<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> NEW HAVEN – The No. 3 Tri-Town and No. 5 Eastern CT Eagles boys hockey teams made their first championship appearance on Saturday in the CIAC Division III final and the Eastern CT Eagles made the most of their first chance for a title, […]
Hockey: 2018 CIAC Championship Preview Capsules
DIVISION II Championship No. 1 FARMINGTON VALLEY vs. No. 3 GUILFORD When: Friday, 7:30 p.m. Where: Ingalls Rink, New Haven Records: Farmington Valley (21-3-1); Guilford (22-3) On The Air/Web: NFHSNetwork.com (subscription required) | WELI 960-AM Championship game appearances: As a co-op team Farmington Valley is making its first championship game appearance. Before joining the co-op, Farmington had […]
Hockey: In a shootout, Close drives stake in Staples, catapults Eastern CT into Division III final
NEW HAVEN — After Staples’ star senior Sam New scored his third goal of the game with 2:15 left in the third period to tie the score at six, no one on the Eastern CT Eagles’ bench panicked.Not a single player or coach. And it showed out on the…
Boys Basketball: Ledyard trips up Xavier in Kohs Christmas Tournament
MIDDLETOWN — Xavier won’t be playing in the title game of its own Christmas Tournament.Ledyard saw to that by beating the Falcons in the feature game of the Arthur M. Kohs Christmas Tourney, 66-56, in front of 450 at the Kohs Gymnasium Wed…
Boys basketball: Does Ledyard belong in Division II or III? Coach Cornish, GameTimeCT’s Morelli discuss with The Day’s Sports Doctor
The Ledyard boys basketball team petitioned the CIAC to move out of Division II and into Division III under the new five-division format being used for the 2017-18 season. The Colonels’ appeal was denied, as were several others. Of all the appeals heard, only two were granted: Darien from Division II to III and Kolbe […]
Football: Notre Dame-Fairfield goes to backup plan in victory over Ledyard
FAIRFIELD — Nothing good is supposed to happen when a team loses its starting quarterback in the first half. So, it was no surprise that Notre Dame of Fairfield coach Chris Sadler appeared rather irate when his signal-caller Micah Brantley w…
Boys Basketball: Middletown holds off late Ledyard charge, returns to Class L semifinals
In the #ctbb Class L Quarterfinals @MHSBlueDragons defeated @ledyardsports 81-69 tonight. They move on to face @SHHS_Hearts in the semis. pic.twitter.com/n5DwbkWJpt — CT Sports Now (@CT_Sports_Now) March 14, 2017 MIDDLETOWN >> Middletown’s boys basketball team is going to the Class L semifinals. The No. 4-ranked Blue Dragons built up a 28-point led, then withstood a […]
Boys Basketball: Ledyard pulls away from Waterford to win ECC Division I championship
Highlights: Ledyard 82, Waterford 68 in ECC Div. 1 boys basketball final #ctbb pic.twitter.com/vtBRrRQDir — Peter Huoppi (@phuoppi) March 2, 2017 Trevor Hutchins scored 19 points and had 11 rebounds to lead Ledyard to an 82-68 victory over Waterford in the ECC Division I championship at Sweeney Field House Wednesday night. This is Ledyard’s second […]
Class S Wrestling: Ledyard eases to 20th state championship, ends Windham's four-year reign
WILLIMANTIC >> Led by championships from Bo Nguyen at 120 and Michael Sullivan at 182, three runners up and nine top-six finishers, Ledyard rolled to its 20th CIAC wrestling title Saturday, taking the Class S championship convincingly with 203.5 points. Ledyard, competing in Class S for the first time since 1975, clinched the title early in the […]
Watch Live: Hillhouse vs. Ledyard boys basketball (via TheDay.com)
Watch live as Hillhouse, ranked No. 3 in the GameTimeCT / Register Top 10, takes on No. 12 Ledyard tonight at Standish Gymnasium in Ledyard. The coverage is brought to you by The Day of New London’s GameDay broadcast. This is the first meeting between these two teams since the 2015 Class LL quarterfinals, won […]
Football: Former UConn QB, Southington coach Hernandez named head coach at Ledyard
