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Through Monday Name (school) G A Pts Anthony Verderame (East Haven) 8 17 25

Trojans Sweep Season Series From Titans

By Chris Hunn Register Staff WALLINGFORD -- At one point Tuesday night, it looked as if the Sheehan girls' basketball team would snap its four-game losing streak against cross-town rival Lyman Hall and inch closer to a state tournament berth.

Huskies Hope to Avoid Getting Caught in Trap Game

By David Borges Register Staff CHICAGO -- Terry Cummings and Mark Aguirre are not walking through those doors. Neither is Dallas Comegys or Wilson Chandler.

Quinnipiac Women Slip On the Ice

From staff reports Christine Forster and Charissa Sadnyk scored goals to give the Princeton women's hockey team a 2-1 victory over Quinnipiac Tuesday in an ECAC game at Hamden. Jule Johnson had an assist for the Tigers (12-8-1, 9-5).

Hockey

ON THE AIR Basketball 7 p.m. Colleges, Duke at Wake Forest, ESPN

Preseason Polls

The Quinnipiac women's lacrosse team was picked to win the Northeast Conference title, earning four first place votes. Monmouth was second with three votes and Sacred Heart third with two. Quinnipiac was 10-6, 7-1 in the NEC last season, sharing the regular- season title and falling to Sacred Heart in the NEC tournament final. The Bobcats return nine of their top 10 scorers from last year, and defensive player of the year Hannah Nelson. HONORS A--University of New Haven men's basketball playe...

Erson 78, Albertus Magnus 74 Women's Basketball Conn. College 88, Albertus Magnus 55 Men's [Derived Headline]

Tuesday's area scores Men's Basketball Emerson 78, Albertus Magnus 74

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AREA NOTEBOOK Basketball 11U LEAGUE: Kial Watts and Marisa Pacapelli scored 18 points as West Haven defeated Hartford 43-31. Chaniah Pantry scored four points for the winners.

No. 2 Uconn at Depaul

MEN'S BASKETBALL GAMEDAY No. 2 UCONN at DEPAUL A--When: Today, 9 p.m.

Suspensions Hit Hand, Guilford

By Joe Morelli Schools Sports Editor A brief scuffle at the end of Monday's third quarter between the Hand and Guilford boys' basketball teams will cost both teams one player on Friday night.

Hayes Made Louisville Pay

By Jim Fuller Register Staff STORRS -- The first two times when given the chance to launch a jumper, Tiffany Hayes politely declined.

Crusaders Impressing Area Coaches?

Since Trinity Catholic hockey coach Chris Gerwig decided to drop his team from Division I to II for the 2002-03 season, he has been waiting for the right time for the Crusaders to be competitive enough to return to Division I. Following a successful finish last season, including a 17-5 record, reaching the semifinals of the Division II state tournament and several quality wins over Division I teams, Gerwig believed it was time to move up, and he petitioned the CIAC. But it wasn't until Trinit...

Johnson to Coach U.S. Women's Hockey in Olympics

Mark Johnson will coach the U.S. women's hockey team at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Johnson was selected Tuesday as coach of the women's program he's helped lead in various international competitions since Ben Smith left. Smith coached in three Olympics, leaving after the U.S. women finished third at the 2006 Turin Games. "I've played in playoff games in the NHL; I've had an opportunity to win championships here at Wisconsin. But to me the biggest platform is the Olympics," Johnson said from...

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Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia -- Andy Roddick is on the oddest of rolls at the Australian Open, and that's just fine with him. When an odd-numbered year comes around, Roddick finds himself in the semifinals of the year's first major. This time he got there courtesy of defending champion Novak Djokovic, who retired Tuesday while trailing 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2, 2-1. A sore, cramping and fatigued Djokovic was undone in the quarterfinal by 95-degree heat.

Wright Set for Assignment

Associated Press The Boston Red Sox have given catcher Jason Varitek until Friday to accept or reject a one-year, $5 million contract offer with options for 2010. A person familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday the Red Sox, who begin spring training on Feb. 12, want an answer by Friday.

Christian Heritage 84, Hopkins 62 Csc O'brien Tech 55, Whitney Tech 52 Wilcox Tech [Derived Headline]

Tuesday's scores BOYS' BASKETBALL Preps

Titans Top Trojans in Overtime

From staff reports Justin Kuntz had 17 points and Phil Gaetano 14 to lead the Sheehan boys' basketball team to a 65-54 overtime win over host Lyman Hall Tuesday in a Southern Connecticut Conference Housatonic Division matchup in Wallingford. Jefferson Lora had 21 points and 16 rebounds for Lyman Hall (8- 3, 3-2), which had a chance to win in regulation. Lora's fingertip roll layup at the buzzer rolled off the rim. Sheehan is 9-2, 4-0.

In the Spotlight: Hamden Boys

Record: 9-2-1 (5-0 Southern Connecticut Conference Division I) A- -Coach: Bill Verneris A--Captains: Pictured, left, Mike Pierne, F, Sr.; Anthony Avitable, G, Sr.

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Register BOYS' HOCKEY poll Team Points Last Div. 1. Fairfield Prep (8-1) (10) 118 1 I