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Since 2009, the Collinsville Press has been providing award-winning coverage of sports and news in the Farmington Valley and across Connecticut.

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Football
/ 21 years ago

Left at the altar again, Canton refocuses on forming its own team

By GERRY deSIMAS, JR. Special to The Post CANTON, April 22, 2005 – Efforts to bring football back to Canton High...

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U.S. Soccer
/ 22 years ago

Americans ready to go for gold at Athens Olympics

By GERRY deSIMAS, Jr. Connecticut Sports Online EAST HARTFORD, Aug. 1, 2004 – They are ready. The U.S. Olympic women’s soccer...

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U.S. Soccer
/ 22 years ago

One last chance to see U.S. legends in action

By GERRY deSIMAS, Jr. Connecticut Sports Online HARTFORD, July 27, 2004 — Seven years ago when the U.S. women’s Olympic soccer...

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American Legion
/ 22 years ago

Simsbury Legion shakes off championship hangover

By GERRY deSIMAS, JR. Special to the Post SIMSBURY, July 15, 2004 – It took the Simsbury American Legion about six...

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UConn basketball
/ 22 years ago

UConn’s last stand: Defense lifts Huskies past Duke into NCAA championship game

By GERRY deSIMAS, JR. Connecticut Sports Online SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 3, 2004 — Fourteen years ago, Duke’s Christian Lattener broke...

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Boys Soccer
/ 24 years ago

Every game, every second matters in NCCC title hunt

By GERRY deSIMAS, JR. Connecticut Sports Online CANTON, Oct. 29, 2002 — Before the leaves fall, the winds swirl and the...

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Boys Soccer
/ 24 years ago

Sterling start for Canton High boys squad

By GERRY deSIMAS, Jr. Connecticut Sports Online CANTON, Oct. 1, 2002 — Seldom do five games tell a story on how...

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Football
/ 24 years ago

Images from one of the state’s greatest football games

By GERRY deSIMAS, JR. Connecticut Sports Online NEW BRITAIN, Sept. 21, 2002 — It was one of those rare games that...

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Football
/ 24 years ago

Glimpses from one of the greatest games in state history

By GERRY deSIMAS, JR. Connecticut Sports Online NEW BRITAIN, Sept. 21, 2002 — It was one of those rare games that...

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Football
/ 25 years ago

An emotional day for all as Newington opens season with a win over Hall

In 2001, Collinsville Press founder and editor Gerry deSimas, Jr., was a freelance sportswriter and one of his clients was the...

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