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High School Sports

The Day's All-Area Girls' Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year: NFA's Paige Martin

Norwich Free Academy senior Paige Martin set meet records in winning Eastern Connecticut Conference (11 feet, 6 inches), Class LL (12-3.5) and State Open (12-6) pole vault titles. Martin was named The Day's 2020 All-Area Girls' Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Paige Martin dominated girls' indoor pole vault for the second season in a row. The NFA senior topped her own meet record at the CIAC State Open (12 feet, 6 inches) to successfully defend her title.

The Day's All-Area Boys' Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year: Stonington's Rhys Hammond

Stonington High School senior Rhys Hammond was named The Day's 2020 All-Area Boys' Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Hammond won the ECC Division II, Class M, State Open and New England championships in the 1,000 meters, running the New Englands in a school record 2 minutes, 28.12 seconds, good for third in the nation this season. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Stonington's Rhys Hammond has had a productive senior year, contributing to the boys' soccer team's Class M state championship, followed by winning the ECC, Class M, State Open and New England titles in the 1,000 meters in indoor track.

CIAC All-Century Teams for high school basketball feature five locals

New London's Kris Dunn, a former McDonald's All-American now playing in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls, was named to the 25-player CIAC All-Century boys; basketball team this winter. (Day file photo)

The CIAC unveiled the final members of its 25-player All-Century Teams for high school boys' and girls' basketball this week, giving the area a total of five selections.

All-Area winter teams to be published over eight days starting Sunday

The Day will begin publishing its Winter All-Area teams in Sunday's edition, a connection to our local high school athletes which brings us great pride.

U.S. Justice Department: Don't treat trans athletes as girls

In this Feb. 7, 2019 file photo, Bloomfield High School transgender athlete Terry Miller, second from left, wins the final of the 55-meter dash over transgender athlete Andraya Yearwood, far left, and other runners in the Class S indoor track meet in New Haven. In a response to a lawsuit brought by three female high school runners, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference maintains that it is exempt from Title IX, that guarantees equal access to women and girls in education, including athletics. The lawsuit argues that male anatomy gives the transgender runners an unfair advantage in violation of Title IX. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb, File)

The U.S. Justice Department is getting involved in a federal civil rights lawsuit that seeks to block transgender athletes in Connecticut from competing as girls in interscholastic sports

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Paige Martin - All-Area Girl's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year

Rhys Hammond - All-Area Boys' Indoor Track Athlete of the Year

GameDay's Top Plays - Winter 2020

NFA boys' basketball reacts to postseason cancellations

Coming March 28: The GameDay Slam Jam at NFA presented by Dime Bank

Highlights: NFA 54, Ledyard 43 in ECC Div. I final

Highlights: St. Bernard 62, Plainfield 50 in the ECC Div. II final

Full replay: ECC Boys' Basketball Finals

GameDay Preview: ECC boys' basketball finals

ECC Semifinal Highlights: Ledyard 58, Fitch 55 (OT)

ECC Semifinals Highlights: NFA 65, Waterford 40

ECC Semifinal Highlights: St. Bernard 54, Killingly 41

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PHOTO GALLERIES

Nationally ranked Coast Guard wrestlers take on Johnson & Wales

Waterford football falls to Killingly in CIAC Class M Semifinals

Waterford gets first-ever playoff win 10-6 over Granby/Canton

NFA football falls to Newtown in Class LL quarterfinal

Waterford wins "Battle of the Bay" in overtime against East Lyme

Fitch ends season with 21-12 win over Ledyard

NFA rolls past New London 49-12 to clinch playoff berth

Stonington defefeats Ellington 1-0 for first state soccer title

East Lyme falls to Guilford 2-1 in state title game

Waterford's title run ends with 3-1 loss to Seymour

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High school ADs have to be creative in filling high-profile vacancies

Clay Killingworth has left after spending two seasons as Ledyard's head football coach to take an assistant coaching job at Nichols College in Dudley, Mass. It's a difficult time for athletic director Jim Buonocore to find a replacement while schools are shut down to combat the coronavirus pandemic. (Dana Jensen/The Day)

Among the seemingly infinite problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is hamstringing high school athletic directors from filling coaching vacancies.

Local college honors

The following Coast Guard Academy and Connecticut College athletes earned winter honors this season:

GameDay's top winter plays now available

Day Director of Multimedia Peter Huoppi has compiled a video list of GameDay’s top plays from the winter sports season, now available on theday.com.

Waterford waiting to christen its new turf field and Ledyard's not far behind

Andy McKenzie, with Liberty Landscaping, works on installing a base at home plate as work continues on the new softball field at Waterford High School on Monday. The project is expected to be completed by early April. (Sarah Gordon / The Day)

Every day this winter, Ledyard athletic director and assistant principal Jim Buonocore peered outside the school's gymnasium toward Bill Mignault Field, a field which was formerly one of the most noteworthy grass facilities in the region.

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UCONN

Alterique Gilbert to finish college career at Wichita State

While UConn is heading to the Big East, Alterique Gilbert is staying in the American Athletic Conference. On Saturday, Gilbert announced on Twitter that he'll play basketball for Wichita State next season.

College athletes choosing whether to stay in U.S. or head home

In this Jan. 19 file photo, UConn's Anna Makurat (24) shoots during the first half of a game against Tulsa in Storrs. Makurat, from Poland, is one of more than 20,000 foreign athletes currently competing at NCAA schools, according to the organization. With competition canceled across all divisions because of the new coronavirus, many of those athletes face a dilemma. Their campuses are shut down, but the coronavirus situation in their homeland may be worse than it is in the United States. (AP Photo/Stephen Dunn, File)

All but one of Anna Makurat's teammates headed home after the NCAA canceled this year's postseason basketball tournament and the school suspended classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hurley, Huskies determined to make most of a difficult situation

UConn coach Dan Hurley shouts during the first half of the team's game against Tulsa on Feb. 6 in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

These are extremely challenging and scary times everywhere, including the college basketball world. There is no playbook or blueprint to follow. Just ask UConn men's coach Dan Hurley.

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COLLEGES

Rutgers hoops lands Omoruyi

Steve Pikiell and Rutgers took other step toward becoming a major threat in basketball in the Big Ten Conference, getting a commitment from highly regarded center Cliff Omoruyi

NCAA weighs more eligibility

In this March 6 file photo, Purdue Fort Wayne's Rachel Everson connects for a hit during a game against UMass Lowell in Clarksville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

The NCAA Division I Council is scheduled to vote on Monday whether to provide another year of eligibility to spring sport athletes

Dayton's Toppin, Grant claim AP top honors

In this Feb. 22 file photo, Dayton's Obi Toppin, left, celebrates scoring his 1,000th career point with head coach Anthony Grant after a game against Duquesne, in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)

Dayton's Obi Toppin and Anthony Grant have claimed top honors from The Associated Press after leading the Flyers to a No. 3 final ranking

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LOCAL ROUNDUP

Chaney's latest chapter in life includes coaching

In this Dec. 2, 2008, file photo, Florida's Allan Chaney (24) goes for two points over Florida A&M's Lamar Twitty (3) during a game in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)

Allan Chaney never mapped out a detailed step-by-step game plan for his life. He just kept heading down the road and discovered interesting turns to take along the way.

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