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2021 All-SCC Spring Teams

Filed Under: All Sports, Baseball, Boys Golf, Boys Lacrosse, Boys Tennis, Boys Track, Boys Volleyball, Girls Golf, Girls Lacrosse, Girls Tennis, Girls Track, Softball Conference: SCC Schools: Amity, Branford, Career, Cheshire, East Haven, Fairfield Prep, Foran, Guilford, Hamden, Hand, Hillhouse, Lauralton Hall, Law, Lyman Hall, Mercy, North Haven, Notre Dame-West Haven, Sacred Heart Academy, Sheehan, Shelton, West Haven, Wilbur Cross, Xavier

Staff Reports | June 16, 2021

BASEBALL First Team Jake Pisano (Hamden), Julian Stevens (Amity), Danny Weinstein (Hand), Matt Sawyer (Fairfield Prep), Anthony Steele (Shelton), Drew Kron (Xavier), Owen Pincince (North Haven), Ryan Scialabba (Cheshire), Mackenzie Burke (Amity), Gianni Gambardella (West Haven), J.J. Mazzaro (North Haven), Max Gross (Hamden), Sebastian Holt (Amity), Anthony DePino (Hand), Luke Pleimann (Law), Jack Bowery (Fairfield […]

Baseball

Bowery, Fairfield Prep make most of chances to win SCC title over West Haven

Filed Under: All Sports, Baseball Conference: SCC Schools: Fairfield Prep, West Haven

Mike Madera | May 27, 2021

WEST HAVEN — It had been three years since the Fairfield Prep baseball team played in the conference final. The Jesuits were not going to let an opportunity to claim their second conference title slip away.
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Baseball

West Haven tops No. 5 Hamden in inaugural Ray Guarino Series game

Filed Under: All Sports, Baseball Conference: SCC Schools: Hamden, West Haven

Mike Madera | May 20, 2021

When Hamden and West Haven renew the rivalry on the baseball diamond, it is always a big deal. Coming into Thursday evening’s contest, Hamden was riding a 10-game winning streak and West Haven owned a seven-game hot streak…

Baseball

No. 5 Hamden, West Haven set to begin Ray Guarino Baseball Series

Filed Under: All Sports, Baseball Conference: SCC Schools: Hamden, West Haven

Joe Morelli | May 19, 2021

The West Haven-Hamden baseball rivalry doesn’t need anything extra to spice it up. It is already pretty intense.
But the two programs decided last year to add something more to this Southern Connecticut Con…

Baseball

Gianni Gambardella leads West Haven past rival Notre Dame

Filed Under: All Sports, Baseball Conference: SCC Schools: Notre Dame-West Haven, West Haven

Mike Madera | April 28, 2021

WEST HAVEN — It has been two years since the rivals from West Haven have met on the baseball diamond. While plenty has changed in that time, one thing remains the same as the rivalry lives on.
With both tea…

Baseball

West Haven’s Hunter Axelrod a shining example on diamond and in classroom

Filed Under: All Sports, Baseball Conference: SCC Schools: West Haven

Joe Morelli | April 19, 2021

WEST HAVEN — There are plenty of good words that come to mind in describing West Haven baseball player Hunter Axelrod: smart, serious, focused, competitive, leader, scholar and genuine are just a few of them.
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Girls Hockey

Connecticut’s top girls ice hockey performances in the postseason

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Hockey Conference: CCC, FCIAC, SCC Schools: Darien, Fairfield Ludlowe, Fairfield Warde, Greenwich, Guilford, New Canaan, Sacred Heart Academy, Simsbury, St. Joseph, Suffield, Trumbull, West Haven

Dave Stewart | April 1, 2021

TOP PERFORMERS
Kate Bellissimo, Darien: Bellissimo had four points with a hat trick and an assist as the Blue Wave pitched a shutout in the FCIAC quarterfinals, defeating Ridgefield/Danbury 9-0.
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Girls Hockey

The CHSGHA 2021 All-State Girls Ice Hockey Team

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Hockey Conference: CCC, FCIAC, SCC Schools: Amity, Avon, Darien, Glastonbury, Guilford, Hall, New Canaan, Northwest Catholic, Sacred Heart Academy, Simsbury, Trumbull, West Haven

Dave Stewart | March 31, 2021

GOALIES Blythe Novick, Sr. (New Canaan), Grace Nowak, Jr. (West Haven/SHA). DEFENSE Caroline Cadelina, Sr. (Amity), Riley Esposito, Jr. (Northwest Catholic), Mackenzie Gardner, Sr. (West Haven/SHA), McKenna Harden, Sr. (New Canaan), Shelby Little, Jr. (Avon), Megan McCarthy, Sr. (Trumbull/St. Joseph), Mary McKiernan, Jr. (Glastonbury). FORWARDS Kate Bellissimo, Sr. (Darien), Mackenzie Chapman, Jr. (Simsbury), Jianna Cohrs, […]

