Driven, determined, and goal-oriented, with a persistent and unwavering focus on achieving success, defines the life of Cheshire native Bridget Brosnahan, according to childhood friend and high school basketball teammate Jen (McGowan) Connelly.

When Gena (DePeano) Cascio was considering her college destination, she heeded the advice of her dad who said to find a place where she would be able to play almost immediately, and reasonably close to her home. NCAA Division II Southern Connecticut State College (now a university) in New Haven fit both of those needs.

A true throwback style of play was a trademark of Abby Hurlbert of Thomaston. It didn’t matter if Hurlbert was donning a field hockey uniform, softball cleats or basketball sneakers. It was the Hurlbert and McGivney family way, which pretty much was non-negotiable.

Mark Jaffee refers to his 44-year journalism career as a “whirlwind, full of great moments, ” and yet there was a care he took with each well-told story.

It’s been a common theme in the athletic and coaching life, as well as the administrative life, of Chris Lindwall, who often noted, “You are only as good as the people who surround you.”

A true student of the game.
That was the best description of Robert P. McMahon when he donned a Thomaston High School basketball or baseball uniform.

After more than three decades as a high school and college basketball official, Gemetta Neal-Goulet of Manchester, took a much needed break this winter and put her striped shirt and whistle aside.

It was a defining moment for Laura Scinto.
Actually it was a trademark type that was typical of the way the Shelton native played, whether on the soccer field as a goalie, a third baseman on the softball diamond or on the hard court as a guard.