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Top CT prospect Connor Lane putting his Shoreline town on the baseball map
OLD SAYBROOK — This is a quiet town, where much revolves around its idyllic location, where the Connecticut River meets Long Island Sound. Some celebrities, Katharine Hepburn or, Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau, who has a summer home here, find serenity and refuge in Old Saybrook, but the town’s own Connor Lane attracts attention wherever he hangs out. “We’ve had a couple of youth days, opening ...
Lily Jahne Game Report: @ Haddam-Killingworth
Lily Jahne turned in yet another pitching appearance with more than seven strikeouts on Friday. She turned in nothing short of a gem: she struck out 16 batters over seven innings while giving up three earned runs off five hits. Jahne and Hale Ray will be playing in front of...
High school notes: Waterford’s Madison LaForte plans to follow her dad’s footsteps into coaching
Madison LaForte’s older brothers played lacrosse in college, Michael for Grove City College and later Babson and Mason at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, where their father, Ray, is the head men’s lacrosse coach. “I would even say more, not to throw my brothers under the bus,” Maddie...
Mitchell hopes experience helps in NCAA Div. III baseball tournament
New London – Music blared from the speakers at Alumni Field on a recent warm spring day as the Mitchell College baseball team took batting practice. The Mariners soaked in the sunshine and enjoyed their bonus time together earned by qualifying for a program-record fourth straight NCAA Division III tournament, ninth overall.
Mitchell stuns No. 9 Salisbury to reach NCAA regional championship round; Avery Point ousted
The Mitchell College baseball team scored one of its biggest wins in program history on Saturday. And the Mariners did it at a perfect time. Riding senior righthander Cam Varney’s masterful one-hitter, Mitchell stunned ninth-ranked Salisbury, 5-1, in NCAA Division III regional winners bracket action at Govoni Park in Babson Park, Mass.
Waterford’s Marelli: From unknown at ECSU to Little East Player of the Year
Emma Marelli figured her competitive softball days were over after graduating from Waterford High School. She didn’t receive any interest from college softball programs. But, after arriving at Eastern Connecticut State University two years ago, Marelli changed her mind about playing and showed up for a tryout without previously contacting Eastern coach Diana Pepin.
New pickleball courts planned in Groton
Groton ― Pickleball courts will be built this summer on land between the Thrive 55+ Active Living Center and the Groton Public Library on Newtown Road. The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved the site plan on Tuesday for six pickleball courts in the lawn area near the existing roller hockey rink and the youth multi-use field.
Locked On Women’s Basketball: Connecticut Sun deep dive
The Connecticut Sun kicked off their season in style, defeating the Indiana Fever 92–71 at home in Mohegan Sun Arena. Sun TV analyst Edona Thaqi joins Gigi Speer on today’s Locked On Women’s Basketball episode to talk about their dominant performance, Caitlin Clark‘s debut and more.
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