DANBURY — When the horn sounded at the conclusion of Wednesday afternoon’s game, the players on the Stamford High School girls lacrosse team raced to the end of the field to celebrate with goalie Reaging Hyppolite wearing post-game smiles that…
WATCH: Relive every CIAC Championship game at Mohegan Sun in 2 minutes
It’s been just over three days since the final buzzer sounded at Mohegan Sun so we thought it would be a perfect time to relive each and every game from the weekend. The kicker? We put it all together in two quick minutes. The 2018 CIAC Winter Championship Weekend Scoreboard (Final)
WATCH: GameTimeCT’s Joe Morelli and Jeff Jacobs recap the boys basketball tournament
UNCASVILLE – After the games had finished, all the plaques had been handed out and all the stories had been written, GameTimeCT’s Joe Morelli and Jeff Jacobs jumped in front of the camera to discuss what they thought of the boys basketball tournament. They talked about each state title winner and some of the players […]
Boys basketball: Immaculate dominates second half, beats Amity to capture Division II state title
UNCASVILLE — Give Immaculate a decent lead and the Iron Five will just grind it out on offense until you find a way to take the ball from them.The Amity Spartans never figured out how to stop the Mustangs on offense. The No. 2 seed sliced No. 9 Amity to shreds in the second half, taking […]
Boys basketball: Balanced Immaculate set for Division II final vs. Amity
DANBURY — The smallest school in Division II with one of the smaller rotations around, the Immaculate boys basketball team, has not allowed its lack of numbers to affect its performance on the court.It only takes a fab five to produce results,…
Boys basketball: Immaculate tops Glastonbury to reach Division II final
WEST HARTFORD — Headed back to the Sun.For the second time in three seasons the Immaculate boys basketball team booked its place at Mohegan Sun Arena for a state championship final. This time it will be for the Division II championship as the …
Boys Basketball: Seasoned Immaculate rips past New Britain, heads to Division II semifinals
DANBURY — The Immaculate High School boys basketball team is headed back to the state semifinals after a one-year hiatus — one which only made the Mustangs hungrier for a championship.Seeded second in the Division II state tournament, the Must…
Boys Basketball: Doherty, Immaculate get defensive with Conway, advance past Warde in D2 second round
DANBURY — Scoring zero points in a game never had such an impact.For Immaculate senior Ronan Doherty, his top priority for this one was defense, and did he ever shine.Tasked with primarily defending FCIAC Player of the Year Sean Conway, Dohert…
Hockey: Notre Dame-Fairfield jumps all over NFI, advances to D1 quarterfinals vs. Prep
DANBURY — It’s not about how many opportunities you create. It’s how many you bury. The Notre Dame-Fairfield boys hockey team only generated 12 shots on goal in its opening two periods against New Fairfield-Immaculate Thursday but found the back of the net four times en route to a 5-2 win in the first round […]
Boys Basketball: Reaves spurs Notre Dame-Fairfield past Immaculate, to third-straight SWC championship
MONROE — After an admittedly poor defensive effort in the SWC tournament semifinals Tuesday against Brookfield, Notre Dame-Fairfield was determined to bring back the intensity in Thursday night’s championship game against Immaculate. And like they’ve done throughout this perfect season, the Lancers brought the pressure. They dominated the backboards, controlled the momentum and led wire-to-wire […]
Boys Basketball: Immaculate gets defensive, rallies past Kolbe Cathedral to reach SWC championship
DANBURY — There are few teams that play better with the lead than the Immaculate boys basketball team. And when the Mustangs seized the lead for the first time late in the third quarter of their SWC semifinal against Kolbe Cathedral, they weren’t about to give it up. After overcoming a double-digit deficit, a 21-8 […]
Boys Basketball: Doherty, Immaculate top Stratford to reach SWC semifinals
DANBURY — Thanks to Friday night’s quarterfinal victory over Stratford, the Immaculate High School boys basketball team has advanced at least to the South-West Conference semifinals for five consecutive years. While that alone is an impressive accomplishment, the Mustangs — who last won the conference title in 2012 and last reached the championship game in […]
Boys basketball: Doherty nets 1,000th point as Immaculate tops Barlow
