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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 …
STRATFORD — It was a high school football version of the tortoise and the hare. And this time the hare won.Stratford High has a high-powered offense led by Toure Hall, Jason Docteur and quarterback Jack Ryan that relies on making the big pla…
The agate shows that Stratford senior Ryan Duffy finished 78th at the SWC cross-country championships on Oct. 18. But his route was a little different from the 3.1 miles everyone else ran at Bethel. The Stratford Board of Education honored Duf…
STRATFORD — Stratford football coach Jack Petion spent all week thinking of ways to stop Joel Barlow’s prolific triple-option offense.But at halftime Friday he came up with a new strategy: Stop thinking.It worked perfectly.Stratford overca…
NEWTOWN — The biggest opponent the Newtown volleyball team has faced this season has been the injury bug.It’s bitten both captains and junior libero during the middle portion of the season, which resulted in a slide down the standings.The …
BROOKFIELD — If the Brookfield High School football team was looking for a breakout performance, it may have gotten one Thursday night.The Bobcats excelled in all three phases — offense, defense and special teams — in a 51-19 triumph ove…
STRATFORD — After a historic Wednesday night at home against Bunnell, Stratford’s girls volleyball team is going to have to reset their targets. “Our big goal this season was to beat Bunnell,” Stratford senior libero Brianna LaPia said…
FAIRFIELD — Felipe Canzian didn’t get mad. He just got even.The senior forward for the Notre Dame-Fairfield boys’ soccer team, after a first half where he was intensely marked by a host of Stratford defenders and came up empty despite th…
STRATFORD — A group preaching togetherness huddles around to talk about their new football season after a scrimmage at Penders Field. “We’re family,” Stratford senior lineman Anthony Davis said. “Everyone’s on the same page,” junior receiver and defensive back Jasen Docteur added. They’re finishing each other’s thoughts: That’s a good start. The Red Devils took […]
BRANFORD – Over the first nine games of the season, Branford was playing like a team under pressure and very tight. After a loss to East Haven, Branford coach Steve Malafronte told his Hornets to play loose and to just have fun. What a difference it’s made. Branford (18-6) is the hottest team in the […]
Jack Petion, an assistant at Southern Connecticut State and teacher at Hillhouse, has been named the next head coach at Stratford, the school announced in a press release Wednesday. Petion coached a variety of different positions during his two years as a SCSU assistant, including defensive backs, linebackers running backs and special teams. had previously been […]
Bunnell 71, Weston 68 (OT) >> Max Edwards finished with 24 points for Bunnell in this South-West Conference regular-season finale at Stratford. Zhyaire Fernandes added 19 points for the Bulldogs, who will be the No. 2 seed in the SWC tournament beginning Friday. Hamilton Forsythe had a game-high 32 points for Weston. Stratford 69, Newtown […]
Former Stratford and Western Connecticut State standout Octavias McKoy recently signed a contract to play for the Düsseldorf Panthers, a professional American football team based in Düsseldorf, Germany. The Panthers are members of the German Football League (GFL), formally known as NFL Europe. The GFL is the highest level of international football, and the premier […]
