Amare Marshall likely draws the defensive assignment on Zajac, with some double teams coming from the guards. They ended up in the D II finals, 1 and 2 in the state polls, playing the most important game of the season that left Central the unquestioned No. Christian McClease of Wilbur Cross scoops a shot off the glass while being guarded by Tyler Favre of Hand during the Tigers 78-50 win on Tuesday in Madison. E.O. -- Ellington ends first quarter on a 10-2 run to lead 17-8. She will face a challenge from Mercy which leans on seniors Ava Giansiracusa and Sophie Hedge for the bulk of its scoring. Honors: Two-time All-SWC and coaches all-state selection. Windsor to host CARE Classic All-Star Basketball Games Friday. She was inducted into the Alabama High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2019. Despite making just 1 of 6 from the field in the second quarter, Ellington leads Cromwell 21-16. Former UConn AD who led Huskies to Division I football dies at 78. SCC: No shocker here as the SCC has had four of the top five teams in GameTimeCT Poll all season including both No. WCA Ronan Oleary holds the state champion trophy after No. The Connecticut boys honorees are as follows: SebastianKadlof (Morgan-Clinton, 4.0 GPA), Michael Kluger (Hopkins-New Haven, 5.0) and Nico Matteucci (Bacon Academy-Colchester, 4.41). Schedule and scoreboard for the 2023CIAC Spring Championships in baseball, softball, boys and girls lacrosse and boys volleyball. Its charter, inter-district magnet, vo-tech, vo-ag and project choice (there must be at least 25 from outside the district for vo-ag and project choice). Granby Memorial: Granby has two losses in the NCCC by six combined points and is a legitimate contender for the league crown. Riley Fox hit a putback at the buzzer to help Conard defeat Northwest Catholic on the road in the CCC tournament opening round. How fitting. New free throw rule for high school hoops may start next season. New Canaan: Raise your hand if you had the Rams as a top-four team in the FCIAC prior to the season. Last year, Bristol Central and Northwest Catholic chose not to opt up to Division I. Boys Basketball - CT Insider Pete Paguaga/Hearst Connecticut. Staples lead 9-8 after first quarter. Only 24 of 47 in Division IV qualified. jeff.jacobs@hearstmediact.com; @jeffjacobs123. He scored over 1,500 points at Penn State University. Honors: All-CCC and coaches all-state selection. The Jiggs Cecchini Basketball Challenge is named in honor of the former CIAC boys basketball chairperson and Suffield athletic director, principal and coach. Team MVP. Takes several AP classes. -- Teams have combined to start game connecting on 10 of 13 field goal attempts. Thats a huge question to be answered. Then there is a pack of seven teams, including Notre Dame, which can beat any of the top four on any night. No. Joe Morelli Dec. 14, 2022 Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 5:38 p.m. FCIAC Tournament MVP. -- Cromwell is shooting 77 percent thus far in the second half, making 10 of 13 field goal attempts to take a commanding 42-32 lead. In some cases, schools that excel in other sports need to take their licks in basketball. Common sense isnt necessarily in charge. St. Rita's Nojus Indrusaitis (5) goes up to dunk during the Class 4A Stagg . The smaller public schools, except for a multiplier of two in a hybrid ECC when it should be a one, got help. -- Cromwell wins its 10th state title with a 53-46 win over Ellington. New Britain (2nd), Greenwich (3rd) and Stamford (5th) are among those in Division II. This is the first appearance for WCA, which is in its eighth season as a varsity program. Honors: Two-time All-CCC and coaches all-state selection. 2 Northwest Catholic for its third-straight state title. The CIAC also loves its $10 gate in the state tournament to finance itself, so anything pointing to fewer games also means resistance. This CT school needs a coach, Connecticut athletes named to All-USA Today national teams, Notre Dame-West Haven loses key player to prep school. Also teaches social studies at WCA. The scary part is the top players are juniors in twin sisters Alana and Leah Philpotts and Gianna Donnarummo. All but one of Cromwells state finals appearances (Division V in 2018) have come in the Class S division. Stats: Averaged 22 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.5 steals for the Division II tournament semifinalists. Najimi George, Kolbe Cathedral, 6-4, Jr., G: Averaged nearly 19 points and 9.8 rebounds per game for the Cougars a season ago. Also is a Sacred Heart Book Award recipient, an AP Scholar and a National Honor Merit Scholarship