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TORRINGTON — Torrington leadoff hitter Marissa Burger was 3-for-4 on a day without many hits, but the real story of Torrington’s 8-3 win over Watertown Friday afternoon at Torrington High School was aggressive base runnin…
TORRINGTON — In a season full of blow-out games helping almost no one, it’s refreshing when one like Torrington’s 5-2 win over St. Paul Catholic Wednesday afternoon helps almost everyone.
The Falcons are o…
TORRINGTON — One year after Connecticut’s last high school softball season was canceled by COVID-19, the 2021 season promised to be unpredictable thanks to youth, inexperience, COVID dropouts and just plain rust.
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TORRINGTON — On a day when Torrington’s baseball team could do no wrong, pitchers Ben Smith and Joe DiPippo and hitter Cooper Suminski were great examples of all they did right in a 9-1 win over Watertown at Fuessenich Par…
TORRINGTON — In a season chock full of high school baseball and softball blowouts so far, a well-played, exciting softball game comes off like a classic, even when it’s not.
Naugatuck beat Torrington 6-4 on…
TORRINGTON — A brutal day for pitchers turned glorious for hitters Thursday afternoon at Torrington’s Fuessenich Park as St. Paul Catholic (5-1) turned Wednesday’s tornado warnings into baseball reality when the Falcons se…
TORRINGTON — Thanks to a year off for COVID-19, the early high school spring season is a time of discovery for most teams and individuals in Connecticut, young either in years or experience.
The Wolcott and…
TORRINGTON — Both coaches came away with complaints from a 46-39 Woodland girls basketball win at Torrington High School on Friday night that evened each team’s record at 2-2.
“They killed us on the boards,…
TORRINGTON — A smattering of Torrington High School parents seated on the one set of unfolded bleachers at the Connie Donahue Gymnasium Wednesday night was part of the strange new-normal atmosphere in a strange new-normal …
Steve Wodarski remains hopeful that there will be a first season for him as state interpreter of the International Approved Association of Basketball Officials (IAABO) Board 10. He also wants to get out there and officiate…
TORRINGTON – For all the sympathy the best high school teams receive this year for not getting their shots in state tournaments, coronavirus might just hit struggling programs the hardest.
Wolcott’s girls soccer team wo…
Updated story at 5:45 p.m. While announcing plans on Tuesday for an “alternative season” in the spring for sports that lose most of their seasons to the COVID-19 pandemic, including 11-on-11 football or any other fall or winter sport, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference came out against independent football and urged schools not to let […]
Senior Taylor Gambardella was pretty pleased to be practicing on Monday afternoon at Kavanaugh Field. The full Guilford girls soccer team was together for a practice, instead of the cohorts of 10 they were limited to durin…
Ledyard athletic director Jim Buonocore was surprised when the CIAC Board of Control denied the CIAC football committee’s suggestion to move the sport to the spring last month, instead deciding to keep it in the fall. “I was surprised to say the least. We all (on the committee) had the same thought process,” said Buonocore, […]
WEST HARTFORD — Emotions were high and raw at a rally to try to save a high school football season in 2020-21, so high and raw that Brady Hutchison twice yelled not to let common sense prevail.
The senior S…
The CIAC Board of Control is continuing to work on a modified plan for the fall sports season in alignment with the Connecticut Department of Health. Part of that plan was revealed late Sunday night, which includes the resumption of in-person conditioning beginning Monday. A copy of DPH’s recommendations, in a Sunday letter to the […]
TORRINGTON — Everywhere in this fog of coronavirus, we’re divided by politics and united by despair — financial, employment, family, fate of the country…
If it’s hard, then, to find solace or inspiration na…
He was baptized Louis. Let alone the thousands of New Haven Register readers who enjoyed his writing, colleagues, coaches and athletes who knew him for years didn’t know Chip Malafronte’s first name.
“When …
As neighboring states make decisions on the start of high school fall sports, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference is taking a more cautious approach before deciding whether athletes can get back on the fiel…
The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference officially canceled its spring sports season Tuesday once Gov. Ned Lamont announced on Twitter on Tuesday morning that all school districts will remain closed and continue distance learning for the remainder of the academic year. Connecticut was the last remaining state in the U.S. to finally cancel its spring season. […]
Each year since 1984 the CAS-CIAC has honored hundreds of scholar athletes with a gala banquet at the Aqua Turf. The event, one of the association’s biggest of the year, often draws close to 1,700 guests, with each of the state’s 183 member schools given the opportunity to honor a male and female student […]
The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference continues to hold out hope for some type of spring sports experience in June, but all of its postseason tournaments and championships have been canceled.That decision was made Thursday morning during the latest CIAC Board of Control meeting. “Our position is that any spring sport experiences should maximize the […]
Thursday’s CIAC Division III boys hockey quarterfinal between the Housatonic co-op and McMahon/Norwalk, wherever they played it, was going to be a beauty. Regardless of the final score, they’d both already done something s…
The score stays 2-0 as the time runs out and the Wildcat’s are CONFERENCE CHAMPS!!! #cthk #bannersznnn pic.twitter.com/zCaycCrh19 — Wildcats Hockey (@WildcatsPuck) March 6, 2020 Behind junior goalie Cam Begley’s 19-save shutout, Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks defeated Tri-Town 2-0 Thursday night at Champions Skating Center in Cromwell to win the Nutmeg Hockey Conference championship. Senior Tyler Gazdik, […]
Rayshon Jacobs of Jonathan Law certainly didn’t leave the Class M Indoor Boys Track Championships empty-handed.
The Law senior exited Hillhouse High School with quite a collection of medals.
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TORRINGTON — Wolcott pulled out of a first-quarter hole at Torrington for a 42-37 win in what might be called a future’s game at Torrington High School Thursday night.
On senior night for the Red Raiders — …
TORRINGTON — Ansonia’s boys basketball team had too many pure athletes and too big a lead for Torrington’s furious second-half comeback in a 70-59 Charger win at Torrington High School Tuesday night.
Four o…
TORRINGTON — With just five games left in a regular season full of key injuries and tough losses, Torrington’s boys basketball team got clutch performances Friday night for 58-54 white-knuckle win over Watertown at Torring…
TORRINGTON — Naugatuck, No. 10 in this week’s GameTimeCT/New Haven Register boys basketball state poll, showed its stuff in a 76-52 win over Torrington at Torrington High School Friday night.
All eight of t…
