At the beginning of each season, Morgan boys soccer coach Ross Demay said he likes to get out there and play some with the current players on the roster in order to get an idea what he has. Three years ago, a freshman named Juan Avila showed flashes of brilliance that would make him an […]
Girls Basketball: Cromwell routs Morgan for third-consecutive victory
MIDDLETOWN — The beat goes on and on.The Cromwell girls basketball team, in a bit of a rebuilding year they say, notched its third straight win, blowing out The Morgan School 58-28 in a Shoreline Conference game at the Jake Salafia Gymnasium…
Boys Soccer: Avila, Morgan pull away from Somers in Class S final, claim 1st title since 1964
WATERBURY –The core group for the Morgan boys soccer team has been together for three seasons. They made three straight trips to the Shoreline Conference tournament finals. But the group’s maiden voyage to Saturday’s Class S state championship game was a special one and, in their last game together, they didn’t disappoint. Game MVP Juan […]
Boys soccer: Team unity a big deal for Hand, Morgan heading into final
Two Shoreline towns that border one another will be represented in Saturday’s state boys soccer finals, but with vastly different histories of success in the sport. Hand, a perennial contender in the Southern Connecticut Conference, went 19 years in between visits to the state championship finals and is now one step away from repeating in […]
Boys soccer: O’Sullivan PK lifts Morgan over Old Saybrook, into its first state final since 1964
Morgan celebrates. #ctbsoc pic.twitter.com/CcPDJhmsvW — Joe Morelli (@nhrJoeMorelli) November 15, 2017 WEST HAVEN — It came down to penalty kicks to decide which Shoreline Conference school would be represented in Saturday’s Class S state boys soccer championship game. And it came down to the final penalty kick to see if a winner would be decided, […]
Girls Soccer: Top-seeded Lewis Mills advances past Morgan, into Class M semifinals
BURLINGTON — Lewis Mills girls soccer looked every bit the No. 1 seed in Class M in a dominating 3-0 quarterfinal win over No. 9 Morgan Saturday afternoon at Burlington’s Nassahegan Field.“That’s a good team; that’s why they’re No….
Boys soccer: Morgan, Haddam-Killingworth share Shoreline title
PORTLAND — The Morgan boys soccer team had been through this before. For three straight seasons the Huskies have battled their way into the Shoreline Conference tournament final. This year, they handed Old Saybrook its first loss of the season in the semifinals. The end result in Saturday’s tournament final was better than the previous […]
Soccer notebook: Morgan girls riding hot streak in Shoreline Conference
Steve Sullivan has been around the Morgan girls’ soccer program long enough to know when he has a team that can contend in the Shoreline Conference.After 12 years spent as an assistant coach, Sullivan got the keys to the Huskies’ program a…
Football: Mancini, North Branford get their vengeance, roll past Morgan
Nick Mancini had a short TD run wiped out for holding. He gets it back on this 20yd TD pass from Jeff Jablonski #cthsfb pic.twitter.com/XdGNiC62zU — Sean Patrick Bowley (@SPBowley) September 28, 2017 NORTH BRANFORD — Morgan and North Branford have played in quite a few nail-biters over the last few years. But for the […]
Football: Haddam-Killingworth tops Morgan
CLINTON — Haddam-Killingworth led all the way in defeating The Morgan School, 21-7, in a Pequot League game played at the Peters Complex Friday night. The Cougars (2-1) scored twice in the first quarter on a 14-yard run by Dalton Modehn and a 67-yard run by Kevin Dougherty (13 carries, 202 yards). Jordan Callahan kicked both extra […]
Baseball: Quealy, Lyman Memorial edge Morgan to reach Class S championship
Patrick Quealy singles to right to score Chandler Magnuson for 1-0 Lyman Memorial lead over Morgan after 4 #ctbase pic.twitter.com/lJsq0lQk6N — Mike Madera (@MikeMadera2) June 7, 2017 BRISTOL >> Lyman Memorial sophomore Patrick Quealy has been in an admitted slump of late. Quealy picked a great time to snap out of the funk. Behind Quealy’s […]
Girls basketball, volleyball: Mounting support to name new Morgan School gym after former coach Joe Grippo
The support to name the new Morgan School gymnasium named after former girls basketball and girls volleyball coach Joe Grippo is quickly growing. A petition currently has close to 600 names. It needs 1,000 to be presented for consideration to Clinton’s board of education for consideration. Grippo, a former physical education and math teacher at […]
Girls basketball: Father knows best; Old Saybrook edges Morgan
CLINTON >> It’s been a long time since the Old Saybrook girls basketball team traveled to Clinton and defeated perennial Shoreline Conference contender Morgan. So for Rams coach Steve Woods, Friday’s 45-42 victory over the Huskies was a reason to celebrate. The party, however, had a bittersweet flavor. Woods was coaching against his daughter for […]
