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Sunday, May 19, 2024
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ECC will crown tournament champs in eight sports this week
First up is track and field.
That begins a jam-packed week in which eight Eastern Connecticut Conference sports will crown champions, from track and field Monday, boys’ a...
Boys’ singles
First round
No. 1 Tucker Callahan (Stonington) vs. No. 16 Benny Wu (Montville); No. 8 Sebastian Fieldsend (Ledyard) vs. No. 9 Owen Rigney (Killing...
The Mitchell College baseball team scored one of its biggest wins in program history on Saturday.
And the Mariners did it at a perfect time.
Riding senior righthander Cam...
Norwich — Norwich Free Academy rallied from a 7-0 deficit to beat Waterford 8-7 in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Division I baseball game on Saturday.
NFA scored fou...
Old Lyme — Emma Bayor struck out nine in three innings, including the 700th strikeout of her career, as the Old Lyme HIgh School softball team blanked Portland 14-0 Frida...
Babson Park, Mass. — By the eighth inning of a tight NCAA Division III regional baseball game, Mitchell was long overdue for a game-changing hit.
The Mariners had strande...
Red Hook, N.Y. — Derrel Mitchell of New London pitched a complete game and John Bureau of East Lyme had a key two-run double as the UConn Avery Point baseball team defeat...
Madison LaForte’s older brothers played lacrosse in college, Michael for Grove City College and later Babson and Mason at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, where their father...
Katonah, N.Y. — Baker Katko scored five goals, Tyler Gagliardi had three goals and an assist and The Williams School boys’ lacrosse team avenged two regular-season losse...
New London – Music blared from the speakers at Alumni Field on a recent warm spring day as the Mitchell College baseball team took batting practice.
The Mariners soaked i...
Emma Marelli figured her competitive softball days were over after graduating from Waterford High School.
She didn’t receive any interest from college softball programs.
...
Colchester — Sammi D’Atri was 3-for-4 with a double and scored three runs as Bacon Academy beat Valley Regional 12-1 in a nonleague softball game on Wednesday.
Jazlyn Sm...
Stonington — Alyssa Blanchette won three events as Bacon Academy beat Stonington 117-31 in an Eastern Connecticut Conferenced Division II girls’ track meet on Wednesday. ...
Woodstock — Goalie Chase Beyus recorded his 400th career save and Boden Frost added his 100th assist of the season, as Fitch High School clinched the Eastern Connecticut...
Putnam — Dominic Pontbriant threw a three-hitter, striking out 12 in a complete game effort, and Lyman Memorial clinched the Eastern Connecticut Conference Division IV b...
Danielson — Tiana Bamber finished first in the 100 and 200 meters, as Montville High School clinched the Eastern Connecticut Conference Division III girls’ track and fie...
Westerly — The Harvard-Yale Regatta, the oldest intercollegiate athletic competition in the country, will be celebrated at 7 p.m. May 23 at The United Theatre in Westerly...
Waterford — The No. 1 duo of Sophia Sit and Hazel Siu won their match in straight sets to lead a doubles sweep, as the Waterford High School girls’ tennis team defeated L...
Storrs — The UConn women’s basketball team defeated Southern California 80-73 in the Elite Eight in Portland, California, during the 2024 NCAA tournament, outdueling the...
Stonington — Stonington High School clinched the Eastern Connecticut Conference Division III softball title with a 6-1 win over St. Bernard on Monday.
Lindsey Houle toss...
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