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Brien McMahon’s center of attention is a ‘Lucky’ guy

NORWALK — The day the earth shook so violently and so many buildings and worlds came crumbling down, Paul Louikenson was only eight-years old.

It’s a day burned forever into his mind, a time the Brien McMahon junior football player can’t escape from even as he stood on Casagrande Field with a whole new family he never even knew existed in January of 2010.

“It’s not a day I like remembering or talking about,” the player the Senators call “Lucky” said of the massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck his native Haiti, killing more than 100,000 people. “I know it was just one day, but that one day destroyed a lot of people’s lives and took away a lot of people’s hopes.”

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Meet The Captains: Brian Alessandro Coronado, Stamford Boys Soccer

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

Meet The Captains: Josh Labkoff, Stamford Boys Soccer

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

Meet The Captains: Mamadou Diallo, Stamford Boys Soccer

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 boys cross country team claims crown at Winding Trails Invite

New Canaan’s captains and coach display their trophy after the Rams won the Winding Trails Invitational Saturday in Farmington. From left are co-captains Cem Geray and Andrew Malling, head coach Bill Martin, and co-captain Alex Rashad. The great start to the 2018 season became even better for the New Canaan boys cross country team this … Read more

Girls soccer: Ridgefield now 7-0 after blanking McMahon

Rain that alternated between drizzles and torrential downpours forced a switch of fields for the Ridgefield High girls soccer team’s home game against Brien McMahon on Tuesday afternoon. But neither the elements nor the change of scenery could interrupt the Tigers torrid start this season. Behind two goals from Faith Arnold and one from Caitlin … Read more

Staples girls soccer beats Greenwich, stays undefeated

WESTPORT — The beat goes on for the Staples girls soccer team.

The Wreckers netted two second-half goals to put away a feisty Greenwich side to improve to 6-0 on the young season en route to a 3-0 FCIAC victory over the Cardinals on Wednesday at Wakeman Field.

“In the first half, Greenwich fought well,” said Staples head coach Barry Beattie, who has led the program to a great deal of success during his tenure in Westport. “In the second half, I thought our quality shone and by the way the two goals were scored it was plain to see.”

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Greenwich boys soccer team defeats Staples

GREENWICH — Rivals typically bring out the best in each other and Greenwich was certainly in top form in its showdown against boys soccer foe Staples on Wednesday.

Consistently applying pressure, the Cardinals generated a pair of penalty kicks in the first half against their nemisis — and they capitalized on both.

Scoring on two penalty kicks made the different in this duel, which saw Greenwich post an impressive 2-0 victory at Cardinal Stadium.

With the significant win, the Cardinals improved their record to 4-1-2 overall, giving them 14 points in the FCIAC standings. Staples’ records stands at 4-2-1 (13 points) following the loss.

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Darien volleyball sweeps McMahon

DARIEN—Good serving made it a good afternoon at the office for the Darien High School girls volleyball team as the Blue Wave rolled to a 25-12, 25-7, 25-13 home triumph over McMahon High Wednesday.

For Darien (4-3, 3-2 FCIAC), it was its second straight win following tough five-set losses to Trumbull and Greenwich.

“Those five-set matches made us focus on working harder to finish games better,” said Darien High senior tri-captain Lindsay Bennett. “Consistency and accuracy on our serving. We saw today how those factors will help us tremendously the rest of the season.”

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