Ice Hockey falls twice
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Hall-Southington ice hockey was in both games it played in the past week, but penalties and third period defensive woes were their downfall. The Warrior-Knights lost 4-2...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: Knights are on a 7-game win streak
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Southington boys basketball has been playing as one unit throughout the second half of the season, and the results speak for themselves. The Blue Knights defeated...
View ArticleIndoor Track: Knights challenge for Class LL medals
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Southington’s indoor track and field athletes had a great day overall at the Class LL state championship meet on Feb. 9, according to co-coach Dan Dachelet. Junior thrower...
View ArticleIce Hockey has 2 ties and a loss
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Hall-Southington ice hockey entered the past week with its backs against the wall. The Warrior-Knights kept their state tournament hopes alive with two ties sandwiched...
View ArticleCollege Signing: Marist football, here he comes
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER It took a minute for Will Downes and Southington football coach Mike Drury to each come up with their favorite memory of the senior wide receiver’s career. Both landed on...
View ArticleGirls Basketball: Eliminated at regular season finale
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Southington girls basketball saw its season end with a 35-30 home loss against NW Catholic on Feb. 11 inside the Walt Lozoski Gymnasium. The Lady Knights kept giving the...
View ArticleBoys Swimming: Coach cares about effort, not results
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Southington boys swimming and diving coach Evan Tuttle kept his Blue Knights on the Southington Community YMCA pool deck for several minutes following an 88-79 loss to...
View ArticleGymnasts shine at CCC invitational
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Southington gymnastics ended the regular season by hosting the CCC Winter Invite this past Saturday at American Gymnastics. Eight teams attended the meet, and it allowed...
View ArticleIndoor Track: 2 girls advance at state open
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Southington indoor track and field will send two girls to the New England championship meet after their strong performances at this past Saturday’s state open meet....
View ArticleBoys Basketball captures CCC West title
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Southington boys basketball started the final three-game stretch of its regular season with a very significant win. It ended with back-to-back losses and a 12-8 regular...
View ArticleWe are the champions: Cardozo, Carr win Class LL wrestling titles
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER For the first time since 2013, Southington wrestling claimed two individual state championships at the Class LL meet. Senior Jacob Cardozo won at 145 pounds while junior...
View ArticleAP exam taking is on the rise locally and nationally
By SHERIDAN ROY STAFF WRITER The nationwide high school advanced placement program saw more students than ever taking AP exams in 2018. More than 1.24 million students took 4.22 million AP exams in...
View ArticleSwimmers win twice
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Southington boys swimming and diving closed the season with two road wins over NW Catholic and South Windsor. The Blue Knights beat the Lions, 92-78, on Feb. 19, then took...
View ArticleIndoor Track: Knights compete at postseason events
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Southington sent several indoor track and field athletes to the 85th Eastern States championships on Feb. 19 at The Armory Track & Field Center in New York. “The...
View ArticleBoys Basketball: Early exit from the CCC tourney
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Eighth-seeded Southington boys basketball led for almost all of its CCC Tournament game against ninth-seeded Berlin on Feb. 21 inside the Walt Lozoski Gymnasium. The...
View ArticleRegular season ends with 2 ice hockey losses
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER “It’s the same old story, same old song and dance.” —Aerosmith Steven Tyler first recorded those lyrics from the song “Same Old Song And Dance” on Aerosmith’s “Get Your...
View ArticleGymnastics: Team journey ends at Class L
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Southington gymnasts got a front row view of the best that Class L gymnastics had to offer during this past Saturday’s state championship meet at Jonathan Law High School...
View ArticleWrestling: Blue Knight trio medals at state open
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER Southington wrestling’s performance at this past weekend’s state open didn’t live up to the high expectations of coach Derek Dion. “We lost a lot of close matches today,”...
View ArticleDiving: Suski leads divers at CCC meet
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER The CCC West Division is well aware of Southington senior diver Chase Galayda, who entered the Feb. 26 championship meet as the defending champion. As it turned out, it...
View ArticleThe Greatest Show in Town: ‘Surround Sound IX, Under the Big Top’
By SHERIDAN ROY STAFF WRITER The circus couldn’t exactly come to town, but Southington High School’s Blue Knights Marching Band created their own, combing three grandiose popular shows to perform...
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