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  • April 2nd, 2012

    New Mercy principal named

    MIDDLETOWN — Melissa Bullock has been named the next principal of Mercy High School.Bullock will take over for long-time principal Sister Mary A. McCarthy in July.Bullock is currently the academic assistant principal at St. Catharine Academy in Bronx, N.Y., a position she has held since 2007. Prior to St. Catharine’s, she was the vice president for Mission and Advancement at… Read Article

  • March 21st, 2012

    BRANSFIELD: Best and worst of the winter sports season

    MIDDLETOWN — It’s time to take a look back at the winter season’s best and worst moments. There were lots of great things that happened in the area. Coginchaug’s girls won the Class S state basketball title, Xavier’s wrestling team won the State Open wrestling championship, Middletown’s Devon Carrillo and Xavier’s Sean Marinan Jr. won New England wrestling championships, Neal… Read Article

  • March 19th, 2012

    MONDAY MORNING MUSINGS by Jim Bransfield

    There may not be a better high school athletic program around than the Middletown High boys swimming team. The test of a program is excellence over time. Does it not only produce good teams year after year, but also does it teach the right values? Read Article

  • March 19th, 2012

    Mercy’s pain trice as hard to take

    UNCASVILLE — The agony of defeat is real.It’s tough enough to lose the biggest game of the year. But it’s infinitely worse to lose a game that could have been won. Mercy coach Tim Kohs can tell all who will listen about that. Read Article

  • March 19th, 2012

    GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Final Connecticut State Top 10 poll

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  • March 17th, 2012

    Class LL Girls Basketball: Newtown Tops Mercy

    UNCASVILLE -- For Mercy, the third time wasn’t the charm. Friday night marked the third trip to the Class LL final in the past three years for the Mercy girls basketball team. Read Article

  • March 16th, 2012

    CLASS LL GIRLS: Kohs, Mercy hoping 3rd time is charm

    UNCASVILLE — The last two trips to the Class LL state championship game haven’t been fun for Mercy coach Tim Kohs. Come Friday at 8 at the Mohegan Sun Arena, Kohs wants to see a different result. Read Article

  • March 14th, 2012

    Mercy Finds Its Inspiration For Girls Basketball Finals At Mohegan Sun Arena

    UNCASVILLE — – For a little inspiration this season, Mercy girls basketball coach Tim Kohs had to reach back to one of his favorite Christmas stories. After Mercy lost to Hillhouse in the SCC tournament, Kohs talked in the locker room about how the players could have made a few more hustle plays at key moments, grabbed a few more… Read Article

  • March 10th, 2012

    Mercy lands spot in LL final for 3rd straight year

    WALLINGFORD -- Mercy is going to the Sun. Again.For the third year in a row, the Mercy Tigers will play for the Class LL girls basketball championship at the Mohegan Sun Arena. The Tigers punched their ticket with a 52-38 win against Manchester in front of more than 1,000 spectators at Sheehan High School. Read Article

  • March 8th, 2012

    WNPR interview: Sarah Miner '00, speaks with a Mercy Student at STEM Awards

    Women are severely under-represented in science and technology professions in Connecticut and across the nation. Each year, the Connecticut Technology Council aims to highlight the work of women who ARE making it in those fields, with its Women of Innovation Awards. WNPR’s Sarah Miner went along. Deirdre Arcand is sophomore at Mercy High School in Middletown. She says even in… Read Article