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Area boys teams receive CIAC tourney seeds
Area boys basketball teams found out their CIAC state tournament seeds on Wednesday. The best seed is of course Sacred Heart, No. 1 in Class L. Here are the seeds, from the top to the […]
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CIAC GIRLS HOOP DAY 2: St. Paul, Bristol Eastern advance
Five local girls basketball teams played their first game of the CIAC state tournaments on Tuesday night. St. Paul and Bristol Eastern won their first round games and advanced. Kaynor Tech, Wolcott and Waterbury Career […]
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CIAC GIRLS BASKETBALL: Holy Cross, Kennedy and Sacred Heart all win in the first round
Four local girls basketball teams played in first round state tournament games on Monday night, and three of them moved on. Holy Cross, Kennedy and Sacred Heart punched tickets to Thursday’s second round. Crosby fell […]
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NVL COMMENTARY: Holy Cross rolls into the final against Sacred Heart
After his team’s NVL Tournament quarterfinal win over Torrington on Saturday, Kennedy head coach Ryan Sullivan talked about the keys against semifinal opponent Holy Cross. Sullivan said whoever got to the 50-50 balls and controlled […]
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Four games, four blowouts in NVL boys quarterfinals Saturday
Sacred Heart’s Raheem Solomon launches a 3-pointer. He had four of them in a 31-point effort for the Hearts. The NVL boys basketball quarterfinals on Saturday all ended with one-sided margins. Here were the final […]
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WOLCOTT’S WEEKLY ROUNDUP #9: Boys hoop season ends, girls learn state seed
The Wolcott boys basketball season came to a close on Wednesday night at home. The Eagles were defeated 71-58 by Ansonia inside John Morris Gymnasium. Wolcott had an outside shot at the state tournament, but […]
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NVL BOYS TOURNAMENT: Area teams own Top 5 seeds entering the quarterfinal round
Sacred Heart’s Raheem Solomon (11) and Kennedy’s Tyairus Sands (5) look to help lead their teams to a NVL Tournament title. The Top 5 teams in the Naugatuck Valley League boys basketball tournament should sound […]
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HIGH 5 OF THE WEEK: DeFillippi part of historic season for Mount Ida
Joey DeFillippi, Mount Ida College basketball DeFillippi (Mount Ida athletics) While playing at Bristol Central High School, DeFillippi helped lead the Rams to the brink of their first state final since the magical 1990 championship […]
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Eight local girls hoop teams qualify for state tournament play
All-Brass Division players Armani Weaver of WCA (left) and Izzy Plant of Holy Cross (right) helped their teams get to the state tournament. The CIAC girls basketball state tournament brackets have been released, and the […]
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NVL GIRLS SEMIFINAL: St. Paul avenges last season’s loss to Kennedy
St. Paul senior Brigid Johndrow puts in two of her 11 points in her team’s 44-38 NVL semifinal win over Kennedy. It was a big evening at the Jack Taglia Gymnasium at Kennedy High School. […]