Commended Scholar. -- Andrew Williams hits four free throws, two for being fouled, two for technical foul. Finished career with 1,267 points. Amyre Gray, St, Bernard, 5-9, So., G: Had a good number of quality performances for last years Division III semifinalists and likely this years team to beat in the ECC. In other words, a framework to stop Catholic schools from winning lower divisions where they had no competitive business playing. Arnold Gold/Hearst Connecticut Media Show More Show Less 8 of 20. Won his 100th career game against Crosby in January. Ava Giansiracusa layup, Mercy with 20-18. The Bucks agreed to keep Lopez in free agency. -- Andrew Williams, the 5-9 junior, hits two free throws. Sacred Heart, featuring Mustapha Heron, won 2016 Class M with the best team in any division over the last decade. CT basketball teams to face Rhode Island squads in - CT Insider Look, as it is constructed now, its impossible to get the best 16 teams in the tournament. -- Naylice Dudley hits both this time, 56-47 with less than 30 seconds left. A 32-team Division I bracket is an attractive idea. 1 draft pick Victor Wembanyama's rookie season. When Weaver re-opened its building in 2019, it had to wait another year thanks to COVID to start a junior varsity team behind legendary football coach Jude Kelly. 4 in the CIAC. The Connecticut High School Coaches Association's 2022-23 boys basketball all-state team is comprised of Divisions I through V. No. Selected to play in the JCC Schoolboy/Schoolgirl Classic and the CHSCA All-Star Festival. Youth Basketball Events, Tournaments, Leagues, Camps/Clinics and Tryouts Staples is the lowest seed remaining in any of the five boys state championship games. Simsbury and E.O. Smith has 16 points in paint. Notre Dame (Fairfield)'s Finn Miller lays up two against Kolbe Cathedral during the 2022 SWC finals at Newtown High School in Newtown, CT. Tajae Jones of Notre Dame takes the ball to the basket during the Green Kngihts' 78-59 win over Wilbur Cross Friday night. E.O. The former Louisiana Tech standout who was not selected in 2022 is averaging 20.7 points and 6.7 rebounds in three NBA Board of Governors approves Michael Jordan's sale of the Charlotte Mavs are bringing 2014 top-5 pick Dante Exum back to the NBA after a Flopping, challenge rules changed by NBA's Board of Governors, Warriors acquire point guard Chris Paul, add guard Cory Joseph, Celtics sign 2nd-round draft pick Jordan Walsh, forward Oshae Brissett. SHA lost some key pieces to graduation, but sisters Emma and Meghan Kirck and junior Lauren Thompson have made the transition easier. Holmgren had 16 points and 10 rebounds Saturday, helping the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Dallas Mavericks 91-80 in their NBA Summer League opener. Likely may take a post-graduate season. New London has played in four state finals, all since 2014, winning Class M in 2014 and LL in 2017 and last making a final in 2019 when it lost to Norwalk in Class LL. A senior-laden team with three players 6-feet tall or above in Madison Roman, Caitlin Finnegan and Kaleigh Sommers plus a senior point guard in Rory Kudzy. Sunday's CIAC basketball championship recap: New London defeats Mercy for Class MM girls title, 15-year-old CT golfer qualifies for two prestigious adult events, Ludlowe's Bunosso takes college softball coaching job, 2023 CIAC Spring Championship Scoreboard (Final). Comments Class MM girls Division II boys Division III boys Class L girls Division IV boys 3 seed Notre Dame-West Haven, 95-61. A 2020 graduate of Guilford High School, Anthony Bomgardner competed on the school's wrestling team and served as captain his senior season, according to his obituary. We are a little less than two months from teams taking the floor at Mohegan Sun for the CIAC state championships. So please join us as our crew at GameTimeCT brings you the most interesting storylines and memorable moments throughout the weekend. Jake Salafia, who died in 2021 at age 92, won seven Class S state championships at Cromwell, including five straight from 1967-71. CT CIAC boys high school basketball tournaments need changes. - CT Insider Sacred Heart women's basketball player Maya Klein, 2020-21 season. One or two players can make all the difference in basketball. Stats: Averaged 24.5 points 11.