REDDING—Immaculate boys basketball coach Nelson Mingachos knew. The massive fan section across from the Mustangs bench knew, too.But senior standout Ronan Doherty didn’t. Well, that is until the Mustangs threw out their traditional balance…
Girls basketball: Top-seeded Newtown survives, advances to SWC semifinals
NEWTOWN — It’s hard to imagine any postseason game having a bit of an anticlimactic feel, but considering the week the Newtown girls basketball team just had, Friday’s SWC quarterfinal against Immaculate posed a threat of being a major l…
Hockey: No. 3 Xavier staves off No. 7 New Fairfield / Immaculate
DANBURY — Xavier’s status as a third-period team was cemented Sunday when it overcame a three-goal deficit in upending Notre Dame-West Haven in one of the signature wins of the Division I season.In danger of being upset by a team desperate…
#Tweet-Your-Buzzer-Beaters: Gleichauf beats buzzer *twice* to lift Brookfield over Immaculate in OT
BROOKFIELD — It may not have been the prettiest shot Cam Gleichauf has ever put up, but for the Brookfield High School boys basketball team, it was a thing of beauty. With the score tied and the final seconds of overtime ticking away, Gleichauf drove toward the basket, made a nifty spin move in the […]
Boys hockey: Notre Dame-WH holds off NFI in final seconds
DANBURY — Trailing by one goal in the final minute but with a two-player advantage and all its star players on the ice, the New Fairfield-Immaculate boys hockey team was right on the doorstep of a breakthrough result against one of the top t…
Boys Basketball: Guth goes off for 28 points as Immaculate tops Stratford
STRATFORD — Losing didn’t sit well with Quinn Guth, especially not after turning in a performance that his coach described as “terrible.”Guth certainly made up for it on Friday, pouring in a game-high 28 points in Immaculate’s 69-57 …
Boys Basketball: Jackson leads unbeaten Prince Tech past Immaculate
DANBURY — The Prince Tech boys basketball team rolled out of Danbury Monday with its unbeaten record in tact following its thrilling victory over Immaculate — and it took the visitors from Hartford all they could muster to come from behind…
Boys hockey: Big third period propels New Fairfield / Immaculate past Amity
WEST HAVEN — It showed early that the New Fairfield-Immaculate boys hockey team had 10 days between its last contest against Fairfield Prep — its lone loss of the season — and Saturday’s matchup against SCC-SWC opponent Amity.The Musta…
Boys Basketball: Patient Immaculate edges Pomperaug
DANBURY — Without an object above the backboard that determines when a team chooses to shoot, players are free to play ball control with the lead at any stage, particularly in the fourth quarter.With five guards capable of both handling the …
Hockey: Casl’s late power-play goal helps No. 1 Fairfield Prep stave off No. 8 NFI
DANBURY — The Fairfield Prep hockey team has already toppled several strong squads en route to its now 8-0 start this winter. Wednesday’s visit to the Danbury Ice Arena was perhaps its most surprising tough test of the early season, though. There the Jesuits encountered a New Fairfield-Immaculate squad eager to prove it belonged at […]
Hockey: New Fairfield / Immaculate out for success at Division I level
DANBURY—As a teacher at West Haven for more than 25 years, Larry Vieira knows how to challenge kids to attempt to draw out the best in them.So, when his New Fairfield-Immaculate co-op hockey team had the chance to jump into the fray that is …
Girls Basketball: Late surge lifts Immaculate over New Fairfield
DANBURY — Its seemingly comfortable nine-point lead having been erased, the Immaculate High School girls basketball team was in dire need of a spark late in the third quarter against New Fairfield Tuesday night.The Mustangs got one, in the f…
Field hockey: Salter, Granby edge Immaculate in Class S semifinals
CHESHIRE — With her players hunched over on their knees having given every ounce of energy they had, Immaculate field hockey coach Shannon Horosky had nothing but pride of the effort her team gave in the Mustangs’ Class S semifinal against…
Soccer: With Ryan and Kayla, Danbury’s Mingachos clan keeps finding success on the pitch
One was wrapped in a Sporting Lisbon flag when he was born. The other given a soccer ball by her grandfather soon after. Both are offspring of a decorated player and Hall of Fame coach. With Portuguese roots, siblings Ryan and Kayla Mingachos breathed soccer air from the beginning. Ryan — now a sophomore at […]
