FCIAC
Harden, No. 1 New Canaan girls lacrosse defeat No. 2 Darien in OT
DARIEN — New Canaan was ranked No. 1 in the first Connecticut girls lacrosse coaches poll for 2021, which was released earlier Monday. It looks like the Rams plan on staying there for a while. Kaleigh Harden scored on a free position 2:45 into overtime to give New Canaan a 10-9 victory over No. 2 Darien … Read more
Twenty-five FCIAC gymnasts receive All-State first team honors
Fairfield Ludlowe, Fairfield Warde and Wilton each had five of the 25 girls from the FCIAC who were selected to the 2021 Connecticut High School Coaches Association All-State Gymnastics First Team. The FCIAC made up slightly more than half of the all-state first team as the CHSCA selected 48 gymnasts statewide to that all-state first … Read more
FCIAC Scoreboard and Schedule for Saturday, May 1
Softball Westhill 18, Greenwich 2 Boys Lacrosse Brunswick 9, Darien 8 (OT) Greenwich 15, Ridgefield 13 Brien McMahon 9, Danbury 6 Norwalk 21, Hamden 4 Trumbull 11, St. Joseph 10 Wilton 13, Staples 10 Ludlowe 16, NDWH 3 North Branford at Westhill Girls Lacrosse St. Joseph 12, Trumbull 9 New Canaan 15, Cheshire 5 Ridgefield … Read more
Six FCIAC stars named to All-State team in girls ice hockey
Senior goalie Blythe Novick and junior forward Kaleigh Harden of New Canaan and Darien senior forward Nelle Kniffin were repeat selections and three of the six players from the FCIAC who were selected to the Connecticut High School Girls Hockey Association All-State team. The three other players from the conference selected to the 18-player all-state … Read more
Sommers’ OT goal gives Ludlowe girls lacrosse win over Guilford
FAIRFIELD — Kaleigh Sommers had the ball in her stick and a possible victory in sight during Ludlowe’s girls lacrosse game against Guilford on Tuesday. She didn’t overthink the moment. “You can’t let it get into your head too much,” Sommers said. “I just had to stick to my game and who I was.” Click … Read more
New Canaan catcher Ramppen learned the game watching baseball in Japan
The earliest memories Zack Ramppen has are frequent family trips to Japan to see his father Frank, who was an assistant coach for Bobby Valentine in the Japanese Professional League. There Ramppen got to be around baseball on a daily basis and the seeds that would grow into an undeniable love of the game were … Read more
Ridgefield’s Colseys playing lacrosse together for first time, for their Hall of Fame father
RIDGEFIELD — They know, obviously. Your father’s in the national hall of fame for your sport, somebody’s going to bring it up, even if you never really saw him play anywhere but on video. Maybe the kids saw a tournament in Lake Placid, N.Y., Ryan Colsey asked his father last week. “By that time you … Read more
No. 1 Darien strikes quick, overwhelms No. 5 New Canaan to stay unbeaten
DARIEN — Saturday was a big day for Darien High School athletics. The school opened up its sports facilities to fans for the first time since the pandemic started more than a year ago. And what better way to christen this renewed era than with a Top 10 boys lacrosse showdown with arch-rival New Canaan? Students from … Read more
Fifteen FCIAC cheerleaders named to CHSCA All-State teams
The FCIAC was well represented with a combined 15 cheerleaders who were chosen to two of the four all-state cheerleading teams selected by the Connecticut High School Coaches Association. More than half of the CHSCA Class LL All-State Cheerleading Team consisted of FCIAC cheerleaders with 10 of them among the total of 19. Danbury High … Read more