January 5, 2015
Jake Fuss, a junior forward on the Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe co-op boys hockey team, has been voted our third UChoose Student-Athlete of the Week of the winter and 14th of the 2014-15 school year!
Jake scored two goals, including the game-winner in overtime, to lead Fairfield to a 4-3 win over North Branford Jan. 3 in a match between two of CIAC Division II‘s top teams. Click here to see the SportsFairfield.com video of the overtime goal.
Congrats to Jake, who joins Greenwich boys basketball player Conor Harkins, Holy Cross-Waterbury girls basketball player RaShana Siders as our third winter UChoose Student-Athletes of the week.
Our fall winners:
Fairfield Warde girls soccer player Taylor Gabrenas, Cheshire girls volleyball player Jillian Haberli, Torrington boys soccer player Kevin Vaca, Cheney Tech-Manchester quarterback Rafael Lebron, Maloney-Meriden soccer player Ricardo Lopez, Danbury boys soccer goalie Ian Shannon, Northwest Catholic-West Hartford running back Delano Robinson, Derby’s Ben Slowik, Norwich Free Academy’s Jawaun Johnson, Valley Regional’s Andrew Tuscano, Windsor’s John Nolan.
Click here on our guidelines for the award, which is determined in an online vote starting Sunday and ending Tuesday at noon. Be on the lookout for our next nominees of the 2014-15 winter sports season Saturday Jan. 10!
Photo courtesy John McCormick, Sports Fairfield
January 3, 2015
This week’s nominees for CPTV Sports’ UChoose Student-Athlete of the Week — our third vote of the winter sports season! Voting ends Monday at noon, so choose your favorite now and tell your friends and fellow fans to vote, too!
This week's voting for UChoose Student-Athlete of the Week has closed. We'll announce the winner later Monday.
• Khadajia Brooks – Bristol Eastern girls basketball
The senior forward was all over Tolland Friday night, scoring 29 points and grabbing 24 rebounds in the Lancers’ 62-50 victory.
•Jarron Chapman – Naugatuck boys basketball
Naugy upset No. 7 Crosby-Waterbury Tuesday night as the senior guard scored 30 points to carry the Greyhounds to a 78-71 victory=. Chapman transferred to Naugatuck from Crosby in the offseason because of a family move.
•Tyler Criscuolo - Branford boys hockey
The senior forward scored four goals in a 7-0 rout of host Trinity Catholic-Stamford Tuesday. CPTV Sports was there as Tyler reached the 14-goal mark in only his fourth game of the season.
•Jake Fuss – Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe boys hockey
The junior forward scored two goals, including the game-winner in overtime, to lead the Fairfield hockey co-op to a 4-3 victory over North Branford Saturday.
•Andrew Graziano – North Haven boys hockey
The senior goaltender had 34 saves to help the Indians to secure their first win of the season in a 2-1 defeat of Trumbull.
•Brie Pergola – Torrington girls basketball
The sophomore forward had herself a week against two nonconference foes: 28 points and 10 rebounds to help the Raiders knock off No. 6 Weaver-Hartford 78-70, then scored 23 points (18 in the 1st half) in a 66-39 rout of Avon.
December 27, 2014
This week’s nominees for CPTV Sports’ UChoose Student-Athlete of the Week — our second vote of the winter sports season! Voting ends Monday at noon, so choose your favorite now and tell your friends and fellow fans to vote, too!
This week's voting for UChoose Student-Athlete of the Week has closed. We'll announce the winner later Monday.
• Andrew Arena – Farmington Valley hockey
The junior forward’s game-winning OT goal gave the Farmington/Avon/Windsor co-op their second win of the hockey season Tuesday night, 1-0 over Hall/Southington.
•Sophie Borg – Farmington girls basketball
The senior forward made her season debut count Monday, scoring 28 points in an 83-71 for Farmington against Northwest Catholic. An undisclosed illness kept her out the first three games Coach Russ Crist told Derek Turner of GametimeCT.com “You just expect her to go out there and play well and not only did she live up to that, I thought she had a great game tonight. Finishing through contact, running the floor the entire game.” Turner reported Borg only participated in non-contact drills before last Monday.
•Jordon Fongemie - Conard-West Hartford
The junior forward has scored 10 goals in three games as Conard jumped out to a 3-0 start. Fongemie scored four goals against Northwest Catholic and had tricks vs. Trinity Catholic and Rockville/Bolton/Coventry as the Chieftains have outscored opponents, 20-2.