Jonathan “D.J.” Hernandez, a former Bristol Central and UConn star who briefly coached at Southington, has been named the next coach at Ledyard, the school announced in a statement Friday afternoon. The story was first reported by The Day of New London’s Mike DiMauro. Hernandez takes over for Mark Farnsworth, who coached the team on an […]
Boys basketball: Ledyard rallies past Xavier to win Kohs Holiday Tourney
MIDDLETOWN >> Ledyard came from nine points down in the fourth quarter to beat Xavier, 66-60, to win the 13th Annual Arthur Kohs Holiday Tournament at Xavier High Wednesday evening. Tourney MVP Steven Fletcher led all scorers with 32 points. “We couldn’t handle him,” Xavier coach Mike Kohs said. “I actually thought we played pretty […]
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. […]
ECC Football 2016: Ledyard preview
Above: Junior season highlight reel for all-state back Manny Sanabria, who ran for 1,619 yards and 18 touchdowns as Ledyard reached the state playoffs for the fifth time in 10 seasons. With a brand new team and a new head coach, Sanabria and the Colonels will have their work cut out for them in 2016. […]
Football: Ledyard's Bunocore steps down as coach, steps up as administrator
Jim Bunocore Jr. has resigned as Ledyard’s football coach to become an assistant principal at the school, The Day of New London reported Friday evening. Buonocore was 130-56-1 and his teams reached the state playoffs eight times in 17 years as a head coach, including a 73-21 record while at Ledyard. He will remain in charge of Ledyard’s […]
Boys basketball: Xavier upsets Ledyard in Kohs final
MIDDLETOWN >> With the tough Southern Connecticut Conference schedule looming in January, Xavier basketball coach Mike Kohs felt it was vital that his team get off to a good start this December. The Falcons didn’t just get off to a good start, they got off to a great one. Xavier capped a 4-0 start to […]
Jimmy Zanor: Basketball season starts off with a bang
HARTFORD >> There were high-flying, alley-oop dunks, dazzling fast-break passes and 3-pointers raining from the sky during Saturday’s Greater Hartford Pro Am High School Basketball Classic at Trinity College. And somewhere from above, the late Walter “Doc” Hurley was smiling. The “Spirit of Doc” was alive and well as the 2015-2016 boys basketball season started […]
The 2015 Class M Semifinal Preview Capsules – Ledyard-New Fairfield; Brookfield-Killingly
CIAC Football Tournament Scoreboard More Semifinal Previews: CLASS LL | CLASS L | CLASS S No. 3 Ledyard at No. 2 New Fairfield WHERE/WHEN — Rebel Stadium, New Fairfield; Monday, 6:30 p.m. ON THE AIR — WJJF 94.9-FM RECORDS — Ledyard 10-1, New Fairfield 10-1 PLAYERS TO WATCH — Ledyard: Sr. LB Manny Sanabria (1,619 yards, 18 TDs rushing), […]
The State Football Quarterfinal Primer, Broadcast Links and Live Updates
Live Twitter Update Stream, Below So you want to be a state champion, eh? Let’s see how you navigate through three rounds against the best football team this state has to offer. Welcome To The Gauntlet. Thirty-two teams enter the state quarterfinals tonight at the higher seeds. Sixteen teams will leave and head for Monday’s state […]
Football: The 2015 CLASS M State Quarterfinal Preview Capsules
The 2015 CIAC Football Playoffs in a Nutshell More Preview Capsules: CLASS LL | CLASS L | CLASS S Capsules written by Mike Pucci (Stratford-Killingly) and Sean Patrick Bowley (St. Joseph-New Fairfield, Bacon-Ledyard, Brookfield-ATI) CLASS M No. 8 Stratford at No. 1 Killingly WHERE/WHEN — Killingly Sports Complex, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. RECORDS — Killingly 9-1, […]
Thanksgiving Football Wrap-Up: Avon's Caouette rips CIAC; Will FCIAC lose its final?; Second season begins
Two days before Thanksgiving, Avon coach Jim Caouette and his staff knew their team’s chances at squeaking into the Class L playoffs had grown considerably dim. Thanks to the CIAC’s sanctions against Berlin, Avon (which defeated Berlin in the regular season) had lost an aggregate 20 playoff points. Now they were praying for a miracle that likely […]
