The Register will present its All-Area football team in Saturday, Jan. 1 papers and the 79th All-State football on Sunday, Jan. 2.

Second and third teams, as well as honorable mention selections, will also be listed.

East Haven goalie Zack Bouve made 25 saves to lead the East Haven boys' hockey team to a 4-0 win over Wilton at Ridgefield Arena. Bouve gets his first career shutout as the Easties improve to 4-0. Tom Brunski had two goals and an assist for East Haven.

St. Joseph moved up to No. 2 in the Register Top 10 poll this week and will stay there if it wins the Northeast Catholic Classic tomorrow night against Bishop Eustase Prep (NJ).
Against Bishop Hendricken (RI) Tuesday night, the Cadets were never in real danger of losing to the reigning seven-time state champions of Rhode Island, but also could not put the team away despite gaining several leads in double digits.
The Cadets won in front of a crowd that included several college coaches, including Quinnipiac head man Tom Moore, Fairfield head man Ed Cooley and Dartmouth assistant Ricky Moore, the same Ricky Moore who was the point guard on UConn's first national championship team in 1999. Presumably, they were there to see 6-6 junior wing man Timajh Parker from St. Joes, but there was plenty of talent on both sides that may have been getting looks.
With center Oscar Assie and point guard James Jennings joining Parker, St. Joes is the favorite in the FCIAC. While it remains to be seen if this team is as good as Bridgeport Central was a year ago, St. Joseph will be very tough to beat this season. But the Cadets will need to have that killer instinct in putting teams away rather than letting teams hang around.

Five local teams have made a commitment to play in the HockeyFest event at Rentschler Field in early February. Here is an updated schedule.

Feb. 14: St. Joe vs. Amity, 4 p.m.; Sheehan vs. Lyman Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 16: Guilford vs. St. Bernard/Bacon Academy/NFA 6 p.m.
Feb. 18: Enfield vs. Northwest Catholic 5 p.m.; Wethersfield vs. East Catholic 7 p.m.
Feb. 19: Farmington vs. Newington/Berlin/ 10 a.m.

The New Haven Register All-Area Field Hockey team will run in the newspaper on Wednesday.

Due to today's blizzard, some of Monday's events have already been postponed. Here is the list:
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
SCC interdivision
Cheshire at West Haven, ppd. to Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Non-league
Oxford at O’Brien Tech, ppd. to Feb. 28, 6 p.m.
Artie Kohs Classic
Glastonbury vs. Valley Regional, ppd. to Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.
Hand at Xavier, ppd. to Tuesday, 7:15 p.m.
Platt Tech Tournament
Trumbull vs. Foran, ppd. to Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.
Bullard-Havens at Platt Tech, ppd. to Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Branford Tournament
Hewlett (N.Y.) vs. Lyman Hall, ppd. to Thursday, 6 p.m.
Notre Dame-West Haven at Branford, ppd. to Thursday, 7:45 p.m.
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Non-league
North Haven Tournament
Bullard-Havens vs. Hyde, ppd. to Tuesday, 5:15 p.m.
North Haven vs. Platt Tech, ppd. to Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Hand Tournament
Glastonbury vs. Lyman Hall, ppd. to Tuesday, 5 p.m.
East Lyme at Hand, ppd. to Tuesday, 7 p.m.
WRESTLING
Non-league
University/SMSA at Seymour, ppd. to Tuesday, 11 a.m.
Danbury Holiday Classic, cancelled
Westbrook/Old Saybrook at Platt Tech/West Haven (Platt Tech), cancelled

All-Area girls' swimming will be in Monday's paper.

Eight Connecticut high school boys’ hockey teams, including Amity, North Haven, St. Joseph and Xavier, have been invited to play in the 11th annual Maine High School Hockey Invitational from Monday-Thursday.
Games will be played at Biddeford Ice Arena in Biddeford, Maine, Portland Ice Arena in Portland, Maine, MHG Arena in Saco, Maine and USM Arena in Gorham, Maine.
“We’ve been to the Maine tournament before and it’s always been a great experience,” Amity coach Gary Lindgren said. “The competition is excellent and it really helps the kids develop and improve their game.
“It’s also great from an educational and social aspect because the kids get to meet new people and get to experience some of the things Maine has to offer.”

For a complete schedule, link to the event’s Web site at:
http://www.mainehshockey.com/mhhi.asp?page=schedule

The other four Connecticut teams in the event are Ridgefield, South Windsor, Newington/Berlin and Brookfield/Bethel/Danbury.

C.J. Carignan had two goals and an assist and goalie Matt Hoff made 23 saves to lead the No. 1 Hamden hockey team to a 4-2 win over No. 5 Amity at Astorino Rink in Hamden.
With the score tied at 1 after the first period, three goals were scored in the span of 48 seconds in the second period.
Carignan scored at 14:11 to give the Green Dragons a 2-1 lead and teammate Jim Burt added a goal at 14:33 to make it 3-1.
Amity’s Corey Shea scored at 14:59 to cut the lead to 3-2. Carignan added an insurance goal in the third period for Hamden (2-1).
Joe Bianchi also scored and goalie Alec Mansfield made 43 saves for the Spartans (1-1).

Check out the Register online high school hockey page at:
http://www.nhregister.com/sports/hshockey/

Quinnipiac Universty announced on Tuesday that for the second straight year it will host high school hockey this season with a doubleheader on Jan. 5 at the TD Bank Sports Center.
The Hamden girls' hockey team will face off with North Haven at 5 p.m. and Hamden boys’ hockey, ranked No. 1 in the Register Top 10 poll, will face North Haven at 7 p.m.
Last season, the Hamden boys played Fairfield Prep and the Hamden girls played Guilford.

Shelton resident, and St. Joseph High senior, Micki Keltos recently signed a national letter of intent to attend Felician College next fall.

Keltos led the Cadettes to the Class M state title last spring. Keltos has a career record of 52-14, which includes 23 shutouts and three no-hitters.

All-Area girls' soccer will be in Saturday's paper. All-Area girls' volleyball is scheduled to be in Sunday's paper.

Hamden 4, Darien 3: Goalie Matt Hoff made his first start for the No. 1 Green Dragons on Wednesday and led the two-time defending champions to their win at Darien. Hoff made 22 saves to preserve the victory. Justin MacGregor scored at 13:10 of the third period to give the Green Dragons a 4-2 lead as they hung on for the non-league victory. MacGregor and Jim Burt each had a goal and an assist for the Green Dragons.
Richard Gregory had a goal and an assist for the No. 7 Blue Wave.

Fairfield Ludlowe senior Madison McCaffery was selected as this year’s Gatorade Connecticut Volleyball Player of the Year.


McCaffery is the first from the school to receive the honor. A 5-foot-9 middle blocker and outside hitter recorded 503 kills, 471 digs, 107 aces and 92 blocks, while leading the Falcons to a 20-5 mark and the Class LL state final.

Elm City Sports columnist Ray Curren breaks down the debate over who should be the top-ranked football team in the final state poll... Xavier or Masuk... read it here

The NH Register's boys soccer all-area page will be running in Sunday's editions. You can check out the boys soccer MVP story at www.nhregister.com.

Girls soccer and girls volleyball are coming soon.

Please look for our high school girls basketball preview and preseason state poll coming out in Wednesday's paper.