Former Hillhouse standout guard Joey Kasperzyk has verbally committed to play basketball at Division I Bryant. The news was first reported Thursday afternoon by Adam Finkelstein from ESPN. Bryant has landed a commitment from @WAPrepHoop & @XEliteBasketbal 2018 guard Joey Kasperzyk. — Adam Finkelstein (@AdamFinkelstein) April 5, 2018 Kasperzyk, a two-time Register All-State selection and […]
Boys basketball: Sacred Heart ousts Hillhouse for 105th-straight state victory, advances to D1 quarterfinals
WATERBURY — The battle between the two boys basketball titans with seven state championships between them the last five years finally came to fruition Friday night, fittingly, at a place called The Palace.The crowd of approximately 1,400 would…
Boys basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield, Sacred Heart forced to move CIAC second-round home games to neutral sites
Wednesday’s nor’easter has postponed nearly all of the boys basketball second-round games. A couple of those games in Division I will instead be played at neutral sites, and they involve a pair of teams that didn’t lose a game against CIAC competition this season. No. 2 seed Notre Dame-Fairfield (23-0) and No. 4 Sacred Heart […]
Boys basketball: Hillhouse gets past Fairfield Prep in Division I opener; Sacred Heart next
NEW HAVEN — The Hillhouse-Fairfield Prep boys basketball rivalry has had plenty of theater and great games over the past several years. It’s even better when the stakes are higher, like in Monday’s win-or-go-home Division I state tournament opening-round game at the Floyd Little Athletic Center. Through three quarters, the game was tied. Then Hillhouse […]
Boys basketball: Hamden beats Hillhouse to claim first SCC title
NEW HAVEN — Jaylen Ricks encouraged the Hamden faithful to rise up from their seats at the Floyd Little Athletic Center. Victor Rosario pumped his fist several times. Time still remained on the clock, but the Green Dragons had begun the celebration. They had beaten everyone they faced in the Southern Connecticut Conference all season […]
Boys basketball: Round 3 for Hillhouse, Hamden to decide SCC tournament title
Hamden will be looking to earn its first Southern Connecticut Conference boys basketball championship Wednesday night. The Green Dragons need not look any further than to the opposite bench to understand what success is like as the top dog. The two programs left standing will battle for SCC supremacy Wednesday evening. No. 3 seed […]
Boys basketball: It’s Hillhouse, Hamden for SCC title Wednesday night
NEW HAVEN – It didn’t have the buildup or a sellout crowd but the rematch was almost every bit as good as the original. Rayshawn Brewer and Davon Warner each had 20 points to help No. 4 seed Hillhouse held off No. 4 Notre Dame-West Haven 55-50 in the SCC tournament semifinals Monday at the […]
Girls basketball: Hargrove limps off after scoring 25 in Career’s SCC tourney win over Hillhouse
NEW HAVEN — Ky’Jae Hargrove limped off the court with 2:48 to play, in such pain from injuring her left ankle that she didn’t want anyone to touch it.But the Career senior had done enough in the first 29-plus minutes of the night as she …
Boys basketball: No. 4 Wilbur Cross snaps eight-game losing skid against No. 8 Hillhouse
NEW HAVEN — There wasn’t much fanfare, excitement or joy. For the current Wilbur Cross Governors squad, they treated Wednesday night’s regular-season finale as if it was business as usual.But no one from Cross had beaten Hillhouse in a …
Boys basketball: Hillhouse sweeps season series against Hamden
HAMDEN — Mekhi Warren sat just a short distance from the Hillhouse bench, ice pack on his left knee, grimacing in pain.The senior forward went down late in the first half and had to be helped off the floor. Warren has already missed several …
Indoor Track: Hillhouse sweeps SCC boys, girls championships
NEW HAVEN — When it comes to indoor track in the Southern Connecticut Conference, Hillhouse sits atop the mountain. The Academics captured both the girls and boys titles Friday at the Floyd Little Athletic Center. It’s the first sweep for any school since 2005 when Amity took both titles. “I’m happy for the kids,” Hillhouse […]
Indoor track: Lyman Hall boys looks to keep surprising, Hillhouse girls favored at SCC Championship
Lyman Hall has relished being the underdog so far in the Southern Connecticut Conference boys’ indoor track season.The Trojans were the surprise of the SCC East Sectional last week as they upset favored Hillhouse, 97-91. It’s the first tim…
Wednesday’s girls basketball roundup: Thompson scores 1,000th point for Hamden; Hillhouse outlasts Lyman Hall in 4 overtimes
Congrats to junior Taniyah Thompson on scoring her 1000th point in the 2nd quarter vs Law. Hamden up 30-19 at the half. #goDragons pic.twitter.com/Y6OeCOhPok — Hamden Athletics (@AthleticsHamden) February 1, 2018 Taniyah Thompson finished with a game-high 34 points, including the 1,000th of her career, for the Hamden girls’ basketball team, which defeated Law 65-36 […]
Boys basketball notebook: Can Hillhouse right the ship?
