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WATERBURY — All season, Woodland couldn’t take down the royalty of the Naugatuck Valley League. Sarah Royals and Torrington made sure that didn’t change in Monday’s NVL tournament semifinal at Kennedy High, as the Red Raiders eliminated the resilient Hawks, 53-49. Woodland couldn’t hold on to a lead that ballooned to as many as six... »
NEW HAVEN — It was a call made for the good of the team, the kind of decision a coaching staff can only make when it has veteran runners who are both unselfish and clutch. Woodland coaches Jeff Lownds and Tim Shea scratched senior Brandon Fowler from the 300-meter dash at Saturday’s indoor track and... »
WATERBURY — For 2 1/2 quarters, the Woodland girls looked like the same Hawks who had lost their last four games to end the regular season, trailing Ansonia, 33-21, with three minutes, 39 seconds to go in the third. But over the final 11:39 of Saturday’s Naugatuck Valley League tournament quarterfinal matchup with the Chargers... »
NAUGATUCK — The Greyhounds celebrated senior night Thursday with a 93-89 win over Watertown, preserving their perfect Naugatuck Valley League record with two meets left on the schedule. Naugy (7-2, 6-0 NVL) blasted off the blocks, winning the first seven events to take firm control of the contest. The 200-yard medley relay team of Alex... »
BEACON FALLS — The Hawks’ playoff hopes will be realized or dashed in the final game of the regular season. Woodland (7-12, 6-12 NVL) sustained a 62-61 defeat against St. Paul (10-7, 10-7 NVL) Thursday night, setting up a win-or-out scenario for Tuesday’s senior night contest with Seymour (11-7, 10-7 NVL). The game against the... »
OXFORD — Five players tallied double-digit points, the Hawks outscored the Wolverines by a dozen in the second quarter, and the Woodland boys’ basketball team stepped within one win of the second state tournament berth in school history with a 73-53 victory over Oxford Wednesday. Trailing, 11-10, after the first period, the Black and... »
BRISTOL — The Woodland girls’ basketball team knew it would be stumbling into the Naugatuck Valley League tournament, after consecutive losses to Holy Cross, Ansonia and Torrington. But after Wednesday’s 56-26 blowout defeat at St. Paul Catholic, a fourth straight loss to close the regular season, the Hawks (13-7, 12-7 NVL) appear to be... »
With the regular season in the books one day late, because of snow, the Naugatuck Valley League girls’ basketball tournament field is set. Torrington (18-2, 18-1 NVL) earned the top seed over St. Paul (18-2, 17-2 NVL) by virtue of a better league record. Holy Cross (17-3, 17-2 NVL), which will host Saturday’s quarterfinal... »
NAUGATUCK — A borough police officer facing felony charges in Meriden Superior Court has tendered his resignation, effective last Friday. Forty-year-old David Reilly, a 13-year veteran of the police force, was charged in December with first-degree larceny by extortion, third-degree computer crime and coercion. The charges stem from allegations that Reilly, under the chat-room... »
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