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Bobby Valentine, Jim Penders to lead baseball panel at Brien McMahon on Tuesday

NORWALK, CT – November 3, 2018 –  Former Mets Manager Bobby Valentine and UConn head coach Jim Penders head the panel appearing at a special discussion on Tuesday night November 6, 7 p.m., at Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk, geared toward preparing ambitious high school players to advance to the next level. “Things have … Read more

No. 2 Trumbull sweeps No. 1 Westhill in FCIAC volleyball final

The Trumbull Eagles celebrate a point during their 3-0 victory over Westhill in the FCIAC championship match Saturday at Fairfield-Ludlowe HS, — Christian Abraham/Hearst Connecticut Media photo

FAIRFIELD — Making history was the mission. And nothing was going to stand in the way of the Trumbull High School girls volleyball team from finishing the job.

The No. 2 seeded Eagles soared to a 25-22, 25-22, 25-13 victory over No. 1 seed Westhill High Saturday afternoon before a raucous capacity crowd at the Ludlowe High gym to capture their first-ever FCIAC Championship.

“It was 20 years since a Trumbull girls volleyball team even reached the FCIAC final,” Trumbull’s sophomore setter Ali Castro said. “Knowing we are the first Trumbull High girls volleyball team to capture an FCIAC title. That’s history that will stay with us forever.”

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Stamford outlasts Bridgeport Central in defensive clash

STAMFORD—At this point in the season a win is a win and the Stamford High football team will take them anyway they can.

Saturday at Boyle Stadium the Black Knights escaped a defensive struggle against Bridgeport Central with a 7-0 victory.

It was Stamford’s second win on the season while Central remains the only team in the FCIAC without a victory.

While neither offense was able to get going, it was the defenses for both teams shining.

“Getting the shutout feels good,” Stamford defensive back Daniel Simms said. “We were getting put in bad situations by our offense but (the defense) executed the whole time. We had a good shutout. We tried to stop the run first because they every time they threw the ball it was basically a 50/50 ball, so, we tried to stop them from running.”

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Pyne sets school record for passing yards, leading New Canaan football past Norwalk

New Canaan QB Drew Pyne escapes from Norwalk’s Aaron Epps during the Rams’ 34-0 win Friday night at Dunning Field. — Gregory Vasil/Hearst Connecticut Media photo New Canaan quarterback Drew Pyne had no clue he was nearing history until offensive coordinator Dante Correnty told him during a timeout. When Pyne hit Wyatt Wilson for a … Read more

Darien football holds off Wilton 34-13 and improves to 8-0

Darien’s Tyler Herget (29) and Will Rolapp (2) put the brakes on Wilton’s Kyle Phillips during the Wave’s 34-13 win over the Warriors on Friday night. — Dave Stewart photo During the past few seasons the Darien football team has done a remarkable job of concentrating on the task at hand. That’s not always easy, … Read more

Trumbull overcomes early deficit to beat Westhill

Trumbull High football coach Marce Petrocchio said that the first quarter Friday against Westhill “took 10 years off my life.” Fortunately for Marce, the rest of the game probably restored those 10 years.

With Adam Tolk having a great all-around game, quarterback Colton Nicholas passing for 264 yards and two touchdowns and running back Corey Osborne rushing for 130 yards and a score, Trumbull reached .500 with a 35-15 victory.

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Ridgefield edges upstart New Canaan for 3rd FCIAC girls soccer title in four years

Claire Middlebrook and the rest of the Ridgefield Tigers’ senior girls soccer players are quite accustomed to being in the winner’s circle. So it’s fitting that they’ll go out the way they came in as freshmen — FCIAC champions. After having their two-year reign atop the conference end last fall, the Tigers are back on … Read more

Trumbull nips Ludlowe in 5 to reach FCIAC Volleyball final

FAIRFIELD—A berth in the FCIAC Girls Volleyball final is a worthy reward.

Trumbull High School earned its chance to play for the 2018 league crown Thursday night by outlasting Ludlowe High, 25-15, 23-25, 25-21, 21-25, 15-10 in the FCIAC semifinals before a passionate crowd at the Ludlowe High gym.

The win means No. 2 seed Trumbull will face No. 1 seed Westhill (20-2) on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Ludlowe’s gym for the FCIAC Championship. Westhill held off Darien, 3-2 in Thursday’s early semifinal.

“Every night in FCIAC volleyball is a battle. This was fun,” said Trumbull’s first-year head coach Nicole Trommelen. “How did we do this? With our fight. With our resilency. Ludlowe beat us in the regular season. And we could have gotten down after losing Game 4 to tie the match. But our team responded as it has all year against adversity.”

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Ludlowe beats Danbury to ensure winning season

FAIRFIELD — Another game, another heart-pounding win for the Fairfield Ludlowe football team.

The Falcons, who came into this season with three wins combined over their previous three seasons, has now doubled that mark this season and, like it has in four of their six victories, it came down to the wire with Danbury before they emerged with a 44-39 FCIAC win over the Hatters on Thursday night at Taft Field.

On the strength of Colin Wilson’s five touchdown passes, three to Brian Howell, and an interception in the final seconds by Howell, the Falcons made sure they’ll have a winning record in 2018.

“Even though they haven’t had success in the past three seasons, they know how to win because they don’t blame each other when things go bad,” Ludlowe head coach Mitch Ross said. “They kept going and going and played a fantastic clutch game.”

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