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Volume 15, Number 35
Winter sports season delayed By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff
CHESHIRE — The 2020-21 high school winter sports season won’t be starting any time before the middle of January. The CIAC Board of Control voted Tuesday morning to postpone the winter season until Jan. 19.
The decision was driven by rising cas- tance model at this time,” CIAC Exes of COVID-19 that have prompted ecutive Director Glenn Lungarini some CIAC member schools to pull said in a video statement Tuesday. back from in-person learning. “The CIAC Board of Control contin“The reason behind the CIAC ues to place in-person learning and Board’s decision is due to the inthe health and safety of our school creasing COVID numbers within the communities as a top priority,” Lunstate of Connecticut as well as the garini added. “In taking today’s acdifficult decision that many schools tion, we believe we are continuing to are facing in moving to a full-dishold to that standard and we look
Positive approach nets positive results for soccer coach
Tebbetts, 51, is a lifelong North Haven resident who coached on the travel circuit with West Haven, Amity and North Haven. He stepped down from coach-
The decision was met with mixed emotions by area athletic directors. They empathized with student-athletes but understood the CIAC’s rationale. See Season, A10
Former D-1 player will lead NHHS boys basketball program The North Haven High School Athletic Department is excited to announce the appointment of Dan Oglesby as the new head coach of the North Haven High School boys basketball program.
By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff
MERIDEN — Clint Tebbetts always has a positive message on the sideline and it helped propel a young Wilcox Tech boys soccer team into the postseason.
forward to seeing all of our studentathletes back in action after the first of the year.”
Clint Tebbetts, in his first year as head coach of the Wilcox Tech boys soccer team, talks to his players during their CRAL tournament game against Cheney Tech. Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
ing a few years ago and had never coached on the high school level. But when he saw the Wilcox Tech job opening, he went for it.
“I figured I would give it one more shot,” Tebbetts said. “I didn’t think I would be picked See Tebbetts, A2
Oglesby comes to North Haven after serving as an assistant at Hamden Hall for seven years. During his time there, Hamden Hall won a Class B New England championship, had its best record in school history, claimed back-to-back Fairchester League championships and had several players earn college scholarships. Oglesby played high school basketball at Hamden Hall, where he won four Class D New England championships, and became the state's all time leading prep scorer. He earned a scholarship to the University See Basketball, A2