Preview: Litchfield County Wrestling Fights Numbers Games
By Peter Wallace pwallace@registercitizen.com @PWallaceSports on Twitter Wrestling is a do-or-die sport, breeding that attitude in athletes and coaches alike. That’s fortunate for the small schools...
View ArticleTorrington girls basketball goes to 3-0 past Derby before the going gets tougher
By Peter Wallace pwallace@registercitizen.com @PWallaceSports on Twitter TORRINGTON >> Torrington’s young basketball team looked good for the third straight time in a 66-28 cruise past Derby...
View ArticleIndoor Track: Derby boys, Woodland girls win NVL championships
NEW HAVEN >> Woodland’s girls indoor track and field team won its fifth-consecutive NVL Championship Monday at the Floyd Little Athletic Center. Derby’s Kiley Rodriguez was named the meet’s Most...
View ArticleWednesday's Star: Caliendo, Notre Dame (WH); vote for Thursday's Star of the Day
Wednesday’s Star Doug Caliendo, Notre Dame-West Haven hockey: Scored deciding goal in overtime to lead Notre Dame past Northwest Catholic 3-2. [polldaddy poll=”9299234″] Vote for Thursday’s Star until...
View ArticleThe 2015-16 New Haven Register All-Area Boys Indoor Track Team
Luke Sumby (right) of Old Saybrook clears the last hurdle on his way to winning the 55 meter hurdles at the 2016 Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven on...
View Article2015-16 New Haven Register All-Area Girls Indoor Track Team
Danae Rivers (right) of Wilbur Cross jumps to a quick lead in the 1000 meter run at the 2016 Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven on 2/20/2016. Rivers...
View ArticleDerby High School's inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame class is a who's who of...
Derby High School’s Inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame Class (Photo via Derby High School Athletic Hall of Fame) Editor’s Note: Derby High School new Athletic Hall of Fame inaugurated its first class...
View Article2016 New Haven Register All-Area Girls Outdoor Track Team
The 2016 New Haven Register All-Area Girls Track and Field Team. Compiled by Dan Nowak. Photos by New Haven Register Staff. Most Valuable Performer Jessica Drop Coginchaug, Senior (Photo Catherine...
View ArticleNVL Football 2016: Derby preview
Derby back Alijah Ellis. Photo by Arnold Gold Vitals Coach: GEORGE FRENCH (7th year, 33-28) Conference: NVL Copper Division Playoff Class: S (200 boys enrollment) Home: DeFilippo Field 2015 Record: 6-4...
View ArticleGirls Soccer: Short-handed Torrington routs Derby
Torrington’s Caitlin Perugini. (Photo by Marianne Killackey) Torrington’s Alexis Tyrrell (Photo by Marianne Killackey) TORRINGTON >> With just 16 healthy girls on the roster, Torrington’s girls...
View ArticleSeven to be inducted into Derby Athletic Hall of Fame
By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich jean.sos@snet.net @nhrvalley on Twitter DERBY >> Seven of Derby High School’s legendary athletes and coaches who excelled both on and off the playing field have been...
View ArticleOfficials expect $3 million to upgrade Derby athletic fields
The Leo Ryan Sports Complex at Derby seen from the south end zone with the baseball field in the foreground. The complex is expected to get a $3 million overhaul after approval from the state Bond...
View ArticleFootball: Romagna, Oxford run past Derby
Oxford running back Joe Romagna skips into the end zone for a first quarter touchdown to lead the Wolverines to a 43-6 win over the Red Raiders Saturday afternoon in Derby. John Vanacore/New Haven...
View ArticleFootball: Shelton scores early, often against Derby; Zoppi ties state record
Shelton coach Jeff Roy accepts the trophy after beating Derby on Thanksgiving morning (Photo via Shelton Athletics) SHELTON >> He kicks the football, he catches the football and now he’s a Most...
View ArticleVote for Tuesday's Star of the Day
Great candidates for Tuesday’s Star of the Day! [polldaddy poll=”9616240″] Vote for Tuesday’s Star until 9 p.m. Wednesday.
View Article2016 New Haven Register All-Area Boys Cross Country Team
The 2016 New Haven Register All-Area Boys Cross Country Team. Compiled by Joe Morelli. Photos by Peter Hvizdak. Designed by Sean Patrick Bowley. • • • Stats: Junior inished second in both the Class LL...
View ArticleGirls Basketball: Derby making playoff push
Veteran Derby girls basketball coach Dave Cheverella, now in his 20th year, has been to the state tournament before. But none of the current players on the Red Raiders roster have been to the...
View Article$2 million donation to cover Derby fieldhouse, baseball field
DERBY >> The Board of Education announced Thursday that a private donor, whose father was a 1915 graduate of Derby High School, is donating $2 million for construction of a new fieldhouse and...
View ArticleDerby aldermen vote to move baseball field to Chatfield Street
DERBY >> The Board of Aldermen Thursday voted in favor of relocating the existing high school baseball field not too far from its home base, rather than across town. The aldermen voted based on...
View ArticleCasey-O'Brien New Haven County Chapter of the National Football Foundation...
Gallery of scholarship winners for the 2017 Gene Casey / Bill O’Brien New Haven County Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame banquet, which will be held March 31...
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