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MONROE — In order to be the best you must beat the best, that is exactly what an undaunted and unwavering Kolbe Cathedral did Thursday night to capture its first SWC Boys Basketball title since 2006.
The No…
BRIDGEPORT — It’s satisfying to take that next step at playoff time.
The Kolbe Cathedral boys basketball team had seen their SWC Tournament playoff dreams end in the semifinals the past two years.
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The 2020 South-West Conference Boys Basketball Tournament will tip off Friday, Feb. 28, continue with semifinals on Monday, March 2 and conclude Thursday, March 5 with the championship at a site to be determined. All early rounds will be played at the sites of the higher seeds. Immaculate (12-0 SWC) is the top seed. Bunnell, […]
FAIRFIELD — None of the players on the Notre Dame-Fairfield girls basketball team has won a SWC championship.
That is something the players are dead set on changing.
The No. 1 Lancers came o…
BRIDGEPORT— When the regular season begins to wind down the stakes are raised. Some teams find themselves fighting for postseason berths while others look to improve their seeding.
The Bethel and Kolbe Cath…
The 2020 South-West Conference girls basketball tournament tips off with quarterfinals on Friday, Feb. 21 at sites of the higher seeds, continues with semifinals Tuesday, Feb. 24 at the sites of the higher seeds, and concludes Wednesday, Feb. 26 with the championship at Bunnell High School in Stratford. Notre Dame-Fairfield, the No. 1-ranked team in […]
The Newtown Nighthawks won the SWC cheerleading championships on Friday night at their home gym. Joel Barlow was the 1st runner up and Brookfield 2nd.
NEW HAVEN — With the boys basketball season starting a week later than last year, plenty of clubs are still working out the kinks as we turn for the new decade.
Kolbe Cathedral coach John Pfohl said it hims…
This November, the CIAC will crown champions in boys soccer for the 20th time this century. In that time, 45 schools have claimed state titles in Classes S, M, L and LL, including years where co-championships were earned. Five schools, Farmington, East Catholic, Brookfield, Barlow and Avon have won titles in two different classes. Here […]
CCC ALL-CCC WEST DIVISION: Ryan Roller (Conard); Erik Youngstrom (Conard); Brian Liao (Farmington); Sachit Sabapathy (Farmington); Scott Touhy (Farmington); Brennan George (Hall); Leonel Caceres (Newington); Louis Egbuna (Newington); Mason Romano (Newington); Ethan Basch (Simsbury); Joe Bargman (Simsbury); Zack Morgan (Southington); Tim Walsh (Southington); Adam Hunter (Southington). ALL-CCC EAST DIVISION: Chaddane Williams (Bloomfield); Emmanuel Goods (Bloomfield); Kai Haughton […]
The spring of 2018 will long be remembered in SWC territory for the amount of havoc weather wreaked on the softball schedule.
Wet fields first led to delays and postponements. Then tornados swept through th…
MERIDEN — Losing a state tournament game hurts. It means your season is over. But losing the way the Kolbe Cathedral girls did Monday in the Class M semifinals against Cromwell, was downright devastating, especially for ju…
BRIDGEPORT — The tension mounted with each possession during the second half of Thursday night’s Class M girls basketball tournament quarterfinal between Kolbe Cathedral and Capital Prep, as both teams tightened up their d…
STRATFORD — The Kolbe Cathedral players, coaches and fans inside the Bunnell gym had to be thrilled with what had transpired during the first 17 minutes of Monday’s SWC boys basketball semifinal.
Kolbe, see…
STRATFORD — Stratford basketball coach Tim Swaller had a game plan for Kolbe Cathedral’s Quinton Sneed. Unfortunately for the Red Devils, Sneed was not to be denied.
