WEST HAVEN — In both 2016 and 2017 the Darien girls ice hockey team won the state title. Both times were by one goal—the latter in overtime.The Blue Wave had little interest in sweating No. 3 out.Second-seeded Darien got three goals in the fir…
Girls Hockey: Suffield Co-Op edges Amity-North Haven-Cheshire in CHSGHA quarterfinals
SUFFIELD/ENFIELD/HOUSATONIC/ELLINGTON/MLC 3 AMITY/NORTH HAVEN/CHESHIRE 2 ENFIELD — Sophie Lupone scored a pair of goals to lead Suffield/Enfield/Housatonic/Ellington/MLC to a 3-2 victory over the Amity/North Haven/Cheshire Blades in a CHSGHA quarterfinal game at Enfield Twin Rinks Saturday. Tess Csejka and Melissa Montesi scored for Amity. Suffield advances to play Branford/East Haven/North Branford, an upset winner over […]
Boys Soccer: McCall’s winner with 10 seconds left lifts Lewis Mills over Suffield in Class M final
NEW BRITAIN — With two semifinal appearances in the last three years, the No. 2 seed Lewis Mills’ boys soccer team (19-0-1) celebrated its breakthrough to the finals with a 3-2 Class M win over No. 5 Suffield (16-4) Saturday morning at New Britain’s Willow Brook Park. Beginning with a Dylan McCall goal three minutes […]
Girls soccer: Darien goes on offensive to stun top-seeded Suffield in LL quarterfinals
SUFFIELD — With defense being Darien’s calling card, one would think the Blue Wave would be content to sit back and protect their one-goal lead in the second half at all costs.Instead, No. 8 Darien attacked top-ranked Suffield, resulting i…
Soccer: 2015 NSCAA All-America and National Region 1 Teams
The following soccer players have been selected to this year’s National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-America team: Boys Detre Bell, South Kent School Jimmy Slayton, Wethersfield Nicholas Bartels, Greenwich Girls Mara Cosentino, Glastonbury Abby Sotomayor, Loomis Chaffee Jenna Bike, St. Joseph – also named the 2015 National High School Girls Soccer Player of the […]
Girls Soccer: St. Joseph shuts down Suffield to win first Class L title since 2013
WATERBURY >> Jenna Bike and Lindsey Savko both scored goals and St. Joseph’s girls soccer team dominated Suffield to win the Class L championship Saturday at Municipal Stadium. The title is St. Joseph’s first since 2013 (also against Suffield) and fourth overall. St. Joseph outshot Suffield 20-3. Bike scored in the first half and Savko all […]
Girls soccer: Saturday's state championship preview capsules
CLASS LL No. 1 GLASTONBURY (22-0) vs. No. 6 RIDGEFIELD (17-2-3) When: Saturday, 10 a.m. Where: West Haven High On the Web: NFHSNetwork [Subscription required] Championship game appearances: Glastonbury is 2-7 in the final, winning in 2011 and 2014. Ridgefield is making its second appearance. The Tigers lost to Simsbury in the 1992 Class L final. […]
Football: Tregoning, Coginchaug blitz Windsor Locks
DURHAM >> Coginchaug running back Parker Tregoning entered this Pequot Conference test against Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby as the leading rusher in the state. And when Tregoning finally stopped running on Saturday, it was safe to assume that his status had not changed. Tregoning rushed for 410 yards and scored six touchdowns as the Blue Devils […]
Saturday's New Haven County Football Roundup: Stratford 4-0 for first time since 2007
Guess who’s 4-0 for the first time since Tory and Ox were running around Penders Field #cthsfb pic.twitter.com/mrh7IYXTrk — Sean Patrick Bowley (@SPBowley) October 3, 2015 Stratford 31, Pomperaug 5 STRATFORD >> Mar’quess Daniels scored two touchdowns, including an 83-yard strike from Connor Anstis, as Stratford defeated Pomperaug 31-5 at Penders Field Stratford improved to […]
Football: Hickman, Ellington handle Windsor Locks / Suffield / East Granby in opener
ELLINGTON >> Mark Hickman became Ellington’s all-time leading scorer as the Purple Knights defeated Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby Saturday in Ellington. Quarterback Christian Rider ran for two touchdowns and threw for another as the Knights, playing without Somers as a co-op partner for the first time since 2006, improved to 1-0. Hickman put his name atop […]
2015 Pequot League Team Preview Capsules
EAST Coginchaug The Blue Devils lost several of their star players from last season and head into 2015 with new coach Nick D’Angelo. Parker Tregoning and Cam Powers at least return at RB and Wes Benjunas takes over at QB for graduated Jake Ober. The defense, however, returns just four starters. Team Preview […]
CIAC postpones today's D-II boys hockey final to Saturday
