The FCIAC girls basketball quarterfinals by the numbers

Eight teams will tip off the FCIAC Girls Basketball Tournament on Saturday when the quarterfinal games are played at Fairfield-Ludlowe High School. The Norwalk Bears, the top-ranked team in the GameTimeCT Top 10 poll, lead the way at No. 1. Defending champion Trumbull is No. 2, followed No. 3 Trinity Catholic, No. 4 Danbury, No. … Read more

Field set for FCIAC Girls Basketball Tournament

The match-ups are set for the 2019 FCIAC girls basketball tournament, which will get underway with four quarterfinal games at Fairfield-Ludlowe High School on Saturday, Feb. 16. The eight tournament teams had been determined prior to the start of action on Wednesday, but seedings were still up in the air. The Norwalk Bears (20-0) head … Read more

Goalie Jeff Reda happy with Trinity Catholic hockey

STAMFORD—The Trinity Catholic High School boys ice hockey program has faced a number of obstacles as the Crusaders maintain their membership in the FCIAC. The good news is one issue has been solved this 2018-19 season. Trinity Catholic has a goalie. For now and the foreseeable future. Sophomore Jeff Reda has a monopoly on the … Read more

Girls Basketball: No. 4 Norwalk swarms Trinity with defense, stays unbeaten

STAMFORD — With 2:30 left in the first half, Norwalk coach Rick Fuller pulled all-state guard Ashley Wilson out for a breather. With Wilson out, the Bears outscored Trinity Catholic by seven over those final minutes and Fuller did not re-insert Wilson until the start of the third quarter. He did not have to; the … Read more

Lops triple-double helps Walsh get first win as Trinity girls coach

WESTPORT — Prior to his first game coaching the Trinity Catholic girls basketball team, Mike Walsh felt something he not felt in years. Nervous. After winning 633 games as the boys coach at Trinity before retiring after last season, Walsh was called into duty as the Crusaders girls coach when Mike Martino stepped down last … Read more

Playoff Homestretch: FCIAC Boys Lacrosse Power Point Standings

Defending league champion Darien is unbeaten this season and leads the FCIAC in record and power points with less than two weeks to go until the postseason. Based on power points, Darien is ranked No. 1, with New Canaan at No. 2, followed closely by Ridgefield in the No. 3 spot. Staples is currently ranked … Read more

FCIAC Football Week Six Outlook: Return from bye week features several huge games

And we’re back. After an abbreviated schedule of just three games last weekend, FCIAC football returns in full swing Friday and Saturday with 16 of the league’s teams in action. The schedule is an eye-opener this week, with six teams contenders featured in three great head-to-head match-ups — two of which will be carried live … Read more

HAN’s 2017 FCIAC Fall Previews: Trinity Catholic Crusaders

The HAN Network is visiting all 17 FCIAC schools as their sports teams get ready for the fall season. The tour kicked off with visits to the three Stamford schools on Monday, Aug. 21. The third stop on the tour was at Trinity Catholic High School, where HAN Network Sports Director Frank Granito talked with … Read more

Al Malizia, FCIAC Hall of Fame, 2017

As a graduate of Stamford Catholic High School (later known as Trinity Catholic High School) in 1967, who would have guessed that Al Malizia would return to his alma mater as a teacher and a coach? In 1979, Malizia began his 22-year tenure as the head coach of the girls varsity volleyball team, during which … Read more