DARIEN — The Darien girls ice hockey team will get its shot at a second straight FCIAC championship. The top-seeded Blue Wave took the lead by scoring two goals in a 16-second span late in the first period and went on to defeat No. 4 Greenwich 4-2 in the FCIAC semifinals Thursday at the Darien … Read more
The field is set for the FCIAC girls basketball tournament, with the Ridgefield Tigers taking the No. 1 seed following an unbeaten regular season. FCIAC Round of 16 – Wednesday, March 17 No. 16 McMahon (1-11) at No. 1 Ridgefield (12-0), 7 p.m. No. 15 Norwalk (1-6) at No. 2 Staples (10-2), 5 p.m. No. … Read more
Ridgefield earned the No. 1 seed for the FCIAC boys basketball tournament with a 73-50 win over Staples on Saturday evening. That win also put Staples at No. 3. St. Joseph was already slotted in at No. 2. Tiebreaker details are listed below. FCIAC Round of 16 – Tuesday, March 16 No. 17 Central (2-8) … Read more
When the Wilton boys basketball team finally stepped onto the court for its season opener against Norwalk in late February, there was a bit of disbelief among the Warriors players. Who could blame them? After going 316 days since their last game, the Warriors had suited up exactly once, for conditioning drills, on Jan. 19 … Read more
The CIAC released its 2021 Spring Sports plan to state athletic directors and to the public Thursday morning, including dates for the state tournaments and similar COVID-19 mitigation strategies as the fall season. That means masks will not be required during play for outdoor sports, except for close contact on sidelines and dugouts. But host … Read more
Ridgefield and Staples are both unbeaten and ranked among the top five in the current GameTime Top 10 Girls Basketball Poll leading up to their big showdown Saturday at Staples. Norwich Free Academy (7-0) led the group of five undefeated teams among the top six and received 10 of the 16 first-place votes to maintain … Read more
School Streaming Services Brien McMahon: Local live (free) Danbury: Local Live (free) Darien: DAF Media (free) Fairfield-Ludlowe: NFHS Network (subscription) Fairfield-Warde (boys): YouTube (free) Fairfield-Warde (girls): YouTube (free) Greenwich: Local Live (free) Harding: YouTube (free) New Canaan: NCRams.com/YouTube (free) Norwalk: Local Live (free) Ridgefield: YouTube (free) St. Joseph: YouTube (free) Stamford: Local Live (free) Staples: NFHS … Read more
The FCIAC is represented with five teams ranked among the top eight in the most recent GameTimeCT Top 10 Boys Hockey Poll which was released March 3. Fairfield Prep remains No. 1, the undefeated Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe co-op program is the highest-ranked FCIAC team at No. 3 while Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan and Ridgefield are the … Read more
NEW CANAAN — Two days, two victories over previously undefeated contenders. Life is good for the New Canaan boys basketball team. One night after defeating Staples in Westport, the Rams toppled No. 7 Ridgefield 64-59 in a wild double overtime game at NCHS on Wednesday. Click here for the complete story
The Ridgefield, Staples and Trumbull girls basketball teams were all ranked among the top nine while Ridgefield was the only boys basketball team from the FCIAC ranked in the most recent Top 10 polls. It makes sense that Ridgefield High School was represented in both polls given that the school’s girls and boys basketball teams … Read more