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By Ryan Connell The Spring sports season is now underway and looks to be another successful season for the Branford Hornets. Last spring, the boy’s outdoor track team finished 2nd in Class MM and saw great performances from all of the other spring sports teams. This year the boy’s outdoor track team wants to repeat the same success as last year being SCC Oronoque Division
By Ryan Connell Winter is in full swing, and so are all of the Hornet’s sports teams. The boys and girls indoor track teams have had a few races and already have had numerous states qualifiers. According to some of the members on the team, they say that the team is looking as strong as ever before. They look to repeat as SCC West
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on concussions and student athletes at Branford High School. Part one of the series can be found here. By Kyle Kenney BHS student Adam Gallagher suffered a severe concussion at the end of his freshman year football season from a helmet to helmet hit that put him out of commission for two weeks. The injury
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on concussions and student athletes at Branford High School. By Maria Quagliano According to CNN, “A new study from the National Academy of Sciences finds that high school athletes remain at risk for concussions — and may be their own worst enemies.” Within high school sports kids are more willing to do anything to get
By: Jackson Mariotti This year, boys soccer ended their regular season with an impressive 11-6-1 record. After clinching the Oronoque Division easily, the team moved on to the post season. Unfortunately, they had an early exit in both SCC’s and the State Class L playoffs. Even though they were disappointed, they are already looking toward next year. Seven juniors started varsity, and with almost the
Editor’s note: In anticipation of the team’s appearance in the Class L Girls Soccer state tournament, The Buzz asked staring goalie Becca Vitale, ’14, to share how she prepares for each game. She has some pretty particular pre-game rituals. By Becca Vitale “Hi, can I have a medium hot carmel latte skim, please?” It’s 7 a.m. and I am ordering my latte, already getting in
By: Ryan Connell The Branford High school Girls Volleyball team has been stellar so far this year. They have a record of 11-5 heading into the last part of the regular season. They have already clinched a share of the Oronoque division title and look for bigger and better things in the postseason. They have been one of the hottest teams in the SCC winning
By Casey Cuningham Last year, the girl’s soccer team made BHS proud by claiming the SCC title for the first time ever. Although they had never won the championship before, Ms. Kohut, the soccer team’s coach, wasn’t surprised by their victory, saying, “we beat some really good teams in that tournament to make it to the finals, so once we got to the finals, in
By Brandon Ray Branford High School’s new athletic eligibility requirement policy has had a positive effect so far on student-athletes, according to athletic director Jake Palluzzi. The required policy has changed this past year and is just starting to take effect for the first quarter of this school year. To be eligible to compete on a sports team, students are now limited to one failure
By Branford Buzz Staff Branford Boys and Girls Cross Country have come in as a wrecking ball to kick start the 2013 season. From the team’s performance at the pep rally to their performance on the race course, Cross Country has made their presence known. The boy’s team has opened up with a record of 5-2 and girl’s teams is 6-1. The first and only
