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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…
WATERTOWN — Jake Coleman ran for 140 yards and three touchdowns on a tailor-made day for Torrington’s 34-26 win over Watertown Thursday morning in an annual game with more-than-usual importance for both sides.
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WATERTOWN — Watertown was game early, but couldn’t match nor stop Ansonia’s blistering attack Friday night’s matchup of NVL unbeatens. Ansonia, which hasn’t lost to a league opponent since 2010, scored on every possession in the first half en route to a 56-26 victory at John J. Mills Field. Shykeem Harmon ran 10 times for […]
A very young Watertown football team last year started slowly but built to a good finish. That has carried over to a 3-0 start after Friday’s 35-0 win over Seymour.
“Two years ago, when we made a run to the…
[Vitals] COACH — LUIGI VELARDI (6th year, 20-32) CONFERENCE — NVL Iron PLAYOFF CLASS — M (415 boys enrollment) HOME — John J. Mills Complex, Watertown 2018 RECORD — 3-7 2019 OPENER — Sept. 13 vs. Derby, 7 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — Maxpreps [Top Players] XAVIER POWELL, Sr. QB ANTHONY VELARDI, Sr. RB/LB JAEDEN GOODWINE, Sr. WR/DB […]
Not surprisingly, the NISCA Girls High School Swimming All-America list includes numerous Connecticut athletes, one of whom is Greenwich standout Meghan Lynch.
A rising junior, Lynch earned All-American acc…
The NISCA recently released its girls and boys All-America diving lists and Connecticut was certainly well represented.
Kevin Bradley of Norwalk, New Canaan’s Jackson Camporin, Glastonbury’s Ethan Godfrey, …
Meadow Mancini of Watertown High School has been selected the 2018-19 Gatorade Connecticut Girls Soccer Player of the Year. Mancini is the first Gatorade Connecticut Girls Soccer Player of the Year to be chosen from Watertown High School. The award recognizes athletic excellence and high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and […]
SEYMOUR — It’s been an odd softball season for Seymour. Accustomed to dominating the league, the Wildcats have battled through all kinds of adversity this year.
Slugger Sierra Cripps was lost for the year w…
GOSHEN — A day after Torrington’s Jon Ledda and Anthony Marinelli finished second in Wolcott’s two-man Stigberg Memorial Tournament, Watertown’s Ian Wivestad shot his best score of the season (38) to lead the Indians to a …
TORRINGTON — On Monday, late-inning Torrington fielding errors cost the Red Raiders a win against NVL leader St. Paul Catholic.
Wednesday at Fuessenich Park, good pitching, aggressive base running, a few ti…
WATERTOWN – Baseball is a weird sport. Teams are always searching for something to grab onto and rally around, the Watertown baseball team has found theirs in “Donna the Rock.” The story begins when assistant coach Jeremy Plourde tripped over it while walking in a Waterbury dugout last season “While we were waiting for (Wilby) to finish […]
Pop quiz: which two conferences have won the most baseball state titles the last three seasons?
Most will get the first with the SCC winning four in that time (Cheshire, Amity, Foran, Notre Dame-West Haven)…
HARTFORD — A brilliant regular season for Watertown/Pomperaug came from simple things, simple things that their Friday night opponent in the CIAC Division II boys hockey quarterfinals turned back on the Indians.
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With the 2019 CIAC hockey tournament set to begin, here’s a look at five impact players to keep an eye on.
Sean Gordon, Ridgefield
There was no question about what the Tigers had in the Best…
WEST HAVEN — Branford knew it wasn’t going to get a ton of goals against Watertown/Pomperaug goalie Ryan Fleming in the SCC/SWC boys hockey Division II championship. The power play was going to be big, and it won the Horne…
WEST HAVEN — In the second meeting of the season between Cheshire and Watertown-Pomperaug, the Rams were looking for a different result. Instead, Watertown-Pomperaug goaltender Ryan Fleming made sure the outcome was exactl…
It’s league championship season in Connecticut boys ice hockey, with the FCIAC and Nutmeg league tournaments already underway while the CCC and SCC/SWC begin theirs this week. There are also state tournament pairings that will be out by week’s end. Fairfield Prep, Xavier and Greenwich posted impressive victories this week, which has enabled the three […]
For the first time in eight years a team will take an unbeaten record into the postseason. After clearing its Fairfield Prep hurdle, 2-1, Ridgefield polished off its sterling regular season with formality victories over Wilton (10-3) and Westhill/Stamford (7-1) to become the first Division I team to go unbeaten heading into the postseason since […]
Pretty good start to the conference tournament predictions. So far, the record stands at 38-9 overall. Day 3 Predictions Day 2 Predictions Day 1 Predictions Now, prognosticating gets a little tougher as conferences play semifinal matchups. If you’re a girls hoops fan, you have to love this slate of games tonight. NVL At Kennedy No. […]
The NVL girls basketball tournament will begin with quarterfinals on Saturday at Holy Cross, continue with semifinals Monday, Feb. 18 and concluded with the championship Wednesday, Feb. 20, both at Kennedy High School in Waterbury. Sacred Heart is the defending champion and the No. 2 seed in this year’s tournament. Unbeaten St. Paul is the […]
A week after taking a step back to No. 5 below No. 4 Hamden (which it beat the previous week), Fairfield Prep took two steps forward in the GameTimeCT Top 10 boys hockey poll for Feb. 12 The Jesuits split a pair of games vs. interstate competition and, at 8-7, are starting to muscle Northwest […]
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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Xavier earned just enough votes to make another return to the Top 10 thanks to a 1-1 tie with defending Rhode Island champion LaSalle Academy last week. The Falcons moved in — by one point — at the No. 10 spot while knocking out Guilford, which climbed as high as No. 8 as of last […]
Fairfield Prep and Guilford were the big movers in the latest GameTimeCT Boys Hockey Top 10 Poll for Jan. 29. The Jesuits, fresh off back-to-back victories over Xavier and Hamden, inched closer to .500 and earned enough votes to jump two spots to No. 4 this week. Guilford, meanwhile, won its ninth-straight game and also […]
EAST HAVEN — These teams have played 90 minutes of tight hockey. They could play 90 more, or even more. When it’s Watertown/Pomperaug and Guilford, though, what else is new?
Another close one went to Guilfo…
Ridgefield is still unanimous No. 1 and the rest of the first five remained the same in the latest GameTimeCT Top 10 Boys Hockey Poll as the season hits its midpoint. Darien is No. 2, Northwest Catholic 3, Hamden 4 and Notre Dame-West Haven 5. The only changes from last week are minor. Fairfield Prep, […]
Fine performances
Ryan Antkowiak, SGWL: Scored twice in a 4-3 win over Housatonic.
Kevin Barrett, Notre Dame-Fairfield: Scored in overtime to beat Simsbury 5-4 in a game the Lancers trailed …
