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The Norwalk girls basketball team finished last season with an unbeaten record and as the unanimous No. 1 team in the Top 10 poll. The Bears lost a few key pieces to graduation but bring back enough talent that voters stuck with them as No. 1 this preseason. They also have a new head coach: […]
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NEW CANAAN-DARIEN DOMINANCE
The two FCIAC rivals have accounted for 11 state championships in the 14 years since the Connecticut High School Girls Hockey Coaches Associat…
Kate Bellissimo, Junior, Forward, Darien: An All-FCIAC first team selection as a sophomore, Bellissimo will be a key weapon on what could be one of the fastest lines in the FCIAC. She had one of the Wave’s two goals in a s…
BERKSHIRE LEAGUE
2018-19 Champion: Housatonic Regional
Favorites: Northwestern, Housatonic Regional, Nonnewaug, Thomaston, Shepaug Valley
Players to Watch: Natalie Lederman, …
The Notre Dame football team used a big second half, five touchdowns from quarterback Jackson Zalinsky, and a stingy defensive effort to post a 42-7 Green Bowl win over Hamden on Thanksgiving morning.
Leadi…
The New Haven Gridiron Club is accepting reservations for its annual announcement of the Levi Jackson Team on Thursday, Dec. 5, at the Cascade Banquet Facility in Hamden. Also being feted will be leading college players from the University of New Haven, Southern Connecticut State University and Yale. The Jackson Team honors the memory of […]
VITALS WHERE/WHEN: Yale University’s Kiphuth Pool, Sunday, 2 p.m. Defending champion: Greenwich | 2018 runner-up: Cheshire WATCH LIVE: NFHS Network (Subscription Required) DIVING RESULT: GREENWICH’S FRIAS EDGES WESTON’S KATZ TO WIN TITLE SWIMMERS TO WATCH Emma Babashak, Wilton, (seeded third 500 freestyle, 5:05.30, seeded fifth 100 butterfly, 57.47); Maddie Bergin, North Haven (seeded second in 50 freestyle, 24.01, […]
WALLINGFORD — In a way it was a playoff game, albeit in the ninth game for both teams.
With the loser all but eliminated from any chance of making the CIAC state playoffs, Sheehan remained alive with a 52-4…
MIDDLETOWN — After ruling the pool at the CIAC Class L girl swimming championship meet the past two seasons, it was time for a new challenge for Cheshire, which moved up to Class LL this season, due to increased school enr…
HAMDEN — Two goals from Josh Frumin moved the Greenwich boys soccer team one big step closer to achieving a feat it hasn’t attained since 1961.
That was the last time the Cardinals captured the state champi…
From the start, coach John Acquavita’s goal for Wilbur Cross was to get better every week. He knew there would be tough times, with an inexperienced line and other challenges.
The Governors weren’t positive…
WOODBRIDGE — It took four years, but Tom Dyer has his first winning season as head coach at Hamden.
The Green Dragons (6-2) got over the hump Friday night as Hamden defeated Amity 15-8 in a Southern Connect…
HAMDEN — The past decade has not yielded many winning seasons for the Hamden football team. On its Senior Night, the Green Dragons ensured it would not be their eighth consecutive losing campaign, as they notched their fifth victory with a 27-7 win over visiting Wilbur Cross in a Southern Connecticut Conference Tier 2 matchup […]
FINE PERFORMANCES
Brielle Behuniak, Naugatuck: The senior 10 kills and 15 assists in the Greyhounds’ 3-0 win over Oxford on Thursday.
M…
NEW HAVEN — Competing last season at the Southern Connecticut Conference Cross Country championships at East Shore Park was a learning experience for Ella Bradford of Hamden.
“Last year was my first time on…
TOP PERFORMERS
Emma Babashak, Wilton: Babashak, a senior, was the 100-yard butterfly winner for Wilton in its meet against FCIAC foe Greenwich, touching the wall in 58.96 seconds. She also placed second in …
FINE PERFORMANCES
Emma Appleman, Guilford: Appleman collected 16 kills, 7 aces, 9 digs and 2 blocks as the Indians won against Cheshire 3-0 in a battle of unbeaten teams.
Olivia Bessette, Pl…
MILFORD —Foran’s Colleen Ardolino had earned a breather in the Lions’ game with Hamden on Tuesday.
A freshman combo outside midfielder-forward, Ardolino had played the wing hard for 35 minutes and was subbe…
Since twin sisters Julia and Jillian Stevens joined the Cheshire girls swimming team as freshmen in 2016, the Rams have won three SCC championships, two Class L titles and yes, a whole lot of dual meets.
Ch…
Ray Guarino has always been the type of person to help others. Guarino is now seeing that help returned ten-fold.
Diagnosed with multiple myeloma three months ago, Guarino has been battling the fight of his…
Ella Bradford, Hamden, senior: Finished sixth in the 1,600 at the Class LL meet during the outdoor season. Is the fastest returner in the SCC after taking second in the race last year; took 20th in Class LL.
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[Vitals] COACH — TOM DYER (4th year, 5-25) CONFERENCE — SCC Tier II PLAYOFF CLASS — Class LL (821 boys enrollment) HOME — Joe Bruno Field, Hamden 2018 RECORD — 2-8 2019 OPENER — Sept. 13 vs. Bassick, 7 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — Maxpreps, TWITTER — @Hamden_FB [Top Players] CHRIS PIGATT, Sr., WR/DB (5-8, 160) […]
HAMDEN — The football teams from Hamden, Glastonbury, Guilford and Stratford met at Joe Bruno Field on Thursday afternoon to practice against each other. The season begins in two weeks and teams are scrimmaging across the state to prepare. Make sure to stay up to date with all the football team previews here 2019 […]
STRATFORD — Connecticut’s best junior golfers were on display one final time on Tuesday. All together on one team, the group made one final emphatic statement to the rest of New England.
Connecticut repeate…
After the Hamden American Legion baseball team was eliminated from the state tournament, the scene behind the dugout at Ceppa Field in Meriden was a familiar one.
Coaches thanked players for a terrific seas…
HAMDEN — Hamden’s Tyler Osborne was the final, most convincing hero in a long string of them through an American Legion Baseball state tournament seventh- and eighth-round doubleheader Wednesday at Hamden High School, send…
WASHINGTON DEPOT — Hamden Post 88 turned Washington’s Saturday American Legion baseball state tournament first-round win on its head in a 6-2 Washington nightmare in a second-round game at Ted Alex Field Sunday afternoon.
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The Connecticut Junior PGA Championship certainly followed a Darien theme.
Alexander Gu, a rising Darien High School senior, continued his success streak no matter what the event, or venue is, while Darien …
