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Kolnaski named Waterford girls' basketball coach

 June 18, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

An unfortunate circumstance led Ed Kolnaski, the new Waterford High School girls' basketball coach, to realize he missed running a program.

Kolnaski took over the program last winter when head coach Rob Von Achen fell ill. It was the first...

Buscetto back in business

 June 14, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Old Lyme — On the day Bill Buscetto earned an honor of distinction from the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, he was named the new athletic director at Old Lyme High School.

Buscetto, who spent four years as the...

East Lyme's Ryan earns All-America honors in lacrosse

 June 14, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

East Lyme High School's Kiki Ryan has earned All-America honors by US Lacrosse, one of a number of honors local girls' lacrosse players received recently.

Ryan, a senior attack, was an honorable mention pick on the team. She scored 90 goals...

NFA's Curland ready for new challenge

 June 12, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Neal Curland has spent the past 28 years trying to teach young men life lessons on and off the basketball court.

Now Curland is ready to become a leader in a different capacity. The Norwich Free Academy boys' basketball coach officially...

Dream season for Waterford softball ends with championship

 June 10, 2013; Updated: 2:44 pm

Waterford head coach Liz Sutman, right center, hugs Julia Zawacki (14) Sunday as they celebrate their win over Granby, 6-3, in the CIAC Class M state softball tournament championship at West Haven High School.

Waterford wins Class M state softball title

 June 10, 2013; Updated: 11:29 pm

West Haven - Starting from her position in left field, Waterford's Claire Hurley wound up in dead center, seeming to glide as she raced toward a ball hit in the gap.
On she went,...

Waterford falls short in Class L baseball final

 June 10, 2013; Updated: 11:29 pm

Middletown - Waterford High School had exactly what it wanted Sunday - ace Jordan Hamler on the mound and a chance to win the Class L state baseball title.
Hamler pitched a two-hitter...

VIDEO: Waterford wins Class M softball crown

 June 9, 2013; Updated: 10:52 pm

West Haven — Waterford scored three runs in the top of the fourth inning, rallying for a 6-3 win over No. 2 Granby Memorial Sunday in the CIAC Class M softball tournament final.
Waterford (22-6),...

Waterford baseball, softball play in state finals today

 June 9, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

Waterford High School's baseball and softball teams will play for state championships today.

A day after the softball team's Class M title game was washed out and moved to Sunday, the baseball team's Class L final was postponed Saturday due...

Waterford baseball game postponed until Sunday

 June 8, 2013; Updated: 11:09 am

Today's Class L state baseball championship game between second-seeded Waterford and No. 4 New Canaan has been postponed until Sunday at 12:30 p.m. at Palmer Field in Middletown.
The Class M final (St.

Lancers have completed part of journey

 June 8, 2013; Updated: 11:50 pm

Waterford — Entering the season, Waterford High School had a clear destination in mind.

Palmer Field, site of the Class L state championship baseball game.

Today, the second-seeded Lancers make the trip to Middletown to play...

Waterford softball final moved to Sunday

 June 8, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Waterford High School's state championship softball game was rained out Friday night and rescheduled for Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at West Haven High School.

The 12th-seeded Lancers (21-6) will play No. 2 Granby for the Class M title. The two...

New England track and field meet

 June 8, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

At Willow Brook Park, New Britain

Following is a list of top seeds and local qualifiers who have entered Saturday's New England Track & Field Championship meet at Willow Brook Park in New...

Waterford softball game postponed until Sunday

 June 7, 2013; Updated: 10:48 am

The CIAC has postponed all four of its state softball championship games until Sunday, including Waterford’s scheduled Friday night game against Granby in the Class M final.
The Lancers and Bears...

Waterford's Von Achen calls it a career

 June 7, 2013; Updated: 11:52 pm

Waterford - Rob Von Achen was feeling more like himself Thursday, the day he met with reporters to talk about the end of his 20-year career with the Waterford High School girls' basketball program, 17 as head coach.

Newcomers play prominent role for Waterford softball team

 June 7, 2013; Updated: 2:16 am

Waterford - Sara Buscetto moved to Waterford from New London, meaning that when she finally embarked upon the first high school softball season of her career, she was with new peers and new coaches.

St. Bernard officials to speak with Jones following arrest

 June 7, 2013; Updated: 11:54 pm

St. Bernard School athletic director Brendan Case said Thursday school officials haven't met with boys' basketball coach Mark Jones, following his arrest May 27.
Jones was charged in Preston with...

Von Achen resigns as girls' basketball coach at Waterford

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 3:26 pm

Waterford – After 20 seasons at Waterford High School, 17 as the head girls’ basketball coach, Rob Von Achen has resigned following several health concerns in the past few years.

It's worth the wait for the Lancers

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 11:55 pm

West Haven - There's anxious to play and then there's the level to which the Waterford softball team brought things this week, forced by weather to wait two days for its state semifinal.

"They would text me, 'Game day. Can't wait to...

Bears come up short in boys' lacrosse semis

 June 6, 2013; Updated: 12:02 am

Cheshire — Stonington is all too painfully familiar with this postseason storyline.

The Bears played in the CIAC Class S semifinals for the third time in four years on Wednesday.

Waiting for them was a Fairfield County boys'...

Waterford earns spot in Class L state baseball final

 June 5, 2013; Updated: 11:53 pm

Middletown - Justin Pandolfe's accomplishments to date:
Strictly a junior varsity pitcher into late May.
Winning pitcher, league championship game,...

Indians can't recover from early mistakes

 June 5, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

New Britain — Montville High School's mistakes started in the first inning and kept piling up.

The Indians lacked their usual crisp execution in Monday's CIAC Class M baseball semifinal.

They committed five errors. Their...

Old Lyme denied spot in title game

 June 5, 2013; Updated: 11:24 am

Berlin - Randy St. Germain stared off into the distance while trying to describe Tuesday's unfortunate first inning.
"I don't even know what to say," St. Germain said after his Old...

East Lyme girls fall in Class M lacrosse semis

 June 5, 2013; Updated: 11:56 pm

West Haven - Phil Schneider was already a coach, a football coach at that, before he became the father of three daughters and his new sport became girls' lacrosse.
One of the groups he...

H.S. roundup: Fitch names Furtick boys' basketball coach

 June 5, 2013; Updated: 11:42 pm

Groton - Fitch High School has turned to one of its own to lead the boys' basketball program.

Alick Furtick, who played for the Falcons and later continued his career at Mitchell College and Salve Regina in Newport, R.I., was named...

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