While COVID-19 had a massive impact on spring sports with the cancellation of the 2020 season, one thing it was not able to do was slow down the momentum of the Stamford boys lacrosse program. Coach Mike Nazzaro and others have spent nearly a decade growing the sport in the city and based on the … Read more
Junior Matt Spada struck out 10 batters over six innings to lead Staples, the No. 1 team in the GameTimeCT preseason baseball poll to a 7-2 FCIAC win over St. Joseph Tuesday in Westport. Spada allowed just two hits. Click here for the full story
The Brien McMahon baseball team had waited through more than 17 months and a canceled season before being able to get on the diamond for its first game under new coach Steve Buckett on Tuesday. It’s not a moment Buckett or the Senators will soon forget. Click here for the full story
FAIRFIELD – Ava Mancini placed second in the all-around while helping a deep and balanced Fairfield Ludlowe team defend its title in the 2021 FCIAC Gymnastics Championships in late March. Mancini placed second in two events and had an all-around score of 36.35 as she was runner-up to champion Emma Johnson of Fairfield Warde, who … Read more
WESTPORT — At 6-foot-4, 225 pounds, Staples’ senior Carter Kelsey is quite an imposing figure on the pitching mound. So the Seton Hall commit was a natural pick to get the No. 1 Wreckers’ engines fired up again when they played their first game since winning the 2019 Class LL championship. Kelsey struck out 12 … Read more
Five players from the FCIAC were among the 14 players statewide who were selected to the Division I First Team when the six 2020-21 CHSCA All-State Boys Hockey Teams were released on March 30. The Connecticut High School Coaches Association selected an all-state first team and all-state second team for Division I, Division II and … Read more
WESTPORT – A back-and-forth overtime thriller — now that’s the type of game that would get the participating teams’ competitive juices flowing again, after they were unable to compete for a full season. That’s exactly the tense matchup the Staples and Ridgefield girls lacrosse teams experienced when they met today in their long-awaited 2021 season-opener. … Read more
STAMFORD — Kim Saunders has been throwing to Sarah Wargo for so many years the two feel a connection that goes well beyond the 43 feet between the pitching circle and home plate. Saunders is the All-FCIAC starting pitcher for the Stamford softball team and fellow senior and life-long friend Wargo is the one catching … Read more
WESTPORT — Bruce Springsteen belting out the lyrics to Glory Days could be heard through the small opening in the door leading to the Staples boys lacrosse team’s locker room, which overlooks the school football field, late this afternoon. Minutes earlier, in a game given measuring-stick urgency, the Wreckers had come away with a convincing 7-3 victory … Read more
In what is quite the most amazing dynasty, the Greenwich High School boys swimming and diving program won its 50th conference championship in winning the 2021 FCIAC Boys Swimming and Diving Championships. There were plenty of winners in various degrees when it came to this winter season’s version of the conference championship meet. The swimmers … Read more