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Saturday, April 20, 2024
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The Day’s All-Area Girls’ Fencer of the Year: Waterford’s Maple Siu
Waterford senior Maple Siu was selected as The Day’s 2024 All-Area Girls’ Fencer of the Year. Siu, a multi-faceted young woman who has committed to attend Dartmouth, take...
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Stephon Castle declared for the NBA Draft on Friday, becoming just the second freshman in UConn program history to forgo his remaining eligibility to pursue a professiona...
Griswold — Stonington beat Griswold 11-10 in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Division III high school softball game Friday to remain unbeaten.
Ari Scavello, Michaela M...
Haddam — Leland Hine won a first-set tiebreaker and won his No. 3 singles match, 7-6 (3), 6-3, as the Old Lyme High School boys’ tennis team defeated Haddam-Killingworth ...
New York — Juan Soto hit a three-run homer halfway up the right field second deck to cap a five-run seventh inning and the New York Yankees rallied to beat the Tampa Bay ...
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Pittsburgh — Brayan Bello allowed one hit in six innings, Rob Refsnyder hit his first home run of the season and the Boston Red Sox breezed past the struggling Pittsburgh...
Lebanon — Tucker Callahan, in the midst of his ongoing fight against rheumatoid arthritis, played at No. 1 doubles last season for the Stonington High School boys’ tennis...
Hilton Head Island, S.C. — Collin Morikawa had another solid round Friday in the RBC Heritage with a 5-under 66 and appears to be getting back to the reliable form that m...
Boston — The Boston Bruins may have found just the solution to their playoff slump: A first-round matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Bruins haven't lost a playoff ...
Raleigh, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes and the New York Islanders are getting another postseason reunion.
The teams are meeting in the first round of the NHL playoffs fo...
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There’s a 64-win team in Boston that ran away with the league’s best record. The defending champions in Denver, a group that won 57 games. A fearless young bunch in Oklah...
Greenburgh, N.Y. — Jalen Brunson and his New York teammates refused to let injuries knock them down. Joel Embiid of Philadelphia wouldn't let his keep him down.
It was ju...
London — Power struggles, intriguing matchups and fond farewells.
The Women’s Champions League semifinals kicking off Saturday have a bit of everything.
Two teams are try...
Old Lyme girls’ tennis coach Lauren Rahr wrote American tennis star Madison Keys a note.
It was after Rahr had watched Keys lose in the semifinals of the 2023 U.S. Open ...
Storrs — UConn forward Alex Karaban announced Thursday that he has declared for the NBA draft while retaining his college eligibility.
Karaban made the announcement on so...
Norwich — Molly Page had eight goals and two assists as Norwich Free Academy beat RHAM 15-3 in a nonleague girls’ lacrosse game on Thursday.
Alice Rourke had two goals, i...
For nine days beginning with Saturday’s edition of The Day, we will celebrate the winter season with our All-Area coverage of nine winter sports, including, for the firs...
Stonington — Wheeler, the defending Eastern Connecticut Conference Division IV boys’ golf champions, opened its season with a pair of wins.
The Lions beat Stonington 5.5...
Griswold – Rick Arremony’s Griswold High School softball team surrounded him after reaching a coaching milestone on Wednesday.
An 11-8 victory over Norwich Tech in the fi...
East Lyme — Keara Opalenik won the 100-meter hurdles (18.9 seconds), the high jump (4 feet, 8 inches) and the triple jump (31-3.5) as the Ledyard High School girls’ trac...
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Local roundup: Wolves edge Saints to remain unbeaten in boys’ tennis
Montville — Jack Bowman and Ryan Hochdorfer, Adam Gallagher and Zack Thomas and Gabe Vogt and Brishen Wu won their doubles matches Wednesday and the Montville High Schoo...
H.S. softball roundup: Cosmopoulos, Falcons outslug Wildcats, 9-8
Norwich — Grace Cosmopoulos homered and had two other hits Wednesday as the Fitch High School softball team edged Norwich Free Academy 9-8 in Division I of the Eastern C...
UConn adds Michigan transfer Reed to its frontcourt
UConn filled a huge hole in the frontcourt on Wednesday, receiving a commitment from Michigan transfer Tarris Reed, Jr.
A 6-foot-10, 265-pound forward, Reed averaged 9.0 ...
Judge hits the tiebreaking single in 9th as Yankees rally to avoid sweep with 6-4 win over Blue Jays
Toronto — Aaron Judge broke a 4-all tie with a two-run single in the ninth inning, Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton hit solo home runs and the New York Yankees rallied to ...
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