Onofrio returns to Sacred Heart Academy, named new head softball coach
3 1of3Sacred Heart Academy softball coach Maegan Onofrio.Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 2of3The 2011 Sacred Heart Academy softball team celebrates winning the CIAC Class M softball title as the...
View ArticleWelcome Back, Football: Here’s everything you need to know as the 2021...
Wake up. Rise and shine. It’s football season. Really. At long, long, long last the first — official — day of practice of football season has arrived. For many of us: Not a moment too soon, although...
View ArticleAnticipation, excitement builds as fall golf season commences
Rich Syzmanski / Contributed photoDan Casanta from Pomperaug tees off at the Highfield Club in Middlebury. Leblanc will be trying to lead Pomperaug to a third straight SWC championship. As Rich...
View ArticleBrien McMahon’s Ashley Labrador named Most Valuable Athletic Trainer of the Year
When Ashley Labrador talks about her role as Brien McMahon’s athletic trainer, she focuses on relationships, communication, and trust. The school is, she said, “a big family.” “I wouldn’t be able to do...
View ArticleLamont, CIAC call for high school athletes to vaccinate ahead of fall sports...
NEW BRITAIN — Gov. Ned Lamont didn’t hold back as he opened his portion of Tuesday’s press conference at Willow Brook Park’s Veterans Stadium. “Are you ready for some football? I’m ready.” Lamont...
View ArticleFirst-year Shelton football coach Mike DeFelice pleased with summer, talks of...
SHELTON — Football coach Mike DeFelice walked among his Shelton players with a different set of responsibilities at Finn Stadium on Monday afternoon. While his official debut as head coach comes when...
View ArticleBen James captures third straight New England Junior Amateur crown
Milford’s Ben James fired a second straight 5-under-par 66 Tuesday to claim his third consecutive New England Junior individual championship, this one held at Val Halla Golf Club in Maine. James...
View ArticleSCC Football 2021: FORAN preview
[Vitals] COACH – TOM DREW (3rd season, 6-14) CONFERENCE – Southern Connecticut Conference PLAYOFF CLASS – M (415 boys enrollment) HOME – Vito DeVito Sports Complex, Foran HS, Milford 2019 RECORD – 5-5...
View ArticleSCC Football 2021: GUILFORD preview
[Vitals] COACH — ANTHONY SALVATI (2nd season, 4-6) CONFERENCE — SCC Tier III PLAYOFF CLASS — L (569 boys enrollment) HOME — Kavanaugh Field, Guilford 2019 RECORD — 4-6 2021 OPENER — Sept. 10 vs. Law,...
View ArticleScott Snell named athletic coordinator at Shelton High
As a coach and teacher, Scott Snell has had his finger on the pulse of student athletes at Shelton High for the past 11 years. Blending those abilities made him the district’s choice to replace John...
View ArticleNeil Phillips takes challenge continuing Hand’s success
5 1of5Neil Phillips is the new boys soccer coach for Hand.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of5Neil Phillips is the new boys soccer coach for Hand.H John Voorhees III /...
View ArticleSCC Football 2021: LYMAN HALL preview
[Vitals] COACH — BILL WEYRAUCH (4th season, 15-15) CONFERENCE — SCC Tier III PLAYOFF CLASS — Class M (489 boys enrollment) HOME — Fitzgerald Field, Wallingford 2019 RECORD — 5-5 2021 OPENER — Sept. 10...
View ArticlePetroccio, Trumbull take stress-free approach in return to practice field
Trumbull coach Marce Petroccio, despite the long time between playing actionable football, is taking a stress-free approach to the upcoming season. “We went Thursday and Friday,” Petroccio said about...
View ArticleDanbury, Brookfield resume tradition, share the field for conjoined practice
BROOKFIELD — For the first time in 633 days, Danbury and Brookfield football shared the field with another team. On Saturday morning the two programs continued a longstanding tradition of combining...
View ArticleFormer Sheehan baseball coach Matt Altieri takes same post at Hotchkiss
3 1of3Former Sheehan coach Matt Altieri, center, is the new head coach at The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville.Hearst Connecticut Media file photoShow MoreShow Less 2of3Former Sheehan baseball coach Matt...
View ArticleMilford celebrates Rich Nucifora’s 50 years of coaching: ‘He is a gift for us’
MILFORD — Rich Nucifora was a football player, a military man, a husband, a father, a worker, and a student all before he took a step into the fraternity of high school coaches in 1978. He began...
View ArticleModzelewski steps down as Cheshire girls, boys swim coach; takes job in...
Cheshire head coach Dave Modzelewski watches on Aug. 30 at the Cheshire Community Pool in Cheshire. (Hearst Connecticut Media File Photo) When Dave Modzelewski was hired as the Cheshire girls swim...
View ArticleSCC Football 2021: LAW preview
[Vitals] COACH – CHRIS HALEY (1st season) CONFERENCE – SCC PLAYOFF CLASS – M (423 boys enrollment) HOME – Lawmen Stadium (Law High) 2019 RECORD – 2-8 2021 OPENER – Sept. 10, at Guilford, 7 p.m....
View Article5 (well 6) scrimmages to keep an eye on for Wednesday
Some teams have been participating in joint practices the last couple of days but today scrimmages will be front and center across the state. Nineteen scrimmages are scheduled to be played and while...
View ArticleDonor registry drive Saturday at Fairfield Warde for alumnus battling lymphoma
3 1of3Fairfield Warde's Sam Palmer (14), right, drives towards the gaol as Trumbull's Jett Hughes (17) defends during boys lacrosse action in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday Apr. 24, 2018.Christian...
View ArticleNew England Cross Country Championships: Gavin Sherry wins boys title, New...
Gavin Sherry of Conard (File photo) It was a special day for Connecticut at the New England Boys and Girls Cross Country Championships in Thetford, Vermont on Saturday with five boys taking the top...
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