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NORWALK — It was the kind of play that could turn a football game around, slicing Staples’ lead more than in half. New Britain blocked a punt, took it in for a score late in the third quarter: A week ago, Staples might’ve …
FAIRFIELD — They tore across Rafferty Stadium after the final buzzer Friday night, ripped all the way over toward the Fairfield Prep student section, gathered again with each other at midfield. Newtown’s was the kind of ce…
COLCHESTER — His second shoulder surgery was going to end Sean Baldyga’s football career. The tweet went out last November and everything. He had played three games as a sophomore running back for Bacon Academy before the first injury. The second came again in Week 3 of last season, his junior year. He hoped those […]
DERBY — The gleaming complex down the hill from Derby High School could drop seamlessly onto some college campuses. There’s a new turf football and soccer field with a new track surrounding it, a new turf field for both so…
The head football coaching job had opened up at Guilford after the 2018 season, and North Branford’s offensive coordinator was curious about the situation. Fortunately for that offensive coordinator, Anthony Salvati, he ha…
Games to watch
Friday
Newtown at Fairfield Prep, 6 p.m.: Thanks to Windsor’s Week 1 loss to Newington and the voters’ …
GREENWICH — Danbury did — briefly — lead this season-opening football game at Greenwich, a field goal ahead of last year’s No. 1 team in the state, No. 4 this year as the Cardinals defend their Class LL championship.
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NORTH HAVEN — They may be deep, but they’re young in some spots, and Fairfield Prep needed a while to get everything clicking at North Haven’s Vanacore Field on Friday night to open the football season.
The…
There’s thunder and lightning, and then there’s the storm that hit Seymour football last summer. Monday’s was a little easier to handle.
“We’ve had an incredible offseason,” senior lineman Alex Taverner sai…
Monday begins the high school sports calendar anew, the first day of football conditioning for many schools across Connecticut. The rest follow Friday, and other sports will be back to work for real next week.
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WEST HAVEN — Officials will try for a better flow to high school football games this season, though referees may be a little quieter.
The familiar whistle and ready-for-play signal from the referee will be …
WESTPORT — The chance for gold came with a side of revenge for Nico Provo on Sunday.
Wrestling for the 51-kilogram freestyle championship at the United World Wrestling Cadet Pan American Championships in Mo…
MADISON — You can talk about replacing receiver Zack Hochman on Notre Dame-West Haven’s football team, but the very concept implies that’s all you’re replacing.
Here was a player who led the team in recepti…
PLAINVILLE — This is an exotic enough destination for a kid from Fairfield that he just pops the high school’s address in his phone and follows directions. He has no idea what route they took, with traffic that held up him…
When a couple of hundred high school football players come to Hand this weekend, there will be a few goals on the table.
Most immediately, the goal is scoring enough points to win seven-on-seven games and m…
A glance at the record suggests this wasn’t the dominant, unbeatable Darien boys lacrosse team that the Blue Wave have sometimes been at times the past few seasons. And that’s probably fair. The record also probably suggests it wasn’t a special season, and that’s probably unfair. Even at 17-5, with the most losses in a […]
There was one pretty good boys lacrosse championship game, with St. Joseph closing out the Class S final in the second half on Saturday. There was one that looked like it’d be a classic that turned out an easy Darien win i…
Fine performances
Hudson Pokorny, Darien: Led the Blue Wave offense with three goals and two assists in the Class L final, a 13-3 win over Wilton.
Matt Constantinides, New Fairfield: Dominat…
NORWALK — Darien scored four in the first quarter and five in the second and rolled to a 13-3 win over Wilton on Saturday in the CIAC Class L boys lacrosse final at McMahon.
The top-ranked, fifth-seeded Blu…
CLASS L
DARIEN VS. WILTON
When: Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
Where: Jack Casagrande Field, McMahon, Norwalk
Seeds/records: No. 5 Darien (16-5) vs. No. 19 Wilton (14-9)…
When the boys lacrosse season ends Saturday at Brien McMahon with the Class L championship game, it’ll end with a clash between two of the state’s powers, its first dynasty, Wilton, against its latest dynasty, Darien.
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FAIRFIELD — One more road game was nothing for Wilton’s boys lacrosse team. One more deficit was nothing for a team that dug itself a deep hole in the first half of its season.
The 19th seed in Class L will…
FAIRFIELD — The inevitable took a while, but there has been no stopping New Fairfield this year, not for anyone in-state on the Rebels’ schedule.
Seven second-quarter goals broke it open Wednesday night at …
SOMERS — Somes and St. Joseph — the two best boys lacrosse teams in Class S, quite possibly for the second year in a row —put plenty of talent on display Saturday in the quarterfinals.
St. Joseph coach Bren…
WATERFORD — There was no stopping Zach Hochman on Friday night in the Class M boys lacrosse quarterfinals, no denying him from the faceoff ‘X’ to the buzzer, on his feet or getting off the turf.
Hochman con…
FAIRFIELD — If it was a more decisive score in a boys lacrosse playoff game than Fairfield Prep expected, it probably came from how precisely the Jesuits moved the ball.
In a 16-3 win over Greenwich on Thur…
Juvenile success
Storyline: New Fairfield won last year’s Class M championship, beating Guilford by a goal in the quarters and Hand by two in the final. The Rebels brought just about everybody back and has …
Andy Demopoulos, Darien
The sophomore hit the scene hard when the Blue Wave played two games on Long Island a month ago, one of them on national television, and even in defeat made some eye-opening saves. T…
For three months, we’ve followed 98 teams’ battle to get to McMahon in mid-June. In a week, we’ll be down to 12. Who’ll be the three celebrating CIAC boys lacrosse titles?
Class L
Overview: …
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