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Naugy ‘firing on all cylinders’
By Ken Morse, Citizen’s News NAUGATUCK — No one really knew what to expect when the fall high school sports season began in early October with restrictions in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After...
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NVL cancels fall postseason
By Kyle Brennan, Citizen’s News The Naugatuck Valley League’s postseason divisional tournaments, which were set to be played from Nov. 7-14 as a cap to the pandemic-shortened fall season, were canceled...
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Irregular season didn’t dim Hawks’ desire
By Kyle Brennan, Citizen’s News BEACON FALLS — After the Woodland volleyball team concluded its regular season Nov. 5 with a fourth straight victory, Hawks coach Jim Amato bristled over the mere...
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Success measured differently in fall season like no other
By Ken Morse, Citizen’s News Success for teams this fall came in the form of completing a season that hung in the balance from one day to the next due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “It gave us a whole...
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Greyhounds and Hawks earn league, state honors
By Kyle Brennan, Citizen’s News It was a fall season unlike any other in the history of high school sports, and although the seasons for Naugatuck and Woodland ended without a postseason, the Naugatuck...
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Top stories from a unique year of high school sports
By Kyle Brennan, Citizen’s News With normalcy on the horizon — or already here for many folks — we can all look forward to a traditional year of high school sports starting this fall. But that wasn’t...
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Fall high school sports fast approaching
By Kyle Brennan, Citizen’s News The fall high school sports season — a relatively normal one, hopefully — is almost here. Football teams already have started practice, and everyone else begins...
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Family atmosphere fueled run to NVL volleyball title
By Ken Morse, Citizen’s News This is the fourth, and final, story of our annual series commemorating anniversaries of significant moments in local sports history. This week’s story looks back at the...
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Season preview: Volleyball
Naugatuck 2020 results: 12-0 Graduated: Alyssa Roberts, Lindsey Walsh, Cara Bergin Seniors: Kaylee Jackson (captain), Kendall Allen (captain), Nadia Cestari (captain), Samantha Mullin (captain),...
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All systems go for fall sports
By Ken Morse, Citizen’s News Precautionary measures put in place by the CIAC and state health officials last fall in response to the COVID-19 pandemic did allow most high school sports teams — the...
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School bus driver shortage impacts high school sports
By Kyle Brennan, Citizen’s News Now hiring. The signs are plastered on almost every Main Street in America these days. Now a nationwide shortage of school bus drivers, which extends to Connecticut, is...
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Spikers get year started
By Kyle Brennan, Citizen’s News Hawks finding footing; Greyhounds pick up where they left off Even though Woodland volleyball coach Jim Amato knew this season would pose plenty of challenges, he was...
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Spikers gaining momentum
By Ken Morse and Kyle Brennan, Citizen’s News Determining where everyone fits on the court is one of the most intricate details in compiling a well-balanced volleyball team. Who will dominate at the...
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Experienced core guiding Greyhounds
By Elio Gugliotti, Editor NAUGATUCK — With a core of nine experienced seniors, it’s no accident that the Naugatuck volleyball team staked its claim in the upper echelon of the Naugatuck Valley League...
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Woodland spikers jelling
By Kyle Brennan, Citizen’s News BEACON FALLS — The pieces to Woodland volleyball’s puzzle are starting to come together. The Hawks reeled off a seven-match winning streak from Sept. 21 to Oct. 5, which...
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Spikers set for NVL tourney
By Kyle Brennan, Citizen’s News Being the defending Naugatuck Valley League volleyball champion — especially when that victory happened two years ago — doesn’t offer a whole lot of advantage for...
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Naugy, Woodland advance to NVL volleyball semis
Naugatuck and Woodland advanced to the Naugatuck Valley League volleyball tournament semifinals on Nov. 1, when the Greyhounds and Hawks will meet to determine who will play for a championship....
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Tournament roundup
By Staff Reports Woodland knocked off Naugatuck on Nov. 1 in the Naugatuck Valley League volleyball semifinals. The third-seeded Hawks topped No. 2 Naugatuck, 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-18), to advance to...
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Seymour rallies to top Woodland in NVL final
By Elio Gugliotti and Kevin Roberts, Staff WATERBURY — A year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced an abrupt end to the fall high school sports season, Woodland started this season trying to find its...
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