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MADISON — One of the keys to winning high school lacrosse is winning the faceoffs.
That was the difference Wednesday night as Xavier dominated the faceoffs and knocked off Hand, 10-5, at the Surf Club Wedne…
His past four years, Karl Sundquist said, have been about family, boating, and not doing much with hockey.
A chance to coach at Xavier has dragged him back in. The school announced Sundquist as its new head…
The 2019 GameTimeCT All-State Wrestling Team. Compiled by Ryan Lacey. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media. Designed by Pete Paguaga. FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Wrestler of the Year Ryan Jack Danbury Weight class: 126 Stats: 40-0, FCIAC, Class LL, State Open and New England champion. Ranked No. 4 nationally by FloWrestling.com Honors: CHSCA State Wrestler of the […]
Fairfield Prep began the season on top of the GameTimeCT boys hockey poll. It finishes the year there, as well, after winning its 17th CIAC Division I championship on Tuesday, the state-record 18th overall. The road between those twin top rankings was anything but straight. Some years, the Jesuits are a clearly dominant team, like […]
Prior to Thursday’s State Open Swimming Championships, Greenwich coach Terry Lowe said his team had to produce a perfect meet in order to win another title.
Well, the Cardinals captured yet another State Op…
The high school boys swimming season concludes Thursday with the CIAC State Open Championships. Here’s a look at the much-anticipated final competition of the season.
WHERE: Robert Kiphuth Memorial Exhibiti…
NEW HAVEN — Their game was Xavier’s season in small form, Fairfield Prep coach Matt Sather said Wednesday night after his Jesuits reached yet another Division I boys hockey final.
In a way, though, this sea…
NEW HAVEN — A dip in the pool is always refreshing.
To be soaking wet at the Southern Connecticut State University Hutchinson Natatorium Monday night was just fine with New Canaan High School boys swim coac…
WEST HAVEN — The team with nothing to lose beat the team that hadn’t lost.
Nick LeClaire’s breakaway goal gave eighth-seed Xavier a stunning 3-2 overtime win over top-ranked and previously undefeated Ridgef…
WILTON — Through one quarter, the Xavier boys basketball team was on pace to score 104 points.
The Falcons fell 47 points short.
Following a woeful start that led to a 16-point deficit, Wilt…
MIDDLETOWN — Xavier was deep, Xavier was talented, but until Tuesday’s first round of the CIAC Division I boys hockey tournament, Xavier hadn’t had anything like what it did at Spurrier-Snyder Rink.
The Fal…
GREENWICH — Eliminated from the state basketball tournament in the first round the past five seasons, Xavier got past its opening-game obstacle Tuesday night.
And the Falcons used an efficient offensive dis…
The CIAC boys hockey tournaments begin Monday night in Division II and the darling team heading into the tournament is recent SCC/SWC D2 champion Branford, which rallied and then beat Guilford in a shootout before dispatching No. 10 Watertown/Pomperaug in the final. And so, for the first time this season, Branford has cracked the GameTimeCT […]
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 […]
MIDDLETOWN — Xavier has hired an athletic director for only the third time in its 56-year history.
Matt Martorelli, the AD at Northwest Catholic since 2011, will succeed Tony Jaskot, who is retiring this su…
NEW HAVEN — Danbury wrestling coach Ricky Shook didn’t know what to expect from his relatively inexperienced team at the start of the season, but the result was what’s been come to be expected from the best team in the sta…
Before the championship meets each season, the Greenwich High School boys swimming team leaves the cold winter weather behind and travels to a warm destination.
During its winter break from school last week…
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 […]
NEW HAVEN — It was a good day for the Southern Connecticut Conference at the CIAC State Open indoor track and field championships with four individual boys wins, a win by Hillhouse in the boys 4×400 relay (3 minutes, 27.47…
BRISTOL—The Class L championships were a three-horse race between Xavier, Simsbury and Bristol Eastern that took several twists and turns as the finals unfolded Saturday.
All three led at one point and with…
CLASS LL
Where: Trumbull High School
When: Saturday, 9 a.m. (finals scheduled for 5 p.m.)
Defending champion: Danbury
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MIDDLETOWN — Middletown swim coach Trevor Charles taught Xavier’s Ronnie Vaughan pretty well.
Vaughan swam for Charles and the Blue Dragons earlier this decade, and although Vaughan made time to salute his …
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 […]
Fine performances
Anthony Cardello, Housatonic: Scored twice in a 6-4 win over JBWA.
Thatcher Danielson, Greenwich: Scored in overtime to beat LaSalle Academy 3-2 at Providence College.
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MILFORD — Behind the strength of a 6-0 mark in the finals, Xavier captured its third consecutive Southern Connecticut Conference wrestling championship on Saturday at Jonathan Law’s Richetelli Gymnasium.
It…
NEW HAVEN — Xavier boys indoor track coach Chris Stonier, who only has nine athletes on the team, crunched the numbers before the CIAC Class L track and field meet and figured his team had a shot to win a class title for t…
If performing well down the stretch of a grueling regular season has an impact on postseason performance, then a championship banner might be hanging in the Simsbury High gym by the time February ends.
The …
In the final home match of the season, Xavier wrestling delivered a convincing victory over Foran, 56-12, on Senior Night.
The Falcons were led by wins from seniors Jameel Salami, Dylan Sousa, Grant Barber …
WEST HAVEN — The Xavier hockey team arrived in West Haven 15 minutes prior to puck drop Wednesday evening. Turns out that was all the time the Falcons needed to get ready.
Behind two goals from Chase Maxwel…
