SUFFIELD/ENFIELD/HOUSATONIC/ELLINGTON/MLC 3 AMITY/NORTH HAVEN/CHESHIRE 2 ENFIELD — Sophie Lupone scored a pair of goals to lead Suffield/Enfield/Housatonic/Ellington/MLC to a 3-2 victory over the Amity/North Haven/Cheshire Blades in a CHSGHA quarterfinal game at Enfield Twin Rinks Saturday. Tess Csejka and Melissa Montesi scored for Amity. Suffield advances to play Branford/East Haven/North Branford, an upset winner over […]
Girls basketball: Northwestern rolls to win over Housatonic
WINSTED — Three days after winning its first Berkshire League girls basketball championship since 2004, the Northwestern girls basketball team (17-1; 16-1 BL) stuck an oversized jewel in their crown with a 58-28 dismantling of second-place H…
Girls Basketball: Housatonic earns win over Lewis Mills
BURLINGTON — Housatonic’s Emily Geyselaers scored the first six points in the Mountaineers’ 43-34 girls basketball win at Lewis Mills High School Friday night.Teammate Olivia Forstmann scored the next four.After that, it was down to shee…
Girls Soccer: Litchfield hangs on to beat 3rd-seeded Housatonic in Class S second round
FALLS VILLAGE — Litchfield hung on for a 2-1 Class S second round win at Housatonic High School Thursday afternoon after Ali O’Neill spotted the Cowgirls to a 2-0 first-half lead over their Berkshire League rivals.A tight crowd near the t…
Class S baseball: Holy Cross advances to final despite being no-hit by Housatonic Regional
BRISTOL >> Holy Cross, a one-loss team that rolled through the first three rounds of the Class S State Baseball Tournament with a 35-1 edge over opponents, found a way to beat No. 5 Housatonic 3-1 in the semifinal round Wednesday afternoon at Muzzy Field in spite of being out-hit 7-0. If the Crusaders win […]
Nonnewaug girls soccer stays unbeaten with a win over Housatonic
WOODBURY >> Housatonic soccer fans thinking a close early-season Nonnewaug win at Housatonic without Mountaineer star Lauren Segalla would have a different outcome at Nonnewaug Tuesday afternoon were disappointed two ways. The Chiefs (11-0-1) won by the same 2-1 score they did at Housy while the Mountaineers (9-3) played again without Segalla. “She’s taking a […]
Football: Vinal Tech / East Hampton / Goodwin Tech earn first victory
MIDDLETOWN >> It’s no contest, the happiest man in town is Vinal Tech football coach Joe Cefaratti. “I’m very happy, I’m ecstatic,” Cefaratti proclaimed after his cooperative team from Vinal Tech, East Hampton and Goodwin Tech defeated Wolcott Tech/Housatonic Regional/Wamogo, 27-18 at Palmer Field Friday night. “I was so pleased with how we moved the […]
Girls Soccer: Housatonic beats Lewis Mills
FALLS VILLAGE >> Starting with a take-down in the penalty box, a Housatonic 3-2 win over Lewis Mills in overtime at Housatonic High School Thursday was the kind of rock-em-sock-em girls soccer game fans have come to expect at the top of the Berkshire League. “That was the most physical game I’ve ever played in,” […]
CSC Football 2016: Wolcott Tech / Housatonic / Wamogo
Vitals Coach: JAMIE COTY (ninth year, 6-54) Conference: Constitution State Confereence Playoff Class: M (798 combined boys enrollment) Home: Wolcott Tech High School and Housatonic High School 2015 Record: Did not field varsity team (WT 6-5 as junior varsity) 2016 Kickoff: Sept. 10 vs. Thames River, 11 a.m. Team website: MaxPreps Top players NICK GUIDA, Soph. LB/FB (5-11, 180) WILL FALLON, Jr. LB/FB […]
Baseball: Gilbert moves on in Class S with win over Houstonic
WINSTED >> No. 15 seed Gilbert continued to be the latest hot team in a wild Berkshire League this season in a 5-3 win over No. 18 Housatonic Tuesday afternoon in the first round of the CIAC Class S State Baseball Tournament at Winsted’s Walker Field. “We squared up on pitches and we played small-ball,” […]
Lewis Mills girls lacrosse takes its fifth straight WCLC championship
WATERTOWN >> Lewis Mills’ girls lacrosse team never trailed in a 12-7 win over Housatonic for the Spartans’ fifth straight Western Connecticut Lacrosse Conference championship Thursday evening at Watertown High School. Rachel Hedden scored the first Mills goal a minute into the game on her way to five goals for the Spartans. “We wanted to […]
