Erik Dobratz

Connecticut

Weekend Sports Anchor and Reporter at WTNH-TV (New Haven, CT)

Sports Anchor/Reporter @wtnh . ED/BC podcast. Dad to two great kids. UConn ‘95 [email protected], Old Saybrook beach bum

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In Your Neighborhood: News 8 anchors teach Hamden students about journalism at career day

2 weeks ago | wtnh.com | Erik Dobratz |Laura Hutchinson |Sarah Cody

HAMDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Teachers gave up their classrooms at Hamden Middle School on Wednesday for career day, featuring some News 8 anchors. Erik Dobratz, Laura Hutchinson and Sarah Cody were among some of the presenters inside. Students were then able to go outside for “Career with Gears” to see different trucks and industries in the community that are “on the go.” Students say events like this give them ideas of what’s possible in the future.
In Your Neighborhood: Laura Hutchinson and Erik Dobratz attend North Branford High School career day

Nov 20, 2024 | wtnh.com | Laura Hutchinson |Erik Dobratz

NORTH BRANFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — News 8 was represented on Wednesday at North Branford High School’s career day. Good Morning Connecticut Anchor Laura Hutchinson and Sports Anchor Erik Dobratz taught students about the life of a broadcaster.
UConn men to start season against Sacred Heart

Nov 6, 2024 | wtnh.com | Erik Dobratz

by: Erik Dobratz Posted: Nov 6, 2024 / 03:56 PM EST Updated: Nov 6, 2024 / 03:56 PM EST STORRS, Conn. (WTNH) — The University of Connecticut men’s basketball team will raise the banner celebrating its back-to-back national championships before they tip off against Sacred Heart University. The team will raise its championship banner to the roof at Gampel Pavilion. The game starts at 7 p.m.
UConn men to start season against Sacred Heart

Nov 6, 2024 | yahoo.com | Erik Dobratz

STORRS, Conn. (WTNH) — The University of Connecticut men’s basketball team will raise the banner celebrating its back-to-back national championships before they tip off against Sacred Heart University. The team will raise its championship banner to the roof at Gampel Pavilion. The game starts at 7 p.m.Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
In Your Neighborhood: Erik Dobratz at Killingly High School

Oct 30, 2024 | wtnh.com | Erik Dobratz

by: Erik Dobratz Posted: Oct 30, 2024 / 06:20 PM EDT Updated: Oct 30, 2024 / 06:20 PM EDT KILLINGLY, Conn. (WTNH) — Erik Dobratz was In Your Neighborhood at Killingly High School. Dobratz was at the school as part of a job shadow presentation.
A look at UConn's Big East tournament preps

Oct 23, 2024 | wtnh.com | Erik Dobratz |John Pierson

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The UConn men’s and women’s basketball seasons kick off next month. The men are looking for a three-peat, and the women are trying to return to the Final Four. Both teams were in New York City for Big East Media. News 8’s Erik Dobratz and John Pierson were also there.
Adults with disabilities play pickleball in Meriden

Oct 1, 2024 | wtnh.com | Juliana Lepore |Erik Dobratz

MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Some new players visited the courts on Tuesday at Club Pickleball in Meriden. About a dozen adults from the CCARC, a nonprofit out of New Britain that supports adults with intellectual and or developmental challenges, stopped by the recently opened courts to play pickleball. “These guys get so much out of it, it gives us another reason to wake up in the morning and do this job,” Tom Cadden from the CCARC said.
Oxford football teams helps with cleanup efforts

Aug 21, 2024 | wtnh.com | Erik Dobratz

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Oxford football teams helps with cleanup efforts

Aug 21, 2024 | yahoo.com | Erik Dobratz

Erik DobratzAugust 21, 2024 at 6:58 PMOXFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Oxford High School’s football team is getting ready for the new school year as the community continues to recover from this weekend’s flooding. Oxford delaying start of school year But as people started to clean up, the athletes were there to help. Watch the full story in the player above. Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Girl joins high school boys' basketball team in Deep River

Dec 14, 2023 | wtnh.com | Vanessa Blasi |Erik Dobratz

DEEP RIVER, Conn. (WTNH) — A girl will make her debut on the boys’ high school basketball team Thursday night in Deep River after the girls’ team was disbanded. Last year, the girl’s basketball team at Valley Regional High School made it to the state finals. Yet, this year the team did not have enough players to fill out a roster. However, this did not stop senior captain Olivia Cunningham from playing the sport that she loved.