Girls basketball roundup for March 2: Bears, Housy move on
CLASS L SECOND ROUND HOLY CROSS 59, SHEEHAN 34 Holy Cross (22-2): Julia Mecca 0 0 0, Andrea Pettinco 0 0 0, Meg Villano 1 0 2, Hannah Brown 1 0 3, Izzy Plant 1 1 4, Idalis Miranda 8 4 20, Meah Austin 5...
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Basketball roundup: Watertown out; St. Paul advances
St. Paul’s Janessa Gonzalez goes to the basket against Valley Regional’s Paige Atkinson during their state tournament matchup in Bristol on Friday. Christopher Massa Republican-American GIRLS Class LL...
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Hearts soaring after upset of top seed
Sacred Heart’s Victoria Santiago, right. Christopher Massa Republican-American By JOHN TORSIELLO Republican-American Sacred Heart High girls basketball coach Ron Picard’s biggest task during the next...
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Forman girls celebrate 1st HVAL crown
Forman’s Annabelle Ford-Rippolone, left, goes for the ball with teammate Grace Miller against Chase’s Angelene Guglielmo during their HVAL semi-final matchup in Waterbury on Thursday. Christopher Massa...
View ArticleThomaston expecting a tough matchup vs. East Windsor
BY RICK WILSON REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN THOMASTON — It is a rugged quarterfinal matchup, but Thomaston girls basketball coach Bob McMahon wouldn’t have it any other way. “It’s not easy, but it’s not...
View ArticleCross girls confident against Guilford
BY RICK WILSON REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN WATERBURY — Holy Cross girls basketball coach Frank Lombardo knows what’s coming to town in No. 8 Guilford for the Class L quarterfinals tonight at 7. But he also...
View ArticleKolbe up next for soaring Hearts
BY JOHN TORSIELLO REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN The Sacred Heart girls basketball team will try and take one more step toward a Class S state title tonight when it plays host to 24th-ranked Kolbe in a...
View ArticlePomperaug girls have semifinals in their sights
BY JOE PALLADINO REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN SOUTHBURY — This is more like it. After three consecutive second-round exits from the Class L girls basketball tournament, Pomperaug High is back where it belongs,...
View ArticleWilson: Bears roar back into Class S semis
BY RICK WILSON That roar you heard? The Bears are growling again. State tournament time has become Thomaston time, and coach Bob McMahon’s irrepressible, championship-addicted crew was at it again...
View ArticleClass S quarterfinals: Housatonic vs. Weaver
BY PETER WALLACE No. 26 Weaver (10-10) vs. No. 2 Housatonic (22-3) When: Today, 7 p.m. Where: Housatonic High, Falls Village The teams Weaver: The Beavers are led by 5-foot-9 freshman center Pashan...
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Hearts win heart-stopper over Kolbe
Waterbury, CT- 07 March 2017-030717CM09- Sacred Heart’s Treasure Coleman brings the ball to the basket against Kolbe Cathedral’s Trinity Stackhouse, left and Naomi Harris during their state tournament...
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State tournament girls basketball boxscores
POMPERAUG 56, SACRED HEART ACADEMY 42 Sacred Heart Acad. (9-12): Claudia Capozzo 5 2 13, Ally Kirck 2 0 5, Emily Copenhaver 0 0 0, Molly Cannon 0 0 0, Aleksandra Koziol 3 1 8, Jacqueline Esposito 1 0...
View ArticlePomperaug advances to Class L semifinals
BY ADAM BAKER REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN SOUTHBURY — The Pomperaug High girls basketball team got off to a rocky start, but was able to weather the storm and defeat No. 22 Sacred Heart Academy, 56-42, in the...
View ArticleHousy girls in semis for 1st time in history
BY PETER WALLACE REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN FALLS VILLAGE — The Housatonic High girls basketball team is on its way to the first Class S semifinal in the program’s history thanks to a 60-48 win over Weaver on...
View ArticlePalladino: Rivera basket gives Hearts huge win
COMMENTARY BY JOE PALLADINO Aamya Rivera scored one basket Tuesday night. It was just about the biggest basket a freshman has scored around here in a long, long time. Rivera hit a short baseline jump...
View Article20-0 run in 4th lifts Cross over Guilford
BY KYLE BRENNAN Republican-American WATERBURY — Holy Cross High girls basketball coach Frank Lombardo figured it was coming. And when his Crusaders finally tired out pesky Guilford in the fourth...
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VIDEO: Sacred Heart wins QF thriller over Kolbe
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View ArticleGirls basketball: St. Paul girls eliminated
CLASS M QUARTERFINALS CAREER MAGNET 50, ST. PAUL 46 St. Paul (22-4): Brigid Johndrow 5 2 16, Janessa Gonzalez 5 0 12, Amelia Sanchez 0 0 0, Chantel Lopez 0 2 2, Jade Udoh 5 4 14, Lexi Morneault 0 0 0,...
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