Hoop Zone Hall of Fame: Wamogo’s Neary led Warriors to 4 BL titles
BY STEVE BARLOW Trish Neary first played basketball, a game that would in many ways define her life, in the fifth grade when her family moved to Goshen. A year later, her elementary school principal,...
View ArticleThomaston’s Carangelo signs with St. Francis
Thomaston’s Casey Carangelo, flanked by father Charlie and mother Beth, signs a national letter of intent to play basketball for St. Francis of Brooklyn. (photo contributed) By RICK WILSON...
View ArticleTaft girls, boys net opening-night hoops wins
Taft’s Lauren Pelosi (30) drives to the basket past Westminster’s Oumou Kanoute (20) during their game last seaosn at the Taft School in Watertown. (Jim Shannon/RA) REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN Lauren Pelosi...
View ArticleWestover’s Dunn zeros in on a school first
Gabbie Dunn of Westover School drives to the hoop as Morgan Maisto of Chase Collegiate School defends during basketball action last season. (Steven Valenti Republican-American) By JOE PALLADINO...
View ArticleDunn makes history for Westover hoops
Westover’s Gabbie Dunn became the first player in school history to reach 1,000 career points in a 56-35 win over Chase Collegiate in the opening round of the Wildcats’ Tip-Off Classic on Friday in...
View ArticleLady Eagles Jamboree debuts in Wolcott
Wolcott High hosted the first Lady Eagles Basketball Jamboree on Saturday. (Palladino/RA) By JOE PALLADINO WOLCOTT — A preseason basketball event made its debut on Saturday, and it has already taken...
View ArticleGirls hoop roundup for Nov. 3: Westover falls in Tip Off title game
WESTOVER TIP OFF CLASSIC FINAL MISS PORTER’S 64, WESTOVER 39 Westover (2-1): Mia Izzi 1 0 2, Madison Burns 0 0 0, Maddie Hurtgen 0 0 0, Ellie Dunn 0 0 0, Grace Bollard 1 0 3, Chaylee McAdam 0 0 0,...
View ArticleCrosby set to host city hoop jamborees
The city girls and boys basketball jamborees are both set for Crosby High’s Bulldog Palace this season. The girls games are scheduled for Saturday while the boys play Dec. 17. Tip off for both events...
View ArticleWexler’s return has Gilbert’s Hive buzzing
Gilbert’s Liz Wexler looks for an open teammate during a scrimmage against Torrington on Wednesday. Christopher Massa Republican-American By JOE PALLADINO Republican-American Liz Wexler knew it was bad...
View ArticleGirls basketball roundup for Dec. 7
MISS HALL’S 59, WESTOVER 43 Westover (2-2): Mia Izzi 3 0 6, Madison Burns 0 0 0, Maddie Hurtgen 0 0 0, Ellie Dunn 0 0 0, Grace Bollard 1 0 3, Chaylee Mcadam 2 1 5, Gabbie Dunn 8 2 24, Tegan McBride 0 0...
View ArticleNew Wolcott girls coach refuses to sit still
Wolcott girls basketball coach Marty DiTuccio, center, goes over strategy with his team at a recent jamboree. (Joe Palladino RA) By JOE PALLADINO Republican-American WOLCOTT — It is a magic number, 65,...
View ArticleFamiliar coaching faces land in new places
Sacred Heart baseball coach Eric O’Toolemakes is the new boys basketball coach at Derby. Jim Shannon Republican-American By JOE PALLADINO Republican-American It is an annual winter sports event: a...
View ArticleChase girls fall to Gunnery
GUNNERY 45, CHASE 36 Chase (0-3): Sam Crone 3 4 10, Sami Dassatti 3 0 7, Angelene Guglielmo 0 0 0, Phoebe DeRiu-Crowley 2 1 5, Maddie Patrick 6 1 14, Koush BenHaj-Frej 0 0 0, Meris Rosenberg 0 0 0....
View ArticleCity girls hoop jamboree still has its thrills
Meah Austin, Frank Lombardo, and the Holy Cross Crusaders won the city girls basketball jamboree on Saturday. (Palladino/RA) BY JOE PALLADINO The city basketball jamborees, both girls and boys, always...
View ArticleGirls hoop preview: NVL Copper Divison
Here are the girls basketball previews for the NVL’s Copper Division: NVL girls 2015-16 standings Copper Division DivNVLAll St. Paul8-017-121-3 Seymour6-210-812-10 Oxford4-46-127-13 Derby2-63-155-15...
View ArticleGirls hoop preview: NVL’s Brass Division
Here are the girls basketball previews for the NVL’s Brass Division: NVL girls 2015-16 standings Brass Division DivNVLAll Holy Cross7-117-124-3 Kennedy6-214-418-6 Crosby5-313-515-7 Sacred...
View ArticleGirls hoop preview: NVL’s Iron Division
Here are the girls basketball previews for the NVL’s Iron Division: NVL girls 2015-16 standings Iron Division DivNVLAll Watertown7-114-416-8 Torrington4-49-910-11 Wolcott4-49-910-12 Woodland4-411-713-9...
View ArticleBL girls basketball previews
Here are the previews of the Berkshire League girls basketball teams: BL girls 2015-16 standings BLAll Thomaston18-026-2 Nonnewaug16-220-4 Lewis Mills11-712-11 Wamogo11-713-10 Housatonic...
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