CHESHIRE — What began as a defensive struggle in the first quarter ended up with a typical wild finish for Southern Connecticut Conference boys lacrosse rivals Hand and Cheshire at Cheshire High’s turf field on Monday night.
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The GameTimeCT / Register Top 10 Baseball Poll: Staples unanimous No. 1, but SCC dominates poll
Staples only played one game (which is more than many northern Connecticut teams were afforded), but the Wreckers’ 4-3 rally past Xavier in the SCC-FCIAC Challenge on Saturday was enough to make them the unanimous No. 1 team in the GameTimeCT Top 10 for Week 2. But with the SCC going 11-4 vs. the FCIAC […]
Boys Lacrosse 2018: Hand primed for another successful season
MADISON — The Hand boys lacrosse team has a long history of success.The Tigers made their first appearance in a state championship game in 2006 when they lost 13-5 to Darien in the CIAC Class M final. But truly highlighting the program’s succe…
Girls Basketball: Kron, RHAM power past defending champion Hand to reach Class L title game
COLCHESTER >> When her career is over, RHAM’s sterling senior guard Gretchen Kron is headed to Quinnipiac to play soccer. Perhaps QU coach Tricia Fabbri should keep an eye on Kron when she reaches campus next fall. Or Fabbri could just head to Mohegan Sun next weekend when Kron’s Sachems will be playing in their […]
Boys Basketball: Hand holds off Darien in OT, advances to Division III second round
DARIEN—Points were at a premium Monday night in Darien, and that’s just the way Hand wanted it. It took an overtime period, but the No. 19 Tigers held off No. 14 Darien 46-43 in the first round of the Division III state tournament. “It was wild, honestly that was the game we were hoping to […]
Gymnastics: Greenwich wins first State Open title; Trumbull, Wilton go 2-3; Foran’s Laggis 3rd all-around
SOUTHBURY — Not even a fall off the balance beam by Greenwich High School’s best gymnast was going to derail the Cardinals’ run to the State Open gymnastics championship. The FCIAC and Class LL champs completed the postseason trifecta on Saturday at Pomperaug High School, amassing 143.525 points to run away with the program’s first […]
Girls Basketball: Helms’ shot lifts East Haven into first SCC final; defending champ Mercy awaits
MILFORD — Junior McKenzie Helms is used to having the ball in big situations. In fact, Helms relishes the opportunity to make the big shot. Called upon to help East Haven advance in the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament, Helms came through, hitting a jumper with 5.3 seconds remaining in regulation to give second-seeded East Haven […]
Wrestling: Xavier takes five titles, repeats as SCC champions; Hand 2nd, Foran 3rd
FAIRFIELD — Moments after Foran’s Ryan Luth secured his fourth SCC championship in four years, his coach, Dave Esposito, proudly stated that the Lions had 14 wrestlers win at least one match at this year’s tournament.“If we have this s…
Gymnastics: Hand collects 10th straight SCC championship
MILFORD — If there ever was a dynasty in the Southern Connecticut Conference, this is it.Hand captured its 10th consecutive SCC girls’ gymnastics championship and 21st in 23 years Friday night, edging out Mercy, 133.4-131.25, at Jonathan L…
Boys basketball notebook: Hand looking to keep building off Hillhouse win
Jimmy Econompoulos estimated he had 120 text messages to return on Wednesday night from family members, friends and well-wishers. He said he returned almost all of them. When you beat an opponent for the first time in 13 years, people take notice, especially when that opponent is defending SCC champion Hillhouse. Yes, head coach Economopoulos […]
Girls basketball: Egidio comes up big down the stretch for Hand against Career
MADISON – Hand girls’ basketball coach Tim Tredwell had the scorebook in his left hand and had only one thing to say to his senior captain Gabby Egidio. “Look at the third and fourth quarters,” he told her at midcourt minutes after No. 10 Hand (12-3) escaped with a 60-57 Southern Connecticut Conference victory over […]
Boys basketball: Amity survives Hand in double OT
