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COACHES TOP 10 FIELD HOCKEY POLL
Rank School Points Record
(First place votes in parenthesis)
1. Staples (6) 156 4-0
2. Hand 128 3-0-1
3. Cheshire (1) 124 3-0
4. Wilton (1) 120 4-0
5. Pomperaug 76 4-0
6. Granby 69 3-0
7. Stonington 68 4-0
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NEW HAVEN — The defending CIAC Class L champions certainly looked the part Friday night.
Hand, ranked No. 5 in the GameTimeCT.com state poll dominated Hillhouse 43-6 at Bowen Field in the season opener for both Southern Connecticut Conference …
Guilford defeated Hand 3-0 in the season opener for both teams Thursday at Guilford High School.
Vitals COACH — DAVE MASTROIANNI (2nd year, 12-1) CONFERENCE — SCC Tier II PLAYOFF CLASS — L (567 boys enrollment) HOME — Strong Field at The Surf Club, Madison 2017 RECORD — 12-1, Class L Champion 2018 OPENER — Sept. 7 at Hillhouse, 7 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — TigerPrideFootball.com | TWITTER — @HandTigersFB Top Players […]
The Madison Athletic Hall of Fame 2018 induction ceremony will take place on Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. at the Madison Beach Hotel. The inductees include: Eric Allain (Class of 1976 – Track/Soccer), Molly Brady (Class of 2001 – Lacrosse/Soccer), Don Cramer (Coach, 1982-2016, Wrestling), Gerald “Jerry” Dahlberg (Class of 1963 – Basketball/Baseball/Soccer), Duo Dickinson […]
Jack Driscoll had a decision to make. With his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts already in tow, what did he want to do next?
Considering he had graduated in just three years and had two years of college football eligib…
WATERTOWN — Connor Belcastro was Mr. Comeback at the 77th Connecticut Junior Amateur Championship, winning four of his five matches in come-from-behind fashion.
And his final comeback is one he appreciates the most.
Belcastro, a Brunswick Scho…
Here is our annual breakdown of state championships by school. This list includes only CIAC sanctioned sports. It does include both Class and State Open titles. New England and national titles are not included. 2017-18 state championships by school Greenwich -10 Golf (I) Gymnastics (L) Gymnastics (Open) Girls Indoor Track (LL) Girls Indoor […]
Heading into the CIAC Class L boys lacrosse tournament, the burning question on everyone’s mind in the lacrosse community was could anyone beat Darien? The Blue Wave, the top ranked team in the Register Top 10 Lacrosse Poll all season, entered the Class L final on Saturday against Ridgefield with a 22-0 season record, a […]
MILFORD — The Branford and Hand girls lacrosse teams have a long history of playing exciting, hard-fought close games and their matchup in the CIAC Class M championship game on Saturday continued that trend. Sophie Spencer scored the Hornets’ last three goals and ended up with five overall and Daly Hynes had 10 saves to […]
MADISON — Listening to Hand girls lacrosse captains Taylor Scully, Riley Kokoruda and Emma Valdez and Hand boys lacrosse captains Kevin Hughes and Nate Palumbo after their practices on Thursday, it’s easy see why these are their “glory days” a…
CIAC SPRING CHAMPIONSHIP SCOREBOARD LIVE UPDATES ♦♦♦ CLASS L No. 6 RIDGEFIELD (15-5) vs. No. 1 DARIEN (22-0) When: Saturday, 3 p.m. Where: Jack Casagrande Field, McMahon HS, Norwalk On the Web: NFHS Network (subscription required) Championship game appearances: Darien makes its 15th championship appearance with 13 titles (three L, seven M, three Division I). Ridgefield makes its […]
CIAC SPRING CHAMPIONSHIP SCOREBOARD LIVE UPDATES ♦♦♦ CLASS L No. 5 NEW CANAAN (16-5) vs. No. 6 RIDGEFIELD (15-5) When: Saturday, 10 a.m. Where: Jonathan Law High School Field, Milford On the Web: NFHS Network (subscription required) Championship game appearances: Ridgefield makes its first appearance. New Canaan makes its eighth championship appearance with four Class M […]
WEST HAVEN — The last three seasons the Hand boys lacrosse team has advanced to the CIAC Class M final only to be frustrated with a loss each season to FCIAC power New Canaan.
