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1 week ago | 
ctinsider.com | Bryant Carpenter
TOLLAND - Susanna Bryant and Amy Hatheway sit side by side on a late April morning at Papa T's, a mom-and-pop pizzeria right off Interstate 84 in this northeast Connecticut hill town. The chill of early spring has passed. Trees are leafing out. Blossoms are prevailingly pink. The Tolland baseball team's "Pink Game" is approaching, and for certain players and their mothers, it's more than a game. "You were first, I think," Susanna says to Amy. Amy was first, and most recent.
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1 week ago | 
ctinsider.com | Bryant Carpenter
There are now 56 CIAC schools playing boys volleyball. Limiting the Preseason Watch to 15 player s is getting harder and harder. So is capping the players we missed at five. Here's a fistful that have played a major hand in the success of their teams so far this season. Galo Cadena Maloney, Jr., Setter Galo Cadena moved from Southington to Meriden, and he's made a solid Maloney team much stronger. With Cadena at setter, Derek Morgan was moved to the right side.
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1 week ago | 
ctinsider.com | Bryant Carpenter
Wesley Colebrook, Maloney, Jr., OH: After leading Connecticut in kills as a freshman and sophomore, Colebrook is right back at it as a junior. His 226 kills are again setting the pace and his.488 hitting percentage also ranks No. 1, according to statistics reported to MaxPreps. He's No. 3 in aces with 39.
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1 week ago | 
trumbulltimes.com | Bryant Carpenter
The calendar for high school girls flag football is filling fast, and getting crowded. This Saturday, the Central Connecticut Conference will stage its third annual championship at Windsor High School, with a separate tournament the same day, at the same place, for its affiliated teams from the Capital Region Athletic League.
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1 week ago | 
theridgefieldpress.com | Bryant Carpenter
The calendar for high school girls flag football is filling fast, and getting crowded. This Saturday, the Central Connecticut Conference will stage its third annual championship at Windsor High School, with a separate tournament the same day, at the same place, for its affiliated teams from the Capital Region Athletic League. A month from now, on Saturday, June 7, the Southern Connecticut Conference will play its first formal flag event: a one-day tournament at Sheehan.
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1 week ago | 
ctinsider.com | Bryant Carpenter
The calendar for high school girls flag football is filling fast, and getting crowded. This Saturday, the Central Connecticut Conference will stage its third annual championship at Windsor High School, with a separate tournament the same day, at the same place, for its affiliated teams from the Capital Region Athletic League. A month from now, on Saturday, June 7, the Southern Connecticut Conference will play its first formal flag event: a one-day tournament at Sheehan.
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2 weeks ago | 
ctinsider.com | Bryant Carpenter
Two new high school football co-ops have been pitched to the CIAC. One would combine Lewis Mills and Wolcott Tech. The other would merge Plainfield with the pre-existing Quinebaug Valley co-op. The CIAC is scheduled to take up the proposals at a May 12 meeting. The fanfare surrounding the proposals varies considerably.
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2 weeks ago | 
ctinsider.com | Bryant Carpenter
MERIDEN - "Family!" is the call on game day as the Platt baseball team breaks huddle and takes the field. That works for Brandon Candelora. The senior pitcher is all about family. Crossing the lines with eight brothers-in-arms comes as natural as the fastball the lefthander slings across the plate in the upper 80s. After all, once his day's work is done, he goes home to another team of nine. Technically, the roster there numbers 13. Brandon is one of Deb and Salvatore Candelora's 11 children.
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3 weeks ago | 
ctinsider.com | Bryant Carpenter
MERIDEN - It's been a whirlwind month for Jason Nelson and the schedule isn't about to lighten. The 28-year-old Meriden native was hired as defensive coordinator with the University of Chicago football program on April 2. He's relocated to the Windy City, spring ball is on at South Ellis Avenue, and he and his fiancee Allie Supranowicz will soon be searching for permanent lodgings. And planning for their wedding. That's in July. Then there's this side trip Nelson is taking to Tampa in May.
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3 weeks ago | 
ctinsider.com | Bryant Carpenter
WALLINGFORD - A 1,000-point scorer in basketball and an All-State linebacker in football will take center stage when Lyman Hall High School holds its 41st Hall of Fame ceremony next month. Dean Lawson and Ronnell Higgins are slated for induction on Friday, May 9 in the Dr. Richard A. Otto Auditorium at 6:30 p.m.Lawson and Higgins came through Lyman Hall in the 1980s. With 1,148 points points, Lawson departed as Lyman Hall's leading basketball scorer of all-time when he graduated in 1985.
