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Sunday 07/16/2017
Minions from Plainville win pair of gold medals in Nutmeg State Games roller hockey tournaments Posted: 16 July 2017 [11:42 PM] HARTFORD - The Minions from Plainville won a pair of gold medals in the Nutmeg State Games roller hockey tournament on Sunday…
2017 All-Herald Girls Tennis Team: Area was stock full of talent this season Posted: 16 July 2017 [03:39 PM] The All-Herald Girls Tennis Team is one full of talent, and the five players on our list have shown they can compete…
2017 All-Herald Girls Track Team: All-around great athletes on the track this spring Posted: 16 July 2017 [03:37 PM] There’s not much the All-Herald Girls Track & Field Team cannot do. This year’s squad has great runners, both sprinters and long…
Wednesday 06/14/2017
Southington's Howe places second in hammer throw as athletes compete in final CIAC track and field events of the season Posted: 14 June 2017 [11:00 PM] NEW BRITAIN - St. Paul’s Christian Sturm won the state boys hammer throw title on Wednesday afternoon at Willow Brook Park, as…
Saturday 06/10/2017
The season is set: New Britain area football teams learn schedules for upcoming fall Posted: 10 June 2017 [11:40 PM] The end of the school year might be rapidly approaching, but for high school sports, one season simply turns into another. As…
2017 high school football schedules released for New Britain, Berlin, Southington, Newington, Plainville Posted: 10 June 2017 [11:35 PM] STAFF REPORT The 2017 high school football schedules have been released. Here are the schedules for New Britain, Berlin, Southington, Newington and…
Plainville native, former NFL linebacker Niko Koutouvides hosts another successful youth football camp Posted: 10 June 2017 [11:30 PM] PLAINVILLE - Niko Koutovides bounced around from drill to drill Saturday afternoon, beaming with excitement and offering one-on-one instruction to the kids…
Friday 06/09/2017
Plainville native, former NFL linebacker Niko Koutouvides hosting football clinic Posted: 09 June 2017 [10:45 PM] PLAINVILLE - Niko Koutouvides never misses a chance to give back to the community that helped make his NFL dream possible. Koutouvides,…
Monday 06/05/2017
Southington has two winners at track and field State Open, Berlin shows well Posted: 05 June 2017 [09:55 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The State Open for track and field took place in New Britain on Monday and several local schools had…
Thursday 06/01/2017
Berlin has best team finish, Southington's L'Heureaux has best individual score for local teams at CCC championship Posted: 01 June 2017 [10:36 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The CCC golf tournament took place at Stanley Golf Course on Thursday and five local teams competed out of…
Wednesday 05/31/2017
Today's area high school sports state tournament matchups Posted: 31 May 2017 [01:35 PM] A look at our area high school sports teams taking part in CIAC state tournament play today: BASEBALL Second Round, Today…
Saturday 05/27/2017
ROUNDUP: Area teams eliminated in girls tennis, boys and girls lacrosse tournaments Posted: 27 May 2017 [10:46 PM] The Southington girls tennis team picked up one victory before being eliminated from the CIAC Class L state girls tennis team tournament…
Friday 05/26/2017
Area girls tennis teams facing difficult matchups in state tournaments Posted: 26 May 2017 [10:30 PM] The area girls tennis teams learned their paths to a state title Friday afternoon as the CIAC released its Class L, M…
Local baseball teams looking to make title runs in state tournament Posted: 26 May 2017 [10:29 PM] The regular season has come to a close and it is now time to crown state champions. The CIAC released the brackets…
Wednesday 05/24/2017
Sports Roundup: McDonough leads Southington baseball to win over Bulkeley/Weaver Posted: 24 May 2017 [10:50 PM] HARTFORD - The Southington baseball wins keep rolling in. Powered by a strong pitching performance from Connor McDonough and a five-run seventh,…
Tuesday 05/23/2017
Sports Roundup: Newington boys volleyball advances to CCC semifinals with win over Farmington Posted: 23 May 2017 [10:49 PM] FARMINGTON - The Newington boys volleyball team is moving on the CCC semifinals. The sixth-seed, Newington took down third-seeded Farmington 3-1 Tuesday…
