Basketball Capital Pro-Am hosts second Community Day at USJ’s Jim Calhoun...
There were roughly a dozen tables set up outside the entrance to the Basketball Capital Pro-Am, formerly known as the Greater Hartford Pro-Am, on Sunday providing a wide range of information – and some...
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Dom Amore: Hall of Famer Dwight Freeney has Bloomfield’s back, and vice versa...
HARTFORD — Jack Cochran sent away for a Hall of Fame helmet during Dwight Freeney’s rookie year, more than 20 years ago, and put it away. He was sure that one day he’d be able to present it to him one...
View ArticleACLU moves to dismiss transgender lawsuit as case returns to U.S. District...
The ACLU of Connecticut filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit Friday involving transgender athletes as Judge Robert Chatigny heard arguments from both sides regarding the controversial case in U.S....
View ArticleFlooding damage delays start of fall high school sports practices in some CT...
This is A.J. Huston’s first year as the Oxford High athletic director. Already, it’s off to a challenging start. Sunday’s devastating flood damaged roads, bridges and houses and caused the deaths of...
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CT fall high school sports gets early start on season; Hall boys, Simsbury...
The high school fall sports season in Connecticut starts a little earlier than usual this year, on Tuesday, but the coaches and athletes are ready to go. Numerous area teams won state championships...
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At least 6 teenage football players died in August, raising questions about...
As the heat index rose into the mid-90s Aug. 5, the air-conditioning failed at Hopewell High School in Virginia, and classes would be cancelled the following day. Football practice went on nonetheless,...
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Hall boys soccer starts down the road to defend its state championship with...
TOLLAND – Senior goalkeeper Quinn Freeman could tell there was a difference in the preseason for the Hall boys soccer team, which ended its season last year with a Class LL state championship. “You can...
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As CT high school football season approaches, here are some top area players...
The high school football season opens in Connecticut on Thursday (although most schools will play Friday) and there are some interesting storylines and players to watch with area teams. In Stafford, a...
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High school football preview: Maloney, Windsor, Bloomfield all looking to...
At some point, Maloney football coach Kevin Frederick figures, he and his team are going to figure out how to beat New Canaan. It’s been close. Maloney lost to New Canaan 11-8 last year as the Rams...
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Dom Amore: For former Rockville star Amir Knighton, Loomis is the place to...
WINDSOR — Amir Knighton had a difficult choice to make, the kind of choice that sooner or later tugs at elite high school athletes everywhere. He could stay at Rockville High, continue playing with...
View ArticleWindsor football wins season opener behind six touchdowns from John Manning
WINDSOR – Windsor senior John Manning scored six touchdowns, five rushing and one receiving and had 302 rushing yards as Windsor defeated East Hartford 53-26 Friday night in a CCC interdivisional...
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This CT senior running back’s night to remember puts Windsor opponents on notice
WINDSOR – Senior John Manning had six touchdowns and rushed for a career-high 302 yards Friday night in the Windsor High football team’s 53-26 season opening victory over East Hartford. And as any good...
View ArticleCT High School Football Coaches’ Poll Week 1: Can Windsor challenge FCIAC...
Editor’s Note: The Hartford Courant Top 10 High School Football Poll is back! And not a moment too soon. Coaches from across the state sent in their votes after Week 1 of the season, with the results...
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Week 1 high school football: Windham’s goal-line stand, Farmington breaks...
Notre Dame Prep had the ball with three minutes to go in its season-opening football game against Windham Friday night. The Lancers trailed by five. A long pass put Notre Dame at Windham’s 5-yard line...
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Week 2 High School Football Preview: Maloney seeking its first win, Hand...
Week 2 of high school football is upon us and while some teams are coming off opening day losses and trying to reconfigure parts of their game to improve, others are hoping to build momentum after...
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After season-opening loss, Maloney football turns it around
GLASTONBURY – Maloney senior quarterback Ethan Nedinsky had five touchdown passes and passed for 287 yards as the Spartans (1-1) got their first win, 41-27, over Glastonbury in a CCC game. Maloney had...
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Hotter summers are making high school football a fatal game for some players
By MICHAEL CASEY BRANDON, Mississippi (AP) — Soon after Ashanta Laster reached the hospital, she was ushered into the emergency room where she saw doctors performing CPR on her teenage son. Laster had...
View ArticleThis CT high school team looks to its own Touchdown Jesus to get the season...
GLASTONBURY – The Glastonbury football team had just chewed up a lot of time on the clock in the third quarter in the game Thursday night against Maloney with a 17-play drive that culminated in a...
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Three coaches have been at this CT high school for 50 years. What’s changed...
WEST HARTFORD – Back in December of 1975, when John McClure started coaching the boys swim team at Hall High School, he was 22 years old and listening to Elton John, Simon & Garfunkel and the Bee...
View ArticleCT High School Football Coaches’ Poll Week 2: Darien, New Canaan remain tied...
Editor’s Note: Week 2 of the high school football season is in the books, and that means it’s time for the Hartford Courant’s state coaches’ poll. Once again, FCIAC teams lead the way, as Darien and...
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