WOODBRIDGE – Free throws usually play a determining role in close contests. For the Amity boys basketball team, it was fortunate the one free throw it did make in the latter parts of regulation and two overtime periods proved to be all the insurance it needed. After missing eight straight free throws in that time […]
Hand’s TAYLOR LECKEY, the 2017 New Haven Register Area Field Hockey MVP
The ultimate goal for Taylor Leckey, a junior midfielder for the Hand field hockey team, has always been to win another CIAC Class M championship for her mom Sue Leckey, the team’s coach. While in the eighth grade, Taylor watched her older sister Hannah, currently a member of the Brown field hockey team, help her […]
Thursday’s gymnastics roundup: Hand sweeps quad-meet, improves to 8-0
HAND 132.75, MERCY 132.2, MORGAN/HK CO-OP 122.2, VALLEY REGIONAL 90.85, BRANFORD (individual) 32.2, GUILFORD (individual) 30.95 (At Madison) Vault: 1. Erin Naclerio (DH) & Mia Lawrence (M), 9.1; 2. Carly Barba (DH), Sarah Cartelli (M), & Emma Anderson (Co), 8.4; 3. Emily Brucker (Co), 8.35; Bars: 1. Grace Rogers (DH) & Lawrence (M), 8.5; 2. […]
Boys Basketball: Jump inside the Hand student body’s court storm after stunning No. 6 Hillhouse
Hand’s boys basketball team defeated No. 6 Hillhouse 46-45 on Wednesday night in, easily, the biggest upset of the SCC boys basketball season and, perhaps, the biggest Hand boys basketball victory since — I don’t know — Joe Trapani wore a Tigers uniform? It was, at the very least, the first Hand win over Hillhouse […]
Girls basketball: Hand tops Hillhouse for eighth straight victory
MADISON – So far, 2018 has been very good to the Hand girls’ basketball team. The Tigers are undefeated so far in the new year, with their 79-58 Southern Connecticut Conference victory over Hillhouse Friday night their eighth straight victory and their seventh of 2018. Hand hasn’t lost since being beaten by Notre Dame-Fairfield […]
Wrestling: Hand wins final six matches to beat Foran
MADISON — After six bouts, it looked as if Foran might stay undefeated in the Southern Connecticut Conference.From that point on, it was all Tigers as they won the next six matches, four by pinfall, to take a 37-30 victory over the Lions Wed…
Boys basketball: Guilford, looking to take that next step, bests Hand
GUILFORD — Returning four starters has put the Guilford boys basketball team in unfamiliar territory: the position of being a division favorite. Yes, even with Fairfield Prep, Cheshire and Xavier residing in the SCC Hammonasset, the Indians have assumed that role — ever so slightly — after a 16-win campaign a year ago. So the […]
Boys hockey: Lyman Hall co-op ices Hand
NORTHFORD – It took the Lyman Hall/Haddam-Killingworth/Coginchaug co-op boys’ hockey team two games to score four goals to open the season. Ever since, the Trojans have been lighting up the scoreboard. After pummeling Joel Barlow, 11-0, on Dec 23, LHKC scored eight unanswered goals Wednesday afternoon to beat Hand, 8-0, in a Southern Connecticut Conference […]
Girls basketball: Mercy takes down SCC rival Hand
MADISON — It was only appropriate that the two teams involved in what’s currently the Southern Connecticut Conference’s biggest girls’ basketball rivalry were scheduled to meet in the first few days of the 2017-2018 season.Hand vs. Mer…
Football: SPB breaks down the four state finals, GameTimeCT final poll on CT Sports Now
GameTimeCT producer and editor Sean Patrick Bowley — who might have been one of only two people next to CIAC’s Joel Cookson to see three state championships live — joined Noah Finz and Marc Robbins for the final time this 2017 football season. The discussion, of course, was a breakdown of the four state championship […]
Football: So… Who’s No. 1?
The Final 2017 Football Playoff Scoreboard And so another Connecticut high school football season comes to a close. After three eye-opening state championship games to wraps things up on Monday night, we now turn the voters in the New Haven Register’s Top 10 poll to take final stock of what we witnessed throughout this season, […]
Football: Hand defense smothers Masuk in Class L final, Tigers win 12th championship
TRUMBULL — Hand beat Masuk 35-21 to win the Class L football championship on Monday night at McDougall Stadium.
