Girls basketball notebook: Thomaston singers’ national anthem provides Bears...
UNCASVILLE — When it was time for the national anthem before Saturday’s Class S girls basketball state championship game between Thomaston and Coventry, a Golden Bear senior student-athlete stepped up...
View ArticleSam Conti’s road to recovery: Knee injuries, pain of not playing far too...
Sam Conti is a junior at Nonnewaug High who tore her ACL on Dec. 26 while skiing. In a monthly column series, Conti, the sports editor for the Nonnewaug Chief Advocate journalism program, describes an...
View ArticleBarlow: Housatonic’s Segalla a star for all seasons
By STEVE BARLOW FALLS VILLAGE– When Housatonic High’s Sydney Segalla arrives at Boston College in the fall, she will be the fastest woman in the 159-year history of the Chestnut Hill, Mass., school.And...
View ArticleSegalla named Gatorade girls track player of year
BY JASON LEVYREPUBLICAN-AMERICANSydney Segalla made a name for herself on the soccer pitches and basketball courts of the Berkshire League. But the recently-graduated Housatonic High star received her...
View ArticleFormer Sacred Heart coaches remember Maldonado’s smile, spirit
Woodland girls basketball coach Jenn Deeley will never forget Eilyn Maldonado’s smile. Deeley coached Maldonado at Sacred Heart High during the 2020-21 season before the school closed. Deeley called it...
View ArticleBob McMahon, builder of Thomaston dynasty, leaves after 19 seasons
THOMASTON – With six regulars, including three starters, coming back, the Thomaston High girls basketball team figures to be shooting next winter for another Berkshire League championship and...
View ArticleCIAC adopts 35-second shot clock for boys and girls hoops, beginning in 2023-24
The shot clock will be coming to high school gymnasiums near you, starting in the 2023-24 basketball season.The CIAC Board of Control voted Thursday morning to adopt a 35-second shot clock, which will...
View ArticleThomaston’s new girls coach knows he has big shoes to fill
BY STEVE BARLOW THOMASTON — Most people don’t remember who replaced John Wooden at UCLA or who took over for Vince Lombardi in Green Bay.Brian Mozelak understands this, but is undeterred.“You don’t...
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