Girls basketball: East Hampton's Russell joins 1000 point club in victory over Morgan
CLINTON >> Morgan girls basketball coach Caitlin Woods did everything she could to try and slow down East Hampton senior Gyanna Russell. Woods even resorted to a rare box-and-one defense. But Russell made sure this was going to be a special night. “She’s great,” Woods said. “She’s the best all-around player we’ve seen this year.” […]
Baseball: Morgan's Thompson signs with Division I Sacred Heart
CLINTON >> At a very early age, Morgan’s Cooper Thompson knew he wanted to be a college baseball player. Thompson’s dream is becoming a reality. Thompson signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield. The ceremonial signing took place inside The Morgan School library on Wednesday morning. “He’s […]
Football: Old Saybrook / Westbrook beats Morgan in overtime, but falls short of Class S playoffs
CLINTON – For the first time in its history, the Old Saybrook/Westbrook co-op football team finished with eight wins. The Rams completed an 8-2 season Wednesday night with a wild 33-32 overtime victory over Pequot League rival Morgan at the Ethel Peters Complex. “We knew we’d be better than last year,” said OSW coach Mike […]
Monday's girls soccer roundup: Morgan whips Wilcox Tech
Class M No. 19 Morgan 8, No. 14 Wilcox Tech 0 >> Alyssa LeMay, Mikayla Mancini and Courtney Viglione all had a goal and an assist for Morgan (9-6-2) in a Class M first-round win at Meriden. Convent of the Sacred Heart 1, Hopkins 1 (Hopkins wins 4-3 PKs) (at New Haven) Sacred Heart 1 […]
Boys soccer: Old Saybrook wins first Shoreline championship since 1964
PORTLAND >> Old Saybrook has had plenty of regular-season success in the Shoreline Conference for boys soccer, a contender for the league crown virtually every season. But despite playing for the title numerous times, the Rams have come up short each time since 1964. Finally, on Friday night, Old Saybrook broke through. Ashton Reina’s header […]
Football: Castro-Vega, Ellington roll through Morgan for sixth-straight win
ELLINGTON >> There are few sounds that are more pleasing to Izaiah Castro-Vega than the unmistakeable sound of portable lights warming up during the occasional Friday night football games hosted at Ellington High School. The senior running back certainly put on a show worthy of its primetime slot rushing for 207 yards and four touchdowns […]
Girls volleyball: Hale Ray tops Morgan, wins eighth straight
CLINTON >> Hale Ray senior Sage Connors said that the Noises are a different club since losing to Haddam-Killingworth back on September 30. Despite playing without senior setter Mary Pease, who was injured, the 3-1 loss against the unbeaten Cougars rattled the defending Shoreline Conference champions. “That game kind of made us take a step […]
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Football: Big plays lift Cromwell/Portland past Morgan
CROMWELL >> Cromwell/Portland senior Kristian Sapp is one of the top playmakers in the Pequot Conference. Sapp is a fast and shifty running back as well as a terrific receiver with a nose for the end zone. Sapp showed Morgan on Friday night that his repertoire also includes blocking field goals. With the Huskies threatening […]
Girls soccer: Bruehwiler scores twice for Old Saybrook against Morgan
CLINTON >> None of the girls on the Old Saybrook roster has ever advanced to the Shoreline Conference soccer tournament. On Monday, the Rams took a big step toward gaining that precious postseason berth. Old Saybrook went on the road to defeat Morgan 2-1 at the Indian River Complex. “These Shoreline games are really important […]
Girls volleyball: H-K tops Morgan, stays perfect at 11-0
HIGGANUM >> Just two years removed from a magical Shoreline Conference and state championship season, the Haddam-Killingworth girls volleyball team is enjoying another terrific campaign this fall. The Cougars won their 11th straight contest, dismantling longtime rival Morgan 25-15, 25-10 and 25-17 on Wednesday night at the H-K Fieldhouse. H-K’s 11-0 start has included an […]
Football: Sapere, Valley Regional/Old Lyme roll past Morgan
CLINTON >> The Valley Regional/Old Lyme football team looked like Class M playoff contenders on Friday night. Senior quarterback Matt Sapere tossed three touchdown passes and ran for one more in leading the Warriors to an impressive 37-13 Pequot Conference South victory over Morgan at Bob Brigockas Field. Valley’s defense, led by juniors Roan Sullivan […]
Football Week 3: Morgan happy to lean on its line
CLINTON >> Aside from one returning receiver, Morgan graduated nearly every skill player from a team that went 9-2 and advanced to the Class S state quarterfinals last season. So, this year’s Huskies’ offense has been built around the offensive line. All five members of that unit from last season returned. “We’re not really oversized,” […]
