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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
HAMDEN — All-Staters Maky Johnson and Taniyah Thompson, who starred for Hamden during last year’s run to an SCC championship and the Class LL semifinals are gone, now, off playing Division I girls basketball at Albany and East Carolina, respectively. But Hamden still has spunky point guard Asya Brandon to direct this relatively new cast […]
Welcome back to Uni-Browse. This winter we are going to mix it up and pit the sports against each other. Each week we will take one girls basketball, one boys basketball and one hockey uniform and let you pick the best one. Let’s take a look at this week’s candidates. Please vote at the bottom […]
HAMDEN — After a lackluster start to the season, Greenwich boys hockey broke out in a big way Saturday.
Having won only one of its previous five games, Greenwich dominated Hamden 7-0 behind six separate goa…
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Demeri Carangelo, Hamden/Wilbur Cross/Sheehan/Lyman Hall: Carangelo passed a career milestone as she notched her 100th career point in the Hamden’s 6-1 victory over Daniel Hand on Dec. 23. Ca…
Simsbury was one victory away from returning to the state championship game for the first time since winning back-to-back titles in 2014 and 15 when they ran into the New Canaan steamroller in the semifinals last March.
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A 6-0 start, including a tournament win in Massachusetts, has Notre Dame-West Haven atop the GameTimeCT boys hockey top 10 poll in Week 4 of the season. The Green Knights, runner-up to Fairfield Prep last year, have three in-state wins in addition to their win in the CM Christmas Tournament. They’ll make two trips into […]
RIDGEFIELD — Special teams took center stage on Saturday night at the Winter Garden as Ridgefield scored two power-play goals in the third period to pull away for a 4-1 win over Hamden.
“It was great to get…
WOODBRIDGE — After a stinging defeat in the Class LL semifinals to eventual champion Norwalk a season ago, Asya Brandon is locked in and hopeful to lead her new, less experienced Hamden teammates to another quality season….
Fresh off a road trip to Massachusetts in which his hockey team had a solid three-game performance, Notre Dame-West Haven head coach Larry Vieira was eager to see his Green Knights return to action in state.
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HAMDEN — Following the graduation of its starting goal and the vast majority of its offense, the Hamden boys ice hockey team was just a bit under the radar during the preseason.
After a week in which they k…
GREENWICH — Not pleased with its defensive performance in its season-opening loss against Wilbur Cross, Hamden entered its game against non-conference boys basketball foe Greenwich with extra motivation and intensity.
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HAMDEN — When Hamden boys indoor track coach Bryce Lindamood first saw Christopher Pigatt as a sophomore, he knew he was looking at someone who had the potential to be special.
“Early on as a sophomore, whe…
TRUMBULL — The girls basketball season is less than a week old but the talk in the Trumbull gymnasium Thursday night was all about preparing for the state tournament in March.
With two teams ranked in the G…
NEW HAVEN — In what looks to be a wide-open race to determine the top team in the Southern Connecticut Conference, count the defending champions as one of the contenders.
Junior Dereyk Grant made the most o…
The Connecticut Division I boys hockey championship does not always go to the Catholic schools, nor to the FCIAC powers in the southwest corner of the state, but that’s the way to bet. In particular, the way to bet is Fairfield Prep, winner of 11 out of the past 20 titles under coach Matt Sather, […]
