Darien Blue wave rolls to top spot in Week 4 state football polls

Last week, when Darien was ranked very high in both the state’s coaches and media high school football polls, the Blue Wave took to the road to take on an excellent St. Joseph team which was No. 1 in both polls. Darien was most impressive and emerged with a 22-7 victory. Saturday at St. Joseph’s … Read more

Four FCIAC football teams top GameTimeCT poll; New Canaan is No. 1

The New Canaan Rams are No. 1, and FCIAC team swept the top four spots in the preseason GameTimeCT/New Haven Register Top 10 football poll released on Tuesday. Following New Canaan in the top spot were the Greenwich Cardinals at No. 2, St. Joseph Cadets at No. 3, and Darien Blue Wave at No. 4. … Read more

Staples, St. Joe’s lead FCIAC teams on state baseball poll

Staples and St. Joseph both went 3-0 last week to remain undefeated and those two FCIAC teams are now ranked first and second, respectively, in the most recent Game-Time CT/Register Top 10 Baseball Poll for Week 3 which was released April 16. The Staples Wreckers, the defending state Class LL champions, were once again the … Read more

Ridgefield and Greenwich ranked in top 5 of latest state ice hockey poll

Defending state Division I champion Ridgefield and Greenwich are ranked second and fifth, respectively, as the only two teams from the FCIAC in the most recent GameTimeCT/Register Top 10 Boys Ice Hockey Poll which was released Feb. 6. Ridgefield was last beaten by current fourth-ranked Notre Dame-West Haven, 2-1, on Dec. 27 in West Haven. … Read more

Darien tops final football poll for third consecutive season

Darien three-peated as the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Class LL Football Playoffs champion and, consequently, coach Rob Trifone’s Blue Wave was voted No. 1 in the Final 2017 GameTimeCT/New Haven Register Top 10. Darien finished first in that final media state poll for the third consecutive year and led an impressive showing from the FCIAC … Read more

Riding 28-game win streak, Darien Blue Wave rules state football poll

Undefeated Darien (3-0) was voted No. 1 unanimously as the FCIAC now has four teams in the most recent GameTimeCT.com/New Haven Register Top 10 Football Poll. It made perfect sense that Darien would receive all 25 first-place votes to maintain its No. 1 ranking as coach Rob Trifone’s Blue Wave made quite the statement at … Read more

Cross country round-up: Seven teams sweep, six ranked in state’s Top 10

The FCIAC cross country season is off and running and six conference teams — three boys and three girls — are ranked in the top 10 of the latest state polls. In the boys’ week one meets, Staples, Danbury and New Canaan all blasted off to 3-0 starts, with Warde also unbeaten at 2-0. In … Read more

Darien football takes over top spot in state poll, FCIAC places 3 in top 7

The second GameTimeCT.com/New Haven Register Top 10 Football Poll of the season looks significantly different in the upper half of it from how the initial preseason poll looked because of some pivotal opening-game showdowns in the FCIAC that caused the shakeup. Darien ascended from No. 2 to the top spot because of a big 31-12 … Read more

State champion Staples finishes season ranked No. 1 in final baseball poll

It was an exceptionally strong year for FCIAC baseball this spring season as Staples finished ranked No. 1 in the state to lead a quartet of conference teams ranked among the top nine in the final 2017 GameTimeCT/Register Baseball Top 10. After Staples’ top ranking, Ridgefield was ranked sixth, Westhill eighth and Wilton ninth in … Read more

Darien boys lacrosse tops national rankings; FCIAC teams dominate state poll

The Darien Blue Wave has taken over the No. 1 spot on the Under Armour/Inside Lacrosse Top 25 High School Power rankings, which were announced this week. Darien (8-0 overall, 5-0 FCIAC), moved ahead of Hill Academy of Ontario (11-1), which fell to Culver Academy of Indiana (12-1) last weekend. Following Darien in the top … Read more