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THOMASTON >> In a battle for second place behind five-time defending Berkshire League girls basketball tournament champion Thomaston, No. 2 Nonnewaug and No. 3 Lewis Mills started their semifinal match slowly Monday night, then built to a crescendo. The Spartans took the first half; Nonnewaug walked away from a second-half thriller with a 36-34 win […]
Staff Reports Gilbert’s girls basketball team made a trip to Danbury worthwhile as the Yellowjackets (5-7) stung Abbott Tech 51-27 Monday night. Jillian Wexler took scoring honors with 14 points. Deanna Delacruz and Ali Brochu had 10 points apiece. Abbott Tech is 0-12. Late Friday Boys Basketball Thomaston 72, Gilbert 55 >> Noah Daigle (18 […]
SEYMOUR >> Northwestern’s wrestling team came away from Seymour with a 39-24 win Wednesday night with pins from Joe Pedrolini, Gavin Duncan, Josh Schwartz, Garrett Healey and a decision by Gabe Schwartz. All of Seymour’s points came by forfeit. Terryville 54, St. Paul 28 >> Cody Bouteiller, Logan Covello, Josh WrightFred Ellegard, Connor Levins and […]
LITCHFIELD >> Wamogo’s boys basketball team capped a doubleheader at Wamogo High School with a 44-42 win over Litchfield Friday night. The Warriors led by six after three quarters. Litchfield rorared back with a 17-13 quarter, not quite enough. Garrett Coe had 13 for Wamogo (4-3); Max Loomis, 12. Ryan O’Neill scored 15; Barndon Hookstadt, […]
Staff Reports Wamogo shut out Thomaston 18-0 in the first quarter of a boys basketball game at Wamogo High School Thursday night on the way to a 49-27 win. The Golden Bears came back to win the second quarter 12-10, but it was too little, too late for hopes of a real comeback. Max Loomis […]
By Peter Wallace pwallace@registercitizen.com @PWallaceSports on Twitter THOMASTON >> Thomaston’s girls basketball team is the measuring stick for Berkshire League teams — as in how close can you come to the two-time defending Class S State champions. Thursday evening, Wamogo (5-4; 4-3 Berkshire League), with some good talent, found it has a ways to go, […]
TERRYVILLE >> Terryville outscored Northwestern by five points in the final period at Terryville High School to trim the Highlanders to their closest win of the season 60-53 Friday night. Alex Case (15 points), Devin Warren (12 points) and Tony Case (10 points) led Northwestern. Ian Schmidt (13 points) led the Kangaroo charge back up […]
LITCHFIELD >> Brooke Neller went off for 27 points at home to lead the Warriors (5-2) to a 58-49 girls basketball win over Shepaug (4-3) Tuesday night. Shepaug, led by Caroline Kelly (24 points) and Samantha Moravsky (13), trailed by six at the half, tied the game at the end of three and led by […]
Staff Reports LITCHFIELD >> Thomaston senior Morgan Sanson joined the 1,000-point club with 16 points in a 65-25 Golden Bear rout over Litchfield at Litchfield High School Wednesday night. Junior center Casey Carangelo also had 16; Gabrielle Hurlbert added 10 for the undefeated Bears (4-0). Amber Marino was high scorer for Litchfield (2-2) with 8. […]
By Peter Wallace pwallace@registercitizen.com @PWallaceSports on Twitter Last year’s Berkshire League boys basketball regular season and league tournament champions, Northwestern and Lewis Mills, opened up the full winter season with wins Monday night. Northwestern 71, Shepaug 57: In Washington, Highlander senior Alex Case sprinted and bombed for 28 points, including 5 three-pointers, followed by Tucker […]
Staff reports LITCHFIELD >> Mary Spierto and Elena Kennedy led Litchfield’s girls basketball team to a 46-42 win against Gilbert at home Friday, keeping the early-season Cowgirl record spotless at 2-0. Spierto led Litchfield with 16 points; Kennedy (7 points) did it on the boards (14 rebounds) and on defense (7 blocks). Sam Foley chipped […]
By Peter Wallace pwallace@registercitizen.com @PWallaceSports on Twitter Naugatuck Valley League Torrington Coach: Eric Gamari, 7th season Last Year: 4-16 Key Loss: Tim Considine, G Key Returners: Zak Mancini, 5-8 Sr. G; Connor Finn, 5-10 Sr. F; Jake Boccio, 6-2 Sr. C; David White, 5-10 Sr. All-Iron Division G/F; Stephon Dailey, 5-8 Jr. G; Nick DallaValle, […]
By Peter Wallace pwallace@registercitizen.com @PWallaceSports on Twitter There’s no safe refuge for any of the area’s CIAC boys basketball teams this year. Torrington plays in one of the state’s toughest basketball leagues. The NVL had a Class S state champion and a Class L runner-up last year, including the No. 1 team in final state […]
Girls Basketball Wamogo 43, Lewis Mills 28: Wamogo overcame an early Spartain lead with a big second quarter and huge third for an opening win at Lewis Mills High School. Sophomore Rose Kelly led the Warrior attack with 13 points, followed by 11 from Kristen Kanderfer. Samira Abbdelrehim paced Mills with 11. Thomaston 56, Gilbert […]
