New Canaan and Darien are ranked 1-2, respectively, while leading a quartet of FCIAC teams ranked among the top six in the latest GameTimeCT Top 10 Hockey Poll which was released Jan. 2. Ridgefield and the Fairfield Ludlowe/Warde cooperative team are ranked fifth and sixth, respectively. New Canaan had been ranked fourth in the preseason … Read more
The New Canaan girls ice hockey team is just two weeks away from postseason play and, in a possible playoff preview, delivered a 4-0 win over the Fairfield co-op Wednesday night at the Wonderland of Ice. Senior co-captain Jess Eccleston scored twice in the final two minutes of the first period and Quincy Connell and … Read more
For a healthy high school senior to wind up battling cancer is a little surreal. For him to have to do it again a few months later? “You always worry about relapse, but it wasn’t even a relapse,” said Anthony Capalbo, whose older son, Charlie, is in Boston battling leukemia, a second variety of cancer … Read more
Whenever the youngsters on the Fairfield American Little League team have heard and continue to hear from their manager Mike Randazzo, who has guided them to the Little League Baseball World Series, those players can be assured that Randazzo had certainly practiced what he preaches during his days as a player. And, just as the … Read more
One of the bright stars of FCIAC boys ice hockey, Fairfield goalie Charlie Capalbo, a senior at Ludlowe High School, was recently diagnosed with cancer near his heart and lungs. Due to the cancer’s location, an operation is not possible. A Capalbo family friend, John McCormick, created a GoFundMe page to help cover the cost of medical expenses, … Read more