CIAC officials have decided to postpone today’s Division II boys hockey championship at Ingalls Rink in New Haven. Here is the official statement from the CIAC – “Due to the forecasted inclement weather for tonight, the Division II ice hockey final has been postponed to 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Ingalls Rink.” Now, there will be a tripleheader […]
Division II hockey final GameDay: No. 2 SGWL vs. No. 4 North Branford
North Branford vs. Suffield/Granby Windsor Locks When: Saturday, 6:30 p.m. (Ppd from Friday) Where: Yale’s Ingalls Rink, New Haven Records: SGWL 18-5; North Branford 17-6-1 TV: CPTV Sports Internet: NFHSNetwork.com What to look for Both teams are making their state championship game debuts and have balanced scoring, a strong defense and solid goaltenders in North Branford’s […]
Division II Hockey Semis: SGWL scores early and hangs on late to oust Branford, reach state final
NEW HAVEN >> If the Branford boys hockey team could press a re-do button today, they would re-do the first four minutes of its CIAC Division II boys hockey semifinal game with Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks on Monday. No. 2 Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks put the pressure on the No. 3 Hornets in the first period with four quick, […]
NCCC Boys Basketball Championship: Lachance rallies Avon past SMSA for final league title
EAST GRANBY >> The Avon High boys basketball team was having difficulty getting a shot at the basket in Friday night’s NCCC Tournament championship game. Sport Medicine Science Academy was putting pressure on the ball and creating turnovers. The Tigers limited Avon to just four points in the third quarter and opened up a seven-point lead […]
Boys soccer: Suffield wins fourth-straight NCCC title
SUFFIELD – It was Avon a few weeks ago that ended Suffield High’s long 43-game winning streak with an emotional overtime tie at Fisher Meadows in Avon. The Wildcats topped that on a wet Wednesday night. The Suffield boys soccer team broke a scoreless tie with2:05 remaining in the game, scoring on a wild head ball play from […]
Suffield bests Avon in battle of NCCC's girls soccer co-champions
SUFFIELD – It was a non-league contest between two teams that shared the North Central Connecticut Conference girls soccer championship. But Suffield High had something to prove. “We were told all week that this game didn’t mean anything. But these games always mean something, especially when you’re playing against Avon,” Suffield High coach David Sullivan […]
Girls soccer: State coaches polls, week 5
Week ending Oct. 11 Class LL-L First-place votes in parenthesis Team Points 1. St. Joseph (7) 87 2t. South Windsor (1) 78 2t. Glastonbury (1) […]
Boys soccer: Avon snaps Suffield's winning streak at 43 games
Suffield and Avon played to a 1-1 tie in a NCCC game at Avon Friday. It snapped Suffield’s 43-game winning streak. Suffield’s last loss came in September of 2012. The streak included consecutive Class M state championships. Suffield tied the state record for victories on Wednesday 5-0 at Enfield. Matt Conyers of the Hartford Courant […]
Meet Hartford County's Scholar Athletes
High school seniors from Hartford County were recognized as the state’s top scholar-athletes at the 2014 Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) Scholar-Athlete Banquet sponsored by McDonald’s. A 31-year sponsor of the program with a longstanding commitment to educational programs in Connecticut, McDonald’s joined CAS to honor the following local students as the best of the […]
2014 Pequot League Football Schedules
Avon Canton Cromwell Coginchaug Coventry/Windham Tech/Bolton Ellington/Somers Enfield Gilbert/NW Regional Granby Memorial Haddam-Killingworth Hyde Leadership Lewis Mills Morgan Nonnewaug North Branford Old Saybrook/Westbrook SMSA/University Stafford/East Windsor Valley Regional/Old Lyme Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby
NCCC Track and Field Championships: Canton boys, Avon girls win titles
ELLINGTON – The rest of the track and field teams in the North Central Connecticut Conference are probably not very happy with the residents of the town of Canton. Why? The Canton High boys track and field team won four consecutive NCCC Tournament championships from 2010-13 without having a track and field facility on campus. […]
Class M boys basketball: Lewis Mills advances past Suffield
BURLINGTON >> Ugly wins still count. “We survived,” said Lewis Mills coach Todd Kozak. His No. 1 seed Spartans (19-4) withstood No. 17 Suffield’s slow-down strategy and a late-game full court press for a 37-27 win that carries Mills to Monday’s Class M Quarterfinal date with No. 8 seed St. Paul just as surely as […]
