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    Lytle and Maher named Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance Coaches of the Year

    Hillhouse High football coach Reggie Lytle and Cromwell High girls basketball coach Kelly Maher have been selected as the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance Doc McInerney High School Coaches of the Year. They will be honored at the 76th Gold Key Dinner on April 30 at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. Lytle, coach of the year in a male sport, led Hillhouse to the 2016 Class M football title and Maher, coach of the year in a female sport, guided Cromwell to the Class M girls basketball championship in 2015-16. Defensive end Dwight Freeney of the Atlanta Falcons, five-time Olympic archer Butch Johnson, Farmington boys soccer coach Steve Waters and former Cheshire swim coach Ed Aston will

    Gold Key winner Wally Camp of Coginchaug dies at the age of 87

    Wally Camp, the long-time basketball coach and athletic director at Coginchaug Regional in Durham, died on Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the age of 87. Camp was awarded a Gold Key by the Connecticut Sports Writers Alliance in 1991. A graduate of West Haven High, Camp went to Southern Connecticut State, where he played basketball. He began his coaching career at Durham High in 1957 and never left. He coached basketball, soccer and baseball at the school, which eventually became Coginchaug when Durham and Middlefield formed a regional school district. Camp coached boys basketball from 1958 through 1990 and went 508-216. His 1974 team won the Class S championship. He is one of just 15 coaches with mo

    Six to receive John Wentworth Good Sports Award from Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance

    The Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance has announced the six 2017 John Wentworth Good Sports Award winners. Tom D’Aquila of Middletown, Rich Leonardo of Hamden, Ed Morse of Derby, Tom Owens of Enfield, Chase Skrubis of Granby and Curtis Urbina of Newtown will be honored at the 76th Gold Key Dinner on Sunday, April 30, at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. The award is given in memory of John Wentworth, the late sports editor of the New Britain Herald, and honors individuals who have dedicated their time to helping their communities through sports. Super Bowl champion defensive end Dwight Freeney of the Atlanta Falcons, five-time Olympic archer Butch Johnson, Farmington High boys soccer co

    Five championship coaches selected to receive Gold Key award in 2020

    Five championship coaches selected to receive Gold Key award in 2020

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    Five Sportsmen to Receive John Wentworth Good Sport Awards at 79th Gold Key Dinner

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    Alliance member to be inducted into Hall of Fame for scholastic coverage

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