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NEWINGTON — It’s rare that a mid-season addition to a team can have such a dramatic impact as it did for the Woodstock Academy volleyball team.Paula Hernandez is in no ordinary situation, and no ordinary volleyball player.SWC champion Joel…
MADISON – It’s been 18 years since the Hand girls’ basketball team has appeared in a CIAC state championship game. The Tigers are just 32 minutes away from ending that drought. Hand’s only previous appearance in a state title game came when it beat Killingly in 1999 to win the Class L crown. But now […]
The Woodstock Academy Introduces New Head Football Coach Daryl Daleen from The Woodstock Academy on Vimeo. Vitals Coach: DARYL DALEEN (First year) Conference: Independent Playoff Class: L (491 boys enrollment) Home: Bentley Field, Woodstock 2015 Record: 1-9 2016 Kickoff: Sept. 9 at Quinebaug Valley, 7 p.m. Team website: MaxPreps Top players KAM JANICE, Jr. RB/DL (6-0, 220) JARRED BOUTON, Sr. QB […]
The 2015-16 New Haven Register All-State Boys Hockey Team. Compiled by Dan Nowak. Photos by Catherline Avalone and Arnold Gold where noted. The Complete 2015-16 All-State Lineups FIRST TEAM Player of the Year Jake Fuss Fairfield, Sr., F Stats: Had 36 goals and 28 assists. Also excels on defense. Showcased his talent in the CIAC Division […]
NEW HAVEN >> Ian Offenberg scored on a rebounded shot with 4:41 left in overtime as Staples/Weston/Shelton’s boys hockey team defeated Woodstock Academy, 6-5, in a wild Division III semifinal game at Ingalls Rink. Staples advances to the Division III championship game against Stamford/Westhill, a 4-1 winner over New Fairfield/Immaculate in the other semifinal. The […]
Wednesday’s Star Emmett Riddick, Middletown boys basketball: Had 24 points in a 79-49 win over East Lyme in the Class L second round. [polldaddy poll=”9342389″] Vote until 9 p.m. Friday.
Woodstock Academy edged Greenwich to win the State Open gymnastics title in the event held Saturday in New Milford. It was the fifth straight Open title for the Centaurs. Woodstock Academy finished with 147.3 points to the Cardinals’ 140.4. Haddam-Killingworth/Hale-Ray/Coginchaug was third and Hand placed fourth. The Centaurs had an individual champion in all five […]
EAST HAVEN – When Miranda Gladwin sank a free throw early in the second quarter to give East Haven a 17-point lead, few would have expected a young Woodstock Academy team to rally back. The Centaurs had other ideas. No. 22 Woodstock Academy used a ferocious third quarter rally to get within three points, but […]
MIDDLETOWN >> Vinal Tech/East Hampton/Goodwin Tech stayed with Woodstock Academy through three quarters, but in the end it was the speed of Woodstock Academy — and too much Kameron Janice — that turned out to be more than the Bellhawks could handle. Woodstock won the game, 35-14, for its first win and handed the Bellhawks […]
DIVISION I Bacon Academy Sean Kelly is one of the state’s most prolific quarterbacks, and he has returning weapons at his side. But the Bobcats could use a defense if they want to make any headway among heavyweights like New London or NFA. Team Preview East Lyme Only five starters are back for […]
Above: Highlight reel for Woodstock Academy WR/S Mason Defocy, a junior and one of the Centaurs’ leaders in 2015. Vitals Coach: Clay Killingsworth (3rd year, 1-20) Conference: ECC Division I Playoff Class: M (490 boys enrollment) Home: Bentley Field, Woodstock 2014 Record: 1-10 (1-9 ECC) 2015 Kickoff: Sept. 12 at Bacon Academy, 3 p.m. Captains: Cahan Quinn, Mason Defocy Team website: MaxPreps Top players […]
Putnam Science Academy lives! A unknown new ownership group, backed by Chinese investors, have refunded the private school in northeastern Connecticut and will reopen its doors this fall, according to a report from Norwich Bulletin’s Marc Allard on Monday. But, wait, didn’t Woodstock Academy just absorb the Putnam Science boys basketball program? You know, the program that just saw top […]
The Connecticut team of gymnasts finished third at the National High School Gymnastics Association Senior Showcase, held at the Estero Community Center in Estero, Florida on May 15-16. Abby McGuirk of Hand High, the Register’s Area MVP this past season, placed in a tie for 6th on vault and tied for 9th on beam. Jackie […]
Woodstock Academy’s new postgraduate boys basketball program made its biggest splash since being absorbed from the defunct Putnam Sciences Academy. Power forward Mamadou Diarra announced his verbal commitment to UConn. Diarra, a 6-foot-8 Queens (N.Y.) native who is a four-star recruit according to ESPN and a three-star recruit according to Rivals and Scoutt, chose UConn […]
