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They started the season there and ended there. It took Masuk five weeks and a second straight Class L championship to get back to the top of pile, but a 26-1 record was enough for the Panthers to claim the No. 1 spot in the GameTimeCT Top 10 Poll for a second straight time at […]
It was announced Monday that for the fifth consecutive season, the FCIAC and the SCC will play each other in one game for the next two seasons in baseball. Sheehan, Jonathan Law and Wilbur Cross from the SCC and Trinity Catholic from the FCIAC will not participate. For 2021, the home and away teams […]
STRATFORD — You can’t coach speed.
In addition to everything it has in a diverse arsenal, it’s something that Masuk has in spades. And speed destroyed North Haven in one disastrous inning during the teams’ …
The reaction is virtually the same for North Haven senior Lauren Card after every batter she pitches to, whether it ends in a strikeout, a hit, which is becoming rarer with each passing game, or a run, which simply never h…
St. Joseph completed an unbeaten regular season Friday with its 1-0 victory over Trumbull in the FCIAC championship game. The No. 1-ranked and top-seeded Cadets now take a 35-game win streak into the state playoffs where they will look to win back-to-back state championships. St. Joseph could, of course, be challenged by SWC champion and […]
WEST HAVEN — You can call them the Comeback Kids.
For the second consecutive game in the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament, Cheshire found itself down going to its last at-bat. And twice, the Rams …
WEST HAVEN — His Amity teammates had rallied to tie Hand with two out in the bottom of the fourth of the SCC baseball semifinals at West Haven’s Whitey Piurek Field. They had turned the lineup over to get Cole Kuchachik to…
WEST HAVEN — The last time these two teams met, North Haven, the newly crowned SCC softball champions, met Law in the second round of the 2018 Class L tournament. Law promptly ended North Haven’s season in an upset. Almost a year later, the crushing loss was on the returning North Haven players’ and coaches […]
North Haven’s Matt Soloman goes yard for 2-run HR with one out in the top of the 11th North Haven 5, NDWH 3 #ctbase pic.twitter.com/KzPdY0GBQ5 — Pete Paguaga (@PetePaguaga) May 21, 2019 WEST HAVEN — Matt Soloman picked the perfect time to hit his first home run of the season. The senior shortstop’s two-run home […]
WALLINGFORD — Deshaune Poole of Hillhouse and Meredith Bloss of Guilford have been dominant in their events in the SCC over the years and that dominance continued at the Southern Connecticut Conference boys and girls track…
The the latest Top 10 GameTimeCT softball poll remained largely unchanged as conference championship season got underway. The top six — St. Joseph, Masuk, Trumbull, South Windsor, Cheshire and North Haven — remained in their places as all survived the week without a loss. All 10 teams from last week remained in the poll. NOTEBOOK: […]
It was a much more straight forward week for the No. 1 team in the state. For the second week in a row No. 1 St. Joseph collected every single first-place vote to remain. The Cadets breezed through the comfortable part of their FCIAC schedule to improve to 18-0 this spring. St. Joseph is once […]
EAST HAVEN — The East Haven softball team started the season with three consecutive losses.
Since then, a young team has come together and the Yellowjackets (9-6) recorded their biggest win of the spring We…
Welcome back to another edition of Inside The Circle, GameTimeCT.com’s weekly look at the happenings in Connecticut high school softball with editor Sean Patrick Bowley and beat writer Ryan Lacey. And there’s lots to discuss this week. The anticipated No. 1 Masuk v. No. 2 St. Joseph showdown finally was played after three previous postponements and saw […]
Fine performances
Wes Carpenter, Ridgefield: Scored four goals, including the last-minute game-winner, and had two assists in the Tigers’ 12-11 win over Yorktown (N.Y.).
Beckett Cashman, Gra…
CHESHIRE — For nearly a month, all-state pitcher Lauren Card and the North Haven softball team hadn’t surrendered a single run, including a 1-0 victory over SCC rival Cheshire back on April 24. The Indians were unbeaten and skyrocketed to No. 3 in the latest Top 10 poll. That all changed with just a couple […]
For the first time in 51 weeks, we have a new No. 1 softball team. Thanks to a couple of shut-down pitching performances by Payton Doiron and a home run from Charlee Horton (vs. Trumbull) and Paige Hunter (vs. Masuk), St. Joseph assumed the top spot in the latest GameTimeCT Top 10 Softball Poll. The […]
If pitching and defense wins championships like most coaches preach, then North Haven is going to be in outstanding shape when tournament time arrives.
Crunch time is almost here for the undefeated Indians,…
Fine performances
Jack Broggi, North Haven: Scored four goals, added two assists in a 14-11 win over St. Paul.
Ryan Caldwell, Morgan: Three goals and three assists in a 14-2 win over Old Lym…
It was chaos for the state’s Top 10 teams last week. St. Joseph and North Haven handed Cheshire its first two losses. Bristol Eastern defeated Amity, but then succumbed to unbeaten South Windsor. St. Paul rallied to beat rival Seymour. NFA lost back-to-back games, first to East Haven, then to Southington. And so there’s been […]
Thanks to a quiet week – and even more weather – with few tests for the state’s top squads, the top 10 of the GameTimeCT/Register poll remained largely unchanged. Masuk once again claimed 14 of 16 first-place votes to continue its streak as the top team in the state. It’s 35 wins and counting for […]
NORTH HAVEN — Thanks to a few wrong turns and Connecticut traffic, the Bethel baseball team was close to an hour late for its matchup against SCC club North Haven on Tuesday afternoon.
North Haven probably …
Masuk’s win streak is now at 32 games with a 3-0 week and syphoned off a pair of first-place votes in the process to strengthen their grip on the top spot in the GameTimeCT Top 10 softball poll for April 14. The Panthers’ next-door FCIAC neighbors remained within striking distance. Trumbull (5-0) stayed at No. […]
The preseason had a slightly different feeling for the Darien girls lacrosse team this spring.
For the first time in six years, the Blue Wave didn’t have a state championship to defend, having lost to rival…
The Amity boys outdoor track team, which has a long history of success, usually sets the tone of the season with a strong start in the dual meet regular season.
The 2019 season is no exception, with a 2-0 s…
Fine performances
Kyle Atherton, Trumbull: Six ground balls in a 12-11 overtime win over St. Joseph.
Jack Broggi, North Haven: Third goal came in overtime to beat Southington 11-10.
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NORTH HAVEN — When looking at the final outcome, it would be hard to believe a first-inning pickoff was one of the biggest plays in the game. Such was the case Monday afternoon in North Haven during Amity’s 10-0 Southern C…
In the spring of 1959, North Haven coach Bob DeMayo coached his first baseball game for the Indians.
Last week, he began his 60th season at the helm of the North Haven baseball team a season after he amasse…
One week into the season and there was considerable shuffling inside and out of the GameTimeCT/Register Top 10 Poll. Masuk retains its position atop the standings behind a pair of steamrolling wins over FCIAC opposition, collecting 12 of 16 first-place votes. FCIAC rivals Trumbull and St. Joseph swap places after the Cadets were pushed to […]
