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SEYMOUR — On the day when the Seymour baseball team honored their former coach, Bob Kelo, who died this past year, the team played like one of Kelo’s teams. “This is very reminiscent of a lot of the beginning of Kelo’s seasons,” Seymour coach Jeff Gilbert said. “Where we just don’t have good approaches, […]
Jordan Elliott led a balanced offense with 13 points as No. 3-ranked Sacred Heart capped a season undefeated and a nearly 100-year existence as a program with a 57-50 victory over Naugatuck in the NVL Championship game Friday at Sacred Heart. Sacred Heart, which announced it would be closing at the end of the […]
Morgan Bagnall, Lauralton Hall: Lauralton Hall received first-place finishes from Bagnall in its 96-90 triumph over Amity in the 200-yard individual medley (2:18.40) and 100 freestyle (56.22). She helped spark Hall’s 200 f…
TAKING OVER THE HELM
Several coaching changes took place since the 2019 high school girls swimming season concluded, one of which occurred at Lauralton Hall. Fran Pfeiffer who coached at Lauralton Hall for …
Chris Akindura, Naugatuck, Sr. F: The three-year starter is one of the most dangerous scoring threats in the state and could be the best player in the NVL. All-NVL in 2019.
Max Baer, Barlow, Sr. M: The All-…
Dave Sollazzo has been a football coach for a long time, and this year he just plans to be a dad. Sollazzo has resigned after three years as Naugatuck’s head coach, leaving with a record of 23-9 and two playoff appearances. He plans to watch his son play football this fall: Chris Sollazzo will be […]
The 2020 GameTimeCT All-State Boys Basketball team. Compiled by Joe Morelli. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media and were submitted. Designed by Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. Boys Basketball All-State Lineups FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Player of the Year Matt Knowling East Catholic, Senior, Forward Stats: The 6-4 guard/forward averaged 24 points, eight rebounds and […]
WATERBURY — The drought is finally over for the Naugatuck boys’ basketball team. The Greyhounds, seeded second in the NVL, used a 16-0 third quarter run to defeat No. 4 Holy Cross 73-54 to win its first NVL tournament championship and first NVL title since 1969 Wednesday night at Wilby. “It feels awesome ,man,” Naugatuck […]
The 2020 Naugatuck Valley League Boys Basketball Tournament will tip off Saturday, Feb. 29 with quarterfinals, continue with semifinals Monday, March 2 and the championship Wednesday, March 4. The tournament will be played at Wilby High School in Waterbury. BOYS BASKETBALL LEAGUE TOURNAMENT HUB Sacred Heart, the winners of 124-consecutive league games dating back to […]
WELCOME BACK to another exciting episode of Courtside with Joe Morelli, your weekly Connecticut high school boys basketball podcast. This week, Joe and co-host Sean Patrick Bowley take a look back at the big Sacred Heart-Naugatuck NVL showdown, won by the Hearts, 67-62, for their 123-consecutive NVL victory. With the regular season wrapping up this week, […]
WATERBURY — This was supposed to be the year that Sacred Heart came back to the pack in the Naugatuck Valley League.
This was supposed to be the year the long winning streak ended for the Hearts. But no one…
The 2020 NVL Girls Basketball Tournament tips off with quarterfinals Saturday, Feb. 22 at Holy Cross, and continues with semifinals Monday, Feb. 24 and the championship Wednesday, Feb. 26, both at Kennedy-Waterbury. St. Paul is the top seed and defending champion, looking to win its third title in four seasons. TOURNAMENT BRACKET Championship History […]
TORRINGTON — Naugatuck, No. 10 in this week’s GameTimeCT/New Haven Register boys basketball state poll, showed its stuff in a 76-52 win over Torrington at Torrington High School Friday night.
All eight of t…
Welcome back to Uni-Browse. It is a Thanksgiving tradition to get dressed up and go visit family and watch football. The teams that played on Thanksgiving are no different. Last week SMSA and St. Joe’s tied with 28% of the vote. VOTE BELOW FOR YOUR FAVORITE UNIFORMS THIS WEEK. BARLOW Barlow in road whites this […]
NAUGATUCK — There is no truth to the rumor that there has been a member of Cafaro family taking part in each of the Ansonia High School football program’s 120 meetings with rival Naugatuck also one could excuse the Greyhou…
NAUGATUCK — New Milford boys soccer coach Lou Pereira knew at some point his team’s incredible run of missed chances in the first half of the Green Wave’s Class LL second round game against Naugatuck could cost his team de…
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L STANDS FOR “LOADED”
If you’re looking for conference champions, you’ll find plenty right here. The Class L bracket features four champs with No. 3 RHAM (CCC), No. 4 N…
5 STORYLINES TO WATCH
FOUR HAND
Winning a state title is not easy. Winning three straight puts you among the all-time great teams, but four straight state championships? You have to go back …
WATERBURY — The Naugatuck girls’ volleyball team took down undefeated Seymour in David vs. Goliath fashion to capture the 2019 NVL Championship on Wednesday.
It took a thrilling five sets for Naugatuck to p…
TORRINGTON — Torrington football rang up one the biggest coups in program history with a 14-7 win over previously-undefeated Naugatuck Friday night at the Robert H. Frost Sports Complex.
“The key was we did…
Bristol Eastern took over the No. 1 ranking from CCC rival RHAM in the final Connecticut volleyball coaches state poll of the regular season. The Lancers defeated RHAM, 3-2, last Wednesday, knocking the Sachems from the top spot after just one week. Bristol Eastern took 23 of the 27 first-place votes. RHAM fell into a […]
It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.
The Bristol Eastern volleyball team, at least during the regular season, is finishing on top.
The Lancers, who knocked off three-time defendi…
There were wholesale changes this week, and there are certainly more on the way, in the Connecticut volleyball coaches poll this week. With Greenwich falling to Westhill 3-0 last week, the Cards dropped from the No. 1 spot for the first time this season, clearing the way for RHAM to take over as the state’s […]
FINE PERFORMANCES
Brielle Behuniak, Naugatuck: The senior 10 kills and 15 assists in the Greyhounds’ 3-0 win over Oxford on Thursday.
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The Greenwich volleyball team suffered its first loss of the season but retained its hold on the No. 1 spot in the Connecticut volleyball coaches poll for week five. Unbeaten RHAM made the biggest jump, as it leapt three spots from No. 5 to No. 2, picking up 11 of the 30 first-place votes. Bristol […]
With six returning seniors, all of whom had plenty of varsity experience, the Seymour volleyball team had plenty of reason to be confident coming into the season.
Through 14 matches, the Wildcats are unscat…
WATERBURY — People coming to watch the two teams at the top of the NVL boys soccer standings were not disappointed.
Naugatuck’s Ahmed Aljamal scored with 3:58 to play, putting the Greyhounds up by a goal.
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OXFORD — Naugatuck’s running attack was the key component in a 43-6 NVL win over Oxford at Wolverine Park on Friday night.
Jeff Schebell and Malachi Gatison each found the end zone twice, as coach Dave Soll…
The top three remained the same, but Guilford made a jump to the No. 4 spot in the latest Connecticut volleyball coaches poll. Guilford, the SCC’s last remaining unbeaten team, toppled conference contenders Cheshire, Shelton and Amity in succession and moved up two spots while gaining a pair of first-place votes. Greenwich kept its hold […]
