TRUMBULL — Chicken or the Egg? Which comes first? The question posed by Trumbull High and Staples of Westport was similar in nature when the FCIAC contenders met in Trumbull on Thursday night. Is it important when your offense is lacking to retain your defensive principles to stay in the game? Or are those plans … Read more
NEW HAVEN — If you did not know the date on the calendar, you may have thought you walked into a Class LL girls state playoff game Saturday afternoon at Saulsbury Gym in New Haven. Both No. 2 Trumbull and Wilbur Cross played as if it was the postseason in a back-and-forth contest eventually pulled … Read more
WESTPORT — Prior to his first game coaching the Trinity Catholic girls basketball team, Mike Walsh felt something he not felt in years. Nervous. After winning 633 games as the boys coach at Trinity before retiring after last season, Walsh was called into duty as the Crusaders girls coach when Mike Martino stepped down last … Read more
TRUMBULL — Officially, there was no assist given on Timmond Williams’ incredible, buzzer-beating, off-balance 3-pointer off the backboard that gave Trumbull a thrilling 50-49 boys basketball victory over Ridgefield Thursday. Unofficially, however, Williams felt there should have been. “When I let it go and the ball was in the air it wasn’t looking good,” said … Read more
NEW CANAAN — Three games into the new girls basketball season, the Danbury Hatters were still searching for their first victory. True, those games were against strong opponents, but a goose egg in the win column isn’t the best feeling. Five games and five wins later, things are looking up for the Hatters, Danbury closed … Read more
STAMFORD—Progress is great. But when victory is attached to progress that is the best feeling of all. The Stamford girls basketball team moved a step forward to open 2019 as the Black Knights secured a 44-32 non-league home triumph over Norwich Free Academy Wednesday night before a partisan crowd at Paul Kuczo Gym. The win … Read more
No matter what sport is being played or what record a particular team has, when it comes to New Canaan versus Darien it’s usually a must-see event. Saturday afternoon’s girls basketball tilt between the Rams and the Blue Wave was another memorable chapter in what is undoubtedly the best rivalry in the conference, if not … Read more
WEST HAVEN — Connor Raines and the rest of the Notre Dame-West Haven basketball team believe they can reach the Mohegan Sun, site of the Division I state final in March. Through five games, the Green Knights have shown no reason why this is not possible Behind a balanced scoring attack, led by 28 points … Read more
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
FAIRFIELD — Eight days earlier, when Staples defeated this same Fairfield Warde team by 16 points, the Wreckers jumped out to a 15-1 lead in the first quarter. Staples coach Paco Fabian knew that wasn’t going to happen again on Thursday. “I knew (Warde coach) Dave (Danko) would draw something up,” Fabian said. Danko adjusted … Read more