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MILFORD — Elena Petrie is just one of the West Haven gang.
Petrie, a sophomore forward, stepped out of the shadows with a five-point scoring splurge midway through the fourth quarter when West Haven won a 3…
Being a defending champion comes with it’s own unique challenges.
When you’re beset with injuries and illnesses, and face a difficult schedule to open a new season, those challenges are magnified.
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TOP PERFORMERS
Caitlyn Caldon, ETB: Caldon amassed 35 saves and allowed just one goal to help ETB tie the Amity co-op, 1-1, on Jan. 4 at Astorino Rink in Hamden. For the season, Caldon has a 1.49 goals agai…
14 high school basketball players from Connecticut schools were nominated for the McDonalds All-American Games. Nominated girls Shamaria King, Watkinson School Megan Landsiedel, Stamford Maranda Nyborg, Bethel Sara Wohlgemuth, Hand Nominated boys Periklis Basimakopoulos, Shelton Justice Ellison, Windsor Brian Geitner, Tolland Matt Knowling, East Catholic Zach Laput, Notre Dame-West Haven Corey McKeithan, Windsor Guy Ragland, […]
WEST HAVEN — First-year Sacred Heart Academy head coach Jason Kirck has a young squad. Youth does not matter when a team is poised.
For Kirck and his team, that poise came through down the stretch Friday ev…
TOP PERFORMERS
Demeri Carangelo, Hamden/Wilbur Cross/Sheehan/Lyman Hall: Carangelo passed a career milestone as she notched her 100th career point in the Hamden’s 6-1 victory over Daniel Hand on Dec. 23. Ca…
A 6-0 start, including a tournament win in Massachusetts, has Notre Dame-West Haven atop the GameTimeCT boys hockey top 10 poll in Week 4 of the season. The Green Knights, runner-up to Fairfield Prep last year, have three in-state wins in addition to their win in the CM Christmas Tournament. They’ll make two trips into […]
WEST HAVEN — The West Haven-Sacred Heart Academy and Hall-Conard girls hockey teams have gotten quite familiar with each other this week, playing for the second time which yielded nearly identical results as West Haven-SHA…
WEST HAVEN — Notre Dame-West Haven’s boys basketball team faced, perhaps, its biggest test of the young season when it played host to crosstown rival West Haven and its new coach Ty Sullivan. Despite missing its starting and backup forward, which allowed Notre Dame to just about have its way inside for most of the […]
High school and prep hockey will help open the three-day Connecticut Ice weekend event at Bridgeport’s Webster Bank Arena on Friday, Jan. 24. Guilford’s girls hockey team meets West Haven/Sacred Heart Academy at 4:15 p.m. to begin the evening. The boys prep school game follows at 6:15, Westminster against Loomis Chaffee. And at 8:45 p.m., […]
For three games to start the season, the West Haven hockey team made things look easy, outscoring its opponents by 17 goals.
Things were different Saturday afternoon.
Facing a St. Joseph tea…
NEW HAVEN — With the boys basketball season starting a week later than last year, plenty of clubs are still working out the kinks as we turn for the new decade.
Kolbe Cathedral coach John Pfohl said it hims…
ROPE-A-DOPE
Many teams that begin their season 0-2, 1-4 and 3-6 can make plans elsewhere for mid-March. Not Fairfield Prep, which could trademark its way of building and teaching an inexperienced team, test…
The Connecticut Division I boys hockey championship does not always go to the Catholic schools, nor to the FCIAC powers in the southwest corner of the state, but that’s the way to bet. In particular, the way to bet is Fairfield Prep, winner of 11 out of the past 20 titles under coach Matt Sather, […]
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NEW CANAAN-DARIEN DOMINANCE
The two FCIAC rivals have accounted for 11 state championships in the 14 years since the Connecticut High School Girls Hockey Coaches Associat…
FAIRFIELD — Sean Nelson ran for three touchdowns, leading Fairfield Prep to a 28-0 win over West Haven Thursday morning at Rafferty Stadium.
Nelson finished with 118 yards, including a 38-yard run on the se…
The New Haven Gridiron Club is accepting reservations for its annual announcement of the Levi Jackson Team on Thursday, Dec. 5, at the Cascade Banquet Facility in Hamden. Also being feted will be leading college players from the University of New Haven, Southern Connecticut State University and Yale. The Jackson Team honors the memory of […]
WEST HAVEN — Usually, the annual Battle of West Haven is between two of top teams in the Southern Connecticut Conference.
Not this year as it’s been a little bit of a down year for both Notre Dame and a rou…
Welcome back to Uni-Browse. Shelton and Simsbury tied last week last week with 36% each of the 870 votes cast. This week, we are back on the home dark uniforms. Vote at the bottom for your favorite uniform, this week. BRIDGEPORT CENTRAL The Hilltoppers keep it simple but win big points for their helmets. Black […]
WEST HAVEN — As the bus from Madison pulled in front of Ken Strong Stadium, a certain emotion flowed for the Hand football team. None of those emotions had to do with football.
Realizing head coach Dave Mas…
WEST HAVEN — Ken Strong Stadium may not be where Derrick Lewis and Desmond Lymon spend their time these days, but it’s still home. The two football coaches may not actually be brothers, but they’re family.
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FINE PERFORMANCES
Reem Abdel-Hack, Shelton: Abdel-Hack had 10 kills and 14 blocks as the Gaels knocked off previously-unbeaten Guilford 3-1 on Friday.
Kaitlyn Boland, Warde: The Mustangs’ se…
MILFORD — Jonathan Law jumped to a 1-0 lead with six minutes remaining in the first half. West Haven rallied to tie in the 57th minute in this SCC boys soccer match destined to finish in a 1-1 tie on Senior Day at Lawmen S…
WEST HAVEN — Losing three games to start the football season doesn’t sit well with any team. It hurts even more for a team that always has high expectations from within and from the community.
Maybe last we…
In a back-and-forth battle, the West Haven football team survived a chaotic second half for its first win of the season, defeating North Haven 27-23 at Ken Strong Stadium.
Four lead changes highlighted the …
After a slow start in the first half of the season, the West Haven volleyball team knew it had to take everything one step at a time. Those steps are on the verge of leading to a postseason berth.
Behind a …
Going through the gauntlet that is the FCIAC every season can only make you a better girls soccer team when the postseason rolls around.
Darien is a perfect example. In two of the last four seasons, the Blu…
NEWTOWN — While it is usually an exciting matchup whenever a South-West Conference team faces a Southern Connecticut Conference, on Friday, West Haven and Newtown entered with a different focus.
The Blue De…
FINE
PERFORMERS
Jacqui Bates, Coventry: Bates had 18 digs, 10 kills and two aces to lead Coventry past defending ECC champion Woodsto…
