Wednesday’s New Haven County area results
New Haven Boys Soccer Platt Tech 1, O’Brien Tech 0 O’Brien Tech (1-4-0) 0 0 — 0 Platt Tech (3-2-0) 0 1 — 1 Goals: Platt Tech: Darion Artis (from Carlton Streete), 2:55. Shots: O’Brien Tech 8, Platt...
View ArticleFriday’s roundup: Monahan scores four goals as Lauralton Hall upends Guilford
Boys soccer Branford 1, Cheshire 1: Ethan Boileau scored on a penalty kick with less than 4 minutes remaining to help Branford salvage a tie in SCC action at home. Francis Fritz scored in the second...
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Soccer notebook: Lauralton Hall’s Monahan continues to be goal-scoring machine
(Peter Hvizdak – New Haven Register) Lauralton Hall’s Caroline Monahan, right, has scored four goals in a game twice this season against Guilford and Cheshire, respectively. Caroline Monahan has been...
View ArticleBoys soccer: State coaches poll, week 7
Class LL-L First-place votes in parenthesis Team Record Points LW 1. E.O. Smith (14) 12-0 140 1 2. Farmington 9-1-2 102 4 3. Hall 9-1-3 72 3 4. Glastonbury 10-2-1 70 7 5. Guilford 13-1-1 64 2 6t....
View ArticleBreaking down the SWC girls soccer tournament
If the South-West Conference girls soccer tournament has taught us anything in recent years, it’s to expect the unexpected. A perfect example of this is last year’s tournament, when fifth-seeded...
View ArticleBreaking down the SWC boys soccer tournament
The SWC proved to be a top-heavy conference this fall as four teams eclipsed the 30-point mark with another right behind with 27. Will that form hold true into the postseason? A lower seed always...
View ArticleBoys Soccer: Echeverri, Norwalk beat Stamford in FCIAC quarterfinals
STAMFORD — As if playing in the FCIAC tournament was not enough motivation, the Norwalk boys soccer team also had revenge on its mind coming into its game against Stamford Thursday afternoon. A few...
View ArticleBreaking down the FCIAC girls soccer tournament
If you love seeing scoreboards lit up with goals, the FCIAC girls soccer tournament might not be for you. If you prefer tactically well-played, defensive-minded games with flashes of offensive...
View ArticleBoys Soccer: Greenwich stops Staples in FCIAC quarterfinals
GREENWICH — Besides making some on-field adjustments, the Greenwich High School boys soccer team entered Thursday’s FCIAC Tournament quarterfinals against Staples knowing what had to change most from...
View ArticleBoys soccer: Text messages led to dismissal of Shelton coach Joe D’Auria
Shelton boys soccer coach Joe D’Auria was fired Wednesday, just days before the two-time defending SCC championship team begins postseason play. Shelton Superintendent of Schools Christopher Clouet...
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Top 5 Venues to visit during states
The state playoffs begin next week. Many schools will be traveling outside of Fairfield County for games. Here are five places outside of our area to enjoy a late-fall playoff game or state...
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Girls soccer: Lauralton Hall’s CAROLINE MONAHAN, the 2017 New Haven Register...
From day one, Caroline Monahan was an integral part of the Lauralton Hall soccer team. Every game throughout her stellar career, she was a threat to score at any time. She scored in her first varsity...
View Article2017 Girls Soccer: Breaking down the SWC
Good luck predicting a girls soccer champion in the SWC this year. Parity is expected to reign supreme again as a handful of favorites will be severely tested by a host of upstarts looking to get hot...
View Article2017 Boys Soccer: Breaking down the SWC
Perennial contenders Joel Barlow and Bethel — who met in the 2014 and 2015 SWC title games, each winning one — both welcome back much of last year’s teams. Same with New Milford, last year’s conference...
View Article2017 Girls Soccer: Breaking Down the SCC
Cheshire is the reigning league champion after beating Hand in penalty kicks a season ago. There is a pretty good chance we could see a rematch come early November. Both teams are not only rich in...
View Article2017 Boys Soccer: Breaking Down the SCC
Shelton had arguably its best season in school history a year ago, taking home its second consecutive SCC tournament title and advancing to its first Class LL state final when Danbury, after beating...
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Who should be the New Haven Register’s 2017-18 Athletes of the Year?
Every once in awhile, I look at the list of our former Athletes of the Year and think about how great all of those athletes were. Thursday night will be our 24th annual MVP banquet, where we will...
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