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High School
Bob DeMayo, who coached baseball for 64 years at North Haven High, retired on Monday. DeMayo won over 900 games in his career and five state titles, the last in 2015. - Scot Wenzel is returning to Newington High School as boys basketball coach after coaching at Plainville High the past two seasons, Newington athletic director Christopher Meyers announced Monday.
- Waterbury native and Crosby High School golfer Laniah Moffett has been chosen to play alongside a PGA Tour Champions player at the famous Pebble Beach golf course in California.
- The PlayFPN Summer Nationals, a youth pastpitch softball tournament for 12UB, 14U, 14UB and 16UB divisions, begins Tuesday at Fastpitch Nation Park in Windsor. The tournament brings 77 teams and more than 1,000 players to the state for the five-day event.
- West Hartford’s bats were on fire in a hot and humid game against NCL (Windsor/Windsor Locks) in a win-or-go-home American Legion playoff game, on July 19.
- The draft wrapped up with rounds 11 through 20 Tuesday, with five players with state ties chosen.
- Rocky Hill-Cromwell-Portland gets win in battle with Ellington-Somers-Rockville in American Legion Baseball action
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High School Sports Photos
Outstanding high school sports performances are on display every week in Connecticut.To honor those athletes, each week the Hartford Courant sports staff will nominate three boys and three girls from local schools as CT Varsity Athlete of the Week finalists.
UConn Women's Basketball
- The UConn women’s basketball team has finalized its nonconference schedule for 2022-23 season. The Huskies will play Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville on Jan. 26, the programs announced.
UConn Football
- Jim Mora stressed the importance of fans coming to UConn football games this season, saying the team feeds off their energy and that it doesn't go unnoticed.
UConn Men's Basketball
- UConn men’s basketball head coach Dan Hurley will join his father, Bob Hurley Sr., at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. on Friday, Aug. 12 as part of the “Hoop Hall Hangout” series.
Hockey
- The Boston Bruins are getting the gang back together, signing captain Patrice Bergeron and center David Krejci — both members of their 2011 Stanley Cup championship team — to one-year deals on Monday.
Basketball
- USA Basketball has chosen its roster for the FIBA World Cup qualifiers, as the Americans look to earn a berth in the 2023 tournament.
Football
- James White, who scored the game-winning touchdown in the New England Patriots’ historic comeback win over Atlanta in Super Bowl 51, announced his retirement on Thursday.
