STRATFORD — Playing in the Darien girls lacrosse program comes with a unique perspective. It’s a team which measures success with championships, a goal it has achieved on the state level many times during the past 20 years.Chalk another one up for the Blue Wave dynasty. Darien won its seventh state championship in eight seasons … Read more
TRUMBULL — His team won its third straight CIAC Class S boys lacrosse championship Saturday morning at McDougall Stadium, and Brendan Talbot was dreading leaving to head back across town to St. Joseph. “It’s going to be a sad bus ride back,” Cadets coach Talbot said after a 13-9 win over East Catholic, “knowing that … Read more
TRUMBULL — Ridgefield’s leading scorer walked onto the field at McDougall Stadium, in uniform but no pads with the hospital bracelet still on his wrist, about 20 minutes before Saturday afternoon’s Class L boys lacrosse final. Star freshman attackman Kyle Colsey was out after an emergency appendectomy, but his older brother, star attackman Ryan Colsey … Read more
TRUMBULL — Ridgefield boys lacrosse coach Roy Colsey is fortunately not a man set in his ways. If he was, he might have had a much more difficult time preparing his team for its latest state championship game appearance. Colsey never faced what he had to deal with the previous 24 hours leading up to … Read more
Saturday, June 12 BASEBALL Class LL Norwalk 1, Westhill 0 – Norwalk wins its first state baseball championship SOFTBALL Class LL Southington 4, Ludlowe 3 Class L Masuk 2, St. Joseph 0 BOYS LACROSSE Class L Ridgefield 8, Fairfield Prep 5 Class S St. Joseph 13, East Catholic 9 – St. Joseph wins third consecutive … Read more
Coach of the Year: Kristin Woods, New Canaan First Team Attack Molly McGuckin, Darien Dillyn Patten, New Canaan Ceci Stein, Darien Callie Cirilli, Ludlowe Shira Parower, Staples Hollis Mulry, New Canaan Midfield McKenna Harden, New Canaan Kaleigh Harden, New Canaan Ryan Hapgood, Darien Kaleigh Sommers, Ludlowe Kaci Benoit, Darien Emerson Pattillo, Wilton Morgan Lebek, Wilton … Read more
FAIRFIELD — For the first time in her career with the Ludlowe girls lacrosse team, senior Callie Cirilli knows her next game will be her last as a Falcon. No matter the outcome, playing against Darien in Saturday’s Class L final will be a shining moment for the program and its seniors. “This is the … Read more
WILTON — The two most eye-popping stats from Wednesday’s Class L semifinals at Fujitani Field, aside from the final score of Fairfield Prep’s 14-5 win over Wilton, were probably faceoffs and shooting percentage. Wilton went 20-2 on draws. But Fairfield Prep scored 14 goals on 27 shots. The Jesuits are off to the final for … Read more
NEW CANAAN — Having lost to its rival three times already this season, the Darien girls lacrosse team was in an unusual position for the CIAC Class L semifinals. “Coming into it 0-3,” Darien coach Lisa Lindley said, “my girls had something to prove.” Consider that mission accomplished. Click here for the complete story
Sixteen FCIAC teams remain in the hunt for state championships in baseball, softball, lacrosse and volleyball as the CIAC semifinals will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday. The breakdown of teams included the entire final four of the Class LL baseball tournament, as well as four girls lacrosse teams, three softball teams, three boys lacrosse … Read more