New Haven Register

Desantis Named Gatorade's Best

From staff reports Greg DeSantis of Notre Dame-Fairfield is the 2008-09 Gatorade Connecticut Boys' Basketball Player of the Year. He is the first player from the school to be chosen. The award recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character. DeSantis is now a finalist for the Gatorade national award to be announced in late March.

Hamden Hockey Back On Top

By Dan Nowak Register Staff It's good to be king.

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UCONN 87, FLORIDA 59 (At Storrs)

Price Going Up On Nba Draft Boards

By David Borges Register Staff GLENDALE, Ariz. -- With each 3-pointer he makes and pinpoint pass he delivers, each 10-0 personal mini-run he notches, and each grin he bears while making another clutch shot, A.J. Price's price could be increasing a great deal throughout the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

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Pari-Mutuels Aqueduct entries Today -- 1 p.m.

Wins, Not Goodbyes, On Montgomery's Mind

By Jim Fuller Register Staff STORRS -- With a trip to the regionals on the line and a chance to extend her UConn career, it was easy to excuse Renee Montgomery for not getting caught up in the emotions swirling around.

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End regular season SCC DIVISION I School Conf. Overall

Man Hit by Stallworth Wasn't in Crosswalk

Associated Press NFL owners passed four player safety rules for next season on Tuesday and adjusted the calls on the kind of tackle that injured Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in the 2008 opener. Defenders who are knocked to the ground no longer can lunge into quarterbacks if the play is still going on. Kansas City safety Bernard Pollard did just that on the hit that ended Brady's season almost before it began, and NFL officiating director Mike Pereira placed such plays in the player safety c...

Indy 500 Racer Lloyd Ruby Dies at 81

WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Lloyd Ruby, who raced in the Indianapolis 500 for 18 straight years and won the 24 Hours at Daytona in 1966, has died. He was 81. The death Monday of the lifelong Wichita Falls resident was confirmed by Sidney Lunn of Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home. Lunn said a cause of death wasn't listed. Ruby's best finish at Indy was third in 1964. He was inducted into the Indianapolis 500 Hall of Fame in 1991.

Yale's Special Season Began to Unfold in January

By Chip Malafronte Register Staff NEW HAVEN -- It was almost three full months into the season when the Yale men's hockey team realized it just might be in for something spectacular.

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Sweet 16-for-16

By Jim Fuller Register Staff STORRS -- As the ball headed Renee Montgomery's way just ahead of hard-charging defender Trumae Lucas, the emotional rantings of UConn coach Geno Auriemma were still rattling around in her head.

Charles Back in Charge

By Mike Pucci Register Staff STORRS -- It's not like the unbeaten UConn women's basketball team needed any more advantages in its quest to win a sixth NCAA national championship. But Tina Charles' performance during the first two rounds is a strong signal that the Huskies might really be unbeatable.

Montgomery Gets to Soak in Final Game at Gampel

STORRS -- With the game well in hand at a timeout with 8 minutes, 53 seconds remaining in the game, UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma took his senior All-American out of the game, temporarily absent-minded of the bigger moment. Renee Montgomery has had five or so farewell games, it seems, over the last five weeks, beginning with her coronation in the rafters of Gampel Pavilion on Feb. 15 against the University of Pittsburgh. But this was the absolute final farewell for Montgomery, ...

Gura to Be Enshrined

From staff reports Former Shelton High coach Howard Gura and ex- UConn standouts Shea Ralph and Meghan Pattyson-Culmo are among seven who will be inducted into the Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. The 22nd annual induction ceremonies will be held April 22 at the Cascade Banquet Facility in Hamden.

Chsca Senior All-Star Hockey Game

Boys' hockey capsule CHSCA SENIOR ALL-STAR HOCKEY GAME A--When: Saturday, 7 p.m.

Chsca Sponsors Hockey All-Stars

Milford hockey coach Sal Follo was named ice hockey chairman for the Connecticut High School Coaches Association in May 2008. At his first official board meeting, he noticed several sports held postseason all-star games, but not hockey. Follo decided to look into it, find out what kind of interest there might be, and who he could get to help organize the event. Now, 10 months later, everything has fallen into place to make the event feasible and cost effective, allowing Follo's all-star dream...

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