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Tuesday, May 07, 2024
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Tuesday, May 07, 2024
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Local roundup: Goderre, O’Farrell lead NFA to Wildcat Invitational girls’ title
Norwich — Host Norwich Free Academy won the Wildcat Invitational in a girls’ golf match on Tuesday at the Norwich Golf Course.
The Wildcats won with a team score of 201 a...
Groton — Boden Frost set the state record for most assists in one season (95) Tuesday and the Fitch High School boys’ lacrosse team pulled into a virtual tie for first pl...
Norwich — Gage Hinkley is a 6-foot-1, 225-pound middle linebacker who leaves June 24, just after his graduation from Norwich Free Academy, to play Division I football at...
North Stonington — Bern Macca, who once held the same position at The Williams School for six years, has been named the new athletic director at Wheeler High School.
Macc...
Norwich — There are times the Norwich Free Academy softball team will spend an entire practice on offense, which is not entirely surprising if you’ve seen the Wildcats h...
Ledyard — Freshman Kaitlyn Sweeney scored the game-winning goal with one minute, 40 seconds left in the second overtime, lifting Ledyard past Fitch , 7-6, in a high schoo...
Plainfield — Lindsey Houle tossed a three-hitter as Stonington beat Plainfield 7-0 in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Division III game on Monday.
Stonington took contr...
Montville — Benny Wu, Ryan Yang and Darren Chen captured their singles matches in straight sets, as Montville defeated New London, 6-1, in an Eastern Connecticut Conferen...
Around the region
• Alexis Michon (Montville) and her Trine softball team captured the program’s fifth straight Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champio...
Waterford — Eric Berndt held off Jon Puleo to win the 73-lap SK Modifieds race on Sunday as the New London-Waterford Speedbowl opened its 73rd season.
Puleo finished seco...
New London — Mitchell College advanced to the championship series of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference baseball tournament by beating Colby-Sawyer 7-1 in the final ...
Waterford — Everything Ledyard tried to do Saturday, Waterford got in the way, a defensive prominence Waterford coach Taylor Shannon had seen glimpses of this season but...
Old Lyme — The Waterford High School girls’ tennis team snapped Old Lyme’s 78-match win streak Saturday with a 4-3 victory.
It’s the first career loss for Old Lyme coach ...
Groton — Tied at halftime and up by one goal after three quarters, the Fitch High School girls’ lacrosse team held on for an 11-9 victory Saturday over East Lyme in Easte...
Groton — Hailey Merrill pitched a one-hit shutout Saturday as the Fitch High School softball team defeated Westerly 2-0. Then Merrill came back with a three-hit shutout ...
New London — The Williams School has introduced sophomore Jadiel Thomas as their “one-man track team” for the spring season. It’s a major adjustment from the usual track ...
North Stonington — Sean Bergel pitched a five-inning perfect game Friday and the Wheeler High School baseball team blanked Windham 11-0 in an Eastern Connecticut Conferen...
Norwich — Widbery Ledoux won at No. 1, leading the New London High school girls’ tennis team to a singles sweep Friday in a 4-3 victory over Norwich Tech.
Cashel Jones, ...
Dave Tetlow, asked the origin of the Ledyard Relays, now named in his honor, calls it a long story.
Last Saturday marked the 43rd anniversary of what are now the Dave Tet...
Waterford — East Lyme High School’s Tyler Moore and Jack Bucko tied for medalist honors, each with a 3-over-par 38, and the Vikings defeated Waterford (7-0) and Norwich...
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Baseball
1 p.m., NESN — NCAA: UConn at Northeastern.
3:30 p.m., MLB Network — MLB: Texas Rangers at Oakland Athletics.
7 p.m., YES, WFAN (660-AM) — MLB: ...
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Brown, White lead Celtics' 3-point onslaught, powering Boston to 120-95 Game 1 win over Cavaliers
Boston — Jaylen Brown scored 32 points, Derrick White made seven 3-pointers and added 25, and the Boston Celtics powered past the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-95 on Tuesday ni...
The San Jose Sharks win the NHL draft lottery and right to No. 1 pick for 1st time in team history
The San Jose Sharks won the draft lottery on Tuesday and earned the right to have the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft for the first time in franchise history.
The Sharks fini...
Rudy Gobert wins record-tying 4th Defensive Player of the Year award. Victor Wembanyama finishes 2nd
Rudy Gobert made some history. Victor Wembanyama nearly did.
Gobert, the Minnesota center, was announced Tuesday night as the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year for a rec...
Dortmund beats PSG 1-0 to reach Champions League final
Paris — Central defender Mats Hummels headed Borussia Dortmund into the Champions League final as the German team won 1-0 at Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.
Moments after...
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