School Sports
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The Spirit Of Giving Alive And Well In Glastonbury
By Patrick Dunne, The ... - Jan 16For Glastonbury High's athletic teams, charity begins at school. The Tomahawks have not only established a winning tradition on the field, but ...
Glastonbury's Reid Watson Earns Gatorade Runner Of The Year Honors
Jan 13Glastonbury senior Reid Watson has been chosen as the 2011 recipient of the Gatorade Connecticut Girls Cross Country Runner Of The Year. The ...
Ice Hockey
Uptempo Play Paces Tri-Town
By Nate Owen, The Sports ... - Dec 29It garnered a rash of early season headlines, and rightfully so. Long time cross-town rivals Fermi and Enfield entered this year as a co-op thanks ...
Boys and Girls Soccer
Tolland Soccer Players Make Collegiate Committments
Feb 22Tolland High senior girls soccer standouts Kaitlin Thibodeau (defender) and Alyssa Valenti (defender) both announced Wednesday where they will ...
Girls Soccer All-Area Team
Jan 03The Sports Department’s Fall 2011 Girls Soccer All Area Team was selected as a result of voting by coaches, reporters and staff at The Sports ...
Boys Soccer All-Area Team
Jan 03The Sports Department Fall 2011 All Area team was selected as a result of voting by coaches, reporters and staff at The Sports Department and ...
Swimming/Diving
Glastonbury Student Athlete Of The Month-January 2012
Jan 17JJ MA Nickname: JJ Senior at Glastonbury High School. Captain of the GHS Swimming and Diving Team. Class President GHS class of 2012, and ...
Youth Sports
ECHO Stars Come From Behind To Post Victory
Jan 09ECHO STARS 4, MIDDLESEX WHALERS 3 The ECHO Stars played host to the Middlesex Whalers on Sunday at Bolton Ice Palace. The Whalers jumped out to a ...
Local Program Introduces Kids Of All Ages To Hockey
By Kevin Hayes - Oct 31By design, the Learn To Play Hockey Program run by the Eastern Connecticut Hockey Organization typically attracts local youngsters between the ...
Fourth Annual Josh Smialek 3-on-3 Tournament Features Exciting Hoops Action
Sep 26Stafford High School was bustling with activity as hundreds showed up for the Fourth Annual Josh Smialek 3-on-3 basketball tournament on Saturday, ...
Youth sports tournaments should not cost families vacations
By Jon Buzby - Apr 27I received three related emails last week, spurning this edition’s column. The first was from a friend who is taking his 10-year-old daughter ...
News
Cox Named New Football Coach At Rockville High School
Feb 02Patrick Cox has been named the new varsity football coach at Rockville High School. Cox, who is acting athletic director and a physical education ...
Williams Moving Up At Stafford Motor Speedway
Jan 04Fresh from the ranks of the Wild Thing Kart Series at Stafford Motor Speedway, Ellington’s Ronnie Williams will be moving up the SK Light Modified ...
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Somers Wrestling Trying, Again, To Take Down Avon
By Kate Powers, The ... - Dec 26Wrestling The Somers High School Varsity Wrestling squad anticipates a successful yet challenging 2011-2012 season. With nine returning starters,...
Limited Late Model Champion Kevin Gambacorta Moving Up In 2012
Dec 22After winning his second Limited Late Model trackchampionship this past season, Ellington's Kevin Gambacorta will make the move up the ladderto ...
An Afternoon Of Euphoria And Heartbreak
By Patrick Dunne, The ... - Dec 07The Somers boys soccer team piled up the goals in their 7-1 runaway victory over Litchfield in the Class S soccer final. None meant more ...
American Hero Made Huge Sacrifices For Country
By Reid L. Walmark, The ... - Dec 05The day after Veterans Day, when the nation celebrates the countless acts of bravery, sacrifice and patriotism by all who have ever protected this ...
Ferguson Makes It Official: She's A Blue Devil
Dec 03Ellington resident and East Catholic basketball standout Nicole Ferguson officially signed a letter of intent and will accept a scholarship to ...
Somers High School October Student Athlete of the Month: Kayla Renaud
Oct 04Name: Kayla Renaud Sport: Field hockey Nickname: Kay, Bonnie GPA: 9 (out of 12) Other sports: Basketball & Track and Field How do you ...
Health & Wellness
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“Ask the ATC*”*Certified Athletic Trainer
Jan 17Certified Athletic Trainers (ATC’s) are allied health care providers trained in the prevention, evaluation and rehabilitation of sports injuries. ...
Winter Means Cold Weather Workouts
By Mike Bidwell ATC, ... - Nov 15So grinding out miles on the treadmill or power walking the malls has you dreading exercise during cold weather. Unfortunately, cold weather can ...
The Female Athlete Triad
By Julie Dutton ATC ... - Oct 31Sports and exercise are part of a balanced and healthy lifestyle for young athletes. Youth athletes are less likely to engage in risky behaviors, ...
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Core Strength: How Do You Measure Up?
By Mike Bidwell ATC, ... - Oct 19Many of our past articles have included direct and indirect references to the core muscles and how important core strength is to athletic performan...
Hydrate For Health And Performance
By Mike Bidwell, ATC, ... - Sep 19As fall athletes become acclimated to lingering summer heat and the gradual change to cooler temperatures, they often become less aware of the ...
Concussions and the Young Athlete
By Julie Dutton, ... - Aug 16A concussion is a brain injury that can occur in any sport with over 400,000 reported concussions in high school athletics during the 2008-09 ...
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“Ask the ATC*”
Aug 02Certified Athletic Trainers (ATC’s) are allied health care providers trained in the prevention, evaluation and rehabilitation of sports injuries. ...
Golf
HOW TO GET RID OF THAT SLICE
By David Nevogt, Author, ... - Nov 14Here's a really good tip that may help you to get rid of your slice. Best of all, it's really pretty simple once you get the hang of it, and ...
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Unlocking Some Of Golf's Hidden Secrets
Oct 31TEEING OFF By D.J. Tomasi In all sports there is a sequence of motion that maximizes performance — a “golden sequence” that all ...
Motor Sports / NASCAR
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Forty Years Of Spring Sizzler Action At SMS
By Steve Smith - Apr 12The Sports Department will take an in depth look at 40 years of The Spring Sizzler at Stafford Motor Speedway in our April 19th edition. Staff ...


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