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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 […]
TRUMBULL — New Canaan and Fairfield Warde finished in a tie when they met during the regular season, so what happened when the two formidable girls golf teams competed in the CIAC Championship on Tuesday? They finished their respective rounds …
DANBURY — Excitement filled the postgame huddle for the Warde softball team as a first state playoff win since 2011 was met with cheers and high fives. It took a masterful performance from a sophomore to finally end the postseason drought in the Class LL first round. Pitcher Haley Bivens fired a two-hitter and belted […]
FAIRFIELD — In the span of eight seconds Alex Berg forever etched himself into the history of the Fairfield Warde-Fairfield Ludlowe boys lacrosse rivalry.
The Falcons senior scored from 15 yards away as time expired, lifting Ludlowe to a 12-11…
WILTON — Fairfield Warde made it a game for a while, had a couple of early leads and kept it tight for 17 minutes Friday night at Kristine Lilly Field.
Wilton got on a run to finish the first half, controlled the ball, took control of the game…
FAIRFIELD — Both boys lacrosse teams on Tetreau-Davis Field had something to play for Wednesday evening. The hosts came away with it.
Fairfield Warde earned at least a .500 regular season for the third year in a row with a 15-4 win over Stratf…
NORWALK — The Brien McMahon baseball team has picked a good time to hit its stride.
The Senators won their third straight, and fifth out of seven, on the strength of Frankie Greco’s pitching and Anthony Socci’s hitting following Monday’s key 2…
FAIRFIELD — Hitting one walk-off home run over the course of a career, let alone a season, is usually cause for celebration. But two walk-offs over the course of two games? That’s automatic legend status.
OK, maybe not legend status but for Lu…
STAMFORD—It is all falling into place for the Stamford High School softball team.
The Black Knights posted their eighth victory in the last 10 games Friday by conquering Warde High, 12-4 at their treeless home field.
Stamford improved to 9-6 o…
FAIRFIELD — It seems that over the last couple of weeks, the members of the Fairfield Warde baseball team have learned how to spell the most important word in the dictionary.
Team.
The old adage, there is no ‘I’ in ‘team’ has never been more e…
FAIRFIELD — A day after watching Olivia Vadas pitch a complete game, strike out 12 and hammer two home runs in a huge FCIAC victory against Darien on Monday, Warde coach Gary Quiricone was looking for more of the same on Tuesday against Danbur…
DARIEN—Mired in somewhat of a logjam in the FCIAC softball standings, it was the little things that would make the difference between Darien and Fairfield Warde on Monday. Namely, avoiding costly mistakes and hitting when it mattered. Warde’s Olivia Vadas did both, pitching a complete game with 12 strikeouts and hitting two home runs, the […]
FAIRFIELD — Thomas Groves had 15 points and five kills to lead the Ridgefield boys volleyball team to a 3-0 victory of Warde on Wednesday.
The Tigers (7-2) dominated the first set 25-7 before taking the second set 25-22 and the third set 25-15…
STAMFORD—Every time Westhill would inch closer, the Warde softball team would pull away a little further.
With four runs in the sixth and three more in the seventh, Warde got out of Stamford with a 9-4 victory over Westhill Friday afternoon.
W…
FAIRFIELD — St. Joseph and Fairfield Warde were supposed to play on Monday in Trumbull, but rain forced the FCIAC contenders to push their game back one day — this time, to the Mustangs’ home ballpark.
The schedule change certainly didn’t both…
FAIRFIELD — Knowing what was coming next — a Thursday date with top-ranked Darien — and coming off a big-time battering at the hands of No. 4 Ridgefield a few days earlier, Warde needed a confidence boost in a major way.
And they got it.
Scori…
WESTPORT — Olivia Vadas struck out 10 in a dominant effort for Fairfield Warde as the Mustangs defeated Staples 11-2 on Friday afternoon.
“We don’t like to underestimate anyone,” Vadas said. “We mostly talk about everyone on our team going out…
FAIRFIELD — It was already a back and forth game and after seeing the momentum swing back in favor of Warde, Shelton coach Scott Gura had a decision to make.Down two runs with just three innings left, Gura decided to stop the bleeding by bring…
FAIRFIELD — The opportunities for high school baseball teams to get outside have been scarce this spring because of the rain. Keeping that in mind, Newtown didn’t want to squander its chance to notch an early season, confidence-boosting win ag…
FAIRFIELD — When the Sticks for Soldiers trophy was presented to Ludlowe coach Chris Parisi, he quickly turned and handed it to his senior goaltender, Carter Leibrock. Because in a game where saves were at a premium, it was Leibrock who stood …
FAIRFIELD – The kids were all right. Sophomores Lawrence Saladin, Mason McKay and Anthony Espinoza all made their varsity debuts on Saturday for Warde coach Brett Conner and all three had their moment in the opening day spotlight in the Mustangs’ 5-2 victory over Notre Dame-Fairfield at Fabbri Field. Saladin pitched five innings, allowing just […]
DANBURY — Scoring zero points in a game never had such an impact.For Immaculate senior Ronan Doherty, his top priority for this one was defense, and did he ever shine.Tasked with primarily defending FCIAC Player of the Year Sean Conway, Dohert…
RIDGEFIELD — It ended about the same way the teams’ regular-season game ended, probably about the way most people expected. The path to Ridgefield’s 6-0 playoff win over Fairfield on Friday in the CIAC Division I boys hockey first round was a …
@FairfieldWarde defeats @athleticsXHS in the first round of the @ciacbbb Division II Tournament. The @FWHSMustangs advance to face @Ihsmustangs in the second round. #ctbb pic.twitter.com/IpzX86Y0we — CT Sports Now (@CT_Sports_Now) March 7, 2018 FAIRFIELD — Warde’s killer B held off Xavier’s killer Bs. Standing at the free throw line with a one-point lead and just […]
Double-teams. Triple-teams. Gimmick defenses. FCIAC boys basketball coaches have thrown everything but the kitchen sink at Sean Conway in an effort to prevent the Fairfield Warde star from scoring. Few, if any, however, have been successful. Conway’s senior season, in which he’s averaging a whopping 31.5 points per game, ranks statistically as one of the […]
DARIEN — Fairfield Warde/Ludlowe had reason to feel optimistic after closing to within one-goal of Greenwich following the first period of Wednesday’s FCIAC tournament semifinal-round game. But the Cardinals have a way of quickly taking aw…
FAIRFIELD — At this point of the season, when the parameters change from simply turning the page to one-and-done, every team’s focus becomes single-minded. Survive and advance. And that’s just what 23rd-seeded Amity did in its first-round Class LL tournament game against No. 10 Warde Monday night, the Spartans survived and the Spartans advanced. Thanks […]
RIDGEFIELD — The Warde High School boys basketball team got one heck of a boost Wednesday night with the FCIAC tournament only three days away.Senior sharp-shooter Sean Conway sank a step-back jumper with 1.2 seconds remaining — with three…
FAIRFIELD — Warde coach Dave Danko was doing his best to keep the tears from rolling down his cheeks. He spoke about his team’s heart, its desire and its determination to overcome the odds and reach the FCIAC tournament championship game. But, alas, it was not to be. Wilton, which last won the FCIAC title […]
