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STRATFORD — As the fourth quarter was unfolding Friday, surprisingly no red alert warning went off on the Bunnell bench, despite the Bulldogs letting an 18-point lead slip to three, and the box-and-1 defense employed by Stratford was keeping B…
The 2018 All-South-West Conference (SWC) Football Teams. First Team Offense QB–James Goetz, Weston RB–Nicholas Henderson, Brookfield RB–Dan Mason, Newtown WR–Jack Sawyer, Weston WR–Kevin Luke, Masuk TE–Shea Talbot, Newtown OL–Kenneth Caselnova, New Fairfield OL–Carson Ivey, Newtown OL–Shane Mallory, New Fairfield OL–Eric Reich, Brookfield OL–David Satkowski, Pomperaug PK–Nolan McCarter, Masuk Athlete–Zachary Buffington, New Fairfield Athlete–Christ N’Dabian, Bunnell […]
STRATFORD — Jason Carrafiello, who coached his only son since the day he could walk, loved to remind him how Stratford High dominated Bunnell when he played.
“Oh, yeah, he’d tell me all the time how they beat us all four years,” Brian Carrafie…
STRATFORD — Bunnell High School looked in Wednesday night’s regular-season finale against Stratford as if last week’s victory over Pomperaug had clinched a state football Class L playoff berth. It did not.
So, the Bulldogs, who came into Wedne…
STRATFORD — When they were sophomores at Bunnell High, coach Rich Diedrichsen would insert them all into the game at the same time. He called them The Force.
Two years later, in the autumn of 1991, they would have another name.
“We called ours…
MILFORD — Jonathan Law head coach Erik Larka was concerned with how his players would come out against Stratford.
Two weeks ago, the Lawmen were celebrating a historic and dramatic OT victory over SCC Tier 1 opponent Cheshire, so he was hoping…
BROOKFIELD — This year’s seniors on the Stratford High School girls volleyball team have seen a tremendous amount of growth and improvement in their program in the last four years — and the best may be yet to come.
The Red Devils defeated Broo…
STRATFORD — Nick Henderson might be No. 1 on the roster sheet, but he’s far from the only one in the Brookfield Bobcats backfield.
A trio of Brookfield backs tore up Penders Field for more than 300 yards rushing on Friday night as the Bobcats …
STRATFORD — Anyone who casually glances at the final score Newtown’s 49-7 win over Stratford on Friday would assume it was another typical Nighthawks victory.
Newtown coach Bob Pattison knows better.
Pattison knows when he looks at the game fi…
The highly-anticipated matchup of ranked football teams No. 1 St. Joseph and No. 3 Darien is already the second one this season. St. Joseph beat New Canaan in the opener when the teams were ranked third and first, respectively.
These matchups …
Vitals COACH — JACK PETION (2nd year, 4-6) CONFERENCE — SWC Division I PLAYOFF CLASS — Class M (500 boys enrolled) HOME — Penders Field 2017 RECORD — 4-6 2018 OPENER — Sept. 7 at Barlow, 7 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — Maxpreps Top Players JOHN BIKE, Sr., WR, (5-7, 165) JASEN DOCTEUR, Sr., WR, (5-9, 165) JACK […]
NEWTOWN — Rallying with two runs in the bottom of the sixth, top-seeded Newtown beat Stratford 2-1 at home Wednesday in the SWC baseball quarterfinals.
The defending-champion Nighthawks (16-5) will face fifth-seeded New Fairfield on Thursday i…
FAIRFIELD — Both boys lacrosse teams on Tetreau-Davis Field had something to play for Wednesday evening. The hosts came away with it.
Fairfield Warde earned at least a .500 regular season for the third year in a row with a 15-4 win over Stratf…
STRATFORD — Newtown shortstop Todd Petersen found a way to make Penders Field look small, ripping an inside-the-park home run off Stratford left-hander Zack Fedak to lead off Monday’s game. It wasn’t long before Petersen’s teammates joined in on the fun. The red-hot Nighthawks enjoyed a big night at the plate, extending their winning streak […]
NEW MILFORD — It may not have been the hardest hit ball of the afternoon, but it got the job done for the New Milford High School baseball team. The Green Wave trailed Stratford by a run and was down to its final out in the bottom of the 10th inning Friday when lefty-swinging junior […]
FAIRFIELD — Stratford coach Mick Buckmir sensed his team needed a pick-me-up after a challenging week that ended with the Red Devils dropping two of their final three games.
With that said, if there was ever a time for the Red Devils to have t…
New Fairfield shuts out Stratford 1-0 #ctbase pic.twitter.com/gzSz2J2A1a — Doug Bonjour (@DougBonjour) April 23, 2018 STRATFORD — Brendan Duffy brought his ace stuff to the mound on Monday for Stratford. Unfortunately for the Red Devils, so did Sean King. In a classic pitchers’ duel, it was King who had the upper hand, throwing a complete-game […]
STRATFORD — What Stratford coach Mick Buckmir liked about Friday was that temperatures rose above 70 degrees for the first time this spring for baseball. As for his team’s game against town rival Bunnell, that, too, brought a smile to Buckmir’s face. Stratford had its ace, Brendan Duffy, on the hill, and the right-hander stymied […]
STRATFORD — The Harding boys basketball team hoped to be paired against Stratford in the first round of the Division III state tournament for a very practical reason — a game against the Red Devils meant a short, two-mile bus ride.Playing …
DANBURY — Thanks to Friday night’s quarterfinal victory over Stratford, the Immaculate High School boys basketball team has advanced at least to the South-West Conference semifinals for five consecutive years. While that alone is an impressive accomplishment, the Mustangs — who last won the conference title in 2012 and last reached the championship game in […]
NEWTOWN — The Newtown High School boys basketball team needed to win its regular-season finale Tuesday night against playoff-bound Stratford to claim the eighth and final spot in the South-West Conference tournament.Mission accomplished.Todd…
STRATFORD — For the first time in over a month, the Bunnell boys basketball team is back at .500.The Bulldogs got there by staving off rival Stratford 88-84 in overtime on Friday.“Focusing for 32 minutes is what we’re working on,” Bull…
STRATFORD — Losing didn’t sit well with Quinn Guth, especially not after turning in a performance that his coach described as “terrible.”Guth certainly made up for it on Friday, pouring in a game-high 28 points in Immaculate’s 69-57 …
STRATFORD — The Weston boys basketball team had its worst start of any game this season Tuesday, scoring only two points in the first quarter against Stratford.It was all due to an inspired defensive effort by the Red Devils, who coasted to …
STRATFORD — When you’re saddled with the name Jack Ryan, you’d better be cool, calm and collected under pressure.That’s what made novelist Tom Clancy’s fictional character such a high-profile and popular action star, and it’s also …
Monday was just another busy day for Bob Baird. He stopped at the bank, the dry cleaners, the library and, somewhere along the way found time to pick up a few Christmas gifts for his six children and 12 grandchildren.“I went to like six plac…
STRATFORD — Bunnell did all it could do Thanksgiving morning to put itself in reach of the postseason. Unfortunately, simply winning was not enough. The Bulldogs did their part in beating Stratford 46-6 at Penders Field, however, the eighth and final playoff spot in Class L went to four-time defending champion New Canaan, which beat […]
STRATFORD — Winning SWC championships has been an annual occurrence for the Joel Barlow High girls volleyball team. The problem is that despite those six consecutive titles, the season annually ends in disappointment.Coach Carol Asplund’s …
