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WATERTOWN — Matt Doyle and Kyle St. Pierre are a pair of rising seniors at their respective high schools and two of the best junior golfers the state of Connecticut has to offer.
Although both juniors play …
Madison’s Matt Doyle continued his hot play, defeating Darien’s Alex Gu 5 and 4 Wednesday evening to reach the 79th State Junior Amateur final at Watertown Golf Club.
Doyle, a member at Madison Country Club…
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 …
Each year since 1984 the CAS-CIAC has honored hundreds of scholar athletes with a gala banquet at the Aqua Turf. The event, one of the association’s biggest of the year, often draws close to 1,700 guests, with each of the state’s 183 member schools given the opportunity to honor a male and female student […]
If there is anyone who can appreciate what All-State volleyball player David Niski and the spring athletes at Shelton have endured because of the COVID-19 shutdown, it would be the school’s athletic director.
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There are many memorable events that happen at the CIAC boys and girls basketball championships at Mohegan Sun each year. One that is often spoken about is the Unified Sports games at halftime of each championship. The games both inspire and energize the crowds at Mohegan. Above is a special message from Unified Sports […]
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 […]
SHELTON — Some teams are built for the postseason, and the Hamden girls basketball team appears to be one of them.
After finishing the regular season losing six of its final eight games, No. 19 Hamden has n…
SHELTON — Hunter Wronski, a junior from Shelton, won three individual events to lead Roger Williams to its fourth straight New England Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving championship. Wronski set school and meet records for coach Matt Emmert’s Hawks in winning the 50-yard breaststroke (26.00), 100-yard breaststroke (56.63) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:05.44). He is the 20th-ranked […]
SHELTON — Some feel it is a virtue to be able to believe in something without evidence, while others feel it is foolishness. Anala Smith found her reasoning for joining up with the Shelton wrestling team this season being questioned. “It was a leap of faith,” said Smith, who finished sixth in the 126-pound weight […]
BRANFORD – The defending champions were on the brink of being sent home from the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament Saturday. But sixth-seeded Wilbur Cross made some clutch free throws and one huge steal in the final second to defeat No. 3 seed Shelton 56-53 in the quarterfinals at Branford High. Darius Esdaile (15 points) made […]
MILFORD — When it comes time for the postseason, one thing which can never be counted out is the heart of a champion. Just ask the Hamden Green Dragons.
Despite entering the Southern Connecticut Conference …
SHELTON – Peri Basimakopoulos became the third Shelton High boys’ basketball player in three years to reach the 1,000-point plateau last week, scoring a career-high 32 points in a 68-52 victory over North Haven at Murray Gymnasium. But his route to the milestone was different than his predecessors and former teammates Jeff Stockmal (class of […]
TRUMBULL — Another big step on the journey.
But the mission isn’t accomplished yet.
The Danbury wrestling team earned its fifth straight Class LL team championship Saturday night at Trumbull…
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…
NEW HAVEN — From its individual performances to its efforts in the relay races, Saturday’s Class M Championships was, indeed, one to remember for Weston.
The first running event of the meet at Hillhouse Hig…
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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SHELTON — Shelton wrestling recognized its eight seniors prior to the Gaels match with Notre Dame-West Haven last week in the Vincent Murray Gymnasium. Coach Bill Maloney welcomed the Green Knights and their seniors before calling Shelton’s upper class to the mat along with their family members. Teammates read accolades and memories for each of […]
WOODBRIDGE — Amity’s Paul D. Mengold Gymnasium has traditionally been one of the toughest boys basketball road venues for Shelton going back to the rivals’ days in the SCC Housatonic Division.
Throw in a Sa…
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…
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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…
Notre Dame-West Haven wrestler Kevin Sevigny talks about 44-36 win at Shelton @GameTimeCT #ctwr pic.twitter.com/4TiuyVzy6I — Bill Bloxsom (@blox354) February 5, 2020 SHELTON —Kevin Sevigny is a sophomore on the Notre Dame-West Haven wrestling team. A 132-pounder, Sevigny closed out the Green Knights’ 44-36 victory over Shelton with a decisive win at the Vincent Murray […]
Brian Belade’s 29 points powered Shelton to a 72-66 OT win over North Haven. #ctbb @GameTimeCT pic.twitter.com/v8NpkKXsd2 — Michael Suppe (@Mike_Suppe) February 1, 2020 NORTH HAVEN — Brian Belade and Shelton fended off a tenacious North Haven effort, hanging on for a 72-66 overtime victory at a raucous Fred Kelly Gymnasium in an SCC boys’ […]
SHELTON — The East Haven girls’ basketball team built up a 20-point lead early in the third quarter before hanging on for a 47-41 victory over host Shelton in a critical SCC Hammonasset Division game at Murray Gymnasium Th…
SHELTON — Shelton boys basketball coach Brian Gardiner had reason to be concerned when Career paid a visit to Murray Gymnasium on Tuesday night.
Yes, his Gaels had won six of their last seven, but the last …
SHELTON — The four girls’ basketball divisions in the Southern Connecticut Conference have just crossed the midway point in scheduled games for the upcoming playoffs. Shelton from the Hammonasset Division finds itself linked at the top with annual favorites Sheehan and Mercy in the Housatonic, Hamden and Sacred Heart Academy in the Oronoque and Wilbur Cross and Hand in […]
EAST HAVEN – Trailing by 16 points at halftime, Shelton’s two seniors, Peri Basimakopolous and Mike Callinan, weren’t about to leave East Haven High without putting up a fight. Basimakopolous provided the spark to get the Gaels back in the game, and Callinan delivered the knock punch to lift Shelton to a 48-44 overtime victory […]
