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The 2020 FCIAC Girls Basketball Tournament will tip off Saturday, Feb. 22 with quarterfinals at Staples and conclude with semifinals Tuesday, Feb. 25 and the championship Thursday, Feb. 27, both at Trumbull. Staples is the top seed and is looking to win its first league championship since 1995 and fifth overall. Norwalk, the No. 4 […]
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Nora Birmingham, Suffield co-op: Birmingham, a senior co-captain, had a hat trick as the Suffiel…
STAMFORD — At previous FCIAC gymnastics championship meets, Ludlowe coach Kim Longobucco had a habit of trying to follow scores and figure out where her team stood throughout the competition.
This year, she…
WILTON—It wasn’t halftime at the football game. It wasn’t a timeout segment of a basketball game.
This was their time on their stage. This day was all about them.
There was a capacity crowd …
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Caitlyn Caldon, East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor (ETB): Caldon, ETB’s senior goalie, collected 27 saves in a 4-3 win over West Haven/SHA at Bennett Rink on Saturday. ETB has won six…
FAIRFIELD — It was supposed to be a crosstown matchup between two of the best teams in the FCIAC this season.
It turned into a party on Warde’s court complete with dunks, a boisterous cheering section and a…
FAIRFIELD — Even with a 17-point lead in the second quarter, the Ludlowe girls basketball teanm was not comfortable against rival town rival Warde.
As the second half went on, Warde inched closer and closer…
NEW CANAAN – New Canaan won 11 of 12 events and rolled to a 98-71 victory over Fairfield in a boys swimming and diving meet Friday at the New Canaan YMCA. New Canaan was exceptional in the diving competition, as George Moore (330.30), James Ragusa (316.95), and Jackson Camporin 306.90) swept the top three spots. […]
GREENWICH — Sunday night’s boys hockey game between Greenwich and Fairfield Warde-Ludlowe was tied after the second period, but it didn’t take long for the Cardinals to take, then increase, their lead in the third period.
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FAIRFIELD — The Bethel girls’ basketball team won its third straight game Saturday to earn a berth in the the CIAC Class MM state tournament.
Carrying a 5-5 record into the week, Bethel first strung togethe…
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Andrew Bell, South Windsor: Bell, a sophomore, dove to victory for South Windsor in its competition against Hall, earning 272.90 points.
Justin Finkel, Cheshire: Finkel produc…
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Caitlyn Caldon, East Catholic/Glastonbury/South Windsor (ETB): Caldon, a senior, stopped all 20 shots she faced as ETB blanked defending state champion New Canaan, 2-0, on Sunday at the Newin…
FAIRFIELD — Pick any position on the basketball court and there’s a fair chance Chris Knachel has logged a few minutes there.
Friday night against Fairfield Ludlowe the six-foot Ridgefield senior drew the a…
LUDLOWE 39, STAMFORD 36 106 – Samantha Yap (S) won by forfeit; 113 – Jacob Pressler (FL) dec. Brenden Leung, 9-4; 120 – Yuri Case (FL) pinned Myles Jones, 0:44; 126 – Luis Zambrano (FL) pinned Kevin Barrera, 3:39; 132 – Ryan Zeller (FL) dec. Edward Yudolevich, 11-10; 138 – Billy Griffin (S) pinned Alex […]
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Caitlyn Caldon, ETB: Caldon amassed 35 saves and allowed just one goal to help ETB tie the Amity co-op, 1-1, on Jan. 4 at Astorino Rink in Hamden. For the season, Caldon has a 1.49 goals agai…
FAIRFIELD — Strength in numbers usually wins the battle.
The Ludlowe boys basketball team used its experience and teamwork to conquer Trinity Catholic 68-60 on Tuesday at the Falcons’ gym.
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NEW HAVEN — The Yale Interscholastic Track Classic at Yale’s Coxe Cage in New Haven is an event that always inspires Fairfield-Ludlowe junior Tess Stapleton, and for good reason.
“I love coming here,” Stapl…
STAMFORD — On paper, a 7-0 record looks like a lovely and simple accomplishment.
What you don’t see on paper, is the effort, work ethic and emotion responsible for the state of perfection.
T…
The FCIAC will be inducting six new members into its Hall of Fame when the conference holds its year-end ceremony on June 18 at the Norwalk Inn.
The Hall of Fame Class of 2020 will include wrestling coaches…
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Demeri Carangelo, Hamden/Wilbur Cross/Sheehan/Lyman Hall: Carangelo passed a career milestone as she notched her 100th career point in the Hamden’s 6-1 victory over Daniel Hand on Dec. 23. Ca…
There’s no substitute for experience, especially when most of those experienced boys basketball players are seniors.
Fairfield Ludlowe has eight seniors in its rotation, five of whom start. The Falcons won …
TRUMBULL — Chances are if you stop by the Trumbull High gymnasium before the school bell rings — think 6:30 a.m. range — Mileeq Green will be inside working on his game. It was during one of these early-morning sessions Eagles boys basketball coach Buddy Bray told Green that he needed his junior captain to […]
GREENWICH — After starting its season with two decisive victories, the Greenwich girls basketball team faced a nine-point fourth-quarter deficit against Fairfield Ludlowe and needed a strong finish, to say the least, to co…
Two games into the 2019-2020 season, there are already plenty of good things to say about the West Haven hockey team. While most may focus on the offense which has produced 12 goals, the defense and goaltending of Jared Pl…
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NEW CANAAN-DARIEN DOMINANCE
The two FCIAC rivals have accounted for 11 state championships in the 14 years since the Connecticut High School Girls Hockey Coaches Associat…
Kate Bellissimo, Junior, Forward, Darien: An All-FCIAC first team selection as a sophomore, Bellissimo will be a key weapon on what could be one of the fastest lines in the FCIAC. She had one of the Wave’s two goals in a s…
The 2019 GameTimeCT All-State Girls Volleyball team. Compiled by Dave Stewart. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media. Designed by Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Player of the Year Paula Hernandez Woodstock Academy, Senior, Outside hitter Stats: The senior racked up 500 kills, 622 digs and 66 aces this fall while […]
The 2019 GameTimeCT All-State Girls Swimming team. Compiled by Dave Fierro. Photos by Hearst Connecticut Media. Designed by Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. FIRST TEAM ♦♦♦ Swimmer of the Year Sophie Murphy Cheshire, Junior Stats: Murphy claimed two first-place medals at the State Open, winning the 50-yard freestyle in 23.68 seconds and the 100 […]
The Trumbull volleyball team capped a tremendous run through the CIAC Class LL tournament with its first state championship and that performance propelled the Eagles to the top of the final Connecticut coaches state poll for 2019 Trumbull, which finished 21-4, was not ranked at the end of the regular season, but grabbed 12 first-place […]
