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BROOKFIELD — It took these seniors on the Weston football team three long seasons to break through and earn a place at the Class M state tournament table.
The Trojans were ready to savor every minute of pla…
The 2019 CIAC Football Playoffs begin Wednesday, Dec. 4 (after a postponement due to weather) with quarterfinal rounds at the sites of the higher seeds. They will continue with semifinals Monday, Dec. 9 at sites of the higher seeds, and conclude Saturday, Dec. 14 at either Trumbull’s McDougall Stadium, or Veterans Stadium at Willowbrook Park […]
It is a chilly reward for a job well done.
The Abbott Tech/Immaculate co-op football team is happy to be still playing football in December as No. 4 seed ATI will battle No. 5 seed Weston in the Class M sta…
Chris Pace has heard it all before.
The coach at Bullard Havens Tech knows all about his league’s previous struggles in the state playoffs. A tech school has yet to win a state playoff game and most defeats…
DANBURY—Led by its three-headed monster in the backfield, the Abbott Tech/Immaculate football team is headed back to the postseason.
The four-year drought is over for the United, who got three touchdowns fr…
TRUMBULL — The Holy Cross boys soccer team has been waiting since 1985 to play for a state championship.
What was 20 more minutes of overtime plus penalty kicks?
After playing to a 2-2 tie t…
CHESHIRE — While the North Branford and Immaculate field hockey teams are among the state’s top offensive teams, sometimes getting lost among all the goals is the exceptional defense they play. On Tuesday in the CIAC Class…
DANBURY—The little engine that could has plenty of steam left in it.
And the Immaculate boys soccer team is in a place it hasn’t touched in more than two decades: The Class S semifinals.
The…
LITCHFIELD — Immaculate’s speed, aggressiveness and an effective game plan beat Litchfield 2-1 in a Class S boys soccer second-round match at Litchfield High School Wednesday afternoon.
The No. 15 Mustangs …
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STAPLES TOUGH IN A TOUGH CLASS L
Class L is loaded with talented teams but the one to beat is still No. 4 seed Staples with its depth and standouts in every phase of th…
MONROE — The 400-yard freestyle relay marked the conclusion of the SWC Girls Swimming Championships, but Weston still made one final, big splash on Saturday.
Joining hands, the members of the Weston squad j…
NEW MILFORD — The moment was in his hands and he wasn’t going to let it slip away.
For Immaculate senior Tristan DiNatale, his team’s first SWC playoff win over more than a decade was 12 yards away. And he …
DANBURY — Bullard-Havens’ football team surrendered two scores in the final 44 seconds of the first half and, suddenly, found itself trailing CTC rival Abbott Tech/Immaculate in a game it had all but dominated to that point. But the message at halftime was simple: just keep doing your job. The Tigers forced five turnovers and […]
DANBURY—The Newtown field hockey team has scored goals virtually at will all season long, piling up goals during its sensational 11-0 start.
But for the first time all season, the Nighthawks had to dig deep…
With six returning seniors, all of whom had plenty of varsity experience, the Seymour volleyball team had plenty of reason to be confident coming into the season.
Through 14 matches, the Wildcats are unscat…
DANBURY — The Immaculate girls’ volleyball team handed New Milford its first loss of the season in a come-from-behind five-set thriller at Immaculate Monday night.
After falling behind in sets twice during …
The Abbott Tech/Immaculate football team knows if it wants to reach its final destination of the Class M playoffs, a take-care-of-business approach to many of its games against CTC opposition.
Check one off…
Storylines to watch Can Staples win four straight Class L titles? While Darien and others will likely have something to say about it, the Wreckers have the talent to make another strong run to win their fourth straight Class L title. In the last three seasons they have won two outright titles and were co-champs […]
The following are 25 high school field hockey players to watch this season in Connecticut. The list includes players representing CIAC schools and is in alphabetical order.
Tessa Albrecht, Norwalk, Jr., F: …
Maddie Bergin, North Haven, Jr. – Bergin earned All-State honors by placing fifth and sixth, respectively in the 100 (52.75) and 50 freestyle (24.03) events at the State Open. She won both events at the Class M Championshi…
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 — RICH HOLMES (6th season with co-op, 36-15) CONFERENCE — CTC PLAYOFF CLASS — M (co-op) HOME — Mustang Valley, Immaculate High School, Danbury 2018 RECORD — 7-3 2019 OPENER — Sept. 20 at Quinebaug Valley TEAM WEBSITES — MaxPreps | TWITTER — @HATfootball Top players ANTHONY FRASIER, Sr., RB/QB/OLB (5-11, 195) C.J. CIANFLONE, […]
Here is our annual breakdown of state championships by school. This list includes only CIAC sanctioned sports and team championships. It does include both Class and State Open titles. New England and national titles are not included. Here’s a look back at 2017-18 2018-19 state championships by school Bloomfield (7) Football (S) Boys Indoor Track […]
The NISCA recently released its girls and boys All-America diving lists and Connecticut was certainly well represented.
Kevin Bradley of Norwalk, New Canaan’s Jackson Camporin, Glastonbury’s Ethan Godfrey, …
Immaculate will return to an independent ice hockey program for the 2019-20 season, the school announced in a press release. Brian Lugo will serve as coach of the Division I Mustangs, who will practice and play at the Danbury Ice Arena. The team played as a co-op for several years with New Fairfield and were […]
HEBRON — Jack Woods spent a lot of time watching the final scores trickle in after carding a 5-over par 77 at Tallwood Country Club on Monday. The suspense for Woods and his Immaculate teammates was palpable.
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The semifinal-round of the Class LL, L, M and S boys tournaments are scheduled to be held on Thursday, with the finals taking place on Friday. Here’s a look at what’s transpired in each Class. Class LL Top-seeded Andrew Ilie of Trumbull advanced to the semifinals of the singles bracket with a 6-1, 6-0 win […]
Immaculate High School boys basketball and girls soccer coach Nelson Mingachos was named the permanent athletic director after serving in the interim role.
Mingachos, a graduate of the school in 1989, had b…
Immaculate High School recently honored its athletes who are committed to playing college sports at the next level.
Emma Baughman, Ave Maria University lacrosse: Baughman was a four-year player for the Must…
