Ridgefield’s Mitchell makes it official, signs with UConn

Jackson Mitchell probably didn’t mind getting called to the principal’s office Wednesday. Six months after giving a verbal commitment, Mitchell, a senior at Ridgefield, signed a National Letter of Intent to play football for UConn on Wednesday morning. The ceremony took place in Principal Dr. Stacey Gross’s office at the high school. Flooded with suitors … Read more

Nash, Greenwich ice hockey stop New Canaan in home opener

GREENWICH — With senior goalie Ben Nash turning away nearly every shot that came his way, the Greenwich boys hockey team didn’t need too much offense to prevail in its home-opener on Wednesday night. A 34-save performance from Nash and a two-goal first period did the trick for the Cardinals, who earned the first of … Read more

Danbury tops Warde in clash of top wrestling programs

DANBURY — The Danbury wrestling team won eight of 14 matches against Fairfield Warde on Wednesday night, leaving the Mustangs with a respectable six triumphs over the defending FCIAC, Class LL and State Open champions. The score didn’t reflect the close gap, though. The Hatters scored a host of pins early in the meet to … Read more

New Canaan’s Braden, Conley, Stewart sign to play Division I football

NEW CANAAN — Jack Stewart, Jack Conley and Garrett Braden have been side-by-side ever since their days playing football in the New Canaan youth leagues. So it was perfectly fitting that when they began the next chapter of their lives, they did so together. It was a banner day for New Canaan football, as the … Read more

Williams pours in 39 as Trumbull pulls away from Stamford

STAMFORD—In the offseason, Trumbull coach Buddy Bray had to decide what style his team would play. The Eagles are traditionally a half-court grind-it-out type of team but with his entire team back from last season and two of the best players in the FCIAC in Timmond Williams and Chris Brown surrounded by high-quality players around … Read more

Class LL champ Greenwich tops final state football polls

Greenwich finished atop the rankings at No. 1 to lead a trio of FCIAC football teams ranked among the top four in The Final Day of New London Top 10 Coaches Poll and The Final 2018 GameTimeCT Top 10 Football Poll voted on by 28 members of the media. The coaches and media polls both … Read more

Ridgefield leads four FCIAC teams on GameTimeCT’s preseason boys hockey poll

There are four FCIAC teams – Ridgefield, Greenwich, Darien and New Canaan – ranked among the top nine in the 2018-19 GameTimeCT Preseason Boys Hockey Poll. Fairfield Prep was voted No. 1, having received 10 of the 14 first-place votes. Ridgefield received three first-place votes and is ranked second and Greenwich got one first-place vote … Read more

Charlie Capalbo, former Fairfield co-op hockey goalie, fighting cancer a second time

For a healthy high school senior to wind up battling cancer is a little surreal. For him to have to do it again a few months later? “You always worry about relapse, but it wasn’t even a relapse,” said Anthony Capalbo, whose older son, Charlie, is in Boston battling leukemia, a second variety of cancer … Read more

Smyth Classic: Papale gets 1st win as Fairfield Prep coach; St. Joseph’s tops Kolbe Cathedral

STAMFORD — It was the best holiday present Mike Papale could have received. The Fairfield Prep boys basketball team gave their new coach his first victory as the Jesuits topped Trinity Catholic, 68-62, Saturday night on the first evening of the Jack Smyth Memorial Classic at Trinity’s Walsh Court. “I’m fortunate we have a lot … Read more

Lops, Trinity pull out win over city rival Stamford

STAMFORD — The early-season matchup between the Trinity Catholic and Stamford girls basketball teams was everything you would expect from a city rivalry. Physical play, tough defense and a little trash talking but mostly just competitive basketball. In the first leg of the city championship, it was Trinity coming out on top 46-43 Friday night … Read more