It was a split decision for the four local high school football teams that competed in Tuesday night’s state quarterfinal playoff games. Woodland and WCA both won games on the road. Bristol Central lost at […]
There was plenty of excitement surrounding the Kennedy High football program over the past week. That’s because the Eagles were playing in their first-ever state playoff game. Kennedy and a pretty good contingent of fans […]
Four local high school football teams will compete in state quarterfinal games on Tuesday night, and two of those teams will be facing the top seed in their bracket. In Class LL, No. 8 Kennedy […]
History was made by the Kennedy football team with their 30-14 win over Crosby on Thanksgiving morning at Ray Snyder Sr. Field. With the victory, the Eagles (7-3) clinched their first-ever state playoff berth. Kennedy […]
Bristol Central girls volleyball before the start of their semifinal match against Woodstock Academy. (Photo credit: Bristol Central girls volleyball X account) The 10th-seeded Bristol Central girls volleyball had made an improbable run to the […]
Lily Castle, right, and Riley Mills, left, hug after Castle scored during Saturday’s Lewis Mills girls soccer Class M state championship game against Northwest Catholic at Trinity Health Stadium in Hartford. Castle scored twice, on […]
Woodland senior Laura DeGennaro had a last Class S state championship swim meet to remember on Wednesday in West Hartford. DeGennaro won two individual gold medals and was part of two more gold medal-winning relay […]
For the second time in three seasons, the Bristol Central girls volleyball team will play for the Class L state championship. The 10th-seeded Rams took care of third-seeded Woodstock Academy, 3-1, on Wednesday night at […]
On a night where a trip to the Class M state championship was on the line, it seemed fitting that someone named Mills would play a big part in a Lewis Mills girls soccer victory. […]
There are a bunch of local soccer players who will be playing in the NCAA men’s and women’s Division III tournaments this weekend. The University of Saint Joseph-West Hartford men won the Great Northeast Athletic […]
The Bristol Central girls volleyball team will play in the Class L state semifinals for the third straight year on Wednesday night. The No. 10 Rams (15-9) will take on No. 3 Woodstock Academy (21-4) […]
There were many, many tears shed by members of the Wolcott boys soccer team following the end of their season on Friday night at a cold and very blustery Joe Monroe Field. That’s what happens […]
Look at the starting lineup for the University of Saint Joseph men’s soccer team, and you will see some familiar faces. When the Blue Jays lined up for their Great Northeast Athletic Conference semifinal against […]
The WCA boys soccer team put together a tremendous season in 2024. That included a strong 10-2-4 regular season, and the program’s first-ever Naugatuck Valley League tournament win. WCA was the No. 9 seed in […]
The top-seeded Wolcott boys soccer team got off to a slow start in their state tournament opener against No. 16 Killingly on Tuesday afternoon at Joe Monroe Field. Sure, the Eagles scored less than 16 […]
The fall sports state tournaments are well underway, and the results have been mixed for area teams. Some teams moved on in girls soccer on Monday, but there was plenty of heartache to go around […]
After going 2-4 to start the 2024 season, Anna Maria College football won its final two games of the regular season. The AMCATS finished 4-4 with home wins over Alfred State on Oct. 26 (35-23) […]
Woodland fall sports have had some great moments so far this season, and the Hawks celebrated two Naugatuck Valley League girls team championships this past week. — The Woodland girls soccer team defeated Holy Cross, […]
Wolcott freshman Emma Lawson competes in Friday’s NVL championship meet at Kennedy. Emma Lawson and Dea Gashi may be just freshmen, but they’re already competing with the best swimmers that the Naugatuck Valley League has […]
To say the Woodland football team was ready for the annual George Pinho Memorial Trophy game against rival Naugatuck on Friday night is an understatement. The Hawks scored on their second offensive possession and never […]
Grace D’Amico had four goals and an assist for the Holy Cross girls soccer team in their 9-0 win over Oxford in the NVL tournament quarterfinal round in Waterbury. The second-seeded Holy Cross girls soccer […]
Two of Tuesday night’s goal scorers, WCA’s Kevon Stephenson (14) and St. Paul’s Charles Scaleese (14), tangle for the ball during their NVL boys soccer tournament quarterfinal in Waterbury. The WCA and St. Paul boys […]
The Bristol Central football team remained undefeated with a 41-7 hammering of E.O. Smith-Storrs on Friday night at Bristol Central High School. The Rams (5-0) ran for nearly 400 yards with both Jack Hartley and […]
The Wolcott boys soccer team had a tough night on Tuesday at home against Naugatuck. The Greyhounds beat the Eagles, 4-1, on the turf of Joe Monroe Field and earned a sweep of the season […]
The Holy Cross cross country teams used one of the sport’s basic tenets, pack running, to engineer a sweep of the Naugatuck Valley League championship meet for the second straight season. The Crusader boys got […]
For the fourth straight year, HOLY CROSS swept the Waterbury City Cross Country Championships on Friday afternoon at Bucks Hill Park. The Crusader boys finished first with a score of 27, and WCA was second […]
The Bristol Eastern football team reached its bye week with a 3-1 record after back-to-back comeback wins. The Lancers came back to beat Farmington, 19-14, at home last Friday night on the home turf of […]
The Woodland girls soccer team hosted Holy Cross on Monday afternoon in the second of two regular season meetings. For the second time this season, the final score was 3-1. This time, however, the score […]
Holy Cross senior quarterback Drew Caouette (2) is now the all-time school record holder for touchdown passes in a career with 64. He broke Corey Fappiano’s record of 63 on Friday night. Drew Caouette had […]
Crosby defenders celebrate with Kalib Shaw (8) after his interception during Saturday’s NVL football game against St. Paul at Jimmy Lee Stadium. The Bulldogs rallied for a 48-25 win over the Falcons. The Crosby and […]
The Wolcott boys soccer team possesses a tremendous amount of speed. That speed can put away close games, like one the Eagles were involved in on Thursday night at Joe Monroe Field. On two separate […]
Woodland receives a serve during Tuesday afternoon’s girls volleyball non-league matchup against Darien. The Woodland girls volleyball team lost for the first time this season on Tuesday, 3-0, to state powerhouse Darien in Beacon Falls. […]
Former Bristol Eastern football standout Nick Crowley enjoyed a successful return to his home state last weekend. Pace University squeaked past Post University, 23-21, at Municipal Stadium. Crowley is in his first season as the […]
WCA’s Edo Bukalo kicks the ball away on a reset as St. Paul’s James Naples looks on during Monday’s NVL boys soccer match at Ray Snyder Sr. Field. The St. Paul boys soccer team has […]
St. Paul’s Isabella McCulloch sets the ball for a teammate during Tuesday night’s NVL girls volleyball match against Woodland in the Rev. Brian Monnerat Gymnasium. The St. Paul girls volleyball program has been on the […]
The Woodland girls volleyball team is the two-time defending Naugatuck Valley League tournament champion, and it’s also undefeated to start this season. The Hawks have won their first five matches, dropping just a single set […]
Tyson Brenes (5), Parker Zynda (3) and Damien Georges (14) are just a few of the standouts during Wolcott boys soccer’s four-match win streak. The Wolcott boys soccer team has won four straight matches since […]
The opening week of the 2024 high school football season has come and gone. There was a mix of good games and some one-sided affairs. For starters, here’s the final score of every local contest […]
The Holy Cross girls soccer team picked up a big early season win on Monday night over Woodland at Ray Snyder Sr. Field. The Crusaders knocked off last year’s Naugatuck Valley League tournament runner-up, 3-1, […]
File photo. Wolcott native Jeff Nicol finished his professional baseball debut with a bang for Great Falls Voyagers of the Pioneer League. Nicol, the former Wolcott High School and Central Connecticut State University standout, doubled […]
Tyson Brenes (5) and Parker Zynda (3) each came up big for the Wolcott boys soccer team in its 3-1 win over WCA on Monday afternoon in Naugatuck Valley League action at Joe Monroe Field. […]
Pawlak brothers (left to right) Colin, Quinn and Sean are all involved with the WCSU football team. When it comes to college football, three members of the Pawlak family of Wolcott have a unique bond. […]
Wolcott’s Tyson Brenes (5) pushes the ball up the field during Wednesday night’s boys soccer season opener at Torrington’s Robert H. Frost Athletic Complex. The Wolcott boys soccer team found itself down by a goal […]
Xavier Duarte (18) scored WCA’s first goal of the season, and the Spartans went on to a 2-0 win over Oxford on Tuesday evening at Municipal Stadium’s Ray Snyder Sr. Field. The WCA boys soccer […]
St. Paul quarterback Brady McManama unloads a pass while under pressure from Bristol Central on Saturday during a quad scrimmage hosted by Wolcott at Joe Monroe Field. We’re under two weeks until the high school […]