Hillhouse coach Renard Sutton admitted it was the worst week the program has had under his direction after losses to both Career and Hand to fall to 7-5. “Absolutely,” said Sutton, now in his eighth year with three state championships to his credit. “We started off the season great, more than anyone expected, then we […]
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: Amity sweeps season series from Hillhouse
NEW HAVEN – Michelle Shoop and her Amity girls basketball team are looking for some consistency. Hovering around the .500 mark, the Spartans are ready to break through. Monday evening in New Haven may be that moment. Rallying from a three-point deficit with under three minutes to play, Amity defeated Hillhouse 55-50 in a Southern […]
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 […]
Boys basketball: No. 5 Hillhouse hands No. 3 Hamden first loss
NEW HAVEN — To say that the Hillhouse boys basketball team had its collective backs against the wall wouldn’t have been an understatement.The Academics came into Friday night’s tilt on a two-game losing streak, including a tough loss at …
Boys basketball notebook: Sacred Heart, Hillhouse to play at HoopHall Classic
Hillhouse and Sacred Heart may have not been able to work out a non-conference game this season — the sides did discuss before talks fell through — but at least they will get a chance to watch one another play this coming weekend. And both teams come off losing for the first time on Saturday. […]
Boys basketball: It’s No. 4 Hillhouse from start to finish over No. 9 Windsor at Saulsbury Invitational
NEW HAVEN — Hillhouse boys basketball coach Renard Sutton has noted after every game he wanted to see the growth of his Academics, minus four starters from last year’s second consecutive Class LL state championship. Through four games, the growth has been as expected, even from the underclassmen. The fourth-ranked Academics hammered No. 9 Windsor […]
Boys basketball: No. 4 Hillhouse comes from behind to beat Wilbur Cross for 8th-straight time
NEW HAVEN — The faces have changed on the Hillhouse side for this latest version of the Elm City boys basketball rivalry against Wilbur Cross. But the end result remains the same once again. And this one may hurt for some time. Cross blew a 10-point first-half lead and Hillhouse never trailed in the final […]
Girls basketball: McPherson, Wilbur Cross top rival Hillhouse
NEW HAVEN — When the Wilbur Cross and Hillhouse programs square off on the basketball court, no added motivation is needed. When Tynisha Thomas of Cross was taken off the court after a violent collision with Hillhouse’s Keyshan Moore, who …
Football: Barnes, Wilbur Cross rally from 20 points down to stun Hillhouse in Elm City Bowl
NEW HAVEN — Down three touchdowns and with his starting quarterback sitting on the bench injured, Wilbur Cross coach John Acquavita admitted he was in damage control mode Thursday morning, just attempting to salvage something out of the final moments of what was a solid season for the Governors. But once the assessment was completed, […]
Football: Hillhouse holds on to beat Foran, keeps state playoff hopes alive
MILFORD — It was elimination night Friday night on a brutally cold and windy night at Foran.Neither Hillhouse or Foran could afford another loss this season if it was to have any chance to qualify for state football playoffs.With a 28-16 vic…
Football: West Haven bounces back, tops Hillhouse
NEW HAVEN — After suffering its first regular season loss in two years a week ago against Shelton, West Haven needed a win Friday night in the worst way.It wasn’t pretty, but the Blue Devils survived a gritty Hillhouse team, taking a 29-15…
Football: Watts, Hillhouse slip past Hamden for third-straight comeback win
NEW HAVEN — Hillhouse quarterback Terrell Watts has not been happy with the way his team has played in the first half of games this season. Luckily for the Academics, Watts was not about to be denied Friday night.Behind a pair of fourth quar…
Football: Eley’s late kickoff return lifts Hillhouse over Amity
NEW HAVEN — Hillhouse’s senior all-state end Prince Boyd had never even heard of Neal Eley when the junior transferred in from Creed Co-Op this summer.He knows all about him now.”Lucky to have him,” Boyd said. “Lucky to meet him. If there …
Football: Hand dominates Hillhouse in Mastroianni’s first game at helm
