The Hornets finish the season in a tie with East Haven atop the SCC Tier 3 standings.
GUILFORD — It didn’t take very long for Hand to show why it will go into next week’s CIAC state playoffs as the No. 1 team in the state.
Valley Regional/Old Lyme closes the season on a three-game winning streak following its win over rival Haddam-Killingworth.
Tournament Most Outstanding Player Jack Green scored in the second overtime to help Hand defeat Wilton at Dillon Stadium.
The top-seeded Indians won their second straight Class M championship, fending off a late rally by the Tigers.
The sixth-seeded Guilford girls soccer team came from behind to defeat No. 13 East Lyme to win the Class L championship Saturday.
Holy Cross was playing in its fifth final; the last was in 2017, an OT loss to Old Lyme, wich had won the past four Class S titles.
Tournament MVP Emily Dempsey led second-seeded Avon, which soared to the 3-0 triumph. Dempsey notched 16 kills and nine digs for Avon, which finished 23-2 overall.
Old Saybrook boys soccer coach Sam Barnes won state titles as a player during his junior and senior seasons.Now, he has won back-to-back state titles in his final two seasons after coaching the Rams for 26 years.
Tigers face Wilton for Class L championship on Saturday.
Hornets rush for 356 yards, tally 536 yards of offense.
Only East Lyme stands in the way for the Guilford girls soccer team is on the verge of winning their first Class L state championship in six years.
TRUMBULL — After being frustrated in front of the cage for 60 minutes, all they needed was a little more space.
Ella Stanley and Maddie Epke led the charge for the top-seeded Indians, who reached their second straight final.
MILFORD — Old Saybrook will play for a second straight CIAC Class S championship after Shon Ryan’s penalty kick 2:26 into the first overtime was the difference in a 4-3 victory over No. 9 Cromwell on Tuesday night.
Goalkeeper Samantha Gray made three saves during penalty kicks to propel the Wildcats past the top-seeded Mountaineers in a Class S quarterfinal..
SOUTHBURY — With the Pomperaug and Guilford girls soccer teams posting a combined 21 shutouts during the regular season and two more in states, goals were going to be at an absolute premium in their Class L quarterfinal matchup Saturday.
The high school football teams from Shelton and No. 1 ranked Hand met in one of the more anticpated matchups of the season Friday.
DANBURY — The little engine that could has plenty of steam left in it.
MADISON — Look closely on Hand’s 2017 football roster, and you’ll find the player who has become the top running back on the No. 1 team in the state, the senior who has put his name in the school record book a couple of times. He’s there.
The Guilford girls soccer team has reached the Class L state tournament quarterfinals, doing so without former longtime head coach Scott McMahon, who resigned last week.
The 32nd Annual Branford Sports Hall of Fame dinner will be held on Friday November 22nd at Woodwinds Restaurant 29 Schoolground Road Branford. Eleven outstanding individuals will be honored for bringing honor and distinction to the Town of Branford. Tickets are $55 and are available at the …
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EAST HAVEN — When it comes to championships this fall, the Southern Connecticut Conference is painted green and white.
This was the fifth straight year that Morgan was in the Shoreline final — and playing in the sixth postseason game in the last four seasons between these two rivals, most notably last year’s Class S state championship game, won by Old Saybrook.
Up until last fall, Guilford had never won a Southern Connecticut Conference field hockey championship. Now, the Indians have two.
Ball possession was about a 50-50 split in the Shoreline Conference final and Westbrook gave North Branford a strong challenge. But a strong defense and a game-winning rebound goal gave North Branford its fourth Shoreline title.
WEST HAVEN — Guilford is the most successful team in Southern Connecticut Conference tournament history, reaching half of the championship finals ever played.
Guilford’s defense has been solid all season and was again on Wednesday night in the Southern Connecticut Conference tournament final against Shelton.
The Thunderbirds posted a shutout non-league win over Branford on Wednesday to improve to 15-0-1 heading into the postseason.
Lyman Hall’s Shakespeare Rodriguez enjoys being in the spotlight and he lived up to that role Friday with a key play in the win over Guilford.
The Hand football team, No. 1 in the GametimeCT Top 10 Poll, found itself in a spot it has not been in much the last few seasons, trailing after the opening possession.
With the tie, the Tigers remain one win or tie away from qualifying for the postseason.
Guilford, the top team in Class L in the state, rolled to its 12th straight win with a workmanlike 3-0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-16) victory over North Haven.
The Hand and Guilford boys soccer teams played dead even this season: tying both games, including a scoreless tie on Tuesday afternoon at the Surf Club.
The Guilford girls soccer team, which has allowed just one goal this season, posted its eighth shutout in a 3-0 victory over rival Hand.
EAST HAVEN — Perhaps a lesser team might have folded when its senior starting quarterback was lost for the year in just the second quarter of the season.
Balanced scoring and solid defense helped the Blue Wave pull away in the second half of their win over the Tigers.
Ava Bucci scores twice as Guilford rallies for win
Senior Kayla Howard, a fixture for the Hand girls soccer team since she was a freshman, now tries to provide leadership and experience for the younger players.
The junior finished with three goals, including two on penalty kicks, to lead the Tigers in a mathcup of the last two SCC tournament champions.
Upstart Wethersfield held a rare lead over the state’s top-ranked team, but the Tigers roared back in the second half to win.
In the 2018-19 school year, Palmer went on to accomplish the impressive feat of winning two state titles as a coach in two different sports at two different schools in the same school year - Guilford field hockey Class M title, Hand girls tennis Class M title.
After blowing a fourth-quarter lead to Guilford last week, the Branford football team had to come out strong against Stratford and did just that.
The Mercy senior is still recuperating from her bout with mononucleosis, but managed two goals in a shutout win over Hand.
OLD SAYBROOK — Coginchaug/Hale-Ray/East Hampton committed two turnovers in the first six minutes of its season opener, and in the closing minutes Saturday the Blue Devils’ second unit got careless and allowed two scores.
MADISON — Phoenix Billings and the Hand football team understand the pressure which comes with being part of a team which has won two consecutive state championships. Billings and company showed no signs of that pressure Friday evening.
Southern Connecticut Conference rivals Guilford and Branford battled until the end of the season-opener for both teams
MADISON — The Tigers aren’t running from anything. In fact, they have embraced the idea of the journey to get there, not just focusing on the ultimate prize.
BRISTOL — The Madison Little league baseball All-Stars clicked in every phase of the game this season and that talent led the team to the state title, representing Connecticut in the Little League Baseball New England Regional tournament this week.
BRISTOL — As disappointing as Madison Little League’s opening loss was to Vermont on Sunday in the first round of the Little League New England regional, Madison manager James Maynard was confident his talented 13-player squad could rebound in the loser’s bracket.
BRISTOL — It’s been an impressive postseason so far for the Bradford, Vermont Little League team, which went 7-0 in its state tournament, tossing three shutouts along the way.