Baseball: Housatonic beats Wamogo on a walk-off error
FALLS VILLAGE >> In a pitchers’ duel with no earned runs, it was fitting that Housatonic beat Wamogo 2-1 on a walk-off error Thursday afternoon at Housatonic High School. Despite a combined 7 errors in the game (5-2 Wamogo), great fielding plays almost matched great pitching for much of the game — except when it […]
Baseball: 2016 no-hitter / perfect game list
Here is the list of all the no-hitters/perfect games thrown in Connecticut high school baseball during the 2016 season. If you or your team has a performance to be added to the list, leave a note in the comments and we’ll add it. Justin Gallicchio Northwest Catholic (April 8): On just 93 pitches, the Bryant […]
Boys basketball: Wamogo shows its bright future in a big win over Housatonic
LITCHFIELD >> Feel free to check off the Wamogo boys basketball team as one of next year’s Berkshire League favorites right now. Friday night, the Warriors (9-9) dismantled an athletic Housatonic team 59-37 while demonstrating the growth – up and together – a young team can make in a season under a good coaching staff. […]
Girls Basketball: Housatonic times it right for a close win at Northwestern
WINSTED >> Housatonic’s girls basketball team lost a first-quarter lead at Northwestern Tuesday night, then put itself back together in the final period for a 39-36 win — its second three-point win of the season over the Highlanders. Northwestern’s hopes for a state tournament berth disappeared with the loss. “It’s frustrating for the girls, especially […]
Litchfield County Roundup: Gilbert's girls basketball team wins big in Danbury
Staff Reports Gilbert’s girls basketball team made a trip to Danbury worthwhile as the Yellowjackets (5-7) stung Abbott Tech 51-27 Monday night. Jillian Wexler took scoring honors with 14 points. Deanna Delacruz and Ali Brochu had 10 points apiece. Abbott Tech is 0-12. Late Friday Boys Basketball Thomaston 72, Gilbert 55 >> Noah Daigle (18 […]
Litchfield County Weekend Roundup: Northwestern swimming proves its status against Shepaug
WINSTED >> Northwestern’s swimming and diving team asserted its strength over the Berkshire League’s next-best team, Shepaug, in a 101-81 smack-down at the Winsted YMCA Saturday afternoon. The Highlanders won two of the first three events – Rob Peresechino, John King, Connor Campbell and Tony Pucino in the 200-meter medley relay; and Kiley Stotler in […]
Litchfield County Roundup: Wamogo boys basketball caps a double-header win over Litchfield in a thriller
LITCHFIELD >> Wamogo’s boys basketball team capped a doubleheader at Wamogo High School with a 44-42 win over Litchfield Friday night. The Warriors led by six after three quarters. Litchfield rorared back with a 17-13 quarter, not quite enough. Garrett Coe had 13 for Wamogo (4-3); Max Loomis, 12. Ryan O’Neill scored 15; Barndon Hookstadt, […]
Litchfield County Roundup: Housatonic hockey beats NFA Co-Op in Norwich
The Housatonic/Norwestern/Wamogo ice hockey co-op beat a five-team NFA co-op team 5-3 Wednesday at the Norwich Ice Rink. Seth Sherwood, Nick Mirrzejewski, Connor Toffey, Bradford Rawlings and Jason Diamond scored for the Mountaineers. Andrew Bannon, Bryan Guetens and Marten Lancaster it the net for NFA. Housatonic is now 2-4-1; NFA is 2-6. Girls Basketball Housatonic […]
Litchfield County Roundup: Northwestern boys basketball stays unbeaten in the Berkshire League
TERRYVILLE >> Terryville outscored Northwestern by five points in the final period at Terryville High School to trim the Highlanders to their closest win of the season 60-53 Friday night. Alex Case (15 points), Devin Warren (12 points) and Tony Case (10 points) led Northwestern. Ian Schmidt (13 points) led the Kangaroo charge back up […]
Litchfield County Roundup: Housatonic Ice Hockey Co-Op Holds Off Undefeated Lyman Hall Co-Op
