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At Bullard-Havens, a senior-heavy group might have had a chance for a special 2020 football season with a new but familiar head coach. A pandemic stole that and sent all those seniors off to the next step in their lives.
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BASEBALL All-SWC Daniel Rodriguez, Bethel; Zak Droukas, Brookfield; Drew Martin, Brookfield; Jake Miceli, Brookfield; Brett Batka, Bunnell; Matt Scott, Barlow; Jason Green, Kolbe Cathedral; Tyler Kipp, Masuk; Gianno Merlonghi, Masuk; Jeremy Rodrigues, Masuk; Dan Gantert, New Fairfield; Matt Garbowski, New Fairfield; Braden Quinn, New Fairfield; Justin Leclair, New Milford; Dylan Goyette, Newtown; Andrew Amato, Weston; […]
WESTON — Athletes took advantage of competing on the South-West Conference’s biggest stage at the league’s girls track and field championships at Weston High.
The chance for records to fall, personal best t…
You run through the kind of competitive gauntlet the Bristol Central boys basketball team went through last week, you earn the right to finish No. 1. Bristol Central won the Central Connecticut Conference’s championship Bracket 1 by defeating three teams ranked in the top five of the Register/GameTimeCT Top 10 poll: fourth-ranked Windsor, second-ranked Northwest […]
BROOKFIELD — Notre Dame-Fairfield was on the ropes early in the fourth quarter, trailing Kolbe Cathedral by almost double digits and three of its star players saddled with four fouls each. But the Lancers showed some guts and were able to come back and go toe-to-toe with the defending champions down the stretch to decide […]
It’s not often players get a shot at redemption after a tournament finals’ loss from the season before. It’s difficult to get back to the same spot.
In the case of Notre Dame-Fairfield, add in the fact it’s…
SOUTHBURY — The Pomperaug girls basketball team has had its fair share of success in recent years but the one thing it has not done is play for a SWC championship.
Pomperaug last won a conference tournament…
BRIDGEPORT — Combine high-percentage shot attempts with some stellar defense and on most nights, that’s a recipe for victory in high school boys basketball.
On Monday night, it was a delicious recipe for Ko…
UPDATE, March 19: In an email to parents, Brookfield athletic director Steve Baldwin said proper documentation has been provided to the Brookfield Dept. of Health from Bridgeport to ensure the safety of players concerning its SWC quarterfinal game vs. Kolbe Cathedral. The game is set to be played Saturday, 5:30 at the Shehan Center in Bridgeport. […]
Daniel Hand boys hockey coach Brian Gonsalves wishes the focus were on a few other numbers, like the two points Tatum Fitzmaurice needed to become the school’s all-time leading scorer, the 40 games the Tigers have won over…
GameTimeCT · Courtside with Joe Morelli (S3 E4): Kolbe Cathedral coach John Pfohl WELCOME BACK to another episode of Courtside with Joe Morelli, your weekly dose of Connecticut boys basketball talk. And, wouldn’t you know it, as soon as we dropped the latest GameTimeCT Boys Basketball Top 10 poll, all hell broke loose among the state’s […]
FAIRFIELD — The No. 1 ranked Notre Dame-Fairfield girls basketball team has not lost in state since 2019, but it seems to save its best games for its best opponents.
Tuesday, the No. 10 team in the GameTime…
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 […]
