GREENWICH — Darien scored 10 runs and pounded out just as many hits in five innings of Friday’s game against Greenwich, but just one run would have been plenty for hard-throwing right-hander Henry Williams. A senior, Williams was on his game from the outset, striking out the first six batters he faced for the Blue … Read more
TRUMBULL — Coming off its first loss of the season, Fairfield Ludlowe’s girls lacrosse team was looking to get back to winning ways on Thursday when it traveled to McDougall Stadium to face Trumbull. After falling 16-8 to perennial powerhouse Darien on Tuesday, the Falcons blitzed the Eagles with a quick start that powered a 13-6 FCIAC … Read more
TRUMBULL— Ridgefield girls lacrosse coach Cece Berger cautioned her team to expect a contested match, before the Tigers earned a 9-5 FCIAC decision over St. Joseph at the Dalling Sports Complex on Thursday. “I told the girls on the bus ride that St. Joe’s is a class team and Lee (Gray) makes them better and … Read more
STAMFORD — They will be taking the show on the road for the foreseeable future. However, a bus ride to Stamford did nothing to deter the Ridgefield High School baseball team Wednesday. The Tigers showed exactly why they are currently the No. 1 ranked team in the latest GameTimeCT state baseball poll as they rolled to an … Read more
GREENWICH — Ridgefield imposed its will first during Wednesday’s matchup against FCIAC boys lacrosse rival Greenwich, scoring five of the game’s first six goals, before the momentum swiftly swung in the Cardinals’ favor. Then it was the Tigers’ turn to respond. Lacrosse can be the ultimate sport of momentum swings and the Tigers had the … Read more
DARIEN — Through four innings, the Darien baseball team had been held to just a pair of singles and was being shutout in its showdown with the Trumbull Eagles. All it took was a clutch hit to change the momentum. Senior Mac McLean hit an RBI single through the middle of the infield with two … Read more
The preseason had a slightly different feeling for the Darien girls lacrosse team this spring. For the first time in six years, the Blue Wave didn’t have a state championship to defend, having lost to rival New Canaan 12-11 in the 2018 CIAC Class L semifinals. That loss also ended Darien’s streaks of 107 wins … Read more
WESTPORT — It was instinct, Staples coach Jack McFarland said, that prompted him to jump Zack Zobel up two spots from his customary fifth position in the batting order for today’s game against Danbury. Zobel rewarded his coach’s prescience with a 3-for-3, five-RBI performance to lead the Wreckers to a 6-4 home win. Click here … Read more
NEW CANAAN — Talking about the key to the New Canaan boys lacrosse team’s 9-8 victory over the Wilton Warriors Tuesday night in a Top-10 showdown at Dunning Field, Quintin O’Connell offered one word in particular. It was a word well worth repeating. “Team, team, team,” O’Connell said. “I think every single guy on the … Read more
The high school golf season comes and goes so quickly, it can be difficult to predict how a team is going to perform. However, one thing will certainly be an advantage for the New Canaan girls team: They will have great senior leadership. Meghan Mitchell and Morgan Hibbert, two key golfers for the Rams for … Read more