Staff Reports NORTHFORD >> The Housatonic/Northwestern/Wamogo ice hockey team (1-3-1) skated undefeated Lyman Hall/Haddam-Killingworth/Coginchaug (3-0-1) to a 3-3 deadlock at the Northford Ice Pavilion Wednesday night. Nick Mierzejewski, Jason Diamond and Finn Bambery scored the Mountaineer goals. Kyle Roberts, Chris Blanchard and Hunter Boileau scored for Lyman Hall. Housatonic goalkeeper Matt Murray made 26 saves […]
Litchfield County Roundup: Wamogo Takes It Back Against Shepaug In the Final Quarter
LITCHFIELD >> Brooke Neller went off for 27 points at home to lead the Warriors (5-2) to a 58-49 girls basketball win over Shepaug (4-3) Tuesday night. Shepaug, led by Caroline Kelly (24 points) and Samantha Moravsky (13), trailed by six at the half, tied the game at the end of three and led by […]
Litchfield County Swimming and Diving Capsules
NAUGATUCK VALLEY LEAGUE Torrington Coach: Andrew Marchand Last Year: 7-4-1, NVL 3rd, Class M 4th Key Losses: Jack Wassik, 200 free NVL 3rd, 500 free NVL champion, Class M 2nd; Matt Traub, 100 butterfly NVL 2nd, 100 backstroke NVL champion (meet record), Class M champion, 200 IM Class M champion; Josh Coscia, 50 free NVL […]
Litchfield County Roundup: Northwestern/Lewis Mills boys basketball start strong
By Peter Wallace pwallace@registercitizen.com @PWallaceSports on Twitter Last year’s Berkshire League boys basketball regular season and league tournament champions, Northwestern and Lewis Mills, opened up the full winter season with wins Monday night. Northwestern 71, Shepaug 57: In Washington, Highlander senior Alex Case sprinted and bombed for 28 points, including 5 three-pointers, followed by Tucker […]
Nonnewaug shoots to 2-0 with a big win over Wamogo on Saturday
Staff Reports Saturday Results LITCHFIELD >> Nonnewaug’s girls basketball team (2-0) dominated Wamogo (1-1) from start to finish in a 44-23 stampede Saturday at Wamogo High School. Nonnewaug center Courtney Carlson had 19 points, as the Chiefs settled the game with a 21-5 first quarter, building from there. Mary Bibbey added 11 for Nonnewaug. Rose […]
Litchfield County Roundup: Litchfield girls basketball edges Gilbert to stay perfect
Staff reports LITCHFIELD >> Mary Spierto and Elena Kennedy led Litchfield’s girls basketball team to a 46-42 win against Gilbert at home Friday, keeping the early-season Cowgirl record spotless at 2-0. Spierto led Litchfield with 16 points; Kennedy (7 points) did it on the boards (14 rebounds) and on defense (7 blocks). Sam Foley chipped […]
Litchfield County Boys Basketball Preview Capsules
By Peter Wallace pwallace@registercitizen.com @PWallaceSports on Twitter Naugatuck Valley League Torrington Coach: Eric Gamari, 7th season Last Year: 4-16 Key Loss: Tim Considine, G Key Returners: Zak Mancini, 5-8 Sr. G; Connor Finn, 5-10 Sr. F; Jake Boccio, 6-2 Sr. C; David White, 5-10 Sr. All-Iron Division G/F; Stephon Dailey, 5-8 Jr. G; Nick DallaValle, […]
Preview: No Litchfield County Boys Basketball Team is Safe
By Peter Wallace pwallace@registercitizen.com @PWallaceSports on Twitter There’s no safe refuge for any of the area’s CIAC boys basketball teams this year. Torrington plays in one of the state’s toughest basketball leagues. The NVL had a Class S state champion and a Class L runner-up last year, including the No. 1 team in final state […]
Litchfield County Wrestling Preview Capsules
By Peter Wallace pwallace@registercitizen.com @PWallaceSports on Twitter Berkshire League Gilbert Coach: Derek Schibi, 2nd year (after 7 years at Northwestern) Last Year: 7-22 Losses: None Key Returners: Mike Phillips, Sr., 145; Logan Smith, Sr., 170 Berkshire-Valley runner-up, Class S 3rd; Liam Smith, Soph., 152; Riley Arthur, Soph.; C.J. Stone, Jr., 285. Outlook: The Yellowjackets have […]
Preview: Litchfield County Wrestling Fights Numbers Games
By Peter Wallace pwallace@registercitizen.com @PWallaceSports on Twitter Wrestling is a do-or-die sport, breeding that attitude in athletes and coaches alike. That’s fortunate for the small schools dotting the Northwest Corner because, as tough as the sport is, it’s even tougher for the schools to maintain healthy programs. Wrestling demands 100 percent dedication, weeding out pretenders, […]
