Ellington caps off perfect season with Division IV boys basketball title,...
UNCASVILLE – Ellington boys basketball coach Bob Freitas didn’t talk about it, the Knights’ season-long win streak. The pressure built up all season. They had close games and managed to pull out wins....
View ArticleClass MM girls basketball: Sheehan holds off East Catholic for championship...
UNCASVILLE – Sheehan girls basketball coach Mike Busillo kept looking at the scoreboard. The Class MM championship game against top-seeded East Catholic was winding down but the clock seemed to be...
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Class LL girls basketball: Sacred Heart beats Southington for first title...
UNCASVILLE – The Southington girls basketball team made its first trip to the state championship since 1993 on Sunday night. It turned out to be a rough night for Southington. Despite taking an early...
View ArticleDivision II boys basketball: Manchester defeats New London for first title...
UNCASVILLE – The Manchester boys basketball team won its first state championship since 1938, holding off New London, 77-74 in the Division II state final Sunday night.. Chance Clark scored 24 points...
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Dom Amore: Historic state title gives CT town a cause to celebrate, and its...
UNCASVILLE — The tumult and the furor were at last dying down Sunday night, the furor of two talented high school teams going at each other 100 miles per hour without letup for nearly two hours and the...
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Div. III ice hockey: Defending champion Conard wins, heads back to the finals
HAMDEN – The Conard ice hockey team has made a habit of advancing to the Division III semifinals. The last four years, including Monday night against New Milford, the Red Wolves have been in the...
View ArticleGlastonbury’s Brooke Strauss wins national mile championship
Brooke Strauss, a Glastonbury senior who is headed to UConn in the fall, won the national championship and ran the fastest time ever for a Connecticut runner in the girls mile at the New Balance...
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Div. II ice hockey: Defending champ Cheshire defeats Amity, advances to final...
HAMDEN – Last year, Ryan Miller had 24 saves in a state semifinal win over Amity en route to Cheshire’s first hockey title in 15 years. He was only a sophomore. This year, as a junior, he’s that much...
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Conard claims second straight state hockey title, wins Division III...
Conard won its second straight Division III ice hockey championship, 4-1, over Joel Barlow/Weston/Abbott Tech Saturday afternoon at Quinnipiac’s M&T Bank Arena. Junior Jack Eisenberg scored the...
View ArticleDivision II hockey: Cheshire falls to East Haven in state final rematch
HAMDEN – Cheshire ice hockey coach Anthony Giusto knew that after last year’s loss to the Rams in the Division II championship game, the East Haven co-op would have Sunday circled on the calendar. It...
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