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06/05/2026

Manchester High Football:

06/04/2026

06/02/2026

When we ‘adopted’ Manchester United as our official favorite pro sports franchise back on Jan. 1, they were in sixth place in the Premier League. Well, we brought good fortune as in the 19 games since then they won 12, tied 5 and lost only twice -- finishing the season in third place. That means they get to play in the prestigious UEFA Champions League next year, bringing a massive financial windfall and being better positioned to attract top talent, because the best players want to play against the best competition. Speaking of best players, Bruno Fernandez was named the Premier League Player of the Season. Bruno had 9 goals and a record-setting 21 assists and will now lead Portugal in World Cup play. As many as 12 other Red Devils will also be joining their national teams for the World Cup, which starts June 11, with the championship game scheduled for Sunday, July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

The next Premier League season begins Aug. 22 and in the meantime players will come and go during the July transfer window, plus the Red Devils will play a series of friendlies -- including one on August 8 against powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain.

05/20/2026

PAL 3-on-3 Friday night basketball for players 5-18 will be starting up on June 19 at Charter Oak Park Click for more:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eXVYt90Zv6yHH0Tce1x6Xiwn9PLASE-n/view?usp=sharing

05/20/2026

Manchester Soccer Club will be holding tryouts at Veterans Memorial Field on Hillstown Rd over the next two weeks. Scroll down for some highlights from the U11 girls team.
And click the link below for more info:
https://www.manchestersoccerclub.com/

05/20/2026

Join the Knight Life! Registation is open for basketball, cheer, football and new edition: flag football for girls.
Contact number: 860.4232.0803 or visit Knights Sports CT on fb.

05/14/2026

Lachlan Corbett Cousins (swimming, track) and Grace Golas (cross country, swimming, golf) were awarded the CIAC CT High School Scholar Athlete award at the Aqua Turf on May 3.

05/06/2026

MHS senior Cam Bundy has been nominated by the GameTimeCT (CT Insider) staff as a finalist for Athlete of the Week.
Cam pitched an excellent game last Thursday, leading MHS to an 8-0 win over EO Smith.

Please take a moment this week to vote for Cam by clicking the link below. Voting runs through midnight Thursday.

https://www.ctinsider.com/projects/2025/gametimect/boys-athlete-of-the-week-vote-ct/1777939200000

05/04/2026

It was a great weekend at the Middletown Invitationals for the MHS track & field teams, including Harper Shirley's record-breaking 1600m run.

photos and text by Matt Montgomery.

05/01/2026

A monthly update on our officially favorite (for obvious reasons) pro sports team:

With just four games left in the Premier League season, Manchester United is in third place and in great shape to finish among the top five teams -- which would mean that next year they would qualify for the prestigious UEFA Champions League. (They would also play their normal PL season, too.) The top leagues from throughout Europe get into the UEFA Champions League every year, and already qualifying for next season are heavyweights like Real Madrid and Barcelona from Spain and Bayern Munich from Germany’s Bundesliga.

Man United's last four PL games are against Liverpool, Brighton & Hove Albion, Nottingham Forest and then Tottenham on May 24. Just one victory will be enough to secure a top-five finish.

Unrelated but of interest: The primary owners of Manchester United are the Glazer family, the offspring of the late Malcolm Glazer, who in the 1940s inherited a modest watch repair company in Rochester N.Y. and went on to build a massive real estate and sports empire (he also bought the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers). Malcolm bought Manchester United iIn 2005 for roughly $1.4 billion and it’s now valued at approximately $6 billion.