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Golden years: Hall’s Jim Solomon is in his 50th season of coaching boys...
WEST HARTFORD – In 1992, Jonathan Slifka tried out for the Hall High tennis team and changed the way coach Jim Solomon thought about sports. Slifka, who has spina bifida, used a wheelchair. Solomon...
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20 years after death, Pat Tillman still inspires those who knew him well —...
Leland High led 35-0 at halftime and coach Terry Hardtke figured enough was enough. Pat Tillman had scored four touchdowns on offense and was dominating defensively in a Central Coast Section playoff...
View ArticleLongtime coaches stunned to learn they won’t have jobs after CT high schools...
Last fall, Litchfield High school cross country and track coach Brent Hawkins and boys soccer coach Rob Andrulis were both inducted into the Litchfield Athletic Hall of Fame. But neither one will...
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CT native Rondell Bothroyd signs as free agent with Buffalo Bills
Rondell Bothroyd, a Manchester native who played high school football at E.O. Smith in Storrs, signed with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent. Bothroyd, 6 feet 3 and 273 pounds, a defense...
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Long time coming: Legendary East Hartford coach Bill Baron receives...
EAST HARTFORD –- Dat Tran, a high jumper who finished second in the State Open in 1988 for East Hartford High, came from Houston Wednesday afternoon to honor his former track coach. Hector Ortiz, the...
View ArticleGlastonbury field hockey coach to enter state coaches Hall of Fame
Glastonbury field hockey coach Maureen Perkins is among a group of coaches who will be inducted into the Connecticut High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame at the AquaTurf Club in Southington on...
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‘A special year’: Southington baseball team is still unbeaten
SOUTHINGTON – The Southington baseball team was undefeated going into Friday night’s game against Glastonbury. Quickly, Glastonbury scored three runs in the second inning. Southington hasn’t trailed...
View ArticleFarmington boys basketball coach steps down after 25 years
Duane Witter, the head coach of the Farmington boys basketball team for the past 25 years, will be stepping down from the position, although he said he’s not retiring from coaching. “I still think I...
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This CT competitor has never lost a regular-season match. He’s still...
ENFIELD – Lukas Phimvongsa has never lost a regular-season high school tennis match. In fact, Phimvongsa, a senior and Enfield High’s No. 1 singles player, has only dropped one set in the regular...
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Top CT prospect Connor Lane putting his Shoreline town on the baseball map
OLD SAYBROOK — This is a quiet town, where much revolves around its idyllic location, where the Connecticut River meets Long Island Sound. Some celebrities, Katharine Hepburn or, Knicks coach Tom...
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‘They’re just a special, special group of kids:’ A CT softball team helps its...
CHESHIRE – The goal of the Cheshire High School softball team this season was simple: to be happy. If coach Kristine Drust could combine a sense of cohesiveness with her group of talented returning...
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Longtime CT high school coach didn’t even know he had reached this amazing...
Brian Mazzone believes in jinxes. So when he handed a bunch of signs commemorating Enfield baseball coach Jay Gaucher’s 500th win to one of the players on the bench in the top of the seventh inning in...
View ArticleThis CT athlete was near-unbeatable on the tennis court. Now, she’s off to...
OLD LYME – Piper Remillard had only really struggled once with a tennis match this season. The Coginchaug senior had dropped the first set of a match against Megan Bache of Westbrook but quickly...
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This CT athlete was born with a rare form of cancer. Now, she’s a two-sport...
COVENTRY – Charlotte Wesoloskie was 21 days old when her mother picked her up and felt an odd bump between her ribs. The next day, the bump was as big as a golf ball. Tara Wesoloskie, who has been a...
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A look at the CT baseball, softball tournaments: Southington baseball,...
The baseball and softball state tournament brackets were released Friday by the CIAC. The state tournament for both sports will begin Tuesday with first-round games. The state finals for baseball will...
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CT girls track star dominates Class MM meet, winning shot put, discus titles
NEW BRITAIN – Last year, Suffield High’s Lourdes Lawson had what she called “a really bad day” at the Class MM track and field championship meet. She had put in a lot of work and was hoping simply to...
View ArticleThis CT girls track team moved up a class, still dominates in M state...
NEW BRITAIN – The Bloomfield girls track team has won 14 Class S state outdoor championships since 2008. This year, the Warhawks were moved up to Class M, but it didn’t matter. They dominated once...
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Losing some star talent didn’t slow this CT track dynasty from winning the...
NEW BRITAIN – Bloomfield boys track coach Garfield White came into this outdoor track season not really sure what was going to happen. He had lost three All-State athletes – two who transferred and...
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Hall boys win Class LL track championship, Glastonbury girls send coach out...
NEW BRITAIN – Liam Wright set the Class LL meet record in the pole vault Wednesday afternoon. The bar was at 15 feet, 4 inches and he asked the officials to move it up a foot. He wanted to break the...
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Late Thursday: Xavier boys track wins Class L by a half point, Windsor girls...
NEW BRITAIN – The possibility of winning, for the Xavier boys track team, started to become more than a thought with about four events to go in the Class L track championship at Willow Brook Park...
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