The Final 2021 GameTimeCT Top 10 Boys Basketball Poll: BRISTOL CENTRAL is No. 1

Filed Under: A Featured, All Sports, Boys Basketball, Boys Basketball Top 10 Conference: Berkshire, CCC, CRAL, CTC, ECC, FCIAC, NCCC, NVL, SCC, Shoreline, SWC Schools: Bristol Central, East Catholic, Kolbe Cathedral, Northwest Catholic, Notre Dame-Fairfield, Ridgefield, Sacred Heart, West Haven, Windsor

Joe Morelli | March 29, 2021

You run through the kind of competitive gauntlet the Bristol Central boys basketball team went through last week, you earn the right to finish No. 1. Bristol Central won the Central Connecticut Conference’s championship Bracket 1 by defeating three teams ranked in the top five of the Register/GameTimeCT Top 10 poll: fourth-ranked Windsor, second-ranked Northwest […]

Boys Basketball

Calhoun, West Haven run past Notre Dame-WH to claim first SCC crown

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball Conference: SCC Schools: Notre Dame-West Haven, West Haven

Joe Morelli | March 26, 2021

NEW HAVEN — The plan was to rebuild the culture at West Haven High and it was deeper than basketball for Ty Sullivan when he took his first head coaching position in July of 2018.
“The wins will come. It is…

Girls Hockey

Nowak, West Haven / Sacred Heart Academy stop Guilford to win SCC Division I girls hockey title

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Hockey Conference: SCC Schools: Guilford, Sacred Heart Academy, West Haven

Mike Madera | March 25, 2021

WEST HAVEN — To say Grace Nowak has had a pretty tough three years would be an understatement. After tearing her ACL her sophomore year, Nowak followed with an MCL tear a season after.
With a postseason tit…

Girls Basketball

Rizzitelli, Sacred Heart Academy rise up to win SCC Division II girls basketball title

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Basketball Conference: SCC Schools: Sacred Heart Academy, West Haven

Dave Phillips | March 25, 2021

NORTH HAVEN — Sacred Heart Academy hadn’t lost a game since Feb. 19 when it was beaten by Mercy in Middletown.
But the Sharks won their next eight regular season games and rolled through the Southern Connec…

Boys Basketball

2021 Boys Basketball Conference Championship Preview Capsules

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball Schools: East Haven, Lyman Hall, Notre Dame-West Haven, Ridgefield, West Haven, Westhill

Joe Morelli | March 25, 2021

FCIAC When: Friday, 7 p.m. Where: Ridgefield High Matchup: No. 1 Ridgefield (14-1) vs. No. 6 Westhill (10-5) Livestream: YouTube Championship History Ridgefield is 3-0, having won three of the last four seasons. Westhill is 5-2, its last title coming in 2016. What to look for A chance at four FCIAC titles in the last […]

Boys Basketball

New Haven officials commissioner: Mistake made on West Haven-Wilbur Cross SCC semifinal play

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball Conference: SCC Schools: West Haven, Wilbur Cross

Joe Morelli | March 24, 2021

Buddy Chernovetz, the commissioner for the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials Board 10 out of New Haven, said Wednesday morning his officials made a mistake in awarding three foul shots to West Hav…

Boys Basketball

West Haven stuns defending champ Wilbur Cross in OT, reaches SCC final in controversial finish

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball Conference: SCC Schools: West Haven, Wilbur Cross

Mike Madera | March 23, 2021

WEST HAVEN — It was over and then it wasn’t. That’s the way both the Wilbur Cross and West Haven boys basketball teams felt in the final seconds of regulation in the Southern Connecticut Conference semifinals.
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Boys Basketball

Malcolm Duncanson shines in pivotal role with West Haven

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball Conference: SCC Schools: West Haven

Joe Morelli | March 19, 2021

Tyrese Sullivan made his way to New Britain during the fall of 2018, going there to watch the West Haven boys basketball team play in a fall league game.
Sullivan was doing his due diligence as the new high…

Girls Hockey

Unbeaten West Haven/SHA, in quarantine, eyes SCC playoff return

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Hockey Conference: SCC Schools: Sacred Heart Academy, West Haven

Dave Stewart | March 12, 2021

The SCC playoffs can’t arrive fast enough for the West Haven/Sacred Heart Academy girls hockey team.
Speeding along with a perfect 7-0 record, the Westie Sharks have been slowed for the first time this seas…

Girls Hockey

Connecticut’s top girls ice hockey performances features a few rivalry standouts

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Hockey Conference: CCC, FCIAC, SCC Schools: Amity, Avon, Cheshire, Darien, East Catholic, Guilford, Hamden, New Canaan, Sacred Heart Academy, Simsbury, Suffield, Trumbull, West Haven

