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Torrington ends Hawks’ NVL tourney run in semis
WATERBURY — For as hard as the Woodland girls basketball team played in Saturday’s Naugatuck Valley League tournament quarterfinal win over Seymour, coach Gail Cheney thought something was lacking in the Hawks’ 72-48 loss to Torrington in Monday’s semifinals. “We were lazy,” Cheney said after Woodland lost to the Raiders in the semifinals for... »
Woodland 3rd, Naugy 4th at NVL swim meet
WATERBURY – Katie-Jean Hinckley won two events to help lead Woodland to a third-place finish at the NVL girls’ swimming championships Saturday. Naugatuck finished fourth overall at the meet.Torrington won the title with 826 points, ahead of Watertown (707.5), Woodland (644) and Naugy (570). Holy Cross, Sacred Heart, St. Paul and Seymour rounded out the standings.... »
Woodland volleyball beaten again by ‘Cats
WATERBURY – Minutes after Woodland’s 3-1 loss to Seymour in the Naugatuck Valley League girls’ volleyball championship game last Thursday, Hawks coach Jim Amato sat on the bleachers at Wilby High and his team’s season into perspective. It was a simple summary. “After you rebuild and basically come back with one returning player and you get to the... »
Naugy boys fail to win 5th-straight NVL title
WATERBURY — It was the defining moment of a championship season. The Watertown boys had every right to wilt, to hang their heads and maybe think this was not to be. Instead, a true champion emerged. Watertown received a pair of goals from senior holding midfielder Kylee Lecchi to lift Watertown to a 2-1... »
Hounds can’t rally against Watertown girls
WATERBURY — The stat sheet shows that it was all Naugatuck, but the score sheet told a different story. The Watertown girls’ soccer team scored in the second minute, built a 2-0 lead by the 18th minute, then held on defensively to win the Naugatuck Valley League championship with a 2-1 victory over the... »
Woodland spikers back in NVL title game
WATERBURY – Woodland’s victory over Kennedy in the Naugatuck Valley League semifinals came down to one simple, fundamental key to victory: Execution. The Hawks communicated, passed well, finished points and played with a sense of purpose en route to a 3-0 victory over the Eagles at Wilby High School on Tuesday night. With the victory, the... »
Hounds to play for fifth-straight NVL crown
WATERTOWN – The Naugatuck boys’ soccer team playing Kennedy in the Naugatuck Valley League tournament semifinal might seem like a historical mismatch. On the turf of the Mills Complex in Watertown Monday night, it was indeed a lopsided affair as the top-seeded Hounds thumped the Eagles, 6-1, to advance to another NVL title game.... »
Naugy girls roll into another NVL title game
WATERBURY – So let’s see, Naugatuck has scored eight goals in two Naugatuck Valley League girls’ soccer tournament games and Nicole Sambrook has five of those scores attached to her foot with a couple of assists for good measure. You might say that Miss Sambrook is making a pretty good bid to make this... »
Woodland boys’ soccer falls in NVL semis
WATERTOWN – The Woodland boys’ soccer team was able to hold off a ferocious offensive attack by Watertown for a half during Monday’s Naugatuck Valley League tournament semifinals at the Mills Complex in Watertown, but the Indians broke through with three goals in the second half for a 3-0 win. Goalkeeper Marc Beaulieu had... »
Hawks fall to Crusaders in second half
The Woodland girls’ soccer team battled Holy Cross to a 0-0 deadlock in the first half of the quarterfinals in the Naugatuck Valley League tournament held at Municipal Stadium in Waterbury on Saturday. The Hawks finally broke the scoreless tie but couldn’t hold off a Crusaders flurry as Holy Cross put three goals in... »






