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MILFORD — In order to dethrone 10-time defending champion Daniel Hand, Mercy, the 2019 favorite, would have to put forth a dominant effort. Consider the job done.
Behind the all-around effort of junior Mia …
Winning now is the No. 1 tenet of high school sports.
But potential is also important, especially in girls gymnastics.
A program positioning itself for future success on the state level, don…
MIDDLETOWN — Maybe the first six games of Mercy’s basketball season were just a warm-up.
While not at their best Friday night, the defending Class LL champion Tigers used a strong second half at both ends o…
Chloe Ashton, Staples: The sophomore impressed in the uneven bars, beam and floor exercise for the Wreckers in the Class L meet.
Emily Baktis, Oxford: The senior shined in vaulting and …
FAIRFIELD — Yamani McCollough scored 25 points and Aizhanique Mayo added 13 as Notre Dame of Fairfield upset No. 1 Mercy 61-57 in overtime on Tuesday night.
Kameryn King had 14 points and Lilly Hedge had 17 rebounds for Mercey …
HAMDEN — It had every look of a season opener: missed shots from close range, lots of turnovers, two teams trying to get in the groove for a long season.
Tuesday’s Southern Connecticut Conference game didn’t have the look of a …
If the preseason poll is any indication, girls basketball should be quite entertaining for the 2018-19 season. Mercy, the Class LL champion from last season, had 11 first-place votes, but SCC foe East Haven placed second, just one point behind, with no first place votes. Yet five teams received No. 1 votes from our 18 […]
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 […]
MIDDLETOWN—It was literally a battle to the finish as the Daniel Hand High School girls swim team captured the 2018 Class M championship Tuesday night at the Wesleyan University pool.
Hand led by a scant 5.5 points heading into the final event…
WEST HAVEN — Two regular-season games couldn’t settle it. Two halves of regulation couldn’t settle it. Two overtime periods couldn’t settle it.
So penalty kicks were needed Thursday night to decide the best Southern Connecticut Conference girl…
MIDDLETOWN — In its first match this season against Shelton, even in defeat, Mercy coach Marcus Harley and the Tigers believed they were the better team. They were out to prove it on Monday, and it showed on the scoreboard. With the top seed in the SCC tournament still in play, the Tigers dominated the […]
We know about the old adage involving defense and championships. Mercy’s girls soccer team has a pretty good defense in place, but head coach Marcus Harley knows the Tigers need a reliable offense to be a serious postseason threat. Mercy scored just once against Guilford, but that was all the Tigers needed in a 1-0 […]
MONROE — Over the course of 48 minutes Friday, there were moments that gave Masuk football coach Joe Lato a jolt of optimism. Ultimately, though, they were just moments.
“That was a tale of two different teams right now,” Lato said after the P…
MIDDLEFIELD — Mercy golf coach Pete Golanski’s approach to managing his top player, Praewa Treekul, is about as hands-off as hands-off can be.
“How do I coach her? I put her on the course and shut the hell up!” he said.
Golanski has seen a num…
Isabella Santoro grew up and still lives in Durham, but there was never a doubt where she was going to attend high school. “Mercy was always the plan. I don’t think I had another school in mind,” Santoro said. “Cassie went there.” Yes, Isabella was following in her older sister Cassie’s footsteps. Cassie played for […]
It’s been just over three days since the final buzzer sounded at Mohegan Sun so we thought it would be a perfect time to relive each and every game from the weekend. The kicker? We put it all together in two quick minutes. The 2018 CIAC Winter Championship Weekend Scoreboard (Final)
MIDDLETOWN—They showed no Mercy all season long and the Tigers walked away with the biggest prize. The Mercy girls basketball program has the Class LL championship plaque in its trophy case. And the Tigers can celebrate their well-earned status as the No. 1 ranked girls basketball team in the final New Haven Register/GameTime CT Top […]
Bella Santoro of Mercy as its 2017-18 Gatorade Connecticut Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Santoro is the first Gatorade Connecticut Girls Basketball Player of the Year to be chosen from Mercy High School. The award recognizes both athletic and academic excellence, along with exemplary character The 5-foot-10 senior guard led the Tigers to a 27-1 […]
UNCASVILLE—The first shots were not going down for the Mercy. Good thing for the Tigers they got two, three and sometimes four looks at the basket each trip down the floor, dominating on the offensive glass all night long in the CIAC Class LL state championship game. That tenacious work on the glass coupled with […]
Earlier in this decade, it did seem like it was Mercy’s birthright to play in the Class LL girls basketball state championship game at the Mohegan Sun Arena.Four straight years, the Tigers reached the final game, losing three straight before b…
BRANFORD — Trumbull broke Mercy’s hearts last season, edging the Tigers in overtime to punch their ticket to Championship Saturday.One year later, the Tigers returned the favor.In the second semifinal meeting in as many years between Mercy and…
MIDDLETOWN — Bella Santoro and Meghan DeVille have a very special bond, created by the sport of basketball.Since they were both in second grade, and started playing the game together, the Mercy seniors have been joined together as friends, t…
MIDDLETOWN — In March, seniors can be unstoppable forces on the basketball court. The last journey through the state tournament can bring incredible responses from players. The Mercy High School girls basketball team played like a group that is hungry for its first state title since 2013 Thursday night as the No. 2 seeded Tigers […]
The Southern Connecticut Conference girls’ basketball trophy will reside in Middletown. Again. For the fourth time in the last five seasons, Mercy captured the SCC championship by beating East Haven, 64-40, Wednesday night before a packed house at East Haven High. The only time the Tigers haven’t won the SCC title in the last five […]
MILFORD — Junior McKenzie Helms is used to having the ball in big situations. In fact, Helms relishes the opportunity to make the big shot. Called upon to help East Haven advance in the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament, Helms came through, hitting a jumper with 5.3 seconds remaining in regulation to give second-seeded East Haven […]
HAMDEN — Having suffered its first loss of the season just two games prior, the Mercy girls basketball team was not going to allow that to stop it from claiming the top spot in the upcoming league tournament.Jumping out to a quick lead and n…
MIDDLETOWN — Another night, another blowout.Undefeated Mercy, tied for the No. 1 ranking in the New Haven Register/GameTimeCT poll with New London, blasted Branford 66-24 in a Southern Connecticut Conference game played in front of small gat…
NEW HAVEN — We are a little more than two weeks into the girls basketball season, but things are already starting to shake out in the Southern Connecticut Conference. And from the look of things, everyone will be chasing Mercy. The Tigers have already defeated Hand on the road and handed Career a 53-34 loss […]
MIDDLETOWN — To answer the question of just how good Mercy’s basketball team is, let’s look at the record.In its opener, the Tigers crushed Class M semifinalist Notre Dame-Fairfield. In their second game, they dispatched defending Class …
