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As Darien baseball coach Mike Scott puts it, the Blue Wave had “seen this movie before.”
Holding a three-run lead in the bottom of the eighth inning at Staples, Darien was in a jam, as the Wreckers loaded t…
Andy Demopoulos smiled when asked why, out of all the positions on a lacrosse field, he chose to play goalie.
“I chose goalie because I was a little psychotic and weird in the head myself,” he said. “I thin…
NEW CANAAN — The Darien boys lacrosse team has been so dominant this season, so methodical in dismantling the majority of opponents, that it sometimes seems like a steely machine.
In a dramatic moment on Th…
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Callie Cirilli, Ludlowe: Cirilli, a USC commit, scored her 100th career goal during the Falcons’ 14-9 victory over Greenwich on Saturday. The senior has helped Ludlowe compile …
GameTimeCT · Long Stick Podcast (S2 E3): Dan Arestia & New Canaan’s Kristin Woods WE’RE BACK with the Long-Stick Lacrosse podcast on GameTimeCT.com and it’s a jam-packed show. After an unscheduled week off and the long-awaited 2021 postseason just about to get underway, we decided to boost the signal this week with two (!!!) guests. […]
We have a consensus on one thing and a near-consensus on another in the GameTimeCT Boys Lacrosse Top 10 poll as we near — or, in the SWC, arrive at — the postseason. There’s pretty much a top nine. And there’s still a top one. Darien remains unanimous atop the poll in Week 6. Every […]
With the conference tournaments looming, there was no movement in the latest Connecticut Girls Lacrosse Coaches Poll released on May 17. New Canaan, which defeated CCC power Glastonbury on Saturday, held the No. 1 spot for the third consecutive week. The Rams are honing in on the top seed for both the FCIAC and Class […]
FAIRFIELD — Tighe Cummiskey kept winning faceoffs. Darien kept setting up its offense quickly. It kept, well, not missing.
And once that ball gets rolling downhill against a young team, it’s not stopping qu…
Big wins for New Canaan and Staples shuffled the top of the GameTimeCT Boys Lacrosse Top 10 poll this week. New Canaan’s 11-8 victory over Ridgefield propelled the Rams into second. Fairfield Prep’s 13-9 win at Staples leapfrogged the Jesuits into third, ahead of Ridgefield and Staples. The 10 teams remained the same as last […]
Baseball All teams qualify First Round Friday, May 21 No. 1 Greenwich has a bye Norwalk 17, McMahon 1 Ridgefield 7, New Canaan 3 Westhill 9, Wilton 8 (9) Darien 8, Staples 6 (8) Trumbull 3, Ludlowe 0 Danbury 3, St. Joseph 2 Warde 5, Stamford 4 Quarterfinals Monday, May 24 Warde 4, Norwalk 1 […]
New Canaan tightened its grip on the No. 1 spot, while Newtown scored two key SWC wins and entered at No. 9 in the latest Connecticut Girls Lacrosse Coaches Poll. New Canaan (10-0) defeated No. 2 Darien for the second time this season, 10-9 in OT, and is unbeaten through 10 games. There was no […]
DARIEN — Top-ranked Darien jumped out early, but this was not the week to count out Wilton in boys lacrosse.
No. 6 Wilton didn’t have another huge comeback Saturday, but it at least kept the No. 1 Blue Wave…
New Canaan at Ludlowe, Friday, 4 p.m.: This missed being a battle of unbeaten teams when No. 4 Ludlowe fell to No. 3 Wilton on Wednesday, but it’s still a key match-up between two teams which have been r…
Eight of the teams in the GameTimeCT Boys Lacrosse Top 10 are at or into the second half of their schedules. One more may have made it there by the time you read this. The other should be there by the end of Thursday. We’re turning the corner, friends. And the rematches begin. No. 2 […]
DARIEN — New Canaan was ranked No. 1 in the first Connecticut girls lacrosse coaches poll for 2021, which was released earlier Monday.
It looks like the Rams plan on staying there for a while.
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New Canaan, which emerged from a two-week quarantine to defeat defending Class L champ Darien in its first game back, is the unanimous No. 1 team in the first Connecticut Girls Lacrosse Coaches poll for 2021. The Rams garnered all 13 No. 1 votes to take the top spot, followed closely by No. 2 Darien. […]
DARIEN — This matchup finally happened two years ago. They met again Saturday, and Darien and Brunswick played a game that met the hype.
“You mark this day on your calendar,” Brunswick long-stick midfielder…
New Canaan’s victory over Darien in girls lacrosse made an impact in the National rankings, as the Rams jumped into the Nike/US Lacrosse Top 25 this week.
The Rams (5-0) are ranked No. 10, with Darien (4-1)…
WESTPORT — In the past three games, No. 1 Darien has seen the No. 2, No. 4 and No. 3 boys lacrosse teams in the state. Next up is something else entirely, but senior defender Sam Erickson saw something in this third-ranked…
Staples at Darien, Friday, 4 p.m.: The Wreckers, who lost to Wilton on Wednesday, face another challenge against defending FCIAC and Class L champion Darien.
Guilford a…
Darien boys lacrosse FOGO Tighe Cummiskey and New Canaan goaltender Claire Mahoney were selected as US Lacrosse’s Northeast region boys and girls lacrosse players of the week. Cummiskey, an uncommitted junior, had a massive impact in two key games for the No. 1-ranked Blue Wave, including going 20-of-25 on faceoffs in a 14-7 victory over […]
Three GameTimeCT boys lacrosse top 10 polls into the season, we’re up to 20 teams with at least one vote. In our third week, we’ve got our first newcomer. Weston’s 6-0 start moved the Trojans in at No. 9 this week, pushing Greenwich to 10th and Glastonbury (by one point) out. The order of the […]
DARIEN — Saturday was a big day for Darien High School athletics.
The school opened up its sports facilities to fans for the first time since the pandemic started more than a year ago. And what better way t…
Arlene Banavong, Law: The sophomore goalie collected 16 saves in Law’s 7-6 victory over Hamden on April 13.
Charlotte Barnes, Staples: Barnes had one goal and four assi…
NEW CANAAN — Maybe practice is overrated.
After spending the last two weeks in quarantine and holding one workout before its first game, the New Canaan girls lacrosse team knocked off rival Darien 7-5 Thurs…
While Darien was on its way to winning state boys and girls lacrosse championships two years ago, just one opponent managed to upend both Blue Wave teams: Manhasset, N.Y.
That’s not earth-shattering news by…
In a season where you’d expect teams to be finding themselves, guess who looks exactly like the team they always are? Unanimous No. 1 Darien remains unanimous No. 1 Darien after the first 10 days of boys lacrosse. The Blue Wave took care of a couple of top-10 opponents over the past week. After No. […]
RIDGEFIELD — Tighe Cummiskey outmuscled Ridgefield on faceoffs as Darien raced away with a 14-7 victory in a battle of No. 1 vs. No. 2 in the GameTimeCT Top 10 Boys Lacrosse Poll Tuesday night at Tiger Hollow. Cummiskey, built like the fullback he is for Darien’s football team, helped the top-ranked Blue Wave win […]
DARIEN — One of the benefits of having a boys lacrosse program as deep as the one in Darien is the natural flow from season to season.
As coach Jeff Brameier tells it, players come in each spring knowing ho…
