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TRUMBULL — The state tournament calls for these types of moments, the pressure-packed scenarios where one swing of the bat can win a game.
Trumbull shortstop Julia Huzi had the opportunity to experience it first-hand on Wednesday.
With the sec…
WATERTOWN — To fixate on the one-sided nature of Middletown High’s season-ending 9-0 loss to Watertown on Wednesday at Deland Field would be to ignore the big picture.
The Blue Dragons were an 0-20 program two years ago. They won six games las…
MIDDLETOWN — If the Class L state track championships had 17 events instead of 18, the Middletown High boys would be talking about winning a second straight title.
Tuesday’s meet, however, came down to the 4×400 relay, an event Middletown hasn…
MIDDLETOWN — The Middletown boys track and field team has taken on a different attitude this year in its preparation for Tuesday’s CIAC Class L championship meet at Rosek-Skubel Stadium.
The Blue Dragons were a contender last year and filled t…
When Jacob Radziewicz signed a National Letter of Intent last week to play baseball at Manhattan College, he said it was a time to exhale. Long process, this college thing. Lot of stress, too, and he was ready to get on with the final month of…
MIDDLETOWN — A double helping of Ryans — starting pitcher Hurlbert and reliever Conklin — plus a bases-clearing triple from pinch-hitter Chris Fritz helped launch Middletown’s baseball team to the .500 mark Monday.
Hurlbert, a junior right-han…
Once you get past the pounding of nails, screech of saws and dust in the air, the beauty of the renovations at Palmer Field stops you in your tracks.
A wrought-iron entry arch topped with “Palmer Field” spelled out in block lettering, brick co…
MIDDLETOWN — Coginchaug’s softball team right now is playing at a level that Middletown hopes to reach when May rolls around. The Blue Devils have a lineup that can wear down an opponent, they’ve won five in a row to start the season and are p…
MIDDLETOWN — Junior right-hander Noah Valeriano was unaware that he had taken a no-hitter into the seventh inning, a testament to the concentration and determination he put forth in the Middletown baseball team’s home opener Monday.A leadoff d…
RIDGEFIELD — After putting a fitting exclamation point at the end of the Middletown girls basketball team’s victory over Ridgefield with an electrifying steal, drive and layup in the final minute Monday night, Amanda Fudge crumpled awkwardly to the floor under the basket and grabbed the back of her leg in pain. All night long, […]
Enough tears were shed across Middletown this weekend to fill the Connecticut River. Each of those tears represents a memory of a man who touched the lives of this community like no other. There is only one Jim Bransfield. He will never be replaced. He will never be forgotten. Like the Connecticut River, Jim Bransfield […]
Long-time sports writer and columnist Jim Bransfield died Saturday afternoon after a short illness. Bransfield had been at The Middletown Press in different roles for close to 30 years. He was also a retired teacher and paraeducator from the Middletown Public Schools. “Jim Bransfield was an extraordinary man. A loving father and educator who touched […]
Hamden 80, Middletown 62 (at Middletown) HAMDEN29 14 23 14—80 MIDD.6 18 16 22—62 Hamden (17-3) D. Daniels 1 2-2 4, R. Ellis 6 1-2 14, J. Bromell 3 0-0 6, J. Googe 0 1-2 1, J. Ricks 9 2-2 21, J. Relaford 5 2-2 12, J. Driffin 2 1-2 5, C. Cogdell 1 0-2 3, […]
MIDDLETOWN — At the end of the night, it came down to this: Middletown has DeAaron Lawrence and Berlin doesn’t.Lawrence, who was honored for scoring his 1,000th point in his team’s prior game, had 24 points in leading Middletown to a 57-…
MIDDLETOWN — Middletown High’s young wrestling team is getting better.The Blue Dragons, who have 11 underclassmen in the starting lineup, came from behind to beat Bristol Central 40-34 in a Central Connecticut Conference South Division mat…
MIDDLETOWN — Middletown High guard DeAaron Lawrence scored the 1,000th point of his career in Middletown’s double overtime loss at Bloomfield Tuesday evening.Lawrence, won also starred as a receiver and defensive back for Middletown’s 10…
NORWALK—Two programs heading in opposite directions met on Monday at the SoNo Ice House.The Weathersfield-Middletown-Rocky Hill-Plainville co-op continued its climb up the standings with a 3-0 win over Norwalk-McMahon, which suffered its thi…
MIDDLETOWN — It just might be that the law of averages is finally catching up with the Middletown High boys swim team.After 33 consecutive winning seasons that began during the Reagan Administration, a stretch that included a state champions…
MIDDLETOWN — Maybe it’s a good sign that a team can play poorly yet still win.That’s what Middletown coach Rick Privott took away from the Blue Dragons’ mistake-filled, cold-shooting 54-47 Central Connecticut Conference win over Malone…
MIDDLETOWN — It’s the Christmas season and here’s a feel-good Christmas week story.Last Monday, Bernadette Graham of Pearl St., took her two dogs for a walk into Veterans Park. She likes to walk through the park, down the trail to the footbr…
MIDDLETOWN — The record will show the final score was a 78-74 Central Connecticut Conference boys basketball win for Middletown over Bristol Central in front of 350 at the LaBella-Sullivan Gymnasium Tuesday night.The reality is it was nowher…
MERIDEN — With the game on the line, Dominique Highsmith took over.The Middletown High star scored 16 of her 20 points in the second half as the Blue Dragons pulled away from stubborn Platt in the fourth quarter to win a Central Connecticut …
MIDDLETOWN — Teams that have been through the battles know what to do at crunch time.So it was with Rocky Hill’s highly-regarded Terriers Monday night at the LaBella-Sullivan Gym at Middletown High School. With Middletown leading 61-57 wit…
MIDDLETOWN — The New Canaan football team did not begin the season the way it planned, but now that the calendar is turning to December, the Rams are playing more like a four-time defending state champion.The No. 8 New Canaan defense locked …
MIDDLETOWN — The king will live to fight another week.Four-time Class L champion New Canaan saw to that by beating Middletown 24-9 in front of 2,000 at Rosek-Skubel Stadium Tuesday evening. New Canaan needed to beat Darien on Thanksgiving to…
@MHSBlueDragons beats its arch rival @WHSFootballCT 24-7 to complete its perfect regular season. #cthsfb pic.twitter.com/4Oh9EwzjBC — CT Sports Now (@CT_Sports_Now) November 23, 2017 WINDSOR — Middletown capped its first undefeated regular season since 1985 with a dominating 24-7 win over previously unbeaten Windsor in front of 1,500 at Jack O’Brien Stadium Wednesday night. “Our defense […]
South Windsor might have had the biggest victory of Week 10, but New Canaan — which had been just on the cusp of the Top 10 for the last few weeks — made its return heading into the last regular-season week before Thanksgiving. The four-time defending champs, who claimed the No. 10 spot by 39 […]
Let’s begin by congratulating the fans, cheerleaders, bands, dance teams who showed up on Frigid Friday night to support their football teams. It was no fun in that cold, particularly in wind-tunnel places such as Rosek-Skubel Stadium at Mid…
Game footage of senior, Mike Aresco, breaking a Connecticut field goal record with his 44 yard FG in the 3rd quarter. He now holds the record of most career field goals with 22, surpassing the previous record holder of 21. #BleedBlue #cthsfb pic.twitter.com/hlcoa4bxOi — Middletown Athletics (@MHSBlueDragons) November 11, 2017 MIDDLETOWN — Stone Belzo threw […]
