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FAIRFIELD — Fairfield Prep and North Haven came into this SCC contest with identical records, and some other similar statistical phenomena. But there was one big difference between them and that was on display for all to see on Saturday.
North…
FAIRFIELD — Finn Duran has been one of the best, if not the best, playmaker in the state over the past month and it doesn’t look like he is planning on slowing down anytime soon.
Over the last four games, the Fairfield Prep senior wide receive…
FAIRFIELD — On Thursday afternoon Fairfield Prep wanted to extend one of the best boys soccer seasons in its school history.
East Hartford had different ideas.
Two goals from Robert Sam helped the No. 19 Hornets pull off a 3-0 upset of the No….
FAIRFIELD — Fairfield Prep boys soccer coach Ryan Lyddy said he knew early in Tuesday’s Class LL first round state tournament game that his team was going to win. In fairness, though, a spunky Stamford team was playing the Jesuits fairly even …
FAIRFIELD — Next week Fairfield Prep hosts North Haven in a showdown of one-loss teams and looming further on the horizon is a Thanksgiving rivalry game against West Haven.
Given those facts Friday night’s game against Harding had all the ingr…
FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield Prep soccer team had plenty of motivation heading into the SCC semifinal matchup with Shelton.
Aside from the obvious motivation of playing for a league championship, the Jesuits were equally determined to get a measu…
FAIRFIELD — Alex Whammond was not going to be denied.
Time and time again, over the course of the game against Hamden, Whammond had just about every kind of scoring chance you could imagine … a header from the middle of the box that went wide …
Fairfield Prep was rolling as the No. 1 team in the state coaches poll, going 13-0 beginning the season.
This past week, the Jesuits tied Sheehan 0-0 before falling to Shelton 2-1 on a goal in the final minute.
Despite the blemishes, the team …
MIDDLETOWN – When you open the middle of the field for Doug Harrison, watch out. The senior running back took advantage of such opportunities on Saturday night, rushing for three touchdowns in Fairfield Prep’s 34-0 win over Xavier. “They were bringing a lot of pressure,” Fairfield Prep coach Keith Hellstern said. “We tried the formation […]
FAIRFIELD — The Shelton boys soccer team has been looking for a signature win to hang its hat on this season.
The truth is, Shelton was looking for anything that could stop the bad mojo it had losing five of its last seven games after beginnin…
CHESHIRE — The Fairfield Prep football team has had its success this season both on the ground and through the air.
On Friday night against SCC rival Cheshire, the passing game worked to perfection.
John Iaropoli completed 19 of 24 passes for …
This season, the Cromwell/Portland program hired a new running backs coach with some serious pedigree. How many running back coaches in the state have rushed for close to 2,000 yards and close to 20 touchdowns at the FBS level? Former UConn running back Andre Dixon is roaming the Panthers’ sideline this season. “He has been […]
SHELTON — The Fairfield Prep soccer team is aware its 2018 season will be judged on how it fares in the SCC and Class LL playoffs.
Thus far, at the season’s halfway mark, the Jesuits have done all that’s been asked of them. Saturday morning Fa…
WALLINGFORD — Finn Duran needs a better nickname.
Something sweet, you know? Like Captain Lightning … or Mr. Fantastic because it seems every time he touches the football, something great happens for Fairfield Prep.
Duran returned the opening …
Welcome back to Uni-Browse, where we will be taking a deeper look at high school uniforms around the state and letting you vote for your favorite each week. I have been a fan of uniforms for as long as I have been watching sports and it turns out, others are just as fascinated. I began […]
FAIRFIELD — One of the unwritten sports rules, especially in football, is play until you hear a whistle. And on a play when everyone on Fairfield Prep stopped, Shelton’s David Yakowicz kept going.
Yakowicz picked up a loose ball on a punt and …
FAIRFIELD — Douglas Harrison ran for 100 yards and two touchdowns Friday, leading Fairfield Prep to a 24-12 non-league victory over Norwich Free Academy.
Harrison scored on a 3-yard run in the first quarter and gave the Jesuits (2-0) a 24-7 le…
FAIRFIELD — By the mid-point in the first half, Fairfield Prep boys’ soccer coach Ryan Lyddy had pulled his three attackers, Alex Whammond, Gavin Neumeyer and Andrew Neumeyer, and had them sitting comfortably on the Jesuits bench.
Their work w…
FAIRFIELD — The Beast has returned.
Senior running back Doug Harrison, who missed the final nine games of last season after undergoing ACL surgery on his left knee, started for the first time in almost a year and looked much like the player th…
FAIRFIELD – On a scale of 1 to 10 on the “this stinks” scale, Doug Harrison rated it a 10.
“It stunk pretty bad,” he said.
One week after rushing for 211 yards and a couple of touchdowns in the Fairfield Prep 2017 season opener against Notre D…
FAIRFIELD — The plaques that stand in the corner of the Fairfield Prep practice field have a brief description of the Jesuits greats that worked to make the Prep football program the elite program it is today. Earl Lavery’s plaque has just three words to describe his contributions. Gentleman. Motivator. Winner. Lavery — the head […]
Vitals COACH — KEITH HELLSTERN (4th year, 19-12) CONFERENCE — SCC Tier I PLAYOFF CLASS — LL (826 boys’ enrollment) HOME — Rafferty Stadium, Fairfield University 2017 RECORD — 8-3 (lost to Greenwich in Class LL quarterfinals) 2018 OPENER — Sept. 7, vs. Notre Dame-West Haven, 7 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — www.jesuitpride.com | TWITTER — @Prep_Football […]
Elite, versatile players typically will do whatever it takes to help their team be competitive and win. Fairfield Prep junior Mason Reale certainly fits that mold. Last season as a sophomore, Fairfield Prep coach Graham Niemi touted Reale as the team’s best midfielder and he ended up with 23 goals and 25 assists. This […]
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…
Heading into the CIAC Class L boys lacrosse tournament, the burning question on everyone’s mind in the lacrosse community was could anyone beat Darien? The Blue Wave, the top ranked team in the Register Top 10 Lacrosse Poll all season, entered the Class L final on Saturday against Ridgefield with a 22-0 season record, a […]
WATERBURY — Benjamin Shadeck just wanted to keep fighting. Even though Cheshire’s comfortable three-run lead had evaporated with one thunderous swing from Will Lucas, the senior left-hander knew he had no choice but to dig in and keep fighting. The Rams’ season and championship hopes depended on it. That attitude proved vital for Cheshire in […]
Pregame batting practice was in full swing for the Amity-Woodbridge baseball team on Wednesday afternoon when Pat Winkel got the news.
The New York Yankees had taken him in the 31st round of the Major League Baseball Draft.
It was quite an adr…
FAIRFIELD — Religious leaders, members of the Anti-Defamation League and Fairfield College Preparatory School leaders are scheduled to meet Tuesday to discuss anti-Semitic taunting by Prep fans at a playoff lacrosse game in Westport last week. “We’ve had lots of leaders in Westport reach out, as well as the father (Rev. Thomas M. Simisky) at […]
FAIRFIELD — The top-ranked baseball team in the state certainly didn’t expect to have to go to their bullpen in the third inning of Sunday’s Class LL quarterfinal against East Hartford. Odds are, they also didn’t expect their potent lineup to …
