Wilbur Cross grad, and current Penn State sophomore, Cas Loxsom, finished second in the 800 meter run at the International Athletic Federation World Junior Championships in Montreal. It was the first silver medal ever by an American male in the event.

For more on the meet, click here.

There has been a rumor afloat that North Branford field hockey legend Babby Nuhn has retired from coaching Thunderbirds. While it's true that Nuhn recently retired from teaching at North Branford, she has no intentions of retiring from coaching any time soon.
"I did retire from North Branford High as a health and physical eduction teacher," Nuhn said. "But I will continue to coach field hockey at North Branford. "

The final New Haven Register spring all-area team, the outdoor girls' track team, will run in Monday's editions. Tahnk you for your patience in this matter.

The New Haven Register's all-area girls' tennis team will run in Tuesday's editions.

The remaining two teams, boys' and girls' outdoor track, will run in the near future.

The Southern Connecticut Conference's boys' and girls' soccer tournaments will expand to eight teams this fall. The four division champions will earn berths along
with four wildcards.
The playoffs will be held the week of Nov. 1. Quarterfinals and semifinals will be played at higher seeds before coming to a neutral site for the boys/girls championship doubleheader.

For the first time in the league’s 17-year existence, the Southern Connecticut Conference will hold apostseason field hockey tournament. The top eight teams in the final regular-season standings will be in the field.

Field hockey becomes the 24th SCC sport to host a postseason competition. Only football and Division I ice hockey do not have a postseason tournament).
There are 11 schools that compete in field hockey in the SCC.

The quarterfinals will be held Nov. 2, followed by the semifinals Nov. 4 and the final Nov. 6.

The Register will present its All-Area boys golf team in Monday's paper.

The Register will present its boys' All-Area lacrosse team in Saturday's paper.

On Sunday, the girls' All-Area lacrosse team will be released.

I guarantee you will not find a happier looking coach of the year than our boys' lacrosse coach of the year.

Thanks,

Sean

The Hartford Courant has reported that New Britain track coach Irv Black, who led the school to 28 state titles in track and cross country from 1953-1988 has died after a battle with cancer. He was 79.

Black is responsible for many things in high school track. If you ever wondered who started using timers in the state, it was Black.

Who pushed for the heptathlon, pentathlon, steeplechase and hammer throw in high school sports in this state? It was Black.

Here's a link to the story in the Courant.

The Register presents its boys' tennis All-Area team in today's paper.

The All-Area baseball team will be presented in Tuesday's Register.

Thanks,

Sean

The All-State baseball and softball team will run in Sunday's paper.

The All-Area softball team will run in Friday's paper.

The All-Area boys volleyball team will run in Thursday's paper. This is our first spring team of the year.

All-Area pages are complete. Now we need to wait for color positions to run them.

We try to play up the all-area teams with color cutouts so it takes a bit longer to prepare them and color positions are not available on a daily basis.

We will list whether a team is running by 7 p.m. the night before.

We appreciate your patience.

- Sean Barker