Football: The 2017 Class L Championship (Monday Night Football) Video Preview – Hand vs. Masuk
The 2017 Class L Championship: No. 2 Hand vs. No. 5 Masuk
The 2017 Class L Championship: No. 2 Hand vs. No. 5 Masuk
Vitals Where/When at McDougall Stadium, Monday, December 11, 6:30 p.m. Broadcast Info ON THE AIR/WEB: NFHS Network | CIAC on Facebook COMPLETE ROSTERS/INFO | TICKETS Seeds/Records No. 2 HAND 11-1 No. 5 MASUK 11-1 Coaches Hand: Dave Mastroianni — 1st season, 12-1 Masuk: Joe Lato — 4th season, 32-13 Scouting Report How They Got Here Hand […]
Football: The 2017 CLASS L Semifinal Preview Capsules – New Canaan at Masuk; Windsor at Hand
The CIAC Football Playoff Scoreboard More Semifinal Previews: Class LL | Class M | Class S The 2017 CIAC Football Class L quarterfinal previews. Compiled and written by Doug Bonjour and Sean Patrick Bowley CLASS L No. 8 New Canaan at No. 5 Masuk WHERE / WHEN — Benedict Field, Monroe, Sunday, 12:30 p.m. TEAM RECORDS — […]
Football: Casagrande, Hand stifle Montano and North Haven in triumphant Class L playoff return
MADISON — It’s been four long years since Hand’s football team has played in the postseason, snd an even longer five since the Tigers last won a playoff game at the fanatic confines of the Surf Club. But all was well in Madison Tuesday night. Hand got back to the business of playing and winning […]
Football: The 2017 CIAC Playoffs In a Nutshell
We’ve made it. The long, grueling grind that is the regular season is finally over. All 12 weeks are in the books — so is Thanksgiving. The playoffs are here. The quarterfinals begin Tuesday at the sites of the higher seeds at 6:30 p.m. The 2017 CIAC Football Playoff Schedule The semifinals, however, have been […]
Football: Hand dominates rival Guilford, await seeding for Class L playoffs
GUILFORD — The goal was simple. Play another game in the friendly confines of the Surf Club in Madison.Mission accomplished.Scoring on every possession of the opening half, Hand started quickly and never slowed down in a 49-7 victory over Gu…
Boys Soccer: Testori rallies Hand past Masuk to Class L championship repeat
WEST HAVEN — Scott Testori heard what everyone else had heard about Masuk’s “Legion of Doom” defense and its reputation for smothering even the most skilled opponents. He also saw the statistics: seven goals allowed in 23 matches. And none of it intimidated him. Ultimately, 10th-seeded Daniel Hand solved their opponent’s rigid back line, edging […]
Field Hockey: Hand edges defending champion New Canaan to claim Class M title
WETHERSFIELD — While offense has been a strength this season for the Hand field hockey team, its defense hasn’t been too shabby with the Tigers outscoring opponents 91-18 entering its matchup with New Canaan in the CIAC Class M championshi…
Boys soccer: Team unity a big deal for Hand, Morgan heading into final
Two Shoreline towns that border one another will be represented in Saturday’s state boys soccer finals, but with vastly different histories of success in the sport. Hand, a perennial contender in the Southern Connecticut Conference, went 19 years in between visits to the state championship finals and is now one step away from repeating in […]
Girls soccer: St. Joseph shuts out Hand, goes for Class L three-peat Saturday
WEST HAVEN — Plenty of quality girls soccer players have come through the St. Joseph program, making the Cadets a state championship contender year in and year out.The Cadets look to have another All-American candidate in the freshman ranks …
Field Hockey: Richard, Hand edge rival Guilford, advances to Class M final
BRANFORD — The Hand field hockey team was on a roll entering its regular season game with Southern Connecticut Conference rival Guilford on Oct. 19, enjoying an unbeaten record through 14 games at 12-0-2.The Indians, always tough against SC…
Boys soccer: Hand turns tables, beats Guilford for second straight year in Class L semifinals
WEST HAVEN — For the second straight season, Hand and Guilford squared off for the right to play in the Class L boys soccer state championship game. The two Southern Connecticut Conference rivals battled for a third time this season Monday night. Guilford swept the regular season, but Hand turned the tables to return to […]
Football: Ansonia, Hand among five more playoff qualifiers on Week 10 Saturday
Five more football teams qualified for the state playoffs Saturday, rapidly bringing the postseason picture into more focus as Week 10 came to a close. Of the 32 spots available, 17 teams have now punched their tickets, including the 10 teams that qualified Friday night. Several more should be determined before Thanksgiving Week. You can […]
Football: Hand blitzes Wilbur Cross early to claim Tier 2 showdown, reach Class L playoffs
