Tag: Basketball
Woodland All-Decade Boys’ Basketball
Team of the decade: 2005
Best record in school history (14-9); reached Division III quarterfinal (WRHS best)
Player of the decade: Tom Little
All-Suburban Second Team (2005);...
Naugatuck All-Decade Boys’ Basketball
Team of the decade: 2006
Best record of the decade (12-9); No. 19 seed in Division II tournament
Player of the decade: Anthony Mariano
All-NVL (2009); 1,000-point...
Woodland All-Decade Girls’ Basketball
Team of the decade: 2006
Best record in school history (14-8); 4 players received league honors
Player of the decade: Jen Valente
All-State (2006); All-NVL (2005-06); NVL...
Naugatuck All-Decade Girls’ Basketball
Team of the decade: 2001
Best record of the decade (21-2); NVL regular-season and tournament champion
Player of the decade: Michelle Decerbo
All-State (2001-02); All-NVL (2001-02); 1,000-point...
Star Gazing: Woodland’s Shaine Thompson
On the Court: Woodland senior forward Shaine Thompson is red hot for the Hawks, who finally snapped a six-game losing streak with Tuesday’s 76-66...
Technical foul sparks Hawks’ victory
WOLCOTT — Sometimes, all a team needs is a little motivating spark. For some, it’s an inspirational pregame speech. For others, it’s the ability to clinch a playoff berth or championship. For still others, it may be playing for a friend or loved one. For the Woodland girls Tuesday at Wolcott, it was the misbehavior of head coach Gail Cheney.
The fourth-year coach was assessed a technical foul midway through the first quarter, after her team was charged with an uncharacteristic six fouls and called for eight travels in the first four minutes of the game. It worked. The Hawks went on a 9-0 run to end the period, following the technical, to claim a 12-11 lead and finished the half on a 26-9 streak to pull away with a 58-49 win.
Hawks snap 6-game losing streak
BEACON FALLS — Something had to change for the Woodland boys’ basketball team. After getting out to a 4-1 start this season, the Hawks fell into a slump, dropping six straight. A couple of the losses could have gone either way, but for the most part, Woodland struggled to get it done.
On Tuesday, at the Hawks’ Nest, the Woodland boys overcame a hot-shooting Wolcott team by delivering the goods with the game on the line. Wolcott shot an eerie total of 11 two-pointers, 11 three-pointers and exactly 11 free throws to rack up 66 points on the scoreboard.
Naugy unable to preserve halftime lead
NAUGATUCK — The Naugatuck boys won the battle on the boards against St. Paul Friday, holding a 9-8 advantage on buckets in the paint. But it was the hot outside shooting of the Falcons that did in the Greyhounds, as St. Paul escaped the borough with a 55-47 win.
Naugatuck, 1-11 on the season, had no answer for the Falcons’ perimeter ace, Chris Borea (19 points), who sent five three-pointers through the net. The Greyhounds certainly gave St. Paul a run for their money with Warren Buerkle (14 points) back in the lineup.
For one of the first times this season, the Garnet and Grey held the halftime lead, guarding a 25-23 advantage. It was the inside play of Tyler Krupa (11 points), Tyler Conklin (10 points, three blocks) and Kyle Krupa (six points, 10 rebounds) that gave the Hounds a presence under the basket.
Naugy import relishing American adventure
Sports aren’t all about winning or losing. Sometimes the experience is most important.
Naugatuck boys’ basketball team member Dennis Spanhaak is getting the experience of a...
Hawks’ losing streak reaches 5 games
SEYMOUR — The Woodland Hawks and the Seymour Wildcats squared off Tuesday in a key Brass Division battle; the teams came in with identical...