Dave Stewart | March 10, 2021

TOP PERFORMERS
Kolby Becker, Hamden: Becker, a junior, scored a pair of goals in Hamden’s 3-1 victory over the Daniel Hand co-op Saturday at Northford Ice Pavilion.
Caroline Cadelina, Amity …

Courtside with Joe Morelli podcast (S3 E5): West Haven’s Ty Sullivan

Filed Under: A Featured, All Sports, Boys Basketball, Podcasts Conference: SCC Schools: West Haven

Sean Patrick Bowley | March 9, 2021

GameTimeCT · Courtside With Joe Morelli S3 E5 – West Haven's Tyrese Sullivan WELCOME BACK to another episode of Courtside with Joe Morelli, your weekly dose of high school basketball talk in Connecticut and — believe it or not — we’ve reached the home stretch of regular season games before conference tournament season begins in this […]

Boys Basketball

Carroll, Notre Dame-WH hands rival West Haven its first loss

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball Schools: Notre Dame-West Haven, West Haven

Mike Madera | March 8, 2021

WEST HAVEN — With a pair of losses entering its rivalry game against West Haven, the Notre Dame-West Haven boys basketball team could have gone one of two ways. For coach Jason Shea, he got to see what his team was made of…

Boys Basketball

West Haven handles No. 9 Wilbur Cross, remains undefeated

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball Conference: SCC Schools: West Haven, Wilbur Cross

Joe Morelli | March 5, 2021

WEST HAVEN — The road to boys basketball success in the Southern Connecticut Conference normally goes through the city of New Haven. The 18 league championships between Wilbur Cross, Hillhouse and Career says so.
…

Girls Basketball

Everette, Wilbur Cross rally past West Haven

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Basketball Conference: SCC Schools: West Haven, Wilbur Cross

Mike Madera | March 5, 2021

WEST HAVEN — It is not always how you start, but how you finish. Just ask Kandie Everette of Wilbur Cross.
Hitting on just one field goal entering the fourth quarter, Everette broke a 43-43 tie with a pair …

Boys Hockey

West Haven ramps up effort in win over Immaculate

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Hockey Schools: Immaculate, West Haven

Mike Madera | February 27, 2021

WEST HAVEN — Early in a pandemic season, there may not be many must-win contests. Do not tell that to the West Haven hockey team.
Behind a goal and an assist each from Ben Carfora, Nick Boanno and Nico Brun…

Girls Hockey

Connecticut’s top girls ice hockey performances for week 2

Filed Under: All Sports, Girls Hockey Conference: CCC, FCIAC, SCC Schools: Amity, Darien, Greenwich, Guilford, Hand, New Canaan, Ridgefield, Sacred Heart Academy, Simsbury, Suffield, Trumbull, West Haven, Wilton

Dave Stewart | February 24, 2021

TOP PERFORMERS
Maya Boyhen, West Haven/SHA: The junior forward had three points on one goal and two assists in West Haven/SHA’s 5-3 victory over Guilford in a battle of unbeaten teams at Bennett Rink on Tue…

Boys Basketball

West Haven cancels two games due to quarantine

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball Conference: SCC Schools: West Haven

Joe Morelli | February 14, 2021

The West Haven boys basketball team had two of its regular-season games canceled due to the team being in quarantine.
The Westies opened the season Friday with a victory over Hillhouse at home, but had Satu…

Boys Basketball

On guard: Backcourt duo of Duncanson, Blackwell lead West Haven past Hillhouse

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball Conference: SCC Schools: Hillhouse, West Haven

Joe Morelli | February 12, 2021

WEST HAVEN — It had all the looks of a typical early-season boys basketball game: struggles on offense, unforced turnovers and very few fast-break points.
Add in adjusting to wearing masks under game condit…

Boys Basketball

West Haven superintendent stands by decision to allow fans into Bennett Rink

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Basketball Conference: SCC Schools: Notre Dame-West Haven, West Haven

Joe Morelli | February 9, 2021

Neil C. Cavallaro was wearing two hats while watching a pair of season-opening boys high school hockey games at West Haven’s Bennett Rink Monday: one as the city’s superintendent of schools, the other as the parent of a No…

Boys Hockey

Boanno, Miller lead West Haven hockey past Hamden in season opener

Filed Under: Boys Hockey Conference: SCC Schools: Hamden, West Haven

Mike Madera | February 8, 2021

WEST HAVEN — It has been a long 11 months for the high school hockey community. With the shutdown of high school sports due to the global pandemic right before the start of last year’s state tournament, Monday evening acro…

Boys Soccer

West Haven defeats Foran in SCC Division C final, earns first title

Filed Under: All Sports, Boys Soccer Conference: SCC Schools: Foran, West Haven

Bill Bloxsom | November 13, 2020

MILFORD — West Haven and Foran each had one goal entering the pandemic-shortened Southern Connecticut Conference season and that was to play until the last day possible.
That day came on Friday when West Ha…