The final week of the spring sports season begins today and the FCIAC has plenty of action on tap, with 17 teams playing in the state semifinals in five sports. Monday’s action included a head-to-head conference match-up i boys volleyball as No. 3 Ridgefield takes on No. 2 Darien in the CIAC Class L semis at … Read more
An all-conference boys lacrosse clash will be featured on the HAN network, as the Greenwich Cardinals take on the unbeaten Darien Blue Wave in the CIAC Class L quarterfinals at 3 p.m., Saturday. Greenwich is the No. 8 seed and owns a record of 14-5. The Cardinals edged the Staples Wreckers, 12-11, in the opening … Read more
The Staples Wreckers are one step away from a girls tennis state championship repeat. The top-seeded Wreckers (24-1) won their third straight playoff match, as they rolled over the Greenwich Cardinals, 6-1, in the CIAC Class L semifinals Wednesday in Westport. Staples will now square off against the third-seeded Glastonbury Tomahawks (19-1) for the Class … Read more
With more than one-third of the tournament field, the FCIAC will be well-represented when the CIAC Class LL playoffs begin on Tuesday, May 30. The conference had 12 of its 17 teams qualify for the state tournament, with 11 in Class LL and one — the St. Joseph Cadets — in Class M. Five league … Read more
The FCIAC will have 12 teams on the baseball diamond on Tuesday, May 30, as they step to the plate for the first round of the CIAC tournaments. The conference had 13 teams in the state playoffs, but the Stamford Black Knights lost a Class LL qualifying round game to Norwich Free Academy, 4-1, on … Read more
It’s been a wild and crazy FCIAC baseball season and, with the start of the league tournament 10 days away, only one playoff bid has been officially clinched. The Vikings of Westhill own that distinction, and are in first place with three games to play, but as we’ve seen all spring, fortunes can change seemingly … Read more
The Trinity Catholic boys basketball team, Ridgefield boys ice hockey team, and Greenwich boys swimming and diving team won state championships on March 18 to highlight the success of the FCIAC at the state tournaments or state championship meets conducted by the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference for the 2016-17 winter sports season. The conference collected … Read more
For the first time in program history, the Ridgefield boys hockey team is the undisputed king of Connecticut high school hockey. Scoring three unanswered goals in the first and third periods, the second-seeded Tigers defeated top-seed Northwest Catholic, 6-2, in the Division I state championship game Monday night at Yale University’s Ingalls Rink. It’s the … Read more
“I can’t believe we won this meet.” That’s what Greenwich High School boys swimming coach Terry Lowe said out loud to himself immediately following Saturday’s State Open Swimming Championships — an event in which the Cardinals were pushed to the absolute limit by Pomperaug, yet still continued its reign of supremacy. Trailing Pomperaug for a … Read more
For the seventh time in program history, the Trinity Catholic Crusaders are state boys basketball champions. The Crusaders built a 36-29 lead in the first half and then held off a tough Westbrook Knights squad and claimed the CIAC Class S crown, 61-52, Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena. It’s Trinity’s first state championship since 2011, … Read more