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HIGGANUM — The script is simple. Throw strikes, play good defense and take advantage of your opponents’ mistakes. “That’s what wins games, right?” Haddam-Killingworth coach Mark Brookes asked, rhetorically. It has won games for the Cougars. Including a 4-2 win over Westbrook on Monday afternoon, it has won the Cougars 12-straight games to open the […]
CROMWELL — For a half, this was anybody’s game. Four minutes later, it was over.Cromwell hit Westbrook with an 11-0 run to open the second half and went from there to an easy 59-39 Shoreline Conference win over last year’s Class S runner…
HADDAM — Haddam-Killingworth pulled a huge Pequot League upset by beating Old Saybrook/Westbrook 14-7 at H-K High Friday night. The Cougars (6-3) got first half touchdowns from Cody Ellix and Jake Frith — both one-yard runs — to lead 14-0 at the break. They then held off OSW (7-2) in the second half limiting the […]
Bryce Karstetter doing his best Randall Cunningham impersonation, scrambling & delivering 40 yard TD to Dianta Highsmith. 6-0 C/P #cthsfb pic.twitter.com/QMl2fq2NxC — Josh Howard (@RareReminderJH) October 20, 2017 CROMWELL — Dianta Highsmith and Bryce Karstetter hooked up for a pair of touchdowns in the second quarter and Cromwell/Portland turned to its defense in the second […]
There’s very little Kitty Palmer hasn’t done throughout her coaching career, either for the Hand girls tennis or Guilford field hockey teams. But on Wednesday, Palmer did accomplish a first: an undefeated regular season for the Hand girls tennis team, The Tigers went 15-0, shutting out Cheshire in their home finale Wednesday. The Hand boys […]
The 2016-17 New Haven Register All-Area Boys Basketball Team. Capsules by Joe Morelli. Photos by Catherine Avalone. Designed by Sean Patrick Bowley. ••• Stats: Area’s leading scorer (23.2 ppg.) along with 6.0 assists and 4.0 steals per game. Also made 69 3-pointers and finished with over 2,000 career points (his first three seasons were […]
From the perspective of postseason pedigree and comparison of conferences, Saturday’s Class S state championship looks like a complete mismatch. You have Trinity Catholic, which has won six state championships and has been to the state finals six other times. The Crusaders play in the FCIAC. Westbrook represents the Shoreline Conference and is in its […]
MADISON >> Maybe the margin of victory dimmed the celebration after the Westbrook boys basketball team reached its first state championship game ever. The top-seeded Knights dominated the second half Thursday night to beat No. 12 seed Aerospace 80-51 at Polson Middle School. But there was no sense of being just happy to play for […]
Liam Bell and Cory Muckle combined for 54 points to lead top-seeded Westbrook past eight seed St. Paul 86-68 in Monday’s quarterfinals. This is the first semifinal-round tournament appearance ever for the Knights (24-2). WESTBROOK 86, ST. PAUL 68 (at Westbrook) St. Paul 11 16 16 25 – 68 Westbrook 18 16 25 27 – […]
CLINTON >> Both teams playing in Friday night’s Shoreline Conference championship have lived and died by the three-point shot all season long. East Hampton made five of them in the second quarter to build a nine-point halftime lead. But Westbrook made sure they didn’t die by the long-range threes in the second half. The Knights […]
Shoreline Tournament EAST HAMPTON 50, COGINCHAUG 46 (at East Hampton) Coginchaug 16 12 8 10 – 46 East Hampton 8 15 15 12 – 50 COGINCHAUG (46) Griffin Murphy 3 0-0 6, Jack Murphy 5 4-4 14, Hunter Jameson 6 0-2 15, Ryan Cross 0 0-0 0, Brandon Johnson 2 0-0 4, T.J. Vallone 2 […]
Ky’Jae Hargrove, Career: Guard has averaged 16.6 ppg. for the Panthers, who own victories over New London, Hand and East Haven. Career is the No. 2 seed in Class M. Savannah Marshall, Westbrook: The leading scorer in Greater New Haven at 23.1 ppg. Daughter of the former UConn standout Donny Marshall. The Shoreline Conference semifinalists […]
WESTBROOK >> For most of Friday night’s boys basketball game, East Hampton controlled the tempo, crashed the boards and kept the home crowd out of the game. But Westbrook regrouped in the fourth quarter for one final run. That run proved to be the knockout blow of the previously-unbeaten Bellringers. The White Knights closed the […]
A #tweetyourbuzzerbeaters clip from last night. Westbrook's Savannah Marshall halfcourt bomb at halftime in OT win over Coginchaug! #ctgb pic.twitter.com/sCT7isvhYC — GameTimeCT (@GameTimeCT) January 4, 2017 Tuesday night was busy with winning buzzer beaters on the boys side, but here was a great one from the girls, as well. With time running down in the […]
