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THOMASTON — Spring is always a great time of year. This time, for athletes and coaches across the state, it’s euphoric.
Unlike the winter sports whose state tournaments were stopped mid-flow by Covid-19 a y…
Here is an idea: Find a high school gymnasium somewhere in the middle of the state, invite the top four teams in the GameTimeCT Girls Basketball Poll including their coaches and trainers, nine officials to work 3 games, a scoreboard operator and someone to do the scorebook. Nobody else. Then roll the ball out and decide on […]
Thomaston girls basketball coach Bob McMahon was recently texted an old photo of himself coaching in a state final at Mohegan Sun.
Sitting behind him in the front row of the stands are a group of youth play…
THOMASTON — A Thomaston 54-29 win over Northwestern Saturday afternoon completed a resounding sweep over the Berkshire League’s eight other girls basketball teams, including four of the league’s top teams in the last five …
THOMASTON — If you can’t have a state tournament thanks to COVID-19, the Thomaston girls basketball team might have the next best thing.
Starting with a 55-23 Tuesday night win over Shepaug, the Golden Bear…
TERRYVILLE — Rivalry night in the Berkshire League turned into a boys basketball laugher at Terryville Friday night as a close first quarter ended with three straight steals by Sean O’Donnell off a full-court Terryville pr…
WATERTOWN — Northwestern’s boys and Thomaston’s girls followed undefeated seasons (9-0) with team and individual wins by Highlander Alex Beauchene and Golden Bear Maegan Desmarais at the Berkshire League cross country cham…
WASHINGTON, Conn. – No. 1 Wamogo and No. 2 Nonnewaug will meet in Thursday’s Berkshire League Boys Basketball Tournament final on dramatically different paths from Monday’s semifinals at Shepaug High School. Nonnewaug’s Jackson Baker took command of the early semifinal, rolling through 33 points at the head of No. 2 Nonnewaug’s 62-40 storm over No. […]
The 2020 Berkshire League Boys Basketball Tournament will begin with quarterfinals Saturday, at Shepaug, and conclude with semifinals and the championship next week at Shepaug.. BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT HUB The semifinals will be Monday, March 2. The championship game will be March 5 at 7 p.m. Wamogo (16-4), which won its second straight Berkshire League […]
WINSTED — No. 2 seed Northwestern and No. 1 Nonnewaug are headed to Friday’s Berkshire League Girls Tournament championship game at Northwestern High School.
The Highlanders beat No. 3 Thomaston 54-43 in th…
The 2020 Berkshire League Girls Basketball Tournament tips off Saturday, Feb. 22 with the quarterfinal round, continues with semifinals Tuesday and concludes Friday, Feb. 28 with the tournament championship. The tournament will be held at Northwestern throughout the week. Regular season champion Nonnewaug is the No. 1 seed. Housatonic, the defending champion, is the No. […]
WINSTED — Northwestern’s girls basketball team broke a tie for second place in the Berkshire League with Thomaston in a head-to-head 34-23 regular-season finale that offers a preview glimpse of the league tournament starti…
WINSTED — Want a glimpse into the heart of a near cult-like sport like high school wrestling?
Talk to a few people after a match like Northwestern’s 65-15 win over the Thomaston/Holy Cross co-op and 6-6 dra…
WOODBURY — Freshman guard Sam Conti led Nonnewaug to a 35-27 win over Thomaston Monday afternoon in a battle of early-season Berkshire League girls basketball leaders that made up with enthusiasm what it lacked in artistry…
THOMASTON — Opening night for girls basketball in the Berkshire League served up last year’s undefeated league champion, Housatonic, and its long-time predecessor Thomaston — five straight Class S state finals; two state c…
LITCHFIELD — Litchfield’s girls soccer team blew the doors off a half-time tie with Thomaston for a 7-1 Class S first-round win at Litchfield’s Plumb Hill Field Tuesday afternoon.
A Golden Bear goal by Danj…
WINSTED — A goal by Thomaston’s Mackenzie McCarthy with five minutes left in a 1-0 girls soccer win at Northwestern High School Monday afternoon marked a new high-water mark for returning coach Jen Ewart’s season-long camp…
LITCHFIELD — There’s a new sheriff in the Berkshire League’s track and field town and its name is Northwestern High School.
A year after the Highlander girls ended Nonnewaug’s 22-year domination of the leag…
WINSTED — Undefeated Northwestern (7-0) pulled out a 3-2 win over Thomaston (5-3; 4-3 Berkshire League) in a gem tailor-made for home-town fans at Northwestern High School Tuesday afternoon.
“When they need…
Day 3 brings us to Super Saturday in girls basketball with a full slate of conference tournament games. Let’s go! BERKSHIRE LEAGUE No. 8 Wamogo at No. 1 Housatonic Regional: HOUSATONIC No. 5 Lewis Mills at No. 4 Nonnewaug: NONNEWAUG No. 7 Shepaug Valley at No. 2 Northwestern: NORTHWESTERN No. 6 Thomaston at No. 3 […]
The 2019 Berkshire League Girls Basketball Tournament will begin with quarterfinals Saturday, as the sites of the higher seeds, and conclude with semifinals and the championship next week at Northwestern. The semifinals will be Tuesday at 5:30 and 7 p.m. The championship will be Friday at 7 p.m. Berkshire League champion Housatonic Regional (19-1) is […]
WINSTED — Gilbert defended its Bekshire-Valley Postseason Invitational Championship with a 203-153.5 advantage over second-place Northwestern on a great day for area wrestling Saturday at The Gilbert School.
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BURLINGTON — Thomaston’s young girls basketball team served notice that it’s coming of age Tuesday night with a 46-28 win over Lewis Mills.
The Golden Bears (6-7; 6-5 Berkshire League) won two Class S state…
THOMASTON — Re-enforcing lessons arrived for both teams in a Lewis Mills 40-22 win over a young Thomaston girls basketball team Thursday evening at Thomaston High School.
The Golden Bears (0-2) start just one senior, Megan Guay…
WATERTOWN — Nonnewaug’s Eddie Nicholas and Thomaston’s Maegan Desmarais, both undefeated in the dual meet season, won individual titles at the Berkshire League’s Cross Country Championships Friday afternoon at Watertown’s Black Rock State Park…
THOMASTON — A couple of surprise Berkshire League baseball leaders showed how it’s done in a 7-3 Shepaug win at Thomaston on Tuesday afternoon.
In a game knotted at 3-3 from the third inning, Jack Schneider and Jack Pesce laced a pair of two-r…
THOMASTON >> Northwestern’s softball team left no doubters to its claim to sole possession of the Berkshire League Championship in a 15-2 romp over defending champion Thomaston Thursday afternoon at Thomaston High School. Every Highlander did her job perfectly in a regular-season finale steering Northwestern (18-2; 17-1 BL) into next week’s Class M State Tournament […]
By Peter Wallace THOMASTON >> Thomaston’s softball team stayed undefeated (3-0) in a 4-3 win over Lewis Mills (1-1) Tuesday afternoon that played as much on confidence as it did on talent. Thomaston’s Alexa Milius accounted for all four Golden Bear runs with two home runs (3 RBI) and, indirectly, a wild pitch scoring […]
UNCASVILLE >> The girls Class S state final has been streaky in recent years. Thomaston made it four straight seasons, the last three have been vs. Canton. But the most recent streak is now Warriors victories: two. Third-seeded Canton upended fifth-seeded Thomaston 60-51 at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday to win its second straight Class […]