Girls Soccer: Mingachos’ goal lifts Immaculate over Newtown, to 5th SWC title
NEW MILFORD — The celebration and protest started simultaneously, then stopped simultaneously for a moment. And then they began once more, because Immaculate had a lead that the Mustangs would never again relinquish in the SWC girls soccer c…
Field Hockey: Immaculate advances to SWC final over New Milford on PKs
NEW MILFORD — Immaculate High School goalie Lauren Oskam stood between the goal posts with the weight of an entire field hockey season pressing on her shoulders.After 60 minutes of regulation time and three 10-minute overtime periods failed …
Girls Soccer: Immaculate shuts out Newtown
DANBURY — There’s a new No. 1 heading into the SWC playoffs.The Immaculate girls soccer team is usually near the top of the pile once the postseason rolls around, and 2017 is no different. The Mustangs made a big statement in their penulti…
Field Hockey: Halas scores three goals, lifts Immaculate in OT over New Fairfield
DANBURY — When the lights shined brightest — something that doesn’t happen often at Immaculate High — field hockey standout Madison Halas rose to the occasion.Halas weaved her way through one defender after another for the duration of …
Boys Soccer: Bethel shuts out Immaculate
DANBURY — The Bethel High School boys soccer team hopes to compete for some championship hardware later this season, and every win the Wildcats collect in the regular season sets them up a little BIT better to do just that.The Wildcats earne…
Boys Soccer: Defense keeps Immaculate scoreless, Masuk unbeaten
MONROE — The Masuk boys soccer team stuck to a familiar script to keep its unbeaten record intact. Backed by a disciplined and impenetrable defense, the Panthers edged Immaculate 2-0 on Tuesday at Benedict Field. “You can’t win champions…
Football: Wright, Bullard-Havens crush ATI, improve to 4-0
DANBURY — The perfect 4-0 record is nice, and Saturday’s 50-12 victory over Abbott Tech/Immaculate was certainly impressive, but coach John Johnson has bigger aspirations for his Bullard-Havens Tech football team — aspirations which include not only reaching the state playoffs, but winning once it gets there. The Tigers have qualified for states two of […]
Hockey: Team chemistry, goaltending has Hamden peaking; NFI rolling too
As the regular season winds down and the postseason quickly approaches, now is the time most teams hope to start peaking and gain momentum for a deep run in league and CIAC Division I, II and III tournaments. In a boys hockey season where parity has prevailed, one of the many Division I teams that […]
Indoor Track: Bloomfield girls win eighth straight Class S title, Old Saybrook 3rd; Immaculate wins boys title
NEW HAVEN >> There’s only one word to describe Bloomfield girls indoor track team’s dominance — dynasty. The Warhawks won their eighth straight CIAC Class S girls’ indoor track title with ease Tuesday night at the Floyd Little Athletic Center. Bloomfield scored 127 points, outdistancing Immaculate, which had 44. Old Saybrook, which was in second […]
Hockey: Guilford tops New Fairfield/Immaculate in key SCC/SWC DII matchup
EAST HAVEN – Forty-six seconds is all it took for New Fairfield/Immaculate to score and take a 1-0 lead over Guilford. But that was all that NFI would put on the board Saturday night as Guilford scored the next three goals to post a 3-1 victory in a Southern Connecticut Conference/Southwest Conference Division II hockey […]
Boys Basketball: Immaculate buries Torrington
TORRINGTON >> Defending Class S boys basketball champion Immaculate played one of its best games of the year while Torrington played one of its worst Monday night at Torrington High School. The result was a 70-42 massacre by the Mustangs that looked worse than the final score when it mattered in the first half. “They […]
Boys Basketball: Reaves, Notre Dame-Fairfield start fast, finish off Immaculate
FAIRFIELD >> There are hot starts and then there is what Notre Dame-Fairfield did to Immaculate in the first quarter on Tuesday night. The Lancers made four 3-pointers and took a 16-0 lead before surrendering its first points of the game with 3.9 seconds left in the first quarter to set the tone in the Sister […]
2016 CIAC girls soccer championship preview capsules
Class LL No. 1 GLASTONBURY (19-0-0) vs. No. 3 RIDGEFIELD (21-2) When: Saturday, 11 a.m. Where: Willow Brook Park, New Britain Internet: NFHSNetwork.com (subscription required) Championship game appearances: Glastonbury is 3-7, winning the last two Class LL titles; Ridgefield is 0-2. What to look for: A rematch of last year’s final, won by Glastonbury 5-3. […]
