DARIEN — Ceci Stein was having a chat about girls lacrosse with her uncle when he brought up the subject of Darien’s drought against Manhasset. It had been a while. “I had cousins who played a couple of years ago and he was saying how this was a really big deal because we hadn’t beaten … Read more
Notre Dame-West Haven seized the No. 1 ranking in the middle of January, never relinquished it, won a state championship and consequently was the easy and obvious choice for that top spot in the Final 2022 GameTimeCT Hockey Top 10 Poll. The top-seeded Green Knights defeated Darien, 4-2, in the championship game of the Connecticut … Read more
History runs deep in the Darien girls lacrosse program. And that history often makes things as straightforward as the season-ending banquet even more meaningful. So as coach Lisa Lindley spoke at last year’s gathering, Molly McGuckin, then a junior, and her teammates learned about Jon Schoen, who died of cancer at the age of 56 … Read more
NEW CANAAN — It seems like nothing can slow down New Canaan’s Dillyn Patten. Not opposing defenses, brick wall goalies, or even the pressure that comes with playing for a girls lacrosse team ranked in the top 10 nationally. If anything Patten and the Rams seem to thrive in that spotlight. Click here for the … Read more
FAIRFIELD — A mere 10 months later, a lot of the faces in black and orange looked very familiar. Colsey brothers putting the ball in the net. Big saves from Matt Shepard. Kai Prohaszka taking care of clears. Ridgefield had a lot of the band back together Saturday in a 14-10 season-opening win at Fairfield … Read more
STAMFORD — When the GameTimeCT preseason baseball poll was released on Friday, Westhill was sitting atop the state, earning the notable, but sometimes dreaded, No. 1 ranking. Westhill coach Michael Riveles is not a fan of that top spot, at least not at this early stage. Click here for the complete story
FAIRFIELD — On opening day of the CIAC softball season took place on Saturday, and one team pulled off something that hadn’t been done since 2019. No. 5 Fairfield Ludlowe defeated No. 1 Masuk 2-0, dealing the Panthers their first loss since 2019 and ending their 36-game winning streak. The last time Ludlowe took the … Read more
NORWALK — The connections to Norwalk baseball run deep for Norwalk coach Ryan Mitchell and McMahon coach Steve Buckett, both of whom are entering their second seasons as head coaches at their alma maters. So when Buckett’s players doused him with water from the Gatorade bucket after the Senators gave him his first career win … Read more
RIDGEFIELD — Despite returning many players from a team that reached the Class LL quarterfinals last season, the Ridgefield Tigers were on the outside, looking in to the GameTimeCT preseason Top 10 poll. The Tigers opened the season against No. 5 Fairfield Prep and quickly let the baseball world know that they will be a … Read more
There are certain teams in certain sports that always get the benefit of the doubt before the season, and in Connecticut boys lacrosse, that team is Darien. The Blue Wave top the preseason GameTimeCT Boys Lacrosse Top 10 Poll, as they often do. Despite a quarterfinal exit last spring, Darien was a regular-season juggernaut, won … Read more