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Stoner Savored the Most of His Opportunities with NB Boys’ Lax
It does not matter how you start, but more about how you finish. For Connor Stoner, he can add an addendum to that statement after his lacrosse career with North Branford. It is not about how late you start either, when you make up ground with dedication and desire to the utmost degree.
Digging For More “Gold” In Hamden
After I watched NBC’s telecast of the triumph of 400-meter whiz Alexis Holmes in an Olympic relay race — she ran the anchor leg — I wondered about other Hamden natives who have achieved gold, some well-known, and others who triumphed with much less fanfare. By gold,...
Still No Signs For Derby Athletic Field
DERBY – With the first high school football game a month away, Ken Marcucio Sr. is still pushing the city to pay for the re-installation of signs at the field. “We approved these signs and no one knows what happened to the money,” Marcucio said on Aug. 12 during a meeting of the Derby Parks and Recreation Commission.
Alexis Holmes makes New Haven track community proud with a gold medal
Alexis Holmes' time in Paris might be over, but her impact on the local community is still being felt. On Friday, Holmes set a personal best time in the 400-meter final and on Saturday, she followed up her performance with a gold medal in the 4x400 meter relay. “To see...
New Haven Picked First in NE10 Coaches' Poll
MANSFIELD, Mass. – New Haven, the reigning Northeast-10 Conference champion, has been unanimously picked first in the Football Coaches’ Poll as released by the league office on Tuesday afternoon. The Chargers earned 64 points by virtue of eight first-place votes – tallying top support from each opposing NE10...
Alexis Holmes among standouts as CT Olympians from Hamden to Storrs shine in Paris
Dawn Stanton was in Iceland Monday night, on her way home to Hamden from Paris. She was deliriously tired, she said, but also deliriously happy after watching her daughter Alexis Holmes win an Olympic gold medal as the anchor of the 4×400-meter relay in Paris Saturday. Holmes, who grew up in Hamden and went to Cheshire Academy, finished sixth in the 400 meters with a personal best of 49.77 ...
Sagnella Housed Veteran Mindset as Freshman Phenom for NH Golf
The North Haven golf team gravitated towards a great deal of recognition among the SCC and state rankings in 2024. One of the biggest focal points of that progress was the uprising of the youth on the roster, including the rousing rookie year of James Sagnella. The incoming sophomore grew...
Entire Bobcats Squad Named to 2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
The Quinnipiac Field Hockey team achieved a remarkable milestone by having all 23 players recognized on the 2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team. To qualify, athletes must have a minimum GPA of 3.00 and complete requisite academic credits. The honor celebrates both athletic participation and academic excellence across the BIG EAST's 11 member and 6 affiliate institutions.
New England champions! North Providence L.L.'s ages 8-10 all-stars top Trumbull, Conn.
CRANSTON – Little League baseball in North Providence has been alive and well for nearly three-quarters of a century, but last Friday afternoon, the North Providence Little League’s Major Division ages 8-10 all-star baseball team accomplished something truly magnificent that hadn’t been done by any of the town’s all-time baseball teams.
McManus Mastering the Science of Golf as Hand’s All-SCC, All-State Captain
Golf is a sport that can call for a great deal of experimentation as a prerequisite to learning the courses. For Matt McManus, he has seen that up close and personal while developing a pragmatic approach to yield some superb solo and squad results. The Hand golfer started playing baseball...
Unmatched: Piper Remillard had mental mettle for run to 75-0
Pictured: Four years of tennis, four Shoreline championships for Coginchaug’s Piper Remillard. High school sports careers come and go, but three in particular in 2024 left a lasting impression on the Middletown, Portland and Durham/Middlefield communities. At Xavier, wrestler Raekwon Shabazz won a national championships for the second time....
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