The Connecticut Twilight League released its regular season stat leaders among pitchers, and there were plenty of locals represented. The Wolcott-Terryville Scrappers had both Kody Kerski and Derek Duffy among the top arms in multiple […]
Prospect native and former Holy Cross High School baseball player Justin Miller had the chance to play for a championship this past Thursday night. Unfortunately for Miller and his M&T Bank teammates, the Greater Hartford […]
For seven innings, the Tri-Town Trojans and Bethlehem Plowboys hooked up in a terrific pitchers’ duel that left Tuesday night’s Game 3 of the Tri-State World Series in a stalemate. Tri-Town broke through with the […]
Austin Brown fired a complete game Saturday and kept Bethlehem’s Tri-State championship hopes alive. Waterbury native Austin Brown was one of the athletic casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic. The former Holy Cross High School baseball […]
Bristol’s team in the Connecticut Twilight League continues to live up to its nickname during this year’s double elimination playoffs. The Bristol Shock will be playing for the CTL championship on Monday night against the […]
The New Britain Rock Cats had a chance to send a great pitchers’ duel to extra innings, but the Wolcott-Terryville Scrappers – specifically the defense – turned them away one final time. Left fielder Zack […]
Wolcott native Cam Maldonado was 0-for-3 entering the top of the seventh inning of Monday night’s third and final game of the Cape Cod Baseball League World Series in Bourne, Mass. Maldonado’s Harwich Mariners had […]
A day after hitting a solo home run, Bethlehem’s Jesse Swartout rounded the bases again Sunday after hitting a grand slam as the Plowboys completed a semifinal sweep of the Valley Ducks. Jesse Swartout homered […]
The Wolcott Scrappers could only look on as Chase Belisle’s walk-off single delivered a series victory for the Bethlehem Plowboys in the final minutes of daylight Tuesday at Bethlehem’s Gallop Field. For the second straight […]
A.J. Martinez and Alex James each did their part to help the Wolcott Scrappers tie their Connecticut Tri-State Baseball League first round playoff series Monday against the top-seeded Bethlehem Plowboys. A day after Mother Nature […]
The top seeds in the Connecticut Tri-State Baseball League playoffs won their first round series openers on Saturday. Three were blowouts and one was a nail-biter. Here are the scores and what happened: NO. 1 […]
The Southington Black Knights were the top team in the Connecticut Collegiate Baseball League during the regular season and earned the top seed in the double elimination playoffs. Southington had to battle back from the […]
The Bristol Post 2 American Legion 17U baseball team has had success at the state level, claiming championships in 2011 and 2018, plus a title in the lone year of the Connecticut Elite Baseball Association […]
Hector Alejandro had a tough personal act to follow on Saturday night for the Norwich Sea Unicorns. The former Sacred Heart High standout and current UConn right-hander was on the bump again for Norwich in […]
Donovan Clingan made a great impression during the NBA 2K5 Summer League, and he was recognized for his efforts. Clingan, the former Bristol Central and UConn standout and No. 7 pick of the Portland Trail […]
Hector Alejandro got to live out a pitcher’s dream this past Saturday in Norwich. The former Sacred Heart High standout and current UConn right-hander fired a no-hitter in a 3-1 Norwich Sea Unicorns win over […]
Wolcott native Cam Maldonado found his power stroke during a recent stretch while playing for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Maldonado has three home runs and three doubles on the season, […]
The Bethlehem Plowboys may have put more of a stranglehold on the top seed for the upcoming Connecticut Tri-State Baseball League playoffs, but the rest of the picture is muddled. Bethlehem sits at 15-1. Behind […]
The Bethlehem Plowboys took another step toward the top seed in the upcoming Connecticut Tri-State Baseball League playoffs with an 8-3 road win over the Tri-Town Trojans on Saturday afternoon at Community Field in Litchfield. […]
The Bristol 19U American Legion baseball team has picked a good time for a turnaround. Post 2 (8-6) has a three-game win streak entering this evening’s Zone 1 road game against Simsbury. First pitch is […]
Bristol native Donovan Clingan saw a dream come true Wednesday night when the Portland Trail Blazers selected the former Bristol Central and UConn star with the seventh pick of the 2024 NBA Draft. Ironically, the […]
Wolcott Scrapper second baseman Nick Sconziano takes a pitch during Tuesday night’s Connecticut Twilight League game against Bethlehem at the BAW Complex in Wolcott. The Plowboy catcher is Jesse Swartout. The undefeated Bethlehem Plowboys faced […]
MIDDLETOWN – When the Class M state baseball championship game was over and second-seeded Woodland had no-hit top-seeded Joel Barlow-Redding, 8-0, at Palmer Field, I had a feeling in me. Chills. I had chills from […]
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The Holy Cross baseball team is no stranger to close games. The Crusaders had three of them last week, and won them all. Holy Cross knocked off St. Paul on back-to-back days, April 29 and […]
The University of Saint Joseph men’s lacrosse team won the Great Northeast Athletic Conference championship on Saturday, and two locals played a big role in the victory. The Blue Jays downed the Bulldogs of Dean […]
The Woodland baseball team sent its best to the mound against St. Joseph-Trumbull on a very warm Thursday afternoon at Dunkin’ Park in Hartford. Everyone in this area knows who it is, but there may […]
Nate Pirog got all but the final out in a 5-2 Bristol Central baseball win over Bristol Eastern on Wednesday night at Muzzy Field. The Keene State commit pitched the first 6 ⅔ innings and […]
The Holy Cross and St. Paul softball teams came up with a pair of big victories on Monday. The Crusaders outlasted Seymour, 4-3, in eight innings on road Monday night. During the afternoon, the Falcons […]
Crusaders, Falcons meet again Tuesday in Waterbury The Holy Cross and St. Paul baseball teams met for the first time this season on Monday afternoon in Bristol, and it was a great pitchers’ duel. Aiden […]
The Wolcott baseball team has encountered its first real adversity of the season, surprising given the young squad is already 12 games into the season. “If somebody would have told me that we would be […]
The Wolcott baseball team was able to get three games in last week, but it was supposed to play four. That fourth game was against Woodland, the last undefeated team in the Naugatuck Valley League. […]
Former Holy Cross baseball standout Tim Zupkus has spearheaded Bentley University with his play and his leadership this season. Zupkus, a graduate student and captain, is among the top hitters for the Falcons with a […]
The Bristol Eastern softball team found itself down eight runs entering the bottom of the seventh inning of Tuesday afternoon’s nonleague home game against Sacred Heart Academy-Hamden. Comebacks aren’t supposed to happen in that kind […]
The St. Paul baseball team has relied on strong pitching this season, and that continued in a big way on Monday afternoon at DeLand Field in Watertown. Logan Rembish and Dom Napoletano combined to no-hit […]
The St. Paul baseball team picked up a big 6-2 win over Naugatuck on a blustery Saturday afternoon at the Raymond A. Legenza Baseball Field. The Greyhounds were undefeated going into the game, and they […]
Donovan Clingan did what was expected on Friday. He decided to pursue his dream and declare for the NBA Draft. When you’re going to be a lottery pick, it’s the right decision to make, at […]
Former Bristol Central superstar Donovan Clingan was a part of history on Monday night at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. The UConn men’s basketball team became the first to win back-to-back national championships since […]
There was one sequence of the UConn men’s basketball team’s 86-72 national semifinal win over Alabama that must have had NBA scouts salivating about sophomore Donovan Clingan. On the offensive end, Clingan threw down a […]
The Holy Cross softball team came up with a huge 3-0 win over Watertown on Friday afternoon. Sam Lawton was magnificent in the pitchers’ circle for the Crusaders (2-1) and handcuffed the Warrior offense throughout. […]
Wolcott baseball graduated 14 seniors from a team that reached the Class M state final at Middletown’s Palmer Field in 2023. The 2024 version of the Eagles was expected to start slow, especially in the […]
If Donovan Clingan has proven anything over his past four years of basketball, it’s that he is a winner. There were two CCC tournament championships and a Division II state title while he was with […]
Thirty years ago today, Malcolm Huckaby was part of a major upset in the NCAA Tournament. Huckaby, a former Bristol Central boys basketball standout, was a senior at Boston College. His ninth-seeded Eagles had the […]
Lewis Mills boys basketball head coach Ryan Raponey, left, calls out to his team during Saturday’s Division III state championship game against Bunnell-Stratford at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville. To his right are assistants Mike […]
Holy Cross’ Corinne Lomax makes a pass during her team’s Class L girls basketball state championship game against Simsbury on Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) The Holy […]
