FAIRFIELD — The Staples boys volleyball team opened its season with a 3-0 sweep over Warde Wednesday evening.Logan Carstens had 31 assists and four aces and Luke Press and Stedman van Arsdale added nine and seven kills, respectively, for the W…
Archives for April 4, 2018
Wednesday’s lacrosse roundup: Cheshire, Hand, Prep win big
BOYS LACROSSE CHESHIRE 21, SHEEHAN 3 Records: S 1-1; C 1-0. Scoring: Sheehan Jake Smith ( 2G) Alex Ficorilli ( 1G). Cheshire: Ben Oconnor ( 5 G 1 A) Jack Raba (3 G 2 A) Tim Hoynes ( 5 G 1 A) Matt Morgan (2G) Dan Covent ( 1 G 1A) Mike Jeffery (1G1A) Will […]
Wednesday’s boys volleyball roundup: Oxford, Lewis Mills sweep matches
OXFORD 3, WOLCOTT TECH 0 Game scores: Oxford 25-16, 25-21, 25-18. Records: Oxford 1-1, Wolcott Tech 0-2. Highlights: WT—Aidan Bernhardt had 14 assists, 6 digs, 2 aces. Chris Speaker had 2 blocks, 11 kills, 5 digs. Angel Lopez had 5 kills. O—Aaron King had 7 kills, 12 digs. John D’Ambruoso had 10 digs. Zach Lanza […]
Wednesday’s track roundup: Wilbur Cross girls sweep tri-meet
BOYS TRACK Law 100, Guilford 50 4×800 relay: Law (McKenna,-Hansen, Vitale, Wooton, Marino) 8:49.7; 4×100 relay: Law (Lazar, Washington, Saley, Plaskon) 44.5; 110 hurdles: J. Beck (L) 15.8; 100: M. Plaskon (L) 11.2; 1600: B. Crair (G): 4:56.9; 400: W. Smith (G): 52.5; 300 hurdles:J.Beck (L): 44.4; 800: J. Walters (G) 2:09.7; 200: M. Plaskow […]
Wednesday’s Hour high school roundup
GIRLS LACROSSEWESTON 17, BETHEL 7BETHEL3 4—7WESTON8 9—17Scoring: B—Vicky Gracy 3 goals, Christiana Ruiz 3g, Samantha Barnum 1g; W—Grace Toner 5g, 2a, Becca Strouch 4g, Madison Wilson 3g, Julia Garbee 1g, 2a, Emma Nelson 2g, Jordyn Spitzer 1g, …
Girls lacrosse: Stamford tops Immaculate for first win since 2016
DANBURY — When the horn sounded at the conclusion of Wednesday afternoon’s game, the players on the Stamford High School girls lacrosse team raced to the end of the field to celebrate with goalie Reaging Hyppolite wearing post-game smiles that…
Boys lacrosse: Scoring in bunches, Notre Dame-West Haven crushes Law
MILFORD – Notre Dame-West Haven lacrosse coach A.J. Alessi felt his team might need some time to click offensively this season. Having lost some key players, Alessi could not have envisioned the sort of production Notre Dame has shown early in the season. Just two games into the 2018 campaign, the Green Knights have scored […]
Roundup: Sacred Heart lacrosse downs Kent
The Sacred Heart Greenwich lacrosse team opened its season in impressive fashion, upending host Kent School, 14-8, on Wednesday.Samantha Clark and Lily DeConcini each registered four goals and one assist to pace the Tigers (1-0). Ryan Smith ha…
Baseball: Lack of players forces Bassick to cancel season
The season is over before it began for the Bassick High School baseball program.The Lions have canceled the upcoming season due to a lack of players.“We were only at about seven or eight kids,” Bridgeport citywide athletic director Chris Johns…
Softball: Trumbull faces new challenges as defending Class LL champ
TRUMBULL — When Jaqui Sheftz took over the Trumbull softball program in 2016, she immediately set the goals of a conference and state championship as realistic targets — and the expectation.Though it left some of her players slightly bewildere…
Water polo: Greenwich edges Greenwich Academy
Last season’s water polo matchup between Greenwich High School and Greenwich Academy was a high-scoring, back-and-forth affair that saw the Gators pull out a tight victory.Tuesday, the Cardinals and Gators renewed their budding rivalry and onc…
Football: Wilton elevates freshman coach DiNunzio to head job
WILTON—Chris McDougal thinks he’s found a diamond in the rough.The Wilton High athletic director introduced Edward John “EJ” DiNunzio as the Warriors’ fifth head football coach since 1954, on Wednesday when he was introduced to the team during…
Boys lacrosse: McMahon looks to build on last season’s success
NORWALK — The Brien McMahon boys lacrosse team would like nothing better than to see a repeat of last season.The Senators defeated city rival Norwalk 10-9 in overtime in the regular-season finale to ultimately clinch a state playoff berth and …
Boys Lacrosse: Norwalk looks for redemption
NORWALK— Last season didn’t end the way the Norwalk High boys lacrosse wanted it to.The Bears dropped their final game of the season in heartbreaking fashion to city rival Brien McMahon, 10-9 in overtime, denying them a spot in the CIAC Class …
Baseball: From CT to MLB, small state, big impact
It is a rite of spring for young baseball players in Connecticut: Game postponed because of snow, game postponed because of a wet field, game finally played in temperatures appropriate for the Winter Olympics. The high school and college baseball seasons are short. What is long are the odds of coming out of Connecticut and […]
Wednesday’s New Haven County area postponements
Another day, another round of postponements. We may get the season in by Memorial Day…. BASEBALL CTC Bullard Havens at O’Brien Tech, ppd. to April 24, 3:45 p.m. Non-league Platt Tech at Law, ppd. to April 14, noon Wilbur Cross at Bridgeport Central, ppd, TBA Trumbull at Fairfield Prep, ppd., TBA St. Joseph at Hamden, […]
Scott Ericson: Baseball belongs in the spring
Baseball people all over Connecticut are frustrated.With several inches of snow coming down Monday, many games during the first full week of the baseball season are unlikely to be played until later in the spring.Teams with artificial turf wil…