Twenty schools chosen as Michaels Cup exemplary programs
From the CIAC: Twenty high school athletic programs have been selected as CIAC Michaels Achievement Cup exemplary programs recognizing their outstanding achievement as overall athletics programs for the 2014-15 academic year. They are: Branford Canton Coventry East Catholic East Hampton Fairfield Ludlowe Fitch Joel Barlow Ledyard Lewis Mills Lyman Memorial Lyme-Old Lyme North Branford Northwest Catholic Northwestern Simsbury […]
It's Showdown Week: The Week 7 High School Football Games To Watch
Let’s dispense with the pleasantries shall we? The first five or six weeks of the Connecticut High School Football season have mostly been one, big massive snooze fest. Sure, there have been some exciting moments. Any game involving Glastonbury or Conard (or both) we suppose. …There’s been some East Haven theatrics, sure. Thrilling — but […]
Football: Bacon Academy bolts to big lead, hangs on to stun Ledyard
COLCHESTER >> You can’t earn your stripes in the ECC without proving it against the league’s top three programs. Bacon Academy had already taken out New London, now it was just seconds away from toppling mighty Ledyard, which it had never beaten. Ever. The Bobcats appeared to have corralled Ledyard’s final, desperation play and when the clock hit […]
2015 ECC Football Team Preview Capsules
DIVISION I Bacon Academy Sean Kelly is one of the state’s most prolific quarterbacks, and he has returning weapons at his side. But the Bobcats could use a defense if they want to make any headway among heavyweights like New London or NFA. Team Preview East Lyme Only five starters are back for […]
ECC Football 2015: Ledyard preview
Above: The 2015 Ledyard football preseason video. Vitals Coach: James Buonocore (8th year, 63-18) Conference: ECC Division I Playoff Class: M (422 boys enrollment) Home: William Mignault Field, Ledyard 2014 Record: 12-1 (lost to St. Joseph in Class M-Small final) 2015 Kickoff: Sept. 11 vs. Cranston East (R.I.), 7 p.m. Captains: Game Captains Team website: Ledyardfootball.com Twitter: @ledyardfootball Top players Ty Ebdon, Sr. QB […]
The 2014-15 New Haven Register All-State Boys Basketball team
The 2014-15 New Haven Register All-State Boys Basketball Team. Capsules by Joe Morelli. Photos by Arnold Gold. Complete lineups. Player of the Year Mustapha Heron Sacred Heart, Jr., G Stats: Average 22.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game for the Hearts, who successfully defended their Class S state championship and finished No. 1 in the […]
Fitch, Ledyard, East Lyme, New London break from ECC, announce formation of new conference [updated]
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Four Eastern Connecticut Conference schools announced Tuesday they were officially breaking ties with the league and forming a new athletic conference, Ledyard, Fitch, East Lyme and New London will form a new league called the Southeastern Connecticut Athletic Conference — SCAC — in “an alliance that preserves traditional rivalries,” according to a press release from […]
Class LL Boys Basketball: Hillhouse survives Ledyard in OT, advances to face Fairfield Prep
LEDYARD >> Hillhouse’s fate in the Class LL state tournament rested with its defense one last possession Friday night. The Academics led by one with just seconds left in overtime. The one thing they were going to make sure of was Ledyard guard DeAnte Bruton wasn’t going to beat them. “I wanted to send two […]
Boys basketball: Five players to watch in the CIAC state tournament
1. Jeremiah Livingston, Westhill Talk about carrying a team to a title. Livingston scored a combined 78 points in wins over Trumbull and Norwalk, respectively, to lead Westhill to its first FCIAC title since 1989. What does he have in store for us over the next two weeks? 2. DeAnte Bruton, Ledyard Another high-scoring guard […]
