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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 […]
SHELTON — A strong second-half performance carried Shelton to a 50-34 Southern Connecticut Conference girls’ basketball win over Branford at Murray Gymnasium on Friday night. In the midst of an eight-game losing streak, the Hornets used sharp perimeter shooting and trailed by just two points, 18-16, at the half. The Gaelettes, who improved to 10-1, […]
WALLINGFORD – Shooters shoot, as the saying goes. Despite an off-night shooting-wise, Sheehan’s Jack McDonnell didn’t hesitate when he got an open look a couple feet behind the arc and his team down a point with just over a minute to go Thursday night. The junior captain’s three-pointer hit nothing but net, starting a game-ending […]
EAST HAVEN – The East Haven Yellowjackets came out hot on Tuesday evening, using four pins to open the match against Shelton. The Yellowjackets put away the Gaels, 58-24. “We prepared, but we knew they didn’t have a lot in their lineup but we still worked hard, stick to what we normally do and […]
14 high school basketball players from Connecticut schools were nominated for the McDonalds All-American Games. Nominated girls Shamaria King, Watkinson School Megan Landsiedel, Stamford Maranda Nyborg, Bethel Sara Wohlgemuth, Hand Nominated boys Periklis Basimakopoulos, Shelton Justice Ellison, Windsor Brian Geitner, Tolland Matt Knowling, East Catholic Zach Laput, Notre Dame-West Haven Corey McKeithan, Windsor Guy Ragland, […]
Peri Basimakopolous battled bronchitis but helped Shelton to a win over Hand on Friday night. #ctbb @GameTimeCT pic.twitter.com/JKYlp8uHIf — Michael Suppe (@Mike_Suppe) January 11, 2020 SHELTON — Not even a bout of bronchitis could slow down Peri Basimakopoulos when Shelton took on Hand in a Southern Connecticut Conference boys basketball contest on Friday night at […]
MILFORD — Those on hand got to see two matches that showed the best of the sport and the athletes that take part in it when Jonathan Law’s wrestling team met Shelton at the James Richetelli Sr. Gymnasium on Wednesday night. Coach Matt Schoonmaker’s Lawmen defeated coach Bill Maloney’s Gaels, 39-27. The 170- and the 132-pound weight classes highlighted this matchup […]
