Football

By Mark Jaffee, Republican-American Five years have passed since Tim Phipps left the comfort zone at Woodland High he knew for 14 years and the...

BY KYLE BRENNANCITIZEN’S NEWSBEACON FALLS — It was almost summertime when Nate Bodnar realized that he might end his high school career without playing...

By Kyle Brennan, Citizen’s News With normalcy on the horizon — or already here for many folks — we can all look forward to a...

By Ken Morse, Citizen’s News The COVID-19 pandemic has caused one local youth football and cheerleading league to cancel its season, while another is holding...

Naugatuck 2019 results: 5-5. Graduated: John Mezzo, Isaiah Williams, Paul Marsh, Jeff Schebell, Malachi Gatison, Dante Miranda, Herve Tshibamba, Tyvias Dippelhofer, Joshua Lastra, Anson Lau, Syed...

By Kyle Brennan, Citizen’s News NAUGATUCK — Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s been one consistent leader of the Naugatuck High football program. That leader will...

This is part of a series announcing the Citizen's News All-Decade sports teams from Woodland and Naugatuck high schools. Awards are chosen by the...

The fire everyone knows about, the one that’s the flaming hub of a spirited Thanksgiving Eve pep rally, will take place Wednesday night, just hours before the Greyhounds host rival Ansonia. The one that players and alumni know about, the one that’s the flickering center of a pensive gathering, will take place just a few hours before the other. It’s called The Burning of the Shoe, a tradition Naugatuck head coach Rob Plasky brought with him from Springfield College when he took the reigns of this already tradition-rich program in 2001. And it’s just what it sounds like: The Hounds gather around a burning cleat and just talk … and listen.

BY KYLE BRENNAN NAUGATUCK — After Naugatuck football coach Chris Anderson accepted the George Pinho Trophy through a persistent fog at Veterans Field, he handed...

By Kyle Brennan, Citizen’s News The Woodland-Seymour football rivalry may be one of the youngest in the area, but in less than two decades, the...