Baseball: Low-scoring games dominate Shoreline Conference
During a nationally televised major-league game, one analyst said fans go to games to see offense. People pay to see players swing the bat and stockpile runs, he said.
That’s not the brand of baseball we’re seeing in the Shoreline Conference t…
Baseball: Coginchaug’s Garofalo shuts down East Hampton in season debut
DURHAM — After seven innings’ worth of cold and wind Monday, Coginchaug’s afternoon ended with a 5-1 Shoreline Conference baseball victory over East Hampton. Then, right on cue, the sun pushed through heavy clouds at Helmuth H. Brown Field. Add to this the season debut of senior right-hander Luke Garofalo and the Blue Devils (7-3) […]
Baseball: Haddam-Killingworth erupts for 11-runs in 6th inning, beats East Hampton
EAST HAMPTON — Forget the final score for a moment. Haddam-Killingworth defeated East Hampton 18-3 in a Shoreline Conference interdivision game for its eighth straight win to start the season.
H-K looked nothing like an unbeaten team Monday — …
Boys Basketball: Wamogo ends East Hampton’s perfect season, advances to Division V championship game
WOLCOTT — No. 4 Wamogo brought its whole team to the dance in a Division V 64-57 semifinal win over No. 1 seed East Hampton Wednesday night at Wolcott High School.Scouts might have anticipated a battle between East Hampton senior Tom Close and…
Basketball: Holt, Fidler, Wooster among those to be honored by CIAC March 17
The CIAC will honoring seven individuals which have made significant contributions to high school basketball in Connecticut at The Cabaret Theater at the Mohegan Sun on March 17 beginning at 9 a.m.. John Fidler (posthumously), longtime educator, coach, athletic director and principal in East Hampton will be recognized with the CIAC Boys & Girls Basketball […]
Boys basketball: Close, East Hampton claim first Shoreline championship
NEW HAVEN — Tom Close wasn’t going to let his brothers lose. No they aren’t true siblings, but the members of the East Hampton boys basketball team are a close-knit group, having played together for years and hoping for a moment like Saturday night at Wilbur Cross High. And no, Close wasn’t going to fold […]
Jeff Jacobs: High school sports inspire passion but demand even tempers
The teams will meet again Tuesday night, meet again on the same patch of West Hartford ice where one of their captains had been left in a pool of blood after a controversial hit. This time, Hall-Southington and Conard will play in the state tournament with their hockey seasons on the line. For a group […]
Boys basketball: East Hampton focused on moving forward after incident and coach’s suspension
East Hampton will be playing for the Shoreline boys basketball championship Friday night. Hale-Ray’s season ended last week. But the two programs are still working to move forward after an incident in January resulted in a hard foul on an East Hampton player, then the eventual one-game suspension of East Hampton coach Parker Strong. Strong […]
Hockey: East Haven Co-Op races out to big lead, tops Woodstock to end losing streak
EAST HAVEN – The East Haven/Old Lyme/Old Saybrook/East Hampton Co-Op had lost three straight games, scoring only three goals, going into Wednesday night. But the Yellowjackets exploded for five goals in the first 28 minutes en route to a 5-2 non-league boys’ hockey victory over Woodstock Academy at the DiLungo Rink. “It was nice to […]
Boys basketball: How many teams will finish the regular season undefeated?
There are five undefeated teams still left in the state. How many will enter the postseason that way? Let’s peer into our crystal ball… East Catholic Rest of the way: The Eagles have five/four games remaining, all in the CCC: Windsor, at Manchester, East Hartford, at Northwest Catholic and South Windsor. East Catholic is No. […]
Boys basketball notebook: East Hampton dominating Shoreline Conference
East Hampton was the obvious choice to make the favorite to win the Shoreline Conference. The Bellringers had virtually everyone back from last year’s 19-6 record, including four starters who averaged in double figures. But to be one of five undefeated teams at this point? Head coach Parker Strong is surprised that East Hampton is […]
Boys Basketball: Big third quarter rallies Westbrook past East Hampton for first Shoreline championship
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 […]
Tuesday's boys basketball roundup: Westbrook, East Hampton advance to Shoreline tournament final
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 […]
Girls basketball: Five players to watch in the CIAC state tournaments
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 […]
Girls Basketball: Cromwell topples East Hampton, wins fifth Shoreline Conference title in six years
DURHAM – The Shoreline Conference girls’ basketball trophy will remain in Cromwell. The Panthers held East Hampton to just four points in the final 7:30 en route to a 48-36 victory Friday night in the Shoreline Conference girls’ basketball championship game before an overflow crowd at Coginchaug High School. PHOTOS: Shoreline Girls Basketball Championship It […]
Boys basketball: East Hampton rises past Cromwell
CROMWELL >> These are boys basketball teams going in opposite directions. East Hampton defeated Cromwell 51-41 in front of 125 quiet spectators at the Jake Salafia Gymnasium Tuesday night. The Bellringers, who have won nine of their 10 games, are soaring. Cromwell, on the other hand, has dropped three in a row and appears to […]
Boys basketball: Fourth-quarter rally helps Westbrook hand East Hampton first loss
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 […]
Girls basketball: East Hampton's Russell joins 1000 point club in victory over Morgan
CLINTON >> Morgan girls basketball coach Caitlin Woods did everything she could to try and slow down East Hampton senior Gyanna Russell. Woods even resorted to a rare box-and-one defense. But Russell made sure this was going to be a special night. “She’s great,” Woods said. “She’s the best all-around player we’ve seen this year.” […]
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