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Maturity is Elijah Shelton's biggest attribute

By Peter Huoppi

While Elijah Shelton figures to be a big physical presence for Fitch, it's his maturity and leadership that means the most to coach Mike Ellis. Shelton quit the team during his sophomre year, but has returned as a senior with a new perspective.

Hard work pays off for New London's Mustafa Dannett

Koster: How hard is it to hit a 95 mph fastball?

Football highlights: Ledyard 47, Bacon 0

Ledyard at Bacon Academy football

Football highlights: New London defeats Guilford 13-6

Ledyard's Jackson Poulton is "a coach's dream"

Aiden Fritz does everything for Bacon Academy

Football highlights: Killingly 42, Waterford 14

Full replay: Killingly at Waterford football

GameDay preview: Killingly at Waterford football

Nate Keefe's leadership will be key for Killingly

Boys' soccer highlights: Ledyard 6, Stonington 2

Full replay: Ledyard at Stonington boys' soccer

GameDay preview: Leydard at Stoningotn boys' soccer

Waterford's Will Sutman is ready to thrive under pressure

Pollard and Washington turning Ledyard into a soccer school

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PHOTOS OF THE DAY

Competitors, and their humans, gather in ring two for the next round of judging Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, during the Pawcatuck River Labrador Retriever Club's 17th annual Labrador Retriever Specialty Shows and All-Breed Obedience & Rally Trials at the North Stonington fairgrounds. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Labrador retrievers headline show in North Stonington

Carmella Cornish, left, spends time coloring Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, while she and her friend Maya Cooper, both of New London, relax on the pier at Greens Harbor Beach in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Friends find some rest and relaxation in New London

Workers with contractor Blakeslee Arpaia Chapman continue the process of removing the mooring dolphins Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, from the State Pier complex in New London. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Dolphins being demolished at State Pier in New London

The Mohawk Northeast tugboat Judy M waits for the Thames River Railroad Bridge to lift Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, before transiting south in the Thames from Mohawk's Groton facility to the construction site at General Dynamics Electric Boat. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Tugboat transits Thames River

Crew members of Coast Guard Station New London play football Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, on the parade ground at Fort Trumbull State Park in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Coast Guard Station New London crew shares a friendly game of football

Gray Meyer, lead deckhand on the schooner Columbia, climbs the main mast shrouds Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, as he performs a routine check of the rigging of the vessel, docked at City Pier in New London. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Laying aloft to check the rig

Lucas Monsegur, two, laughs as he rides in a battery operated car controlled by his dad Christian as they are joined by mom Kelly, and brother Gabriel, six months, on a family walk along Pequot Avenue in New London Monday, September 20, 2021. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Walking the car

Volunteers with the Alzheimer's Association Connecticut chapter, from left, Tom Gardiner, Ann Marie Ware and Jen Kaczmarek, stretch a Walk to End Alzheimer's T-shirt over the John J. Kelley statue Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, in Mystic to kick off the association's End Alzheimer's Season and promote the Eastern CT Walk to End Alzheimer's. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Kelley sculpture dons purple for Alzheimer's awareness

Friends, from left, Ella Rose Wagner, Eleni Xifaras, Melissa Solomindes, Maddie Baldwin and Brooke Cody, all 12 and of Farmington, attempt to share an inner tube Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, as they play at Rocky Neck State Park in East Lyme. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Friends share a totally tubular tradition in East Lyme

Bill Dutton, left, of Gales Ferry and Lynn Mansel of Bozrah talk Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, before going scuba diving to take photos of fish and look for artifacts off shore from Stonington Point. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Who's looking for a mermaid in Stonington? These guys

Bibiana King works on repainting her cement lawn ornaments black Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, in front of her Stonington Borough home. The dog on the right has only the primer coat so far. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

A new coat of paint for Stonington dog ornaments

Tucker Doyle, 4, jumps in the air Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021, as he joins his 1-year-old brother Colt, and mother, Maura, all of North Stonington, on a blanket during a yoga and storytime program at Wheeler Library. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Families strike a pose together in North Stonington

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LATEST GALLERIES

New London beats Lyman Memorial 5-1

Saints take 3-1 win over Whalers in ECC girls' soccer

Stonington beats East Lyme 3-0

Fitch sweeps away Montville to remain unbeaten in ECC volleyball

Sun squash Dream to end regular season with 14-game winning streak

Coast Guard beats Nichols 33-6

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David Collins

Connecticut College should celebrate its Black luminaries in the arts

The college should do more to honor the achievements of the late artist Berkley Hendricks,...

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4	Boyfriend of slain Gabby Petito charged with bank card fraud
5	Man struck by train, seriously injured in Norwich

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