FCIAC players star on CHSCA All-State football teams

There were seven players from the FCIAC on the Top 26 first team when the Connecticut High School Coaches Association announced its 2021 CHSCA All-State Football Teams in December. The CHSCA’s all-state teams included the Top 26 first team and there were a combined 104 more players who made either the Class LL, Class L, … Read more

New Canaan, Darien top GameTimeCT Top 10 hockey poll

New Canaan and Darien are ranked 1-2, respectively, while leading a quartet of FCIAC teams ranked among the top six in the latest GameTimeCT Top 10 Hockey Poll which was released Jan. 2. Ridgefield and the Fairfield Ludlowe/Warde cooperative team are ranked fifth and sixth, respectively. New Canaan had been ranked fourth in the preseason … Read more

Boys Basketball: The Ruden Report’s Second-Chance Points with Mike Walsh

On the debut episode of Second-Chance Points, co-host Mike Walsh and I preview the upcoming FCIAC boys basketball season. Second-Chance Points is the first offering from the new Ruden Report Podcast Network. Each week, former Trinity Catholic coach Mike Walsh and I will break down the FCIAC boys basketball season. Click here to go to … Read more

FCIAC hoops and hockey scores, Dec. 27-30

Monday, Dec. 27 Boys Basketball NFA 75, Norwalk 67 Immaculate 63, Staples 50 Fairfield Prep 49, Ludlowe 30 Girls Basketball Ludlowe 56, Staples 39 Trumbull 40, Bethel 24 Ridgefield 55, John Jay (NY) 40 Trumbull 3, Keene Regional (NH) 1 Boys Ice Hockey McMahon/Norwalk 5, Newtown/New Fairfield 2 Girls Ice Hockey Stamford/Westhill/Staples 3, West Haven/SHA … Read more

Class LL champion Darien tops final GameTimeCT Top 10 Football poll for 2021

Darien’s convincing 42-7 victory over Fairfield Prep in the championship game of the CIAC Class LL Football Playoffs convinced the voters enough that Darien was voted No. 1 by a wide margin in the Final 2021 GameTimeCT Top 10 Football Poll which was released Dec. 13. Coach Mike Forget’s 12-1 Blue Wave fell just one … Read more

Eleven FCIAC teams were crowned state champions during the fall season

When Darien cruised to a 42-7 victory over Fairfield Prep in the championship game of the CIAC Class LL Football Playoffs, that concluded this year’s run of what is an annual tradition of success with many combined state championships from FCIAC teams during the fall high school sports season. There were 11 fall sports teams … Read more

FCIAC scoreboard for Monday, Dec. 20

Boys Basketball Norwalk 71, New Milford 54 Newtown 60, Darien 53 Bassick 79, Ludlowe 44 Girls Basketball Wilton 46, Kolbe Cathedral 42 New Fairfield 48, Staples 36 Boys Ice Hockey St. Joseph 5, Notre Dame-Fairfield 3 McMahon/Norwalk 2, Milford co-op 2 (OT) Simsbury 2, New Canaan 2 (OT) Girls Ice Hockey Avon co-op 7, Ridgefield … Read more

FCIAC basketball and hockey scoreboard for Saturday, Dec. 18

Boys Basketball Daniel Hand 47, Greenwich 44 Wilton 55, Newtown 52 Stamford 50, North Haven 38 Amity 59, Trumbull 52 Girls Basketball Glastonbury 47, Danbury 40 Ludlowe 49, Cheshire 31 Stamford 60, Pomperaug 51 Warde 50, Norwalk 38 Ridgefield 55, NFA 13 Newtown 50, Greenwich 34 Westhill 44, Lauralton Hall 42 Boys Ice Hockey McMahon/Norwalk … Read more

Darien football dominates Fairfield Prep start to finish to win Class LL title

TRUMBULL — David Evanchick was having flashbacks as the Darien football team was riding up to Trumbull for the Class LL final against Fairfield Prep on Saturday. It wasn’t the fact that the Blue Wave was playing in yet another state final, though. It was the weather. “Seeing this fog as we were driving up … Read more