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By Kelsey Austin With friends and family, Andy Klarman, Branford Basketball player, collected unwrapped toys during the Boys’ Basketball game versus Daniel Hand. Andy Klarman had decided to host a toy drive after he heard the news about the Newtown tragedy. After a big win that night for Branford, Andy says, “the outcome of the whole night was great.” Many members of the Branford Community attended
By Matt Kilfeather Branford High school has a tradition of holding pep rallies throughout the year at intervals of fall, winter, and spring. This Friday, the next pep rally will be held here at Branford High School. Little do we know that the future of our pep rallies is at hand. Some students claimed that previous pep rallies were more spirited in previous years because
By Matthew Kerrigan and Justin Julianelle This Thanksgiving at Crisafi Field in East Haven the Branford Hornets and the East Haven Yellow Jackets will play each other for the 61st time; this will be their last game of the year. Branford has not lost to East Haven on Thanksgiving since 2006 and are entering this game as the heavy favorite to win. The Hornets are
By James Integlia Curtis Sutherland is one of Branford High’s best football players, but you may not see him suiting up on Friday nights. That’s because in the season opener against Trumbull in September, Sutherland, an all-SCC defensive back last year, suffered a tib-fib fracture in his right leg. “It hurt, said Sutherland “but I was more upset that my season was over.” Sutherland adds that
By Matthew Kerrigan and Justin Julianelle The Branford girls cross country team has been destroying their opponents this year, leading to a 7th straight Oranoque division title, thanks in part to three freshmen. Maya Birney , Cyrene Nicholas, and Anneliese Troidle are finishing in the top 5 in almost every race for the team. “They have set a bar.” said coach Kevin Connell. “One week
By Matthew Kerrigan and Justin Julianelle This Friday, the 2-2 Branford football team will face a tough 1-3 Sheehan High School team at home. According to Coach Mike Tracy, the Branford Hornets are feeling good after beating Lyman Hall last week 43-12. Tracy is pleased with the 2-2 start after losing one of the team’s best players week one, Curtis Sutherland. “The players are giving
By Kelly Du With the first month of school well underway, the BHS pep rally kicked off the fall sports celebration. The cross country team started it off with a dance routine number from the latest hit song, “Gangnam Style” by Korean artist PSY, with all the players appropriately decked out in suits and/or glasses. Some other notable highlights included: The boys’ soccer team took
The Pep Rally originally scheduled for Friday April 13th has been postponed to the Friday after break, on April 27th. The cancellation is due to many reasons, but it is probably for the better, because no body wants to have a Pep Rally on Friday the 13th! Who knows what could happen?
The rain that came that morning made most people skeptical that the game would still be on, but Zeus must of had other plans for these high schoolers, because by that afternoon the rain was gone and the Senior and Junior girls were ready to take it all to the field on November 23, where they battled it out for the PowderPuff championship. As they played on
Photo from PhotoDesign By Alice Ni New to this year’s winter sports is the girl’s hockey team. Although the team is only considered a club, the girls are still able to compete against other schools. The team is coached by Lauren Wiggins and Scott Valentine and led by captains Liza Wood (junior), Chandlar Fowler (freshman), and Tori Redding (senior). The squad consists of 16
