FCIAC playoff schedule: Field hockey, boys soccer finals moved to 6 p.m.

The FCIAC will crown three champions as the finals in field hockey and boys and girls soccer are held on Thursday night. With a forecast of cold and rain, the start times for the field hockey and boys soccer finals have been moved up one hour to 6 p.m. The girls soccer final will remain … Read more

Darien and Staples will clash again for FCIAC field hockey crown

NORWALK — As a freshman, Darien’s Raina Johns is making her first journey through the FCIAC field hockey tournament. If the early returns are any indications, the Blue Wave is in for a heck of a ride. Johns scored on two penalty strokes, including one with 2:04 remaining as Darien defeated rival New Canaan, 3-2, … Read more

FCIAC tournament tickets available from EventBrite

Tickets for all FCIAC tournament semifinal games, as well as the conference swim finals, are available through EventBrite. Tournament t-shirts are also available. Click here for the Eventbrite website link FCIAC Tournament Schedule Boys Soccer Semifinals at Fairfield-Ludlowe, Tues., Nov. 5, 5 and 7 p.m. Final at Norwalk HS, Thurs., Nov. 7, 7 p.m. Girls … Read more

FCIAC field hockey tournament begins Friday

Seven of the eight FCIAC playoff seeds have been determined with one left to go as the field hockey regular season reaches its conclusion tomorrow. The eighth and final seed was clinched by Warde, which defeated town rival Ludlowe on Wednesday. Defending FCIAC champion Darien secured the No. 1 seed with its 2-1 win over … Read more

Kirby leads Staples over Norwalk to secure FCIAC’s No. 2 seed

NORWALK — Everything was working well for FCIAC West leader Staples Tuesday during the first half of its field hockey game with Norwalk at Testa Field. Defensively, Staples held second-place Norwalk scoreless. Offensively, senior Kyle Kirby scored three goals and assisted on another. Click here for more

Darien field hockey earns No. 1 seed for FCIAC playoffs

DARIEN — In a regular season where the top five field hockey teams had 11 or more wins, being the No. 1 seed for the upcoming FCIAC playoffs is an accomplishment to be celebrated. The Darien field hockey squad clinched the top spot for the league tournament Tuesday thanks to a rainy 2-1 home triumph … Read more

New Canaan nets three first-half goals and tops rival Darien

NEW CANAAN — It isn’t a stretch to say the New Canaan field hockey team is having it’s best week in a long, long time. The Rams scored three goals in the first half and then held off a furious comeback bid as they edged rival Darien, 3-2, in a terrific game Friday at Dunning … Read more

Darien field hockey team edges Greenwich, improves to 12-0

GREENWICH — Since edging Longmeadow (Mass.) by one goal on Sept. 21, Darien beat its next eight field hockey opponents by at least three goals or more. That impressive pattern changed a bit Tuesday, but the Blue Wave’s fortunes didn’t. Embroiled in a scoreless tie against FCIAC rival Greenwich at halftime, one goal did the … Read more

2019 FCIAC Fall Tournament Schedule

There have been several changes to the FCIAC swimming and diving tournament schedule from previous years. The swim trials will be held on Saturday, Nov. 2, and the finals on Tuesday, Nov. 5 , both at Greenwich High School. The diving finals have been moved from Westhill High School, as the pool will be unavailable, … Read more

FCIAC teams featured in field hockey and girls soccer state coaches polls

The FCIAC has consistently been very strong in the fall sports of field hockey and girls’ soccer and the most recent state coaches polls in those sports confirm that is the case once again this fall. Ridgefield and Staples are ranked first and second, respectively, as the FCIAC has three teams ranked among the top … Read more