Bridgeport’s four-game winning streak ended despite a goal and an assist from Matt Lorito and Parker Wotherspoon’s first goal of the year.
from Sports https://www.ctpost.com/soundtigers/article/Sound-Tigers-streak-ends-in-loss-to-Penguins-14873086.php
Anthony Russo throws two touchdowns and Re’Mahn Davis runs for 105 yards to lift Temple to a 49-17 win over UConn on Saturday.
from Sports https://www.ctpost.com/uconn/article/Temple-cruises-past-UConn-14872976.php
Bridgeport had been mired in the worst start in team history but has won the past four, including three against Springfield.
from Sports https://www.ctpost.com/soundtigers/article/St-Denis-scores-twice-Sound-Tigers-win-fourth-14871795.php
The governing committee signed off on the point standings Friday morning to set the field of eight teams in each of four classes.
from Sports https://www.ctpost.com/sports/highschool/article/CIAC-sets-official-football-playoff-pairings-14871389.php
DERBY — The Shelton High football team won the battle but lost the war Thursday.
The Gaels beat Derby 35-0 at Ryan Field in front of an estimated crowd of 650 in the 109th meeting between the schools. It was Shelton’s 17th straight win over the Red Raiders, and 20th in the last 21 games.
But Shelton (7-3) fell just short of qualifying for the CIAC playoffs for the first time since 2013.
Making it more painful is Norwich Free Academy, a team Shelton beat convincingly earlier in the season, was the school that edged out the Gaels for the final Class LL playoff spot.
“Yeah, we beat NFA pretty good,” said Shelton coach Jeff Roy. “It’s tough to see them go in front of us, but that’s the way the point system works.”
Its fate sealed before kickoff, the Gaels took out their disappointment on Derby (2-8).
The Gaels took the game’s opening kickoff and needed just four plays to score all the points they would need, as senior tri-captain Georgia Ghazal ran 48 yards untouched for Shelton’s first touchdown 2:14 into the game.
Cristiano Rosa added his first of five PATs for a 7-0 Shelton lead.
The Gaels would capitalize on their next three offensive possessions, too.
Game Most Valuable Player Tyler Pjatak scored his first of three rushing touchdowns from 5-yards out, running over a Derby defender in the process, to make it 14-0.
Shelton back-up quarterback Michael Callinan connected with David Niski on a 42-yard catch-and-run for Shelton’s third touchdown, and Pjatak bulled his way in from a yard out for a 28-0 Shelton lead with 7:10 left in the first half.
Shelton’s halftime lead might have been larger if not for Derby senior…
from Sports https://www.ctpost.com/sports/highschool/article/Shelton-wins-but-misses-playoffs-14869671.php
Sophomore Andrew Janik and junior Jack Dawid led Foran over Law on Thanksgiving to secure a .500 season a year after Lions were 1-9.
from Sports https://www.ctpost.com/sports/highschool/article/Janik-Dawid-lead-Foran-over-Law-secure-500-14869399.php
The brackets won’t become official until Friday morning, but Thursday’s games completed the picture.
from Sports https://www.ctpost.com/sports/highschool/article/2019-CIAC-football-pairings-unofficially-set-14869383.php
The 5-mile Pequot Runners Thanksgiving Day Race was held Thursday on the roads of Greens Farms and Southport. More than 3,000 finishers and 500 walkers participated in the event.
Top 25
1 Spencer Brown, 22, Wilton, 25:12
2 Andrew Erskine, 27, Allston,MA, 25:32
3 Alex Petrecca, 22, Fairfield, 25:54
4 Aaron Breene, 20, Wilton, 26:00
5 Benjamin Seiple, 19, Westport, 26:05
6 Peter Watson, 28, Stamford, 26:09
7 Jake Duckworth, 24, New Haven, 26:48
8 Gavin Fujimori, 22, Wilton, 27:07
9 Nick Taubenheim, 17, Westport, 27:10
10 Luke McCambley, 30, Fairfield, 27:19
11 Tommy Ross, 28, Darien, 27:33
12 Joseph Walewski, 18, Fairfield, 27:46
13 Sean Edelman, 29, Jamaica Plain, MA, 27:58
14 Teddy O’Kane, 18, Westport, 28:05
15 Francisco Balagtas, 35, New York, NY, 28:07
16 Will Hoffmann, 23, Wilton, 28:09
17 Brendan Terry, 25, Southport, 28:12
18 Bryan Stephan, 28, Brooklyn, NY, 28:19
19 David Guzik, 49, Fairfield, 28:26
20 Jeremy Garskof, 18, Fairfield, 28:32
21 Austin Gilbert, 23, Westport, 28:36
22 Fred Wills, 35, Cheshire, 28:42
23 Daniel Landy, 22, Westport, 28:43
24 Bob Gillon, 76, Cos Cob, 28:51
25 Greg Vogt, 17, Fairfield, 28:52
from Sports https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Pequot-Runners-Thanksgiving-Day-Race-14869292.php
The Warren Harding football team beat city rival rival Bridgeport Central for the sixth straight time in their Thanksgiving Day game.
from Sports https://www.ctpost.com/sports/highschool/article/Harding-wins-sixth-straight-over-Central-14869237.php
Shykeem Harmon scores three touchdowns and Cafaro brothers combine for three more scores as Ansonia rolls past Naugatuck.
from Sports https://www.ctpost.com/sports/highschool/article/Cafaro-brothers-double-their-pleasure-in-14869277.php
