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One of the most-accomplished and organized leagues in Connecticut, the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference, or FCIAC (eff-cee-ack), is a 17-member league in populous and wealthy Fairfield County. Its schools are located along the southwestern coastline -- colloquially known as "The Gold Coast" -- and moves north along the New York border as far as Danbury. Since its founding in 1961, the league has consistently produced an overwhelming share of state champions and star athletes. The league operated with approximately 14 members in its first few decades. Its showpiece event was the FCIAC football championship, which became a model for future CIAC football playoffs and (ultimately) contributed to its cancelation after the 2015 season. At its peak, the FCIAC had 19 member schools. It expanded in 1994 with the addition of former MBIAC schools St. Joseph, Bridgeport Central, Harding and Bassick. In 2004, it added another after the Fairfield High School split. The FCAIC contracted back to 17 schools when Bassick and Harding left in 2015. League Website: www.fciac.net
BROOKFIELD — For almost a decade now, Monday summer nights in Brookfield mean time for several local football teams to compete in an informal game of pitch and catch.
SWC rivals — along with FCIAC squads Danbury and Ridgefield — come together …
A couple hours after the Stamford football team had been eliminated in the Grip it and Rip it passing tournament at New Canaan High School, several of the players and coaches were still in the bleachers watching the final eight teams compete.
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NEW CANAAN — Last Friday in New Canaan’s Dunning Stadium, Jason Cooper was in his element.
His larger-than-life personality on display whether he was talking football with old friends or offering advice to the current New Canaan players.
Coope…
The 2018 GameTimeCT All-State Softball Team. Compiled by Pete Paguaga and Ryan Lacey. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media. Designed by Pete Paguaga. COMPLETE LINEUPS ♦♦♦ FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Player of the Year Becca Johnson Seymour Stats: The left-handed leadoff hitter for the Wildcats hit .721 for the season with 62 hits and 54 runs scored. […]
The 2018 GameTimeCT All-State Baseball Team. Compiled by Pete Paguaga and Scott Ericson. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media. Designed by Pete Paguaga. COMPLETE LINEUPS ♦♦♦ FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Player of the Year Pat Winkel Amity Stats: The left-handed catcher his .493 this season for the Spartans. The senior showed off his power too with 6 […]
The Complete 2017-18 GameTimeCT Baseball All-State Team Lineups: First and Second Team.. Compiled by Pete Paguaga and Scott Ericson.
NEW CANAAN — With the majority of today’s high school football teams running a spread offense, it seems like each squad can’t have enough receivers.
Greenwich, which possessed a formidable group of wide receivers during their highly successful…
NEW CANAAN — While ultimately scores and champions are inconsequential in 7-on-7 play, teams around the state still exercise every available outlet to groom themselves for the fall ahead.
Some are installing new systems, some trying to replace…
NEW CANAAN — The battle rages on.
There’s little that can be solved in Darien’s quarterback competition between rising-junior Peter Graham and rising-senior Cooper Hancock until pads come on in live scrimmages, but this weekend’s Grip It and R…
NEW CANAAN — Two teams, arch rivals from the same city, looking at two different things.
Norwalk and Brien McMahon entered this weekend’s 11th annual Grip It and Rip It 7-on-7 tournament on totally different ends of the positional spectrum whe…
NEW CANAAN — The Grip it and Rip it passing tournament annually draws the best teams in the area to New Canaan High School for a weekend designed for those who love the spread offense.
This year, the level of quarterback play on several teams …
STAMFORD — Chris Passamano’s past and future collided for the better part of 20 minutes Friday as Stamford met Norwalk in the 11th annual Grip It & Rip It 7-on-7 football tournament.
And the new head of the Black Knights athletic departmen…
Joe DeVellis has been hired as the new head football coach at Westhill.
DeVellis takes over after three years as the team’s defensive coordinator under former coach Frank Marcucio who resigned from the job last week.
“I am excited for this opp…
Hundreds have passed through the Danbury High boys cross country and track and field programs over the past two decades, many of whom have gone onto success at the collegiate level.
One of the few constants is the reason why.
For head coach Ro…
NEW CANAAN — Garrett Braden had to be patient. After seeing three of his teammates commit to Division I programs in a 24-hour period, the rising senior started wondering when his time would come. It took a little while longer, but the 6-foot-2, 215-pound defensive end/outside linebacker has found a home with Rice University at […]
WILTON — Steve Pearsall has already given so much to the Wilton High lacrosse programs over his career.
More than two decades spent in the youth lacrosse leagues creating players of the future. Another decade teaching and coaching past and pre…
NORWALK — Brien McMahon athletic director Joe Madaffari admitted he was overcome with emotion and couldn’t stop himself from breaking down.
He had just heard his name announced as the National High School Athletic Coaches Association National …
WESTPORT — Paul McNulty was told there was a storm coming.
Rather than fight it, he decided, he would just avoid it all together.
The 72-year-old boys varsity lacrosse coach at Staples High, who just finished his 50th year coaching high school…
FAIRFIELD – “I want to show you something,” Charlie Capalbo is saying as he starts to roll up one of the sleeves on his T-shirt. But before he finishes the grand unveiling, you can’t help but notice Charlie’s smile. It’s big, it’s genuine, it’s emotional. For someone that’s gone though what Charlie has gone through […]
After six years at the helm, Frank Marcucio turned in a letter of resignation to the Westhill administration this morning, resigning as the head football coach at the school.
“I am sad. I really am. I feel like I wasted six years of my life be…
Justin Forde of Brien McMahon High School has been selected the 2017-18 Gatorade Connecticut Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Forde is the second Gatorade Connecticut Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year to be chosen from McMahon High School. The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high […]
A source confirmed that St. Joseph has parted ways with Paul Dudzinski as boys basketball coach on Wednesday after just two seasons. Dudzinski had returned to coach his alma mater after 19 seasons at Stratford. The Cadets went 14-28 during Dudzinski’s brief tenure. St. Joseph qualified for the Class L state tournament last season and […]
The Westhill football team picked up a big win last week.
Though the victory did not come on the football field, it is the type of win that could effect change at Westhill for years to come.
Westhill took first place in the Jason Garrett Starf…
Whether it was winter, spring, or fall, Greenwich High School’s sports teams gave the opposition all it could handle and more.
The Cardinals captured numerous championships each season and their athletic success didn’t go unnoticed by the FCIA…
GREENWICH — Just hours before Greenwich High rugby coach Joe Kelly received a lifetime achievement award at a ceremony Tuesday for guiding the team to nine consecutive state championships, he received an email from the town’s human resources department notifying him he had been suspended. On Thursday, he was scheduled to honor his team for […]
NEW CANAAN — It’s tough to learn a ton during the abbreviated spring sessions in high school football, but if there’s one thing that New Canaan made clear in the 11th Annual Brian Wilderman Memorial Red and White game Friday afternoon, it’s th…
GREENWICH — Though the first practice in August is a day all football coaches and players eagerly anticipate, spring football is also cause for excitement.
For high school teams that offer spring football such as Greenwich, the annual spring t…
TRUMBULL — For the first time in more than a quarter-century, Marce Petroccio found himself coaching football somewhere other than Staples. Friday’s Black and Gold Spring Game marked Petroccio’s unofficial return to Trumbull, where he played and later coached under the legendary Jerry McDougall. “I feel very comfortable right now, to be quite honest with […]
DANBURY — He said it, his players said it too. Two words sum up the path to revival the Danbury football team and new coach Augustine Tieri will attempt to undertake.
Mental toughness.
The first on-field barometer took place Friday afternoon a…