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, for the CCC tournament semifinalists for the second straight . Just below the top four is a hungry pack of 10 teams with four losses or less. This will be the third time these CCC programs have met this season. . Mercy reached four-straight finals from 2010-2013, winning Class LL in 2013. Kelly retired last season after he helped revive the varsity team. The 2023 CIAC Boys Basketball Midseason Report. E.O. Wembanyama had an impressive second game in the NBA Summer League on Sunday, but it came on a day where injuries affected what Wembanyama more aggressive in stronger second Summer League game with Spurs in Las Vegas. The program won the NVL regular-season title for the first time, followed by its first NVL tournament championship and, now, make their first appearance at Mohegan Sun Arena. Norwalk (17th), Hall (25th), Darien (28th) and Wilby (32) are in Division III. The 2023 New England Shootout Showcase will be held June 16-17 at Staples High School in Westport. GameTimeCT Second Team all-state in 2022. Connecticut High School Basketball Scores - ScoreStream The Houston Rockets' other first-round draft pick, Cam Whitmore, refuses to be overshadowed. July 24, 2023 Comments 5 Not long after winning a national championship, Dan Hurley had Ahmad Nowell on his mind. Why a CT hotel owner is offering chauffeured rides in his rare, classic cars Nowell, a 6-foot, 180-pound combo guard from Philadelphia, was the first player the UConn men's basketball team offered after winning the title. Honors: All FCIAC first team selection. IHSAA girls soccer, volleyball, basketball, golf thoughts for 2023 The 2023 CIAC Girls Basketball Midseason Report. - Catholic school placement. UConn saw its athletic department settle into a spot on the national stage with national titles in men's soccer, women's and men's basketball under Perkin. WCA has taken great strides this season. Conard played the Lions tough in both games before Northwest Catholic pulled away in the second half. As the Hearst Connecticut Media Group sports editor, Sean Barker oversees coverage on CT Post, New Haven Register, GameTimeCT, Greenwich Time, News-Times, The Hour, Middletown Press, Register Citizen and Stamford Advocate. Pomperaug is also playing in its third championship game with the last appearance coming in the 2004 Class L final. The Panthers had a balanced scoring effort, led by Tyler Daniele, to defeat a senior-laden group in Griswold in the semifinals on Wednesday. 6 Northwest Catholic on late goal, Volleyball top performances, games to watch (Oct. 19), Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). 2 picks. Granted, its a snapshot, but it does show there is quality room to build a bigger Division I. St. Bernards, 174th of 181 in enrollment, is in Division II this year. SWC: Notre Dame is no longer crushing the rest of the league and several teams have stepped forward to fill the breach. And that does not even include reigning Class LL champion East Hartford. The top teams in the league, Hamden, SHA, Mercy and Hand have all taken turns beating each other with the exception of Hamden, which has not lost a game. Elijah Miller is a force on both ends of the floor. The 10 boys and girls basketball championships had Mohegan Sun Arena rocking throughout the weekend. Bloomfield takes a 46-42 lead into the fourth quarter thanks to a 15-9 third quarter. A night after Brandon Miller had his best game in Las Vegas, Chet Holmgren was dominant on both ends to lead the Oklahoma City to a 98-87 victory over Indiana on Wednesday. East Catholic's James Jones during the CIAC Division I Finals at Mohegan Sun, March 18, 2023. Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). It may simply laugh at it. Scott Ericson is a high school sports writer with GameTimeCT, focusing on boys soccer, girls basketball, baseball and football. Please check back later. Now put those hands down, you are lying. Volunteers with unified sports, Participates in Community clean ups and a three year member of the cross country team. 6 Northwest Catholic on late goal, Volleyball top performances, games to watch (Oct. 19), Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). -- Mercy forces turnover. Previously, teams would shoot a one-and-one on free throws when its opponent reached seven team fouls in a half and two after the 10th foul. Cromwell outscored Ellington 16-7 to take a 32-28 lead as Victor Payne scored eight points and Jake Salafi five points. Kobe Brown thought he deserved to go higher in the NBA draft and hes beginning to show why. Two-time GameTimeCT All State selection. 