•Conor Harkins– Greenwich boys basketball
The sophomore guard sizzled from the three-point line against Woodstock Academy LIVE Friday night on CPTV Sports in a 60-37 win for the Cardinals in the semifinals of the first Centaur Holiday Classic.” He was 5-for-11 from beyond the arc and scored 20 points. Greenwich coach Pat Heaton told Marc Allard of the Norwich Bulletin “He’s as good a pure shooter as anyone I have ever coached.”
•Maggie Treacy– Canton girls basketball
The junior guard had a game-high 16 points and 13 steals as the Warriors improved to 4-0 Friday night in a 44-33 win over Windsor Locks in the East Lyme Holiday Classic.
•Zaire Wilson – Norwalk boys basketball
The senior forward had 28 points and eight rebounds in a 71-62 win over Bunnell-Stratford in the Masuk-Monroe Christmas Tournament. The Bears are 3-0 while Bunnell fell to 1-2. Bunnell of the SWC has played a tough out-of-conference slate which continues this Friday Jan. 2 as the Bulldogs host Crosby-Waterbury LIVE on CPTV Sports at 7.
December 22, 2014
RaShana Siders, a junior guard on Holy Cross-Waterbury’s girls basketball team, has been voted our first UChoose Student-Athlete of the Week of the winter and 12th of the 2014-15 school year!
RaShana scored 27 points, 20 in the second half and six in overtime, in Holy Cross’ 69-66 overtime win over Torrington last Friday.
From the game story by the Waterbury Republican-American’s Rick Wilson:
There was also appreciation from all quarters for the play of RaShana Siders. Holy Cross had Siders, and she was brilliant — 27 points, 20 in the second half, six of the team’s eight points on the extra period. From the foul line, from the freeway with a couple of treys, bolting down the middle. From everywhere.
After Paige Middleton (16 points) had put Torrington ahead, 62-61 with a foul shot, Siders responded with a feathery rainbow 3-pointer. Then with Holy Cross clinging to a 66-64 lead and 1:38 to go, Siders really took over.
“The last two minutes I told RaShana to dribble around and (Torrington) will foul you,” said Holy Cross coach Frank Lombardo. “I said, ‘You take over.’ She had a tremendous game. She is our point guard and we moved her off the point to get her more shots.”
Always the good listener, Siders dribbled in and out, at times being chased by seemingly half of Torrington. She never got caught. Twice she went to the line, the first time draining both free throws for a 68-64 lead. Then after a Brittany Anderson layup, she hit another foul shot with 27 seconds left for what proved to be the final margin.
“I like it. I feel confident I can make free throws,” said Siders.
Congrats to RaShana, who joins our fall UChoose Student-Athletes of the week:
Fairfield Warde girls soccer player Taylor Gabrenas, Cheshire girls volleyball player Jillian Haberli, Torrington boys soccer player Kevin Vaca, Cheney Tech-Manchester quarterback Rafael Lebron, Maloney-Meriden soccer player Ricardo Lopez, Danbury boys soccer goalie Ian Shannon, Northwest Catholic-West Hartford running back Delano Robinson, Derby’s Ben Slowik, Norwich Free Academy’s Jawaun Johnson, Valley Regional’s Andrew Tuscano and Windsor’s John Nolan.
Click here on our guidelines for the award, which is determined in an online vote starting Sunday and ending Tuesday at noon. Be on the lookout for our next nominees of the 2014-15 winter sports season Dec. 28!
Photo courtesy Mike D’Avino | SportsPageMagazine.com
December 20, 2014
This week’s nominees for CPTV Sports’ UChoose Student-Athlete of the Week — our first vote of the winter sports season! Voting ends Monday at noon, so choose your favorite now and tell your friends and fellow fans to vote, too!
This week's voting for UChoose Student-Athlete of the Week has closed. We'll announce the winner later Monday.
• Shaquana Edwards – Weaver-Hartford girls basketball
Shaq picked up a rare quadruple-double in a 92-31 win vs. Bulkeley Tuesday night: 32 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 10 steals. The junior guard also had 31 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds in a 76-43 win over Wethersfield Friday.
• Pat Hompe – New Canaan hockey
Senior forward scored in overtime to give Rams a 4-3 win over Notre Dame-West Haven Wednesday in the opener for both teams.
