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Tuesday 01/08/2019
Sports Roundup: Fanelli, Murphy lead Berlin boys basketball to win over Maloney Posted: 08 January 2019 [03:22 PM] MERIDEN - Maloney just didn’t have an answer for Gianni Fanelli or Holden Murphy. Fanelli scored a game-high 23 points, while…
Thursday 01/03/2019
Sports Roundup: Barker, Vasquez lead Plainville girls basketball to fourth straight win Posted: 03 January 2019 [08:58 PM] STAFF REPORT PLAINVILLE - Entering the season, the Plainville girls basketball wanted to continue to build off their first state tournament appearance…
Friday 12/28/2018
Top 10 Local Sports Storylines of 2018: Plainville boys soccer wins program's first state title; Newington boys volleyball wins another championship; Berlin football reaches Class M final Posted: 28 December 2018 [09:27 PM] Here are the top 10 local sports storylines of the year from the New Britain Herald coverage area: 1. Plainville boys…
Friday 12/21/2018
Innovation boys basketball defeats Goodwin Tech Posted: 21 December 2018 [09:05 PM] Staff report Innovation defeated Goodwin Tech 52-30 in a city boys basketball matchup on Thursday night. L.J. Hazelwood had a double-double for…
Monday 12/17/2018
Sports Roundup: Strong second half helps New Britain girls basketball top Hartford Public for season's first win Posted: 17 December 2018 [09:41 PM] HARTFORD - The New Britain girls basketball team picked up its first win of the season with a 58-44 decision on…
Friday 12/14/2018
Sports Roundup: Innovation boys basketball picks up second blowout victory of season after rolling past Cheney Tech Posted: 14 December 2018 [10:00 PM] MANCHESTER - While some might have wondered how the Innovation boys basketball team would handle the success it had last season…
Thursday 12/13/2018
Season Preview: Area boys basketball teams looking to build upon last season's results in coming campaign Posted: 13 December 2018 [09:04 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The New Britain area is usually home to at least a couple outstanding boys basketball programs and another…
Wednesday 12/12/2018
Innovation girls basketball will have a number of growing pains to work through this season Posted: 12 December 2018 [09:31 PM] NEW BRITAIN - If there’s one thing Michael Jessie already knows, it’s as the season progresses his players are going to…
Monday 12/10/2018
Season Preview: Area girls basketball teams look to keep building off last season's ups and downs Posted: 10 December 2018 [09:06 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The New Britain area is usually home to at least a couple outstanding girls basketball programs and another…
Wednesday 11/07/2018
Sports Roundup: Innovation, Goodwin Tech girls volleyball come up short in state tournament matches Posted: 07 November 2018 [08:40 PM] NEW BRITAIN - Despite falling in the second round of the Class M state tournament, the Innovation girls volleyball team had…
Monday 11/05/2018
Sports Roundup: Goodwin Tech girls volleyball breezes through first round of Class S tournament Posted: 05 November 2018 [09:12 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The first round of the state tournament ended a season for some, but others, including the Goodwin Tech…
Friday 11/02/2018
No. 23 Plainville is top seed among area teams in boys soccer state tournaments Posted: 02 November 2018 [10:36 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The boys soccer state tournaments are set. The CIAC announced the Class LL, L, M and S brackets…
No. 1 Southington, No. 9 New Britain lead area teams in state girls volleyball tournament Posted: 02 November 2018 [10:30 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The area girls volleyball teams can now get ready for the postseason. The CIAC released the brackets for…
No. 3 Southington is top seed among area teams in girls soccer state tournaments Posted: 02 November 2018 [10:28 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The area girls soccer teams now know their paths to a potential state title. The CIAC announced the…
Thursday 11/01/2018
Innovation girls volleyball sweeps Aerospace to win second straight CRAL Tournament title Posted: 01 November 2018 [09:04 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The Innovation girls volleyball team is heading into the Class M state tournament with some hardware. In a…
Tuesday 10/30/2018
