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2021 CIAC Spring State Championship Scoreboard [FINAL]

Filed Under: A Featured, All Sports, Baseball, Boys Golf, Boys Lacrosse, Boys Tennis, Boys Track, Boys Volleyball, Girls Golf, Girls Lacrosse, Girls Tennis, Girls Track, Softball Conference: CCC, FCIAC, NCCC, NVL, SCC, Shoreline, SWC Schools: Berlin, Danbury, Darien, Derby, East Catholic, East Hampton, Enfield, Fairfield Ludlowe, Fairfield Prep, Guilford, Haddam-Killingworth, Hall, Hand, Hillhouse, Joel Barlow, Masuk, New Fairfield, Newington, North Branford, Northwestern, Norwalk, Old Lyme, Portland, Ridgefield, Seymour, Somers, Southington, St. Joseph, St. Paul, Staples, Westhill, Weston

Sean Patrick Bowley | June 13, 2021

♦♦♦ TICKET INFORMATION ♦♦♦ Baseball Class LL Norwalk 1, Westhill 0 Saturday, June 12 at Palmer Field, Middletown, Noon ON THE AIR/WEB: NFHS Network (subscription required) ROSTERS/TEAM INFO ••• Class L Hand 3, Berlin 0 Saturday, June 12 at Palmer Field, Middletown, 7 p.m. ON THE AIR/WEB: NFHS Network (subscription required) ROSTERS/TEAM INFO ••• Class […]

Baseball

Mozzicato pitches East Catholic to first CIAC baseball title since 1997, beats Northwestern

Filed Under: All Sports, Baseball, Tournament Champions Conference: Berkshire, CCC Schools: East Catholic, Northwestern

Peter Paguaga | June 12, 2021

MIDDLETOWN — As the 17th and final Northwestern batter struck out, East Catholic catcher Hank Penders tossed his glove and helmet to the side and made a straight line toward Frank Mozzicato. “He’s a scary dude to run after you now, he used to be a little squirt, but now he is bigger than […]

Baseball

2021 CIAC baseball state championship capsules

Filed Under: All Sports, Baseball Conference: Berkshire, CCC, FCIAC, NVL, SCC, Shoreline Schools: Berlin, Coginchaug, East Catholic, Hand, Northwestern, Norwalk, St. Paul, Westhill

Scott Ericson | June 10, 2021

CLASS LL

No. 24 Norwalk (13-8) vs. No. 18 Westhill (14-6)

When: Saturday, Noon

Where: Palmer Fi…

Baseball

Reliever DiVita shuts down Woodland to send Northwestern to Class M final

Filed Under: All Sports, Baseball Conference: Berkshire, NVL Schools: Northwestern, Woodland

By Peter Wallace | June 9, 2021

BRISTOL — CIAC semifinal games guarantee a ton of talent. Guts to make the talent work often add unforgettable flavor.
In a 3-2 Northwestern win over Woodland Wednesday morning, that flavor was worthy of a …

Baseball

Sixth inning surge helps Northwestern downs Rockville, reach Class M semifinals

Filed Under: All Sports, Baseball Schools: Northwestern, Rockville

By Peter Wallace | June 5, 2021

WINSTED — No. 2 seed Northwestern showed promise with three runs in the first two innings of its Class M quarterfinal game against No. 7 Rockville, then fulfilled it with a three-run burst in the bottom of the sixth for a …

Baseball

Hamel outduels Beaudoin in Northwestern win over Suffield

Filed Under: All Sports, Baseball Conference: Berkshire, NCCC Schools: Northwestern, Suffield

By Peter Wallace | June 2, 2021

WINSTED — No. 2 Northwestern and No. 18 Suffield pounded opponents by a combined 33-5 in Tuesday’s first round of the Class M baseball state tournament behind their top starters.
Wednesday, in the second ro…

Softball

Northwestern tops Thomaston in battle of Berkshire League unbeatens

Filed Under: All Sports, Softball Conference: Berkshire Schools: Northwestern, Terryville

By Peter Wallace | April 23, 2021

WINSTED — Northwestern’s softball team won an early-season Berkshire League battle of unbeatens with Thomaston 11-5 Friday afternoon at Northwestern High School.
But despite the relatively wide gap in scori…

Girls Hockey

Learning from experience, Suffield co-op tops Simsbury for CCC girls hockey crown

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Hockey Conference: CCC Schools: Canton, E.O. Smith, Ellington, Granby Memorial, Northwestern, Suffield, Windsor

Dave Stewart | April 2, 2021

The Suffield co-op girls ice hockey had faced off with defending CCC champion Simsbury three times during the regular season. The result was three Simsbury victories. That experience, however, didn’t hurt the Wildcats when they faced Simsbury again in the conference final. Junior Kylie Downs scored the game-winning goal with an assist from junior Konelin […]

