Stories relating to Torrington sports
Wolcott Tech soccer coach Vincenzo Viscariello’s world was turned upside down when he got the bad news that was more difficult to ponder than figuring out how to beat an opponent his soccer team would face. He was told by doctors that tests showed he had stage 4 colon and liver cancer. “Things are better …
TORRINGTON: After watching a successful point after attempt by Wolcott kicker Matthew Johnson almost land in the construction zone in front of Torrington High School, seeing him line up for a 43-yard potential game winning field goal was hard to watch. When his kick went wide left with 13-seconds to go, Torrington football fans could …
Torrington: The final score may not have told all the story Friday night as the Torrington girls soccer team dropped a 4-1 decision to visiting Ansonia in their season opener. Take away a pair of bad bounce balls that found the Raiders net in the first half as the Chargers ran out to a 3-1 …
Alot to like despite final score in THS girls’ soccer opener. Read More »
WINSTED – Ava Hampton has all the ingredients you might expect from an All-State, Division I bound softball player. She can run, throw, hit, hit for power and play defense at an impressive level. “She’s the whole package,” lauds Northwestern Regional coach Stacey Zematis. Zematis will also tell you that you need to go a …
Ava Hampton off to play DI softball at Coastal Carolina Read More »
WATERBURY – Dan McCarty delivered. Matt Troy delivered. Connor Gannon delivered. And that was a few from the winning side. On the other side disappointed but not bowed in defeat, Jason Johnson delivered, Keegan Daigle delivered and Jon Wilson delivered. In the end, The Tri-State League delivered. Tri-Town nipped Bethlehem, 4-3, Monday night in a …
Tri-Town and Bethlehem deliver in Tri-State finals Read More »
THOMASTON – You knew it was coming and it was going to be sooner than later. You just didn’t know when. You were hoping maybe one last basket, one last title, one last season could be squeezed out of a tenure of brilliance. You wanted one more time. Don’t we always? When things are as …
THOMASTON – One of the greatest coaching eras in Thomaston High School history and in state circles has come to a close. Long-time Golden Bears girls basketball coach Bob McMahon announced his resignation Thursday after 19 seasons. McMahon notified school officials and his assistant coaches earlier in the week and met with team members Thursday …
McMahon steps down as Thomaston girls basketball coach Read More »
TORRINGTON: The feeling amongst the members of the Torrington football program has always been embedded in the notion that they are a family. This week, just before the Robert H Frost Complex closes to the public for the remainder of the summer as parking changes are worked on, the Raiders football family got back to …
They are to the Litchfield Hills Road Race what the `Boys of Summer’ were to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Call them the Boys (and girls) of the Second Sunday of June. Jack, Bill and Rick Neller, Dave Driscoll, Jon Clock, Rick Evangelisti, Brent Hawkins, Beth Murphy. Collectively they are founders, nurturers, promoters of the late spring …
LHRR: A great day for the Boys (and girls) of the Second Sunday in June Read More »
More than anything Biff Pond is known as a baseball guy. Always a diamond impact player on the Torrington scene, the reputation is well deserved. But let’s not short-change the man who was christened George but seemingly only called that if you never had the pleasure of his company. It was a lifetime of Biff …
TORRINGTON: This was the win they had been searching for. For most of the 2022 campaign, the Torrington softball team had gotten close to a few signature wins but aside from an early season win over Holy Cross (8-1 in game two), the had fallen short. They had another opportunity on Monday when the Seymour …
By Rick Wilson Days of rage and they wear on you. Television, newspapers, social media – a relentless chronicle of addiction to agitation. Choreographed conversations to keep the peace. It’s bad enough that the sun seems to be more rumor than reality these days. The positive used to share time with the negative, it seems …
Daley Curry on her dad Ora If I could bottle up a memory and carry it with me for the rest of my life, it would be October 15th, 2021: my dad’s last birthday. It truly was nothing crazy. My dad never made a fuss out of his Birthday and instead only ever insisted that …
TORRINGTOM: Okay, so that week didn’t go as planned for the Torrington softball team. When Spring vacation week began, the Raiders had a tough stretch of games upcoming, starting with a visit to take on rival Naugatuck on Monday. That game and day worked out very nicely thank you, in a 6-1 win to improve …
Tough ending to promising week for Raider’s softball Read More »
TORRINGTON: The spring sports season is one defined by stretches where teams have opportunities to make a statement, to potentially separate themselves from the pack; one way or another. Either up or down. Over the next seven days, the Torrington softball team will be faced with just that opportunity as they face the heart of …
TORRINGTON: Sometimes, it’s not how the table gets set, it’s how you clear it. With the Torrington girls’ softball team up 3-1 over visiting Holy Cross in their home opener of a much-delayed 2022 campaign, junior Amelia Boulli had one of those table situations that needed attention. In the top of the fourth, the Crusader …
Amelia Boulli dominates Crusaders with 14 K effort in Raiders 8-1 win Read More »
By Holly Russo After chatting for several months, Ora and I had our first date in May of` 2015 at a restaurant in Middletown. I ordered the scallops and several glasses of wine, and he had the pasta Bolognese and not much to drink. Since he was a gentleman, he scooped up the bill. He …
By Rick Wilson UNCASVILLE – They had watched their predecessors make magic on the Mohegan Sun court and all they ever wanted was their turn. A chance to be part of a brilliant story with their own special chapter. That time came Saturday and like those who came before they did not disappoint. Sparked by …
By Rick WILSON It seems like just yesterday and at the same time eons ago. It just depends on what kind of reflective mood you’re in. Now that the end is here, you revel in the journey and this moment and think back to the beginning at the same time. Either way so much it …
For Barker and Sanson Mohegan Sun the perfect ending Read More »
By Rick WILSON NEW BRITAIN – It is the grandest destination in the Connecticut high school basketball world, the promised land for anyone who has ever dribbled, the arena of dreams – Mohegan Sun. And once again it is where the Thomaston High girls will end their season. The top-ranked Golden Bears used a rugged …