• Cebria Outlow - Norwich Free Academy girls basketball
The younger sister of former NFA running back Marcus (now at Boston College) is making a name for herself. The junior forward had 24 points and 19 rebounds in a 71-35 beatdown of East Lyme Wednesday night.
• Rashana Siders– Holy Cross-Waterbury girls basketball
Junior guard scored 27 pts (20 in second half, six in overtime), in 69-66 win win at Torrington.
• Shea Tracy – Terryville boys basketball
Senior guard had triple-double (22 pts, 11 asts, 11 rebs) in Kangaroos’ 66-59 win over Northwestern Friday.
• Alex White – Xavier-Middletown boys basketball
Junior had 23 points and 11 rebounds to lead the the Falcons in a 66-52 over Cheshire LIVE on CPTV Sports. White helped Xavier (2-0) outrebound Cheshire, 43-16.
December 16, 2014
Photo courtesy Windosr High
John Nolan, a senior quarterback from Windsor High, has been voted our 11th UChoose Student-Athlete of the Week of the fall!
John (6-foot-4, 195 pounds) was 9-for-15 passing for 165 yards and three touchdowns in Windsor’s 38-16 win over Notre Dame-West Haven in the CIAC Class L-Small championship game Dec. 13 at Central Connecticut’s Arute Field as the Warriors completed a 12-0 season. Tyler Coyle, who also returned a fumble 89 yards for a touchdown, had TD catches of 20 and 18 yards and Courtney Rush had one TD catch for 67 yards.
Congrats to John, joins Fairfield Warde girls soccer player Taylor Gabrenas, Cheshire girls volleyball player Jillian Haberli, Torrington boys soccer player Kevin Vaca, Cheney Tech-Manchester quarterback Rafael Lebron, Maloney-Meriden soccer player Ricardo Lopez, Danbury boys soccer goalie Ian Shannon, Northwest Catholic-West Hartford running back Delano Robinson, Derby’s Ben Slowik, Norwich Free Academy’s Jawaun Johnson and Valley Regional’s Andrew Tuscano as our UChoose honorees this fall.
Click here on our guidelines for the award, which is determined in an online vote starting Sunday and ending Tuesday at noon. Be on the lookout for our first nominees of the 2014-15 winter sports season Dec. 21!
December 10, 2014
Photo courtesy Tuscano family
Andrew Tuscano, a senior running back from Valley Regional High in Deep River, has been voted our 10th UChoose Student-Athlete of the Week of the fall!
Andrew ran for 173 yards, including touchdowns of 74 and 50 yards, went 42 yards on a screen pass for another score, and had an interception in Valley’s 34-0 rout of Bullard-Havens Tech of Bridgeport Dec. 6 in the CIAC Class S-Large semifinals.
The victory gave Valley (12-0) a berth in the Class S-Large final. The Wildcats meet 19-time state champion Ansonia Saturday Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. at Veterans Stadium in New Britain, the second of four LIVE state title games this weekend on CPTV Sports.
From the Valley-Bullard-Havens game story by the New London Day’s Gavin Keefe:
Caked in mud and sporting a bloody nose, senior Andrew Tuscano looked like he had taken a beating.
Just the opposite was true.
Tuscano and his Valley Regional/Old Lyme teammates handed out the punishment in Saturday’s CIAC Class S-Large semifinal football game against fourth-seeded Bullard-Havens.The top-seeded Warriors rolled to a 34-0 victory and advanced to their first state championship (game). . .
“We knew we had to get here,” Tuscano said of reaching the state championship. “At the beginning of the season, this was definitely what we wanted to do. … It’s just something that we haven’t been able to reach. We’ve been trying so hard for the past few years.
“Now to just get here, it’s just so great.”. . .Valley Regional (12-0) led 9-0 at halftime and broke it open with 19 points in the third quarter. . .
On the first play of the second half, Tuscano bolted around the left side and raced down the sideline for a 74-yard score. . . . On Tuscano’s first carry after his big run, he found daylight again, going 50 yards for a touchdown to increase the lead to 21-0.
“In the second half, it just started rolling for us and we just kept the momentum going,” Tuscano said.
Congrats to Andrew, who joins Fairfield Warde girls soccer player Taylor Gabrenas, Cheshire girls volleyball player Jillian Haberli, Torrington boys soccer player Kevin Vaca, Cheney Tech-Manchester quarterback Rafael Lebron, Maloney-Meriden soccer player Ricardo Lopez, Danbury boys soccer goalie Ian Shannon, Northwest Catholic-West Hartford running back Delano Robinson, Derby’s Ben Slowik and Norwich Free Academy’s Jawaun Johnson as our UChoose honorees this fall.
