Not all state tournament games are created equally, a sentiment that rang especially true as SCC champion Notre Dame-West Haven went head-to-head with FCIAC champion Ridgefield in the Division I boys hockey state tournament quarterfinal round on Saturday. With the game tied in the final four minutes, it was Notre Dame-West Haven that emerged victorious … Read more
WEST HAVEN — For 46 minutes, Beau Johnson did everything possible to get New Canaan to overtime against Fairfield Prep in the CIAC Division I boys hockey quarterfinals. Then for 20 seconds, he had the best view of his teammates getting the Rams to the semifinals for the first time in five years. Click here … Read more
Darien 1 1 1 0 0 0 – 3 New Canaan 0 1 2 0 0 1 – 4 First period: D – Gretchen Edwards (Mallory Clark) 1:58. Second period: NC – Maddie Kloud (Lexie Tully) 0:31; D – Keira Austen (Chelsea Donovan) 10:57. Third period: NC – Kaleigh Harden … Read more
DARIEN — Kaleigh Harden had 144 points during her four-year career with the New Canaan girls ice hockey team. As it turns out, she saved her biggest goal for last. Harden scored to the top right corner of the net with 33.5 seconds remaining in a third overtime, as New Canaan defeated Darien 4-3 in … Read more
Saturday, March 12 Boys Ice Hockey Div. I Quarterfinals New Canaan 3, Fairfield Prep 2 (OT) Darien 2, Northwest Catholic 1 Notre Dame-West Haven 2, Ridgefield 1 Friday, March 11. Boys Basketball Div. II Quarterfinals Wilton 63, Holy Cross 62 Girls Basketball Class LL Semifinals Wilton 48, Enfield 37 Class MM Semifinals St. Joseph 68, … Read more
RIDGEFIELD — Defenseman Chris Hamilton and his Ridgefield teammates had to play a long playoff overtime on Saturday. He really didn’t want to do it again Tuesday. Hamilton pounced on a blocked shot and scored with 5.4 seconds left to lift the Tigers past Simsbury 2-1 at the Winter Garden in the CIAC Division I … Read more
DARIEN — It was a familiar play for Arthur Devillers, one he and his Darien boys ice hockey teammates have seen many times. It just so happened that this time it came in a big moment on a playoff stage. Devillers one-timed a goal off a pass from Alex Garabet to break a scoreless tie … Read more
Monday, March 7 Boys Basketball Div. II first round St. Joseph 77, Newington 61 Westhill 70, Xavier 47 Greenwich 43, Simsbury 34 Staples 70, Sheehan 23 Stamford 65, Stratford 62 Girls Basketball Class LL Quarterfinals Wilton 44, Hillhouse 34 Middletown 61, Danbury 46 Class MM Quarterfinals St. Joseph 67, Ledyard 58 Boys Ice Hockey Div. … Read more
SHELTON — Three years to the day of the last CHSGHA girls ice hockey final, New Canaan will finally have a chance to defend its state crown. And it will come in a rematch of that title game against Darien. The Rams and Blue Wave, the top two seeds in state tournament, punched their tickets … Read more
DANBURY — Heading into the FCIAC tournament, Ridgefield almost didn’t have its starting goalie. Henry Ertl nursed a strained back during February break and at one point thought his season was over. Fast forward two weeks and Ertl might be the hottest goalie in the state. Click here for the complete story