The St. Paul girls basketball team poses with the state championship trophy and banner following its 49-42 win over Windham in the Class M state final on Saturday at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville. […]
High school basketball state championship weekend is almost here, and two local teams are in state finals, as is a coach with local ties. The St. Paul and Holy Cross girls basketball teams play on […]
Holy Cross sophomore standout Corinne Lomax hits a hook shot over two Farmington defenders as senior co-captain Rachel Healey looks on during Saturday’s Class L state semifinal game at New Britain High School. (Copyright, Sports […]
The Bristol Eastern boys basketball team faced adversity for the first time in the Division IV state tournament on Wednesday night in the Thomas M. Monahan Gymnasium. The sixth-seeded Lancers trailed No. 22 Pomperaug-Southbury of […]
Holy Cross guard Shania Howard (5) drives against Bristol Eastern forward Autumn Udoh (42) during Tuesday night’s Class L girls basketball state quarterfinal game in Waterbury. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) When playing against the Holy […]
The Bristol Eastern boys basketball team played in its first state tournament game since 2015 on Monday night in the Thomas M. Monahan Gymnasium. The sixth-seeded Lancers made up for lost time in a hurry, […]
There’s a trio of state tournament basketball games going on today, and all of them take place in the Bell City. St. Paul is hosting a doubleheader, and the Bristol Eastern boys basketball team opens […]
Former Bristol Central star and current UConn men’s basketball standout Donovan Clingan helped his team clinch its first outright Big East regular season title since 1999 on Sunday at Gampel Pavilion. Clingan started his day […]
The WCA starters walk onto the court prior to Wednesday night’s NVL boys basketball tournament final against Holy Cross at Wilby High School. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) The top-seeded WCA boys basketball team saw senior […]
Jeremiah Williams made some big shots for WCA in its tight NVL boys basketball semifinal win over Wilby on Monday night in the Reggie O’Brien Gymnasium. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) The Naugatuck Valley League boys […]
Crosby’s D.J. Melendez fires up a 3-pointer during his team’s 69-47 win over St. Paul in the quarterfinal round of the Naugatuck Valley League boys basketball tournament on Saturday at Wilby High School in Waterbury. […]
Kaynor Tech’s Julyssa Patterson (15) puts up a shot during Friday evening’s CTC tournament final against Bullard-Havens at Middletown’s Mercy High School. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) The Kaynor Tech girls basketball team took its shot […]
The St. Paul girls basketball team got to pose with the NVL champions banner for the second straight year after beating Holy Cross, 43-38, in Wednesday’s tournament final. (Photo credit: St. Paul girls basketball Facebook […]
The Bristol Eastern boys basketball team goes into the Central Connecticut Conference tournament with some good momentum. That’s what happens when you win 16 games in the regular season. The Lancers finished off their regular […]
The St. Paul and Holy Cross girls basketball teams rolled through their Naugatuck Valley League tournament semifinal games Monday at Naugatuck High School. The end result is a rematch of last year’s NVL championship game, […]
The Bristol Eastern boys basketball team will take aim at its 16th win of the season on Monday night at home against Bristol Central in the regular season finale for both teams. The Lancers are […]
Shania Howard (pictured shooting a free throw) and Corinne Lomax each scored 20 points for Holy Cross in their quarterfinal rout of Woodland. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) The Holy Cross and St. Paul girls basketball […]
The hardware continues to come in for Holy Cross junior wrestler Anthony Shivas. A week after winning the 285-pound weight class and earning most outstanding wrestler honors at the Berkshire League championship meet, Shivas was […]
Copyright on Sports on CT-69 The last time the Wilby girls basketball team made the state tournament, Barack Obama was in the middle of his first term as president of the United States. It was […]
Holy Cross junior Anthony Shivas competes in the 285-pound weight class final at this past Saturday’s Berkshire League championships in Derby. Shivas, who wrestles for the Derby/Oxford/Holy Cross co-op, was named the tournament’s most outstanding […]
The Bristol Eastern and Bristol Central girls basketball teams combined for a terrific game on Monday night, won by the host Lancers, 52-51, over the Rams in the Thomas M. Monahan Gymnasium. Here are some […]
The second game of this season’s city series between the Bristol Eastern and Bristol Central girls basketball teams was a thriller. The Lancers watched a good look from the Rams bounce off the rim just […]
The Bristol Eastern boys basketball team had business to take care of Monday night at the Thomas M. Monahan Gymnasium. The opponent was Berlin, which beat Eastern by a point, 56-55, back on Jan. 22 […]
Offense was on full display Friday night for the Holy Cross and Crosby boys basketball teams.The Crusaders and Bulldogs amassed point totals that would make former Los Angeles Lakers and Loyola Marymount head coach Paul […]
Isabella Oliver and Holy Cross earned a bit of revenge for two losses to St. Paul from last season with Tuesday night’s convincing victory in Bristol. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69, 2023 file) “Excellent defense by […]
Mikey McMahon (3) was one of several Bristol Central boys basketball players who came up big in a much-needed 66-57 win over Berlin on Monday night. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) It has not been an […]
The Bristol Eastern boys basketball team put visiting Plainville in an insurmountable hole in the opening quarter of Monday night’s CCC game in the Thomas M. Monahan Gymnasium. The Lancers scored the first 17 points […]
Locals took on the best the league had to offer Friday night at the NVL indoor track and field championships at New Haven’s Floyd Little Athletic Center. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) It was a pretty […]
Bristol Eastern boys basketball senior Ben D’Amato had a night to remember Thursday in his team’s Central Connecticut Conference home contest against Hartford Public. D’Amato connected for a school record eight 3-pointers in the 76-33 […]
St. Paul’s Jason Mathews (15) passes to Ethan Clements (2) after securing a rebound during Wednesday night’s game against Seymour at Seymour Middle School. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) The St. Paul boys basketball team added […]
It has been another strong regular season so far for the Holy Cross girls basketball team. The Crusaders are 13-0 entering this evening’s home game against Ansonia (11-2). Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. Holy […]
The Bristol Eastern girls basketball team is 11-3 with six games left in the regular season. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) The Bristol Eastern girls basketball team dropped a tough one Monday night at Farmington, 47-31, […]
The Crosby boys basketball team is one of five from the area that are near the top of the NVL standings. The Bulldogs are 9-1 in league play. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) Take a look […]
Photo credit: Mike Madden, assistant director of St. Paul athletics, via Facebook The St. Paul indoor track and field teams have been quite busy. Led by former Sacred Heart High standout John Ducham and assistant […]
The Bristol Central boys 4×800-meter relay of Julieen Lopez, Rowan Hennessey, Aiden Georgakopoulos and Isaiah Fabrizio took first place in the Connecticut race in 8:22.97. (Photo credit: Coach Kiara Bonilla via ‘X’, formerly known as […]
Wilby’s Hikim Trueheart makes a pass during Wednesday night’s NVL boys basketball game against Holy Cross at the Reggie O’Brien Gymnasium. The Crusader defenders, left to right, are Jordan Gunthrop, Adrian Acosta, Daylen Roscoe (12) […]
The Bristol Central Invitational wrestling tournament was held Saturday at the Charles C. Marsh Gymnasium, and the lone local winner has a last name very familiar to area fans of the sport.Lincoln Archibald, the son […]
The high school basketball season is back in gear after the holiday break, and several local teams have stood out. Here’s more on those teams: Holy Cross girls Corinne Lomax is an absolute problem for […]
The WCA boys basketball team suffered its second loss of the season last Friday, 64-62. It was the second non-conference loss for the Spartans, who fell to 4-2. WCA returned to NVL play on Wednesday […]
Micah Blackman (0) played big inside for the Crosby boys in their 57-35 road win over Torrington on Friday night. Khani Glenn, right, was solid for the Bulldogs in the second half. (Copyright, Sports on […]
Brandon Beamon has been a big part of an explosive Wilby offense so far this season.(Copyright, Sports on CT-69, file) The Wilby boys basketball team is off to a fantastic start this season. The Wildcats […]
Welcome to the week of high school basketball holiday tournaments. Here’s a look at who’s playing and where: Bristol Central has both its boys and girls teams participating, and all games in that tournament will […]
The Bristol Eastern girls and boys basketball teams are both off to great starts this season. Neither version of the Lancers has lost a game so far this season. Both Eastern squads beat Platt-Meriden on […]
