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This fall, there will be no raucous student sections, no chants of “we believe we will win” and no clouds of baby powder emanating from a cluster of teens dressed in school colors.
As has been widely discus…
AVON — Give a talented hockey team enough chances on the power play, and it’ll bite you eventually. Saturday night at Avon Old Farms, penalties bit away the state’s last unbeaten boys hockey team. The Farmington Valley Generals went 3-for-7 on the power play, scoring the third on its second five-on-three, to beat WMRP 3-2 […]
WOODBURY — Nonnewaug’s Josh Cheatham scored early and the Chiefs held on for a 1-0 win over Lewis Mills in a storybook Class M boys soccer first-round state tournament pairing.
This year’s Berkshire League …
BURLINGTON — Berlin beat Lewis Mills 23-6 at Lewis Mills High School Saturday afternoon in a game whose major highlight was much-needed experience on both sides, despite some glitzy records coming in.
The S…
BURLINGTON – Both teams came to Burlington’s Nassahegan Field with something to prove this season in Newington’s 2-1 win over Lewis Mills Tuesday afternoon.
The Indians were stunned by a Class L second-roun…
Lewis Mills had done it all in the Berkshire League.
The team either won or was at the top of the standings among smaller schools in the conference every season for the last decade.
They als…
Evan Jones with the individual effort for the goal 3-0 Hall in second half #ctbsoc pic.twitter.com/sO1F05X4Yb — Scott Ericson (@EricsonSports) October 11, 2019 BURLINGTON — The Hall boys soccer team was a little worried about having to play on a smaller pitch than it is used to when visiting Lewis Mills Friday afternoon. To prepare, […]
BURLINGTON – What is going on in Burlington? Since the announcement in 2018 that Lewis Mills would be moving to the Central Connecticut Conference for this athletic season, chorus of critics — from media, to students, parents, coaches and faculty members alike — believed the school was making a mistake, across most sports. It […]
The head football coaching job had opened up at Guilford after the 2018 season, and North Branford’s offensive coordinator was curious about the situation. Fortunately for that offensive coordinator, Anthony Salvati, he ha…
BURLINGTON — Lewis Mills exploded into the CCC’s football Division III East with a 46-0 season-opening win over Bulkeley under portable lights at Lewis Mills High School Friday night in a game that was everything second-ye…
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The championship games in the top two divisions have not been very inclusive in recent years. Since 2013, four teams have claimed ou…
Chris Akinduro, Naugatuck, Jr. F: Two-year starter scored 11 goals with four assists as a sophomore.
Ben Carlson, Foran, Sr. D: Carlson has been chosen for the ODP regional team, making him one of the top d…
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Ridgefield-Staples III?
These two FCIAC rivals have met in the Class LL state tournament final each of the last two seasons. Ridgefield won both times: 2-1 in 2017 a…
[Vitals] COACH – JOHN OKO (2nd year, 0-10) CONFERENCE – CCC Division III East PLAYOFF CLASS – S (373 boys enrollment) HOME – Lewis Mills High School 2018 RECORD – 0-10 2019 OPENER – Sept. 13 vs. Bulkeley/HMTCA/Weaver, 7 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE – Maxpreps [Top Players] COLBY NORDSTROM, Sr., QB/DB (6-1, 190) TYLER KOLENDA, Jr., […]
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 […]
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 […]
HARWINTON — East Catholic avenged last year’s playoff loss to Killingly for the CIAC Division III state golf championship Tuesday at Fairview Farm Golf Course in Harwinton as Lewis Mills’ Colby Norton shot a dazzling 69 fo…
LITCHFIELD — There’s a new sheriff in the Berkshire League’s track and field town and its name is Northwestern High School.
A year after the Highlander girls ended Nonnewaug’s 22-year domination of the leag…
BURLINGTON — Fencing is a thing.
And for Lewis Mills senior Sally Rodgers and her peers around the state — around the world — it’s a very big thing indeed.
Rodgers, the Spartans’ one-person …
BURLINGTON — Sophomore pitcher Hailey Gorack turned slugger with back-to-back home runs in a 5-3 Lewis Mills win over Nonnewaug Wednesday afternoon at Lewis Mills High School.
The win kept the Spartans (14-…
WINSTED — Lewis Mills and Northwestern baseball and softball fans all had a chance to go home happy at Northwestern High School Monday afternoon.
On one side of the complex, Lewis Mills pitcher Mary-Kate Co…
BURLINGTON — Timely hitting, aggressive base running and good defense put Northwestern’s Lexi Fortier on top of a 3-0 pitcher’s duel with Mary-Kate Cormier Wednesday afternoon at Lewis Mills High School.
Bo…
BURLINGTON — Last year, Lewis Mills was the only team to beat Shepaug until Coventry stopped the Washington Spartans’ 22-1 roll into the Class S semifinals.
On Wednesday afternoon, Shepaug (2-1; 2-0 Berkshi…
NEW HAVEN — It wasn’t like their regular-season meetings, but playoff hockey shouldn’t bear resemblance to regular-season hockey. It should be like Tuesday night’s CIAC Division II boys semifinal, a combination of the scrappy and the beautiful. Justin Hazard tied it for Glastonbury with a beauty with 48.5 seconds left, then won it straight off […]
LAKEVILLE — Northwestern High School won its seventh straight Berkshire League Swimming and Diving Championships Sunday afternoon at The Hotchkiss School, but it was far from the usual Highlander tidal wave.
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The 2019 Berkshire League Boys Basketball Tournament will begin with quarterfinals Saturday, as the sites of the higher seeds, and conclude with semifinals and the championship next week at Lewis Mills-Burlington. BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT HUB The semifinals will be Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 5:30 and 7 p.m. The championship game will be March 1 at […]
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 […]
The 2019 Berkshire League Girls Basketball Tournament will begin with quarterfinals Saturday, as the sites of the higher seeds, and conclude with semifinals and the championship next week at Northwestern. The semifinals will be Tuesday at 5:30 and 7 p.m. The championship will be Friday at 7 p.m. Berkshire League champion Housatonic Regional (19-1) is […]
BURLINGTON — Thomaston’s young girls basketball team served notice that it’s coming of age Tuesday night with a 46-28 win over Lewis Mills.
The Golden Bears (6-7; 6-5 Berkshire League) won two Class S state…
