St. Joseph wins first FCIAC girls basketball championship in 12 years, beating Stamford

TRUMBULL — St. Joseph girls basketball coach Chris Lindwall has won a SWC title while coaching Barlow and a CIAC state title a St. Joseph, but the one piece of hardware that eluded him was the trophy awarded to the FCIAC champions. As he stood near halfcourt after the No. 1 seeded Cadets beat No. … Read more

St. Joseph, Stamford advance to FCIAC girls basketball championship

TRUMBULL — Chris Lindwall has coached some good teams since taking over the St. Joseph’s girls basketball team in 2011 but has never played for a FCIAC title. It did not come easy but Thursday in Trumbull, Lindwall and St. Joe’s will indeed be playing for the FCIAC championship. Click here for the complete story

FCIAC hoops and hockey scoreboard for Monday, Feb. 21

Boys Basketball Stamford 67, Fitch 58 Danbury 56, Ludlowe 34 St. Joseph 58, Greenwich 51 Norwalk 43, New Canaan 33 Ridgefield 56, Westhill 46 Warde 68, Trumbull 56 Wilton 62, Darien 56 Staples 58, Brien McMahon 32 Boys Ice Hockey St. Joseph 9, NDFF 1 Staples 4, McMahon/Norwalk 0 New Canaan at Fairfield co-op, 8:30

Ridgefield hands No. 5 St. Joseph girls basketball team first FCIAC loss

TRUMBULL — Defending FCIAC champion Ridgefield went undefeated in a shortened league schedule a year ago. St. Joseph brought a 14-0 league mark into the regular season finale at the Vito Montelli gym on Wednesday night. Everything was going to plan for No. 5 St. Joseph until it wasn’t. Ridgefield’s defense forced turnovers down the … Read more

Wilton girls clinch FCIAC playoff spot with win over Greenwich

WILTON — Few people had the Wilton girls basketball team on their radars in terms of FCIAC playoff-contending teams entering the season. But Wilton started the season hot, tailed off for a bit as the team dealt with players missing games due to COVID-19 before rallying down the stretch to put themselves in the position … Read more

St. Joseph leads field of eight teams into FCIAC girls basketball playoffs

The St. Joseph Cadets will carry the No. 1 seed into the conference tournament, which tips off with the quarterfinals Saturday at Staples High. The final games were played on Wednesday with Wilton, Stamford and Trumbull all clinching tournament berths. Here is the playoff schedule: FCIAC Girls Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals Sat., Feb. 19, at Staples … Read more

FCIAC basketball playoff races going down to the wire

With the respective girls basketball and boys basketball regular seasons near their end, the scramble is on for either securing those higher seeds or nabbing those final FCIAC tournament spots for the eight-team conference tournaments. The final games of the regular season for the girls are this Wednesday and the quarterfinal round of the 2021-22 … Read more

FCIAC’s hockey and hoops scoreboard for Saturday, Feb. 12

Boys Ice Hockey Darien 3, New Canaan 2 Trumbull 6, Staples 1 BBD 2, McMahon/Norwalk 1 Fairfield co-op 3, Ridgefield 0 Girls Ice Hockey ETB 6, Greenwich 4 Stamford/Westhill/Staples 7, Ridgefield 2 Suffield co-op 11, Fairfield co-op 4 Girls Basketball Weston 56, Brien McMahon 34 Darien 43, Wilbur Cross 39 Immaculate 58, Westhill 46 Greenwich … Read more

FCIAC boys and girls hoops schedule, scoreboard on a big rivalry day

Boys Basketball Thursday, Feb. 10 New Canaan 60, Darien 47 Friday, Feb. 11 Westhill 59, Stamford 55 Norwalk 48, Brien McMahon 39 Warde 48, Ludlowe 36 Ridgefield 74, Wilton 47 St. Joseph 68, Trumbull 61 Danbury 42, Greenwich 39 Staples 76, Bridgeport Central 32 Girls Basketball Friday, Feb. 11 Norwalk 51, Brien McMahon 20 Ludlowe … Read more