GREENWICH — One minute and 47 seconds felt like an eternity for Griffin Deane and the New Canaan boys ice hockey team. The Rams’ once three-goal lead had been whittled down to one as rival Darien mounted a wild third-period comeback bid, with pressure continuing into the final minute. This was, however, New Canaan’s night … Read more
WILTON — History was cloaked in orange and black. The Ridgefield boys basketball program captured its third FCIAC title in four years by outlasting Trinity Catholic, 63-58, in the conference championship final Thursday night at Wilton’s Zeoli Fieldhouse. Click here for more
GREENWICH — The 1969-1970 winter sports season marked the first time the Greenwich boys swimming team captured the team title at the FCIAC Championships and since then many winner’s trophies have been placed in the school’s display case. How many, some may wonder? Forty nine, to be exact. Conference championship No. 49 in 50 seasons … Read more
WILTON — They have the better athletes and we have the better team. Those were the words Ridgefield coach Andrew McClellan said to me 20 minutes before the tip of tonight’s FCIAC boys basketball title game against Trinity Catholic. About two hours later the scoreboard revealed McClellan was right: Ridgefield 63, Trinity Catholic 58. Click … Read more
STAMFORD—It would be incredibly hard to write a better script than this. Greenwich freshman diver Whitaker Grover received two perfect 10.0 scores from judges and went on to be crowned champion at the FCIAC Boys Diving Championship Wednesday night at the Westhill pool. Competing in his first-ever 11-dive championship competition, Grover fashioned a winning score … Read more
DARIEN — The FCIAC will be crowning a new boys ice hockey champion this year. New Canaan freshman Shane Mettler scored off a pass from sophomore Nick Megdanis five minutes into double overtime as the Rams knocked off three-time defending conference champion Ridgefield, 3-2, Wednesday night at the Darien Ice House. The victory puts top-seeded … Read more
GREENWICH — Taking over for one of the state’s best goalies on one of the state’s best teams, Chris Schofield had big skates to fill as a Darien sophomore. He stopped 26 Greenwich shots, made one more big stop on a Cardinals power play in the last couple of minutes of Wednesday’s FCIAC semifinal, and … Read more
GREENWICH — Chris Schofield, the Darien hockey team’s sophomore goaltender, has spent his first season as a starter honing his skills for games like tonight. Facing Greenwich in the semifinals of the FCIAC Tournament, Schofield was under constant pressure throughout the first period yet never let a puck get behind him. That set the tone … Read more
The wide smiles on the faces of the Darien girls ice hockey players after they won their latest championship delivered a clear message: This one was special. Darien scored two early goals and then held off a couple of comeback attempts to beat rival New Canaan, 4-2, for the FCIAC championship Saturday at the Darien … Read more
FAIRFIELD — The Trinity Catholic boys basketball team is heading back to one last FCIAC Championship game. The No. 2 seeded Crusaders opened up a big lead early then had to hold on as Warde’s shot at the buzzer boucned off the front rim, giving Trinity a 57-55 win in the FCIAC semifinals at Wilton … Read more