WESTPORT — It was all lining up perfectly for Arianna Gerig. As a sophomore at Staples in the 2017-18 season, Gerig was named to the All-FCIAC second team and looked poised for a breakout campaign in her upcoming junior season. She was returning to a team that had its eyes set on FCIAC and state … Read more
Boys Basketball Trinity Catholic 60, Danbury 44 Brien McMahon 53, Norwalk 45 Greenwich 58, Bridgeport Central 40 Warde 65, Stamford 56 Staples 86, Darien 65 Ludlowe 51, Westhill 46 Wilton 73, Trumbull 69 Girls Basketball Danbury 73, Trinity Catholic 43 Ludlowe 57, Westhill 24 Greenwich 62, Bridgeport Central 24 New Canaan 51, Bassick 42 Ridgefield … Read more
The girls’ high school basketball regular season is now in its homestretch and things are starting to clear up regarding the FCIAC playoff picture. Staples has been sizzling hot for the last few weeks and just as the Wreckers have been consistently surging higher up in the state poll they have put themselves in a … Read more
STAMFORD — Doing it at crunch time can cure many ills. After fighting itself for three quarters, the Stamford boys basketball team owned the fourth period Monday night to post an important 68-57 home triumph over Norwalk Monday night before a partisan crowd at Paul Kuczo Memorial Gym. “It wasn’t our best performance,” Stamford coach … Read more
NORWALK — The Norwalk girls basketball team can rebound. After each of the team’s four losses this season, the Bears have come back the next game with resounding wins. Norwalk lost an overtime thriller to Danbury last Thursday and had FCIAC rival Stamford coming to town Monday night. Click here for more
Boys Basketball Stamford 68, Norwalk 57 Ludlowe 83, St. Joseph 54 New Canaan 74, Darien 42 Ridgefield 62, Staples 51 Warde 60, Trumbull 46 Danbury 72, Bridgeport Central 56 Brien McMahon 72, Westhill 69 Wilton 66, Greenwich 46 Girls Basketball Danbury 54, Bridgeport Central 19 Westhill 55, Brien McMahon 26 Staples 44, Ridgefield 32 Norwalk … Read more
FAIRFIELD — Losing by 29 points in a game that was billed as a battle of 11-3 contenders obviously left St. Joseph boys basketball coach Kevin Wielk besides himself afterwards. With his head hanging rather low, he offered no postgame comment other than to simply say, “We didn’t play well.” But in all fairness, it … Read more
WESTPORT — The Staples girls basketball team got a taste tonight of how demanding a quarterfinal game in the FCIAC Tournament could prove. Ridgefield, on the fringe of one of the final berths and an eight seed no one would treasure drawing, held a lead on the Wreckers until the final seconds of the third … Read more
FAIRFIELD — Buddy Bray remembers his dad “dragging me out to watch games” at Fairfield University’s Alumni Hall when he was a kid in the 1970s. He competed there when he played at the University of Bridgeport. And Bray has gotten to coach in the building several times as well at Trumbull High. Friday night … Read more
FAIRFIELD — Cassi Barbato scored 17 points to lead Trumbull to its 61-36 victory over St. Joseph in the opening game of the Playing For a Cure doubleheader at Fairfield University’s Alumni Hall on Friday. Barbato, game to game, is the top scorer for coach Steve Tobitsch’s Eagles. It wasn’t her point total — it … Read more