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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 […]
The holiday tournaments and cross-conference games in December provided Top 10 teams with stiff tests to open the season. Nobody came through the fray better than new No. 1 Notre Dame-Fairfield, which beat two ranked teams in Hand and New London. Previous No. 1 Norwalk, took it on the chin from Newtown on opening night […]
Brian Belade and Melvin Kolenovic paired up to help Shelton to a win over East Haven. #ctbb @GameTimeCT pic.twitter.com/0yLwirDmQF — Michael Suppe (@Mike_Suppe) January 4, 2020 SHELTON — Using its superior size advantage, Shelton bulldozed its way to a 57-31 win over visiting East Haven in a Southern Connecticut Conference boys basketball matchup at Murray […]
TRUMBULL — Shelton competed in the Trumbull Duals on Saturday. Coach Bill Maloney’s Gaels defeated Fairfield Ludlowe 36-34, and lost to Trumbull 57-18, New Fairfield 45-36, Wilton 41-27 and Greenwich. Wrestling for Shelton were Alex Rosa at 106 pounds, Graham Ziperstein at 113, Garrett Ziperstein at 120, Chris Cavagnuolo at 126, Adam Rossetti at 132, Christian Olavarrio at 138, Justin Ayora and Mason Stutheit at 145, Mike Monaco at […]
SOUTHINGTON — Despite leading by two points, New Canaan boys’ basketball coach Dan Melzer was not happy at halftime of his team’s first-round game against Shelton in the Southington Holiday Tournament at Southington High S…
SHELTON — Coach Joe Cavallaro had a game plan and his Shelton girls’ basketball team executed it well when the Gaels defeated Bunnell, 37-19, in the opening round of the Holiday Tournament at the Vincent Murray Gymnasium on Thursday. East Hartford topped East Lyme, 39-30, in the later game. Shelton (4-0) will play East Hartford […]
When he returned home from Central Connecticut State, Shelton’s Jeff Roy never thought he’d ever become a teacher or even a football coach, never mind the eventual successor to championship coach Joe Benanto. But a call from his friend Ken Roberts, who invited him to become an assistant in 1994, kick-started a long coaching career, […]
Shelton expects to play a lot of tough games in the Southern Connecticut Conference. The season opens for coach Brian Gardiner and his Gaels Thursday, when Sheehan visits at 7 p.m. “We will be in the hunt to win our division (Amity, Guilford, Career, Shelton and Branford), said Gardiner, whose team went 13-10 and advanced […]
The 2019 GameTimeCT All-State Girls Volleyball team. Compiled by Dave Stewart. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media. Designed by Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Player of the Year Paula Hernandez Woodstock Academy, Senior, Outside hitter Stats: The senior racked up 500 kills, 622 digs and 66 aces this fall while […]
DERBY — The Shelton High football team won the battle but lost the war Thursday.
The Gaels beat Derby 35-0 at Ryan Field in front of an estimated crowd of 650 in the 109th meeting between the schools. It wa…
SHELTON — Postseason was the theme Friday evening when Fairfield Prep and Shelton squared off in a heavyweight battle. Despite both teams having down campaigns in the win column by their standards, both the Jesuits and Gae…
WELCOME BACK to a jam-packed episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football talk in Connecticut with hosts Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley and, what a Week 10 it was. No. 1 Hand survives a gutsy effort by Shelton and Pete breaks down the thriller at the Surf Club and the […]
MADISON — It was a game that will be talked about for years to come.
No. 1 Hand coming in unbeaten since Week 2 of the 2017 season against Shelton, the team that beat them on that September night.
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TRUMBULL — Trumbull did its part with a resounding 6-1 victory against Shelton in a Class LL second-round state tournament game at Sebe Gangemi Field on Wednesday. Coach Silverio Vitiello’s Eagles, as the No. 8 seed, in mo…
EAST HAVEN — When it comes to championships this fall, the Southern Connecticut Conference is painted green and white.
Guilford finished off a historical four-day span Saturday night when its girls’ volleyb…
Trailing two games to one in the semifinals of the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament on Thursday, Shelton lost one of its top players to injury in its showdown with Cheshire at Murray Gymnasium. When senior all-SCC selection Reem Abdel-Hack left the match with a lower body injury, game four was tied at 3. From there, […]
WEST HAVEN — The Guilford girls’ soccer team’s strength all season long has been it defense. The Indians posted 10 shutouts during the regular season.
Guilford put up three more stellar defensive performanc…
SHELTON — The quest for its first Southern Connecticut Conference girls volleyball title since 2010 got off to a roaring start for Shelton at Murray Gymnasium against visiting Sacred Heart Academy on Tuesday night.
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MADISON — Hand boys soccer coach Greg Cumpstone had a few options when junior forward Scott Testori went out of Monday night’s SCC tournament semifinal with a hip flexor injury.
His choice was to move junio…
CHESHIRE — Shelton head coach Marvin Miller gave a pump of his fist when Noelle Garretson put his fourth-seeded Gaels in front of No. 1 Cheshire in their SCC girls soccer semifinal on Monday night. He limited himself to a …
Olivia Dubuc from Sheehan earned the Whitey Piurek Outstanding Female Player Award and Jack Loura from Cheshire earned the Tony Denegri Outstanding Male Player Award from Greater New Haven Soccer Officials Association on Sunday. The Career High girls team (below) took home the Mabel Petersen Female Team Sportsmanship Award following its first varsity season […]
NORTH HAVEN — Shelton’s Tyler Pjatak rushed for a career high 180 yards and five touchdowns on 14 carries as Shelton easily handled North Haven 41-12 in aSCC Tier I contest at Vanacore Field Friday night.
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It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.
The Bristol Eastern volleyball team, at least during the regular season, is finishing on top.
The Lancers, who knocked off three-time defendi…
