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When Hamden and West Haven renew the rivalry on the baseball diamond, it is always a big deal. Coming into Thursday evening’s contest, Hamden was riding a 10-game winning streak and West Haven owned a seven-game hot streak…
The West Haven-Hamden baseball rivalry doesn’t need anything extra to spice it up. It is already pretty intense.
But the two programs decided last year to add something more to this Southern Connecticut Con…
Hand took over at No. 1 last week and was first put to the test by Shelton before having to come back from down 11 in the fifth inning against West Haven with Danny Weinstein winning it with a walk-off home run 13-12. Not much movement in the poll this week, except for Staples dropping […]
Four years ago the Southern Connecticut Conference knew it had a very good group of young baseball players coming to the varsity level who would contribute quickly. Fast forward to this season. Those players are now seniors, many who are Division I prospects and a select few who will get consideration for the upcoming Major […]
HAMDEN — Nine days ago the Fairfield Prep baseball team lost to Guilford. Since then, the team has played with a chip on its shoulder.
“We have been hungry ever since, we have been angry since that loss,” F…
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 […]
WEST HAVEN — John D’Errico and the Notre Dame-West Haven hockey team remember vividly the last time they squared off against Hamden. In that early-season contest, the Green Knights needed some late heroics to pull out the …
MILFORD — Southern Connecticut Conference gymnasts from Foran, Mercy, Hamden, Law and Hand will compete as individual teams over a six-day period to determine the league’s best.
Amy Bodnar from Milford will…
HAMDEN — Hamden’s Diamond White had plenty going through her mind as Friday’s game against Mercy unfolded. In a tight contest, White kept pushing herself, not wanting the latest tilt to be the final one of her school caree…
TOP PERFORMERS
Kolby Becker, Hamden: Becker, a junior, scored a pair of goals in Hamden’s 3-1 victory over the Daniel Hand co-op Saturday at Northford Ice Pavilion.
Caroline Cadelina, Amity …
WEST HAVEN — A third of the way through the 2021 season, it is all systems go for the Notre Dame-West Haven hockey team. Even when the team has not played well by its own standards, the Green Knights opened the season with…
No. 10 Sheehan toppled Hamden 60-36 on opening night. Three Sheehan seniors recorded double digit points. Watch out SCC #ctgbb pic.twitter.com/YMD9HSUxxB — Will Aldam (@AldamWill) February 9, 2021 WALLINGFORD — In 2019, the Sheehan girls basketball team played the role of underdog en route to a Class M final as the 13th seed. As sophomores […]
WEST HAVEN — It has been a long 11 months for the high school hockey community. With the shutdown of high school sports due to the global pandemic right before the start of last year’s state tournament, Monday evening acro…
Senior Isaiah Earl is in the process of transferring back to Hamden High, where he played basketball his first two years.
Earl, a 6-foot-9, 198-pound forward, said he has decided to return to Hamden High in…
Morgan Bagnall, Lauralton Hall: Bagnall won the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.88) and the 500 freestyle (4:58.41) in the SCC virtual championships. She helped key the team to a second-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay.
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The Southern Connecticut Conference boys and girls soccer tournaments beginning next week will be impacted by several teams not being able to compete.
The following soccer teams are not participating in nex…
SHELTON – The Shelton girls’ volleyball had one more dragon to slay before the SCC playoffs get started next week. The Gaels took on Hamden and swept their way to a 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-15) victory on Thursday night. “I’ve happy with our performance against a good team,” said Shelton coach LeAnne Bianchine after her […]
Abigail Adams, Trumbull: Adams registered first-place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle (2:07.72) and 500 freestyle (5:53.23) in Trumbull’s 102-63 victory against Fairfield Ludlowe. She helped ignite the team’s winning 20…
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),…
During several meets this season, Seymour girls swimming coach Nick Blade has received inquiries from his athletes regarding how their opponent has fared — questions that are not expected during a traditional swim meet.
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Maddie Bergin, North Haven: Bergin set a school record in winning the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5 minutes, 5.08 seconds against Amity. She broke a record of 5:07:01 set by Katie Armitage of North Haven back in 1995…
Morgan Bagnall, Lauralton Hall: Bagnall finished first in two individual events for Lauralton Hall, which defeated Jonathan Law, 101-72. She won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2 minutes, 17.37 seconds, then …
The Southern Connecticut Conference will open its 7-on-7 fall football season on Oct. 10.
SCC commissioner Al Carbone confirmed that the league principals approved a proposal of a five-week season, ending t…
This fall, there will be no raucous student sections, no chants of “we believe we will win” and no clouds of baby powder emanating from a cluster of teens dressed in school colors.
As has been widely discus…
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 […]