Sports Roundup: Innovation girls volleyball reaches second straight conference final Posted: 30 October 2018 [08:02 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The Innovation girls volleyball team is getting its shot at a second straight conference title. The Ravens had…
Friday 10/26/2018
Sports Roundup: Plainville girls soccer shut out by Bristol Central on Senior Night Posted: 26 October 2018 [10:36 PM] PLAINVILLE - The Plainville girls soccer team was defeated by Bristol Central 2-0 at home on Friday. Tied 0-0 at…
Thursday 10/25/2018
Sports Roundup: Innovation girls volleyball tops Cheney Tech on senior night Posted: 25 October 2018 [09:09 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The Innovation girls volleyball team did exactly what it wanted to do, end its regular season, not to…
Wednesday 10/24/2018
Sports Roundup: Innovation girls volleyball battles till end, but is swept by St. Paul Posted: 24 October 2018 [09:26 PM] BRISTOL - The Innovation girls volleyball team fought to the end, but it wasn’t enough. St. Paul (13-4) swept the…
Monday 10/22/2018
Sports Roundup: Innovation girls soccer gets shutout win to qualify for state tournament Posted: 22 October 2018 [09:20 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The Innovation girls soccer team is heading back to the state tournament. Katerina Rodriguez and Malena VanBeveren each…
Friday 10/19/2018
Sports Roundup: New Britain girls volleyball sweeps Wethersfield on senior night Posted: 19 October 2018 [09:35 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The New Britain girls volleyball team made sure to send out its seniors in their last regular season…
Thursday 10/18/2018
Sports Roundup: Six different goal scorers help lead Innovation to shutout win over Capital Prep Posted: 18 October 2018 [09:05 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The Innovation girls soccer team didn’t have any trouble finding the back of the net Thursday afternoon. Six…
Wednesday 10/17/2018
Sports Roundup: Goodwin Tech girls volleyball wins contested match over Wilcox Tech Posted: 17 October 2018 [09:35 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The Goodwin Tech girls volleyball team defeated Wilcox Tech 3-1 behind strong performances from Aiyana Montes (14…
Monday 10/15/2018
Sports Roundup: Southington volleyball continues to dominate, sweeps Rocky Hill Posted: 15 October 2018 [09:22 PM] SOUTHINGTON - There just doesn’t seem to be stopping the Southington girls volleyball team at the moment. The Blue Knights won…
Friday 10/12/2018
Sports Roundup: Plainville girls swimming tops Platt to remain in contention for division crown Posted: 12 October 2018 [08:12 PM] PLAINVILLE - The Plainville girls swim team has its sight set on a divisional crown. The Blue Devils beat the Platt/Maloney…
Tuesday 10/09/2018
Sports Roundup: New Britain girls volleyball qualifies for state tournament with win over Bulkeley Posted: 09 October 2018 [09:16 PM] NEW BRITAIN - There wasn’t much Michelle Abraham didn’t like Tuesday night. The New Britain girls volleyball team dominated at the…
Friday 10/05/2018
Sports Roundup: Southington girls swimming bounces back with win over Farmington Posted: 05 October 2018 [09:26 PM] SOUTHINGTON - After suffering its first loss of the season, the Southington girls swim team has bounced back. The Blue Knights…
Wednesday 10/03/2018
Sports Roundup: Innovation girls volleyball rolls past MLC to pick up seventh-straight win Posted: 03 October 2018 [09:05 PM] NEW BRITAIN - The Innovation girls volleyball appears to have found its groove. The Ravens swept MLC 3-0 Wednesday evening for…
Tuesday 10/02/2018
Sports Roundup: Southington girls swimming suffers first loss of season to Hall Posted: 02 October 2018 [09:48 PM] WEST HARTFORD - The Southington girls swimming and diving team finally met its match. After being undefeated for the first…
Monday 10/01/2018
Sports Roundup: Wenzel's four goals help Berlin girls soccer rout Middletown Posted: 01 October 2018 [09:12 PM] MIDDLETOWN - Ashley Wenzel continued to put up big numbers for the Berlin girls soccer team. Middletown learned that the hard…
Friday 09/28/2018
Roundup: Southington girls swimming remains perfect with victory Posted: 28 September 2018 [09:53 PM] PLAINVILLE - The Southington girls swimming and diving team improved to 5-0 with an 88-63 win at Plainville on Friday. For…
Thursday 09/27/2018
Sports Roundup: Second-half goal helps Southington girls soccer beat Farmington Posted: 27 September 2018 [10:20 PM] SOUTHINGTON - Shannon Litchfield was the deciding factor Thursday evening. With the Southington and Farmington girls soccer teams were…
