Darien received all 14 first-place votes and was the unanimous No. 1, as the FCIAC has five teams ranked among the top six and six total conference teams in the most recent GameTimeCT Top 10 Boys Lacrosse Poll which was released Wednesday, May 12. Darien and New Canaan are ranked first and second, respectively. Darien … Read more
DARIEN — Top-ranked Darien jumped out early, but this was not the week to count out Wilton in boys lacrosse. No. 6 Wilton didn’t have another huge comeback Saturday, but it at least kept the No. 1 Blue Wave in sight in Darien’s 15-11 home FCIAC boys lacrosse win. Click here for the full story
DARIEN — New Canaan was ranked No. 1 in the first Connecticut girls lacrosse coaches poll for 2021, which was released earlier Monday. It looks like the Rams plan on staying there for a while. Kaleigh Harden scored on a free position 2:45 into overtime to give New Canaan a 10-9 victory over No. 2 Darien … Read more
Senior goalie Blythe Novick and junior forward Kaleigh Harden of New Canaan and Darien senior forward Nelle Kniffin were repeat selections and three of the six players from the FCIAC who were selected to the Connecticut High School Girls Hockey Association All-State team. The three other players from the conference selected to the 18-player all-state … Read more
DARIEN — Saturday was a big day for Darien High School athletics. The school opened up its sports facilities to fans for the first time since the pandemic started more than a year ago. And what better way to christen this renewed era than with a Top 10 boys lacrosse showdown with arch-rival New Canaan? Students from … Read more
NEW CANAAN — Maybe practice is overrated. After spending the last two weeks in quarantine and holding one workout before its first game, the New Canaan girls lacrosse team knocked off rival Darien 7-5 Thursday at Dunning Field. The defense, which featured a 10-save performance from junior goalie Claire Mahoney, set the tone for the … Read more
Mike Riveles was wondering if his first win as head coach of the Westhill baseball team would ever come. He had sent congratulatory texts to his friends and fellow first-year coaches Adrian Arango (Greenwich), Steve Buckett (McMahon) and Ryan Mitchell (Norwalk), but was looking forward to receiving texts rather than sending. His team led in the first … Read more
While Darien was on its way to winning state boys and girls lacrosse championships two years ago, just one opponent managed to upend both Blue Wave teams: Manhasset, N.Y. That’s not earth-shattering news by any means. The New York power is consistently ranked nationally and has given Darien all it could handle for the past … Read more
WESTPORT — At 6-foot-4, 225 pounds, Staples’ senior Carter Kelsey is quite an imposing figure on the pitching mound. So the Seton Hall commit was a natural pick to get the No. 1 Wreckers’ engines fired up again when they played their first game since winning the 2019 Class LL championship. Kelsey struck out 12 … Read more
DARIEN — After the New Canaan girls ice hockey team had celebrated its victory against Darien in the FCIAC championship game, senior goalie Blythe Novick perfectly summed up the respect between the two rivals. “It’s just who wants it more that day and who can push it that extra step,” Novick, a four-year starter, said. … Read more