The Gonzaga men’s basketball team trimmed an 18-point second half deficit to 10 against UConn in their Top 10 matchup Friday night in Seattle. There were less than four minutes left, and the Bulldogs had […]
The 2023-2024 high school basketball season got underway today with the girls playing first. Here’s a quick look at who opened the season Monday and what’s coming up the rest of the week (season openers […]
Photo credit: Southington Sports website As we near championship weekend in high school football, a former local standout stepped down after a very successful run at a tradition-rich program.Bristol’s Mike Drury is done after 13 […]
Holy Cross junior quarterback Drew Caouette threw a 10-yard TD pass to fellow junior Christopher Perrone during Sunday’s Class M semifinal loss to Rockville. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69, file) The Holy Cross football team’s dream […]
Copyright, Sports on CT-69 The Holy Cross football team is a win away from reaching the state championship game for the first time in 12 years. Standing in the way is second-seeded Rockville (10-1), which […]
Copyright, Sports on CT69, 2022 file photo The WCA football team did a great job representing Waterbury Public Schools in the first CIAC state playoff game in history on Tuesday night. The eighth-seeded Spartans trailed […]
(Copyright, Sports on CT-69) In the high school football state playoffs, there are memorable performances. And then there was the one turned in by Holy Cross senior Marques Campbell on a cold Tuesday night in […]
The high school football state playoffs are upon us, and two local teams play in away quarterfinals tonight. Both games are scheduled for 6:30 kickoffs. Sixth-seeded Holy Cross takes on the third-seeded SMSA Co-op at […]
Going into the final week of the high school football regular season, a few area teams were in contention for playoff sports. In the end, two punched tickets while one missed out in the big-school […]
Nico Soden (11), who had the only Holy Cross goal in 100 minutes of play against Old Saybrook in Wednesday night’s Class S state semifinal, has two more years to leave his mark on the […]
The Battle for the Bell may be next Thursday, but an even bigger matchup could take place Saturday on the volleyball court at East Haven High School. Bristol Eastern and Bristol Central play in Class […]
Aidan Peterson and the Holy Cross boys soccer team seek a return trip to the Class S state final, a place they haven’t been to since 2019. They have to beat the team that they […]
Junior Amanda Hodak (5) came up big for the Holy Cross girls volleyball team this past Friday night in their 3-2 comeback win over North Branford in a Class S quarterfinal at home. (Copyright, Sports […]
Copyright, Sports on CT-69 The Kennedy football team is on the verge of making Waterbury history this season. The Eagles won their fifth straight game, 29-12, over St. Paul on Saturday at Municipal Stadium’s Ray […]
Three area girls volleyball teams punched their tickets to the semifinal round of their respective state tournaments this weekend. Bristol Central and Holy Cross took care of business on Friday night, then Bristol Eastern joined […]
It’s hard to accurately quantity the effort, or measure the heart, displayed by the WCA and Crosby football teams on Friday morning at Jimmy Lee Stadium. The teams played in the morning because there was […]
Holy Cross’ Eli Simoes handles the ball during Thursday’s second round game. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) To get his Holy Cross boys soccer team ready for the Class S state tournament, head coach John Teixeira […]
St. Paul junior captain Nick Rieger, left, celebrates his goal with Juan Pablo Del Valle Rangel during the first half of Tuesday evening’s Class S first round boys soccer game against Housatonic Regional-Falls Village at […]
St. Paul-Lewis Mills head coach Gabriel Bartolome guided his team to a fifth place finish in this past Friday’s Naugatuck Valley League girls swimming championship meet held at Kennedy High School’s John Reardon Poll. (Copyright, […]
Caption: The Bristol Central girls volleyball team made it to the first CCC final in program history. The Rams fell to top-seeded Southington, but it was still an incredible run. (Photo credit: BC volleyball, Twitter) […]
Kadin Talho had a terrific Little East Conference tournament for the Western Connecticut State University men’s soccer team, and he was lauded for those efforts. The former Holy Cross High standout was named the tournament’s […]
The Kennedy football team reached the .500 mark (4-4) with its fourth straight win. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) Some local winning streaks stayed intact, a couple by the slimmest of margins, during Week 9 of […]
It was all joy, and maybe a tinge of disbelief, for the Wolcott boys soccer team, which completed its NVL tournament journey with the program’s first championship Wednesday night. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) From the […]
The Wolcott boys soccer team was at it again on Monday night. The eighth-seeded Eagles again seized an early lead in an NVL tournament game, this time against fifth-seeded Watertown in a semifinal matchup in […]
Quentin Outlaw, seen here during last year’s state tournament game at Nonnewaug, had one of Wolcott’sgoals in a big 3-2 NVL quarterfinal win over Holy Cross on Saturday. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69, 2022 file) The […]
When the Bristol Eastern football team wins recently, it seems to pitch a shutout. The Lancers improved to 5-2 on the season Saturday with a 34-0 victory over RHAM in Hebron. It was the third […]
Justin Cardinale kicks the ball as teammate Peter Lawlor looks on during Wolcott’s first round state tournament match last year at Nonnewaug. The Eagles will be playing in both the NVL and state tournaments this […]
You might be hard-pressed to find a hotter college wide receiver in the Northeast than Waterbury native Deandre Wallace. The former Holy Cross standout is a senior at Anna Maria College in Massachusetts. Wallace leads […]
Crosby football’s Jeremiah Febus (7) hooked up with Courdel McLarty for the play of the season, a touchdown pass on the game’s final play to stun Wilby, 28-24, on Saturday. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) There […]
The Post University football team trailed Franklin Pierce University by 10 points at around the midway point of the third quarter of Saturday’s Division II game in Rindge, N.H. For a team that hadn’t won […]
St. Paul junior James Naples celebrates his match-tying goal during his team’s NVL boys soccer match against Oxford on Oct. 12 at McPhee Field. The Falcons earned a solid 1-1 tie against the defending league […]
Former Bristol Eastern girls soccer standout Myah Croze has had a terrific career at Western Connecticut State University, and she added another school record to her ledger this past Wednesday. Croze scored the only goal […]
The first round of Bell City matchups between Bristol Eastern and Bristol Central have been played, and the Lancers came out on top against the Rams in two of three matchups. The first time the […]
Daniel Rodriguez (8) and the Kennedy football team came up with a big win, 34-28, over Torrington on Saturday Municipal Stadium’s Ray Snyder Sr. Field. The win was the first this season for the Eagles. […]
The Bristol Central boys soccer team faced a formidable foe on Tuesday on its home turf when it played Glastonbury. The Guardians came in with a deceptive 4-2-1 record. The record was deceptive because the […]
When he was head coach at the now-closed Chase Collegiate School in Waterbury, Joe Campos had his Highlander boys soccer team challenging for Housatonic Valley Athletic League and New England Prep School Athletic Conference championships. […]
The Bristol Eastern boys soccer team was looking to bounce back Monday afternoon at home against winless Hartford Public.The Lancers had dropped their previous game, 3-0, to Berlin at home last Thursday. Eastern more than […]
The Crosby football team got back to .500 (2-2) following a 14-8 overtime win at St. Paul in a rare Sunday afternoon high school football game in Bristol. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69, file) Crosby ran […]
Wolcott quarterback Toby Chance (9) runs to the offensive huddle with the play call during a home game against Woodland last month. The Eagles beat Wilby, 35-14, Thursday for their first win of the season.(Copyright, […]
It was a better week for area high school football teams in Week 3. WCA pulled away for a Thursday night win over Wolcott, then Holy Cross, Bristol Eastern and Bristol Central all picked up […]
It was a rough couple of days for area teams in Week 2 of the high school football season. Just two out of 10 area teams, Bristol Eastern and Crosby, picked up victories, and both […]
The first week of the high school football season mercifully ended for area teams on Sunday after Bristol Central traveled to Windsor for a makeup game. Here are some standouts from the opening week: […]
Are you ready for some … lightning? Wait a minute, that’s not how the phrase goes, though you wouldn’t know any better after the opening weekend of the high school football season. “Stop me if […]
The sub-70 degree weather of the past couple days felt like September, despite the ridiculous humidity that existed Thursday. We will soon be in the month of September, and that made me think about some […]