NVL Torrington has won two of the last three NVL titles, Holy Cross one. The Red Raiders won a pair of thrillers over Kennedy and Holy Cross in the NVL Tournament last year, but graduated much of their firepower. Starters Paige Middleton, Brittany Anderson, Mia Barbieri and Taylor Howe were a huge part of the […]
NVL Torrington Coach: Mike Fritch, 23rd year Last Year: 23-2, NVL Champions Key Losses: Paige Middleton, All-NVL G/F; Brittany Anderson, All-Iron Division F; Mia Barbieri, C/F; Shelby Howe, All-NVL-Tournament G; Taylor Howe, G; Kendra Covington, F. Key Returners: Ashlynn Cook, 5-7 Sr. F; Alexis Tyrell, 5-5 Soph. G; Brie Pergola, 5-8 All-NVL, All-State G/F; Lindsey […]
WETHERSFIELD >> Haddam-Killingworth’s Meghan Cerino has developed into one of the top field hockey goalies in the state due to her aggressive style of play and ability to cut down scoring angles. On Saturday in the CIAC Class S championship game, Thomaston was prepared for Cerino, including Morgan Sanson who ended up with the game-winning […]
By Peter Wallace pwallace@registercitizen.com @PWallaceSports on Twitter Saturday is CIAC championship day for field hockey, boys and girls soccer and girls volleyball – a good time for updating Northwest Corner’s state tournament performances so far. Thomaston’s field hockey team looks for the area’s second state championship in tomorrow’s Class S finals at noon at Wethersfield […]
Tuesday, Nov. 10 CIAC State Tournaments Field Hockey Class M First Round No. 9 Bethel 3, No. 8 Nonnewaug 1 CLass S First Round No. 1 Thomaston (15-1), Bye No. 8 Lewis Mills 2, No. 9 Killingly 1 No. 6 Granby 4, No. 11 Shepaug 1 Boys Soccer Class M First Round No. 1 Lewis […]
THOMASTON >> Thomaston’s field hockey team beat Lewis Mills 2-0 Tuesday afternoon in a win that unofficially passed the Berkshire League crown to the Golden Bears for the first since 1988. The Bears, 11-0 in the Berkshire League, 12-1 overall, took a three-game lead over defending league and Class S state champion Mills (8-3-0-1) and […]
We spent 36 hours following the fine work of NFHSNetwork and CPTV Sports, who brought to you, live, ALL of the CIAC spring state championships. Here are the top moments we managed to capture on Vine throughout the weekend. With so many games going on simultaneously, it was impossible to keep track of it all. If […]
WEST HAVEN >> Holy Cross softball broke through a 23-year dry spell for a 4-0 win over defending champion Thomaston in the Class S state final at West Haven Saturday afternoon. “Right after our Senior Night, I knew it would be a great postseason,” first-year head coach Megan Dwyer said. “The girls really came together […]
WEST HAVEN >> It’s No. 2 Thomaston against No. 5 Holy Cross for the CIAC Class S softball state title Saturday at 1 p.m. at West Haven. Holy Cross put away No. 1 East Granby 2-0 in an efficient hour and 10 minutes in the first game of a semifinal doubleheader Wednesday at West Haven […]
WEST HAVEN >> Watching the Hale Ray softball team warm-up prior to their CIAC Class S semifinal softball battle against Thomaston Wednesday night, I was reminded again what the late Ed Hidek told me years ago. Hidek, who guided Morgan to four Class M state titles, believed that the Shoreline Conference was the best small […]
In this week’s GameTime on CPTV Sports, Joe Zone goes solo and interviews Wilcox Tech’s baseball team and Thomaston’s unbeaten softball team. Co-host John Holt profiles two-time defending Division IV golf champion Nicklaus Harrington of Parish Hill. Zone also speaks with Norwich Bulletin reporter Marc Allard about the Eastern Connecticut Conference’s remarriage. Other highlights shown […]
THOMASTON >> Thomaston’s softball team put themselves in firm control of the Berkshire League with a 3-2 win over second-place Northwestern Wednesday afternoon. The Golden Bears (14-0; 13-0 BL) are defending league and Class S Champions. Northwestern (11-4; 11-3 BL) is a perennial Berkshire League softball power, but runs out of direct chances at Thomaston […]
Torrington Coach: Maryann Musselman, 15th year Last year: 19-2 Key losses: Sydney Matzko, All-State p; Nicole Jamieson, 2b; Alexa Potter, lf; Sara Heath, 1b; Sam Pelow, ss; Aunchlee Reily, of. Key returners: Marissa Morris, cpt, sr. c; Brittany Young, cpt, sr. of; Brittany Anderson, cpt, sr of; Alexis Tyrrell, soph, inf; Lauren Jamieson, soph, inf; […]
Torrington Coach: Pat Richardson, 5th year Last year: 17-7 Key losses: Shane Bierfeldt, lhp/of; Ben Thompson, c; Mitch Zagrodnik, p/1b; John McCarthy, 2b; Stanley Rijo, ss. Key returners: Nate Manchester, jr. p; Kobe Covington, jr. inf; Ben Bonvicini, sr. inf; Josh Rubino, sr. p; Manny Rijo, sr. of; Nick Santillo, sr. inf/of; P.J. Kilmartin, sr. p/of; Anthony Pandolfo, sr. […]
Torrington Boys Coach: Mark Moulton, 7th year Last year: 13-5, NVL 3rd Key Losses: Five starters Key returners: Ethan Barbieri. sr; Collin Genovese, sr; Brandon Becker, sr; Allain Malcom, jr. Newcomers: Scott Dixon, soph; Billy Weber, fresh. (brother Jack was No. 1 three years ago.) Outlook: The Red Raiders are rebuilding but still expect to […]
