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Having already coached one season amid the pandemic will be invaluable to Maloney’s Dave Parness and other area coaches who direct teams in both the fall and winter. Parness coaches the Spartans in boys soccer and boys basketball.

CIAC: A brave new sports world. ADs, coaches gear up for winter season unlike any other

Under normal circumstances, the story lines heading into the 2021 high school winter sports season would be sort of sparse.There’s ...
 
BOSTON — A person familiar with the deal says the Boston Red Sox have reached an agreement with left-hander Martín Pérez on one-ye ...
UMBC 57, HARTFORD 49BALTIMORE (AP) — R.J. Eytle-Rock registered 14 points and six rebounds as Maryland-Baltimore County got past ...
UConn’s Dee Rowe, left, college basketball broadcaster Bill Raftery and Mother Shaun Vergauwen of the Franciscan Life Center chat during the 30th Franciscan Sports Banquet and Silent Auction in 2015 at the Aqua Turf Club. Rowe, who died last Sunday, was a fixture at the annual Franciscan event. Record-Journal file photo
MERIDEN — The loss of UConn cornerstone Dee Rowe hit the state hard when he died at age 91 last Sunday.It hit hard in Meriden, par ...
The push to save football in the 2020-21 school year in the face of the coronavirus pandemic dated back to last summer. Southington coach Mike Drury is seen here speaking at a rally at CIAC headquarters in Cheshire on Aug. 20. About a month later, the CIAC cancelled the fall football season on the advice of state health officials. On Thursday, the early spring season that had been set up as an alternative was cancelled, too. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
As talks of bringing back winter sports picked up over the last couple of weeks, many Connecticut high school football teams had ...
Martin Cheney is the new head coach of Platt boys soccer. A language arts teacher at Washington Middle School, Cheney had been former head coach Tim Redican’s assistant for four seasons.
MERIDEN — One is a veteran coach already heading to a national Hall of Fame. The other is a rookie looking to launch a long career ...
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Southington wrestling coach Derek Dion, right, began holding cohort practices for his team this week. Such practices, which are allowed by the state and limited to groups of four, might be all Connecticut wrestlers have this season. The DPH has advised that wrestling, deemed high risk for the spread of COVID-19, not be staged this season. The CIAC Board of Control votes on the fate of the entire winter season on Thursday. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
MERIDEN — Wrestlers won’t be peeking at their smart phones for updates Thursday morning when the CIAC Board of Control meets to de ...
Meriden native John Jenkins, playing defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears, puts pressure on New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees during Sunday’s NFC wild-card playoff game in New Orleans. The Saints won 21-9. Jenkins came up with a fumble recovery on a deflected pass. Butch Dill, Associated Press
MERIDEN — Most of the city no doubt watched Sunday’s NFC wild-card playoff game between the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints.E ...
Platt’s Jherquez Slater goes up for a shot against Maloney’s Kamron Moreno and Garrison Kunst during a game  last season. The 2020-21 season is on course to launch with practices on January 19, pending final approval from the CIAC Board of Control this Thursday. Emily J. Tilley, Special to the Record-Journal.
CHESHIRE — The winter scholastic sports season was delayed, but it looks like it won’t be denied.The state on Monday gave the gree ...
Meriden native John Jenkins (90), a defensive tackle with the Chicago Bears, puts pressure on New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees during Sunday’s NFC wild-card game in New Orleans. Jenkins had a fumble recovery in the game, won 21-9 by New Orleans. Butch Dill, Associated Press
Wire & staff reportsNEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees will get to celebrate his 42nd birthday by preparing for a playoff game that will ...
Joe Winoski, left, seen here with former Platt wrestler Nick Martone and Maloney assistant coach Matt Banas, has seen incoming National Wrestling Hall of Fame coach Bryan McCarty from three points of view: as a wrestler, as an assistant coach and as a rival coach. Record-Journal file photo
MERIDEN — It didn’t take much prompting for fellow coaches and former wrestlers to share their thoughts Thursday when talking abou ...
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