2023 NFL Future Power Rankings: Projections for all 32 teams Chet Holmgren made it two big nights in a row for No. Holmgren LeBron James says at ESPYS he will play for Lakers in upcoming season. Jeff Jacobs is a former columnist with Hearst Connecticut Media Group. If you're a fan of Connecticut basketball and the history of the sport in the state, Cromwell has some familiar names. Results and story links will appear here after the games are 2023 Hearst Media Services Connecticut, LLC, Darien pitcher returns to Padres' Class A affiliate after surgery, How former UConn football player mentors CT's top prospects, Three Connecticut wrestlers medal at girls national tournament, Football season is almost here. 2022 CIAC Boys Basketball Tournament scoreboard / schedule. The Preseason 2021-22 GameTimeCT Top 10 Boys Basketball - CT Insider Wright leaves with a 593-375 record. Stats: Averaged a double-double with 19.1 points and 14.5 rebounds along with 3.3 assists and 2.5 steals. Two-time All-SCC First Team pick. 5 Connecticut high school boys basketball players we missed. - CT Insider Volunteers with the SASO service organization, the Special Olympics, Fill in the Blanks and Wakeman Boys and Girls Club. July 20, 2023 Comments 5 Northwest Catholic-West Hartford, a CIAC Division I boys basketball state tournament finalist, will take part in the second annual Jiggs Cecchini Basketball Challenge to be held Dec. 14 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville. Smith made 17 of 27 free throw attempts. She was inducted into the Alabama High School . Both teams struggled from three-point range, going a combined 3 of 22, with WCA missing 13 of 15 attempts beyond the arc. Among the top 25 as of Thursday, 11 were in D-1, 9 in D-2, 4 in D-3 and 1 in D-4. The CCC swept the next three spots, as well. Teams are doing all they can to stop her, they just can't. The 2023 New England Shootout Showcase will highlight CT - CT Insider London Jemison was a GameTimeCT all-state first team selection for Northwest Catholic, averaging 17.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game for the Lions. Up next: Will take a post-graduate season at Choate. 1 in final GameTimeCT Boys Basketball Poll: East Catholic, East Catholic goes wire to wire as the No. Along the way, he has demonstrated a zeal for the big scoop and a finely honed ability to convey essential human tales that resonate far beyond the sports world. Bristol Central, 6-14 in the regular season, was beaten, 79-40, by No. Warde and Trumbull remain well-coached teams nobody wants to face in the Class LL tournament. Smith. Honors: FCIAC Player of the Year. Sell it, McClellan says, with four regional winners and a Final Four leading into Mohegan. E.O. Senior Claudia Schneider has nine for Pomperaug. The win avenged a loss to the Mustangs in February. Coach John Pinone starred at the old South Catholic, which won state titles in 1977 and 1979, and snapped Middletown High's state-record 80-game winning streak in 1978, befoJre going on to star at Villanova. Jeff Jacobs: CIAC Division I boys basketball tournament needs more emphasis on the present, 15-year-old CT golfer qualifies for two prestigious adult events, Ludlowe's Bunosso takes college softball coaching job, 2023 CIAC Spring Championship Scoreboard (Final). She is averaging 24 points, 11 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 assists a game, leading a New London team with just seven players on the roster. Previously a JV soccer and softball coach at Sacred Heart, where he also was an assistant boys basketball coach from 2005-12. St. Bernard leads 38-26 after three quarters. Amani Abuhatab, West Haven, Sr. G: Abuhatab, who will play basketball at Mercy College, is a two-time GameTimeCT First-Team All-State pick who already has 10 double-doubles this season, averaging 19.7 points and 14.7 rebounds. UConn star Paige Bueckers coaches Pro-Am team in Minnesota - CT Insider Here are 25 boys basketball players to watch for during the 2022-23 CIAC season: Yianni Baribeau, Killingly, 6-3, Sr., F: Averaged a double-double (22 points, 16 rebounds) and likely will surpass 1,000 in both categories. Hamden: The Dragons have earned their No. 23 next season after switching from No. The 2023 GameTimeCT All-State Boys Lacrosse Team FCIAC: Transfers hurt two programs that were supposed to be very good in Stamford and Ridgefield and the league is not quite where it has been in recent seasons. This is a carousel. The Connecticut boys honorees are as follows: Sebastian Kadlof (Morgan-Clinton, 4.0 GPA), Michael Kluger (Hopkins-New Haven, 5.0) and Nico Matteucci (Bacon Academy-Colchester, 4.41). Stats: Averaged 18.1 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.9 steals, 2.8 assists and 2.4 blocks per game for the SWC tournament champions. CT basketball coach killed in hit-and-run in Hartford, police say. Joe Morelli. 