With New Canaan moving to Class L this season, maybe the fourth tim…
WEST HAVEN – Hand has never won a girls’ lacrosse state championship. The top-seeded Tigers will get a shot at that elusive trophy for the third time and the first since 2015 this weekend after beating arch rival Guilford, 16-8, in the CIAC Class M semifinals Tuesday night at Ken Strong Stadium. Hand (19-2) will […]
WEST HAVEN—The strong bats of the Brookfield softball team carried them to a 19-4 record and a spot in Tuesday’s Class L semifinal against Daniel Hand. So when the Bobcats trailed by one run with just two outs to spare and the season in the balance, panic wasn’t about to settle in one bit. Stringing […]
WESTON — On a day when the heat and humidity took its toll on players from both teams, Daniel Hand rode a torrid second quarter and a hot second-half goalie performance into the Class M boys lacrosse semifinals.
Senior captain Nate Palumbo had…
The New Fairfield baseball team encountered not only one of the top teams in the SCC in Daniel Hand, but one that sat inside the GameTimeCT Top 10 poll for much of the season. The almost two-hour bus ride to Madison was followed by watching the impressive Tigers mash the ball all over the field […]
CHESHIRE — The Southern Connecticut Conference title has eluded the Hand boys volleyball team on eight separate occasions. The Tigers were not about to let the run be a ninth.
Behind the play of Erik Lazor, Michael Card, and Matthew McSweeney,…
WEST HAVEN — Fairfield Prep senior Dan Fallacaro understands his role. As the team’s designated hitter, Fallacaro is expected to deliver when his time is called upon.
Fallacaro did just that as his single with one out in the bottom of the sixt…
WEST HAVEN — The top-seeded Hand girls lacrosse team dominated the first half against No. 2 Cheshire in the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament final, including draws and ball possession, to take a six-goal lead into halftime.
Despite t…
NEW HAVEN — The Hand boys tennis team went undefeated during the 2017 season, then was upset in the SCC tournament final by Fairfield Prep.
The Tigers never forgot that day. It served as a painful reminder to complete the deal this time — and …
East Haven and Hand were engaged in their SCC softball quarterfinal matchup Tuesday when — you’ll never guess — it rained. But the Yellowjackets and Tigers weren’t about to let yet another round of gloomy weather dampen their spirits, nor their will to play. So as both squads waited for a postponement that would eventually […]
Seymour crushed St. Paul to avenge its only loss of the year, but it’s Masuk that will take the No. 1 ranking into league championship week. The Panthers collected 11 first-place votes. Seymour earned one. Unbeaten North Branford also earned one thanks to its 2-1 victory over Griswold, which snapped a 43-game win streak. Otherwise, […]
MADISON – It may take a couple times through the batting order, but eventually the Hand offense is going to be lethal. After being no-hit by East Haven’s Nate Furino for three innings, the Tigers exploded for seven runs in the fourth inning en route to a 9-3 Southern Connecticut Conference victory over the Yellowjackets […]
MADISON – It may take a couple times through the batting order, but eventually the Hand offense is going to be lethal. After being no-hit by East Haven’s Nate Furino for three innings, the Tigers exploded for seven runs in the fourth inning en route to a 9-3 Southern Connecticut Conference victory over the Yellowjackets […]
FAIRFIELD — The weather might as well have matched the mood along Fairfield Prep’s sidelines Wednesday. On a wet, dreary evening at Rafferty Stadium, it was Hand that outplayed one of the state’s premier boys lacrosse programs from start to finish. The Tigers stunned No. 4 Prep 9-6 on Senior Night, handing the Jesuits their […]
MADISON — It was no surprise that it came down to the final half-second.
And when Mackenzie Larson made a great save on Branford’s LanLe Crotty at the buzzer, Hand completed a huge second half comeback to edge the Hornets, 13-12, Wednesday nig…
The last remaining undefeated baseball team has finally cracked the Top 10. And just in time for the postseason. Shepaug, which headed into the week 16-0, made its GameTimeCT / New Haven Register poll debut at No. 9. The Spartans will be looking to clinch the Berkshire League championship and the top seed in the […]
