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2016 football preview: Gilbert-Northwestern Yellowjackets
2015 record: 5-5 overall, 4-1 Pequot West Head coach: Scott Salius (ninth season, 54-30) Assistant coaches: Dan Jones (QB-LB), Bob McCarthy (RB-DB), Jeff Rines (OL-DL), Chris Salius (OL-DL), Tom...
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2016 WATR football broadcast schedule
For the fifth season, the Red Zone’s Kyle Brennan will be the play-by-play voice of Naugatuck Valley League football on WATR-AM (1320). He will be joined by longtime analyst Steve Gesseck and producer...
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2016 football preview: MCW United
Jamie Coty, formerly the head coach at Wolcott Tech, will lead the new MCW United co-op program composed of Wolcott Tech, Housatonic and Wamogo. (RA Archives) 2015 record: new program Head coach: Jamie...
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2016 football preview: Taft Big Red
2015 record: 0-8 overall, 0-6 Erickson Head coach: Tyler Whitley (fifth season, 12-20) Assistant coaches: Jeff Lamson (defensive coordinator, OL-DL), Alex Shuman (special teams coordinator, OL-DL),...
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25 years later, Mentone back with Hearts
By Joe Palladino WATERBURY — Well, that didn’t take long. It wasn’t long ago — last December, in fact, a few days after the conclusion of the high school fall season — that Mike Mentone was fired as...
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Berkshire League girls soccer previews
Last fall three BL girls soccer teams reached the state tournament quarterfinals. Here are previews of the BL girls soccer teams with information provided by coaches: BL in 2015 SchoolRec.Tournament...
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NVL girls soccer previews
The NVL put eight teams into the state tournament last season, with Holy Cross advancing to the state semifinals. NVL 2015 SchoolRec.Tournament Ansonia5-11 Derby0-14-2 Holy Cross14-5-2Class S...
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Pomperaug hopes for return to tourney glory
Among the area girls soccer teams last year, Pomperaug shook off a mediocre regular season to advance all the way to the state semifinals. Here are the 2016 previews with information provided by team...
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Girls soccer previews: Area prep schools
Here are girls soccer previews for area prep schools with information provided by team coaches: Chase Collegiate Head coach: Logan Condon (1st season) 2015: 6-8 Key players: Senior Juliet Grover;...
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Kinne now the man in charge of Naugy soccer
Naugatuck coach Ryan Kinne, center, gives directions to his team. (Joe Palladino RA) By JOE PALLADINO Republican-American NAUGATUCK — The Nunes era is over. The Mariano era is over. Let the Kinne era...
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BL boys soccer previews
The BL put three of its boys teams in the state semifinals last year and returns some high-powered squads this year. Here are the team previews with information provided by team coaches: BL 2015...
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NVL boys soccer previews
The league put 10 of its 15 teams into the state tournament last season after Naugatuck won the NVL tournament. Here is the outlook for 2016 with information provided by team coaches: NVL 2015...
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Prep schools: Boys soccer previews
Here are team previews ffor area prep schools in boys soccer with information provided by team coaches: Chase Collegiate Head coach: Joe Campos (2nd season) 2015: 10-4 Key players: Juniors Justin...
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Boys soccer previews: Area schools
Here are the boys soccer previews for area schools with information provided by team coaches: Cheshire Head coach: Artur Branco (23rd season) 2015 record: 17-2-1 (SCC Housatonic champion) Key players:...
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Preseason football poll analysis
Seymour’s Jaylen Kelley pitches the ball to Bobby Melms during practice. The Wildcats are ranked 14th in the preseason media poll. (Erin Covey/RA) Howdy! Welcome back to high school football season....
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Cross country previews: NVL girls
Here are team previews for the NVL girls cross country teams with information provided by team coaches: CROSBY Head coach: Albert Chabot (10th season, 14-84) 2015 record: 1-13 Key players: So. Samantha...
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Volleyball previews: NVL
Here are previews of the NVL volleyball teams with information provided by team coaches: NVL volleyball TeamRecordTournament Seymour18-0Class S semifinals Torrington17-2Class L 2nd round...
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Girls swimming previews
Here are the girls swimming previews that were submitted by team coaches: SACRED HEART Head coach: Pierre “Butch” Savage (first season) 2015 record: 12-1 Key players: Sr. capt. IM/Distance Abby Walsh;...
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Poll: Who will win NVL football title?
The usual answer to the question at the top of this post is Ansonia, right? Well, this could be the year that the dominant Chargers are challenged for the NVL championship. So, which team do you think...
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Cross country previews: BL girls
Here are team previews for the BL girls cross country teams with information provided by team coaches: HOUSATONIC Head coach: Letitia Garcia-Tripp (18th season) 2015 record: 9-0 Key players: Mari...
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