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WINSTED — Undefeated Northwestern (7-0) pulled out a 3-2 win over Thomaston (5-3; 4-3 Berkshire League) in a gem tailor-made for home-town fans at Northwestern High School Tuesday afternoon.
“When they need…
NEW HAVEN — The gut check came Monday night, and it couldn’t have come much later, if LHK wanted to reach its first boys hockey final.
They tied their CIAC Division III semifinal with 2:44 left, and junior …
Here is Van Hise’s game winner #ctbb @GameTimeCT @amityathletics @ciacbbb pic.twitter.com/mXSO9DYMUU — Dean G (@DeanoG8_cthsfb) March 7, 2019 WOODBRIDGE — James Van Hise’s reverse layup with seven seconds remaining lifted Amity to a 56-54 victory over Newington in a Division II second round game at Mengold Gymnasium. Tanner Thomas scored 24 points and Van Hise added […]
The CCC North and South Boys Hockey Tournaments will begin with semifinals Thursday, Feb. 28 at the home rinks of the higher seeds, unless noted, and conclude with championships on Saturday, March 2 at Trinity College. In the CCC South, No. 4 Hall/Southington will face No. 1-seed WMRP in the semifinals at Newington Arena at […]
Welcome to the eleventh episode of the Inside of the Box high school hockey podcast. Longtime Newington co-op head coach David Harackiewicz joins the show to talk about his team’s under the radar season in Division III. The co-op is in the top five right now in Division III as Harackiewicz is looking for his […]
GLASTONBURY — When E.O. Smith girls basketball coach Mary Roickle first laid eyes on her squad at the beginning of the season, the idea that it would be holding a CCC championship banner and trophy in February was inconceivable. “You always set it as one of your goals, but after the first three practices of […]
Now we are getting down to the nitty-gritty with tournament championship games. Let’s do this thing. CCC at Glastonbury No. 5 E.O. Smith vs No. 3 Newington: Both teams finished regular season 17-3, Newington with more senior leadership: NEWINGTON FCIAC at Trumbull No. 3 Trinity Catholic vs No. 1 Norwalk: Great run by Crusaders reaching […]
The 2019 Central Connecticut Conference boys basketball tournament will tip off Thursday, Feb. 21 at the sites of the higher seeds, and continue with quarterfinals at Saturday, Feb. 23 at Bulkeley. BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT HUB The semifinals will be Feb. 26 and championshiship on Feb. 28, both at Bulkeley. East Catholic (20-0) is the top […]
Day 3 brings us to Super Saturday in girls basketball with a full slate of conference tournament games. Let’s go! BERKSHIRE LEAGUE No. 8 Wamogo at No. 1 Housatonic Regional: HOUSATONIC No. 5 Lewis Mills at No. 4 Nonnewaug: NONNEWAUG No. 7 Shepaug Valley at No. 2 Northwestern: NORTHWESTERN No. 6 Thomaston at No. 3 […]
It is conference tournament time for girls basketball. Let’s go! Thursday CCC No. 16 Conard at No. 1 Windsor: WINDSOR No. 15 Manchester at No. 2 East Hartford: EAST HARTFORD No. 14 Farmington at No. 3 Newington: Farmington could push Newington in this one. NEWINGTON No. 13 RHAM at No. 4 Glastonbury: A deceptively tough […]
A fight broke out with approximately 5 minutes left in the Rocky Hill-Newington game Thursday night at Rocky Hill. The game was suspended and will resume next week. A joint statement by both town’s superintendents, Pam Muraca from Newington and Mark Zito from Rocky Hill, was released on Friday afternoon. Part of it is below: […]
As the regular season begins to wind down, Norwalk remained unbeaten and remained the unanimous No. 1 team in the latest GameTimeCT Girls Basketball poll for Feb. 6. The Bears face No. 4 Trumbull in a massive FCIAC game which will determine who is seeded where for the upcoming league tournament. Elsewhere, New London closed […]
For the second time since the preseason, we have a new No. 1. Thanks to a 49-47 road victory over New London Saturday, unbeaten Norwalk is now the No. 1 team in all the land. The Bears are the first to be a unanimous pick, picking up 19 first-place votes. Sign up for the Whistle […]
WINDSOR — Nahriel Gelly just smiles when asked if she prefers playing man-to-man defense. It’s a smile similar to that of her coach, Kendrick Moore, when asked to assess where his Windsor girls basketball program is in his…
Hamden’s 46-44 victory over Trumbull not only put the Green Dragons back in the good graces of voters in the GameTimeCT Top 10 Girls Basketball poll, but it has suddenly added a little extra intrigue to Saturday’s matchup between Norwalk and New London. Hamden’s win knocked Trumbull out of the No. 2 spot and replaced […]
Ridgefield at Fairfield Prep (Wonderland of Ice), Wednesday, 6 p.m.: The past two state champs: Not a bad way to get the season started. The rematch at the Winter Garden is Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Wilton at JBWA (Danbury), Wednesday, 7:40 p.m.: It’s the first game for the state’s newest co-op: That’s “Joel Barlow […]
The 2018 All-Central Connecticut Conference Football Teams. Division I East East Hartford –Jaquan Allen, Jonathan Cruz, Rafael Custodio, Jaydon Gardner, Quinton Haughton, John McNeil, David Ortiz, Raquan Tompkins, Samuel Valentine Enfield –Freddy Centrella, Brendan DeBarber, Andrew Diaz, Cameron LeBlanc, Wyatt Raymond, Joel Stewart Glastonbury –Dylan Clemens, Drew Daniels, Kirill Fioletov, Brandon Myers, Ryan Smith, Matthew […]
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…
MIDDLETOWN — Seven games down, seven wins, and a strong wind is behind them.
