Saturday, March 14 BOYS HOCKEY CIAC Division I quarterfinal
Simsbury 7, Xavier 2
Friday, March 13 BOYS BASKETBALL
Division V quarterfinal Stafford 60, East Granby 55 GIRLS BASKETBALL Division IV quarterfinal
Morgan 66, Canton 39 BOYS HOCKEY CIAC Division II quarterfinal East Haven 5, Farmington Valley 2
GIRLS BASKETBALL Morgan 66, Canton 39 At Clinton Canton (39) Ruby Theberge 2-2-8, Riley Ahlgren 3-4-12, Helen Canny 1-2-4, Lucy O’Connor 5-0-10, Emery Howard 1-1-3, Macy McCullough 1-0-2, Maya Affsa 0-0-0. Totals 13 9-10 39 Morgan (66) Sadie Passante 12-5-30, Maddy Grenan 6-0-16, Emma Turner 7-0-14, Addison Reed 0-0-0, Nora Winsor 3-0-6, Emerson Donning 0-0-0. Totals 28 5-13 66
Canton (16-8) 6 7 13 13 — 39
Morgan (23-2) 16 19 18 13 — 66 Three-point goals: Theberge (C) 2, Ahlgren (C), Passante (M), Grenan (M) 4
Thursday, March 12 BOYS BASKETBALL Division IV quarterfinal
Cromwell 54, Granby 36
GIRLS BASKETBALL Division III quarterfinal
Suffield 75, Lewis Mills 54
Tuesday, March 10 BOYS BASKETBALL CIAC Division V second round
East Granby 49, Vinal Tech 30 GIRLS BASKETBALL CIAC Division IV second round
Canton 55, Immaculate 41 BOYS HOCKEY CIAC Division II second round
Farmington Valley 5, West Haven 2
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Canton 55, Immaculate 41
At Canton
Immaculate (41) Sofia Alfano 1-0-3, Ciara Whitmore 2-6-10, Margaret Mottola 6-3-15, Hayden Sibilia 1-0-2, Sophia Elezaj 1-2-4, Gianna Alfano 2-0-6, Elise Van Brakel 0-1-1. Totals 13 12-16 41 Canton (53) Ruby Theberge 3-3-12, Riley Ahlgren 1-1-3, Helen Canny 8-1-18, Lucy O’Connor 7-4-18, Emery Howard 0-2-2, Macy McCullough 0-0-0, Maya Affsa 1-0-2, Hannah Affsa 0-0-0. Totals 20 11-16 55
Canton (16-7) 19 13 13 9 – 53
Immaculate (9-14) 5 17 12 12 — 41 Three-point goals: Theberge (C) 3, Canny (C), Sofia Alfano (I), Gianna Alfano (I) 2
Monday, March 9 BOYS BASKETBALL CIAC Division IV second round
Granby 68, Lakeview 45 GIRLS BASKETBALL CIAC Division III second round
Lewis Mills 58, Avon 33 CIAC Division V second round
Innovation 51, East Granby 43 BOYS HOCKEY Division III first round
Masuk 4, Newington co-op 1
E.O. Smith 2, Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks 1
BOYS BASKETBALL Granby 68, Lakeview 45 At Granby Records: Granby 21-4, Lakeville 14-9. Of note: Granby avenged a loss in December when the Bobcats beat the Bears, 44-41. No. 4 Granby advances to the Division IV quarterfinals on Thursday against No. 5 Cromwell at home.