Boys Basketball

Conti’s foul shot in closing seconds lifts Nonnewaug into Berkshire League final

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball Conference: Berkshire Schools: Nonnewaug, Northwestern

By Peter Wallace | March 23, 2021

WOODBURY — Sam Conti sank a foul shot with two seconds left in a Berkshire League girls basketball tournament semifinal to lift No. 2 Nonnewaug to a 26-25 win over No. 3 Northwestern on Tuesday afternoon at Nonnewaug High …

Boys Basketball

Camp, Northwestern top Nonnewaug to capture Berkshire League regular season title

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball Conference: Berkshire Schools: Nonnewaug, Northwestern

By Peter Wallace | March 2, 2021

WOODBURY — A glittering crown erased the bruises in Northwestern’s 47-36 win at Nonnewaug Tuesday afternoon in a knockdown battle for the Berkshire League regular-season championship.
Both teams played the …

Thomaston girls basketball team clinches Berkshire League regular-season title

Filed Under: All Sports Conference: Berkshire Schools: Northwestern, Thomaston

By Peter Wallace | February 27, 2021

THOMASTON — A Thomaston 54-29 win over Northwestern Saturday afternoon completed a resounding sweep over the Berkshire League’s eight other girls basketball teams, including four of the league’s top teams in the last five …

General

Northwestern’s Blanchard comitts to WNEU

Filed Under: General Schools: Northwestern

By Peter Wallace | January 19, 2021

WINSTED — Let’s face it. COVID-19’s havoc among high school sports and athletes is worse for teams and individuals with the highest expectations dashed by a sea of spiked microscopic balls.
As a result, the…

General

Northwestern’s Beauchene commits to Providence swimmming

Filed Under: General Schools: Northwestern

By Peter Wallace | November 18, 2020

WINSTED — A day after Northwestern High School’s Alex Beauchene won the boys race in the Berkshire League Cross Country Championships, he continued to be an inspiration for what can be accomplished by dedicated athletes in…

Boys Cross Country

Northwestern’s Beauchene, Thomaston’s Desmarais run to Berkshire League cross country titles

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country Conference: Berkshire Schools: Northwestern, Thomaston

By Peter Wallace | November 16, 2020

WATERTOWN — Northwestern’s boys and Thomaston’s girls followed undefeated seasons (9-0) with team and individual wins by Highlander Alex Beauchene and Golden Bear Maegan Desmarais at the Berkshire League cross country cham…

Boys Soccer

Litchfield tops Northwestern in playoff-like setting

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Soccer Schools: Litchfield, Northwestern

By Peter Wallace | November 6, 2020

WINSTED — In a Covid-19 season presumed to be rife with meaningless games for lack of ultimate goals like league and state tournaments, individual games keep demanding more and more meaning.
It was true aga…

Girls Volleyball

Northwestern girls volleyball makes it a trifecta against Nonnewaug

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Volleyball Schools: Nonnewaug, Northwestern

By Peter Wallace | November 4, 2020

WINSTED — Northwestern’s girls volleyball team beat defending Berkshire League champion Nonnewaug 3-0 (25-13; 25-18; 25-23) for the third time in this strange, masked coronavirus season.
The Highlanders, 9-…

Girls Soccer

Motivated Housatonic team blanks Northwestern

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Soccer Conference: Berkshire Schools: Housatonic Regional, Northwestern

By Peter Wallace | October 5, 2020

FALLS VILLAGE — Will there be any real high school sports championships in this topsy-turvy coronavirus season?
The seniors on Housatonic High School’s defending Berkshire League girls soccer team certainly…

Boys Hockey

McMahon/Norwalk, Housatonic co-op stuck saying what-if after CIAC cancels state tournament

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Hockey Conference: FCIAC Schools: Housatonic Regional, Northwestern, Norwalk, Torrington, Wamogo

Michael Fornabaio | March 11, 2020

Thursday’s CIAC Division III boys hockey quarterfinal between the Housatonic co-op and McMahon/Norwalk, wherever they played it, was going to be a beauty. Regardless of the final score, they’d both already done something s…

Boys Swimming

Northwestern wins 8th straight Berkshire League swim championship

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Swimming Conference: Berkshire Schools: Northwestern

By Peter Wallace | March 7, 2020

WATERBURY — Northwestern won its eighth straight Berkshire Swimming and Diving Championship Saturday afternoon at Waterbury’s Kennedy High School.
“It doesn’t get old,” said Highlander coach Mary DiMauro. “…

Boys Hockey

SGWL wins Nutmeg Hockey Conference title (with all-conference team)