6 Northwest Catholic on late goal, Volleyball top performances, games to watch (Oct. 19), Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). In its other trip, Pomperaug lost in the 1987 Class M title game. Cam Perkins, Danbury, 6-5, Jr., F: Hatters probably have the most returning experience in the FCIAC with this Perkins (cousins Charnaz and Cushan are also on the team) being one of those key pieces.. Jack Plesser, Fairfield Warde, 6-5, Sr., G/F: Averaged a double-double (17 points, 10 rebounds) for the Mustangs last season. Jeff is a 10-time Connecticut Sports Writer of the Year and four times has been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors as one of the top-10 columnists in the country. Already has scored over 1,000 career points. GUILFORD Police have identified the 21-year-old local man killed in a crash on Route 77 Monday afternoon as Anthony Bomgardner Jr. Comments Connecticut's Paige Bueckers flexes from the bench in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Seton Hall, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) Jessica Hill/Associated Press If the CIAC acts promptly to add a solid number of qualified, broad-minded people from around the state to the existing basketball committee, there is ample time to explore all ideas and still clear the CIACs multi-layered approval process. The 5-foot-9 forward will be going . Peter Wallace / For Hearst Connecticut Media Show More Show Less 8 of 9 Bristol Central 7 foot 2 inch Donovan Clingan during his team's game with Wilbur Cross at the Robert Saulsbury Basketball Invitational tournament at the Floyd Little . Scored 30 or more points six times this season, including four straight. Coming soon: the NBA Cup. The other two came in 1979 and 1980, respectively. Boys basketball matchups set for CCC/ECC Challenge. I have been with the New Haven Register since 1997. 10. The Wreckers defeated Farmington 26-23. Christian McClease, Wilbur Cross basketball. Cromwell is one of the more decorated programs when it comes to championship games: the Panthers have won nine state championships. July 18, 2023 Updated: July 18, 2023 12:36 p.m. St. Bernard is 2-1 in its previous appearances, last appearing in 1985, last winning in 1982, its second straight title at the time. So educated eyes on who graduated, who remains and who is arriving in the coming season is so much more important than what happened three years ago. Westhill finished 0-20 in a Division I designed six years ago to highlight the best boys basketball teams in the CIAC. BRANFORD Aylin Espinoza, a 2023 West Haven High School graduate, recently completed an internship as a child care center teacher at Branford Early Learning Center. East Hartford's Cane Broome finds 'niche' coaching at prep school. -- Ky'Ani Allgood layup, New London up 53-43. -- Victor Payne takes a pretty wrap-around pass after an Ellington turnover to put Cromwell up 46-38 with 3:13 left. 2023 Hearst Media Services Connecticut, LLC, CT basketball teams to face RI foes at 2nd Cecchini Challenge. Which NFL teams are set up for long-term success? New London: Records can be deceiving here. -- Chris Zajac down low for Staples, sophomore Amyre Gray follows with a three, then steal and layup. Fredo Delgado, Wilbur Cross, 5-10, Sr., G: Unlimited range for someone who tends to get on hot streaks. Craig Parker won four CIAC boys basketball state championships in 29 seasons at New London, the last coming in the 2010-11 season. Stats: Averaged 23 points and three rebounds per game for the CCC and Division III state tournament finalists. The Whalers have four losses, but three of those came to highly-regarded teams from out-of-state. Micro internships help shoreline high schoolers find career path Mercy: Mercys two losses are by a combined seven points, to Hamden and Hand. CIAC alters Connecticut high school basketball divisions - CT Insider New Canaan has never played in an FCIAC or CIAC title game. An elite-level tournament could help sell itself. Off the court: Member of the National Honor Society, Best Buddies Club, Math Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society and is President of the Business Honor Society. defeating Bloomfield 74-58 for the Division III title. Cromwell 51-41. Jan. 26, 2023. Uptempo is exactly the way Bloomfield likes to play, as well. Lets take Ridgefield: 1314 adjusted power points (438 power points over three years x 3 for strength of FCIAC) plus adjusted enrollment of 518.8 (788 boys x .66) equals 1832.8 total points. The 2023 GameTimeCT All-State Boys Basketball team. However, its been Whitmore, who Memphis Grizzlies forward Kenneth Lofton among undrafted players shining in summer league.

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