GIRLS BASKETBALL Lewis Mills 58, Avon 33 At Burlington Avon (33) Eleanor Aguilar 0-1-1, Haley Chisholm 3-1-7, Anna Garza 0-1-1, Sam Srb 2-0-5, Colleen Mahoney 5-4-16, Candace Graves 1-4-6, Anna Kelly 0-0-0, Lia Bosanac 0-0-0 Lewis Mills (58) Jillian Tiso 4-2-10, Megan Jones 0-0-0, Caitlyn Putnam 6-0-14, Brooke Martineau 1-0-3, Kendal Burke 1-0-3, Liza Putnam 2-0-4, Layla Ljubuncic 8-2-22, Olivia Beausoleil 0-0-0, Sophie Valigorsky 1-0-2
Lewis Mills (17-6) 15 7 23 13 — 58
Avon (11-12) 2 14 9 8 — 33 Three-point goals: C Putnam (LM) 2, Ljubuncic (LM) 4, Burke (LM), Martineau (LM); Chisholm (A), Srb (A), Mahoney (A) 2 Of note: This is the first Mills to advance to a CIAC tournament quarterfinal since 2014. It’s the 12th appearance by a Spartan team in the Elite 8 (quarterfinal) is 46 years. No. 6 Mills advances to Thursday’s Division III quarterfinal at No. 3 Suffield (22-3).
Innovation 51, East Granby 43 At Bloomfield Records: Innovation 17-6, East Granby 14-9. Of note: Innovation was ranked No. 5 in Division V while the Crusaders were ranked No. 12.
BOYS HOCKEY Masuk 4, Newington co-op 1 At Shelton
Newington co-op (2-18-1) 0 0 1 — 1
Masuk (20-3) 2 1 1 — 4 Goals: Dylan Reynolds (N), Luke Kondub (M) 2, Chase DeSanto (M), Graham Cybert (M); Assists: Cason Farragher (N), Connor Blais (N), Kondub; Saves: Matthew Kelly (N) 26, Maddox Lafountain (M) 22
Masuk was ranked No. 2 in Division III while the Nor’easters were ranked No. 15.
E.O. Smith 2, Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks 1 At Simsbury Records: EOS 10-11, Suffield co-op 11-10
Quick highlights: Massabesic High in Waterville, Maine wins New England title with four-point win over Salem, N.H., 52-48. Stratford with 42.5 pints finished fifth. … Platt’s Kayli Morris wins third consecutive New England title. She is one of five Connecticut wrestlers to win a title. Trumbull’s Jillian Blake (120), New Britain’s Kaydence Atkinson (165) , Norwalk’s Jeily Euceda (235) and Ellis Tech’s Adelina Tate (126) also win titles. … Stamford’s Gabriella Mighty (165) got a late invitation due to a wrestler having to withdrawn due to an injury. Mighty went to the finals. Atkinston won her second New England championship.
Saturday, March 7 BOYS BASKETBALL CIAC Division V First round: Northwestern 63, Canton 46 First round: East Granby 62, Capital Prep 57 CIAC Division III First round:Bethel 64, Simsbury 47 First round: New Fairfield 57, Lewis Mills 54 GIRLS BASKETBALL CIAC Division II First round: Bethel 45, Farmington 32 CIAC Division IV
First round: Canton 46, Tolland 44, 2 OT WRESTLING
New England championships at Providence PRO SOCCER Hartford 3, Jacksonville 0
BOYS BASKETBALL Northwestern 63, Canton 46 At Barkhamsted Canton (46) Nolan Enquist 2-2-6, Brayden Keefe 9-1-22, Wyatt Bernabucci 1-2-4, Brandon Morin 1-0-2, James Canny 1-0-2, Jaiden Diaz 4-0-8 Northwestern (63) Patrick Rouleau 9-4-25, Josh Phair 7-0-16, Ty Divita 3-0-8, Easton Combes 1-0-2, Liam Baxter 3-0-6, Gavin Nalette 1-0-3
Canton (8-14) 15 10 9 12 — 46
Northwestern (12-10) 11 10 21 21 — 63 Three-point goals: Keefe (C) 3, Morin (C); Rouleau (NW) 3, Phair (NW), Nalette (NW) Of note: No. 12 Northwestern used a 21-9 third quarter to seize control over No. 21 Canton
New Fairfield 57, Lewis Mills 54 At New Fairfield Lewis Mills (54) Marcoz Muniz 0 0 0, Anthony D’Iorio 3 0 8, William Green 1 0 2, Logan Carrano 2 4 9, Tommy Dinunzio 7 6 20, Sam Carder 2 2 8, Gavin Grustas 2 0 5, Ian Mayes 1 0 2, Gage Kosak 0 0 0. Totals 18 12 54 New Fairfield (57) Anthony Roman 6 2 15, Lucas Miele 3 0 8, Mark Vara 0 0 0, Jake Huber 4 3 13, Julius Roman 2 2 6, Tyler Cook 6 0 12, Jack Mariani 1 0 3. Totals 22 7 57
Lewis Mills (9-12) 17 13 14 10 – 54
New Fairfield (13-8) 16 18 8 15 – 57 Three-point goals: LM – D’Iorio 2, Carrano 1, Carder 2, Grustas 1. NF – A. Roman 1, Miele 2, Huber 2, Mariani 1.