MADISON >> You can certainly call Dave Mastroianni’s first game as head coach at Hand a smashing success. The Tigers dominated Hillhouse on both sides of the ball Friday night to take a 34-16 Southern Connecticut Conference victory at Surf Club on opening night of the 2017 season. Mastroianni took over for Steve Filippone, who […]
Boys basketball: Hillhouse’s Adams, NDWH’s Dawson to enroll at Hamden Hall
Christian Adams and Tim Dawson have both decided to leave their respective schools in the Southern Connecticut Conference and enroll at Hamden Hall this fall. Adams, a 6-foot-4 swingman, departs Hillhouse and joins Byron Breland III, who officially left Hillhouse last month to play for the Hornets and reclassify as a junior. Adams started the […]
Boys basketball: Breland transfers from Hillhouse to Hamden Hall
Two-time Register All-State boys basketball player Byron Breland III has decided to transfer from Hillhouse and enroll at Hamden Hall. Breland helped the Academics win consecutive Class LL state championships, the latter team finishing No. 1 in the final Register/GameTimeCT Top 10 poll at 28-1. This is the first notable transfer into the Hamden Hall […]
The 2016-17 New Haven Register All-Area Wrestling Team
••• The 2016-17 New Haven Register Area Wrestling team. Capsules by Joe Morelli. Photos by Catherine Avalone and Peter Hvizdak. Designed by Sean Patrick Bowley. ••• Stats: Senior finished 45-0 at 152 pounds, winning both the SCC and Class M state championship meets for the third time and in addition, taking home the State Open and […]
The 2016-17 New Haven Register All-State Boys Basketball Team
The 2016-17 New Haven Register All-State Boys Basketball First Team. Capsules by Joe Morelli. Portrait photos by Catherine Avalone. Cover photo by Peter Hvizdak. Video packages produced by Noah Finz, Vantage Sports Network. Cover and web designs by Sean Patrick Bowley. [Complete All-State Lineups] First Team ••• Stats: Area’s leading scorer (23.2 ppg.) along with 6.0 assists and 4.0 […]
The 2016-17 New Haven Register All-Area Boys Basketball Team
The 2016-17 New Haven Register All-Area Boys Basketball Team. Capsules by Joe Morelli. Photos by Catherine Avalone. Designed by Sean Patrick Bowley. ••• Stats: Area’s leading scorer (23.2 ppg.) along with 6.0 assists and 4.0 steals per game. Also made 69 3-pointers and finished with over 2,000 career points (his first three seasons were […]
Casey-O'Brien New Haven County Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar Athletes announced
The 57th anniversary of the Casey-O’Brien New Haven County Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame will be on Friday March 31 at Fantasia, 404 Washington Ave, North Haven. A reception will begin at 5:30 pm a with the march to the head table at 6:30 pm. Twenty-seven high school and […]
Boys basketball: Great story to be told in Class LL final
There will be an incredible story to tell during the final game of five state championship finals Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena. There is Hillhouse, the state’s most dominant boys basketball program, not only trying for its second straight Class LL state boys basketball championship but build on its overall state title record […]
Boys basketball: Hillhouse's Breland to sit out Saturday's Class LL final due to ejection in semis
Hillhouse junior Byron Breland will have to sit out Saturday’s Class LL state championship game at the Mohegan Sun Arena due to the two technical fouls assessed to him in the semifinals Wednesday night, a 53-45 victory. Tom Murray, the assistant tournament director, confirmed the decision Thursday morning. “There was no reason to change the […]
Boys Basketball: Hillhouse grinds past East Catholic in semifinals, returns to defend its Class LL title
WEST HARTFORD >> On Wednesday evening, Hillhouse returned to the scene of one of its greatest victories, the University of Hartford’s Chase Family Arena, where the Academics won state championship No. 20 in 2006, ending a 16-year title drought. And before a sellout crowd of 3,500, Hillhouse put together a vintage defensive performance to eliminate […]
Boys Basketball: Kasperzyk, Hillhouse pull away from No. 1 Notre Dame-WH to claim SCC championship
HAMDEN >> Two of the state’s best boys’ basketball teams sold out TD Bank Sports Center at Quinnipiac University three hours before tip-off Wednesday. The magnitude of this SCC championship game seemed to rival all the previous ones, simply for the fact that 3,421 people saw the action and others were trying desperately to scalp […]