Looking back at the past season for the Westbrook field hockey team, senior forward Alexa Mulvihill still can’t believe the success the Knights had from the first preseason practice to the final second that ticked off the clock in the CIAC Class S championship game. “It still hasn’t quite sunk in yet, it’s still such […]
The 2016 New Haven Register All-Area Field Hockey Team. Compiled by Dan Nowak. Photos by Catherine Avalone. Designed by Sean Patrick Bowley. ••• [aesop_image imgwidth=”720″ img=”http://www.gametimect.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Area-Field-Hockey-Alexa-Mulvihill.png” align=”center” lightbox=”on” captionposition=”left”] Stats: Senior forward had a single-season school record 33 goals, had 18 assists and finished with a career school record 60 goals and 58 assists. Scored […]
Westbrook senior Caitlin McNary has accomplished a lot in her four years as a high school swimmer, a four-time Register All-Area girls swimming selection including three seasons as Area MVP, a feat that becomes even more impressive since Westbrook doesn’t have a girls swim team. The past four girls swimming seasons, she has been a […]
CLINTON – For the first time in its history, the Old Saybrook/Westbrook co-op football team finished with eight wins. The Rams completed an 8-2 season Wednesday night with a wild 33-32 overtime victory over Pequot League rival Morgan at the Ethel Peters Complex. “We knew we’d be better than last year,” said OSW coach Mike […]
WETHERSFIELD >> In the regular season, Shoreline Conference rivals Haddam-Killingworth and Westbrook played a pair of close, tight games. The Cougars scored the only goal of the game in a win on Sept. 28 and the teams played to a scoreless tie on Oct. 20. The same kind of close, tight game was expected on […]
CLINTON >> Westbrook senior Alexa Mulvihill set a school record for most goals scored in a single season this fall. She now has one goal that will be remembered above all the rest. Westbrook captured the Shoreline Conference tournament championship with a thrilling 1-0 victory over Valley Regional on Thursday night at the Indian River […]
Shoreline final (at the Indian River Complex, Clinton) Thursday 7 p.m.: No. 2 Westbrook vs. No. 4 Valley Regional Semifinals Tuesday No. 2 Westbrook 3, No. 3 North Branford 2 No. 4 Valley Regional 2, No. 1 Haddam-Killingworth 1 •
Westbrook senior girls swimmer Caitlin McNary has committed to attend and swim at Fordham. She has been a team of one for Westbrook and this year has the benefit of being a team of two with her sister Marissa. They train with the Hand girls swim team. Caitlin McNary was last season’s Register All-Area Girls Swimming […]
The Westbrook field hockey team defeated Granby 1-0 Monday afternoon, giving head coach Janet Dickey her 200th career victory. This is her 26th season as head coach for the White Knights, who moved to 11-1. Westbrook 1, Granby 0 ( at Westbrook) WB 1 0 – 1 GR 0 0 – 0 Goals: […]
Thursday’s star Sam Simione, Cheshire field hockey: She had two goals in a 3-0 win over Sheehan. [polldaddy poll=”9554315″] Vote for Monday’s Star of the Day until 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Kitty Palmer, in her 35th season coaching the Guilford field hockey team, had two goals as the Indians’ preseason practices and scrimmages came to a close – have a good run in the regular season, especially against Southern Connecticut Conference teams, and carry that momentum for a strong run in the postseason. Palmer said helping […]
Branford 2, Hamden 1 (at Branford) Hamden 0 1 — 1 Branford 2 0 — 2 First half—BR: Brianna Shaw (Kiersten Bjork) 22:50; Carol Fyre (Kiersten Bjork) 21:40; Second half—HA: Taylor Klesyk 16:03; Shots—HA: 10; BR: 12; Saves—HA: Belle Santelli 7; BR: Keira Integlia 9 Team records—Hamden 4-3-1; Branford 6-0 Lauralton Hall 2, Mercy 0 […]
Thursday’s Star Jason Raunikar, Westbrook boys soccer: He had three goals in a 4-1 win over Portland. [polldaddy poll=”9534284″] Vote for Monday’s Star of the Day until 9 p.m. Tuesday.
OLD LYME >> With a smaller team this season, Valley Regional/Old Lyme coach Tim King has been preaching about the importance of special teams and how they could be the difference between winning or losing a game. King’s words certainly rang prophetic on Saturday afternoon when Valley Regional defeated Old Saybrook/Westbrook, 26-15, in a Pequot […]
OLD SAYBROOK – Old Saybrook/Westbrook football coach Mike Marone insists that his team has a pretty good passing game. There was no need to use it Saturday afternoon as the Rams piled up close to 400 yards rushing en route to a 41-13 bashing of Haddam-Killingworth in the season opener for both teams. “We have […]