Recruiting 2015: Windsor Locks / Suffield / East Granby's Jarvis Miller commits to Penn State
We have to admit, this one took us by surprise. Jarvis Miller, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound tailback and safety for the Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby football team, announced his verbal commitment to Penn State University. The junior ran for 1,611 yards and was an All-Hartford Courant selection in 2013, leading Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby to a 7-4 record. […]
Avon boys basketball pulls away late against Suffield
AVON >> There are glimpses when you can see how good that Avon High boys basketball team could be. It was the fourth quarter of last Saturday’s NCCC contest with Suffield. The Falcons had a comfortable lead but the visiting Wildcats were trying to attack the basket. But there was a block by Patrick McKearney […]
Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks looks for success on ice
By John Torsiello FVT Correspondent The Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks boys hockey team finished 8-11-1 last season and there is optimism around the team’s camp that this could be a very good year indeed for the Wildcats’ co-op squad. The ‘Cats lost only two starters from last year’s squad, seven lettermen in all, and there is some […]
State soccer players named to All-American teams
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America has announced the 2013 NSCAA High School All-America Teams. The following players represent Connecticut: Brittany Champagne (Suffield), F Samantha Grasso (St. Joseph), F Matheus Souza (Conard), F Sean Sullivan (Suffield), F Sabrina Toole (St. Joseph), D
Suffield beats Ellington for Class M boys soccer three-peat
MERIDEN >> With less than 10 minutes to play and the Suffield boys’ soccer team leading Ellington 2-0 in the Class M state final at Falcon Field, a chorus of students near the Wildcats bench started chanting three-peat. It was a little early celebration but Saturday afternoon, Suffield wasn’t going to be denied. The Wildcats […]
St. Joseph hangs on to beat Suffield for Class LL girls soccer title
Samantha Grasso and Jenna Bike scored within 2 minutes of each other in the first half, then the third-seeded St. Joseph girls soccer team hung on to beat top-seeded Suffield 2-1 Saturday in the Class LL championship game at Falcon Field. Grasso scored the game’s first goal just past the midway point of the first […]
Girls soccer state championship capsules
CLASS LL No. 1 SUFFIELD (19-0) vs. No. 3 ST. JOSEPH (21-0-1) When: Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Where: Falcon Field, Meriden Broadcast: NFHS Network Championship game appearances: Suffield is 6-3, last appearing (and winning) in 2010 in Class M. St. Joseph is 2-1, losing last year in the Class M final to Northwest Catholic. What to […]
Boys soccer state championship capsules
CLASS LL No. 3 RIDGEFIELD (18-2-3) vs. No. 4 GLASTONBURY (17-2-3) When: Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Where: Municipal Stadium, Waterbury Broadcast: NFHS Network Championship game appearances: Ridgefield is 3-2, last appearing (and winning) in 2007. Glastonbury is 6-5, last appearing in 2008. What to look for: Two respectable programs from two of the state’s power conferences […]
Suffield girls soccer ends Mercy's run short of Class LL final
MIDDLETOWN >> Mercy’s bid for a championship game up one game short. No. 1 ranked and undefeated Suffield beat No. 4 ranked Mercy 3-1 in the semifinal round of the Class LL girls soccer tournament in front of 500 at Rosek-Skubel Stadium at Middletown High School Monday afternoon. “We played well; we came out strong,” […]
With a small roster Housatonic / Wamogo football to take it one week at a time for the rest of the season
By Shako Liu Litchfield County Times FALLS VILLAGE >> The Housatonic Valley Regional High School/Wamogo football team forfeited a game Tuesday against Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby because of its low roster numbers, aggravated by injuries. It’s the third consecutive game the team has forfeited this season. The team registered its second forfeit to the CIAC last week for a […]
Pelletier leads Cromwell over Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby
CROMWELL >> Sophomore quarterback Mavric Pelletier threw for 177 yards and ran for 120 more to lead Cromwell to a come-from-behind 27-13 Pequot Conference North division win over Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby at Pierson Park Saturday afternoon. After a dreadful quarter and a half, the Panthers found themselves down 13-0. But they got off the deck and put 17 […]