The New England Collegiate Baseball League announced its first team, second team and honorable mentions on Thursday afternoon, and a former Bristol Eastern standout made the top squad. Jagger Duquette, who was chosen as the […]
The Wolcott-Terryville Scrappers are taking aim at a second straight Connecticut Twilight League baseball championship, with the first coming when they were known as the Terryville Black Sox. The best-of-three championship series against the New […]
Jeff Nicol had a terrific night for the New Britain Bees on Saturday in Pittsfield, Mass. The Wolcott native blasted a grand slam, singled, scored a run and drove in four for New Britain in […]
The Bristol Blues found themselves facing elimination on Tuesday night at Muzzy Field against the Valley Blue Sox in Game 2 of their NECBL quarterfinal series. Bristol gave the ball to former Bristol Eastern right-hander […]
The Wolcott Terryville Scrappers recently added another potent bat to their lineup. Wolcott Terryville has a very strong presence from the right side of the batter’s box, but this new addition hits from the left […]
The Valley Ducks beat the Brass City Vipers, 5-0, at Wolcott High School on Saturday in the first game of a best-of-three, first round Connecticut Tri-State Baseball League playoff series. Zach Royka had a complete […]
In the New England Collegiate Baseball League’s West Division, a .500 record is good enough for first place. That’s where the Bristol Blues (13-13-1) find themselves after a 6-2 win over the division foe Danbury […]
The Tri-Town Trojans are unbeaten and have a commanding lead in the 2023 Connecticut Tri-State Baseball League season. Tri-Town is 13-0 and four games clear of both the Bethlehem Plowboys and Burlington Hunters, who are […]
The Bristol Post 2 American Legion baseball program is once again fielding teams at the 17U and 19U levels this summer. So far, the 17U team has been having more success. Bristol is 10-3 entering […]
Waterbury natives Laniah Moffett and Aoife Devaney are two of the best golfers in the Naugatuck Valley League. That is fact and can’t be disputed. What 20 other golfers from around the state found out […]
Wolcott third baseman Joe Ferrucci waits for a throw that never comes as Nonnewaug’s Matt Palumbo slides in safely after taking two bases on an errant pickoff throw during Saturday’s Class M baseball state final […]
The No. 13 seed Wolcott baseball team went from spinning a shutout to spinning out of control against No. 17 New Fairfield in Tuesday’s Class M semifinal game at Muzzy Field in Bristol. In one […]
Drew Rocca and Nick Sconziano came up big for Wolcott baseball, along with A.J. Martinez, in a 1-0 Class M quarterfinal win over Northwestern Regional on Saturday in Winsted. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69, file) The […]
Senior Lorelei Stancavage’s clutch two-strike, two-out, two-run double gave Bristol Central a dramatic quarterfinal win over St. Jospeh-Trumbull on Friday. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69, file) There were twos all over the Bristol Central softball scoreboard […]
Forget being satisfied with one eight inning win. The Wolcott baseball team went ahead and made it two in a row Wednesday. The No. 13 Eagles went on the road and upended No. 4 Rocky […]
The UConn, Boston College, Northeastern and Central Connecticut State baseball teams all found out where they will be headed for this year’s NCAA baseball tournament. The end goal for each is to be a part […]
There were three thrilling games involving local teams in the first full day of high school state tournament action Tuesday. In one, the local team threw out the potential tying run at the plate to […]
The St. Paul baseball team lost a tough NVL tournament final to Woodland in a matchup of the league’s top teams. The Falcons now move on to their state championship defense. St. Paul is the […]
If you are a fan of St. Paul and Wolcott, you can get two postseason games at the same time today in Bristol. Even better, the fields where the two games are being played are […]
Bristol Central softball’s Kaley Laird rips a double for one of her game-high four hits during Thursday’s 14-2 home win over city rival Bristol Eastern. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69) The Bristol Eastern softball team couldn’t […]
When a high school golfer shoots under 40, that’s a pretty good day. Most days, a high school team won’t have more than one or two players who will shoot under 40. The Bristol Central […]
Seniors from the Bristol Central boys and girls track and field teams pose Tuesday at Bristol Central High School. (Photo credit: Tamara Stafford-Kirk, BC boys head coach via Twitter) It was a big day for […]
The Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern boys track and field teams have plenty on the line Tuesday in their annual tussle. Both teams enter the meet with perfect 6-0 records, which puts the CCC South […]
The St. Paul softball team has a busy week to end its regular season – three games – and it will try to improve on an already impressive 11-6 record. The Falcons enter the final […]
The Bristol Central baseball team has been tough to score upon this season, and that trend continued against city rival Bristol Eastern on Friday night at Muzzy Field. Left-hander Nate Pirog worked quickly and effectively […]
Emma Cretella helped the Westfield State women’s lacrosse team win the MASCAC tourney title at home on Saturday afternoon. The former St. Paul standout had four goals and two assists. (Sports on CT-69, file) Emma […]
The defending Class S state champion St. Paul baseball team relied on power hitting and strong pitching to claim the ultimate prize in 2022. This season, the pitching is still there, but the offense has […]
Westfield State senior Emma Cretella leads the MASCAC regular season champions into the semifinal round of the tournament, where it will host Worcester State. Cretella, a former St. Paul standout, was recently named MASCAC Player […]
Former Wolcott baseball standout and CCSU junior Jeff Nicol doubled his season home run total over the weekend, and he did so while celebrating his birthday. Nicol homered for the Blue Devils on Saturday and […]
We’re into a new month in the high school spring sports season, and the Bristol Central softball and baseball teams have something in common. Both still haven’t lost a game this season. Central softball beat […]
It’s not often that there are Division I college baseball teams from New England ranked in the Top 25. It’s even more rare when one is ranked for the first time. That’s the case for […]
It’s hard to have a much better day than the one turned in on Monday by Kaynor Tech baseball player Gabe Beale. Beale tossed a six-inning no-hitter with nine strikeouts for the Panthers in their […]
Cam Maldonado has had an amazing freshman season with Northeastern University baseball, and it became a record-breaking campaign on Sunday. With two home runs in the second game of a home doubleheader against Hofstra University, […]
St. Paul boys’ golf senior Matthew Downes poses after shooting a medalist round of 3-under par 33 in his team’s 184-201 over Seymour at The Golf Club at Oxford Greens. (Submitted photo) St. Paul boys’ […]
Bristol Central softball senior right-hander has thrown a perfect game and no-hitter in her last two starts for the undefeated Rams. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69, 2022 file) Bristol Central softball senior pitcher Sophia Torreso has […]
The Wolcott baseball team had two suspended games to complete entering Thursday. Each of the two games were suspended due to darkness. The Eagles were able to complete one of those suspended games on Thursday […]
The Bristol Co-op boys’ lacrosse team had a solid 10-7 season in 2022 that included an appearance in the Class L state tournament. Bristol is looking for more success this season, but even the most […]
Bristol Central senior captain Christian Stafford bats in the bottom of the seventh inning of Friday’s home game against Plainville. Stafford smacked a walk-off single for the 2-1 victory. (Screen grab of video taken by […]
Last year, Donovan Clingan led Bristol Central boys’ basketball to an undefeated season and a state championship. This year, he helped UConn men’s basketball capture its fifth national championship. Not too shabby 13 months or […]
Photo caption: Former Wolcott softball standout Kaitlynn Ouellette has had a tremendous freshman season to date at the plate for the University of Saint Joseph. (Copyright, Sports on CT-69, 2021 file) There are plenty of […]
Bristol high school baseball’s influence was noticeable in each of the last two Eastern Connecticut State University games. The Warriors, ranked fourth in Division III baseball, knocked off No. 21 Wheaton College, 7-4, on Tuesday […]
Former Wolcott baseball standout Jeff Nicol led the way in a big way for Central Connecticut State University in a 16-12 home win over Sacred Heart University on Wednesday afternoon. […]
The WCA boys’ basketball team was only in its eighth varsity season in 2022-23, and what a season it was. The Spartans won 24 games, lost just three, won their first NVL championship and brought […]
Late in the third quarter of Sunday’s Division III state championship game, the second-seeded WCA boys’ basketball team faced its largest deficit. There were 51 seconds left on the Mohegan Sun Arena scoreboards, and the […]
There is a team from Waterbury headed to the Sun for the CIAC state basketball championships, and it calls the North End, and specifically Berkeley Avenue, home. […]