Girls volleyball 2016: Trusty takes over storied Morgan program
CLINTON >> State-of-the-art school. Sparkling gym floor. “A New Legacy.” There is a lot of “new” happening at The Morgan School this year. The brand new $64.7 million facility just up the street from the old high school opened last week to the excitement of all, but especially the girls volleyball team, which will be […]
Pequot Football 2016: Morgan preview
Highlight reel for Morgan senior guard and defensive end Ivan Villanueva. Vitals Coach: PETER NYE (2nd year, 9-2) Conference: Pequot Conference South Division Playoff Class: S (271 boys enrollment) Home: Peters Complex, Clinton 2015 Record: 9-2 (Class S quarterfinalists) 2016 Kickoff: Sept. 10 at CREC Coop, 11 a.m. Team website: MaxPreps | Twitter: MorganFootball7 Top players Matt Capece, Sr., […]
Football: Middletown's WCNX unveils 15-game broadcast slate
MIDDLETOWN >> Middletown internet radio station WCNX enters its ninth season this fall broadcasting local high school football games. From Xavier’s home opener against Norwich Free Academy at McHugh Field to Cromwell’s Thanksgiving Day clash against Rocky Hill at Pierson Park, WCNX will broadcast 15 regular season games. And owner John Clark is thrilled with […]
2016 New Haven Register All-Area Golf Team
The 2016 New Haven Register All-Area Boys Golf Team. Compiled by Joe Morelli. Photos by Arnold Gold except where noted. Most Valuable Player Chris Fosdick Xavier, freshman Stats: Shot a 66 at Tallwood Country Club to finish second in the CIAC Division I championship meet, helping Xavier tie for first with Simsbury. Shot a 73 […]
The 2016 New Haven Register All-Area Baseball Team
The New Haven Register All-Area Baseball Team. Compiled by Derek Turner. Photos by Peter Hvizdak unless noted. Most Valuable Player Eli Oliphant Amity, Sr., P/OF Stats: Went 9-0 with three saves and allowed four earned runs in 69 innings to post a 0.40 ERA. Struck out 83 batters. Also had six doubles and 16 RBIs. […]
Class S Baseball: Crean, St. Paul down Morgan, win first state title since 1972
MIDDLETOWN >> The best way to describe St. Paul starting pitcher Connor Crean is “effectively wild.” The senior right-hander allowed two runs on three hits, but also walked eight and hit two batters. He also struck out 13, including the final three batters of the Class S state championship game at Palmer Field on Sunday […]
Jimmy Zanor: Grab a Palmer Dog, it's time for another gorgeous baseball weekend in Middletown
[aesop_character img=”http://www.gametimect.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/jayz.png” caption=”JIMMY ZANOR” align=”right” force_circle=”off”] Once again, Middletown is the center of the baseball universe this weekend. Four CIAC state baseball championship games are taking place at William J. Pomfret Stadium at Palmer Field beginning with tonight’s Class M battle between Wolcott and Northwestern. It’s time for some peanuts, Cracker Jacks and Palmer’s […]
Baseball: 2016 CIAC State Championship Preview Capsules
CIAC Championship Weekend Scoreboard Class LL No. 10 FAIRFIELD WARDE vs. No. 1 AMITY When: Saturday, noon. Where: Palmer Field, Middletown Watch Live: TV: CPTV Sports | Online: NFHS Network Championship game appearances: This is the third state final appearance for Fairfield Warde and the first since the 2004 Warde/Ludlowe split from Fairfield High School, which […]
Girls basketball, volleyball: Woods, Trusty take over for Grippo at Morgan
Morgan has named its replacements for longtime former girls basketball and girls volleyball coach Joe Grippo. Caitlin Woods is the school’s new girls basketball coach. Paige Trusty takes over the Huskies’ girls volleyball program. Grippo resigned in early April as the only coach in state history to have over 600 victories in both sports. He […]
Class S Baseball: Neri, Morgan blank Cromwell; Huskies advance to finals again
NEW BRITAIN >> Morgan baseball coach John Litevich earned a state championship ring at Branford High in 2006. He was an assistant for the Hornets late mentor George Dummar. Now, Litevich is one win away from getting the Clinton school its first title. Again. The third-seeded Huskies (20-4) earned their second consecutive trip to the […]
Softball: North Branford captures second straight SLC title
OLD LYME >> North Branford senior Sabrina LeMere set a school-record with her 14th career home run, sophomore Olivia Hemstock went 4-for-4 with a three-run homer and winning pitcher Lindsay Golia had two hits and four RBIs to power the T-birds past Coginchaug, 16-8, in the Shoreline Conference championship game Saturday afternoon at Old Lyme […]
Softball: Coginchaug edges Morgan to advance to Shoreline final