Click here on our guidelines for the award, which is determined in an online vote starting Sunday and ending Tuesday at noon. Be on the lookout for our CIAC football championship weeekend nominees Dec. 14!
December 7, 2014
This week’s nominees for CPTV Sports UChoose Student-Athlete of the Week (covering CIAC football semifinal Saturday). Voting ends Tuesday at noon, so choose your favorite now and tell your friends and fellow fans to vote, too!
• Mufasha Abdul Basir – St. Joseph-Trumbull running back
Ran for 172 yards and had a rushing and receiving TD in St. Joseph’s 55-6 rout of Ellington/Somers in the Class M-Large semifinal. St. Joe’s had 437 yards total offense.
• Chris Kanios – Shelton wide receiver
Three catches for three touchdowns and 182 yards in Shelton’s Class LL-Small 48-14 rout of Hall-West Hartford.
• Jo-Jo Shumaker - Ledyard running back
The senior earned his third UChoose nomination of the fall with 343 yards and five TDs in Ledyard’s 54-7 Class M-Small semifinal win over Wolcott. He now has 2,141 yards and 40 TD this season for Ledyard, which meets St. Joseph’s in next Saturday’s final.
• John Sullivan – Xavier-Middletown cornerback
The senior held state all-time TD reception leader Julian Dunn of Newtown to two catches and picked off a pass in Xavier’s 13-7 Class LL-Small win over the Nighthawks.
• Anthony Sisti – Berlin running back
The senior ran six times for 81 yards and three touchdowns and had a 30-yard TD reception in a 49-6 semifinal win over Cheney Tech.
• Andrew Tuscano – Valley Regional RB
Ran 10 times for 175 yards, including TDs of 74 and 50 yards, in 38-0 Class S-Large semifinal win over Bullard Havens Tech. Valley (12-0) reached the final for the first time in four tries and had 391 yards on the ground.
December 2, 2014
DECEMBER 3, 2014 on the CPTV Sports Wire: Wethersfield at New Canaan Class L-Large semifinal LIVE Saturday at 2 p.m. (on-air only); Darien rises to No. 2 in football polls; Double honors for NFA’s Johnson; coaching changes — and don’t forget new Beyond The Beat tonight at 7!
The Wire, CPTV Sports’ radio initiative featuring reports by Francesco Graziano Jr. can be heard on our exclusive radio partners, sports stations ESPN 97.9 FM and Fox Sports Radio 1410 in Hartford.
December 1, 2014
Photo courtesy NFA
Jawaun Johnson, a sophomore quarterback, from Norwich Free Academy, has been voted our ninth UChoose Student-Athlete of the Week of the fall!
Jawaun ran for 303 yards and seven touchdowns as NFA outscored New London 63-40 Thanksgiving Day in a game seen LIVE on CPTV Sports — our #UChoose game chosen in a statewide vote of fans (highlights above). The victory gave NFA (7-2) the ECC Large Division title and a berth in the Class LL-Large state tournament. The Wildcats will host New Britain Saturday Dec. at 2:30pm.
From the NFA-New London game story by the Norwich Bulletin’s Owen Poole:
[NFA coach Jemal] Davis was intrigued by Johnson as a freshman, so much so that the coach elected for spring football, something NFA hasn’t done in the past, to get him as many reps as possible.
“We saw glimpses of greatness, really,” Davis said. “He would do some things out there and (the coaches) would just be like, ‘Wow.’ As he began to learn the signals and concepts which we run our run game from, we knew we he was going to be very talented. We threw it all at him and the whole rationale was he’s going to have three years to get it. If he messes up some, so be it. He’s actually picked it up much better than I thought he would.”
Congrats to Jawaun, who joins Fairfield Warde girls soccer player Taylor Gabrenas, Cheshire girls volleyball player Jillian Haberli, Torrington boys soccer player Kevin Vaca, Cheney Tech-Manchester quarterback Rafael Lebron, Maloney-Meriden soccer player Ricardo Lopez, Danbury boys soccer goalie Ian Shannon, Northwest Catholic-West Hartford running back Delano Robinson and Derby’s Ben Slowik as our UChoose honorees this fall.
Click here on our guidelines for the award, which is determined in an online vote starting Saturday night and ending Monday at noon. Be on the lookout for our Thanksgiving week nominees starting Nov. 29!