Gerry deSimas

NEW MILFORD, August 8, 2026 – Four players had multiple hits and Burlington pitchers Anthony Izzo and Dave Kerlejza combined to strike out 13 batters as the Hunters rolled to a 9-0 win over the Candlewood Kraken Saturday in game 1 of their best-of-3 Tri-State League semifinal at New Milford High. Burlington (20-3) can advance […]

For the first time since 2021, the season has come to an end for the Bethlehem Plowboys before the Tri-State League’s championship series. The Plowboys had played in the last four championship series – all against the Tri-Town Trojans. Bethlehem won it all a year ago for the first time since 2010. This year, the […]

TORRINGTON, August 14, 2026 – Pitcher Anthony Izzo needed a place to play baseball. He missed three seasons at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., due to various injuries, including Tommy John surgery to repair a torn ligament in his elbow. He finally returned to the diamond in 2025 and made six appearances. This past spring, […]

Burlington pitcher Derek Duffy carried the load Saturday until his Hunter teammates scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning. Then, Duffy shut the door with two of his 11 strikeouts in the bottom of the ninth to lift Burlington to a 2-0 victory and their first Tri-State League championship on Saturday afternoon […]

UNCASVILLE, Conn., Aug. 15, 2026 – On Saturday night, the Connecticut Sun were officially eliminated from the WNBA playoffs with Washington beating the Los Angeles Sparks. But that fact – the Sun missing the playoffs for the second straight year — has been a foregone conclusion for much of the WNBA season. The 2026 Sun […]

Milford’s Kayla Batres will be representing Guatemala this week at the U20 world championships in Slovakia. The Greens Farms Academy student will be competing at 50 kilograms in women’s freestyle (110 pounds) beginning on Tuesday. Batres, who will be a senior at GFA this fall, is one of two Guatemala wrestlers in the tournament. She […]

Milford’s Kayla Batres finished tied for fifth at the U20 world championships in women’s freestyle at 50 kilograms (110 pounds) on Wednesday in Bratislava, Slovakia. Batres, who is representing Guatemala, went 2-2 in the tournament, advancing to the semifinal before falling to eventual U20 world champion Yuu Jatsume of Japan, 11-0 by technical fall in 1:26. […]

Connecticut’s second-year guard Leila Lacan has been selected to play on the French team at the 2026 FIBA World Cup on Sept. 4-13 in Berlin, Germany. This tournament was formerly known as the world championships. The WNBA will take a 17-day break for the World Cup tournament. Lacan, a 5-foot-11 guard who is averaging 11.6 […]

Tuesday August 25 BOYS GOLF Avon at Farmington, 3 p.m. PRO BASKETBALL Chicago at Connecticut, 7 p.m. PRO BASEBALL Hartford at New Hampshire, 6 p.m. Wednesday, August 26 FOOTBALL Simsbury, Seymour, Lyman Hall at Nonnewaug, 4 (scrimmage) Lewis Mills/OWTS, Farmington, South Windsor at Granby, 4:30 p.m. (scrimmage) Bacon Academy/Lyman Memorial at Avon/St. Paul, 4 p.m. […]

Avon at Farmington, 3 p.m. Chicago at Connecticut, 7 p.m. Hartford at New Hampshire, 6 p.m. Simsbury, Seymour, Lyman Hall at Nonnewaug, 4 (scrimmage) Lewis