DURHAM >> While Coginchaug pitcher Gabby Diaz dazzled each batter by mixing a fastball with a terrific screwball, her counterpart, Morgan’s Emily Popp, kept the Blue Devils off balance with a float-like-a-butterfly change-up. The two senior pitchers were trying to get their teams to the promised land. And one unearned run was all Coginchaug […]
Softball: Popp, Morgan silence H-K
HIGGANUM >> After a nine-game winning streak, the Haddam-Killingworth softball team has fallen onto some hard times. Jeff Talbott’s team dropped its first two, ripped off nine in a row, but since has dropped four of six, including a 6-2 Shoreline Conference decision to The Morgan School Wednesday afternoon. “What happened to us, and it […]
Baseball: Neri lifts Morgan past Cromwell
CROMWELL >> Undefeated Morgan School ace Chad Neri held Cromwell to four hits in leading the Huskies to a 6-2 Shoreline Conference win over the Panthers Monday afternoon at Fran Monnes Field. It was Cromwell’s fourth loss in a row and fifth in its last six tries. Neri (7-0), who has an earned run average […]
Baseball: Sypher, Valley Regional wins pitchers duel over Morgan
DEEP RIVER >> Valley Regional coach Gary Marineau finally got to take home his new puppy on Thursday. But first he had a baseball game to coach. His starting pitcher Arik Sypher joked with his coach before the game by saying if he threw a shutout, Marineau had to name the dog “Syph.” Well, it looks […]
2015-16 New Haven Register Girls Basketball All-Area Team
The 2015-16 New Haven Register All-Area Girls Basketball Team. Capsules by Mike Pucci. Photos by Catherine Avalone. Most Valuable Player Elise Graham Amity, 5-7, Sr., G Stats: Averaged 17.4 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 3.0 steals per game. Honors: A two-time All-SCC and coaches all-state selection and a three-time New Haven Tap-Off Club pick. […]
Morgan's Joe Grippo resigns as girls basketball, volleyball coach
Joe Grippo’s long and decorated volleyball coaching career at Morgan has come to an end. Grippo resigned Tuesday as the Huskies’ girls volleyball and girls basketball coach. Grippo, 61, became the basketball coach in 1982 and, a year later, began his tenure with the volleyball team. He’s the only coach in state history with 600 […]
Girls Basketball: Unbeaten Cromwell earns fifth straight win over Morgan, advances to Class M semifinals
CROMWELL >> The normally solid Morgan defense had several breakdowns during its Class M state quarterfinal contest against unbeaten Cromwell. That ultimately ended the Huskies season. In a game that was close for three and a half quarters, the top-seeded Panthers pulled away in the fourth quarter and advanced to the semifinals following a 50-38 […]
Girls Basketball: Ashton sets school record as Morgan downs Waterford in Class M
CLINTON >> The game plan for visiting Waterford in its Class M second round contest with eighth-seeded Morgan was pretty simple: contain Huskies senior guard Sami Ashton. Easier said than done. Ashton scored her team’s first eight points and Morgan never trailed in an eventual 50-36 victory over the No. 9 Lancers Thursday. “The key […]
SLC Girls Basketball: Cromwell tops Morgan, wins third SLC crown in four years
DURHAM >> Cromwell seniors Mya Villard, Emma Belcourt, Araya Lessard and Alyssa Wright have had their share of championship moments over the past four seasons. They’ve been prolific winners. And on Thursday night they hoisted the Shoreline Conference championship trophy one more time. The Panthers (23-0), who are ranked No. 4 in the Register/GameTimeCT Top […]
SLC Girls Basketball: It's Cromwell-Morgan IV in tourney final
CROMWELL >> The Cromwell and Morgan girls basketball rivalry is becoming like the Rocky movies. The Panthers and Huskies will meet again tonight in the Shoreline Conference championship game. It’s the fourth straight year the teams have clashed on the league’s biggest stage. The teams split a pair of epic overtime games the past two […]
Girls basketball: No. 4 Cromwell (20-0) completes perfect season
CROMWELL >> It was a special night for Cromwell seniors Mya Villard, Emma Belcourt, Araya Lessard and Alyssa Wright as a large Senior Night crowd packed into the Jake Salafia Gymnasium. Not only were the Panthers playing Shoreline Conference rival Morgan but Cromwell’s Fab Four were also trying to complete their second 20-0 regular season […]
Boys basketball: Morgan puts Valley Regional on the brink
DEEP RIVER >> It’s officially crunch time for the Valley Regional boys basketball team. The Warriors season-long frustrations continued on Saturday following a 54-48 loss against The Morgan School. It was a defeat that might put a damper on Valley’s Shoreline Conference and state tournament hopes. “It was especially tough because of the Shoreline implications,” […]
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