Cross Country

BEACON FALLS — Longtime Woodland cross country coach Jeff Lownds isn’t used to having a sizable group of freshmen come out for the team...

BEACON FALLS — The Woodland boys and girls cross country teams have been working hard in the preseason and are ready to compete against...

NAUGATUCK — The Naugatuck boys and girls cross country teams are changing gears as they get ready to run at the NVL championship meet. Naugatuck...

NAUGATUCK — Naugatuck asserted itself on the cross country course on Tuesday. The boys and girls teams defeated Woodland and Kennedy. Both of the...

NAUGATUCK— The Naugatuck cross country program had an impressive season last fall. The question this year was whether the Greyhounds could sustain the pace...

BEACON FALLS — Touting last year’s Naugatuck Valley League cross country championships for the Woodland boys and girls squads doesn’t do much for longtime...

They’re a meet day mainstay, though the faded, burgundy leather boat shoes befit a man who owns a closet full of Bermuda—rather than running—shorts. But to Naugatuck High cross country and track coach Bill Hanley, nautical footwear is as essential as a pair of Nikes. “What I’ll do is when I go to meets, I’ll wear Sperry Topsiders because they don’t have a lot of support,” he explains. “So on Saturdays, as I’m running around the course … I’m strengthening my lower legs.” And all this time I thought it was a fashion statement. I should have known better. See, Hanley, a special education science teacher at NHS, is a man of reason, and there’s a very good reason why he rocks those white-soled, bow-tied beauties.

By Ken Morse, Citizen’s News Precautionary measures put in place by the CIAC and state health officials last fall in response to the COVID-19 pandemic...

By Kyle Brennan, Citizen’s News It was a fall season unlike any other in the history of high school sports, and although the seasons for...