high school sports

This season, each team swam at their home pools, compared the numbers and got their results the next day.

For a moment at Cheshire Swim and Dive’s meet on Saturday, things felt normal. “When it’s time to swim fast, they swim fast,” said Cheshire swim coach Dave Modzelewski. “When they get excited, they get really excited.” It was senior night. They rolled out the red carpet at the Cheshire community pool. Parents and athletes posed for photos. “They...

High school sports are back on the field. “Soccer is soccer, no matter how long, if you have the love for the game, you’re going to be alright,” said Jacob Conde, the Bloomfield boys soccer coach. Six months since the winter season was cut short, fall sports are getting to play games. There’s plenty of differences, notably, no football...

Student-athletes from high schools across Connecticut were back in action on Thursday for the first time since sports were halted in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference canceled full-contact high school football in the fall, independent leagues are gaining traction across the state.

With the CIAC opting to cancel the high school football season, independent leagues are aiming to offer student athletes an alternative.

With no full-contact high school football in the fall, many student-athletes won’t have the chance to show colleges what they can do and potentially earn a scholarship. On Saturday, St. Joseph hosted a combine to give athletes the chance to record their times and measurements. “We’re not going to have the film to show our colleges so this is...

With no full-contact high school football in the fall, many student-athletes won’t have the chance to show colleges what they can do and potentially earn a scholarship. On Saturday, St. Joseph hosted a combine to give athletes the chance to record their times and measurements.

High school football won’t take the field this fall, but that doesn’t mean other youth sports won’t. The argument to play or not to play for any high risk sport seems to have a grey area. Rich Photos had to pull the plug on Southern Connecticut Pop Warner Football in August. “I tried to keep it going, I really...

The argument to play or not to play for any high risk sport seems to have a grey area.

The CIAC has announced it will not sanction full-contact football for the fall season.

High school football players and coaches are still waiting to see is they’ll get to play football this fall or spring. But those young athletes aren’t the only ones in a holding pattern, especially when it comes to college recruiting.   “We’re all about in person, face to face, how many times can we get around the kid,” said...

The state Department of Public Health has responded to the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s latest round of guidance on how to play fall sports this season Monday, with a particular focus on the question of whether there is a way to safely play high school football amid the coronavirus pandemic. The CIAC’s latest fall sports guidance, which was presented...

The governor’s chief of staff, the state Department of Health and the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference met Friday to discuss how to safely hold school sports, including football, and CIAC said it has presented some new strategies intended to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, which the Department of Health with review. Glenn Lungarini, the executive director of CIAC, said...

The CIAC and DPH met Friday to discuss ways student athletes could play football with mitigation strategies.

The governor’s chief of staff, the state Department of Health and the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference are meeting this morning to discuss how to safely hold school sports and the meeting is happening this morning after the governor called for the meeting.

The governor has called for the state Department of Health to meet with the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference about how to safely hold school sports and the meeting is happening this morning.

More than 1,000 people gathered at the Capitol calling for a fall high school football season.

Student athletes held a rally at the state capitol to make their voices heard about their desire to play football this season.

In Middletown, parents, students, and coaches had one message for the Board of Education: let them play. As schools across the state open back up, many want to know whether students will be allowed back on the track, the field, and in the pool. “Being a senior, it’s my final season as a swimmer, and we would honestly do...