New Canaan skates past Greenwich to FCIAC girls hockey title

DARIEN — It took seven years to get the seventh. The New Canaan Rams scored once in each period and held off the Greenwich Cardinals, 3-1, to win their first FCIAC girls ice hockey championship since 2012 Saturday at the Darien Ice House. For the top-seeded Rams (19-1-2), who were making their 12th appearance in … Read more

Danbury wrestling wins third straight State Open championship

NEW HAVEN — Danbury wrestling coach Ricky Shook didn’t know what to expect from his relatively inexperienced team at the start of the season, but the result was what’s been come to be expected from the best team in the state. When all was said and done the Hatters were taking home all the hardware … Read more

Greenwich earns 4th straight Class L gymnastics title

MILFORD — In an afternoon full of numbers, the numeral that meant the most to the Greenwich High School girls gymnastics team was four. As in the Cardinals earned their fourth consecutive Class L championship team title Saturday at Jonathan Law High gym. “It is an amazing accomplishment,” Greenwich senior Kelsey Fedorko said. “Everybody was … Read more

Wilton defends Class M state title, edges Killingly/Putnam/Tourtelotte

By nature, Gary Chadwick worries at gymnastics meets. By the time his Wilton team got down to its final floor exercise routine in Saturday’s Class M championship, Chadwick believed a second consecutive state title was a distinct impossibility. “I thought we were done,” Chadwick, Wilton’s head coach, said. “I knew we were down by a … Read more

Zolin, Greenwich overcome New Canaan in FCIAC boys hockey playoffs

Don’t look now, but the Greenwich Cardinals are once again playing like a team on a mission. Greenwich opened the postseason by exploding for three goals in the first period and defeating the New Canaan Rams, 3-2, in the FCIAC boys ice hockey playdowns Saturday night at the Darien Ice House. Click here for more

Boys basketball: Trumbull defeats St. Joseph, advances in FCIACS

FAIRFIELD — It was a little bit No 1 versus No 8 — and a lot of Trumbull High and St. Joseph renewing their rivalry — when the Eagles defeated the Cadets, 87-72, to cap the FCIAC quarterfinal round of games played at Warde High Saturday night. “When the floor opens up this this group … Read more

The FCIAC boys ice Hockey tournament by the numbers

Six teams will contend for the FCIAC Boys Ice Hockey championship, as the tournament gets underway with a pair of playdown round games on Saturday. The unbeaten Ridgefield Tigers head into the playoffs as the league’s No. 1 seed, with the Darien Blue Wave at No. 2. The rest of the field features No. 3 … Read more

The FCIAC boys basketball quarterfinals by the numbers

Eight teams will tip off the FCIAC Boys Basketball Tournament on Saturday when the quarterfinal games are played at Fairfield-Warde High School beginning at noon. The Trumbull Eagles secured the No.1 seed on Thursday, followed by No. 2 Wilton, No. 3 Danbury, the defending league champion, No. 4 New Canaan, No. 5 Ridgefield, No. 6 … Read more

Six teams skate into FCIAC boys ice hockey playoffs

The field is set for the 2019 FCIAC boys ice hockey tournament, which will get underway with a pair of games. Six teams qualified for the tournament with the two two seeds receiving first-round byes. Unbeaten Ridgefield (20-0), the top-ranked team in the GameTImeCT Boys Ice Hockey Poll, is the No. 1 seed, and Darien … Read more

Greenwich erases two-goal, third period deficit to beat Darien in OT of FCIAC semis

It’s usually tough to beat a team three times in one season and it’s oftentimes even more difficult to defeat a defending champion in a postseason game — especially a squad that’s won multiple titles. Such was the scenario when two-time defending champion Greenwich and Darien dueled in Thursday night’s FCIAC Tournament semifinal before a … Read more