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NORWALK — A baseball team will take luck wherever it can find it. In what was the exception rather than the rule, the wind was forcefully blowing out to left field Wednesday at Norwalk’s Callahan Complex artificial turf baseball diamond. And the Norwalk baseball team made the most of this generous turn of fortune. Click here for … Read more
DANBURY — Malcolm Going has accomplished just about everything for the Danbury track team, including a stellar third-place finish at New Balance Indoor Nationals in March, where he was the fastest American in the event. But one of the crowning moments came while he was sitting in class. He received a message from a coordinator … Read more
2019 has been a bit of a roller coaster ride for the New Canaan High softball team, as the Rams have already had a dramatic, walk-off win, a couple of blowout losses and everything in between. That being said, the ups and downs come with the territory for a team as young as New Canaan. … Read more
The New Canaan Rams scored nine runs in the seventh inning to turn a three-run baseball game into a rout as they defeated the Central Hilltoppers, 14-2, Tuesday in Bridgeport. The Rams sent 14 batters to the plate in the decisive frame, with the biggest hit coming from Dylan Shane, who belted a three-run double. … Read more
Eleven teams from the FCIAC won a total of 13 state championships to highlight the success the conference achieved during the 2018-19 high school winter sports season which concluded in late March. The Norwalk High School and Trinity Catholic High School girls’ basketball teams each won their respective state class tournaments while New Canaan won … Read more
The motion is so smooth, the mechanics so polished, it sometimes appears as if Darien baseball’s Henry Williams is pitching with no effort at all. Make no mistake, however. When Williams throws a pitch, it’s always with a purpose. “With how smooth he is, it might not appear that he’s actually throwing that hard because … Read more
NEW CANAAN — The first quarter of Saturday’s lacrosse showdown between Brunswick School and New Canaan was a standstill, as the non-conference foes split the game’s first eight goals. The Bruins slowly turned the momentum in their favor at the beginning of the second quarter and by the time the opening half concluded, they held … Read more
Things had been going so well for the New Canaan girls lacrosse team this spring, it was a little surprising to see the Rams in a bit of a quandary on Friday night. Taking on the Westhampton Hurricanes for the third straight year, New Canaan struggled in the first half, fell behind by five goals, … Read more
TRUMBULL — Ridgefield High’s Matt DeLuca pitched 6 2/3 one-hit innings and Trumbull’s two-out rally in the seventh fell short when the Tigers earned a 2-0 FCIAC win on Friday. Trumbull got an excellent outing from starting pitcher J.Y. Nyarady, but his 5 2/3 innings of two-run work just wasn’t quite enough for the Eagles to overcome Ridgefield’s tandem … Read more
RIDGEFIELD — Even though Jacqui Sheftz wasn’t overly concerned, she still made a trip to the pitching circle in the bottom of the seventh inning. Sheftz’s unbeaten Trumbull softball team led host Ridgefield by four but the Tigers had gotten a leadoff homer from Lauren Bayer to start the bottom of the seventh and now … Read more