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Mike DiMauro

A cruel ending to a great season for the Fitch boys' soccer team

Soccer deities not kind to the Falcons

Ned Griffen

The Lonesome Polecat (state variant): Oh, dear Gaia, it's time for BRACKETOLOGY (and other jibber-jabber)

Here we go again ...

UConn men fall to Saint Joseph's

UConn's Christian Vital, right, steals the ball from Saint Joseph's guard Ryan Daly in the first half of Wednesday's game at Storrs. (AP Photo/Stephen Dunn)

The result: an ugly 96-87 loss to Saint Joseph's, a rebuilding team picked to finish near the bottom of the Atlantic 10 Conference, at Gampel Pavilion.

No. 4 UConn women beat Vanderbilt

UConn guard Christyn Williams reaches for the ball as she is defended by Vanderbilt forward Mariella Fasoula, left, during the second half of Wednesday's game at Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

Megan Walker scored 25 points, and the fourth-ranked UConn Huskies beat Vanderbilt 64-51 Wednesday night in the program's first game at Memorial Gym since 1992.

UConn men face match-up nightmare against Saint Joseph's

UConn, which struggled at times during a season-opening win against Sacred Heart, gets back to work on Wednesday night against Saint Joseph's at Gampel Pavilion.

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Top 25 men's and women's basketball roundup

Villanova's Saddiq Bey looks for an open shot against Ohio State's D.J. Carton during the first half of Wednesday's game in Columbus, Ohio. No. 18 Ohio State thrashed the No. 10 Wildcats, 76-51. (Jay LaPrete/AP Photo)

Duane Washington Jr. had 14 points and four other players scored in double figures as No. 18 Ohio State started hot and ran over No. 10 Villanova 76-51

Memphis, Wiseman have one more game, then it’s back to court

Memphis coach Penny Hardaway, left, talks to center James Wiseman during the second half of Tuesday's game against Oregon in Portland, Ore. Oregon won 82-74. (Craig Mitchelldyer/AP Photo)

Memphis, freshman center James Wiseman have 1 more game, then it’s back to court in battle with NCAA

Coaching at Coast Guard has been quite the balancing act for Bill George

In this Sept. 22, 2018, file photo, Coast Guard head coach Bill George accepts The Mug, for the

The Coast Guard Academy's mission: produce officers. The football team's mission: win games. Even though that balancing act is not always an easy one, 21-year head football coach Bill George leaves with the admiration of his players, past and...

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HIGH SCHOOL

Old Lyme downs Canton in Class S girls' soccer opener

Old Lyme's Lauren Wallace, left, battles the snow and Canton's Chelsea Mitchell during Tuesday's CIAC Class S girls' soccer tournament opening round match at Old Lyme. The Wildcats, in search of their fifth straight title, rolled to a 4-0 win. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Kaylee Armenia scored twice as defending champion Old Lyme downed Canton 4-0 in the first round of the CIAC Class S girls' soccer tournament on Tuesday.

There are changes in The Day's Top 10 football poll. ... and more to come

Ninth-ranked Ansonia narrowly survived last Friday while then-No. 9 Sheehan lost and fell out of The Day's Top 10 state football coaches poll. No. 10 Ridgefield plays at No. 5 Greenwich in this weekend's top game.

Area football teams aren't out of the playoff race just yet

NFA players mob move in to mob teammate Andrew Cote (6) after he scored the game-winning touchdown on the final play to lift the Wildcats to a 27-21 win over previously unbeaten Killingly on Friday night in Norwich. The win vaulted NFA to No. 10 in the latest CIAC Class LL playoff rankings and kept its postseason hopes very much alive with two games remaining. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

Area football teams, most notably NFA and East Lyme, still have a shot at qualifying for the CIAC playoffs despite having three losses each.

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LOCAL ROUNDUP

Coast Guard's Grant named NEWMAC Coach of the Year

Coast Guard Academy head women's soccer coach Susan Grant has been named the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Coach of the Year while Waterford's Claire Hurley was named to the first team for the second straight season.

Local roundup: Ledyard advances in Class M boys' soccer tourney

Fitch's William Miner, right, moves past Pomperaug's Sean Murray during Wednesday's CIAC Class L boys' soccer tournament game on Wednesday at Poquonnock Plains Park. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)

Nick Washington scored in the 63rd minute edged No. 12 Ledyard beat No.5 Windham 1-0 in the second round of the CIAC Class M boys' soccer tournament on Wednesday.