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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... »
Overtime with Kyle Brennan
Happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday to me! (Sunday) Tony’s Takes Tony’s bringing the noise this week with some of his strongest takes in quite some time. When the weather heats up, so does Ant. 1. The Memphis Grizzlies are doing work—without their best player, former UConn Husky Rudy Gay. 2. I’m looking forward... »
Champion Hounds return for another run
NAUGATUCK — The Naugatuck boys and girls track teams are looking to defend their 2010 Naugatuck Valley League titles and return a solid core of athletes to get the job done. Last season the boys and girls teams finished 12-0 and won both the NVL and Copper Division titles. Coach Ralph Roper, in his... »
Senior losses pose challenge for young Naugy track teams
The way Naugatuck track head coach Ralph Roper sees it, he will be hard at work alongside assistant coach Bill Hanley and Coach Matt Basile as they try and piece together another championship run for the Indoor Track team. The Naugatuck girls out-distanced Woodland last year to win it’s fourth straight NVL title. The... »
Woodland indoor track teams looking to be NVL contenders
Nothing can quite compare to last year’s NVL championship Indoor Track meet. Woodland and Naugatuck went toe-to-toe in a wild race to the finish line. The Woodland boys under head coach, Tim Shea, won the school’s first league title, edging out Naugatuck. The girls team under head coach Jeff Lownds finished second behind Naugatuck.... »
Fowler, WRHS sprint medley race at nationals
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Brandon Fowler finished 27th in the 400-meter hurdles and Woodland’s 800-meter sprint medley relay placed 19th Saturday at the New Balance Nationals at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University in Greensboro, N.C. Fowler, who placed second in New England in the 300-meter hurdles, completed the 400-meter circuit in 56.31 seconds, good... »
Fowler 2nd, Williams top six at New Englands
NEW BRITAIN — Woodland’s Brandon Fowler placed second in the 300-meter hurdles and Naugatuck’s Amanze Williams earned top-six finishes in both the long and triple jumps last weekend at the New England Interscholastic Track and Field Championships at Willowbrook Park in New Britain. Naugatuck’s Donato Piroscafo also competed at the meet, placing 28th in... »
Hawks take fifth at Class M meet
MANCHESTER — Dan Park and Brandon Fowler took home first-place finishes in the triple jump and 300-meter hurdles, respectively, to net 20 of the Hawks’ 52 points in the Class M state championship meet last Wednesday at Manchester High School. Fifty-two points were enough to secure a fifth-place finish for the Hawks, who finished... »
Gee, Williams propel boys track to sixth place
NEW BRITAIN — Naugatuck track and field head coach Ralph Roper expects the boys’ strong finish at the Class L championship meet, and the girls’ relatively weak one, will be reflected throughout next year’s season as the boys’ program will be peaking as the girls rebuild. “We’re losing a lot of very key players... »