Litchfield County Roundup
Girls Basketball Wamogo 43, Lewis Mills 28: Wamogo overcame an early Spartain lead with a big second quarter and huge third for an opening win at Lewis Mills High School. Sophomore Rose Kelly led the Warrior attack with 13 points, followed by 11 from Kristen Kanderfer. Samira Abbdelrehim paced Mills with 11. Thomaston 56, Gilbert […]
Litchfield County Girls Basketball Preview: Torrington, Thomaston will challenge for league titles
NVL Torrington has won two of the last three NVL titles, Holy Cross one. The Red Raiders won a pair of thrillers over Kennedy and Holy Cross in the NVL Tournament last year, but graduated much of their firepower. Starters Paige Middleton, Brittany Anderson, Mia Barbieri and Taylor Howe were a huge part of the […]
Litchfield County Girls Basketball Preview Capsules
NVL Torrington Coach: Mike Fritch, 23rd year Last Year: 23-2, NVL Champions Key Losses: Paige Middleton, All-NVL G/F; Brittany Anderson, All-Iron Division F; Mia Barbieri, C/F; Shelby Howe, All-NVL-Tournament G; Taylor Howe, G; Kendra Covington, F. Key Returners: Ashlynn Cook, 5-7 Sr. F; Alexis Tyrell, 5-5 Soph. G; Brie Pergola, 5-8 All-NVL, All-State G/F; Lindsey […]
Litchfield Country Tournament Roundup
By Peter Wallace pwallace@registercitizen.com @PWallaceSports on Twitter Saturday is CIAC championship day for field hockey, boys and girls soccer and girls volleyball – a good time for updating Northwest Corner’s state tournament performances so far. Thomaston’s field hockey team looks for the area’s second state championship in tomorrow’s Class S finals at noon at Wethersfield […]
Class S girls soccer: Housatonic wins big
By Peter Wallace pwallace@registercitizen.com @PWallaceSports on Twitter FALLS VILLAGE >> No. 1 Housatonic started slowly, then built to a 6-1 crescendo behind four goals from Lauren Segalla against No. 17 Coginchaug in CIAC Class S Girls Soccer’s second round at Housatonic High School Wednesday afternoon. Mountaineer star Segalla glided around charging Coginchaug goalkeeper Taylor Marino […]
Lichfield County Tournament Schedule
Wednesday, Nov. 11 CIAC State Tournaments Girls Soccer Class M Second Round No. 15 Valley Regional (11-3-3) vs. No. 2 Lewis Mills (15-1) at Nassahegan Field, 5 p.m. No. 13 Ellington (12-4-1) at No. 4 Nonnewaug (14-3), 2 p.m. Class S Second Round No. 17 Coginchaug (8-6-2) at No. 1 Housatonic (15-1), 2 p.m. No. […]
Litchfield County State Tournament Preview
Peter Wallace pwallace@registercitizen.com @PWallaceSports on Twitter CIAC State Tournaments begin this week in five fall sports – field hockey, boys soccer, girls soccer, girls swimming and diving, and girls volleyball. Here’s a rundown of who’s in among area teams and observations in each sport. Field Hockey Area Qualifiers: Class M – Nonnewaug. Class S – […]
Girls soccer: Lewis Mills tops Housatonic, gains share of Berkshire League crown
BURLINGTON >> The Lewis Mills girls soccer team made a change and because of it things remained the same in the Berkshire League. After losing one of their top offensive weapons to injury, Lewis Mills remade itself and it led to another Berkshire League title. A 2-1 victory over Housatonic Valley Regional on Tuesday night […]
Girls soccer: Housatonic stays unbeaten after downing Litchfield
LITCHFIELD >> Housatonic’s girls soccer team showed why it’s undefeated (14-0) in the Berkshire League in a 5-0 rout of a Litchfield team (5-8-1) with a good defense despite the final score. Junior Lauren Segalla scored 52 goals last year, with 101 goals so far in her high school career. Tuesday, at Litchfield High School, […]
Lacrosse: 2015 Litchfield County preview, capsules
The slow growth of boys and girls lacrosse in the Northwest Corner is ambitious because, like ice hockey, other parts of the state have a long head start. Housatonic and Lewis Mills have made themselves exceptions. Housy’s program has been around for years. Its longevity showed up last year on the girls side with a […]
Litchfield County 2015 softball preview capsules
