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WELCOME BACK to our second episode of the second season for ‘Inside the Circle’ podcast. This week, hosts Ryan Lacey and Sean Patrick Bowley recap another week of high school softball, including yet another postponement of a big, Top 10 game, Cheshire vs. St. Joseph, which has been moved to Monday, just two days after […]
Masuk’s win streak is now at 32 games with a 3-0 week and syphoned off a pair of first-place votes in the process to strengthen their grip on the top spot in the GameTimeCT Top 10 softball poll for April 14. The Panthers’ next-door FCIAC neighbors remained within striking distance. Trumbull (5-0) stayed at No. […]
MONROE — Trying to get the 21 outs required to beat Masuk has been a hex no team has solved in over a year.
Giving the Panthers extra chances makes it even more of a mountain to climb.
Sever…
It almost doesn’t seem fair that Masuk’s defending Class L champions have most of their talent back, save for catcher Erica Pullen and shortstop Alexa Bacoulis. The dynamic duo of Sam Schiebe and Madison Procyk in the circle, plus a strong lineup has convinced enough voters to make Masuk the No. 1 team in the […]
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…
WOODBRIDGE — Coming off an undefeated season with most of its core back, most eyes are on the Masuk softball team as the season approaches.
The Panthers check off all the boxes when it comes to possibly rep…
Extreme parity is set to rule the SWC once again, with any of the eight teams who make the postseason capable of winning three games inside a week to lift the crown.
The wealth has been spread to a remarkab…
Prior to Thursday’s State Open Swimming Championships, Greenwich coach Terry Lowe said his team had to produce a perfect meet in order to win another title.
Well, the Cardinals captured yet another State Op…
MIDDLETOWN — It was a special Monday afternoon, as far as Monday afternoons go, for seniors Billy Regan and Colin MacKellar and their Pomperaug boys swim team. It turned out to be a pretty good day for the Hand boys team a…
Kevin Bradley, Norwalk/McMahon: The senior won the FCIAC diving, amassing 562.25 points over 11 dives. The championship was his second straight.
Brunswick’s 200 freestyle relay team: The Bruins’ relay team …
NORTH BRANFORD — Flat in a conference playoff loss last week, the LHK boys hockey team needed to tweak some things. And facing an all-conference goalie like Masuk’s Tag Weiss to start the CIAC Division III tournament made …
Depth is significant in team swimming, especially when the all-important championship meets take place.
Well-represented in each event, Pomperaug has plenty of depth and as a result, has plenty of titles to…
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 […]
Fine performances
Anthony Cardello, Housatonic: Scored twice in a 6-4 win over JBWA.
Thatcher Danielson, Greenwich: Scored in overtime to beat LaSalle Academy 3-2 at Providence College.
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Two numbers jumped out on a tweet from the East Haven co-op boys hockey team Saturday night: 49, and 33.
Logan Hamilton made 49 saves in a 3-3 tie with Woodstock Academy, with Ricky Persico tying it up in t…
NEW FAIRFIELD — After a long weekend, the South-West Conference wresting championships fell on the broad shoulders of Newtown’s 285-pounder Joey Zeller in the final match of the evening at New Fairfield High School.
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NEW HAVEN — While the Hillhouse boys literally ran away with the team title in the CIAC Class M indoor track and field championships at Floyd Little Athletic Center, it took a win in the final event by Hillhouse to claim t…
NEW HAVEN — All of the hardware is heading back to Weston, and this year it wasn’t even close.
The Weston track program has been a model for consistency in the SWC and the bar appears to have been raised ev…
The 2018 GameTimeCT All-State Girls Soccer Team. Compiled by Joe Morelli. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media, McKenzie Sullivan photo from the Journal-Inquirer and Meadow Mancini photo from Watertown girls soccer. Designed by Pete Paguaga. FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Player of the Year Jessica Mazo St. Joseph Stats: Finished with 17 goals and 12 assists fot the […]
The 2018 All-South-West Conference (SWC) Football Teams. First Team Offense QB–James Goetz, Weston RB–Nicholas Henderson, Brookfield RB–Dan Mason, Newtown WR–Jack Sawyer, Weston WR–Kevin Luke, Masuk TE–Shea Talbot, Newtown OL–Kenneth Caselnova, New Fairfield OL–Carson Ivey, Newtown OL–Shane Mallory, New Fairfield OL–Eric Reich, Brookfield OL–David Satkowski, Pomperaug PK–Nolan McCarter, Masuk Athlete–Zachary Buffington, New Fairfield Athlete–Christ N’Dabian, Bunnell […]
SANDY HOOK — With Newtown and Masuk combining for three touchdowns the first three drives of Wednesday night’s SWC football showdown, it seemed like the much-anticipated matchup was going to be a back-and-forth, high-scoring duel.
Yet the game…
CLASS LL PLAYERS NAME SCHOOL GRADE COACH Julia Alicea E.O. Smith HS 12 Gui Estes Lauren Castle Ridgefield HS 12 Iain Golding Emma Curtis Newtown HS 12 Marc Kenney Corinne Dente Westhill HS 12 Dave Flower Giovanna Dionicio Hall HS 12 Scott Fergusson Maddie Fried St. Joseph HS 10 Jack Nogueira Maddy Gerhardt Glastonbury HS […]
MONROE — Three times Newington took the lead against Masuk Wednesday afternoon at Benedict Field.
And three times the Panthers found a way to level their Class L second round playoff game.
Given a lifeline in overtime, Kacey Lawerence played t…
MONROE — Emily Belval, Olivia Farina and Siobban Lounsbury scored goals as Pomperaug earned a berth in Thursday’s SWC championship game with a 3-0 road win at Masuk.
Caitlin Murphy had 12 saves in goal for Pomperaug (11-3-4).
Madison Kobza fin…
STRATFORD — Sean Mignone found the first five minutes of Bunnell’s big South-West Conference tilt with Masuk hard to watch. A fumbled kickoff and a few other mistakes sent the Bulldogs into an early 14-point hole on their home field.
Ultimatel…
MONROE — Tuesday night’s girls soccer game between Masuk and Weston had the feel of an SWC playoff game — thanks in no small part to the rapidly declining temperatures under the lights of Benedict Field.
The fact the teams came into the matchu…
We sent a photographer to the Masuk vs. Shelton game to get pictures of the fans cheering on their teams because we know that high school sports aren’t what they are without the fans in the stands and we want to celebrate that!
At any game goi…
MONROE — It took a couple of offensive drives for Shelton to get clicking, not to mention withstanding one weird opening Masuk drive.
No. 5 Shelton did get the offense rolling in the second quarter, scoring three touchdowns in a little over se…
FAIRFIELD — Coming into Saturday’s game against Notre Dame-Fairfield, Masuk coach Joe Lato was close to being sick to his stomach. Especially after watching his Panthers go through their Friday workout.
“(Friday) We struggled,” Lato said. “Lot…
