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Sports writer and Southern Connecticut State University student
CHESHIRE - Champions were crowned in 19 divisions. A dozen scholarships were handed out. The sun shone, too. It was hard to find a fault - other than of, say, the foot variety - on the final day of the 2017 Wint Filipek Sr. Memorial Tennis Tournament at Copper Valley Swim & Tennis Club.
CHESHIRE - Champions were crowned in 19 divisions. A dozen scholarships were handed out. The sun shone, too. It was hard to find a fault - other than of, say, the foot variety - on the final day of the 2017 Wint Filipek Sr. Memorial Tennis Tournament at Copper Valley Swim & Tennis Club.
The consensus agreement among many scouts is that the MLB draft that just took place had a weak pool of talent. Particularly, it was weak in terms of up the middle talent and college hitters. That doesn't mean teams can't find star players, though, especially in the first couple of rounds of the draft.
WALLINGFORD - A big story line for Sheehan football coming into the 2017 season was the loss of Zach Davis. The record-breaking running back now playing Division I football at Fordham University wreaked havoc on opposing defenses. How would Sheehan manage to replace his monster production?
HARTFORD - For the first time in team history, the Hartford Yard Goats hosted a major league player on a rehab assignment at Dunkin' Donuts Park. That player happened to be New York Yankees outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury, who was with the Trenton Thunder, the Yankees' Double-A affiliate, for the finale of a three-game Eastern League series.
TUESDAY BASEBALL: DeLaubell's bomb busts up Cheshire/ND pitchers' duel- CHESHIRE - Ben DeLaubell broke Notre Dame hearts with a go-ahead, two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday to give the Cheshire baseball team a 2-1 SCC Housatonic victory over the Green Knights at Burt Leventhal Field.The win was the...
HARTFORD - What is harder than getting a major league hitter out?
HARTFORD - The Colorado Rockies No. 1 prospect, shortstop Brendan Rodgers, has been promoted to Double-A and has joined his new team, the Hartford Yard Goats. Rodgers joined the team on the road on Thursday. On Monday night, Rodgers made his home debut at Dunkin' Donuts Park.
SCC GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lexi's back! The Tigers, though, are on fire- WALLINGFORD - The Sheehan girls basketball team had the advantage of being on its home court and the added lift of the unexpected return of senior point guard Lexi Ocasio.What the Titans didn't have was the No. 1 seed.