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Woodland captures NVL championship
WATERBURY — After Matt Moutinho scored the go-ahead goal on a header off a corner by Rich Vadala with 7:23 to play in the Naugatuck Valley League championship Tuesday night, Woodland went into survival mode, desperate to hold its 2-1 lead over Watertown. Hawks coach Tony Moutinho put his best players, including leading goal-scorer... »
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... »
Greyhounds are Copper division champs
NAUGATUCK — In some ways, the 2011 season hasn’t been typical for Naugatuck soccer. The Greyhounds haven’t blown out every opponent and they aren’t undefeated. But in at least one way, they haven’t skipped a beat. Both are Naugatuck Valley League Copper Division champions. The boys clinched rather unceremoniously last week with wins over... »
Naugy High athletics hopes for new fields
NAUGATUCK — The Naugatuck High School football and soccer teams are usually among the best teams in the Naugatuck Valley League. The fields they play on, though, are a completely different story. The Greyhounds’ soccer pitch and football field are marred with ruts, dirt spots, and major drainage issues. Boys soccer coach Art Nunes, who... »
Pitch goes from muddy to rutty after mire is mowed
NAUGATUCK — A new kind of stripe appeared Wednesday on the Naugatuck High School soccer and football fields. Parents and residents who turned out to see the boys’ soccer team play Wednesday night against Seymour were angered to see both fields carved with grooves from the wheels of a riding mower used by a... »
Coach’s Corner: Sean Dunn
In our first segment of Coach’s Corner, Naugatuck girls soccer first-year coach Sean Dunn spoke candidly about the transition period for a new head coach in the very competitive Naugatuck Valley League. This is hardly the first go-around as a coach for Dunn, who played four years of soccer and basketball at Pomperaug High... »