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