Greg Smith, who coached Woodstock Academy’s boys basketball team to a Class L championship in 2013, announced his retirement as a coach, the school announced on its Twitter account Tuesday. Smith spent more than 20 years as a coach at Woodstock Academy, including 18 with the boys basketball program as both an assistant and head […]
Woodstock Academy announced Tuesday it would be absorbing Putnam Science Academy’s heralded postgraduate boys basketball program just a month before PSA is scheduled to close. The basketball program, which counts 6-foot-8 prospect Mamadou Diarra among its current 13 postgraduate players, will be operated as its own entity separate from the school’s CIAC varsity sports. The […]
The CIAC schedules were released Thursday. A quick look at some key things to keep an eye on throughout the season: Last year’s Class LL state champion, Bridgeport Central, opens up against Stamford on Dec. 17. The reigning Class L champ, Windsor, opens up against Maloney on a court that will soon be named after […]
Above: Highlights for Woodstock Academy senior end and captain Dan Whittenburg, who is one of the Centaurs’ top returning players. Vitals Coach: Clay Killingsworth (2nd year, 0-11) Conference: ECC Small Playoff Class: M (514 boys enrollment) Home: Bentley Field, Woodstock 2013 Record: 0-11 (0-4 ECC Small) 2014 Kickoff: Sept. 13 vs. Stonington, 1:30 p.m. Captains: Daniel Whittenburg, Trent Appleton, Cahan Quinn […]
High school seniors from Windham County were recognized as the state’s top scholar-athletes at the 2014 Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) Scholar-Athlete Banquet sponsored by McDonald’s. A 31-year sponsor of the program with a longstanding commitment to educational programs in Connecticut, McDonald’s joined CAS to honor the following local students as the best of the best in […]
ECC Master Schedule Bacon Academy East Lyme Fitch Griswold Killingly Ledyard Montville New London Norwich Free Academy Plainfield St. Bernard/Norwich Tech Stonington Waterford Windham Woodstock Academy
GIRLS Destiney Coward Sr. East Haven Throws Had a breakout indoor season where she won the State Open shot put title; capable of throwing over 40 feet. Taylor Drayton Sr. Oxford Throws Returns as one of the top throwers in the shot and discus. Won shot put (41-9) Open title last spring, finished third (123-9) […]
On Friday, No. 1 Fairfield Prep, No. 3 Crosby, No. 5 Bridgeport Central and No. 8 St. Joseph all were victorious. The lone top 10 team to lose Friday was No. 10 Woodstock Academy, which was not an upset. Ledyard looks to be the team to beat in the ECC, taking down the defending Class […]
A list of the state’s top 25 boys basketball players, CIAC schools only. List compiled by Joe Morelli. Tyler Ancrum, 5-9, Bridgeport Central, Sr., G All about Tyler: On the FCIAC’s best team, Ancrum will be an integral part of the Hilltoppers’ Class LL title chances. Arkel Ager, 6-5, St. Joseph, Jr., G/F All about […]
Team (Record) (first-place votes in parenthesis) Points Final ranking in 2012-13 season Division 1. Fairfield Prep (24-3) (17) ….. 538 ….. 2 ….. LL Last game: Lost to Hillhouse 52-42 in Class LL final. Season opener: vs. Branford, Wednesday, 7 p.m. Bottom line: Four starters return for the Jesuits, including 7-foot-2 Paschal Chukwu, who has […]
TORRINGTON >> No. 4 Torrington (18-2) shook itself loose for a second-half goal, beating No. 29 Woodstock Academy (6-10-1) 1-0 in a Class L Boys Soccer Tournament first-round game at Torrington High School Tuesday evening. “We played very tight in the first half,” said Red Raider coach Mike Fritch Jr. “I think a little of […]
TORRINGTON >> No. 25 Woodstock Academy (9-11) made its long ride from the Northeast Corner worthwhile in a 3-0 (27-25; 25-13; 25-16) win at No. 8 Torrington (19-5) Monday evening in the first round of the Class L Girls Volleyball Tournament. “This game does not represent 23 of our other matches,” said Torrington coach Christine […]
It was a busy, busy, busy weekend for our state’s high school football teams. Chills, thrills, spills and last-second rallies by the pound. Featured in this week’s PotW: Woodland’s Sean McAllen, Trumbull’s Nick Roberts, Platt’s Tyzhaun Leatherwood, Derby’s Tyrae Small, Ansonia’s Arkeel Newsome, Ridgefield’s Will Bonaparte, Killingly’s Uriah Allers, Berlin’s Dante Vasi and Dan McLeod, […]
Quarterback T.J. Linta threw for 401 yards and had seven touchdown passes and added a 1-yard touchdown run to lead the Hamden Hall football team to a 52-20 prep school win over Woodstock Academy in Hamden on Wednesday. The game was originally scheduled for Thursday but was moved to Wednesday due to rain and lightning […]