Chip Malafronte: With this heavyweight showdown on the line, Hillhouse's Joey Kasperzyk stood above the rest
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Boys Basketball: The Main Event — No. 1 Notre Dame-West Haven vs. No. 3 Hillhouse
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Main Event for this evening. In one corner, you have the currently undefeated top seed and the No. 1 team in the Register/GameTimeCT poll at 22-0, makings its first appearance in an SCC tournament final in 17 years and seeking its first league championship, the Notre Dame-West Haven Green […]
Boys basketball: Waters sparks Notre Dame past Cross, Hillhouse slugs past Prep and the dream SCC final is reality
NEW HAVEN >> Notre Dame-West Haven was in deep, deep trouble Monday night, trailing Wilbur Cross by five with less than 3 minutes to go in the SCC tournament semifinals. The undefeated season was on the line. Could Cross pull the upset? The Governors almost did. Except Tremont Waters was standing in the way. The […]
The 2017 SCC Boys Basketball Tournament playlist
Highlights playlist from the SCC Boys Basketball Tournament, from the quarterfinals to the finals. Scroll through the videos on the upper right-hand corner of the window. Championship: Kasperzyk, Hillhouse pull away to win SCC Championship Semifinals: Waters sparks Notre Dame past Cross, Hillhouse slugs past Prep and the dream SCC final is reality Quarterfinals: Prep […]
SCC Boys Basketball Quarterfinal Roundup: Fairfield Prep outlasts Hamden in 2OT, advances to face Hillhouse
BRANFORD >> One game into this season, Fairfield Prep basketball coach Leo Redgate made one comment that stood out above the rest following the loss to Notre Dame-West Haven. “I told the team there’s no such thing as a good loss and no one wants to win more than me. But this is a team […]
Girls Basketball: Mercy pulls away from Hillhouse in second half, advances to SCC semifinals
WALLINGFORD >> Pretty it wasn’t. Indeed, for the first half, it was pretty ugly. But in the end, it was a win for the second-ranked Mercy Tigers in the quarterfinal round of the Southern Connecticut Conference playoffs at Sheehan Saturday afternoon. Mercy (18-3) will play the first game of the semifinal round Monday at 6 […]
Watch Live: Hillhouse vs. Ledyard boys basketball (via TheDay.com)
Watch live as Hillhouse, ranked No. 3 in the GameTimeCT / Register Top 10, takes on No. 12 Ledyard tonight at Standish Gymnasium in Ledyard. The coverage is brought to you by The Day of New London’s GameDay broadcast. This is the first meeting between these two teams since the 2015 Class LL quarterfinals, won […]
Boys basketball: Hillhouse handles Xavier
MIDDLETOWN >> Hillhouse survived. The Academics, in their first game after their upset loss to Fairfield Prep, held on to defeat Xavier 56-47, surviving a poor outside shooting night from beyond the arc — they made just one 3-pointer — and from the free throw line. What Hillhouse was able to do was dominate the […]
Class M Indoor Track: Tolland girls, Hillhouse boys keep dynasties alive
NEW HAVEN >> The kings and queens of Class M Indoor Track reign once again. For the third straight year both the Hillhouse boys and Tolland girls left the Floyd Little Athletic Center with Class M indoor track state championship plaques. For Tolland’s girls it was their fourth-consecutive title. It was the 3,200 meter run that sealed […]
Boys basketball: Fairfield Prep stuns No. 1 Hillhouse
DOWN GOES #1! @FPrepAthletics pulled of the huge upset by beating the undefeated @HillhouseSports. We had highlights and reactions. #ctbb pic.twitter.com/bG0pYX16CM — CT Sports Now (@CT_Sports_Now) February 8, 2017 NEW HAVEN >> Fairfield Prep stunned top-ranked and undefeated Hillhouse 70-62 Tuesday night at Hilhouse High. Prep (10-8) is about as healthy as it has been […]
Indoor Track: Hillhouse girls win SCC championship in final event; Hamden boys claim 1st title since 2010
NEW HAVEN >> It came down to the final race of the day, but the Hillhouse girls indoor track and field team is back on top of the Southern Connecticut Conference. The Academics led Shelton 48-47 before the 4×400 relay and took care of business at their own Floyd Little Athletic Center winning the race […]
Wednesday's Star: Robles, Shelton; vote for Thursday's Star of the Day
Wednesday’s Star Olivia Robles, Sheehan girls basketball: Scored 21 points in a 48-43 win over East Haven. [polldaddy poll=”9648815″] Vote for Thursday’s star until 9 p.m. Friday.
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