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NEWINGTON – Playing from behind all game Newington knew that if it was going to be able to come back and knock off Maloney, it would need quarterback Nick Pestrichello to step up. The junior did just that, totaling six touchdowns – four in the second half – as the Indians defeated No. 10 […]
BURLINGTON – Both teams came to Burlington’s Nassahegan Field with something to prove this season in Newington’s 2-1 win over Lewis Mills Tuesday afternoon.
The Indians were stunned by a Class L second-roun…
We called Bill Riccio on Monday to ask what it was like for the New Haven Football Officials Association’s commissioner, rescheduling so many crews through all this Eastern Equine Encephalitis shuffling.
We…
Benjamin Iwaszkiewicz’s third quarter touchdown rush was the difference in Amity’s win over Newington. Iwaszkiewicz took it himself and scampered in from three yards out late in the third quarter scoring the lone touchdown in the Spartans’ 7-3 win. Coming off a loss to Simsbury last week the Spartans were excited after their hard fought […]
[Vitals] COACH — JASON PACE (3rd year, 7-13) CONFERENCE — CCC Division II West PLAYOFF CLASS — L (691 boys enrollment) HOME — Alumni Field, Newington 2018 RECORD – 4-6 2019 OPENER — Sept. 13 vs. Windsor, 6:30 p.m. TEAM WEBSITES — MaxPreps | newingtonathletics.com | TWITTER — @NHSIndians | FACEBOOK [Top Players] IZAYAH CIARCIA, Sr. WR/DB (5-9 160) KEENAN […]
For the 13th year, New Canaan High School will host a Grip It and Rip It 7-on-7 football tournament when 32 teams meet on Friday, July 12, and Saturday, July 13. The tournament had originally been set at 34 teams, but five teams dropped out and three have been added: Trinity Catholic/Wright Tech co-op, Bridgeport […]
Here is our annual breakdown of state championships by school. This list includes only CIAC sanctioned sports and team championships. It does include both Class and State Open titles. New England and national titles are not included. Here’s a look back at 2017-18 2018-19 state championships by school Bloomfield (7) Football (S) Boys Indoor Track […]
CCC ALL-CCC WEST DIVISION: Ryan Roller (Conard); Erik Youngstrom (Conard); Brian Liao (Farmington); Sachit Sabapathy (Farmington); Scott Touhy (Farmington); Brennan George (Hall); Leonel Caceres (Newington); Louis Egbuna (Newington); Mason Romano (Newington); Ethan Basch (Simsbury); Joe Bargman (Simsbury); Zack Morgan (Southington); Tim Walsh (Southington); Adam Hunter (Southington). ALL-CCC EAST DIVISION: Chaddane Williams (Bloomfield); Emmanuel Goods (Bloomfield); Kai Haughton […]
Player of the Year: Logan Carstens, Staples CLASS L Aldane Burke, East Hartford Ardian Kodzodziku, Newtown David Niski, Shelton Eric Moore, Newtown Jake Harasyko, Glastonbury Kayque Jorge, Danbury Logan Carstens, Staples Owen Edminster, Warde Piers Roofthooft, Darien Rob Morrill, Newtown Ryan Roller, Conard Tim Walsh, Southington Tyler Herget, Darien Zack Morgan, Southington CLASS M Aiden […]
SHELTON — The Newington boys volleyball team had Cheshire’s number twice in the regular season with a pair of 3-1 wins.
On Thursday, the Indians were challenged by the Rams early but the outcome was the sam…
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
CLASS L CHAMPIONSHIP
STAPLES VS. DARIEN
Vitals
When: Thursday, 5 p.m.
Where: Shelton High School gym
Seeds/Rec…
NEWINGTON — In the end, there were not many dry eyes around Xavier’s baseball team — coaching staff included. When a club enjoys being together as much as the Falcons have in 2019, letting go Wednesday was not easy.
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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 […]
