Holy Cross eyes repeat today at DeLuca
BY RICK WILSON With one of the state’s top pitchers in Sarah Lawton returning, you knew that Holy Cross was going to play a major role in the Class S softball championship picture this season. But...
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Geffert does it all in Seymour’s championship win
Raeanne Geffert is greeted by teammates after pitching out of a jam during their Class M state finals game against Rocky Hill Friday at DeLuca Field in Stratford.Jim Shannon Republican-American By RICK...
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St. Paul seeks 1st state baseball title since 1972
BY ED DAIGNEAULT Getting to the destination is probably the hardest part. Morgan knows all about that. The Huskies appeared in the Class S baseball title game last year. Before that, they hadn’t...
View ArticleWolcott wins 1st state title on Bartoli’s homer
BY MARK JAFFEE MIDDLETOWN — Ray Bartoli never saw the ball land. Too bad for the Wolcott High second baseman. Bartoli belted a line-drive, two-run home run over the left-center field fence in the...
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Cheshire vs. Amity, Part 4, for state crown
BY MARK JAFFEE By the slimmest of margins, the Cheshire High softball team has defeated Amity of Woodbridge three times this season. The top-seeded Rams go for their fourth win against the sixth-seeded...
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Video: Watch this triple play turned by Holy Cross
The Holy Cross softball team led 2-0 midway through the state championship game thanks in part to this amazing triple play. That’s how to get out of a jam. Watch: [This post contains video, click to...
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Holy Cross wins 2nd straight state softball title
[This post contains video, click to play] Holy Cross won the third state softball championship in school history Saturday, and second straight, beating Notre Dame of Fairfield, 2-0, in the title game....
View ArticleVideo gallery: The 40th Litchfield Hills Road Race
Watch last year’s highlights, check out the scene, take a tour of the race course, relive the 1979 race, listen as people talk abou the great event. All that is here is this special video gallery.
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Triple play, double champs: Holy Cross repeats in Class S
Holy Cross celebrates a triple-play during their Class S state championship game against Notre Dame-Fairfield Saturday at DeLuca Field in Stratford.Jim Shannon Republican-American BY RICK WILSON...
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Gallery: Crusaders win 2nd straight softball title
The Holy Cross softball team won its second straight state championship and third overall Saturday, shutting out Note Dame of Fairfield, 2-0. Here are some photos from the game:
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Cheshire caps perfect season with Class LL crown
BY MARK JAFFEE WEST HAVEN — Cheshire High first baseman Gabriela Batista caught the final out of the Rams’ undefeated Class LL state championship season Saturday. Unfortunately, Batista couldn’t...
View ArticleVideo gallery: Reaction to Wolcott’s state title
Wolcott won the first baseball state championship in school history Friday night. Here coach and players react to the big event.
View ArticleFrom Day 1, Wolcott had a special team
BY ROGER CLEAVELAND Just before junior second baseman Ray Bartoli launched his walk-off, two-run rocket over Palmer Field’s left center wall with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning of Friday...
View ArticleSeymour tradition carries on with 10th state title
BY ED DAIGNEAULT The Seymour High softball team first appeared in a state championship game in 1985. The Wildcats lost to Lewis Mills. It was another seven years before Seymour made the title game...
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Nzisa, Dabi win 40th Litchfield road race
Nancy Nzisa, 20, of Ethiopia won the 40th Litchfield Hills Road Race on Sunday. (Palladino/RA) By JOE PALLADINO LITCHFIELD — She has run two races in America, and won them both. He is a first-time...
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40th LHRR: Event in photos
The 40th LItchfield Hills Road Race was held Sunday, and here are a few galleries of the scene: Top runners Other runners The scene at the LHRR
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St. Paul stands tall in baseball final
By Dennis Brown MIDDLETOWN—For the first time in 44 years, the St. Paul baseball team is a state champion. The No. 4 Falcons scored twice in the seventh inning and rode a solid pitching effort from...
View ArticleNonnewaug’s Bibbey wins Steeplechase
BY DENNIS BROWN An old saying notes that “there’s a difference between thinking you are a champion and knowing that you are.” Mary Bibbey of Nonnewaug girls track and field is letting everyone know...
View ArticleNaugy’s Onakpoma wins N.E. title on first jump
BY DENNIS BROWN One jump was all it took for Naugatuck’s Fejiro Onakpoma to win the triple jump at the New England track and field championships Saturday at Veteran’s Stadium in New Britain. “His first...
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