden without a field goal. With 2 minutes, 28 seconds remaining, Hamden senior Yarliz Santiago changed everythi…
HAMDEN — Things weren’t going right for Wilbur Cross until midway through the third quarter.
The Governors (7-1), ranked ninth in the latest GametimeCT.com state boys’ basketball poll, had allowed Hamden to…
TOP PERFORMERS
Caitlyn Caldon, ETB: Caldon amassed 35 saves and allowed just one goal to help ETB tie the Amity co-op, 1-1, on Jan. 4 at Astorino Rink in Hamden. For the season, Caldon has a 1.49 goals agai…
