FCIAC
Girls Lacrosse: No. 2 New Canaan rolls past Staples, sets up FCIAC championship showdown with No. 1 Darien
NORWALK — The New Canaan and Staples girls lacrosse teams didn’t face each other during the regular season, so it was difficult to know what to expect when they squared off in the FCIAC semifinals Monday night at Testa Field in Norwalk. One thing second-ranked New Canaan didn’t expect was to fall into a 3-1 … Read more
Top-seeded Darien too much for Wilton, reaches 9th straight FCIAC girls lacrosse final
NORWALK — In what has become an annual rite of spring, the Darien girls lacrosse team is once again headed to the FCIAC championship game. Darien reached the final for the ninth consecutive season and for the 19th time in 25 years when it defeated Wilton, 19-9, in the semifinals Monday night at Testa Field … Read more
Wilton’s Sullivans team up for OT goal in FCIAC quarterfinal win over Staples
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
Kirby’s walk-off, two-run home run lifts St. Joseph past Trumbull, into FCIAC semifinals
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
Williams, Darien beat Danbury, advancing to fifth-straight FCIAC semifinal
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
Gell, Trumbull shut out Greenwich to advance to FCIAC softball semifinals
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
Griffiths, defense lead New Canaan past Greenwich in FCIAC quarterfinals
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