The Middletown High football team will enter a bye week off an emphatic 42-0 victory over Newington Friday, relishing what it has accomplished while shifting its focu…
Vitals COACH — JASON PACE (2nd year, 3-7) CONFERENCE — CCC Division II West PLAYOFF CLASS — LL (690 boys enrollment) HOME — Alumni Field, Newington 2017 RECORD — 3-7 2018 OPENER — Sept. 7 vs. Amistad, 6:30 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE – Maxpreps, Football.NewingtonAthletics.com | TWITTER — @NHS_INDlANS Top Players BRANDON KAMANSKY, Sr., RB/ILB (5-8 215) DYLAN […]
SHELTON — Clutching the Class M state boys volleyball runner-up plaque in one hand, Joel Barlow High School coach Chris Lovelett walked the length of his bench and clapped his heartbroken players on their backs with his other hand.
They sat wi…
WOODBRIDGE – Sometimes all it takes is one swing to get a team going on offense. Amity’s Sebastian Formica provided that jolt. With the game tied, Formica led off the bottom of the fourth inning with a long homer to left, and Amity followed by sending 12 batters to the plate, scoring eight times, to […]
Newington’s boys basketball team has had it — well — kind of rough this season. Not that it was unexpected. The Indians graduated New Haven Register All-State guard Jared Simmons, the school’s all-time leading scorer. They also lost an All-CCC talent in forward Matt McKinnon and entered the 2017-18 season with a new coach, Eddie […]
Wrapping up catching up with Connecticut’s last few buzzer-beaters of 2017. Just a little while ago we brought you three December buzzer-beaters by Rockville, two in an OT win over Amistad on Dec. 30. Meanwhile, that very same day, Farmington was also living on a prayer in its CCC showdown with Newington. Here, submitted for […]
GREENWICH — Entering Thursday’s state tournament game against visiting Newington, the Greenwich High School girls volleyball team hadn’t lost a match since Sept. 27.It didn’t take too long to notice the Cardinals were going to continue…
MIDDLETOWN — Relentless.That’s the best word to describe the pressure the 11th-seeded Middletown girls soccer team put on No. 22 Newington in the Blue Dragons’ 4-0 opening round win in the Class LL state tournament on Tuesday at Rosek-Sk…
NEWINGTON — History did not repeat.Last year Middletown was stunned by Newington, a loss that knocked Middletown from the ranks of the unbeaten. This time around the No. 9-ranked Blue Dragons took care of business 34-7 at Alumni Field Friday…
The 2016-17 New Haven Register All-State Boys Basketball First Team. Capsules by Joe Morelli. Portrait photos by Catherine Avalone. Cover photo by Peter Hvizdak. Video packages produced by Noah Finz, Vantage Sports Network. Cover and web designs by Sean Patrick Bowley. [Complete All-State Lineups] First Team ••• Stats: Area’s leading scorer (23.2 ppg.) along with 6.0 assists and 4.0 […]
NEWINGTON >> Some players just ooze energy and excitement on the basketball court. They are the ones you go to see. Newington senior Jared Simmons is one of those players. Clinging to a three-point lead at the start of the second half, Simmons flew in from the left side of the court when he saw […]