Monday 05/22/2017
Sports Roundup: New Britain baseball takes division crown with shutout win over Newington Posted: 22 May 2017 [10:47 PM] STAFF WRITERS NEW BRITAIN - The game lasted just five innings due to rain, but that was plenty long enough for the…
Friday 05/19/2017
Sports Roundup: Sheehan, Babon lead way in Southington baseball's win over Farmington Posted: 19 May 2017 [10:37 PM] SOUTHINGTON - The Southington baseball team started off its game against Farmington Friday night in a big way and never looked back.…
Thursday 05/18/2017
Sports Roundup: LeClair twirls gem as Newington baseball takes down Bristol Eastern Posted: 18 May 2017 [10:44 PM] NEWINGTON - It was an ugly game that featured eight errors, but the Newington baseball team picked up win No. 12 with…
Tuesday 05/16/2017
Sports Roundup: New Britain softball puts on offensive clinic in win over Wethersfield Posted: 16 May 2017 [10:17 PM] STAFF WRITERS WETHERSFIELD - Whatever the New Britain softball team wanted to do offensively Tuesday afternoon against Wethersfield it did. The Hurricanes…
Monday 05/15/2017
Sports Roundup: Vernacatola stellar in Berlin baseball's win over Platt in extras Posted: 15 May 2017 [10:40 PM] BERLIN - The Berlin baseball team was brought to extra innings by Platt in Monday’s game but it was able to score…
Wednesday 05/10/2017
Sports Roundup: Goodwin Tech baseball continues to roll with win over Prince Tech Posted: 10 May 2017 [10:39 PM] HARTFORD - The Goodwin Tech baseball team continues to roll along. The Gladiators scored six runs in the first two innings and…
Tuesday 05/09/2017
Sports Roundup: Newington girls golf earns narrow win over Berlin Posted: 09 May 2017 [10:51 PM] BERLIN - Just a few shots can make all the difference and that turned out to be the case Tuesday afternoon. The…
Monday 05/08/2017
Sports Roundup: New Britain softball routs Avon, clinches spot in postseason Posted: 08 May 2017 [10:43 PM] AVON - The New Britain softball team has qualified for the postseason tournament for the fourth straight tournament with Monday afternoon’s 16-0…
Thursday 05/04/2017
Sports Roundup: Michalek throws complete-game shutout, Plainville baseball tops Middletown Posted: 04 May 2017 [10:56 PM] MIDDLETOWN - Nate Michalek was in complete control on Thursday afternoon as he allowed just one hit to Middletown in his complete-game…
CIAC announces list of senior scholar athletes Posted: 04 May 2017 [10:49 PM] The Connecticut Association of Schools and the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference announced on Friday the 354 high school senior athletes that will…
Tuesday 05/02/2017
Sports Roundup: Newington softball picks up big win over Glastonbury Posted: 02 May 2017 [10:47 PM] STAFF WRITERS NEWINGTON - The Newington High softball team picked up a huge victory on Tuesday, handing Glastonbury its first loss of…
Monday 05/01/2017
Sports Roundup: Newington baseball uses solid team play to pick up win over Wethersfield Posted: 01 May 2017 [10:52 PM] NEWINGTON - The Newington boys baseball team used a six-run fourth inning to get past Wethersfield on Monday afternoon 7-2. The win…
Saturday 04/29/2017
Sports Roundup: Kelley throws four perfect innings, Newington baseball rolls to victory over Bloomfield Posted: 29 April 2017 [11:06 PM] NEWINGTON - The Newington baseball team jumped on Bloomfield early with a seven-run bottom of the first inning and cruised to a…
Thursday 04/27/2017
Sports Roundup: Homar solid with bat, on mound as New Britain baseball tops Berlin Posted: 27 April 2017 [10:40 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The Berlin baseball team put up a fight in the seventh inning, scoring three runs but New Britain was…
Wednesday 04/26/2017
Sports Roundup: Lagace, Gonzalez lead Newington softball to sixth straight win Posted: 26 April 2017 [10:32 PM] NEWINGTON - Kat Lagace twirled a gem and the Newington softball team’s offense gave her plenty of support on Wednesday afternoon in…
Monday 04/24/2017
Sports Roundup: New Britain baseball bounces back from loss with easy win over Northwest Catholic Posted: 24 April 2017 [10:42 PM] STAFF REPORT WEST HARTFORD - The New Britain baseball team bounced back from its second loss of the season with a dominant…