GIRLS BASKETBALL Canton 46, Tolland 44, 2 OT At Canton Tolland (44) Mia Santini 5-4-16, Cecilla Martens 4-1-12, Morgan Jolly 2-2-7, Mia Artiaco 3-0-6, Avery Marcroft 1-0-3. Totals 15 9-16 44 Canton (46) Ruby Theberge 5-10-22, Lucy O’Connor 5-3-13, Helen Canny 1-2-4, Riley Ahlgren 1-1-3, Emery Howard 0-2-2, Macy McCullough 0-2-2, Maya Affsa 0-0-0. Totals 15-20-28 46
Tolland 13 7 10 5 2 7 — 44
Canton 14 10 5 6 2 9 — 46 Three-point goals: Santini (T) 2, C. Martens (T) 3, Jolly (T), Marcroft (T), Theberge (C) 2 Of note: Ruby Theberge scored 22 points to lead Canton while Lucy O’Connor had 13 points and 11 rebounds. The game tied 35-35 after regulation and 37-37 after the first OT period. It is the second longest game for Canton this century. The Warriors lost a triple OT game to Avon in December 2017.
GIRLS WRESTLING
New England championships
At Providence
Team scores (after day 1): 1. Salem NH, Spaulding VT, Stratford, Woburn MA 22, 5. Massabesic ME and Mt. Blue ME 20, 7. Bridgewater-Raynham 19½, 8. Bristol Eastern 17, 9. Trumbull 16, 10. Bristol Central 15½ 2026 New England championships brackets and results (FloArena) Of note: Fourteen Connecticut wrestlers have advanced to the semifinals. Canton’s Regan Murphy (145) has advanced to the semifinals where she will face Stratford’s Gabriella Kiely.
PRO SOCCER Hartford 3, Sporting Jax 0 At Jacksonville, Fla.
Hartford (1-0) 1 2 — 3
Sporting Jax (0-1) 0 0 — 0 Goals: Adewale Obalola (H), Samuel Careaga (H), Augustine Williams (H); Assists: Careaga (H), Michee Ngalina (H), Matt Real (H) Of note: Hartford won their USL Championship opener before more than 10,000 fans at Hodges Stadium on Saturday night with a goal and an assist from Samuel Careaga. Williams got the game-winner with one minute left in the first half into the right corner of the net. Careaga scored from close range in the bottom left corner in the 79th minute with Obalola scoring in the 90th minute on a right-footed shot into the bottom left corner of the net.
Friday, March 6 BOYS BASKETBALL CIAC Division II First round: East Hartford 66, Farmington 37 GIRLS BASKETBALL CIAC Division V First round: East Granby 42, Windham Tech 32 CIAC Division III First round: Lewis Mills 54, Wethersfield 25 First round: Avon 61, Wilby 37 First round: Kolbe Cathedral 63, Granby 35 BOYS HOCKEY
CCC North championship at Simsbury ISCC
Simsbury 2, NW Catholic 1
BOYS BASKETBALL East Hartford 66, Farmington 37 At East Hartford Records: East Hartford 22-3, Farmington 9-12; Of note: No. 30 Farmington dropped their Division II opener to No. 3 East Hartford, who won the CCC Tournament title on Monday night.
