The 2020 Naugatuck Valley League Boys Basketball Tournament will tip off Saturday, Feb. 29 with quarterfinals, continue with semifinals Monday, March 2 and the championship Wednesday, March 4. The tournament will be played at Wilby High School in Waterbury. BOYS BASKETBALL LEAGUE TOURNAMENT HUB Sacred Heart, the winners of 124-consecutive league games dating back to […]
Davis, Crosby race away from WCA for coach Nick Augelli’s 700th career victory
WATERBURY — Crosby’s boys basketball players weren’t going to be denied this time. Just days after letting slip a big lead in a loss to rival Holy Cross, which denied head coach Nick Augelli his 700th career victory in his second attempt, Crosby again found itself trailing to start the third quarter at Waterbury Career Academy. […]
Torrington tops WCA in warmup for NVL tournament
TORRINGTON — A 5-3 Torrington boys soccer win over Waterbury Career Academy Wednesday night had the look and impact of an NVL Tournament preliminary round at the Robert H. Frost Sports Complex.
The Spartans…
Volleyball: Week 6 fine performances; Week 7 matches to watch
FINE PERFORMANCES
Brielle Behuniak, Naugatuck: The senior 10 kills and 15 assists in the Greyhounds’ 3-0 win over Oxford on Thursday.
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Coombs’ two TDs pace Waterbury Career Academy in win over Torrington
WATERBURY — In a game that might have featured 100-yard rushers on each side of an evenly-matched game at Waterbury’s Municipal Stadium, two big scoring passes ultimately led Waterbury Career Academy to a 19-17 win over To…
Cafaros, Ansonia charge past Waterbury Career Academy in opener
ANSONIA — Nine months and 10 days. That time frame is how long Ansonia has had to chomp on the bit since suffering a Class S semifinal loss to Bloomfield a season ago.
Returning to the scene of the devastat…
25 CIAC football players to watch in 2019
A.J. BARBER Sr., Greenwich: The Class LL champs were hit hard by graduation, but Barber’s back after catching 10 touchdown passes last year and throwing one in the state final. PHOENIX BILLINGS Sr., Hand: Standout athlete, committed to UConn to play baseball, threw for 1,740 yards and 23 touchdowns last year and ran for […]
NVL Football 2019: WATERBURY CAREER ACADEMY preview
[Vitals] COACH — PETE FLAMMIA (4th year, 12-18) CONFERENCE — NVL Brass PLAYOFF CLASS — Class S (328 boys enrollment) HOME — Municipal Stadium, Waterbury 2018 RECORD — 5-5 2019 OPENER — Sept. 12 at Ansonia, 6 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — Maxpreps [Top Players] JALEN GOPIE, Sr. RB/OLB (6-2, 220) RAFAEL PRADO, Sr. OL/MLB (6-0, […]
Torrington, Sacred Heart roll into NVL championship showdown
WATERBURY — No. 3 seed Torrington and top-seeded Sacred Heart will meet at Wilby High School Wednesday night at 7 p.m. for the NVL boys basketball tournament championship game if an impending storm allows it.
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The 2019 NVL Boys Basketball Tournament bracket
The Naugatuck Valley League boys basketball tournament, played at Wilby’s Reggie O’Brien gymnasium, will tip off Saturday, Feb. 23 with quarterfinals and continue with semifinals on Monday, Feb. 25 and the championship Wednesday, Feb. 27. BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT HUB Sacred Heart, the No. 1-ranked team in the GameTimeCT Boys Basketball Top 10, is the top […]
Big run leads Torrington past Waterbury Career Academy
TORRINGTON — Torrington’s boys basketball team pulled off one of its best games of the season in a 61-49 win over Waterbury Career Academy, whose 5-7 record belies what a good team they can be.
“We lack con…
Week 3: Fine performances; games to see
FINE PERFORMANCES Justice Ellison, South Windsor and Oliver Milledge, Greenwich: Ellison’s 54-point outing included six 3-pointers as South Windsor fell to Greenwich 86-76 in double overtime. Milledge scored 30 points in the win for Greenwich. Kyle Daniels, Wilbur Cross: Had 30 points, including 22 of 25 from the free-throw line, in the Governors’ 85-84 loss […]
Waterbury Career Academy upends young Torrington squad
TORRINGTON — Friday night’s girls basketball game at Torrington High School between Waterbury Career Academy and Torrington could have been the Potential Bowl.
