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Class M boys soccer: Tolland rallies to beat Weston for state championship
HARTFORD – Two years ago, Tolland center back Carson Merluzzo missed a penalty kick in the state boys soccer semifinal game. He told coach Mike Caccomo he hoped the team would make it back that far...
View ArticleFarmington rallies to win Class L volleyball title, Granby falls in Class M
Defending Class L volleyball champion Farmington completed a remarkable comeback after losing the first two games of the Class L championship and rallying to defeat Bristol Central 3-2 (18-25, 24-26,...
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Class LL girls soccer: Mercy stuns St. Joseph on last second goal to win title
HARTFORD – Molly Benson heard the announcer counting down. She was running down the side of the field and there were 10 seconds left in the Class LL girls soccer championship game against St. Joseph at...
View ArticleClass S girls soccer: Coginchaug ‘believes,’ beats Morgan for first state title
HARTFORD – The Coginchaug girls soccer team lost to Morgan by a five-goal margin earlier in the season and a four-goal margin in the Shoreline Conference tournament. When the Blue Devils practiced...
View Article‘It was magical:’ This CT high school team completed an ‘unimaginable’...
The Farmington volleyball team was two points away from losing in the state championship game. Farmington coach Laura Arena called a timeout. Her team had won the Class L title the year before. The...
View ArticleRiley Anderson wins two State Open swim titles, sets record
Riley Anderson, a junior from Bacon Academy who swims as part of a co-op team with Manchester because her school doesn’t have a swim team, won State Open titles in the 50 and 100 freestyle Sunday at...
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Class LL boys soccer: After early tournament exits the last two years,...
HARTFORD – The Farmington boys soccer team won the state title in 2021. But the last two years, the River Hawks have exited early from the state tournament – both times in the first round, both times...
View ArticleCT High School Football Poll Coaches’ Poll Week 10: Brookfield making noise,...
Brookfield didn’t budge from its No. 7 ranking in the Hartford Courant Top 10 state football coaches’ poll, but it still had the weekend’s biggest win. The Bobcats ground down then-No. 10 Masuk last...
View ArticleHigh School Football Week 10: Cromwell/Portland hands Rockville its first loss
One of the unbeatens fell from the high school football ranks last Friday. It was Rockville, which lost to Cromwell/Portland, 29-19 at home. Cromwell/Portland (8-1) went up 22-0 at halftime. Rockville...
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Bloomfield’s Davien Kerr steps up to make big play for Syracuse; faces UConn...
Syracuse defensive back Davien Kerr, true freshman from Bloomfield, was early to rise and in the right place at the right time last Saturday. Kerr got his chance to play because a teammate was late for...
View ArticleHigh school football Week 11: Bloomfield-Windsor rivalry on tap Saturday
The regular season is winding down for high school football and the CIAC playoff picture is starting to shape up. Some teams still need wins to advance to the state tournament, which begins Dec. 3 with...
View ArticleA CT athletic trainer was dismissed and the athletes in her care are trying...
Over 1,200 people have signed a petition on change.org to support a local high school athletic trainer who was, according to the petition, abruptly dismissed. Benjamin Palmer, the Windsor Locks High...
View ArticleCT High School Football Coaches’ Poll: Thanksgiving Week will have major...
We’ve somehow already reached the end of another high school football regular season. It’s sad the season will end in a little over two weeks with the CIAC state championship games (Dec. 14), but the...
View ArticleWeek 11 High School Football: Brian Mazzone’s last game at Stafford, East...
On Friday, Stafford co-op football coach Brian Mazzone told his team that he wouldn’t be coming back next year. Mazzone, who has a 60-35 record and is Stafford’s winningest football coach, decided to...
View ArticleWeek 12 High School Football: Wethersfield-Newington highlights stuffed...
The Wethersfield football team has come a long way from last year. So has Newington. The two CCC Tier III teams will face off in a Thanksgiving Eve game Wednesday night. Wethersfield (8-1) needs the...
View ArticleHigh school football playoffs: Who’s playing, what to know
Bloomfield, which has been a Class S finalist the last four years and won the title last year, is back in the CIAC high school football playoffs. The pairings were announced Friday and there are plenty...
View ArticleDom Amore’s Sunday Read: This coach, still ‘in the kids business,’ has his...
Sal Morello returned to the high school football program he started in Cromwell 23 years ago, and he saw with the passing of a generation, something had changed. “The biggest thing, when we started in...
View ArticleSix CT high school runners qualify for national championship
Four Connecticut girls cross country runners, led by third-place finisher Brooke Strauss of Glastonbury, finished in the top 10 of the Foot Locker Northeast Regional championships Saturday and...
View ArticleCT High School Football Coaches’ Poll: Windsor, Hand top rankings as state...
Another Thanksgiving Week has come and passed. Another Hartford Courant Top 10 high school football state coaches’ poll has been scrambled from all the holiday week chaos headed into the CIAC playoffs....
View ArticleWindsor football wins Class MM playoff game by forfeit
The Windsor football team has won its Class MM quarterfinal game by forfeit after its opponent, Northwest United, informed the CIAC Saturday that the team did not have enough healthy players to compete...
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