NEW HAVEN — It might have been the biggest Wilbur Cross football game in its 24-year year history as a member of the SCC, but Saturday’s SCC Tier II showdown in New Haven was just important to Hand. And, with the proverbial klieg lights on during a crisp fall afternoon, the Tigers played above and […]
Girls Soccer: Hand shuts out undermanned Lauralton Hall, advances to Class L quarterfinals
MADISON — It’s tough enough trying to beat the best team on your schedule during the regular season. Then try to beat them without your best player and the season on the line. That was the mission the Lauralton Hall girls soccer team faced Thursday night. The Crusaders lost to Hand, which won the league […]
Boys Soccer: Hand knocks off Barlow, advances to Class L quarterfinals
REDDING — Coming into its Class L second round matchup against Daniel Hand on Wednesday, the Barlow boys soccer team had yielded just six goals in 19 games — more than 25 hours — this season.Forty minutes against the Tigers changed all t…
Field hockey: Schreck’s decisive penalty stroke gives Hand SCC championship over Branford
GUILFORD — Heading into the Southern Connecticut Conference championship game against Branford on Saturday at Guilford High, Hand’s Sophie Schreck expected a close, hard-fought defensive struggle.“The last time we played in the regular s…
Football: Berlin, Coventry Co-Op first to unofficially qualify for 2017 postseason (and other Friday night things)
Berlin pulled away from rival Bloomfield in the fourth quarter and stayed unbeaten with a 23-14 victory at Sage Park Friday night. James Mazzarella, who had fumbled at the goal line just moments earlier, scored the go-ahead safety when he sacked Daron Bryden in the end zone with 2:41 remaining. Berlin then tacked on a […]
Football: Casagrande, Hand defense gut out victory (and blackout) over Cheshire
MADISON — Hand was hanging onto a one-point lead by its fingernails toward the end of the third quarter in its showdown with SCC rival Cheshire Friday night.The Tigers were setting up to punt from deep in their own territory, with the infamo…
Football: Casagrande, Hand’s fearsome leader, anxious to prove Tigers’ worth vs. Cheshire
MADISON To get an idea of how intense Hand middle linebacker Brian Casegrande is on the field, you just need to know how intense he is off it. Take, for example, the day after Casagrande didn’t do so hot on a test. The next morning he arrived at the team’s Donut Club — a weight […]
Girls soccer: Hand shuts out Law to capture fifth SCC title
WEST HAVEN — The Hand girls soccer players remember that feeling from a year ago, losing to Cheshire in penalty kicks to decide the 2016 Southern Connecticut Conference tournament title. The collective group was determined to not let that ha…
Boys soccer: Wildermann scores twice as Hand beats Fairfield Prep to capture SCC title
WEST HAVEN — It was definitely a night to remember for the Hand TigersAfter the Hand girls’ soccer team won its Southern Connecticut Conference tournament title, the third-seeded Hand boys dominated the second half, beating No. 4 Fairfield…
Field Hockey: Branford, Hand advance to SCC championship game
GUILFORD — Defense was the name of the game in the Southern Connecticut Conference field hockey semifinal game between No. 1 Branford and No. 4 Guilford at Guilford High on Wednesday. While Guilford had its chances to score with 13 penalty c…
Girls soccer: Howard scores in OT to lift Hand over Shelton in SCC semifinals
MADISON — Kayla Howard knows her role on corner kicks: shield the opposing goalkeeper.The sophomore for the Hand girls soccer team has a nose for the ball, too. And with Monday’s Southern Connecticut Conference tournament semifinal heading…
Boys soccer: Guilford sweeps season series from Hand
MADISON — Both the Hand and Guilford boys soccer teams were coming off losses heading into Monday’s regular-season finale for both.The Indians’ first defeat cost them the SCC Oronoque Division title, but that carries far less weight than…
Boys soccer: Head coach Latkowski, assistant Yerby relieved of duties at Hand
Stan Latkowski was relieved of his duties as Hand boys soccer head coach on Wednesday for “incredibly offensive and insensitive language including vulgarities and derogatory remarks toward identifiable groups,” said Thomas Scarice, the superintendent of schools for Madison Public Schools. The incident in question allegedly took place on Oct. 11, “in the presence of student-athletes,” […]
Field Hockey: Early statement propelled Hand to unbeaten season
MADISON — Entering this season, Hand field hockey coach Sue Leckey believed the first four games of the season against tough Southern Connecticut Conference rivals Cheshire, Laurelton Hall and Branford and FCIAC power Darien could define wha…
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