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HAMDEN — Dick Gagliardi was a freshman at Hamden High in the fall of 1948; a budding young athlete finding his niche in football, hockey and track.
Joe Bruno, then in his first season as Hamden’s football coach, saw extraordinary potential. Bu…
Dick Gagliardi, who experienced success at all levels of hockey, died Monday. He was 84.
Gagliardi, a three-sport athlete at Hamden High School, competed in football, track and hockey. His senior season he helped lead the Green Dragons to the …
HAMDEN — It is starting to feel like the postseason in Woodbridge. With the Southern Connecticut Conference and state tournaments right around the corner, the Amity softball team is peaking at just the right time.
Behind four hits from Dani No…
Sacred Heart Academy 113.5 Hand 37; SHA 120 Lauralton Hall 29; Lauralton 69, Hand 64: 4×800 (SHA) Maddie Guth, Stephanie Sullivan, Hannah Guth, Meaghan Cameron 10:23; 4×100 (SHA) Haley Bothwell, Aliya Cameron, Camila Mora-Cyrus, Bianca Kave 51.2; 110HH (SHA) Kayla Cameron 17.6 100M (SHA) Haley Bothwell 12.4; Javelin (SHA) Taylor Andrzejewski 108-3; Long Jump (SHA) Bianca […]
NEW HAVEN — Ten months can get plenty long when waiting for another chance. That was the story for the Guilford softball team. Having suffered an upset loss to Sacred Heart Academy in the opening round of last year’s Class L state tournament game, the Indians made sure not to waste another opportunity. Scoring in […]
The Hamden girls hockey team has a tradition of success and that trend continues this season due in large part to an experienced team that features 14 returning players.Coming off a 4-2 win over SCC South division rival West Haven/Sacred Heart…
They know bitter defeats. They know winning. The question now is do they know how to use all to their advantage? Those are the questions facing the girls of the Sacred Heart Academy volleyball team. Stalled by a slow start last season which saw the Sharks drop their first seven matches, most in heartbreaking fashion, […]
Haylee Garthwait 2 run double as NH sends 17 batters to plate in 6th to score 12 and take 12-1 lead over SHA #ctsb pic.twitter.com/QVRBKVP7YU — Mike Madera (@MikeMadera2) May 3, 2017 HAMDEN – Held scoreless through the first five innings of Wednesday evening’s contest against Sacred Heart Academy, North Haven coach Sally Maher was […]
Karli Opalka had 29 points to lead host Pomperaug in the Class L quarterfinals at Southbury. Claudia Capozzo’s 13 points led the 22nd-seeded Pacers. POMPERAUG 56, SACRED HEART ACADEMY 42 (at Southbury) SHA 13 5 9 15 – 42 Pomperaug 14 16 10 16 – 56 SACRED HEART ACADEMY (42) Allie Brennan 2 1-2 5, […]
Claudia Capozzo dropped in 12 of her game-high 15 points in the second half to lead No. 22 seed Sacred Heart Academy to a 49-36 second-round win over No. 6 Kennedy Thursday at Waterbury. Gabby Koziol added 10 points and pulled down 17 rebounds and Aleksa Koziol also recorded a double-double with 10 points and […]
WEST HAVEN >> West Haven/Sacred Heart Academy senior Gabi Prisco has been around for the days her hockey team was defeated by double digit goals. Plenty has changed in the three short years since Prisco’s freshman year. Waiting for the time her team would be a force, Prisco and her teammates are now realizing the […]
For the ninth straight season, Sheehan has qualified for the SCC and state tournaments. The Titans did so with a 48-43 win over then No. 7 East Haven last Wednesday in Wallingford. “We played very well on Wednesday,” Sheehan coach Mike Busillo said. “We’re excited to get that eighth win and hopefully we will win […]
Basket by Sarah Streete puts Hamden on top of SHA 16-15 in first quarter #ctgb pic.twitter.com/7r2fDMLN7O — Mike Madera (@MikeMadera2) January 28, 2017 HAMDEN – Hamden coach Alan Stekloff and his staff have been preaching to the girls basketball team about playing hard for a full 32 minutes. With his team’s athleticism, Stekloff feels hard […]
Jacqueline Esposito drains a 3-pointer at the buzzer as SHA defeats West Haven 44-41 #ctgb pic.twitter.com/DZH4NYrcuF — Mike Madera (@MikeMadera2) December 24, 2016 WEST HAVEN – With less than 10 seconds remaining in regulation and driving up the court of a tie contest, Sacred Heart Academy senior Jacqueline Esposito was looking for head coach Bruce […]
WOODBRIDGE >> One look at Mia Malafronte can tell you all you need to know about the Sacred Heart Academy head coach. The passion and intensity cannot be hidden. If you ask Malafronte, she would have it no other way. A star athlete at Amity High, where she was an coaches all-state volleyball selection in […]
Wednesday’s Star Amanda Gentile, Hand girls volleyball: She had 17 kills and five blocks in a 3-1 win over East Haven. [polldaddy poll=”9537441″] Vote for Thursday’s Star until 9 p.m. Friday.
