Staples and Ridgefield girls soccer open season with another tie

WESTPORT — It does not take much digging to find that the Ridgefield and Staples girls soccer programs have been the class of the FCIAC and for that matter, the state the last few years. In the 2018 Class LL State Championship game, Ridgefield beat Staples and then both teams reached the state semifinals in … Read more

Ridgefield’s Kieran Smith earns Bronze medal at Tokyo Summer Olympics

Kieran Smith, a Ridgefield High School graduate three years ago, had already established himself as the state’s greatest high school distance freestyle swimmer ever. And then, suffice it to say, Smith went quite a bit better last month and secured his status as being among the best middle distance freestyle swimmers in the world. That … Read more

No. 1 Ridgefield leads seven FCIAC teams in final GameTimeCT boys lacrosse poll

Ridgefield won a state championship and subsequently was voted the No. 1 team in the state to lead a group of six FCIAC teams ranked among the top seven in the Final 2021 GameTimeCT Top 10 Boys Lacrosse Poll. Ridgefield and FCIAC champion Darien were ranked first and second, respectively. Ridgefield’s 14th-seeded Tigers, who won … Read more

No. 1 Darien tops final girls lacrosse coaches poll; Seven FCIAC teams in Top 10

Darien may have lost the first three times to New Canaan this spring, but then Darien won yet another state championship and that enabled the Blue Wave to leapfrog over previously-undefeated New Canaan and into the top spot in the Final 2021 Top 10 Girls Lacrosse Coaches Poll. Darien and New Canaan were ranked No. … Read more

Ten FCIAC teams captured state championships in 2021

The FCIAC, yet again, achieved its usual overall success in spring sports state tournaments. During this past 2021 high school spring sports season the conference’s traditional strength was displayed even more so as the FCIAC had extraordinary success. There were 10 teams from the FCIAC which won Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference state championships. In the … Read more

Kodonas’s pinch hit delivers No. 24 Norwalk past Westhill in LL final, to first state baseball title

MIDDLETOWN — As the medals were handed out to each member of both teams, Norwalk coach Ryan Mitchell was bent over talking to an assistant coach. “How did we do this; how did we do this?” Mitchell said. Norwalk had just defeated Westhill 1-0 in the Class LL championship game at Palmer Field Saturday afternoon, … Read more

Darien rolls past Ludlowe, adds 19th state championship to girls lacrosse dynasty

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