WILTON—The Wilton High wrestling team may not have huge numbers but there is strength in those numbers.The Warriors, who have just 18 wrestlers on the roster, return three FCIAC and four CIAC Class L state place winners to this year’s squa…
Archives for December 13, 2017
Wrestling: Norwalk hoping to have best team in years
NORWALK — Norwalk High wrestling coach Job Fernandez has a passion for the sport of wrestling.It’s the one sport in which he has been entrenched since he came to NHS 12 years ago. Fernandez, a standout wrestler on Long Island in his school…
Wednesday’s high school roundup: Law girls topple Brookfield
MILFORD — The Law girls basketball used a 23-point fourth quarter to pull away with a 66-60 non-league win over Brookfield in the Lawmen’s season opener Wednesday night.Fallon Andriolas scored 24 points and Samara Thacker added 17 points f…
Girls Lacrosse: Greenwich hires Gaghan as coach
Kaitlin Gaghan was hired as the Greenwich High School girls lacrosse coach, GHS athletic director Gus Lindine announced on Wednesday.Gaghan replaces Caitlin Copelan, who resigned at the end of the Cardinals’ 2017 season, following three year…
High school roundup: Brunswick squash sweeps Choate
The Brunswick School squash team ran its record to 3-0 by cruising to a 7-0 win over host Choate Rosemary Hall on Wednesday.Max Finkelstein got the start at the No. 1 spot for Brunswick and registered an 11-1, 12-10, 11-7 win over Robinson Arm…
Girls Hockey: Avon-Southington-East Granby beats Stamford-Westhill-Staples in opener
STAMFORD — It’s not how you start the journey, it’s how you finish.The Stamford-Westhill-Staples Co-op girls ice hockey team opened its season Wednesday night by falling 2-0 to the Avon-Southington-East Granby Nighthawks at Terry Conners…
GA hockey edges Gunnery
Two third-period goals lifted the Greenwich Academy ice hockey team to a 2-1 comeback win on the road against The Gunnery on Wednesday.Senior forward Stephanie Lane tied the score at 1 for the Gators when she scored a power play goal with 12:5…
Girls Basketball: Sacred Heart-Greenwich pulls away from Greenwich Academy
GREENWICH — Seeing a 16-point first-half lead disappear in the second half didn’t cause the Sacred Heart Greenwich basketball team’s confidence to waver. Instead, the Tigers knew it was time to go on another scoring surge.And did they ev…
Boys Basketball 2017-18: Stamford teams looking to get back on top
STAMFORD — Heading into last season, a boys basketball team from Stamford played in 14 of the last 16 FCIAC championship games going back to 2000.Among the three schools, seven championships were won in those 14 games.The 2016-17 season did …
Today’s high school schedule
All games start at 7 unless notedGirls basketballStaples at BethelWrestlingWesthill at Norwalk, 5
Wrestling: After some graduation hits, McMahon looks to future
NORWALK — Brien McMahon wrestling coach Joe SantaLucia has a way of molding his wrestlers into a successful team.He’s done it year in and year out for the Senators, especially last year, with a glossy 12-4 dual-meet record to go along with…
Westhill rallies students with insanely good lip-dub music video
STAMFORD — Pep rallies can only elicit so much school spirit. So members of the Westhill High School community began envisioning something a bit more complex, and far more rewarding, to rally the students. Westhill teachers Dani Cohen and Kate Tobin spearheaded an effort for the school to create its own lip-dub music video, which […]
Girls Basketball: Norwalk wins season opener over Darien
DARIEN — The season wasn’t even eight minutes old when Norwalk girls basketball coach Ricky Fuller decided he had seen enough of his starters. Going with a group of three sophomores and two freshmen from his bench, the Bears were suddenly energized as the group turned an early deficit into a lead and sparked Norwalk […]
Girls Basketball: Opalka reaches 1,000 career points as Pomperaug tops St. Joseph
SOUTHBURY — Karli Opalka already had more than 1,000 career rebounds to her credit before this basketball season even started. Just one game into the season, the senior standout on the Pomperaug High School girls team reached another “grand” milestone. The 6-foot forward and two-time All-State selection scored a game-high 16 points in the Panthers’ […]
High school roundup: GHS girls hockey team prevails in opener
A two-goal second period propelled the Greenwich High School girls ice hockey team to a 3-1 road win over Simsbury in its season-opener on Monday night.Greenwich, which is coming off a season that saw it win the FCIAC championship and advance …
