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These two sisters were clutch in a battle of unbeaten girls basketball teams
WATERBURY – The Holy Cross girls basketball team had cut Northwest Catholic’s lead to one point to open the second half of the game between two of the state’s top teams, both undefeated, on Monday....
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An overheard conversation led this CT high school soccer and basketball star...
OLD SAYBROOK – Kylie Lake was at an ecology club meeting last spring at Old Saybrook High School when she heard some girls talking about rowing. They were members of the co-op rowing team with Valley...
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She’s only a junior but she’s scored 1,000 points and this CT girls...
Two weeks ago, Urielle Abrokwa scored her 1,000th career point. Abrokwa is only a junior. Tuesday, she had 19 points in a victory over Conard, breaking the Red Wolves’ nine-game win streak. Thursday,...
View ArticleCatching up with 4 Central New York hoops stars thriving in prep school....
By Kenny Lacy Jr., syracuse.com Syracuse, N.Y. — The trend of boys basketball players heading off to prep school has become commonplace for some of the top talent out of Central New York in recent...
View ArticleCT High School Girls Basketball Week 7: One adjustment has made all the...
After Southington lost to Conard – the Knights’ only loss of the season – coach Howie Hewitt was thinking about ways to improve on the bus ride home. He had a solid core of returning seniors, including...
View ArticleCT High School Boys Basketball Week 7: Northwest Catholic finding out about...
In its last three games, the Northwest Catholic boys basketball team has learned a lot about itself. On Jan. 15, the Lions beat Holy Cross 54-53. The Crusaders (11-2) are ranked just above Northwest...
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Manchester boys basketball beats East Catholic for first time in at least 10...
MANCHESTER – Manchester boys basketball coach John Reiser couldn’t remember the last time his team beat East Catholic. Certainly not in the 10 years he had been coaching the Red Hawks. But after losing...
View ArticleShooting its way to the top: Manchester boys basketball gets another...
MANCHESTER – Derrick Sheets was a good player for the Manchester boys basketball team last year. He was named to the All-State first team. Manchester went 18-2 last year. It was a good season. But with...
View ArticleBerlin football coach Joe Aresimowicz resigns
Joe Aresimowicz, the head football coach at Berlin High School for the last nine years, resigned last Friday, citing increased job responsibilities. “It’s such a hard juggle with the new job and it’s...
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CT High School Girls Basketball Recap Week 8: Berlin coach reaches milestone win
Berlin girls basketball coach Sheila King got her 300th win last Wednesday in a 66-34 win over Platt. King, who is in her 21st year coaching the girls basketball team, has a 300-179 record and has been...
View ArticleBoys basketball Week 8: Innovation hangs on to win some close ones
The Innovation boys basketball team won back-to-back games last week by a total of four points. Even though coach Matt Lance said the Ravens (13-1) didn’t play their best in either game, they still...
View ArticleCT divided over Trump transgender ban in girls, women’s sports. Sides took...
President Donald Trump Wednesday issued an executive order threatening to defund schools that allowed transgender girls and women to play girls and women’s sports, under the auspices of Title IX. On...
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A Century of Hoops: This CT high school basketball rivalry lives on and on...
Kendrick Moore paced behind the Hartford Public boys basketball bench Friday night as the Owls played Weaver. There was a missed free throw. Two missed shots, in the final seconds of the game. Moore’s...
View ArticleGirls basketball Week 9: Windsor, last year’s CCC champion, on a roll
The Windsor girls basketball team lost the state Gatorade Player of the Year (who scored 2,000 points) to graduation, and a highly talented sophomore, who transferred to another school. Coach Brittany...
View ArticleBoys basketball Week 9: Youth movement carrying Old Lyme
Old Lyme, last year’s Division V champion, started the season with only one senior but had a sophomore back whom the Wildcats had relied on in their run to the state championship last year. As the...
View ArticleLoomis Chaffee’s Alex Fisher wins CT Gatorade cross country award
Alex Fisher, a junior at Loomis Chaffee from Berlin, was honored Thursday as Connecticut’s Gatorade Player of the Year for cross country. Fisher finished second in the New England Prep School Athletic...
View ArticleThis CT high school football coach won five state titles before leaving for a...
Sean Marinan, who led the Xavier football team to five state championships between 2002-2016, has returned as head coach, the school said in a release. Marinan, a 1980 graduate of Xavier, had been an...
View ArticleClass M indoor track: Lyman Hall boys win for second straight year; top...
Lyman Hall won the Class M boys state indoor track championship for the second straight year and Hillhouse was the girls champion Thursday night at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven. Owen...
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Giving it his best shot: This UConn-bound track athlete is aiming, once...
SIMSBURY – Marshall Potter ran cross country when he was a freshman at Simsbury High School. It was something to do. He wasn’t very good at it. It led, naturally, to him trying indoor track that...
View ArticleClass LL indoor track: Glastonbury girls win 11th team title; top finishers...
Led by senior Brooke Strauss, Glastonbury won its 11th overall Class LL girls indoor track title and its fifth straight Friday night at Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven. Glastonbury had 78.50...
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