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Community Groups Refurbishing City Park

The Waterbury courts that were first home to the famed Pearl Street basketball league are receiving a facelift this week, thanks to a collaborative effort by AI3 Leadership Academy and Full Court Peace to refurbish [...]
1980s

Looking Back: Dewey Stinson Recalls Holy Cross’ first state championship season

The 1987-88 Holy Cross basketball team made history by defeating Norwalk in the Class LL title game, becoming the first state champion in any sport in the school’s history.Coming in Coach Tim McDonald’s final year [...]
1980s

1987-88: Crusaders win CIAC Class LL title as Lott, McDonald eras end

Waterbury sports fans were treated to another thrilling high school basketball season in 1987-88, which featured a one-game playoff between two city teams for the Naugatuck Valley League title and a first-ever state title for [...]
1970s

1975-76 season review: Kaynor Tech goes undefeated; HC battles Crosby for NVL title

A trio of teams would garner most of the city’s attention during the 1975-76 season, with Crosby and Holy Cross again battling it out for NVL honors and Kaynor Tech fashioning a 17-0 regular season [...]
Early Years

Looking Back: Wilby was first city team to win a state basketball title

BY MICHAEL GRIFFIN The cancellation of the 2020 CIAC boys basketball tournament provided Republican-American staffers a chance to fill the void of live game reports by looking back at some memorable state title runs by [...]