Torrington Coach: Maryann Musselman, 15th year Last year: 19-2 Key losses: Sydney Matzko, All-State p; Nicole Jamieson, 2b; Alexa Potter, lf; Sara Heath, 1b; Sam Pelow, ss; Aunchlee Reily, of. Key returners: Marissa Morris, cpt, sr. c; Brittany Young, cpt, sr. of; Brittany Anderson, cpt, sr of; Alexis Tyrrell, soph, inf; Lauren Jamieson, soph, inf; […]
Litchfield County 2015 baseball preview capsules
Torrington Coach: Pat Richardson, 5th year Last year: 17-7 Key losses: Shane Bierfeldt, lhp/of; Ben Thompson, c; Mitch Zagrodnik, p/1b; John McCarthy, 2b; Stanley Rijo, ss. Key returners: Nate Manchester, jr. p; Kobe Covington, jr. inf; Ben Bonvicini, sr. inf; Josh Rubino, sr. p; Manny Rijo, sr. of; Nick Santillo, sr. inf/of; P.J. Kilmartin, sr. p/of; Anthony Pandolfo, sr. […]
Litchfield County 2015 golf preview capsules
Torrington Coach: Joe Minutillo, 30th year Last year: 7-9, 3rd in Iron Division Key loss: Nick LaMothe Key returners: Kristian Eucalitto, sr; Taylor Yuvgalevicz, sr; Alex Ledda, sr; Tylar Young, jr; Adam LaMothe, jr; Drew Fisher, jr; Matt Calabrese, jr. Outlook: Torrington should be stronger this year with its core returning. Expect top two […]
Litchfield County 2015 tennis preview capsules
Torrington Boys Coach: Mark Moulton, 7th year Last year: 13-5, NVL 3rd Key Losses: Five starters Key returners: Ethan Barbieri. sr; Collin Genovese, sr; Brandon Becker, sr; Allain Malcom, jr. Newcomers: Scott Dixon, soph; Billy Weber, fresh. (brother Jack was No. 1 three years ago.) Outlook: The Red Raiders are rebuilding but still expect to […]
Class S Wrestling: Berkshire League well represented
The culmination of a season’s worth of sweat, strain and pain takes place this weekend at the CIAC Class S State Wrestling Tournament at Haddam-Killingworth High School in Higganum. Preliminary rounds start this afternoon at 4 p.m. Saturday’s full day begins at 9 a.m., with semifinal rounds scheduled for 2 p.m. and finals at 7 […]
Sunday Spotlight Instagram winner: Housatonic Girls' Basketball Team
Our Sunday Spotlight Winner: The Housatonic Girls’ Basketball Team! The team qualified for states last week and have won four of the last six games. Housatonic will end the regular season on Thursday and have a big game on Tuesday against Thomaston. ???? A photo posted by Gametimect (@gametimect) on Feb 15, 2015 at 10:34am […]
Wrestling: Terryville wins first Berkshire-Valley Invitational
WOODBURY >> Terryville’s wrestling team, undefeated in the Berkshire League this year, took another giant step Saturday. The Kangaroos won the first Berkshire-Valley Invitational Tournament, combining the five wrestling teams from the Berkshire League – Gilbert, Housatonic, Nonnewaug, Northwestern and Terryville – with the five wrestling teams from the NVL – Derby, Holy Cross, Oxford, […]
Team Selfie Challenge: Housatonic girls soccer wins Week 6 title
In the state championship week, the Housatonic girls’ soccer team submitted a number of great selfies, but it was the selfie after the Class S semifinals that was the winner. Housatonic, which finished the season as the Class S runner-up, collected more than 120 likes to claim the Week 6 GameTimeCT Team Selfie Challenge (#GameTimeCTSelfie) […]
Class S girls soccer: Portland edges Housatonic Regional in OT thriller to win title
WATERBURY >> The Portland girls soccer team’s days of sharing the Class S championship trophy are over. Highlanders sophomore forward Mikayla Stefanski scored the winning goal during a mad scramble after a Kayla Hardesty corner kick in the 105th minute and No. 29 Portland capped an amazing state tournament run with a thrilling 2-1 double-overtime […]
Class S girls soccer: Portland edges Housatonic in OT
WATERBURY >> Class S defending champion Portland merged experience and tradition for a 2-1 overtime win against Housatonic in Saturday morning’s Class S State Championship at Waterbury’s Municipal Stadium. Anticipating No. 3 Housy’s first final in program history Friday evening, Mountaineer Coach Tess Segalla said, “Ranking means nothing. They have experience.” Yes and no. No. […]