Class M wrestling: Edmondson, Luth win titles, lead Foran to runner-up finish behind Ledyard
Luke Edmondson defended his heavyweight Class M state championship to help the Foran wrestling team finish second behind ledyard in the meet held at Law High in Milford. Edmondson defeated Gino Bonalumi 1-0 in the final. Teammate Ryan Luth won the 120-pound class with a 9-6 decision over Braden Lohbush of Lyman Memorial/Windham Tech. Gino […]
Wrestling: Newtown takes over No. 1 spot in state poll
The Norwich Bulletin Top 10 Wrestling Poll. First-place votes in parentheses, followed by record, total votes and last week’s ranking. Votes tabulated on a 20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis: Team Record Points Prv Newtown (3) 12-2 202 3 — Won SWC Tournament Xavier […]
Boys basketball: New London still undefeated midway through season
It remains to be seen if this New London team will be as good as a few of Craig Parker’s previous teams have been. But the first half of this season has been glorious. The Whalers are 10-0, it’s 10th win the biggest so far: 72-70 at Ledyard in front of a sold-out crowd where […]
Boys Basketball: Parker's last-second layup lifts unbeaten New London over Ledyard
C.J. Parker’s layup with 0.9 seconds remaining lifted New London’s boys basketball team to a 72-70 victory over Ledyard in an anticipated ECC game at Ledyard Thursday night. New London, the No. 4-ranked team in the GameTimeCT / Register Top 10 poll bolted to as much as a 25-12 lead after one quarter. But Ledyard […]
St. Joseph defense holds off high-powered Ledyard, Hogs repeat as state champions
NEW BRITAIN >> Ledyard arrived at Veterans Stadium bigger, stronger and wiser than it was a year ago when it lost to St. Joseph in a record-setting quarterfinal shootout. The Colonels averaged over 50 points per game and had vengeance on their minds. But they still weren’t a match for St. Joseph. Instead of an […]
Class M-Small Championship Preview: St. Joseph vs. Ledyard
Vitals Where/When – Willowbrook Park, New Britain, Saturday, 2 p.m. Seeds/Records – No. 2 St. Joseph 10-2; No. 1 Ledyard 12-0 On the air – NHFS Network | CPTV Sports Live stats — GameTracker Championship history – St. Joseph (11-2): Titles: 2013 (def. Brookfield 54-16); 2010 (def. Ansonia 49-28); 2009 (def. Montville 14-3); 1990 (def. […]
Class M-Small Semifinal Preview Capsules
CIAC FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE No. 4 Wolcott at No. 1 Ledyard WHERE/WHEN — Mignault Field, Ledyard HS, 2 p.m. RECORDS — Wolcott 9-2, Ledyard 11-0 PLAYERS TO WATCH — Wolcott: Sr. QB Vincent Gambino (2,183 yards, 28 TDs, 8 INT); Sr. WR Phil Lebel (50 catches, 692 yards, 13 TD receiving); Sr. WR Jason Pelletier […]
Class L Volleyball: RHAM holds off Ledyard in five set thriller, returns to final
Above: The final point of the Class L semi-final between No. 3 Ledyard and No. 2 RHAM. Senior Angelica Czercowy gets the final kill of the match to send the Sachems back to the finals where they will meet familiar foe No. 1 Farmington. Derek Turner-GameTimeCT NORWICH>> With the adrenaline flowing and every point meaning more […]
CIAC selects 17 schools as Michaels Cup recipients
Seventeen high school athletic programs have been selected by the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference as Michaels Achievement Cup exemplary programs, recognizing their outstanding achievement as overall athletics programs for the past academic year. The 17 schools are: Berlin, Bloomfield, Bunnell, Cheshire, East Catholic, Fairfield Ludlowe, Gilbert, Haddam-Killingworth, Joel Barlow, Lyman Memorial, Ledyard,Old Lyme, Newtown, Simsbury, […]
ECC Football 2014: Ledyard preview
Above: Highlight reel for Ledyard back Josiah “JoJo” Shumaker, who is poised for another strong season running behind a veteran line. Vitals Coach: Jim Buonocore (15th year, 108-53-1) Conference: ECC Medium Playoff Class: M (434 boys enrollment) Home: William Mignault Field, Ledyard 2013 Record: 9-3 (lost to St. Joseph in Class M quarterfinals) 2014 Kickoff: Sept. 13 at RHAM, 1 p.m. […]
