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For four straight seasons, Old Lyme owned the Shoreline Conference girls soccer tournament. Then North Branford upset the Wildcats two years ago. Last year, Morgan dominated the league.
This year, the regul…
CROMWELL — After a tough, season-opening overtime loss to Granby/Canton, Stafford/East Windsor/Somers coach Brian Mazzone wondered where his team fit in this season moving forward.
“We lost to a good team i…
CROMWELL – The first five minutes for North Branford were a bear. Cromwell/Portland took advantage of a pass coverage mismatch to score on its opening drive, and, after picking off quarterback Brandon Fratta on the Thunderbirds’ first play from scrimmage, the Panthers got into the end zone again two plays later for a 14-point lead. […]
[Vitals] COACH — RANDELL BENNETT (3rd year, 17-4) CONFERENCE — Pequot PLAYOFF CLASS — S (co-op) HOME — Pierson Park, Cromwell 2018 RECORD — 9-2, lost to Stafford/Somers/East Windsor in Class S quarterfinals 2019 OPENER — Sept. 13 at Haddam-Killingworth, 6:30 p.m. TEAM WEBSITES — Maxpreps | TWITTER — @cromportfb [Top Players] JUSTIN STERGOS, Sr., RB/S […]
CROMWELL — Right-hander Tyler Baldwin was back on the field for the top of the seventh inning before any of his Rocky Hill-Cromwell-Portland teammates could cross the first-base line.
The 5-foot-7 pitcher’s…
CROMWELL — As the calendar turns to July and Zone 3’s contenders start to distinguish themselves, Rocky Hill-Cromwell-Portland looked like one of them by squeezing out an important win against Northern Division leader Enfi…
MIDDLETOWN — Cole Peterson didn’t think Grant Collins was going to score. Bryan Dinnis wasn’t so sure, either.
Collins figured it would be a bang-bang play at the plate.
They were all wrong….
MIDDLETOWN — Middletown High’s attempt to qualify for the postseason will have to wait at least one more game.
Windsor erased a two-run deficit with five runs in the sixth inning, the momentum coming courte…
Portland golfers may not talk much about accomplishing a four-peat at the Division IV state championship in June, but it’s understood.
Just look at Portland’s non-conference schedule: matches against Conard…
BASEBALL
Portland 8, Westbrook 0: After signing with Rhode Island College earlier in the day, Cole Peterson threw six shutout innings and hit a two-run home run to lead Portland to a Shoreline road win.
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Haddam-Killingworth scored two runs in the second inning and they held up, and right-hander Jon Civiello notched his fourth win of the season in the Cougars’ 2-1 victory over host Cromwell at Fran Monnes Field on Thursday….
Berlin scored the winning run with one out in the seventh to beat Middletown 7-6 in a CCC baseball game Wednesday at Sage Park.
Daniel Veleas, Berlin’s No. 2 hitter, had two hits and scored four runs – incl…
PORTLAND — If Shoreline Conference baseball teams did not give Portland much thought heading into the new season, they might want to now.
The Highlanders handed Haddam-Killingworth its first loss and forged…
The Shoreline boys basketball tournament will begin Saturday, Feb. 23 with quarterfinals at the higher seeds. The semifinals will be on Tuesday, Feb. 26, also at the sites of the higher seeds. The championship will be Friday, March 1, 7 p.m. at Polson Middle School in Madison. Sign up for the GameTimeCT newsletter East Hampton is […]
In the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader, the Cromwell girls got their transition game going in the second half and pulled away to a 61-33 victory over Portland. The defending Shoreline champions (5-2 overall) are 4-0 in the conference. The Highlanders lost their fifth straight after a 2-0 start to the season. Cromwell got a […]
PORTLAND — Basketball games are never over after the first quarter, but this one was as out of reach for Portland as it could have been Wednesday night.
