Girls Baskeball: Rene, No. 1 Norwalk wear down Danbury, deny DiNardo win 500

NORWALK — The Norwalk girls basketball team was not hitting outside shots early against Danbury. Fortunately for the Bears, senior forwards Sanaa Boyd and Naeva Rene were there to gather the misses on the offensive glass. Danbury hung with the No. 1-ranked Bears for most of three quarters but eventually found their inside play too … Read more

Gibbens’ 3-pointer off steal lifts New Canaan over McMahon in another wild finish

NORWALK – With its second miraculous finish in less than a month, you have to start thinking there’s something special about this year’s New Canaan Rams basketball team. With the Rams trailing Brien McMahon by one with 7.2 seconds to play, New Canaan junior Alex Gibbens intercepted an inbounds pass at half-court, dribbled twice, squared … Read more

44-point performance puts Darien’s Will Rolapp in elite company

Will Rolapp has been one of the top shooters for the Darien boys basketball team during the past two years. On Thursday night in Fairfield, he took his game to an elite level. Rolapp racked up a career-best 44 points, also the high mark for the FCIAC this winter, while leading the Blue Wave to … Read more

Boys Basketball: St. Pierre, Ridgefield plow past Wilton

With their team ahead by 21 points in the fourth quarter, Ridgefield fans had a question for their Wilton counterparts in the bleachers across the court. “Why so quiet?” chanted the Ridgefield student section several times in unison. Fittingly, the Wilton fans had no response — by that point it was clear their team had … Read more

Danbury boys roll to sixth-straight FCIAC indoor track title

NEW HAVEN — The league standard in track and field has long been on Clapboard Ridge, and Thursday’s FCIAC championships didn’t change that a bit. And even by their own lofty standards, the Hatters outperformed. The Hatters dominated en route to their sixth straight FCIAC indoor title at the Floyd Little Athletic Center, scoring 111 … Read more

Danbury girls dominate, win 3rd FCIAC indoor track championship in 4 years

NEW HAVEN — It’s all about the championships for the Danbury girls indoor track program. The Hatters put their depth of talent on display Thursday night while rolling to yet another FCIAC Girls Indoor Track Championship trophy at Floyd Little Athletic Center at Hillhouse High School. Danbury ruled the FCIAC meet for the third time … Read more

Six seniors are the heart of No. 4-ranked Trumbull girls basketball team

TRUMBULL — It is black vs. gold. During every Trumbull girls basketball practice the intensity rivals that of some games as the starting unit goes against the reserves. The gold unit are the starters, but it is the five in black putting them to the test day in and day out. Click here for more

No. 2 Darien rallies to edge No. 7 New Canaan in OT

DARIEN — It’s a thrill a minute whenever the New Canaan and Darien boys ice hockey teams clash. Just ask Darien senior Blake Swiggett, who made the most of his first game against the rival Rams. Swiggett took a pass from junior Bennett McDermott and scored low inside the right pipe with 1:15 remaining in … Read more

Norwalk the new No. 1 in the GameTimeCT Top 10 Girls Basketball Poll

For the second time since the preseason, we have a new No. 1. Thanks to a 49-47 road victory over New London Saturday, unbeaten Norwalk is now the No. 1 team in all the land. The Bears are the first to be a unanimous pick, picking up 19 first-place votes. Click here for more