Immaculate girls soccer beats Lewis Mills in Class M semifinals
WATERBURY >> It’s a new division for Immaculate, but the same dominant Mustangs showed up in a 3-0 Class M girls soccer semifinal win against Lewis Mills Monday night at Waterbury’s Municipal Stadium. Immaculate ruled Class S for years, got bounced up to Class L and won that two years ago. “This would be our […]
Class S boys soccer: Pendl OT goal lifts Cromwell past Immaculate
CROMWELL >> Cromwell boys soccer coach Cliff Parker believes his team is capable of going on a winning streak in the Class S tournament. “The goal right now is to win five,” Parker said. The Panthers got their first one Tuesday night. Senior forward Jake Pendl scored on a penalty kick with just 2 minutes […]
CIAC to honor 15 athletic programs as Michaels Cup recipients
Fifteen high school athletic programs have been selected as CIAC Michaels Achievement Cup exemplary programs recognizing their outstanding achievement as overall athletics programs for the 2015-16 academic year. The 15 schools are: Amity, Brookfield, Canton, Cheshire, East Catholic, East Lyme, Haddam-Killingworth, Immaculate, Joel Barlow, Lauralton Hall, Ledyard, Lewis Mills, Lyman Memorial, Staples and Valley Regional. […]
Class S Boys Basketball: Smith, Immaculate outlast Coginchaug to win championship
UNCASVILLE >> Coginchaug trailed heavily-favored Immaculate by just one point early in the fourth quarter after senior guard Cam Powers swished a corner three-pointer. The Blue Devils’ two-week run to this Class S state championship game had featured numerous clutch shots and thrilling, heart-stopping finishes. “We were in the thick of it and I just […]
Boys basketball: Coginchaug primed for more tourney magic
SOUTHINGTON >> Coginchaug assistant boys basketball coach John Forline played on the Blue Devils 1974 Class S state championship team. Led by legendary coach Wally Camp, Coginchaug upset St. Thomas Aquinas, 49-48, to win the Durham school’s first and only state crown. The No. 11 Blue Devils (17-8) meet top-seeded Immaculate (24-3) for the CIAC […]
#Tweet-Your-Buzzer-Beaters: Holy Cross' Mowatt hits 80-footer at halftime in Class S loss to Immaculate
Holy Cross won’t be going to Mohegan Sun. The Crusaders lost to Immaculate, 74-58, in the Class S semifinals at Masuk. But they’ll at least have memories of this incredible 80-foot hook shot by senior Jon Howard under extreme duress at the halftime buzzer. Holy… Cross! WATCH from Brass City Hoops via YouTube. Here’s another […]
Boys Hockey: Staples bests Woodstock in OT barnburner, meets Stamford/Westhill in D3 final
NEW HAVEN >> Ian Offenberg scored on a rebounded shot with 4:41 left in overtime as Staples/Weston/Shelton’s boys hockey team defeated Woodstock Academy, 6-5, in a wild Division III semifinal game at Ingalls Rink. Staples advances to the Division III championship game against Stamford/Westhill, a 4-1 winner over New Fairfield/Immaculate in the other semifinal. The […]
Thursday's star: LeMere, North Branford; vote for Friday's Star of the Day
Thursday’s star Sabrina LeMere, North Branford girls basketball: She scored a career-high 32 points in a 70-51 loss to Notre Dame-Fairfield in the second round of the Class M tournament. LeMere finished her career with a school-record 1,398 points. [polldaddy poll=”9334487″] Vote until 9 p.m. Saturday.
Boys basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield wins SWC crown in Laczkoski's return to the bench
MONROE >> There was plenty of words you can use to describe Notre Dame-Fairfield’s South-West Conference boys basketball championship game performance. Brilliance, for the way the second-seeded Lancers rallied from down 13 points after one quarter to defeat top-seeded Immaculate 76-64 at Masuk High Thursday night. Redemption, for Notre Dame guard Jesse McIntosh, who injured […]
Thursday's Star: White, Xavier; vote for Friday's Star of the Day
Thursday’s Star Alex White, Xavier basketball: Had 13 points and seven blocks in a 59-44 win over Branford. [polldaddy poll=”9325764″]
Boys hockey: Vieira, New Fairfield/Immaculate have been on a roll
For New Fairfield/Immaculate coach Larry Vieira, hockey has been a huge part of his life since he started playing goalie for New Haven area youth hockey travel teams at age 6. While he has enjoyed many exciting experiences over the years, one of the most rewarding has been the growth and development of the New […]
