STAMFORD — Trinity Catholic High School has been home to Mike Walsh for four decades. The legendary boys basketball coach will bring his unique skill set to a different Crusader challenge. Walsh will serve as Trinity Catholic girls basketball head coach for the remainder of the 2018-19 season. Mike Martino, who coached girls basketball last … Read more
RIDGEFIELD — A weird bounce allowed Notre-Dame West Haven to tie the game early in the first period and that was it for the Green Knights as Ridgefield scored five straight goals to win 6-1 on Thursday night. “There was (a) funny bounce off the faceoff for their powerplay goal,” Ridgefield coach Shaun Gallagher said. … Read more
DANBURY — The Danbury girls basketball team didn’t have the start it hoped for after entering the season with high expectations. Life after a 0-3 beginning has been kind to the Hatters, though. Danbury pulled away from New Milford 57-31 on Wednesday in the News-Times Tip-Off at the War Memorial for its third straight win, … Read more
As is usually the case when the postseason state tournaments and championship meets take place, during this past fall season the FCIAC yet again had significant success as it won nine championships and had a solid .571 winning percentage in the eight combined fall sports. The Greenwich and St. Joseph football teams, Staples field hockey … Read more
NEW CANAAN — On a night when New Canaan basketball honored legendary coach Don Usher, the current group of Rams seemed to channel some of that 1980s magic. Usher was the head basketball coach at the school from 1976-1994, often having his teams play in front of large home crowds. Playing in front of a … Read more
RIDGEFIELD — The matchup between the Stamford and Ridgefield boys basketball teams featured a pair of offenses capable of lighting up the scoreboard, and it played out that way for the opening eight minutes as the Tigers built a narrow 21-15 lead after one quarter. But then the Black Knights — who scored 101 points … Read more
Jackson Mitchell probably didn’t mind getting called to the principal’s office Wednesday. Six months after giving a verbal commitment, Mitchell, a senior at Ridgefield, signed a National Letter of Intent to play football for UConn on Wednesday morning. The ceremony took place in Principal Dr. Stacey Gross’s office at the high school. Flooded with suitors … Read more
NEW CANAAN — Jack Stewart, Jack Conley and Garrett Braden have been side-by-side ever since their days playing football in the New Canaan youth leagues. So it was perfectly fitting that when they began the next chapter of their lives, they did so together. It was a banner day for New Canaan football, as the … Read more
Greenwich finished atop the rankings at No. 1 to lead a trio of FCIAC football teams ranked among the top four in The Final Day of New London Top 10 Coaches Poll and The Final 2018 GameTimeCT Top 10 Football Poll voted on by 28 members of the media. The coaches and media polls both … Read more
There are four FCIAC teams – Ridgefield, Greenwich, Darien and New Canaan – ranked among the top nine in the 2018-19 GameTimeCT Preseason Boys Hockey Poll. Fairfield Prep was voted No. 1, having received 10 of the 14 first-place votes. Ridgefield received three first-place votes and is ranked second and Greenwich got one first-place vote … Read more