Lori Riley

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STORRS – The Cheshire softball team had been here before. The Rams went through 10 innings last year in the state championship game and lost a heartbreaker by a run. They were thinking about that loss Sunday afternoon when they returned to the Class LL state championship game against Ridgefield but not in a pressurized sort of way, more like it simply wasn’t going to happen again. They were loose on the bus and before the game.

1 week ago | courant.com | Lori Riley

Bloomfield’s D’Asia Duncan won the 100 and 300 hurdles at the New England track and field championships Saturday in New Britain and was one of many local athletes who won titles. Duncan won the 100 hurdles in 14.16, followed by her teammate Vanessa Agyemang, who was second (14.31) and won the 300 hurdles in 42.46. Glastonbury’s Brooke Strauss won the 800 (2:09.57) and Chase Gilbert of Old Lyme won the 1,600 (4:48.33).

1 week ago | courant.com | Lori Riley

STORRS – The St. Paul softball team was looking for its first state championship Sunday in the Class S final. So was top-seeded North Branford. Last year, St. Paul knocked North Branford out of the state tournament in the quarterfinals. North Branford was the third seed. This year, North Branford came in with 25 wins and only one loss – to six-time Class L champion Masuk. The Thunderbirds jumped on St. Paul early and held the Falcons off in the late going to win, 4-2, at UConn’s Burrill Family Field.

1 week ago | courant.com | Lori Riley

FAIRFIELD – The last time the Somers boys lacrosse team lost was April 8. The Spartans, the second-seeded team in Class S, had won 20 straight games, scoring in double digits in every game. But Saturday afternoon, at Fairfield University’s Rafferty Stadium, Somers’ win streak came to a halt in the Class S championship game. The Spartans lost to New Fairfield, the team that beat them last year in the state championship game, 14-4. Last year, Somers lost 7-0 and lost only one senior from that team.

2 weeks ago | courant.com | Lori Riley

MIDDLETOWN – The Suffield baseball team had its best season ever this year, winning 24 games. But the Wildcats, top-seeded in Class M, fell short of their final goal Friday night. Suffield lost to No. 15 St. Joseph, 7-1, in the Class M state championship game at Palmer Field. St. Joseph senior Connor Fahey pitched a three-hitter and Suffield wasn’t able to score until the bottom of the seventh and only came up with one run.