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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 …
NEW CANAAN — The New Canaan boys lacrosse team’s first venture into the Class L playoffs is shaping up to be a sort of revenge tour.
That was the case Saturday as the No. 4 Rams downed 12-seed Fairfield Prep 9-7 in the state quarterfinals. New…
WESTPORT — A Staples lacrosse coach is accusing Fairfield Prep fans of crossing a line from cheering to anti-Semitism at a tightly fought playoff match this week. According to Staples High School lacrosse coach, fans of the visiting Fairfield Prep team, referred to collectively as the Bomb Squad, repeatedly yelled anti-Semitic chants when one of […]
WESTPORT — With his arms raised in as big a V as he could produce, Fairfield Prep junior Connor Boyle raced up the Staples High lacrosse field, leaving jubilant teammates and broken-hearted Wreckers in his wake.
What he couldn’t run away from …
FAIRFIELD – Sometimes, no matter how good a team is, it still needs a little bit of Lady Luck on its side.
Fairfield Prep got exactly that in its Class LL second-round game against Southington Wednesday afternoon at Alumni Diamond. Tied at 1-1…
FAIRFIELD — All those years in the Norwalk dugout have taught veteran baseball coach Pete Tucci about what needs to be done in order to pull off the perfect upset.
Keeping that in mind, it didn’t take long for Tucci to realize that the Bears w…
WEST HAVEN — The sight was all too familiar to Cheshire and anyone else who has played in the SCC boys lacrosse final in recent memory. SCC Co-Player of the Year Mason Reale and the rest of the Jesuits sprinted across the Ken Strong Stadium turf, looking for the closest teammate to hug. It was […]
WEST HAVEN — Fairfield Prep senior Dan Fallacaro understands his role. As the team’s designated hitter, Fallacaro is expected to deliver when his time is called upon.
Fallacaro did just that as his single with one out in the bottom of the sixt…
Two pitchers go toe-to-toe in an SCC tournament game. It is @fairfieldprep who scores the first and only run in the 10th inning to win it 1-0 over @AthleticsHamden. #ctbase pic.twitter.com/6sv2pCVAf9 — CT Sports Now (@CT_Sports_Now) May 24, 2018 FAIRFIELD — In two previous meetings this season against Fairfield Prep, Hamden gave the Jesuits all […]
FAIRFIELD — The first pitch Fairfield Prep’s baseball team saw Thursday, Adam Stone hit sharply back through the box.
The second, Joe Mancini drove down the left-field line.
The Jesuits stayed aggressive, got timely hits and took advantage of …
FAIRFIELD — The weather might as well have matched the mood along Fairfield Prep’s sidelines Wednesday. On a wet, dreary evening at Rafferty Stadium, it was Hand that outplayed one of the state’s premier boys lacrosse programs from start to finish. The Tigers stunned No. 4 Prep 9-6 on Senior Night, handing the Jesuits their […]
That didn’t take long. New Canaan, which lost to Darien and then Fairfield Prep and fell out of its cozy perch at behind Darien at No. 2, is back at No. 2 after a week’s respite. Ridgefield, which saw its win streak snapped by No. 1 Darien last weekend, remained at No. 3. Fairfield Prep […]
The last remaining undefeated baseball team has finally cracked the Top 10. And just in time for the postseason. Shepaug, which headed into the week 16-0, made its GameTimeCT / New Haven Register poll debut at No. 9. The Spartans will be looking to clinch the Berkshire League championship and the top seed in the […]
We will crown champions after the state tournaments, but if you are looking for the team that has separated itself from everyone else in the regular season, look no further than Fairfield Prep.
The Jesuits (16-1) have won 11 in a row and have …
FAIRFIELD — The past is the past. One of the greatest pitching performances in the history of the Little League World Series is nothing more than a distant memory to the author himself, Will Lucas.
“I don’t really focus on it. It’s kind of in …
Heading into the hockey season in December, goalie Jack McGee expected the Fairfield Prep boys hockey team to be successful with 16 players returning. Despite the team’s depth and experience, McGee believed the Jesuits still had to play hard to be successful, especially with the team’s tough regular season schedule. The depth and experience, plus […]