The city of Waterbury, and the Sports on CT-69 area itself, is down to one high school basketball team in the state tournament after a rough quarterfinal night Monday. The WCA boys, who won the […]
Two Waterbury boys’ basketball teams will attempt to advance to the semifinal round of their state tournament bracket Monday. Both teams are in Division II, and both come from the west side, mere minutes apart […]
The Holy Cross girls’ basketball team had E.O. Smith-Storrs right where they wanted them in Friday night’s Class L state semifinal game at New Britain High School. Then they didn’t. All it took was about […]
The pace in the first half of Monday night’s Holy Cross girls’ basketball’s Class L state quarterfinal home game against New Milford wasn’t to the home team’s liking. The Crusaders and Green Wave were tied, […]
High school girls’ basketball state tournament action resumes Monday night, and two local teams will be playing in quarterfinal round games. Both teams will be home for their contests. In Class L, second-seeded Holy Cross […]
Waterbury Career Academy has only been playing varsity boys’ basketball since the 2016-17 season, but the Spartans have had a meteoric rise. WCA finished as the top team in the Naugatuck Valley League in the […]
The high school girls’ basketball state tournament began on Monday for some teams. There were games that were postponed due to the winter storm threat. Wolcott began its run in Class MM with a dominating […]
For the second straight season, the Bristol Central girls’ basketball team began the Class L state tournament with a first round home game. And for the second straight season, the Rams won a first round […]
The NVL boys’ basketball tournament tips off today in Wilby High School’s Reggie O’Brien Gymnasium with four quarterfinal games. WCA enters the tournament for the first time as its top seed. The Spartans are followed […]
The Holy Cross and St. Paul girls’ basketball teams will have to wait another night to renew their rivalry.The NVL tournament final has been pushed from tonight to Thursday at 7 p.m. due to weather […]
St. Paul needed to survive a frantic final minute against Torrington in Monday’s first NVL girls’ basketball tournament semifinal at Kennedy High School’s Jack Taglia Gymnasium. Holy Cross used a dominating first quarter to put […]
The Wolcott girls’ basketball team wins with defense.The Eagles are at their best when their pressure is causing issues for the opposing team’s offense. An offense can go cold, but defense can always be played.“When […]
Monday’s NVL girls’ basketball tournament semifinals will feature three local teams. St. Paul, Wolcott and Holy Cross all won their Saturday quarterfinal games at Kennedy High School’s Jack Taglia Gymnasium. The Falcons blasted Oxford in […]
The regular season is nearly over for local high school girls’ basketball teams, so here’s a look at where they stand with the postseason on the horizon. Holy Cross is an area-best 17-2 overall, including […]
There are just a few games left in the high school boys’ basketball regular season for our local teams, and here’s where they stand. WCA is 15-3 overall and 14-2 in the NVL. The Spartans […]
The Bristol Central girls’ basketball team did something Monday night that it hadn’t done since 1999-2000. The Rams beat city rival Bristol Eastern, 43-38, in the Charles C. Marsh Gymnasium, and completed their first season […]
The high school wrestling season has reached the postseason, and three local grapplers snatched individual championships at Saturday’s Berkshire-Valley meet. Brothers Don and Anthony Shivas finished first at 220 and 285 pounds in the meet, […]
The Wolcott boys’ basketball team knocked off Naugatuck, 56-44, on Tuesday night in the John H. Morris Gymnasium. With the win, the Eagles (8-7) clinched their first state tournament berth since 2019. That Wolcott team […]
Mustapha Heron, Tyrn Flowers and Raheem Solomon all starred on the basketball court for the former Sacred Heart High School. Now the trio has something else in common. All have scored at least 1,000 points […]
The Wolcott boys’ basketball team has nine seniors on its roster, and several came up big on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles forced overtime at home against New Fairfield, then outlasted them in double overtime, 55-51. […]
To say Holy Cross girls’ basketball senior star Mya Zaccagnini has had a spectacular career could be putting it too simply. Zaccagnini reached an incredible career milestone Friday night when she passed Kay Odenwaelder to […]
The St. Paul girls’ basketball team has been tested this week. Now there’s an understatement. The Falcons played the NVL’s top two teams in a three-day span. Happily for St. Paul, both games were inside […]
The Holy Cross boys’ basketball team has been playing better lately, and the results have shown up in the win column. It wasn’t easy on Friday night at the Tim McDonald Gymnasium, but the Crusaders […]
The Wilby boys’ basketball team is having a season not seen on Bucks Hill Road since 2015-16. That was the last time the Wildcats had a winning record. It was also the last time they […]
There has been no better boys’ basketball team in the NVL than Waterbury Career Academy so far this season. The Spartans (11-1 overall) have yet to lose a league game (10-0) entering tonight’s home contest […]
Two local girls’ high school basketball coaching legends reached a career milestone this month. Holy Cross’ Frank Lombardo picked up his 600th win on Jan. 10 when his team defeated Ansonia, 79-21, at Ansonia High […]
Jamie Leggett has been a proficient scorer for the St. Paul boys’ basketball team in his varsity career. On Friday night, the senior hit a personal milestone when he hit the 1,000-point mark with a […]
Former Bristol Eastern, St. Paul and Taft standout Tyler Arbuckle has been playing well for his Saint Anselm College men’s basketball team. Arbuckle was recognized for his efforts when the Northeast-10 Conference named him its […]
The situation wasn’t great for the Wilby boys’ basketball team entering the waning moments of Tuesday night’s game against Ansonia in the Reggie O’Brien Gymnasium. The Wildcats trailed the upstart Chargers by four points with […]
Two of the hottest high school basketball teams in the area can be found in Bristol. The Bristol Eastern boys pulled away from Rocky Hill, 58-39, on the road on Monday. The Bristol Central girls […]
The Holy Cross girls’ basketball team faced a strong test on Saturday evening when it hosted Torrington in the Tim McDonald Gymnasium. The Raiders came in with an undefeated record, and the Crusaders also had […]
Former St. Paul standout Steve Pikiell and his Rutgers men’s basketball team once again played the role of giant killer on Monday night. For the second straight season, the Scarlet Knights knocked off a top-ranked […]
The Wolcott and St. Paul girls basketball teams played an aggressive, physical game Friday night that left both teams exhausted when the final buzzer sounded inside the John H. Morris Gymnasium. The Eagles led by […]
The Holy Cross girls’ basketball team experienced defeat in the season opener this year after an undefeated run in 2021-22. The Crusaders have had to play from behind, and they did so again on Tuesday […]
The Holy Cross girls’ basketball team returns to the place where it captured the second state championship in program history less than a year ago. The Crusaders face the St. Mary Academy – Bay View […]
The Northeast-10 Conference announced its weekly top women’s basketball players on Tuesday, and a former Bristol Eastern standout was among them. Ciara Collins, who plays for Pace, earned Rookie of the Week honors after averaging […]
The Wolcott boys’ basketball team gave first-year head coach Anthony Giampetruzzi an early Christmas present Thursday night. Wolcott defeated Woodland, 67-51, inside the friendly confines of John H. Morris Gymnasium. The Eagles, who lost their […]
The UConn football team needed a spark Monday during the Myrtle Beach Bowl against Marshall at Coastal Carolina’s Brooks Stadium. True freshman and former Bristol Central star Victor Rosa provided that spark in the third […]
The high school boys’ basketball season began for two area teams, and a former local coach, on Thursday evening. Bristol Eastern led the way, rolling to an easy home victory over Plainville. Bristol Central began […]
The Holy Cross girls basketball team enters the 2022-23 season with a target on its back. That’s what happens when you win a state championship and finish as the lone undefeated team in the state.The […]
When he competed as a diver for the Wilby/Kaynor Tech co-op, Kaynor Tech graduate Matheus Silva was one of the best in the NVL. Silva has been a strong presence on the Southern Connecticut State […]
The high school girls’ basketball season begins this evening for a bunch of local teams. Holy Cross is the lone returning state champion, having captured the Class M crown. The Crusaders jumped two classes to […]
It was a good day for former Sacred Heart High School star Raheem Solomon on Saturday. Solomon, now a graduate student at Sacred Heart University, led the Pioneers with 18 points and added six rebounds […]
Kids from the Boys & Girls Club of Bristol were treated to a great performance from former Bristol Central superstar Donovan Clingan on Saturday at Gampel Pavilion. Clingan had 21 points, 11 rebounds, two blocks […]
The UConn men’s basketball team and true freshman Donovan Clingan faced their first true road game of the season Wednesday night at the University of Florida. The fifth-ranked Huskies passed the test easily, and the […]
