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Eight teams ready to clash on the pitch in FCIAC girls soccer tournament

The Staples Wreckers, who completed an unbeaten regular season with a dramatic 1-0 win over the St. Joseph Cadets on Monday, are the No. 1 seed for what shapes up to be a highly-competitive FCIAC girls soccer tournament. Here’s the first round match-ups. FCIAC Quarterfinals – Thurs., Oct. 25 No. 8 Darien (9-5-2) at No. … Read more

Field set for FCIAC Boys Soccer Tournament

The field of eight has been set for the FCIAC boys soccer tournament, which will begin with the quarterfinal round on Friday, Oct. 26. Here are the matchups. FCIAC Quarterfinals — Friday, Oct. 26 No. 6 Greenwich (9-3-4) at No. 3 Staples (10-2-4), 3 p.m. No. 8 Brien McMahon (8-4-4) at No. 1 Danbury (10-1-5), … Read more

Stamford tops Trinity Catholic

STAMFORD — One side was looking to the road ahead. The other side looked back at a hard road traveled.

The Stamford High School boys soccer team closed out its regular season Tuesday by downing intracity rival Trinity Catholic High School, 6-3, at the Crusaders’ Gaglio Field.

“It was a regular season filled with ups and downs. We had some brilliant moments. But our ledger was filled with inconsistency,” Stamford High’s veteran coach Mario Caminiti said. “Closing with a victory is nice. And we got the opportunity in the second half to play a number of junior varsity kids and look ahead to next season. The JV kids displayed some nice fluidity with the ball. And their composure was very good.”

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New Canaan girls soccer honors seniors and shuts out Westhill, 4-0

New Canaan’s Kendall Patten (4) battles Westhill’s Katelyn Benner for the ball during Monday’s girls soccer game at Dunning Field. — Dave Stewart photo Dunning Field holds plenty of fond memories for the players on the New Canaan girls soccer team. Hopefully, the best is yet to come. With Senior Night festivities as a backdrop, … Read more

Playoff Homestrech Scoreboard: Soccer, volleyball and field hockey

Tuesday, Oct. 23 Boys Soccer Stamford 6, Trinity 3 Staples 4, St. Joseph 1 Danbury 1, Trumbull 0 Brien McMahon 5, Central 1 Darien 1, Norwalk 1 New Canaan 4, Westhill 1 Girls Soccer Wilton 2, Warde 0 Field Hockey Wilton 3, Danbury 1 Greenwich 6, Warde 0 Stamford at Brien McMahon, 7 p.m. Monday, … Read more

Staples caps undefeated season by beating St. Joseph

WESTPORT — Last season, as Zoe Barnett watched and bided her time behind a three-year starter and all-state goalkeeper, she took everything in and learned as much as she can.

This fall, as a senior starter, Barnett finally got her shot.

Barnett backstopped an undefeated Staples High girls soccer regular season, giving up just five goals in 16 games and recording her 11th shutout of the season in the Wreckers’ 1-0 win over St. Joseph on Monday afternoon a Loeffler Field.

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FCIAC Football By The Numbers: Two unbeatens, a rivalry win streak, and state playoff bids

Believe it or not, the 2018 FCIAC football season is more than halfway home and there’s still plenty of drama stirring in the state playoff race. In Class LL, three conference teams are inside the playoff bubble with Darien (6-0) at No. 1, Greenwich (5-0) at No. 4, and Staples (5-1) at No. 8. Ludlowe … Read more

Quarterback Michael Collins of New Canaan connects during TCU’s loss to Oklahoma

The TCU Horned Frogs didn’t have the greatest football game on Saturday, falling to No. 9 Oklahoma 52-27, but sophomore Michael Collins of New Canaan made an impact at quarterback. Collins, who entered the game with TCU trailing 28-7 and 8:19 remaining in the first half, led the Frogs (3-4) to 17 unanswered points over … Read more