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The 2020 CCC Girls Basketball Tournament will begin Thursday, Feb. 20 with the first round at the sites of the eight higher seeds and conclude with the final three rounds at Glastonbury High School. The quarterfinals will be held all day Saturday, beginning at 11 a.m. at Glastonbury. The semifinals will be Tuesday, Feb. 25 […]
Back on opening night, after his Simsbury team had defeated defending state champion New Canaan 3-2, coach Paul Melanson was clear that he had faith in both of his goalies, who had split time in that game.
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Nora Birmingham, Suffield co-op: Birmingham, a senior co-captain, had a hat trick as the Suffiel…
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Madison Andrews, Stamford/Westhill/Staples: Andrews scored four goals as SWS snapped a four-game…
With Greenwich goalie Jessica Ware and Simsbury netminder Tori LaCroix turning away shots from all angles, it became clear as Tuesday’s ice hockey game progressed that one goal would decide the matchup between the two top-…
The East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor co-op (ETB) visited Boston last week to face Matignon High School at the Warrior Ice Arena, the practice facility of the Boston Bruins.
The event was about much m…
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Caitlyn Caldon, East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor (ETB): Caldon, ETB’s senior goalie, collected 27 saves in a 4-3 win over West Haven/SHA at Bennett Rink on Saturday. ETB has won six…
DARIEN — The wheel that is the top of the state girls ice hockey standings is about to go for a spin.
With goals from three of its senior captains, Darien handed Simsbury its first loss of the season as the…
Styles, to borrow a phrase from an entirely different sport (at least at this level), make fights. And maybe that’s what we’re seeing this season in Connecticut boys hockey. This team has no answer for that team’s size. But that team has no answer for that other team’s speed. And that other team can’t handle […]
Welcome back to Uni-Browse. This winter we are going to mix it up and pit the sports against each other. Each week we will take one girls basketball, one boys basketball and one hockey uniform and let you pick the best one. Last week, Notre Dame Girls Basketball won with 44% of the vote. Let’s […]
MIDDLETOWN – Respect. That’s what Simsbury has been playing for all season. Their quest continued Saturday afternoon at the Spurrier-Snyder Rink at Wesleyan University. “I’ll keep it simple: We’re not getting the respect up north that the teams down south are getting,” Simsbury coach Chris Day said. “For the four years I’ve coached we […]
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Caitlyn Caldon, East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor (ETB): Caldon, a senior, stopped all 20 shots she faced as ETB blanked defending state champion New Canaan, 2-0, on Sunday at the Newin…
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Caitlyn Caldon, ETB: Caldon amassed 35 saves and allowed just one goal to help ETB tie the Amity co-op, 1-1, on Jan. 4 at Astorino Rink in Hamden. For the season, Caldon has a 1.49 goals agai…
Northwest Catholic boys hockey coach Dan Melanson says he’s good at counting his blessings, and the first month of this season has given him chances to do so.
The Lions played without eight regulars, ill or…
Simsbury was one victory away from returning to the state championship game for the first time since winning back-to-back titles in 2014 and 15 when they ran into the New Canaan steamroller in the semifinals last March.
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Demeri Carangelo, Hamden/Wilbur Cross/Sheehan/Lyman Hall: Carangelo passed a career milestone as she notched her 100th career point in the Hamden’s 6-1 victory over Daniel Hand on Dec. 23. Ca…
The 88th New Haven Register All-State Football Teams presented by GameTimeCT.com. Compiled by Pete Paguaga, Sean Patrick Bowley and Michael Fornabaio. Written by Michael Fornabaio. Designed by Sean Patrick Bowley. Portraits by Peter Hvizdak, Arnold Gold, Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga. Video montages by Pete Paguaga. For second team, third team and honorable mention […]
TRUMBULL — The girls basketball season is less than a week old but the talk in the Trumbull gymnasium Thursday night was all about preparing for the state tournament in March.
With two teams ranked in the G…
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NEW CANAAN-DARIEN DOMINANCE
The two FCIAC rivals have accounted for 11 state championships in the 14 years since the Connecticut High School Girls Hockey Coaches Associat…
Kate Bellissimo, Junior, Forward, Darien: An All-FCIAC first team selection as a sophomore, Bellissimo will be a key weapon on what could be one of the fastest lines in the FCIAC. She had one of the Wave’s two goals in a s…
DARIEN — For two girls ice hockey teams who play in different conferences and who’s schools are more than 80 miles apart, New Canaan and Simsbury have become quite familiar with each other over the years.
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NEWTOWN — Defense typically wins championships, and Newtown is 48 minutes away from proving that adage true once again.
Two state playoff games, two shutouts and commanding performance that resembles champi…
The 2019 GameTimeCT All-State Girls Cross Country team. Compiled by Ryan Lacey. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media. Designed by Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Player of the Year Mari Noble Greenwich, Senior Stats: The tougher the competition got, the strong Noble became. She peaked with a second-place finish at […]
There will be no mud bowls Monday night in the CIAC football semifinals. The CIAC announced Monday morning that the two semifinals scheduled for grass fields, Sheehan at Ansonia in Class S and Weston at Rockville in Class M, will move to turf fields. Ansonia’s home game is in neighboring Derby at Ryan Field, and […]
The 2019 CIAC Class LL football semifinal preview capsules. Compiled by Pete Paguaga. Written by Pete Paguaga. 2019 CIAC PLAYOFF SCOREBOARD / SCHEDULE More semifinals previews: CLASS L | CLASS M | CLASS S All games Monday, Dec. 9, 6:30 p.m. ♦♦♦ No. 4 Simsbury at No. 1 Newtown WHERE – Blue and Gold Stadium, Newtown TICKETS – Adults $10, […]
SIMSBURY — The way the Cheshire football team dominated in the first quarter of its matchup with Simsbury in the Class LL quarterfinals, it looked like the Rams were on their way to a big finish.
They took …
The 2019 CIAC Class LL football quarterfinal preview capsules. Compiled by Pete Paguaga. Written by Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. 2019 CIAC PLAYOFF SCOREBOARD / SCHEDULE More quarterfinal previews: CLASS L | CLASS M | CLASS S All games Wednesday, Dec. 4, 6:30 p.m. ♦♦♦ No. 8 NFA at No. 1 Newtown WHERE – Blue and Gold Stadium, Newtown […]
SOUTHINGTON — Southington’s Jack McManus caught all of four passes for a mere 25 yards in the Blue Knights’ first six games of the year. With Southington’s toughest CCC opponent of the season coming to town in 6-0 Simsbury, McManus — quite literally — played the game of his dreams. The 6-foot-1 junior caught six […]
MANCHESTER—The plan for Mari Noble in Friday’s State Open was to keep up with defending champion Kate Wiser as long as possible before mentally settling in a rhythm running alone.
Except that didn’t happen….