GIRLS BASKETBALL Avon 61, Wilby 37 At Waterbury Records: Avon 11-11, Wilby 14-8; Of note: No. 22 Avon has won three of their last five games. Wilby was ranked No. 11.Avon has won their state tournament opener for the third time in the last four years.
Lewis Mills 54, Wethersfield 25 At Burlington Lewis Mills (54) Jillian Tiso 4-1-10, Megan Jones 0-0-0, Caitlyn Putnam 4-2-12, Brooke Martineau 2-0-4, Kendall Buthe 0-0-0, Olivia Brunetti 1-0-2, Madison Day 0-0-0, Liza Putnam 1-0-2, Layla Ljubuncic 10-2-24, Sophie Valigorsky 0-0-0 Wethersfield (25) Hannah Barton 2-0-4, Nora Peletier 1-0-2, Lily Provost 5-0-11, Grace Zimmerman 0-2-2, Sarah Provost 0-2-2, Addison Yanosy 1-2-4
Wethersfield (8-13) 11 5 4 5 — 25
Lewis Mills (16-6) 22 6 15 11 — 54 Three-point goals: Tiso (LM), C. Putnam (LM) 2, Ljubuncic (LM) 2, Provost (W) 1 Of note: Putnam had 8 rebounds, Ljubuncic had 7 steals and Tiso had 6 assists for No. 6 Mills in the win over No. 27 Wethersfield
Kolbe 63, Granby 35 At Granby Records: Granby 14-8; Of note: No. 19 Kolbe upset No. 14 Granby on the road
East Granby 42, Windham Tech 32 At East Granby Records: East Granby 14-8. Of note: The No. 12 Crusaders took care of No. 21 Windham Tech
Wednesday, March 4 BOYS HOCKEY Hall 4, Newington co-op 4, OT CCC North semifinals
(1) Simsbury 3, (4) Wethersfield 2
(3) NW Catholic 1, (2) Farmington Valley 0
BOYS HOCKEY Hall 5, Newington 4, OT At Newington
Hall (13-6-1) 1 2 1 1 — 5
Newington (2-17-1) 0 3 1 0 — 4 Goals: Paxton Kelly (N), David Andrews (N), Connor Blais (N), Brayden Mullock; Ben Goldstein (H) 2, Ben Putnam (H), Charles Ganey (H), Jack Croce (H); Assists: Kelly, Andrews, Jack Guilmartin (N) 2, Dylan Reynolds (N), Cason Farragher (N), Max Rossi (N), Putnam, Connor McHugh (H) 3, Charles DiBassio (H), Liam Fleming (H), Matthew McDermott (H), Matthew Bonner (H); Saves: Matt Kelly (N) 25, Matthew Bonner (H) 28; Shots: Hall 32-30; Of note: Putnam scored game-winning goal with 1:22 into overtime
Simsbury 3, Wethersfield 2 At Simsbury
Wethersfield 0 2 0 — 2
Simsbury 0 2 1 — 3 Goals: Alibozek (S), Martin (S), McCabe (S); Of note: Alibozek scored with 17 seconds in the third period to win it for Simsbury at the ISCC.
Monday, March 2 BOYS BASKETBALL
CCC Tournament championship East Hartford 69, East Catholic 65
NCCC Tournament championship Ellington 63, Granby 40
GIRLS BASKETBALL
CCC Tournament championship NW Catholic 72, Rocky Hill 34
NCCC Tournament championship Coventry 64, Suffield 46 GIRLS HOCKEY State tournament first round
Hall/Conard 2, Avon/Southington 1
Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the Connecticut Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2025 and the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.
