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‘Frustrating’: Cancelation slows progress of girls wrestling in Connecticut 1of3 Stamford wrestlers senior Vienna Prado and sophomore Samantha Yap at Boyle Stadium Thursday. A year after the first girls state wrestling tournament, the sport is on hold. Yap was the 106 pound girls state champion last year.Scott Ericson / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Stamford’s Samantha Yap during the CIAC state open championship wrestlingin New Haven on Feb. 29, 2020.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Vienna Prado began wrestling in seventh grade, mostl...

Done, and Gets Things Smart Disclaimer: I do not speak for Google! These are my own views and opinions, and are not endorsed in any way by my employer, nor anyone else, for that matter. Everyone knows and quotes Joel's old chestnut, " Smart, and Gets Things Done." It was a blog, then a book, and now it's an aphorism. People quote Joel's Proverb all the time because it gives us all such a nice snuggly feeling. Why? Because to be in this industry at all, even a bottom-feeder, you have to be smart. You were probably the top kid in your elementary school class. People probably picked o...

December 30, 2020 The mulit-purpose field at Canton High was quiet throughout the spring with the cancellation of sports and the moving of school to distance learning due to the COVID-09 pandemic. It was the year of hard change, sorrow and pain. The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has turned our world upside down. Things that we took for granted just nine months ago are a bad idea today due to the contagious virus that can kill. When we look back at this year, it will be the pandemic that is a part of every story – even those stories that took place before the virus swept across our nation in Mar...

UpdatedWed, Dec 23, 2020 at 7:52 am ET Reply Local wrestling icon Ben Aleks will be honored as a member of the Class of 2022 by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. (Candace Aleks) ENFIELD, CT — For the third time this year, retired Fermi High School wrestling coach Ben Aleks received notification Tuesday that he had been selected to receive recognition for his contributions to the sport. The accolades have grown dramatically in scope, from local to statewide to national, with the latest honor being the highest an individual can achieve: election to the National Wrestling Hall of...

Audrey DaDamio (Bloomfield Village, Mich./Seaholm HS) Personal bests: 1,600 – 4:52.10; Mile – 4:55.30; 3,000 – 10:04.31; 3,200 – 10:24.78 Audrey DaDamio is the 2020 Michigan Division I cross country champion and state Meet of Champions winner. She was fifth overall at the AAU national cross country championships (15-18 age group) last week with the No. 6 high school time ever recorded at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida. She is the Michigan Indoor Track Series state meet record holder in the 3,200 meters (10:24.78) and has won six regional and three Oakland County title...