St. Joseph shares workload in win over Trinity Catholic

TRUMBULL —Liz Adzima was the only player in double figures for St. Joseph when the Cadets defeated Trinity Catholic, 59-28, in a clash between FCIAC girls basketball teams at Vito Montelli Court on Tuesday. Adzima had 12 points, but 10 of the 12 players that saw considerable playing time for coach Lindwall’s Cadets scored points.” … Read more

Nelson Scores 15 As Stamford Pulls Away Late To Defeat Ridgefield

RIDGEFIELD — A homecourt advantage was not enough for the Ridgefield girls basketball team for tonight’s game against unbeaten Stamford. The Tigers (3-3) stayed close, but the Black Knights relied on their defense and pulled away late for a 49-42 win to improve to 6-0. “Ridgefield was a crucial test against our defense and how … Read more

Special teams lift Ridgefield past Hamden

RIDGEFIELD — Special teams took center stage on Saturday night at the Winter Garden as Ridgefield scored two power-play goals in the third period to pull away for a 4-1 win over Hamden. “It was great to get a couple power play goals,” Ridgefield forward Will Stewart said. Stewart scored the first one early in … Read more

Novick, New Canaan shut out Darien in girls hockey state final rematch

DARIEN — Moments after his New Canaan girls ice hockey team had shut out rival Darien 1-0, coach Rich Bulan offered an observation on junior goalie Bythe Novick. “It’s amazing,” Bulan said. “She been playing all the good teams since she was a freshman and she always comes up big in these games.” Novick was … Read more

Greenwich edges Immaculate in OT for first win of season

GREENWICH — Greenwich’s hockey season has followed an overtime theme thus far, with three of its four games decided in an extra period. After being edged in overtime twice already, the Cardinals got a game to go its way on Saturday, courtesy of Ivan Kovalev and Wesley Zolin. Kovalev scored in overtime and Zolin recorded … Read more

Augustine finds space, helps New Canaan edge Notre Dame-Fairfield in overtime

DARIEN — Notre Dame-Fairfield always seemed to have a body in the way all Saturday evening at Darien Ice House, have a skate there to block a shot, have a stick in a passing lane. But then Sam Augustine found something unusual and welcome in the offensive zone in overtime. “It felt really spacious,” said … Read more

Extra work pays off for Green, as Trumbull cruises past Ludlowe

TRUMBULL — Chances are if you stop by the Trumbull High gymnasium before the school bell rings — think 6:30 a.m. range — Mileeq Green will be inside working on his game. It was during one of these early-morning sessions Eagles boys basketball coach Buddy Bray told Green that he needed his junior captain to … Read more

Trinity overcomes New Canaan in early FCIAC boys hoops battle

STAMFORD — It’s just the third day of the new year, but Trinity Catholic was afflicted with some playoff fever on Friday night. In an early showdown between two of the FCIAC’s postseason contenders, the home team Crusaders opened up a 21-point lead in the third quarter and then held off a New Canaan comeback … Read more

Schofield, No. 2 Darien defense shut out No. 6 Xavier

MIDDLETOWN — Sophomore goalie Chris Schofield had just finished off his second shutout in four games, a 3-0 Darien win at Xavier, and his captain kind of likes the way he’s playing. “I think he’s playing out of his mind,” Darien captain Jack Massey said Friday night at Spurrier-Snyder Rink. Click here for more

Girls Basketball: Rogers, Danbury pull away from Darien

DARIEN — It took a little while for the Danbury girls basketball team to start running its offense though its post players, but once it did, everything started clicking for the Hatters. Danbury pulled away down the stretch, led by 12 points from center Tianna Rogers, beating Darien 45-35 Friday night. Click here for more