2014 ECC Football Schedules
ECC Master Schedule Bacon Academy East Lyme Fitch Griswold Killingly Ledyard Montville New London Norwich Free Academy Plainfield St. Bernard/Norwich Tech Stonington Waterford Windham Woodstock Academy
Baseball beat: ECC Tournament Central
Updates every minute – View full tournament Three of the state’s Top 10 teams will compete in the annual ECC baseball tournament beginning Wednesday at Dodd Stadium in Norwich. All of the Top 10 teams in the ECCs, Waterford, Plainfield and Montville, had been ranked No. 1 at some point during the regular season. Current […]
Class LL Boys Basketball: Bretoux leads Central over Ledyard, into state final
NEW HAVEN >> There were was a moment, albeit briefly, when the dreams of Bridgeport Central’s basketball players looked as if they really could slip away. Ledyard’s zone defense was working, the Colonels’ offense was finally clicking and big man Darnay Gray was rumbling down the court to make what was once a 10-possession game into […]
Class L girls basketball: No. 1 Capital Prep hammers Ledyard, returns to Mohegan Sun
COLCHESTER >> Desiree Elmore scored 27 points and Gatorade State Player of the Year Kiah Gillespie had 19 as the top-seeded and top-ranked Capital Prep defeated Ledyard 80-61 in the Class L girls basketball semifinals Tuesday night at Bacon Academy. Capital Prep, the undefeated champions out of the CSC and the No. 1-ranked team in […]
Boys basketball: Ten things to look for in the CIAC Tournament
1. Can Prep go the distance? Plot line: The state’s last undefeated team beat Hillhouse for the third time last Wednesday to win its first Southern Connecticut Conference championship. They have the presence of 7-foot-2 Paschal Chukwu and very good guard play led by Tommy Nolan. The Jesuits have plenty of weapons on offense. But […]
Xavier boys basketball takes down Ledyard in Art Kohs Tournament
MIDDLETOWN >> Defense, defense, defense. That’s how Xavier defeated Ledyard 62-45 in the opening round of the Art Kohs Christmas Tournament played at Xavier Friday evening. “Our defense was outstanding,” said Xavier coach Mike Kohs who saw his team improve to 2-0. “I saw Ledyard against Bloomfield and I wasn’t sure we’d be able to […]
Boys basketball: On tap Saturday night
On Friday, No. 1 Fairfield Prep, No. 3 Crosby, No. 5 Bridgeport Central and No. 8 St. Joseph all were victorious. The lone top 10 team to lose Friday was No. 10 Woodstock Academy, which was not an upset. Ledyard looks to be the team to beat in the ECC, taking down the defending Class […]
Class M: St. Joseph advances over Ledyard in record-breaking shootout
TRUMBULL — St. Joseph amassed 808 yards of total offense — the fifth-most in state history — and scored 13 touchdowns in its 84-49 victory over Ledyard in a Class M state quarterfinal game at McDougall Stadium. St. Joseph’s 84 points were the fourth-most in state history. The teams’ combined total of 133 points shattered […]
Class M football state quarterfinal preview capsules
The Class M playoff bracket is one of the state’s most bizarre. It features a Pequot powerhouse, a couple of SWC upstarts, a pair of virtual unknowns from the corners (both Quiet and otherwise), two playoff mainstays and then the FCIAC Catholic school with one of the state’s most impressive championship pedigrees. The combined state […]
It's a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad CIAC playoff scenario: CLASS M [updated Tuesday]
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(Stop us if you’ve heard this one before…) Today is the first day of the rest of the season. Thanksgiving, the greatest sporting day of the Connecticut sports calendar, is mere days away. It signals the end of the season for most of our contestants. This is your Super Bowl, kids, so make it count. […]
