After 13 years, 3 state championships, Darien’s Rob Trifone stepping down as head coach

Rob Trifone, who has led the Darien football program for the past 13 years, informed his team Friday he is stepping down as head coach. Since he took over as head coach in 2007, Trifone’s Blue Wave has compiled a 129-26 record with four FCIAC and three state championships. Darien earned the state’s final No. … Read more

Freshman Mackenzie Nelson’s 29 points leads Greenwich past Darien

Following a game in which points were tough to come by, especially in the first half, the Greenwich High School girls basketball team regained its shooting touch on Friday night. Mackenzie Nelson made sure the Cardinals got back on track offensively. Nelson, a freshman forward, scored a game-high 29 points, 17 of which came during … Read more

Landsiedel, Stamford girls hold off Ludlowe to stay unbeaten

STAMFORD — On paper, a 7-0 record looks like a lovely and simple accomplishment. What you don’t see on paper, is the effort, work ethic and emotion responsible for the state of perfection. The Stamford girls basketball team had to slog and toil with amazing grit to finally vanquish Ludlowe, 37-32 Friday night at Paul … Read more

FCIAC Friday Night Basketball Scoreboard, Jan. 10

Boys Basketball St. Joseph 84, Bridgeport Central 70 Greenwich 79, Darien 73 Ridgefield 73, Trumbull 70 Staples 66, Trinity Catholic 59 Wilton 69, Westhill 65 Wilton Ludlowe 60, Stamford 42 New Canaan 61, Danbury 38 Girls Basketball Staples 58, Trinity Catholic 42 Greenwich 50, Darien 37 Stamford 37, Ludlowe 32 Wilton 45, Westhill 30 Trumbull … Read more

Ridgefield withstands furious late comeback to defeat trumbull

RIDGEFIELD — The Ridgefield boys basketball team was trying to kill clock with a 10-point lead over Trumbull and 90 seconds remaining when the Eagles’ Quentar Taylor came in and stripped the ball, sending it high into the air. Taylor shaked his head in frustration when his apparent steal ended up in the hands of … Read more

Harden, New Canaan topple Greenwich in key FCIAC battle

DARIEN — It may be an understatement, but it’s been a pretty good week for the New Canaan girls ice hockey team. Five days after shutting out rival Darien in a rematch of last year’s state final, the Rams skated past another FCIAC contender as they defeated Greenwich 4-1 Thursday night at the Darien Ice … Read more

Defense powers Warde boys basketball past Norwalk

NORWALK — If there’s a consistent feature up-and-down the Fairfield Warde boys basketball team in 2020 it’s height. The Mustangs’ roster features a dozen players over six foot tall, including dynamic sophomore twins Jordyn and Justyn Davis. The height — along with a combination of youth and experience — has helped the Mustangs control games … Read more

Trinity Catholic goalie Reda approaches 75 saves in loss to Sheehan

STAMFORD—By any standard it was definitely a good night’s work. Trinity Catholic junior goalie Jeff Reda was unofficially credited with 75 saves in net during Sheehan’s 4-0 triumph over the Crusaders Wednesday night at Choate Rosemary Hall Ice Rink. Two statisticians at the contest between Division III opponents had Sheehan taking either 78 or 79 … Read more