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Track glory immortalizes Beacon Falls’ Barksdale
BEACON FALLS — Sixty years later, Ron Barksdale still remembers his time on one of the greatest track teams in New Jersey high school history. Now, his teams will not be forgotten. Barksdale, a Beacon Falls resident, was inducted into the Princeton (N.J.) High School Hall of Fame last month. Barksdale learned of the honor last June.... »
Greyhounds ready to run
NAUGATUCK — The Naugatuck indoor track teams are looking to make another run in the Naugatuck Valley League this season. The boys return a solid core of athletes from a team that finished second last season at the NVL championships and followed that up with a third-place showing at the Class L championships. The... »
Hawks back on track
BEACON FALLS — For Woodland coach Tim Shea and some of his football players, there is little time to relax after the season ends on the gridiron. Instead, it’s time to get started on a new year of indoor track. Shea, along with cross country coach Jeff Lownds and a number of athletes from... »
Naugatuck’s Williams goes out on top
Naugatuck senior track star Amanze Williams leaped to new heights, bringing home the gold in the triple jump and the long jump at the New England championships in Vermont. For Williams the titles represent the first time he has ever captured gold at the New England meet, and the culmination of a stellar career... »
Hawks make their presence felt at Class M meet
NEW BRITAIN — The Woodland boys track team earned an eighth-place finish while the Woodland girls placed 15th at last week’s Class M state championships at Willowbrook Park in New Britain. Junior Scott Lang won the javelin throw with a heave of 168 feet, 7 inches, beating Windham Tech’s Nick Follansbee by 16 inches.... »
Greyhounds track down second at Class Ls
MIDDLETOWN — The Naugatuck Greyhounds came within six points of capturing the Class L boys track state championship finishing second behind Windsor by a 78-72 margin. The ‘Hounds “big three” had Naugatuck in the running throughout the meet as it came down to the final event. Senior Amanze Williams struck gold twice winning... »
State track meets set to take off
Dozens of athletes from Woodland and Naugatuck qualified for this week’s state championship track meets. The Hawks boys and girls were set to compete at the Class M championships today at Willowbrook Park in New Britain while the ‘Hounds boys and girls were scheduled to compete at the Class L championships on Thursday at... »
Naugy boys capture NVL track championship meet
BEACON FALLS — The Naugatuck Valley League track and field championships Tuesday at Woodland were a bit deceiving. Sure, there were plenty of individual medals up for grabs, but the team championships were not. Both the Watertown boys and girls earned league championships by securing the best dual meet records during the regular season,... »
Hawks looking to prove themselves
BEACON FALLS — Tuesday was time for a tune-up for the Woodland track and field teams. Blowout wins for both the boys and girls didn’t diminish the feeling both teams share that they have something to prove at next week’s Naugatuck Valley League championships. “We’re going in pretty confident,” Woodland boys coach Tim Shea... »
Hounds gunning for track top spot
NAUGATUCK — One week and one day. That was the message Naugatuck head coach Ralph Roper had for the Greyhounds’ boys track team on Monday. Simply put, the team had eight days to prepare to have a chance to win the top spot at next week’s Naugatuck Valley League championships. “We do have an... »