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New Canaan defeated Staples 2-1 on Thursday to complete an undefeated regular season, and the Rams secured the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament, which begins this week. New Canaan, Darien, Staples and Ridgefield are the top four seeds and will host quarterfinal games. Here is the playoff schedule: FCIAC Tournament Quarterfinals Fri., Oct. … Read more
Boys Soccer Greenwich 3, Stamford 1 Warde 1, Darien 1 Norwalk 2, Trumbull 1 Brien McMahon 5, Bridgeport Central 1 Ridgefield 1, Danbury 0 Staples 3, Ludlowe 0 Wilton 2, St. Joseph 1 Westhill at New Canaan, 6:30 Girls Soccer Harding/Bassick at Bridgeport Central, 4 p.m. Field Hockey Ludlowe 6, Westhill 0 Staples 8, St. … Read more
TRUMBULL — Nick Adzima, a former St. Joseph football player, was on a party bus Friday heading to his wedding rehearsal dinner with his bride to be, Brittany Batten, a former St. Joseph cheerleader. Those on the bus erupted in cheers around 9:30 p.m. upon learning Adzima’s cousin and present St. Joseph quarterback Matt Morrissey … Read more
Mike Forget was getting his Darien football team ready for practice earlier this season when senior running back Tighe Cummiskey approached him with a bold strategic plan. “He told me one day in practice, coach we should never kick an extra point, let’s always go for two. Just give me the ball,” Forget said. While … Read more
Unbeaten St. Joseph will lead a field of eight teams into the FCIAC girls soccer tournament, which gets underway with quarterfinal games on Thursday. Here is the schedule: FCIAC Tournament Quarterfinals – Thurs., Oct. 28 No. 8 Greenwich (7-5-3) at No. 1 St. Joseph (14-0-1), 3 p.m. No. 5 New Canaan (9-3-3) at No. 4 … Read more
NEW CANAAN — Wilton football kicker Michael Cooper was about to step into a white-hot spotlight. With just a few seconds left and a game-winning field goal attempt coming up against New Canaan, Wilton coach EJ DiNunzio delivered a message to Cooper, a former soccer player. “This is why you stopped playing soccer and you … Read more
STAMFORD — Danbury football coach Augie Tieri said running back Artez Taft carried them Saturday against Westhill. On a few runs, including one in the second quarter where he shed tackle after tackle, he seemed to carry the entire Westhill team with him as well. Taft scored twice as Danbury rallied from an early deficit, … Read more
Football Darien 50, Ludlowe 27 Greenwich 44, Trumbull 12 Norwalk 42, Bridgeport Central 16 Brien McMahon 14, Capital/Achievement 8 St. Joseph 17, Ridgefield 14 Staples 54, Stamford 0 Boys Soccer Brien McMahon 1, Staples 1 Greenwich 7, St. Joseph 0 Stamford 3, Bridgeport Central 0 Darien 4, Wilton 2 Ludlowe 0, Danbury 0 Ridgefield 3, … Read more
DARIEN — Grace Gilman couldn’t stop smiling following New Canaan’s field hockey victory over rival Darien on Friday. Of course, that’s what happens when you win twice in one day. “We were so hyped,” Gilman, the Rams’ starting goalie, said. “We also had a pep rally (for homecoming) today, and we won the pep rally … Read more
RIDGEFIELD — The streak lives on, and state football fans are going to get the 1-vs.-2 matchup they have been craving. It did not come easy. No. 2-ranked St. Joseph had to rally in the fourth quarter and hold on in the final minutes for the second straight week but escaped with a 17-14 win over … Read more