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The Guilford girls lacrosse team had a lot to look forward to in 2020 with a solid group of returning players and an SCC championship to defend.
The title defense never materialized, however, as students were sent home …
Three student-athletes – Mia Lawrence (Mercy), Edwin James Figueroa (Hamden) and Kyle Maruca (North Haven) – are the recipients of the 2020 Southern Connecticut Conference Comeback Player of the Year awards. All three student-athletes suffered severe injuries, yet were able to overcome them to become outstanding role models in their respective schools. A corporate sponsor of the SCC, Connecticut Orthopaedics […]
When the National American Legion shut down all sponsorship and involvement with its baseball program last week due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it left thousands of high school-aged players with no options to participate in …
Plenty of people are enduring the same thing in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic: the normal day-to-day routine is gone. Physically going to work is something many people have done for years without giving a second thought…
The Casey-O’Brien New Haven County Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame is honoring its 60th group of Scholar Athlete award winners.
A date for the event has yet to be determ…
Girls Ice Hockey First Team Forward: Madison Epke (Guilford), Taylor Nowak (West Haven), Demeri Carangelo (Hamden), Megan Froehlich (West Haven); Defense: Tess Csejka (Amity Regional), Brooke McNabola (SHA); Goalie: Bethany Karp (Pomperaug) Second Team Forward: Reilly Sargolini (Hamden), Leigha Howland (Foran), Haley Cable (Amity Regional), Catie Gregory (Newtown; Defense: Olivia Gill (Guilford), Caroline Cadelina (Amity Regional); Goalie: Christina Meadows (Branford) Boys […]
North Haven’s Andrew Sacco is 6-1 in his career in the state tournament and has allowed over two goals twice in that span. What makes him so good during the postseason? #cthk pic.twitter.com/x0F8fbzzFP — Pete Paguaga (@PetePaguaga) March 10, 2020 NORTH BRANFORD — We’ve reached that time of the boys hockey season when goalie matchups […]
WEST HAVEN — They’ve played three spectacular boys hockey games, and if they can somehow make their separate ways to the CIAC Division II final, maybe they’ll play a fourth in two weeks.
In the meantime, Br…
WEST HAVEN — North Haven coach Chris Avena felt he had plenty to motivate his team heading into the Southern Connecticut Conference Division II semifinals against Hand-Madison. Not only were the third-seeded Indians underd…
The wide smiles on the faces of the Darien girls ice hockey players after they won their latest championship delivered a clear message: This one was special.
Darien scored two early goals and then held off …
FIRST ROUND Monday, March 2 No. 7 EAST CATHOLIC/GLASTONBURY/SOUTH WINDSOR (ETB) 1, No. 10 WEST HAVEN/SHA 0 WHSHA 0 0 0 – 0 ETB 0 0 1 – 1 ETB: Mary McKiernan 1g. Saves: WH – Hannah Davey 22; ETB – Caitlyn Caldon 34. No. 5 SUFFIELD CO-OP 4, No. 12 NOTRE DAME-FAIRFIELD CO-OP 0 NDFF […]
In its first time appearing in the Southern Connecticut Conference championship game, the Guilford girls hockey team did not disappoint.
Behind three goals from sophomore sensation Maddie Epke, second-seede…
NORTH BRANFORD — He lost six games to injury, but Branford freshman forward Matt Morgan returned in style Wednesday night at Northford Ice Pavilion.
Morgan went to the front of the net and scored the Hornet…
Anthony DiLungo’s No. 14 will hang forever in the rink that bears his father’s name. East Haven’s co-op boys hockey team retired DiLungo’s number before Monday’s game against Guilford at DiLungo Rink.
DiLun…
BRISTOL — Heading into the championship finals of the Class L wrestling tournament, just 8.5 points separated first-place Simsbury from second-place Xavier.
It was a familiar place for the Falcons, who had …
WALLINGFORD — Losing key players from the past two campaigns in which East Haven had successful postseason runs, including a state title, the talk was maybe the Yellowjackets would be down in terms of wins this year or eve…
SHELTON – There was a lot to celebrate at Shelton High Murray Gymnasium Friday night. Senior Peri Basimakopoulos scored a career-high 32 points, including the 1,000th point of his career, to lead the Gaels to a 68-52 victory over North Haven in a Southern Connecticut Conference crossover game. Basimakopoulos was quick to credit his teammates. […]
NORTH HAVEN — North Haven and Jonathan Law were certainly familiar with each other.
After all, the two teams had played each other twice in the last seven days.
Just four days after North Ha…
BRANFORD — Billy Linder’s goal 6:07 into overtime gave No. 8 Branford a 2-1 win over North Haven on Wednesday night at Northford Ice Pavilion.
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Nora Birmingham, Suffield co-op: Birmingham, a senior co-captain, had a hat trick as the Suffiel…
The last time Milford played a postseason boys hockey game was 2015. That will change in two weeks.
Milford’s 8-0 win Monday night over Shepaug put the Indians into the SCC/SWC Division III tournament. It’s…
MIDDLETOWN — Old hat conveys the notion that something is predictable to the point of being boring. It also can be wrongly cited when it comes to the Xavier wrestling team that something familiar is out of fashion.
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Daniel Chen, Daniel Hand: Chen touched the wall first in the 200-yard individual medley for Daniel Hand in its meet against SCC rival Xavier, clocking in at 2:05.50. He also won the 100-yard backstroke in 57.24.
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Ridgefield has finished in the top-10 in the team standings at the State Open and Class LL boys swimming championships the past four seasons under coach Emmanuel Lanzo’s watch, yet Lanzo sees a little extra something in th…
Welcome back to Inside the Box. Pete and Mike are back in studio for this week’s episode and are joined by North Haven coach Chris Avena. Avena is in his second year leading the Indians program and has coached all around the state since the late 1990’s. The longtime coach talks with Mike and Pete […]
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Madison Andrews, Stamford/Westhill/Staples: Andrews scored four goals as SWS snapped a four-game…
SHELTON — Having coached some 2,000 high school games between them, North Haven girls’ basketball coach Tom Blake and his Shelton counterpart Jim Cavallaro have seen a lot of crazy endings.
Friday night’s e…
North Haven boys swimming coach Martha Phelan looked at the number of athletes returning to her team this winter and came up with an idea.
“I knew that I couldn’t field a team with a team of seven,” said Ph…
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Korey Barber, Shelton: Barber finished first in the 50-yard freestyle for Shelton in its 88-64 win over Seymour, registering a time of 23.34 seconds. The junior also swam the second leg of Sh…
