CT softball star hits, pitches her team into a spot in the Class L semifinals
ELLINGTON – Ellington’s junior pitcher Cam Fisher said she had been in a bit of a hitting slump this season. But lately, she’s been breaking out of it and Friday in a Class L softball quarterfinal...
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COVENTRY – Last year Kevin Johnson was a freshman. He pitched in some games for the Coventry High baseball team, the Class S runner-up, but he was young and sometimes would struggle when he made a...
View ArticleOld Saybrook’s Connor Lane wins Gatorade High School Baseball Player of Year
Old Saybrook standout Connor Lane has been named the Gatorade High School Baseball Player of the Year, it was announced Monday. Lane, a 6-foot-3, 210-pound senior catcher and righthanded pitcher,...
View ArticleSt. Paul Catholic softball bows out in Class S Semifinal, 3-1, to Holy Cross
MERIDEN – St. Paul Catholic softball coach Gary Hovhanessian expected Monday’s Class S semifinal against No. 9 Holy Cross to be a close one, and it was. His No. 12 Falcons owned the game’s only run...
View ArticleWindsor boys, Bloomfield girls win State Open track titles; Copeland, Berry...
NEW BRITAIN – Windsor’s Maxim Copeland and Taeshawn Berry go head-to-head all the time in track practice. So it’s no surprise that the two Windsor seniors did the same thing during the state’s biggest...
View ArticleAce Elizabeth Mitchell powers Coventry softball back to Class S title game in...
MERIDEN – Ace pitcher Elizabeth Mitchell powered No. 2 Coventry back to the Class S state title game with 14 strikeouts, a pair every inning, as the Patriots downed No. 6 Old Lyme, 8-2, in Monday’s...
View ArticleCheshire softball tops Southington to advance to the Class LL championship
WEST HAVEN – After Cheshire High beat Southington to win the Class LL semifinal softball game Tuesday afternoon, the players hoisted coach Kristine Drust up on their shoulders and celebrated. The last...
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Defending champion CT basketball coach who lost mother to cancer resigns
Simsbury girls basketball coach Sam Zullo, who had a bittersweet season last winter after he lost his mother but then won the school’s first girls basketball title, has resigned from his position to...
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Enfield’s Lukas Phimvongsa wins State Open boys tennis title; Cheshire’s Alex...
WEST HARTFORD – Lukas Phimvongsa had never lost a regular season match at Enfield High in four years. He had also never won a State Open tennis title. The last two years, he lost in the semifinals....
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High School Baseball, Softball Championship Preview: A look at each of the...
Four state titles each will be decided in baseball and softball on Friday and Saturday, with the baseball championships taking place at Palmer Field in Middletown and the softball finals at UConn’s...
View Article“It’s about time we won:” Coventry beats Oxford to win the Class S baseball...
MIDDLETOWN – Last year, when the Coventry baseball team came to Palmer Field for the Class S championship game against Haddam-Killingworth, coach Ryan Giberson thought maybe his team was a little...
View ArticleClass M softball: Sheehan loses to Woodland in first state final appearance...
STORRS – The Sheehan softball team lost to Woodland last year in the state high school tournament quarterfinals. Woodland was the two-time defending Class M champion. Saturday at the UConn softball...
View ArticleClass LL softball: Cheshire falls in 10 innings to defending champion...
STORRS – For over three hours, Cheshire sophomore pitcher Jenica Matos and Fairfield Ludlowe senior pitcher Alex Lewey went head to head at Burrill Family Field at UConn Saturday afternoon. Fairfield...
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Class S softball: Coventry rolls over Holy Cross for second straight title
STORRS – Sarah Miller came to the Class S state championship softball game last year with her Coventry teammates. But she could only sit in the dugout and cheer, because she was recovering from a torn...
View ArticleClass L baseball: RHAM stifled by impressive Woodstock Academy pitching,...
MIDDLETOWN – The RHAM baseball team just couldn’t crack the code that was the left arm of Woodstock Academy ace Brady Ericson, and fell in the Class L title game, 5-2, at Palmer Field Saturday night....
View ArticleClass L softball: Masuk beats Ellington for its sixth straight title
STORRS – Masuk had been here before. Ellington hadn’t been here in 40 years. The undefeated Masuk softball team, which had won its last five state championships, won another one Saturday night, 4-0...
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Notre Dame-bound Matt Jeffrey rallies Cheshire lacrosse to its second...
FAIRFIELD – Matt Jeffrey wore a white wristband with the words “My Time” written on it Sunday at the Class L state championship lacrosse game. Every time things weren’t going well, he’d touch the...
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Dom Amore’s Sunday Read: UConn’s Jim Penders still chasing ultimate Father’s...
STORRS — The UConn baseball season ended with a long, tenacious at-bat from Paul Tammaro, and as he grounded out to finish the epic 12-inning loss to Florida State on June 8, there was no tomorrow for...
View ArticleConstruction to begin on new athletic fields in Branford
Construction will begin Friday on new athletic facilities, including lighted turf fields and a softball field at the Francis Walsh Intermediate School in Branford, school officials said in a release....
View ArticleConard, CCSU’s Dominic Niman chosen by Tampa Bay Rays in MLB Draft
Former Conard High School and Central Connecticut State star Dominic Niman was chosen by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 18th round of the MLB Draft on Tuesday. A 6-foot-3 lefthanded pitcher, Niman was...
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