EAST HAVEN – Something had to change and quick. The East Haven girls volleyball team dropped the first two games of its match Monday night against Sacred Heart Academy and things weren’t looking very good. But East Haven coach Craig Brown made some changes in how the Yellowjackets attacked the Sacred Heart defense in the […]
Sacred Heart Academy officially changed its nickname Friday afternoon from the Pacers to the SHArks. The new mascot/logo was introduced at an all-school assembly. It coincides with the school’s 70th anniversary. Check out more photos from the assembly.
HAMDEN – Over the last couple of years, it has become apparent Hand and Sacred Heart Academy are destined to play long and close matches. Wednesday evening in Hamden was no exception. Coming from behind in the fifth and final game, Hand outlasted the Pacers 3-2 in a Southern Connecticut Conference interdivision match which took […]
WEST HAVEN – Defense and missed opportunities were the names of the game in the season opener for both West Haven and Sacred Heart Academy Saturday evening. With neither team able to get into a flow, the teams played to a scoreless draw in a Southern Connecticut Conference interdivision season-opening game at Ken Strong Stadium. […]
When Jackie DeFrancesco took over as the Sacred Heart Academy field hockey coach three seasons ago, the ultimate goal was to raise the status of the program to the elite level of Southern Connecticut Conference powers Branford, Cheshire, Hand, Guilford and Lauralton Hall. She knew it would take some baby steps and a lot of […]
Erin Dighello singles to give Sheehan 2-1 lead over SHA in 4th #ctsb pic.twitter.com/TS4R3pKHH0 — Mike Madera (@MikeMadera2) May 10, 2016 HAMDEN – In a battle of two teams fighting to make the postseason, both Sheehan and Sacred Heart Academy felt it would come down to who made the least amount of mistakes. Sheehan won […]
WEST HAVEN – West Haven girls lacrosse coach Chrystal Fanelli stressed the importance to her team of getting off to a good start in the 2016 season. With plenty of new faces, Fanelli knew the familiar ones would have to lead the way at the start of the year. Those familiar faces — especially seniors […]
It wasn’t easy for Madison Clark the previous two years. The talented gymnast from Seymour could only watch as many of her friends and teammates from the Kinetic Kids gymnastics program in Oxford competed for their local high school teams. Clark attends Sacred Heart Academy, which doesn’t field a gymnastics team. She hoped to practice […]
The 2015-16 New Haven Register All-Area Gymnastics Team. Compiled by Joe Morelli. Photos by Arnold Gold. Most Valuable Player Madison Clark Sacred Heart Academy, junior Stats: Won the all-around competition at the SCC championship meet with a score of 35.8. Also won the floor exercise (9.1), took third in the uneven bars (8.7) and […]
Final. Sheehan beats SHA 53-49 #ctgb pic.twitter.com/bfSq0nKml2 — Mike Madera (@MikeMadera2) March 1, 2016 WALLINGFORD – After two quarters of play in his team’s opening state tournament game, Sheehan girls basketball coach Mike Busillo could not have been happy with the way things were going. Trailing by nine points, Busillo and his Titans needed a […]
WEST HAVEN – Amity/North Haven/Cheshire coach Scott Whyte knows he has an outstanding goaltender in Juliana Daddio. Entering the game with a 2.05 goals against average, Daddio gave Whyte and his team plenty of confidence as the Blades entered the Southern Connecticut Conference Division II finals against West Haven/Sacred Heart Academy. Fortunately for Whyte and […]
WEST HAVEN – With seeding for the Southern Connecticut Conference Division II tournament getting tighter, it comes as no surprise Wednesday afternoon’s contest between West Haven/Sacred Heart Academy and Hand had a playoff feel. Hand’s Sara Conroy and Bridget Dwyer made sure there was not much more separation between the two teams. Behind Conroy’s goal […]
MILFORD – Law’s Laura Dulin was held to just one point through two quarters of play Monday evening against Sacred Heart Academy. The Pacers had no such luck in the final 16 minutes. Scoring 13 points in the second half and 14 overall, Dulin led the Eagles to a 53-43 Southern Connecticut Conference victory over […]
