Thomaston girls make 5th straight trip to Mohegan Sun
By Rick Wilson They are and have been the behemoths of Class S girls basketball. So it is just right and proper that Thomaston and Canton should be playing for the Class S championship for the third...
View ArticleArea hoop All-Stars to play for good causes
The CO Sports Academy will host boys and girls basketball All-Star games Monday at Sacred Heart. The parochial league girls games is at 5 p.m. followed by the boys at 6. The high school girls game is...
View ArticleToday’s high school schedule (March 18)
TODAY’S GAMES BOYS BASKETBAL CIAC tournaments at Mohegan Sun Arena Class S final Trinity Cath. vs. Westbrook, 12:30 Class LL final Hillhouse vs. East Hartford, 8:15 GIRLS BASKETBALL CIAC tournaments at...
View ArticleSwimming: Panthers’ Hu leads area competitors at State Open
BY MARK JAFFEE REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN Heading into today’s CIAC State Open boys swimming championship, Pomperaug High senior Henry Hu is the area’s top seed in individual events. The meet starts at 2:30...
View ArticlePoll: Can Thomaston win another state title?
Thomaston is back in the state girls basketball final, facing Canton this morning. Here is everything you need to know about the game. So, who wins? Will the Bears beat Canton for the second time in...
View ArticleFlashback: Watertown-Pomperaug hockey wins 1st state title
From March, 2011 By Joe Palladino NEW HAVEN — The Murphy kid was incredible. Every time you looked up there he was on the ice, skating, passing, checking, scoring. It looked like there were two of them...
View ArticleLast year’s state final: Thomaston girls fell short
The Thomaston girls basketball team, which faces Canton today in the Class S state final, has split with Canton in the last two Class S title games. Here was the scene last year when Canton won, 64-51:...
View ArticleEarly look: Scene at The Sun
[This post contains video, click to play] Class S final: No. 5 Thomaston (23-4) vs. No. 3 Canton (22-4) is set to tip at The Sun! #ctgb pic.twitter.com/bFzVpKHJrI— Rep-Am Sports (@RASports) March 18,...
View ArticleHockey state final: Indians still wary of familiar final foe
By JOHN TORSIELLO Republican-American The Watertown-Pomperaug ice hockey team beat its opponent in today’s Division II state championship game twice during the regular season. But Indians head coach...
View ArticleThomaston girls defeated in state championship game
The Thomaston girls basketball team fell to Canton, 60-51, in the state championship game Saturday at the Mohegan Sun. The Bears were making their fifth straight appearance in the title game, and faced...
View ArticleWaertown-Pomperaug hockey beaten in final
The Watertown-Pomperaug hockey team lost to Guilford, 5-3 in the state hockey Division II final Saturday.
View ArticleWilson: Canton more than Bears could handle
#1 Julia Quinn hugs #35 Casey Carangelo of Thomaston High after their loss to Canton High 60-51 during the CIAC Class S Championship at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville Saturday.Steven Valenti...
View ArticlePomperaug boys finish second at State Open swim meet
Pomperaug’s John Fimmano competes in the 200 yard IM during a meet against New Fairfield in Southbury on Wednesday. Christopher Massa Republican-American REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN NEW HAVEN — For the second...
View ArticleBasketball finals notebook: City fan makes Sun after heart attack
BY JOE PALLADINO REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN UNCASVILLE — Remember Felice Solla? He is the city basketball fan and Crosby High fanatic who suffered a heart attack and lived to tell about it during the...
View ArticleGirls hoops notebook: Carangelo becomes Thomaston’s all-time scorer
UNCASVILLE CT. 18 March 2017-031817SV02-#35 Casey Carangelo of Thomaston High battles for the loose ball with #22 Emily Briggs of Canton High in the 4th quarter during the CIAC Class S Championship at...
View ArticleWatertown-Pomperaug runs out of comebacks in state hockey final
BY MARK JAFFEE REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN NEW HAVEN — Overcoming deficits of 1-0 and 3-2 was no problem for the Watertown-Pomperaug High hockey team Saturday in its quest for a state title. But a third...
View ArticleAfter epic semifinal win, Holy Cross girls look toward final
Members of the Holy Cross girls basketball team stand for a photo in Waterbury on Friday. The team will head to Mohegan Sun to compete in the Class L state finals on Sunday. From left are Isabel Plant,...
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