Monday 09/24/2018
Sports Roundup: New Britain girls volleyball beats Hartford Public Posted: 24 September 2018 [09:25 PM] NEW BRITAIN - It’s still early in the season, but New Britain girls volleyball head coach Michelle Abraham has liked what…
Friday 09/21/2018
Sports Roundup: New Britain girls volleyball wins final three sets in comeback win over Maloney Posted: 21 September 2018 [09:42 PM] STAFF REPORT NEW BRITAIN - The New Britain girls volleyball team improved to 4-2 for the season with a 3-2 (21-25, 25-27,…
Thursday 09/20/2018
Sports Roundup: Bidoae's lone goal pushes Innovation girls soccer past MLC Posted: 20 September 2018 [08:43 PM] NEW BRITAIN - In a game that didn’t feature much scoring, it was a freshman who delivered for the Innovation girls…
Monday 09/17/2018
Sports Roundup: New Britain girls volleyball uses strong third, fourth sets to cruise by Plainville Posted: 17 September 2018 [09:25 PM] PLAINVILLE - It was the serving that made all the difference for the New Britain girls volleyball team Monday night. After…
Friday 09/14/2018
Roundup: Southington boys soccer gets goal from Burdette, shutout from Griffin for victory Posted: 14 September 2018 [10:05 PM] mStaff reports BRISTOL - The Southington boys soccer team got a goal from Colin Burdette, assisted by Eli Rodriguez, and goalkeeper John…
Friday 09/07/2018
Roundup: Plainville boys soccer gets impressive debut from freshman goalkeeper Staubley in win over Bristol Central Posted: 07 September 2018 [09:56 PM] PLAINVILLE - Plainville got an impressive debut performance by freshman goaltender Brennan Staubley as he produced a clean sheet in a…
Wednesday 09/05/2018
Season Preview: Area girls cross country teams out to gain experience this fall Posted: 05 September 2018 [08:54 PM] With temperatures finally starting to come down, it’s time for area girls cross country teams to get back out on the…
Season Preview: Area boys cross country teams have high expectations for upcoming fall Posted: 05 September 2018 [08:44 PM] With the new season set to get underway, expectations for some area boys cross country teams have never been higher. Though…
Season Preview: Area girls volleyball teams looking to build off least season's success Posted: 05 September 2018 [08:31 PM] With a new season right around the corner, there is plenty of excitement surrounding the area girls volleyball teams and with…
Tuesday 09/04/2018
Season Preview: Area girls soccer teams expecting to make run in state tournaments Posted: 04 September 2018 [09:09 PM] The area high school girls soccer teams are entering the upcoming season with two different mindsets: rebuilding and success. Some teams…
Season Preview: Area boys soccer teams have plenty of optimism entering upcoming season Posted: 04 September 2018 [09:01 PM] The area high school boys soccer teams are kicking off their seasons and there is a lot of optimism to go…
Thursday 08/30/2018
Innovation girls volleyball looking to continue to build off recent success Posted: 30 August 2018 [06:24 PM] NEW BRITAIN - It was only four years ago when Innovation was trying build a girls volleyball program that could just…
Friday 07/13/2018
2018 All-Herald Baseball Team: This group of 10 turned in standout seasons on the diamond Posted: 13 July 2018 [10:12 PM] Our 2018 All-Herald Baseball Team has players from all but one area team and has a strong mix of pitching and…
2018 All-Herald Softball Team: These 10 area stars made this season one to remember Posted: 13 July 2018 [10:11 PM] As always, the area’s softball season was full of great performances. While Southington is often the program that gets the most…
2018 All-Herald Boys Volleyball Team: Champion Newington places four, Southington two on this star-studded unit Posted: 13 July 2018 [10:10 PM] Even though there are only two boys volleyball programs in the area, the players on this year’s All-Herald Boys Volleyball Team…
2018 All-Herald Lacrosse Team: Three girls, three boys make up this program building group Posted: 13 July 2018 [10:09 PM] Area lacrosse teams continue to progress and become more competitive, and our 2018 All-Herald Lacrosse Team highlights three boys and three…
2018 All-Herald Boys Tennis Team: Five boys on this list can match up with anyone in the state Posted: 13 July 2018 [10:08 PM] There was plenty of strong tennis play from the boys side this season, and the five players that make our All-Herald…