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Spellman helps Waterford advance to ECC softball final

 May 24, 2013; Updated: 12:40 am

Griswold - Megan Spellman spent the day overcoming everything that's conspired against her and against the Waterford High School softball team this season.
The fact that the final...

Waterford, Fitch beat the rain and will play for ECC baseball championship

 May 24, 2013; Updated: 12:05 am

Norwich — Fitch High School team will get one more crack at Waterford.
The teams shared the Eastern Connecticut Conference Large Division baseball title this season at 8-2,...

Killingly edges NFA by one stroke to win ECC Open golf title

 May 24, 2013; Updated: 12:00 am

Thompson — High school golf coaches regularly remind their players that every stroke counts.
Well, that certainly was the case in the Eastern Connecticut Conference Open on...

East Lyme to host ECC lacrosse finals tonight

 May 24, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Top-seeded East Lyme will try to win its seventh straight Eastern Connecticut Conference girls' lacrosse championship today when it plays No. 2 Fitch in the title game at 5:30 p.m.

The East Lyme-Fitch game is part of a championship...

CIAC lacrosse pairings

 May 24, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

LACROSSE / BOYS

All games 4:30 p.m. unless noted

Local schools in bold print

Class L

First Round

Today's Game

No. 17 Cheshire (7-9) at No. 16 Hamden (8-8, 6...

Patel wins wild ECC boys' tennis singles final

 May 23, 2013; Updated: 11:56 pm

Waterford — Suryansh Patel, the one they call "Prince," played tennis for three hours, 25 minutes Wednesday afternoon, barely surrendering to a hint of emotion.
Even staring at...

Fitch girls earn spot against East Lyme in ECC lacrosse final

 May 23, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Waterford - Susannah Lucey and Sarah Giblin have been friends for so long, all it took was a nod of the head from Lucey late in the game Wednesday night to set Fitch's moment of the season in motion.

H.S. boys' lacrosse: Stonington, East Lyme advance to ECC final

 May 23, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

East Lyme — Tyler Grills scored five goals and added three assists to lift top-seeded Stonington past No. 4 Bacon Academy, 16-7, in the Eastern Connecticut Conference boys' lacrosse tournament semifinals Wednesday at East Lyme High...

EL happy to follow its golf leader

 May 23, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Senior Fran Shields is more than just the No. 1 golfer on the East Lyme High School golf team.

He's a respected team leader.

He's a cheerleader.

He's the entertainment chairman.

He's a major reason why the Vikings are...

ECC tennis award winners / 2013

 May 23, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Following are 2013 Eastern Connecticut Conference boys' and girls' tennis all-stars and sportsmanship award winners:

BOYS

Large Division

First team - Singles: Suryansh Patel (East Lyme), Stefan Jones...

H.S. baseball roundup: Waterford wins in nine to advance to ECC semis

 May 23, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Norwich - Sam Strout's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning scored Connor Lewis and gave second-seeded Waterford High School a 1-0 victory over No. 7 Plainfield in the quarterfinals of the Eastern Connecticut Conference baseball...

H.S. tennis roundup: Patel, Zuczek to play for ECC boys' singles title

 May 22, 2013; Updated: 11:59 pm

Top seeds Suryansh Patel of East Lyme and Nicholas Zuczek of St. Bernard will play for the Eastern Connecticut Conference boys' tennis championship today at 4 p.m. at Waterford High School.
Patel, the...

H.S. softball: Stonington earns No. 1 seed for ECC tourney

 May 22, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Stonington High School is the top seed for the 2013 Eastern Connecticut Conference softball tournament, which begins Thursday at multiple sites.

The Medium Division champion Bears will face No. 8 Plainfield, co-champion of the Small...

Waterford boys' tennis goes 4-for-4 in ECC singles

 May 21, 2013; Updated: 12:35 am

Waterford - Waterford High School advanced all four of its singles players into the quarterfinals Monday, getting a pair of upsets along the way, as the Eastern Connecticut Conference boys' tennis tournament began.

H.S. softball: Haff homers on senior night in Lancers' victory

 May 21, 2013; Updated: 12:00 am

Waterford - Katelyn Haff had a single, triple and solo home run on senior night, as Waterford High School beat Chariho-Wood River Junction, R.I., 4-1 Monday in a non-conference softball game.

Waterford boys' tennis program is one big, happy (winning) family under DiSaia

 May 20, 2013; Updated: 1:04 am

Waterford - Ralph DiSaia was talking one afternoon recently, partly about the Waterford High School boys' tennis team for which he is the 11th-year coach, partly about his sense of humor.

Perry loses his long battle with cancer

 May 20, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Right up until his final email to a group of people he liked to keep updated on his medical condition, a note which arrived in April, Bret Perry was a beacon of hope.

"I don't plan on being a stranger," wrote Perry, who after eight years...

Fitch boys, NFA girls repeat as ECC outdoor track champs

 May 19, 2013; Updated: 1:43 am

Montville - Tyler Latham was competing in the javelin Saturday in a field adjacent to the main stadium at Montville High School, where the public address announcements were more like an echo.

H.S. roundup: Fitch softball rallies past Stonington 8-7

 May 19, 2013; Updated: 11:52 pm

Stonington - Alana Luzzio reached base on an error with two outs, scoring Mackenzie Aldridge and Lauren Szczesny, to give the Fitch High School softball team an 8-7 come-from-behind win over Stonington on Saturday.

Jacque finds an outlet on the track

 May 19, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Montville - Francine Jacque still texts her mother every day: "Good morning." "Good night." "I love you."

Knowing that her mother is living in a tent in Haiti following the destruction of the family's home during a catastrophic...

Rivalries add some spice to competition

 May 19, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Montville - For one final time in their high school careers, two rivals stood on the starting line next to each other in an Eastern Connecticut Conference meet.

Prior to the start of the boys' 800-meter race, East Lyme's Ben...

High school roundup: St. Bernard softball team produces a title in the clutch

 May 18, 2013; Updated: 12:06 am

Montville - Gretchen Greene's RBI double in the bottom of the seventh inning led the St. Bernard School softball team to a 2-1 win over Wheeler on Friday, assuring the Saints of at least a share of the Eastern...

Fitch boys, NFA girls will try to defend ECC titles in track

 May 18, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Fitch's Tyler Latham (110-meter hurdles, 300 hurdles), East Lyme's Ben Ostrowski (400, 800) and Montville's Jesse Joseph (1,600, 3,200) are each the top seeds in two individual events at today's Eastern Connecticut Conference Track & Field...

Vikings beat NFA to win ECC Large golf championship

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 12:01 am

Sprague — On the van ride to a match that would decide a division championship Thursday, East Lyme's golfers talked strategy.
The Vikings also quoted lines from the movie "Happy...

H.S. roundup: Stonington denies Ledyard a share of ECC Medium golf title

 May 17, 2013; Updated: 12:00 am

Stonington - Stonington High School won the top three matches and upset Ledyard 5-2 Thursday in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Medium Division boys' golf match, denying the Colonels a share of the title.

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