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Feeling better: Glastonbury’s star player getting wind back, lands spot in...
David Smith scored 51 points in a win over Windsor in mid-February. He averages 25 points a game and has 1,592 points in his four-year career at Glastonbury, where he holds the school scoring record....
View ArticleOld Lyme investigating claims of fans taunting Hartford Public during boys...
Fans at Old Lyme High School are being called out for alleged racist behavior during a CIAC boys basketball tournament game on Tuesday night, a claim the district said it is investigating. Two people...
View ArticleAfter earning a state semifinal berth, don’t tell this CT boys basketball...
The Sheehan boys basketball team won eight games in the regular season. The Titans lost four of their first six games. They lost six of their last seven. But something happened in their first round SCC...
View ArticleCIAC basketball semifinals: Some teams want to repeat, some shooting for history
The CIAC basketball tournament semifinals are set and will take place Monday and Tuesday at a variety of neutral sites around the state. In boys Division I play, East Catholic – which won state titles...
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Northwest Catholic girls basketball headed to third straight state...
NAUGATUCK – Abby Casper, Maeve Staunton and Zoey Canning are all juniors on the Northwest Catholic girls basketball team. The team has no seniors; they are all captains. And they will head back to the...
View ArticleManchester boys basketball heads to state championship for the first time...
WATERBURY – The last time the Manchester High boys basketball team went to a state championship game was almost 70 years ago. It was 1956, the year coach John Reiser’s brother Chris was born, and...
View ArticleCT high school boys, girls basketball championships are set
The state high school boys and girls basketball championship matchups are set with games to be played Saturday and Sunday at Mohegan Sun Arena. The boys tournaments held to form for the most part, with...
View ArticleCT High School Basketball finals: Ellington, Manchester among those looking...
CROMWELL – The Ellington High boys basketball team is one of two undefeated squads playing for a state championship this weekend at Mohegan Sun. The top-seeded Knights (26-0) will play No. 23 Sheehan...
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All in the family: Daughter-father combo has helped this CT girls basketball...
When Northwest Catholic offered Alison Connors the girls basketball coaching job in January 2021, as winter high school sports were starting again with COVID restrictions, she had about 10 days to put...
View ArticleState girls and boys basketball championships: Who’s playing, what to know
The boys and girls basketball state championships will take place Saturday and Sunday at Mohegan Sun Arena. The Manchester boys will be trying to make history, winning their first title since 1938. The...
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Their dad is a CT college basketball coach but these siblings have forged...
Ted Hotaling and his wife, Keely Garden, had a basketball dilemma. Their son Owen’s Sheehan High boys team was playing in the Division IV state tournament. Their daughter Susie’s Sheehan girls team was...
View ArticleClass M girls basketball: Bacon Academy tops Windham for championship
UNCASVILLE –- Katelyn Novak didn’t have the best offensive game Saturday morning. But that was OK. As long as she and her Bacon Academy girls basketball teammates kept up their defense, things would...
View ArticleDivision V boys basketball: Shepaug Valley beats Old Lyme to finish perfect...
UNCASVILLE – The Shepaug Valley boys basketball team finished its season undefeated at 27-0 with a Division V state championship as the Spartans beat defending champion Old Lyme 58-46 in the Div. V...
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A CT mother, daughter share special bond as a basketball team back in a...
Meghan McNicholas-Leggett doesn’t remember much about the games. She remembers Southington made it to the girls basketball state championship three straight years, from her sophomore to senior years of...
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Class L girls basketball: Northwest Catholic beats Bethel for its third...
UNCASVILLE – Three juniors. Three years. Three state titles. Top-seeded Northwest Catholic, with its core of juniors Abby Casper, Maeve Staunton and Zoey Canning, won its third straight state...
View ArticleClass S girls basketball: Coventry beats Morgan for first title since 1988
UNCASVILLE – The last time the Coventry girls basketball team won a state championship, not only were none of the players born yet, neither was their coach. “What’s that, 37 years?” Coventry coach...
View ArticleEllington 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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