High School Sports
SUBSCRIBER ONLY
Northwest Catholic beats Holy Cross in battle of top state girls basketball teams
Northwest Catholic beats Holy Cross 64-53 in a battle of unbeaten girls basketball teams Monday...
Girls basketball Week 6: Powered by two freshmen, Prince Tech off to a hot start
This CT girls high school basketball coach is surprised that two freshmen are leading her...
Boys basketball Week 6: East Catholic wins the battle of Manchester, rematch next week
There was a big boys basketball game between these two schools in this CT town...
Former CT football player killed in New Orleans attack
A former Loomis Chaffee football star was identified as one of the victims of the...
It was dad vs. daughter for the first time in this CT high school basketball game
Bristol Central girls basketball coach Steve Gaudet went up against an opponent he knows really...
CT High School Sports Recap 2024: Last-second wins, heartbreaking losses and a little history was made
A recap of the 2024 CT high school sports season.
Year in CT Sports: Huskies repeat, Dan Hurley spurns Lakers, UConn women heartbreak. Moments of 2024
UConn men won the championship again, and then the state held its breath as Dan...
‘A walking miracle’: Fifteen years ago, this CT man got a new heart and came home for Christmas
Dennis Thomas waited months in the hospital for a heart transplant. He finally got one,...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY
Connecticut High School Football Alliance schedule released for 2025 season
The Connecticut High School Football Alliance will return for another season in 2025. The Alliance,...
![By JOSH FUNK OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Plunging participation in girls basketball led one of Nebraska’s largest high schools to cancel its varsity team for the year. The decision by Grand Island Senior High School — the state’s third-largest with more than 2,600 students — reflects a national decline in participation in the girls sport, […]](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Season_Cancelled_Girls_Basketball_74482.jpg?w=132 "By JOSH FUNK OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Plunging participation in girls basketball led one of Nebraska’s largest high schools to cancel its varsity team for the year. The decision by Grand Island Senior High School — the state’s third-largest with more than 2,600 students — reflects a national decline in participation in the girls sport, […]")
Caitlin Clark effect hasn’t reversed the decades-long decline in girls basketball participation
By JOSH FUNK OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Plunging participation in girls basketball led one of...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY
Tensions brew over trans athletes at Southern California high school, as conservative protests grow
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The debate over the rights of transgender athletes to compete in school...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY
Dom Amore’s Sunday Read: At Old Lyme, Brady Sheffield’s a coach ‘far beyond his years,’ and more
Brady Sheffield a coach wise beyond his years; Dan Hurley, Joe Mazzulla, champs comparing notes,...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY
Folk hero: After starring in New York City, Meriden’s Sincere Folk returns to boost East Catholic basketball
This high school basketball player is from CT but played in New York for two...