Michael Fornabaio, GameTimeCT WILTON — The plan, on the hottest day yet this boys lacrosse season, was to wear down Staples’ strong defense, said Wilton’s unrelated Sullivans: hold the ball, work it around, grind them down. It mostly worked Saturday at Fujitani Field, at least until the Wreckers came all the way back to force overtime. But Liam … Read more
TRUMBULL — Aaron Kirby delivered a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh to power St. Joseph to an 11-10 walk-off win over town rivals Trumbull in the FCIAC baseball quarterfinals on Saturday. “That’s definitely the biggest hit of my life,” Kirby said. “I was looking for something in my zone. My … Read more
DARIEN — If there is one place FCIAC baseball teams do not want to be, it is matched up with Darien in the tournament quarterfinals. This season, the unlucky team drawing the No. 3 Blue Wave in the opening round was No. 6 Danbury. For the fifth-straight season, Darien won its quarterfinal matchup, advancing to … Read more
TRUMBULL — Emily Gell provided the pitching, Alexa Adinolfi supplied the power and everyone in the field chipped in defensively for Trumbull, which began the FCIAC tournament Saturday like a team on a mission. Gell scattered seven hits, Adinolfi paced a 13-hit attack with a three-run homer and the Eagles made all the plays in … Read more
NEW CANAAN – The first meeting of the season between the New Canaan and Greenwich boys lacrosse teams wasn’t much of a game as the Rams rolled to a 12-4 victory in late April. The playoffs have started, however, and it’s a whole new ball game. New Canaan survived and advanced as they edged the … Read more
Darien 3 9 3 4 – 19 Trumbull 1 1 0 1 – 3 Darien: Hudson Pokorny 2g, 4a; Jack Bogdan 3g, 1a; Michael Minicus 3g, 1a; Henri Pfeifle 3g; Holt Matheis 2g; Bruce Ferguson 1g, 1a; Matthew Minicus 1g, 1a; Charlie Walsh 1g, 1a; Jackson Peters 1g, 1a; Colin Ruppenstein 1g Goalies: Darien: Andy … Read more
Greenwich 2 1 1 0 — 4 New Canaan 2 1 3 0 — 6 Scoring: Greenwich: Matthew Davey 1g, 1a; Lance Large 2a; Nick Veronis 1g; Will Montesi 1g; Charlie Graves 1g; Garrett Murphy 1a; New Canaan: Drew Guida 2g, 1a; Chris Canet 2g, 1a; Liam Griffiths 2g, 1a; Quintin O’Connell 1a; Will Rechtermann … Read more
McMahon 000 000 0 – 0 5 3 Staples 211 130 x – 8 10 2 Batteries: McMahon: Frankie Greco, James Stefanowicz (6) and Chris Clemens; Staples: Chad Knight, Russell Karas (7) and Ben Schattman Highlights: McMahon: Jack Fitzpatrick 2-for-3; Shane Popkings single, walk Staples: Chad Knight: 6.1 IP, 5H, 0R, 2 BB, 6K; 2-for-4, … Read more