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Qadence Samuels played the best of her 69 games with the UConn women's basketball team at Reynolds Coliseum when she scored 14 points in a road loss to North Carolina State on Nov. 12, 2023. The Wolfpack hope Samuels can duplicate those kind of performances in Raleigh with her on the home team. North Carolina State coach Wes Moore announced Friday that Samuels -- a 6-foot guard from Forestville, Maryland -- has signed with the Wolfpack out of the transfer portal.

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SOMERS - Down two goals to a Granby team it had beaten twice by 13 goals during the regular season heading into the fourth quarter of Friday's North Central Connecticut Conference Tournament final, the Somers boys lacrosse team had reasons to panic. But though they've been in the situation rarely this season, the Spartans trusted the process of the time and effort they've put in all spring.

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WINDSOR LOCKS - Logan Bonazelli hasn't thrown a no-hitter at any level since 2017 when he was in Little League. But a week before his turn in the rotation would come up in Thursday's North Central Connecticut Conference Baseball Tournament championship game, the Suffield senior righthander had a feeling. "Last week I thought about this game and I was like, 'I feel a no-hitter coming,' " Bonazelli said.

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UNCASVILLE -- Patience is a virtue for Bria Hartley. Sure, at age 32 and back in the WNBA for the first time since 2022 and with the Connecticut Sun off to an 0-5 start there's a sense of urgency for the two-time national champion and two-time All-American with the UConn women's basketball team. Article continues below this adBut like the Sun's rebuild, the 5-foot-9 guard knows a return to her top form will take time. "I'm feeling better and better with each game," Hartley said Tuesday.

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COVENTRY - Sophia Cunningham has done things she could only have dreamed about when she joined the Tolland boys golf team three years ago. The senior won a CIAC state championship with the Eagles in 2024 and is already a three-time all-conference and All-State honoree with a Division I college scholarship in hand. And she's not done yet. "I'm trying hard to play well now ahead of conference and states because that's when it really matters," Cunningham said. "It means a lot to me.