Naugy boys’ track claims favorite status
NAUGATUCK — Any time two teams meet on the field of athletic competition sporting undefeated records, the contest can only be viewed as a...
Naugy girls’ track and field ekes by Seymour
Seniors Tori Pisco and Rosa Moriello ran three events apiece, helping Naugatuck beat Seymour, 76-74, Wednesday. The Greyhounds also defeated Watertown, 120-30, and Derby, 126.5-9.
Track teams sweep NVL foes in first meets
The Woodland boys defeat rival Seymour, Derby and Sacred Heart, and the Naugy boys and girls best St. Paul, Holy Cross and Wolcott.
Momentum on the side of Hawks track
BEACON FALLS — There’s no doubt Woodland is home to one of the best boys’ track and field programs in all of Class M—the...
Hawks boys’ and girls’ track will contend
BEACON FALLS — There’s no doubt Woodland is home to one of the best boys’ track and field programs in all of Class M—the...
Naugy track will benefit from additions
NAUGATUCK — He wasn’t exactly Brad Childress waiting with bated whistle to hear whether Brett Favre would rejoin the Minnesota Vikings (still uncertain, by...
The Science of Running
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.
Moriello 8th in 2-mile at national meet
NEW YORK — In the final indoor race of a brilliant career, Naugatuck’s Rosa Moriello ran her fastest two miles ever Sunday at the...
NE Indoor: Moriello 8th; Pisco, Hawks 11th
BOSTON — In the fastest indoor mile in New England championship history—three girls broke the previous meet record—Naugatuck’s Rosa Moriello placed eighth Friday at...
Runners’ maturity evident in NE prep
BOSTON — Naugatuck track and field coach Ralph Roper remembers—with a mix of personal humor and vicarious embarrassment—the first time Greyhounds star Tori Pisco...