Cromwell outscored the Highlanders 25-2 in the opening eight minutes and n…
The 2018 All-Pequot League Football Teams. Players of the Year SASSACUS: TOBEY CALLENDER, Haddam-Killingworth UNCAS: JULIEN RIVAS, Stafford/Somers/East Windsor Coach of the Year BRIAN MAZZONE, Stafford/Somers/East Windsor Ted Netcoh Award LUCIANO DUFFY, Old Saybrook/Westbrook Sassacus Offense QB–Bryce Karstetter, Cromwell/Portland QB–JP Nye, Morgan RB–Tobey Callender, Haddam-Killingworth RB–Nick Braga, Valley Regional/Old Lyme WR — Jason O’Brien, Valley Regional/Old […]
ENFIELD —Each piece of game footage that crossed his path in the last couple of days only increased Stafford/East Windsor/Somers football coach Brian Mazzone’s respect for Cromwell/Portland receiver Nick Wright and increased his own anxiety le…
The 2018 CIAC Class S football quarterfinal preview capsules. Compiled by Sean Patrick Bowley. More quarterfinal previews: CLASS LL | CLASS L | CLASS M All games Tuesday, Nov. 27, 6:30 p.m. No. 8 Plainfield at No. 1 Ansonia WHERE – Jarvis Stadium at Nolan Athletic Complex, Ansonia TICKETS – Adults $10, Students/Senior Citizen $5 […]
ROCKY HILL — The postseason berth was secure as they took the field for the final regular season game, another showdown with their Thanksgiving Day rival.
But make no mistake: Rocky Hill was very much an emotional matchup for the Cromwell/Port…
DEEP RIVER — Valley Regional/Old Lyme had the play. It had the open receiver and, with a good throw, it was going to at least tie Pequot Sassacus rival Cromwell/Portland and send the game into a second overtime. Throwing proved difficult all night for the Warriors, whose regular quarterback, Ryan Santos, had been hobbled with […]
CROMWELL — As Nick Wright tells it, there was no buildup or drama at the end of last school year when he told friends, best bud and fellow senior Bryce Karstetter among them, that he would be a Cromwell/Portland football player in 2018.
“When …
CROMWELL — Tied in the second quarter with less than three minutes left and in its own territory, Haddam-Killingworth called for fake punt. It failed and the Cougars never recovered. Cromwell/Portland scored four plays later and then after a Haddam-Killingworth fumble two plays later, the Panthers scored again to take a commanding two-score lead in […]
Cromwell/Portland’s potent passing attack meets Haddam-Killingworth’s tried-and-true ground game in an early-season clash of unbeaten Pequot-Sassacus teams on Friday night.
There’s also the possibility that the matchup of 3-0 squads at Cromwel…
BURLINGTON — Portland/Cromwell ran over Lewis Mills on the ground, in the air and on defense in a 55-7 wipeout at Lewis Mills High School Saturday afternoon.
In a steady stream of touchdowns, the Panthers’ first three scores came on the ground…
NORTH BRANFORD — Save for a brief stint as a lineman when he was 11-years old, basketball has always been Nick Wright’s thing, not football. He averaged 9.2 points per game as a junior, helping Cromwell’s boys basketball team win a state championship last winter. But as Wright made insane grabs and jukes over and […]
Vitals COACH — RANDALL BENNETT (2nd year, 8-2) CONFERENCE — Pequot Sassacus PLAYOFF CLASS — S (co-op) HOME — Pierson Park, Cromwell 2017 RECORD — 8-2 2018 OPENER — Sept. 7 vs. Rockville, 6 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — Maxpreps | TWITTER — @cromportfb | INSTAGRAM — cromportfb Top Players BRYCE KARSTETTER, Sr., QB (5-10, 180) ZAC CYR, Sr., […]
Portland’s powerhouse boys golf program won the Division IV state championship for the third straight year Monday, shooting five strokes better than runner-up Immaculate of Danbury at Timberlin Golf Club.
Highlanders coach Joe Santavenere said…
A glance at the four CIAC boys golf divisions says at least this much: Xavier, Portland and Coginchaug are owning, not renting, their real estate as title contenders once again.
Xavier won the Division I championship a year ago, its first in t…
