Mark Jaffee
Sports Writer at Republican-American
New member of Hearst Media CT.; CHSCA Hall of Famer Big fan of comfortable cleats. Wearer of really stylish sailor shirts. In 45th year covering CT athletes.
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ctinsider.com | Mark Jaffee
WEST HAVEN - The Wilcox Tech baseball team defended its Connecticut Technical Conference championship Friday night with a decisive victory at West Haven High's Whitey Piurek Field. The Wildcats defeated Kaynor Tech of Waterbury, 12-2, in a five-inning mercy-rule game. Wilcox Tech (17-6) scored 10 runs in the bottom of the third inning to back winning right-handed pitcher Bobby Herzman. Herzman, headed to the University of New Haven, allowed only two hits and three walks while striking out seven.
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ctinsider.com | Mark Jaffee
WOLCOTT - The top-seeded Woodland High softball team defeated Wolcott, 10-0, on Wednesday night to advance to the NVL championship game. The Hawks will face No. 2 St. Paul on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Seymour High for the league title. The Falcons defeated No. 3 Seymour, 6-1, in the first semifinal. For the unbeaten Hawks (22-0), Ella Van Alstyne tossed a three-hitter with one walk and 17 strikeouts, and had three hits and two runs scored as the leadoff hitter.
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1 week ago |
ctinsider.com | Mark Jaffee
WOLCOTT - Holy Cross High seniors Elijah Nieves and Anthony Carisio know each other's tennis game rather well. They're best friends, on and off the court. Nieves found a way to top Carisio in the boys singles final of the Naugatuck Valley League Tournament with a 6-2, 6-0 victory at Wolcott High School. Article continues below this ad Last year, it was Carisio who topped Nieves in a close NVL final, winning in a tiebreaker after splitting the first two sets.
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ctinsider.com | Mark Jaffee
BEACON FALLS - Holy Cross High girls tennis coach Julia Dzinski had never met 15-year-old freshman Nora Grealis until the first day of tryouts in late March. But Dzinski would soon find out how good of a tennis player Grealis, a Middlebury resident, was.
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ctinsider.com | Mark Jaffee
WOODBURY - Senior Juliet Eddy of Shepaug captured the Berkshire League girls singles tennis title for the second consecutive year Tuesday at Nonnewaug High School. Eddy defeated Madison Evers of Thomaston in straight sets, 6-0, 6-1, in the tournament final. Article continues below this ad "Juliet is the returning champion, which is nice," said Shepaug coach Joanne Kelly of defending the title. "It was a great way to finish her BL career.
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