Person of the Week • Published Nov 18, 2024 10 pm
By John Lecardo
Family and swimming have gone hand-in-hand for Sami Chemacki’s athletic life. She was influenced by her immediate family to dive into the lanes, and through that, she has...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 18, 2024 10 pm
By Maria Cipriano
Running is a sport that never comes naturally. It takes a lot of patience, stamina, and round-the-clock work to be among the best. For Jackson Gould, he has used his pass...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 18, 2024 10 pm
By John Lecardo
In only two short seasons, Marina Dowson has harnessed the support of her teammates and mentors with the North Branford cross country program and utilized it for some maj...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 18, 2024 10 pm
By John Lecardo
Chase King takes in the duality of football with its hard-hitting nature, yielding some fruitful friendships away from it. He has harnessed all the varying emotions of th...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 18, 2024 10 pm
By Maria Cipriano
It is hard to think about spring as the air becomes cooler and the daylight shorter. But for Charlie Carmichael, the month of April could not come any sooner, as he anxio...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 18, 2024 10 pm
By John Lecardo
Bella Bunce is someone who truly gets the essence of what makes cheerleading such an uplifting sport. She has harnessed the love of her teammates to cultivate an unmatche...
Sports • Published Nov 18, 2024 10 am
By Gabby Hurlbut
On Nov. 13, four North Haven High School (NHHS) student-athletes committed to compete in athletics beyond high school at the school’s Collegiate Athletics Signing Ceremon...
Sports • Published Nov 18, 2024 10 am
By Gabby Hurlbut
Madison Hoop Dreams is proud to offer a basketball camp at Polson Middle School (302 Green Hill Road, Madison) on Black Friday, Nov. 29, and Saturday, Nov. 30. The camp i...
Sports • Published Nov 18, 2024 01 am
Creeping into our lives, most notably via connectivity with computer applications, has been Artificial Intelligence (AI). This phenomenon has been evolving behind the sce...
Sports • Published Nov 18, 2024 01 am
By Maria Cipriano
The Guilford volleyball team may not have walked away with a prestigious form of hardware in a state tournament trophy this fall, but the girls finished the season with a...
Sports • Published Nov 17, 2024 04 pm
By Gabby Hurlbut
Five different players scored touchdowns for the Cougars (7-2) against the Coventry Co-op (1-8) in a football game played in Coventry on Nov. 15. H-K earned a 45-0 win on...
Sports • Published Nov 17, 2024 04 pm
By Gabby Hurlbut
The Hand football team hosted Xavier on Nov. 15 and won 62-31. Paul Calandrelli threw four touchdown passes and also ran in a score, and Cam Oranzo added two rushing touc...
Sports • Published Nov 17, 2024 04 pm
By Gabby Hurlbut
Football
The Guilford football team played host to Hamden on Nov. 15 and lost 36-28. Aidan Connolly had 23 total tackles in the contest, and Jackson Hamm had 10. Jake Hed...
Sports • Published Nov 17, 2024 03 pm
By Gabby Hurlbut
The Valley/Old Lyme football team hosted Stafford/East Windsor/Somers on Nov. 15 and won 14-7. Giovanni Winters had 85 total yards of offense, and Charlie Zelek had nine ...
Sports • Published Nov 17, 2024 03 pm
By Gabby Hurlbut
On Nov. 15, North Haven football traveled to Fairfield Prep and lost 38-32. Joey Mastroianni led the way with 204 total yards and ran in two touchdowns, and Artie Mccorma...
Sports • Published Nov 17, 2024 03 pm
By John Lecardo
In its first year as a functioning co-op family, the Shoreline girls’ swimming and diving team adapted quite quickly and strongly to the new squad format in 2024. The Cou...
Sports • Published Nov 17, 2024 03 pm
By John Lecardo
The Branford girls’ swimming and diving team’s motif this year has seemed to be that it defies expectations and never sees a moment that is too big for the athletes. The ...
Sports • Published Nov 17, 2024 02 pm
By John Lecardo
The North Haven Nighthawks girls’ swimming and diving team had to learn to adjust to external factors beyond its control this year by not having a home pool for most of 2...
Sports • Published Nov 16, 2024 06 pm
Turin, Italy — Taylor Fritz is starting to make reaching big finals a habit. He feels like he belongs among the very best players in tennis, too.
The American followed hi...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 12, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Audrey Henkel has become a remarkable rookie phenom for not only the Branford girls’ swimming and diving team this fall, but also the SCC as a whole. In only her first po...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 12, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Around middle school, Eve Backhaus’ athletic path took a bit of a detour. Yet she just went with the flow and made the most of it–which also explains the story of her jun...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 12, 2024 11 am
By John Lecardo
Caley Napoletano is drawn to volleyball by the camaraderie it creates through the absolute necessity of synergy to succeed. She still takes it upon herself, though, to le...
Person of the Week • Published Nov 12, 2024 11 am
By Maria Cipriano
Adversity is something that many athletes face, not only on the competition circuit, but also in their everyday lives. It is even more inspiring when an athlete is able t...
Sports • Published Nov 11, 2024 11 am
What drives innovations in fishing tackle? Is it fish, forage, change in habitat, technology, or the never-ending drive to satisfy fishers in their quest for new and bett...
Sports • Published Nov 11, 2024 11 am
By Maria Cipriano
Whenever we watch a team dominate in its respective sport season after season, we start to ask ourselves when that team can be referred to as a dynasty. For the Morgan gi...
