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Conference tournament picks and #CTBase Fantasy Draft

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With the long-awaited 2021 postseason just about to get underway, we decided to boost the signal this week with two guests.

First up is local lacrosse guru DAN ARESTIA, a New Canaan native, youth coach, Darien Athletic Foundation broadcast analyst and a contributor to Inside Lacrosse and Lacrosse Flash.

Up next is our first girls lacrosse coach of the year, SIX-time state championship coach KRISTIN WOODS of New Canaan, whose team is unbeaten and ranked No. 1 in the latest coaches poll.

RUNDOWN

0:00 – 10:57: Opener with Dave Stewart; Looking back at last week and the latest Top 10.

10:57 – 34:58: Interview with Dan Arestia on CT boys and NCAA Men's Lacrosse tourney.

34:58 – 42:47: Upcoming CT boys lacrosse league tournaments.

42:57 – 58:29: Interview with Kristin Woods, No. 1 New Canaan girls coach

58:29 – END: Upcoming CT girls lacrosse league tournaments, wrapping up.

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No. 9 Woodland is unbeaten with one game remaining before the NVL tournament and 20-year coach Loren Luddy joins us to talk about the talent, the camaraderie and selflessness exhibited by her squad as they gear up for the posteason.

Hosts Will Aldam and Sean Patrick Bowley discuss the slight shakeup in the Top 10 and glance at all of the other upcoming conference tournaments.

RUNDOWN:

0:00 -- 18:47: The Latest Top 10 and Conference Tournament Time

18:47 -- 39:38: Interview with Woodland coach LOREN LUDDY

39:38 -- End: Wrapping up

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East Catholic coach Martin Fiori

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The intensity is amping up in Connecticut high school softball as the postseason inches closer.

One of the hottest teams this year, of course, has been the unbeaten and No. 4-ranked Cheshire Rams, who are in the middle of a key stretch of SCC games this week.

Joining us for the second time is head coach Kristine Drust, who talks about how her team overcame the lost time to produce an unbeaten season so far and give her take on the challenges ahead.

RUNDOWN:

0:00 - 18:14 -- Sean and Will look back at the week that was and the GameTimeCT Top 10.

18:14 - 38:14 -- Interview with unbeaten Cheshire coach Kristine Drust

38:14 - End -- Wrapping up.

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High and Tight Episode V: Shelton coach Scott Gura

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Greenwich's sixth-year coach Bobby Lutz joins the show to talk about how his Cardinals are overcoming a late start to the season during quarantine, their big win over No. 2 Ridgefield, and -- as a former player and assistant at New Canaan, and later former assistant at Darien, on how to keep up with the state's top programs.

Mike Fornabaio and Sean Patrick Bowley recap No. 1 Darien's OT loss to Brunswick, some of last week's upsets, and the latest Top 10.

RUNDOWN

0:00 -- 1:36: Opener (Brunswick defeats Darien 9-8 OT; Brunswick's Coulter Mackesy, Darien coach Jeff Brameier and Brunswick coach David Bruce).

1:36 -- 23:25: Breaking down the week that was and the latest Top 10.

23:25 -- 55:21: Interview with Greenwich coach Bobby Lutz.

55:21 -- End: Wrapping up.

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It took us a few weeks but we're finally back with the first episode of Inside the Circle, GameTimeCT's softball podcast. This season we're joined by new beat writer Will Aldam who joins host Sean Patrick Bowley to give us an update on the 2021 season.

PLUS! We're joined by East Haven coach Ed Crisafi, whose team reached the 2019 Class L final and is now looking to return against a stacked Class L field.

RUNDOWN:

0:00 - 21:52 -- Breaking down the latest GameTimeCT Top 10 with Will Aldam.

21:52 - 43:35 -- Interview with No. 5-ranked East Haven coach Ed Crisafi.

43:35 - End -- Wrapping up.

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Connecticut high school baseball mid-season report

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After a two-year layoff, we're back with Season 2 of the Long Stick Podcast. Sean Patrick Bowley and Michael Fornabaio kick the tires on the start of the 2021 Boys Lacrosse season so far and bring on special guest Brian Adkins of Foran to talk about how teams have adjusted to the layoff and new rules since the COVID pandemic wiped out last year.

RUNDOWN:

0:00 - 23:30 -- Breaking down GameTimeCT Top 10 after Week 3 and a shout out to the legacy of Bob Russell.

23:30-57:10 -- Interview with Foran coach, CIAC committee member Brian Adkins.

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