Thursday 04/20/2017
Sports Roundup: New Britain softball continues to roll with win over East Catholic Posted: 20 April 2017 [10:49 PM] MANCHESTER - The New Britain softball team just keeps on winning and keeps on hitting. The Hurricanes collected 25 hits on their…
Wednesday 04/19/2017
Sports Roundup: New Britain baseball extends winning streak to five with victory over Southington Posted: 19 April 2017 [10:36 PM] STAFF REPORT NEW BRITAIN - The New Britain baseball team extended its win streak to five games with a 7-5 win over…
Tuesday 04/18/2017
Plainville native, SMSA student Tully commits to play golf at University of Hartford Posted: 18 April 2017 [10:44 PM] HARTFORD - When Allie Tully was just four years old her father, Dan, took her to a golf course as he wanted…
Sports Roundup: Newington baseball tops Hall in battle of unbeatens Posted: 18 April 2017 [10:35 PM] STAFF REPORT WEST HARTFORD - It took a little while, but the Newington baseball team found its offense right when it needed…
Monday 04/17/2017
Sports Roundup: Lukowski picks up 250th career victory as Newington boys tennis wins second straight Posted: 17 April 2017 [10:26 PM] STAFF REPORT NEWINGTON - Newington boys tennis coach Don Lukowski earned his 250th career win with the team on Monday afternoon when…
Sunday 04/16/2017
Area baseball, softball teams have big matchups this week among other games Posted: 16 April 2017 [09:23 PM] The weather seems to have turned for the better and with it, the spring season is now in full swing. As long…
2016-17 All-Herald Girls Basketball Team: What a season for these 10 hoopsters Posted: 16 April 2017 [04:58 PM] It was another highly successful season by the area girls basketball teams. Of the seven local teams, five made it to the…
2016-17 All-Herald Boys Basketball Team: Spotlight on for this tremendous 10 Posted: 16 April 2017 [04:57 PM] It was certainly a memorable season for the area boys basketball teams. Not only was there plenty of team success to go…
2016-17 All-Herald Wrestling Team: Not many better than this group of mat standouts Posted: 16 April 2017 [04:55 PM] Wrestling has always been a strong sport in the area, and as such, boasts some of the best wrestlers in not just…
2016-17 All-Herald Boys Swimming Team: Pool was filled with area talent Posted: 16 April 2017 [04:53 PM] The 2017 All-Herald Boys Swimming Team composes not only some of the best swimmers in the area, but in the state. Whether…
Saturday 04/15/2017
Spring Preview: Area girls golf teams looking to show growth, improvement Posted: 15 April 2017 [10:23 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The beginning of the spring season has not been kind to the area high school golf teams, but the…
Sports Roundup: Strong pitching leads to wins for both Plainville, Southington baseball Posted: 15 April 2017 [10:21 PM] WALLINGFORD - It was a baseball game Plainville never felt it was going to lose. Led by timely hitting and the arm…
Thursday 04/13/2017
Sports Roundup: Homar's two-run double, Santiago's complete game lead New Britain baseball to another win Posted: 13 April 2017 [10:25 PM] STAFF REPORT NEW BRITAIN - The New Britain baseball team continues its solid string of play in the early part of the…
Monday 04/10/2017
New Britain Herald Athletes of the Week are New Britain's Paola Bronner and Plainville's Jordan Bishop Posted: 10 April 2017 [04:59 PM] STAFF WRITERS Spring season has officially begun and for area teams, a strong start goes a long way in setting the tone…
Thursday 04/06/2017
Despite picking up first win of season, Plainville baseball has room for improvement Posted: 06 April 2017 [09:06 PM] PLAINVILLE - Plainville baseball coach Lou Mandeville considered his team “a little bit lucky” to come out of Wednesday afternoon’s game against…
Wednesday 04/05/2017
Plainville baseball picks up first win of season in close game against Bristol Eastern Posted: 05 April 2017 [10:40 PM] PLAINVILLE - The Plainville baseball team showed a lot of fight in its game against Bristol Eastern on Wednesday afternoon. The Blue…
Tuesday 04/04/2017
Spring Preview: Local boys golf teams must replace top talent Posted: 04 April 2017 [10:44 PM] The local boys golf teams feature two different tiers in terms of where the programs are and what to expect from them…