WCA won it 45-33, but the Spartans have less time to reach their pr…
Gopie leads charge for WCA over Gilbert/Northwestern in season finale
WINSTED — Waterbury Career Academy’s Jalen Gopie scored almost every time he touched the ball at Winsted’s Van Why Field Friday afternoon, leading the Spartans to a 62-21 wipeout over Gilbert/Northwestern in a delayed Thanksgiving rivalry game…
Gopie, Waterbury Career run past Torrington
TORRINGTON — Jalen Gopie ran for all three Spartan touchdowns in a 24-14 WCA win at Torrington High School on Friday night.
Gopie broke loose for 68 yards in the first quarter, 5 yards in the second and returned an interception 73 yards in the…
NVL Football 2018: WATERBURY CAREER ACADEMY preview
Vitals COACH — PETE FLAMMIA (3rd year, 7-13) CONFERENCE — NVL Brass PLAYOFF CLASS — Class S (346 boys enrolled) HOME — Municipal Stadium, Waterbury 2017 RECORD — 3-7 2018 OPENER — Sept. 7 vs. Ansonia, 7 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — Maxpreps | Top Players JALEN GOPIE, Jr. RB/OLB (6-1, 205) RAFAEL PRADO, Jr. OL/MLB (5-11, […]
Cerruto, Root power Torrington over Waterbury Career Academy
TORRINGTON – The wind blew out at Torrington’s Fuessenich Park Wednesday afternoon.
Cam Cerruto and C.J. Root tipped their hats to the breeze on three high fastballs good for three home runs between them in a come-from-behind 7-6 Torrington wi…
Football: Gilbert / Northwestern rallies, holds off Waterbury Career Academy in thriller
WATERBURY — After a miserable first half, Gilbert/Northwestern climbed out of a 14-point hole to beat Waterbury Career Academy 29-22 in what Yellowjackets coach Scott Salius called “a great, great high school game” Tuesday night at Water…
Waterbury Career boys basketball escapes with a win at Torrington
TORRINGTON >> Starting their seasons at opposite ends of boys basketball blowouts, Waterbury Career Academy and Torrington played to the wire Thursday before WCA pulled away to a 68-58 win on foul shots in the final minute at Torrington High School. In their official debut in the NVL, the Spartans dropped 11 threes in the […]
Gilbert / Northwestern football takes control over Waterbury Career Academy
WINSTED >> A game that began in a circus of mishaps ended up firmly in Gilbert/Northwestern’s hands in what turned into a 29-6 Yellowjacket romp over Waterbury Career Academy at Gilber’s Van Why Field Thanksgiving morning. Yellowjacket star Billy Komons ended with 118 yards and a touchdown leading the G/N parade, but it took the […]
Boys Soccer: Torrington tends to business in a win over Waterbury Career
TORRINGTON >> Torrington boys soccer (8-4-1) stuck to business with a 4-1 win over Waterbury Career Academy (1-13) Friday evening at the Robert H. Frost Sports Complex. A day after pounding Derby 6-0, the Red Raiders led WCA 3-0 in the first 13 minutes at home on Friday. Junior forward Naseem Thompson scored the first […]
Football: Rivers, Waterbury Career outlast Sacred Heart/KT in highest scoring game in CT history [video]
[aesop_video width=”720″ align=”center” src=”youtube” id=”AXiPiWkS8JY” caption=”Video of WCA’s 72-70 victory over Sacred Heart/KT, which was the highest-scoring game in Connecticut history. Video via Rob Maia, Brass City Films on YouTube” disable_for_mobile=”on” loop=”on” autoplay=”on” controls=”on” viewstart=”on” viewend=”on”] WATERBURY >> Josiah Rivers ran for 295 yards and scored six touchdowns on 32 carries as Waterbury Career outlasted […]