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Being named a captain of a high school sports team is a huge honor for athletes. Those who earn the captain’s role are leaders for their peers both on and off the field, and take on a great responsibility to their teammates and coaches. The FCIAC is honoring these leaders with the “Meet The Captains” … Read more
New Canaan’s Dillyn Patten (right), and Ridgefield’s Amelia Hynes (13) battle for the ball during the Rams’ 1-0 win at Dunning Field on Saturday. — Dave Stewart photo The New Canaan Rams have found motivation and drive in its status as underdogs in the FCIAC girls soccer playoff race. After their last couple of victories … Read more
New Canaan’s Josie Matyszewski sends a shot back at the Brien McMahon Senators during a volleyball match on Oct. 12. — Dave Stewart photo The New Canaan Rams were trailing 14-4 in the third set of their volleyball match at Brien McMahon when head coach Kevin Marino called a timeout to talk to his team. … Read more
GREENWICH — Entering Friday’s match against FCIAC volleyball foe Greenwich, 10 of Westhill’s 12 wins came by the 3-0 variety. Yet the Vikings found themselves embroiled in a five-set thriller against the Cardinals, in what proved to be one of their toughest tests of the season.
And like most of the tests they’ve faced, the Vikings aced it.
Finishing the fifth and deciding set strong, Westhill edged host Greenwich, 3-2, to run its record to a sparkling 14-1.
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NEW CANAAN—In the recent decade, the Greenwich High School girls swimming program has seen other FCIAC schools come to the forefront in this sport.
But the Cardinals captured the 2017 FCIAC Girls Swim Championship. And they seem poised to double down on the feat.
Greenwich improved to 8-0 this season Friday by posting a 110-74 triumph over New Canaan High at the New Canaan YMCA pool.
“The postseason is still a few weeks away. We’re still in the thick of training,” said Greenwich’s coach Lorrie Hokayem. “Mid-season meets are tough. But our girls put forth some solid races. They did a nice job despite fatigue (three meets plus hard practices in nine day stretch).”
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Being named a captain of a high school sports team is a huge honor for athletes. Those who earn the captain’s role are leaders for their peers both on and off the field, and take on a great responsibility to their teammates and coaches. The FCIAC is honoring these leaders with the “Meet The Captains” … Read more
Being named a captain of a high school sports team is a huge honor for athletes. Those who earn the captain’s role are leaders for their peers both on and off the field, and take on a great responsibility to their teammates and coaches. The FCIAC is honoring these leaders with the “Meet The Captains” … Read more
The date for the FCIAC cross country championship meet has been changed to Thursday, Oct. 18, due to wet course conditions at Waveny Park in New Canaan. The course was inspected after last night’s rain, and it has been determined that if there are no heavy rains between now and the meet date, the course … Read more
Three FCIAC girls’ soccer teams remained ranked first-through-third in the top three spots while a pair of conference boys’ soccer teams are ranked among the top 10 in the most recent state high school Class LL-L polls voted on by coaches. Ridgefield received all four first-place votes to stay No. 1 in the Week 5 … Read more
The FCIAC championship meet will be held on Wed., Oct. 17, at New Canaan’s Waveny Park. The event begins with freshman races at 2:15 p.m. The boys varsity 5K is scheduled for 2:50 p.m., and the girls varsity 4K is schedule for 3:20 p.m. • Updated Boys Cross Country Standings • Updated Girls Cross Country … Read more