Tag: tennis

NAUGATUCK — It’s no surprise that halfway through the season, a local girls’ tennis team is undefeated. That the team hails from the borough, not the Woods, however, is a stunner. The Greyhounds are led by a coach, Jodie Ruccio, who had never played tennis—never mind taught it—until March. Their roster is such a hodgepodge of first-time players and athletes borrowed from other sports that 14 different girls have played in at least one match.

The Woodland and Naugatuck softball teams pick up victories en route to their Saturday clash, and NHS girls' tennis remains undefeated.

Track and Field The Naugatuck girls’ track and field team narrowly kept its perfect record alive last Wednesday by sweeping a quad-meet. The Hounds had...

BEACON FALLS — Woodland used a sweep of the doubles matches to break a singles stalemate and stay undefeated with a 5-2 win over visiting Watertown Monday afternoon. No. 1 singles player Stephanie Badale continued her domination of all Naugatuck Valley League opponents not named Dre Moschello, with an 8-0 victory over Alyssa Mucciaro. Since the beginning of last season, Badale is 26-1 against everyone but Holy Cross’ Moschello, but 1-3 versus the two-time defending league champion.

WATERTOWN — The Hawks got a grit-your-teeth win from Mike Krakowski at No. 1 singles, but it was the team’s lone victory Monday morning in an 8-1 loss to Watertown at Crestbrook Park. The right-handed Krakowski was playing with ruptured blood vessels in his dominant hand, a nagging affliction that has caused head coach Jim Amato to hold back his ace between matches.

Track and Field Both the boys’ and girls’ track squads are off to fast, 5-0 starts to the season. Last week, both the boys and...

Track and Field The Naugatuck boys are a league-best 6-0 after sweeping a pair of quad-meets while the girls are 3-0 following a sweep of...

All three Naugatuck doubles teams won their matches, but it wasn't enough to overcome Crosby's sweep of the singles matches, as the Bulldogs won in the borough Wednesday, 6-3.

The spring sports season kicks off: Naugatuck softball and its new battery top Torrington, 8-3, both girls' tennis teams cruise to 5-2 victories, and the Woodland boys' and NHS boys' and girls' track teams sweep three opponents apiece.