A pair of former local standouts helped the Western Connecticut State University men’s swimming team break school records at the Connecticut Cup this past weekend. Freshman Noah Taylor, who competed for the Bristol Co-op, helped […]
The UConn football team is going bowling for the first time since 2015, and former Bristol Central star Victor Rosa will be right there with them. The true freshman running back has certainly earned his […]
Holy Cross football’s 45-21 loss to Bloomfield in the Class S state semifinal round Sunday may have ended a season, but it also provided a look at the future. One thing that was reinforced…Marquis Campbell […]
The Holy Cross football team pulled within six points of Bloomfield in their Class S state semifinal game Sunday at Phil Rubin Stadium.Marquis Campbell’s third rushing touchdown, and Kevin Matiz’s third extra point, made the […]
The Holy Cross football program finds itself in the semifinal round of the state playoffs for the first time since 2011. In order to get to their first championship game since 2011, the third-seeded Crusaders […]
The Holy Cross football team faced multiple moments of adversity during Tuesday night’s 42-36 Class S quarterfinal win over New Fairfield at Municipal Stadium’s Ray Snyder Sr. Field. The ultimate adversity, however, will come on […]
The Marquis Campbell Show couldn’t have aired at a better time for the Holy Cross football team. Campbell scored five touchdowns, including four on the ground in the second half, and the third-seeded Crusaders knocked […]
There have been some who wondered if former Bristol Central superstar Donovan Clingan would be able to play major Division I college basketball at UConn. Clingan had his doubters, as is the case with many […]
The Holy Cross football team enters the Class S state playoffs in nearly the same position as a year ago. The Crusaders finished the regular season with the same record, 8-2, that they had in […]
Another Thanksgiving week is in the books, and the Holy Cross football team enjoyed another Turkey Day win over Wolcott. Bristol Central won for the seventh consecutive outing against Bristol Eastern, and Crosby won a […]
The WCA football team had an up-and-down season, but it ended with a win on Thanksgiving Eve against Wilby at Municipal Stadium’s Ray Snyder Sr. Field. The Spartans jumped out to a 25-point lead on […]
We made it. It’s Week 12, the final one of the high school football regular season, and there will be football played on Thanksgiving Eve and Thanksgiving Day. Teams will be looking to improve playoff […]
The Bristol Central girls’ volleyball team was on a postseason run that was unprecedented in program history. On Saturday, the Rams ran into a buzz-saw named Barlow, as in Joel Barlow. The top-seeded Falcons swept […]
The Bristol Central girls’ volleyball team will play in its first state championship match Saturday at 1 p.m. at East Haven High School. The seventh-seeded Rams (19-7) face top-seeded and undefeated Joel Barlow (23-0). The […]
Former St. Paul football standout Eric Langland earned a terrific honor as a senior at the University of New England. Langland was named Offensive Lineman of the Year in the Commonwealth Coast Conference, according to […]
It was a total team effort that drove the Bristol Central girls’ volleyball team to its first state championship final. Central won, 3-1, over third-seeded East Lyme on Wednesday night at Cromwell High School. The […]
It hasn’t been the greatest postseason for local high school sports teams this fall. Outside of swimming and diving, there’s one team left, and that’s Bristol Central girls’ volleyball. The third-seeded Rams made history when […]
The first three days of the state tournament have been contested. The going was tough for local teams on Monday with just three winners. Tuesday was a better day with four winners. No local teams […]
High-scoring games were the norm for four Waterbury schools that played during Week 9 of the high school football season. The most insane of the two games was Saturday’s high-scoring affair between Crosby and Wilby […]
The Holy Cross boys’ soccer team got off to a slow start, but the turnaround came quick. By the end of the regular season, the Crusaders were 11-3-2 and earned a No. 2 seed in […]
The Holy Cross boys’ soccer team was one of five local squads to play in an NVL semifinal contest on Tuesday night. The Crusaders are the last local team standing entering championship Thursday. Holy Cross, […]
After a loss to undefeated Ansonia, the Holy Cross football team was looking for a bounce-back victory Saturday against Crosby at Jimmy Lee Stadium. After a very sluggish start that included a lost onside kick […]
The Wolcott High football team led by two touchdowns late in the first half of Friday night’s game at Joe Monroe Field, but Kennedy was on the move. Kennedy pushed the ball deep into Wolcott […]
The streak is over. After 56 straight losses dating back to 1994, Bristol Central girls’ volleyball finally got the better of their counterparts from Bristol Eastern, 3-0, on Monday night in the Charles C. Marsh […]
The Western Connecticut State University men’s soccer claimed the Little East Conference regular season title Saturday, and a former Holy Cross High standout was in the middle of the action. The Wolves won, 2-1, over […]
It was a tough Friday and Saturday for local high school football teams – with one exception – in Week 7. Two area football teams were defeated on Friday, and two more went down on […]
The Kennedy football team couldn’t have picked a more exciting way to earn its first win of the season. The Eagles (1-5) scored first in overtime on Dereck Ledee’s five-yard touchdown run. Kennedy then got […]
The Bristol Central boys cross country team emerged from Tuesday’s CCC championship meet at Manchester’s Wickham Park with another South Division title. The Rams may not have finished off an undefeated season overall – thanks to […]
You have to go back to 2002 to find the last time the Holy Cross boys cross country team won an NVL title. Well, the wait is over. The Crusaders captured the NVL championship Wednesday […]
In the past two games, former Bristol Central football star Victor Rosa has experienced the ups and downs that come with playing college football as a true freshman. First, the positives. UConn won, 33-12, on […]
The sun was shining on a cool Saturday morning at St. Paul Catholic as the Falcons hosted Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern in the annual city cross country championship meet. And what a meet it […]
The Holy Cross High cross country program swept the annual city championship meet on Friday at Bucks Hill Park. The Crusader boys won with a score of 17. Kaynor Tech was second with 56, followed […]
Five local girls’ volleyball teams have reached the 10-win mark with another threatening to get there at about the three-quarter mark of the regular season. Holy Cross (12-2) and Kaynor Tech (12-3) lead the way […]
There are comebacks, and then there was what the Holy Cross football team did against Naugatuck in a battle of 4-0 teams on Thursday night at Municipal Stadium’s Ray Snyder Sr. Field.The Crusaders trailed by […]
The Bristol Eastern girls volleyball team kept up its mastery of Bristol Central with a 3-1 victory in the Thomas M. Monahan Gymnasium on Monday night. The set scores were 25-23, 25-20, 17-25, 25-15. The […]
The Bristol Eastern and Bristol Central girls volleyball teams meet for the first of two times in the regular season tonight at 6:30 in the Thomas M. Monahan Gymnasium. The Lancers (8-1) come into tonight’s […]
The Holy Cross football team entered Saturday afternoon’s game ready for its matchup against WCA at Municipal Stadium’s Ray Snyder Sr. Field. Both teams were 3-0 going into the game, but the Crusaders dispelled the […]
Week 4 of the high school football season is nearly over already, but there’s already been some big developments. First, Wolcott coach Tony Bell picked up the first win of his tenure, 35-14, over Wilby […]
Many area high school girls volleyball teams are nearing the midway point of the season, so here’s a look at the teams that have played at least eight matches so far. The Kaynor Tech girls […]
The Wilby football team was the lone local outfit in action on Saturday, and it had a tough day in a 35-0 loss to NVL newcomer Gilbert-Northwestern-Housatonic at Van Why Field in Winsted. The Wildcats […]
It was tough to find a lot of positives in UConn football’s 41-10 loss at North Carolina State University on Saturday, but there was one from a local product. Former Bristol Central superstar Victor Rosa […]
It took a strong comeback, but Holy Cross football made sure next Saturday’s matchup against WCA will be a battle of 3-0 teams. The Crusaders rallied to beat Seymour, 28-21, on Friday night at DeBarber […]
The WCA football team had to chance to showcase its talents on Thursday night at Municipal Stadium’s Ray Snyder Sr. Field. The Spartans were playing St. Paul, and they were the only game in the […]
The Western New England University football team is off to a 1-2 start this season. The Golden Bears are looking to get back on track Saturday at home against Salisbury University, and they hope for […]
If you look at the box score from UConn football’s blowout loss at Michigan this past Saturday, a familiar name led the team in rushing attempts. Former Bristol Central superstar Victor Rosa carried the ball […]
Week 2 of the high school football season is all done, and Holy Cross and WCA are both 2-0 after convincing victories. The Crusaders squashed Watertown, 54-12, on Thursday while the Spartans hammered Derby, 55-12, […]
