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Girls’ Lacrosse Looking for Titles
The North Branford T-Birds are aiming for championships this season.
After playing in the 2011 season, the is looking to make it all the way this year. said her team’s goals include winning the Shoreline Conference as well as the Class S State Tournament.
The team opens the 2012 season tonight, traveling to Shelton for a 6:30 p.m. contest.
With a challenging schedule, the T-Birds are looking forward to big games against Weston (home on May 5), Granby (season finale at home on May 23) and perennial rival (home on April 11 and away on May 1). See the full schedule below.
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Emilee Maher, Miranda Jassil, Rachel Robertson and Lisa Sagnella will captain the squad. Connelly is also expecting contributions from Emmy Dulak and Alexa Picciuto.
“Our defense is new and still learning to work together but is showing tremendous progress every day,” said Connelly. “We need to establish a leader offensively to take control and call plays and move the ball around.”
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North Branford 2011-12 Varsity Girls Lacrosse Schedule
Thu., 4/5 Shelton Away - Shelton High School Finn Stadium[Directions] 6:30 p.m. Wed., 4/11 Haddam-Killingworth Home - North Branford High School
[Directions] 4:00 p.m. Thu., 4/12 Valley Regional Away - Valley Regional High School
[Directions] 4:15 p.m. Mon., 4/16 North Haven Home - North Branford High School
[Directions] 10:00 a.m. Tue., 4/17 Newington Home - North Branford High School
[Directions] 4:00 p.m. Thu., 4/19 Old Saybrook Away - Old Saybrook High School
[Directions] 4:00 p.m. Tue., 4/24 Morgan Away - Indian River Complex
[Directions] 4:00 p.m. Thu., 4/26 Old Lyme Home - North Branford High School
[Directions] 4:00 p.m. Tue., 5/1 Haddam-Killingworth Away - Haddam Killingworth HS
[Directions] 4:00 p.m. Thu., 5/3 Valley Regional Home - North Branford High School
[Directions] 6:30 p.m. Sat., 5/5 Weston Home - North Branford High School
[Directions] 4:00 p.m. Tue., 5/8 Old Saybrook Home - North Branford High School
[Directions] 6:30 p.m. Tue., 5/15 Morgan Home - North Branford High School
[Directions] 6:30 p.m. Thu., 5/17 Old Lyme Away - Town Woods Park
[Directions] 4:00 p.m. Sat., 5/19 Conard Away - Conard HS Stadium
[Directions] 10:00 a.m. Wed., 5/23 Granby Memorial Home - North Branford High School
[Directions] 6:00 p.m.
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