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Hockey Conference: NCCC Schools: East Lyme, East Windsor, Ellington, Fitch, Granby Memorial, Griswold, Hale-Ray, Housatonic Regional, Northwestern, Norwich Free Academy, Somers, Stonington, Suffield, Torrington, Wamogo, Waterford, Wheeler, Windsor Locks, Woodstock Academy

Staff Reports | March 5, 2020

The score stays 2-0 as the time runs out and the Wildcat’s are CONFERENCE CHAMPS!!! #cthk #bannersznnn pic.twitter.com/zCaycCrh19 — Wildcats Hockey (@WildcatsPuck) March 6, 2020 Behind junior goalie Cam Begley’s 19-save shutout, Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks defeated Tri-Town 2-0 Thursday night at Champions Skating Center in Cromwell to win the Nutmeg Hockey Conference championship. Senior Tyler Gazdik, […]

Girls Basketball

Northwestern rolls past Stratford in Class L opener

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Basketball Schools: Northwestern, Stratford

By Peter Wallace | March 4, 2020

WINSTED – Northwestern took care of business with a 45-19 win over Stratford Tuesday night in a Class L Girls Basketball first round with few surprises in the mismatches created by this year’s CIAC decision to fill five di…

Girls Basketball

Hennessey leads Nonnewaug past Northwestern for Berkshire League title

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Basketball Conference: Berkshire Schools: Nonnewaug, Northwestern

By Peter Wallace | February 28, 2020

WINSTED – Nonnewaug completed a clean sweep with a 41-37 win over Northwestern for the Berkshire League Girls Basketball Tournament championship Friday night at Northwestern High School after finishing the regular season w…

Boys Basketball

2020 Berkshire League Boys Basketball Tournament Bracket

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball Conference: Berkshire Schools: Gilbert, Litchfield, Nonnewaug, Northwestern, Shepaug Valley, Terryville, Thomaston, Wamogo

Staff Reports | February 28, 2020

The 2020 Berkshire League Boys Basketball Tournament will begin with quarterfinals Saturday, at Shepaug, and conclude with semifinals and the championship next week at Shepaug.. BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT HUB The semifinals will be Monday, March 2. The championship game will be March 5 at 7 p.m. Wamogo (16-4), which won its second straight Berkshire League […]

Girls Basketball

Northwestern, Nonnewaug advance to Berkshire final

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Basketball Conference: Berkshire Schools: Housatonic Regional, Nonnewaug, Northwestern, Thomaston

By Peter Wallace | February 25, 2020

WINSTED — No. 2 seed Northwestern and No. 1 Nonnewaug are headed to Friday’s Berkshire League Girls Tournament championship game at Northwestern High School.
The Highlanders beat No. 3 Thomaston 54-43 in th…

Boys Basketball

Terryville locks up 3rd seed in Berkshire with win over Northwestern

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball Conference: Berkshire Schools: Northwestern, Terryville

By Peter Wallace | February 24, 2020

WINSTED — With No. 1 seed Wamogo and No. 2 Nonnewaug set in the top spots of the Berkshire League Boys Basketball Tournament beginning this Saturday, Terryville resolved a potential three-way tie for third with a 50-46 win…

Girls Basketball

Northwestern tops Thomaston, take over second place in Berkshire League

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Basketball Conference: Berkshire Schools: Northwestern, Thomaston

By Peter Wallace | February 20, 2020

WINSTED — Northwestern’s girls basketball team broke a tie for second place in the Berkshire League with Thomaston in a head-to-head 34-23 regular-season finale that offers a preview glimpse of the league tournament starti…

Wrestling

Northwestern tops Thomaston/Holy Cross co-op

Filed Under: All Sports, Wrestling Conference: Berkshire Schools: Holy Cross, Northwestern, Thomaston, Woodland

By Peter Wallace | January 29, 2020

WINSTED — Want a glimpse into the heart of a near cult-like sport like high school wrestling?
Talk to a few people after a match like Northwestern’s 65-15 win over the Thomaston/Holy Cross co-op and 6-6 dra…

Boys Basketball

Nonnewaug edges Northwestern in defensive struggle

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball Conference: Berkshire Schools: Nonnewaug, Northwestern

By Peter Wallace | January 14, 2020

WOODBURY — In a Berkshire League girls basketball game twisted by ironies, the league’s two best offensive teams — Nonnewaug and Northwestern — both undefeated, both regularly outscoring opponents by 20 and 30 points — tur…

Girls Basketball

Northwestern tops Shepaug in Berkshire League showdown

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Basketball Conference: Berkshire Schools: Northwestern, Shepaug Valley

By Peter Wallace | January 5, 2020

WINSTED — Northwestern’s girls basketball team won a face-off of early-season Berkshire League undefeated’s 43-33 Monday night against Shepaug with an edge in defense, rebounds, depth and confidence at Northwestern High Sc…