Girls state tourney resumes: Day 2
On the first day of the state girls tournament three area teams survived and will play later this week. Monday night the rest of the field is in action, led by two-time defending state champion...
View ArticleBL semifinals: Northwestern vs. Litchfield
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View ArticleBL boys semifinals: Seems like anyone’s game
By Rick Wilson BURLINGTON – A third meeting between Berkshire League co-champions Northwestern Regional and Nonnewaug in the BL boys tournament final certainly is an enticing thought. After all the two...
View ArticlePanthers have a plan tonight in SWC semifinal
Pomperaug’s Matt Wynne No. 3 Pomperaug (17-4) will try to ride the momentum of a 66-37 thumping of Joel Barlow in the SWC quarterfinals to a win over No. 2 Notre Dame–Fairfield in the SWC semifinals...
View ArticleBL semifinals: The regular season meetings
The BL boys semifinals will be played tonight at Lewis Mills High, and since the BL plays a home-away round robin there have been four games played among the combatants. Here are the results:...
View ArticleFlashbacks: How NVL semifinalists fared in regular season
The NVL boys semifinals couldn’t be much better with two great matchups. The five Waterbury teams in the league were head and shoulders better than the rest of the league this season, but since only...
View ArticleLIVE UPDATES: The NVL boys semifinals
The NVL boys tournament could hardly have produced a better final four than what we have. The Hoop Zone has dispatched a ‘dream team’ of Palladino (@RAOffTheRecord), Brennan (@kylebrennan1) and Shannon...
View ArticleMonday’s high school scoreboard
BOYS BASKETBALL NVL tournament semifinals Wilby 89, Crosby 83, OT Sacred Heart vs. Holy Cross, 7 p.m. BL tournament semifinals Nonnewaug 42, Lewis Mills 31 Northwestern vs. Litchfield, 7:30 p.m. SWC...
View ArticleNVL semifinals: Wilby earns dramatic win
By Kyle Brennan WATERBURY — In typical Wilby-Crosby boys basketball fashion, a helter-skelter game came down to a broken play at the buzzer. The Wildcats’ Damian Grant hit a game-tying putback just...
View ArticleCity, NVL award winners announced; Heron wins Finn
All NVL Mustapha Heron (Sacred Heart) Jordan Booker (Crosby) Damian Grant (Wilby) Tyrn Flowers (Sacred Heart) Jai’Vaun McKnight (Kennedy) Tajik Bagley (Ansonia) Jeremiah Kendall (Crosby) All Brass...
View ArticleGirls basketball roundup for Feb. 29: Torrington ousted in ‘L’ opener
RHAM 67, TORRINGTON 27 Torrington (10-11): Alexis Tyrrell 3 0 9, Ashlynn Cook 0 2 2, Colleen Kilgore 0 0 0, Sidnee Kovall 1 4 6, Shannon Reardon 1 0 2, Sara Bardwell 0 0 0, Alyssa Maraia 0 0 0, Kirsten...
View ArticleIt’s Northwestern, Nonnewaug for a 3rd time
BY RICK WILSON Litchfield tried real hard to ruin the party. The Cowboys unleashed a lot of junior Ryan O’Neill, a healthy dose of Josh Guilmart and a whole lot of Cal McKenna. Yeah, they left nothing...
View ArticleGallery: NVL semifinal action
The NVL semifinals were held Monday night at the Reggie O’Brien Gym and Wilby (OT winner over Crosby) and Sacred Heart (easy winner over Holy Cross) emerged victorious. Here are two photo galleries...
View ArticleGirls tourney: Crosby’s solid season comes to end
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View ArticleGirls hockey tournament results
Here are the results of the Connecticut Girls Ice Hockey Association State Playoffs: Quarterfinals: Monday No. 1 Darien 7, No. 8 Ridgefield 0 No. 4 Simsbury 2, No. 5 Hamden 1 (OT) No. 2 East...
View ArticleVideo: Hearts rattle rims in NVL semifinals
There were plenty of baskets to go around during the high-energy NVL boys semifinals Monday night, but we captured two of the more interesting sequences from the Sacred Heart win over Holy Cross and...
View ArticleVIDEO: Doc McInerney Award 2016 – Dillon Collins
[This post contains video, click to play] Holy Cross senior Dillon Collins, with the ball, is the 2016 recipient of the Francis “Doc” McInerney Award for academic excellence. (Shannon/RA)
View ArticleVIDEO: Lt. Jack Cullinan Award 2016 – Daniel Jones
[This post contains video, click to play] Crosby’s Daniel Jones (20) pulls down a rebound in front of Watertown’s Joseph Lucas (0) during their NVL Tournament game Saturday at Wilby High School in...
View ArticleVIDEO: John Gilmore Award 2016 – Charles Fisher
[This post contains video, click to play] Sacred Heart senior Charles Fisher was named the winner of the John Gilmore Award for 2016 as the city’s top defensive player. (Covey/RA)
View ArticleVIDEO: Finn, Donahue Awards 2016 – Mustapha Heron
[This post contains video, click to play] Sacred Hearts’ Mustapha Heron, seated at the microphones, was named the 2016 winner of the Billy Finn and Connie Donahue Awards, presented to the top senior...
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