Kianna Perry led the Danbury girls basketball team to a 52-51 FCIAC victory in overtime Thursday at Danbury High School. Perry scored 22 points, including the decisive free throw with 7.4 seconds left. Click here for more
FAIRFIELD — Akim Joseph is an immovable force in the paint. He is especially dangerous when there are no defenders in his path and shots are delivered on a downward trajectory. That was the position Joseph found himself in tonight for much of the third quarter, when Trinity Catholic’s leader scored eight of his 13 … Read more
It is a traditional rite of winter every year during the boys’ high school basketball season. When one flips the calendar page from January to February, that generally signals the point when the race for the eight berths for the FCIAC Boys Basketball Tournament begins in earnest. The better teams have spent the first half … Read more
FAIRFIELD — It was supposed to be a crosstown matchup between two of the best teams in the FCIAC this season. It turned into a party on Warde’s court complete with dunks, a boisterous cheering section and all the starters leaving to standing ovations with three minutes left in the fourth quarter. Warde (11-2) took … Read more
FAIRFIELD — Even with a 17-point lead in the second quarter, the Ludlowe girls basketball team was not comfortable against town rival Warde. As the second half went on, Warde inched closer and closer, eventually tying the game with 1:11 to play. With the game tied, Ludlowe had to dig down for whatever was left … Read more
STAMFORD — They can strike suddenly and in mercurial fashion like the Kansas City Chiefs. When the Trinity Catholic boys basketball team plays at pace, it can electrify a crowd. And when the Crusaders hit their FCIAC opponents with these lightning runs, the final result is usually victory. Click here for more
TRUMBULL —St. Joseph found another way to pull out a victory when coach Kevin Wielk’s Cadets defeated New Canaan, 72-70, on Vito Montelli Court Monday night. St. Joe’s in now 10-2 overall and a league-leading 9-1 (with Ridgefield) in the FCIAC. Paul Fabbri scored 30 points for St. Joe’s, which added this tight win to … Read more
GREENWICH — Julia Conforti helped the Greenwich High School girls basketball team start strong, then finish with a flurry in its matchup against Danbury on Monday night. Conforti scored nine first-quarter points, enabling the Cardinals to build a double-digit lead, then after the Hatters made it a tight game, the senior forward poured in seven … Read more
Boys Basketball Warde 60, Ludlowe 36 Greenwich 41, Danbury 39 Trinity Catholic 71, Trumbull 50 St. Joseph 72, New Canaan 70 Ridgefield 77, Norwalk 50 Stamford 77, Bridgeport Central 68 Wilton 80, Brien McMahon 63 Girls Basketball Ludlowe 44, Warde 39 Stamford 62, Bridgeport Central 20 Darien 49, Westhill 34 Staples 73, Bassick 55 Wilton … Read more
DARIEN — The Darien girls basketball team was on a slippery slope. The Blue Wave, which was playing solid interior defense and had held the lead since early in the first quarter, was clinging to a one-point advantage late in the third thanks to Westhill’s hot-shooting from beyond the arc. Darien, however, had an ace … Read more