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Watertown’s speed too much for Naugatuck
WATERBURY — Naugatuck had no answer for the sheer speed of Watertown’s Jessica Spezzano, who recorded a hat trick to propel the Indians past the Greyhounds, 3-1, in the Naugatuck Valley League championship game at Municipal Stadium on Tuesday night in front of a very vocal 600 fans. Watertown defended its title after defeating... »
Hawks 3rd, Greyhounds 5th at NVL swim meet
WATERBURY — Woodland tied a school record with a third-place finish while Naugatuck placed fifth at the Naugatuck Valley League swimming and diving championships Saturday at the John Reardon Pool at Kennedy High. The Hawks (744 points) placed behind league champion Watertown (833) and Torrington (777). The Greyhounds (507) finished in the top half... »
Local spikers fall in NVL quarterfinals
The Naugatuck volleyball team wasn’t necessarily expected to win its Naugatuck Valley League tournament quarterfinal against Seymour. But Woodland was certainly supposed to prevail. Instead, both local squads fell in Friday’s NVL quarterfinals and were knocked out of the tournament. The No. 7 Greyhounds lost to No. 2 Seymour at Seymour while No. 1... »
Naugy girls top Woodland in PKs to reach NVL final
WATERTOWN — 100 minutes of soccer weren’t enough to separate the Naugatuck and Woodland girls in Saturday’s Naugatuck Valley League tournament semifinals. Penalty kicks were. The Greyhounds’ Kelly Koslosky and Isabelle Moody converted on their kicks to help No. 2 Naugy defeat No. 3 Woodland, 0-0 (2-1 on penalty kicks), to advance to Tuesday’s... »
Woodland boys beat Naugy, will play for NVL title
WATERBURY — Eric Dietz scored two minutes into the match and the Woodland Hawks moved one step closer to earning a Naugatuck Valley League title with a 1-0 victory over Naugatuck on Saturday afternoon at Municipal Stadium. Dietz collected a rebound and chipped a shot over the keeper for the match’s only goal. “I just followed ... »
NVL and state tourney updates (as of 2:30 p.m., Nov. 4)
Last weekend’s wicked nor’easter and the subsequent widespread power outages continued to wreak havoc on the Naugatuck Valley League and now the CIAC state tournaments. The NVL athletic directors met Wednesday to change the tournament schedule while the CIAC decided to adjust its schedules on Thursday. The following are updated schedules as of 8... »
Hrezi wins NVL boys cross country title
WATERTOWN — For the second consecutive year, Naugatuck’s Muad Hrezi is the best cross country runner in the Naugatuck Valley League. Hrezi won the league championship meet on Thursday at Watertown’s Veterans Park in 15:50. Teammate Nick Moriello finished second in 16:10, giving the Greyhounds a 1-2 finish in the meet. “I felt good,”... »
Locals move on in NVL tennis tourney
Several local tennis players moved on to the second day of action in the Naugatuck Valley League tennis tournaments Thursday afternoon. In boys action in Beacon Falls, Woodland’s Mike Krakowski earned a spot in Friday’s semifinals by beating Kennedy’s Vitmar Harizaj, 6-1, 6-3, in the quarterfinals. That victory followed Krakowski’s 8-0 victory over Holy... »
NVL tournaments update
Softball Naugatuck fell to Holy Cross 2-1 Wednesday in the semifinals of the NVL softball tournament. The Crusaders slipped past the Greyhounds on an RBI single by Mikaela Rice in the bottom of the seventh. The Greyhounds found themselves in the semifinals after outlasting Woodland 8-5 earlier in the day in the conclusion of... »
Hawks remain proud after humbling loss
WATERBURY — During the final timeout of Woodland’s loss to Crosby in the Naugatuck Valley League tournament quarterfinals last Saturday, Hawks head coach Tom Hunt made a point that will likely serve his team well in the future. “I had the kids make sure they looked down, check the front of their jerseys and... »