The Wolcott High football team became the first to play a varsity game on the new turf of Joe Monroe Field on Friday night. Wolcott hosted WCA in a matchup of first-year head coaches, Tony […]
Dan Mulrooney spent plenty of time at Municipal Stadium running over or around high school defenders as a standout on the Holy Cross football team. This past Saturday, Mulrooney returned with his Lock Haven (Penn.) […]
Victor Rosa scored 41 touchdowns and was the Connecticut Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior standout for the Bristol Central football team. On Saturday afternoon, Rosa reached the end zone for the first […]
The Terryville Black Sox may not have won the ultimate prize, but they still grabbed their league championship. Three days after losing two games and the Stan Musial East Coast World Series to the Albany […]
Bristol Knights left-hander Chris McGrath was drafted by the Terryville Black Sox ahead of the Stan Musial East Coast World Series being played this weekend. Terryville was familiar with McGrath, given they have faced him […]
There are plenty of locals who made an impact during the regular season in the Greater Hartford Twilight Baseball League and Connecticut Twilight League. First of all, you’ll find former Bristol Central right-hander Kenny Knox […]
In a series-deciding game, there are likely going to be some gut check moments where a player or team needs to come up big. Blasius Chevrolet starting pitcher Dave Alarcon Jr. faced a gut check […]
The Southington Aftershock have won four straight games and are climbing up the Connectcticut Twilight League standings. Victories over the Enfield Patriots, New Britain Rock Cats, Connecticut Orioles and Elmer’s Angels have improved Southington’s record […]
The Bristol Post 2 American Legion 19U baseball team got off to a great start in the state tournament. Bristol shut out Northeast on July 16 at Muzzy Field in the first game of Pod […]
The Joan Joyce High School Softball League held its all-star game on Thursday night, and it was a success on more than one level. First off, Joyce was remembered by those in attendance, at the […]
There were four former area players in the lineup Wednesday evening for the Southington Black Knights in their Connecticut Collegiate Baseball League game against the Brass City Bombers at Municipal Stadium. Three of those players […]
Bristol American Legion baseball, the lone area program still currently in operation, is having a solid season at the 19U level after an up-and-down start. Post 2 fell to 9-6 in Zone 1 play following […]
Former St. Paul standout right-hander Kyle Dube found himself on the mound at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford on Wednesday night. Dube got the start for the Terryville Black Sox in their Connecticut Twilight League […]
The Bethlehem Plowboys took over sole possession of second place in the Connecticut Tri-State Baseball League with a 6-0 shutout of the Winsted Whalers on Thursday evening at Gallop Field in Bethlehem. There were local […]
One year ago Sunday, the voters of Wolcott approved $1.41 million to finance projects at Wolcott High School and Tyrrell Middle School. Included in that funding is a new artificial turf and running track, along […]
Ryan Daniels had just nine days between his last his high school game and his first one at the next level. The recent St. Paul star is on the roster of the New Britain Bees, […]
The Terryville Black Sox, which have a bunch of players from this area, are playing in the Connecticut Twilight League this season. One of their top players, Andrew Hinckley, has already made his presence known […]
Bristol Central track and field standout Frankie Porrini III didn’t just have a day to remember this past weekend. He had two days to remember while competing at a national meet. Porrini competed in the […]
Behind the right arm of sophomore Joey Tonnotti and the sweet left-handed swing of senior Ryan Daniels, the St. Paul baseball team got its redemption and won a state championship Saturday at Palmer Field in […]
They’re back, and they mean business. The St. Paul baseball team (25-1 overall) plays in its second straight Class S state championship game today at 3:30 p.m. at Middletown’s Palmer Field, but the top seed […]
The fifth-seeded Bristol Central softball team struck first for a run in the top of the third inning of its Class LL state championship game against second-seeded Southington on Friday night. It was the only […]
The Bristol Central softball team is looking to pull off an historic upset tonight (7 o’clock first pitch) at Stratford’s Frank DeLuca Hall of Fame Field. The fifth-seeded Rams (26-4 overall) are a very good […]
St. Paul baseball senior southpaw Brendan Foley was superb in Tuesday night’s Class S state semifinal at Palmer Field in Middletown. Foley pitched 6 1/3 innings, gave up only four hits and fanned 14 while […]
The top-seeded St. Paul baseball team needs one more win to return to the Class S state championship game, but it won’t be an easy task. Not if last year’s semifinal is any indication. The […]
For one Bristol team, it was euphoria. For the other Bristol team, it was the end of an improbable run. The fifth-seeded Bristol Central softball team knocked off top-seeded Danbury, 4-1, on Monday afternoon in […]
The Bristol Central and Bristol Eastern softball teams will each play in a state tournament semifinal game this afternoon. The fifth-seeded Rams take on top-seeded Danbury in Class LL at Stratford’s Frank DeLuca Hall of […]
STATE DIVISIONAL TRACK AND FIELD MEET RESULTS(all meets held at Willow Brook Park, New Britain)NOTES: Top six earned medals; top eight earned points toward team total; bold = 1st, 2nd, 3rd place finishers Tuesday, May […]
The Bristol Central softball team has reached a spot it hasn’t been in for nearly a decade. With a 6-2 win over No. 13 Trumbull in a Class LL state quarterfinal on Saturday, the fifth-seeded […]
It was a story familiar to Bristol Central softball and many other teams around the state this week. Show up to play a game, have it get postponed, come back and play the next day. […]
The eighth-seeded Wolcott softball team trailed ninth-seeded Stonington by a run after a half inning during Thursday’s Class M quarterfinal game at George Babcock Softball Field. The Eagles offered a quick response to the Bears […]
With one swing of his bat, Casey Cerruto saved top-seeded St. Paul baseball from an upset home loss Wednesday in the second round of the Class S state tournament. Cerruto hammered a pitch deep into […]
The Holy Cross girls tennis team lost just once during the regular season, and picked up some major victories along the way. The biggest regular season victories came during a Thursday doubleheader on May 12. […]
Jake Taylor, the veteran catcher for the Cleveland Indians in the movie “Major League,” had a famous line late in the season: “Well there’s only one thing left to do. Win the whole thing.” St. […]
The Holy Cross baseball team came into Thursday night’s NVL tournament final against Woodland at Municipal Stadium ready to go. The third-seeded Crusaders scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning and never […]
The Holy Cross baseball team has made it a habit of reaching the NVL tournament final. That habit has been fueled for each of the past six tournaments. Tonight, third-seeded Holy Cross faces fourth-seeded Woodland […]
The Bristol Central baseball team came into the 2022 regular season with plenty of unknowns. That’s what happens when your roster contains just three seniors and a combined 12 freshmen and sophomores. There were seven […]
Athletes from Crosby, Holy Cross, Kennedy, St. Paul, WCA, Wilby and Wolcott competed in the NVL track and field championship meet Saturday at Torrington High School. Four locals won gold medals during the meet. They […]
It wasn’t a true home game, but the St. Paul baseball team treated Waterville Park like its own field during Thursday afternoon’s regular season finale against Watertown. The Falcons scored six times in the bottom […]
The St. Paul boys lacrosse team was 3-5 entering its April 27 home matchup with Capital Prep at McPhee Field. The Falcons hammered the Trailblazers that day, 17-2, and that’s when they began to turn […]
The Bristol Central softball team had as good a week as a high school squad can have during the regular season. The Rams won six times in six days last week. Yes, you read that […]
The Bristol Eastern softball team won its fifth straight game Monday, 17-1 in five innings, at Lewis Mills. The Lancers improved to 10-7 and are back home Tuesday against Manchester at 3:45 p.m. D’Amato has […]
To say the 2022 version of Wolcott baseball is familiar with close games is an understatement. The last four games the Eagles have played have been decided by two runs or less. Wolcott has alternated […]
What’s better than having three home games in a span of three days? Winning them all, of course. Bristol Central softball won games on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in the friendly confines of its home […]
St. Paul baseball senior left-hander Brendan Foley put together a pitching performance Monday that he’ll remember for the rest of his life. Foley fired a perfect game with 10 strikeouts in a 5-0 Falcon home […]
The Great Northeast Athletic Conference’s baseball tournament came to a close Sunday, and a local ballplayer was part of the championship-winning team. Former St. Paul standout Owen Davis is a freshman catcher on the Johnson […]