Combining 17 points with 24 rebounds, Sn…
The girls basketball league tournaments are nearing their conclusions. With snow on the way Wednesday night, many of them were getting pushed to later in the week. But the state tournament pairings have been released, and the latest top 10 poll will not be delayed. The poll was conducted through Monday night’s SCC, SWC and […]
The 2019 SWC Boys Basketball Championship begins Friday, Feb. 22 with quarterfinals at the higher seeds, continue Monday, Feb 25 with semifinals at the sites of the higher seeds and the championship, Thursday, Feb. 28 at a site to be determined. Notre Dame-Fairfield is the three-time defending champion and the No. 5 seed in this […]
NEWTOWN — Newtown High missed 23 of its first 24 shots in Monday’s SWC girls basketball semifinal … and yet the Nighthawks had Kolbe Cathedral just where they wanted them.
“When (Newtown) finally made the…
Pretty good start to the conference tournament predictions. So far, the record stands at 38-9 overall. Day 3 Predictions Day 2 Predictions Day 1 Predictions Now, prognosticating gets a little tougher as conferences play semifinal matchups. If you’re a girls hoops fan, you have to love this slate of games tonight. NVL At Kennedy No. […]
Day 3 brings us to Super Saturday in girls basketball with a full slate of conference tournament games. Let’s go! BERKSHIRE LEAGUE No. 8 Wamogo at No. 1 Housatonic Regional: HOUSATONIC No. 5 Lewis Mills at No. 4 Nonnewaug: NONNEWAUG No. 7 Shepaug Valley at No. 2 Northwestern: NORTHWESTERN No. 6 Thomaston at No. 3 […]
SWC Tournament KOLBE CATHEDRAL 53, WESTON 27 BRIDGEPORT — Gracen Kerr scored a game-high 16 points to lead Kolbe Cathedral over Weston, 53-27, in the quarterfinals of the SWC girls basketball tournament Friday night at the Shehan Center. Brianna Meekins added 12 points for the third-seeded Cougars (18-3), who will play at second-seeded Newtown in […]
Day two of the girls tournaments. The calm before the Saturday storm of games. FRIDAY SWC No. 8 Brookfield at No. 1 Notre Dame-Fairfield: NOTRE DAME No. 5 Pomperaug at No. 4 Bethel: Panthers have won six straight since losing to Bethel Jan. 24. Bethel is riding an 11-game winning streak into the tournament. Tough […]
The SWC Girls Basketball Tournament will begin Friday with quarterfinals at the site of the higher seeds and conclude Wednesday, Feb. 20 with the championship at a site to be determined. The semifinals will be Monday, Feb. 18 at the sites of the higher seeds. Notre Dame-Fairfield, the third-ranked team in the GameTimeCT Top 10 […]
Mercy has come all the way back, and what perfect timing. The Tigers began the preseason No. 1, but quickly fell out of favor with a 2-4 record to start the year. But Mercy has turned it around by winning 13 of its last 14 — including a 55-54 victory over East Haven — to […]
BRIDGEPORT — Kolbe Cathedral saw a 21-point halftime lead shrink to as little as five points, but held on to beat No. 8 Newtown 54-47 in a battle of 16-2 teams.
Gracen Kerr led No. 9 Kolbe (17-2, 10-2 SWC) …
FAIRFIELD — There were three minutes remaining in the third quarter Wednesday and Notre Dame of Fairfield trailed Kolbe Cathedral by 16 points having missed 31 of its 37 field-goal attempts. About 25 minutes later, however…
As the regular season begins to wind down, Norwalk remained unbeaten and remained the unanimous No. 1 team in the latest GameTimeCT Girls Basketball poll for Feb. 6. The Bears face No. 4 Trumbull in a massive FCIAC game which will determine who is seeded where for the upcoming league tournament. Elsewhere, New London closed […]
Gracen Kerr had 23 point and Brianna Meekins 16 to lead Kolbe Cathedral to a 49-41 win in SWC girls basketball action Thursday at the Shehan Center in Bridgeport.
Allison Teklits led New Fairfield with 14 p…
Hamden’s 46-44 victory over Trumbull not only put the Green Dragons back in the good graces of voters in the GameTimeCT Top 10 Girls Basketball poll, but it has suddenly added a little extra intrigue to Saturday’s matchup between Norwalk and New London. Hamden’s win knocked Trumbull out of the No. 2 spot and replaced […]
