WESTPORT — The Wilton Warriors and Staples Wreckers rode a roller coaster for 50 minutes in their CIAC Class L girls lacrosse quarterfinal game on Friday. So it was only fitting they were able to play a few more minutes with the season on the line. Wilton junior Sophie Sudano took a pass from freshman … Read more
MIDDLETOWN — A repeat and a four-peat were achieved at the CIAC Class LL Boys Tennis Tournament. Trumbull junior Andrew Ilie captured the Class LL boys singles title for the second straight season, while Staples extended its reign of supremacy to four years, adding another team championship trophy to its collection. The Wreckers also claimed the LL doubles championship, with the … Read more
MIDDLETOWN — It was sweeps week for Darien at the CIAC Class L Boys Tennis Tournament. The tournament had a championship sweep theme for the Blue Wave, who won the singles title and doubles championship and oh yes, the team title. Behind numerous standout performances, capped by title-winning efforts during the tournament’s final day of … Read more
FAIRFIELD — As she walked up the final hill during the FCIAC girls golf championship, New Canaan’s Morgan Hibbert was avoiding eye contact. With everyone. “Coming up the 18th fairway, I couldn’t look at anybody,” the Rams’ senior co-captain said. “I just had to stay in the zone.” As it turns out, Hibbert and the … Read more
FAIRFIELD — To say the Greenwich boys golf team is on a roll is putting it mildly. Two days after sweeping the top five places at the annual Hap Holahan Tournament, the Cardinals had five golfers shoot in the 70s on their way to capturing their third consecutive FCIAC championship with a team score of … Read more
GLASTONBURY — From his days playing youth lacrosse all the way up until now, Andrew Calebrese has built his All-America reputation as a fearless goaltender. The Naval Academy recruit is famous (infamous?) for his aggressive play in Fairfield County circles, for sure. And in Wednesday’s Class L lacrosse tournament’s first round, he made sure Glastonbury … Read more
DANBURY — When the Darien baseball team saw its draw in the CIAC Class LL tournament, the players and coaches could not believe it. Not only was the Blue Wave matched up with a FCIAC team for the third-straight season, they were matched up against the same FCIAC team for the third-straight season. Danbury. The … Read more
TRUMBULL — Trumbull High’s Bryan Kraus was well aware of what was at stake when he came out of the bullpen to preserve Trumbull High’s 2-1 victory over Ridgefield in a Class LL first-round state tournament game on Wednesday. “Yes, it was all hands-on-deck,” said Kraus, a right-handed sophomore who relieved with no outs in … Read more
RIDGEFIELD — Roy Colsey’s postgame speech was evidence of the lofty standards expected from members of the Ridgefield boys lacrosse program. With his players circled around him, Colsey bemoaned the lack of urgency he had just finished witnessing. “You can’t come out and play like that and expect to win a state title,” Colsey said. … Read more
FAIRFIELD — It wasn’t the happiest of Memorial Day weekends for the Fairfield Ludlowe baseball team after the Falcons lost in the FCIAC championship game to Staples last week. Although deflated, the Falcons opted not to dwell on the defeat that saw the Wreckers rally with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to … Read more