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GREENWICH — Despite a tough one-goal loss to rival New Canaan in its season-opener, the Greenwich girls soccer team showed plenty of positive signs on both ends of the field — aspects that also surfaced Tuesday when FCIAC …
Greenwich ran its record to 2-0 with a 7-1 win over boys soccer foe J.M. Wright Technical School, it’s second straight victory over the Stamford-based school.
The visiting Cardinals, who defeated Wright Tec…
A goal midway through the second half lifted New Canaan past Greenwich, 3-2, on Saturday in an FCIAC West Region girls soccer game at Cardinal Stadium.
The game-winning goal occurred in the 60th minute, giv…
A hat trick came naturally to New Canaan’s Marlee Smith during the Rams’ field hockey matchup against Greenwich on Saturday.
Smith, a senior, recorded a natural hat trick in the first half for New Canaan, w…
GREENWICH — Meghan Lynch talked about setting her sights on breaking school records in certain races during the Greenwich High School swimming team’s dual meets this season, since postseason meets are a big question mark i…
Linsey Arends, Woodstock Academy, Jr. 2019 Class MM championship meet runner-up with a time of 20:14, finished 33rd in State Open as a sophomore. Peyton Bornstein, Tolland, Jr. Finished fourth in the Class M Championship with a time of 20:08, helping lead Tolland to a State Title with teammate Calista Mayer Elisabeth Brown, Sheehan, […]
The goals came early and often for the Greenwich boys soccer team in its FCIAC West Division matchup against Wright Tech on Friday in the season-opener for both teams.
Controlling possession and crisply pas…
Thursday’s high school girls volleyball match between host Greenwich High School and J.M. Wright Technical School wasn’t as crowded, or loud as most matches, but it certainly didn’t dampen the participants’ spirits. In fac…
Already a team record-holder in five events, Meghan Lynch hopes to break several more marks for the Greenwich High School girls swimming team this season, but she may have to do so at regular-season dual meets.
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Mari Noble won the State Open, Class LL and FCIAC girls cross country titles in 2019, yet this season, she will most likely aim to register her top times at dual meets, instead of championship venues.
It is…
Emma Appleman, Guilford, Sr., OH: The reigning SCC Player of the Year led team with 400 kills during her junior campaign and helped Guilford capture its first league crown in 25 years. She’s been named to the All-SCC first…
This fall, there will be no raucous student sections, no chants of “we believe we will win” and no clouds of baby powder emanating from a cluster of teens dressed in school colors.
As has been widely discus…
Entering the season with a modified schedule and questions about the makeup of the postseason format, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, certainly hasn’t affected the Greenwich girls volleyball team’s motivation.
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Updated story at 5:45 p.m. While announcing plans on Tuesday for an “alternative season” in the spring for sports that lose most of their seasons to the COVID-19 pandemic, including 11-on-11 football or any other fall or winter sport, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference came out against independent football and urged schools not to let […]
TAKING OVER THE HELM
Several coaching changes took place since the 2019 high school girls swimming season concluded, one of which occurred at Lauralton Hall. Fran Pfeiffer who coached at Lauralton Hall for …
Maddie Bergin, North Haven: Bergin, a senior, finished third in the 50-yard freestyle at the 2019 State Open (23.90 seconds) and took fourth in the 100 freestyle (52.31). Bergin won both the Class M 50 (24.01) and 100 free…
Every practice and each game is paramount to the Greenwich High School field hockey team, which is aiming to appreciate each moment it’s on field together this season.
“The season is going to look super dif…
Chris Akindura, Naugatuck, Sr. F: The three-year starter is one of the most dangerous scoring threats in the state and could be the best player in the NVL. All-NVL in 2019.
Max Baer, Barlow, Sr. M: The All-…
Though full-contact club football remains unpopular, one city is close to getting on the field.
Meriden on Thursday granted Maloney and Platt permission to play 11-on-11 football in the city this fall, prov…
With safety precautions in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the season sporting a new-look, this fall, more than ever, the role team captains play is significant.
“Our captains have been great, both i…
A proposal for 7-on-7 football in the FCIAC has been approved by the conference’s athletic directors, FCIAC commissioner Dave Schulz confirmed Wednesday. The plan discussed at the FCIAC ADs meeting was from Ridgefield Athletic Director Dane Street. The plan, which Street discussed during a board of education meeting in the town Monday night, is for […]
Last season saw Greenwich advance to the championship game of the CIAC Class LL Boys Soccer Tournament for the first time since 1978, but this fall, it won’t have the opportunity to earn a return trip to the state finals.
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Senior Taylor Gambardella was pretty pleased to be practicing on Monday afternoon at Kavanaugh Field. The full Guilford girls soccer team was together for a practice, instead of the cohorts of 10 they were limited to durin…
As soon as the expected final decision from the CIAC came down Wednesday that there would be no CIAC sponsored 11-on-11 tackle football this fall, the wheels went into motion in some communities to try to get their players…
With virtual meets possibly being included in certain teams’ schedule and social distancing measures being followed by all squads, the girls high school swimming scene will have a different look to it this fall.
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Ledyard athletic director Jim Buonocore was surprised when the CIAC Board of Control denied the CIAC football committee’s suggestion to move the sport to the spring last month, instead deciding to keep it in the fall. “I was surprised to say the least. We all (on the committee) had the same thought process,” said Buonocore, […]
WEST HARTFORD — Emotions were high and raw at a rally to try to save a high school football season in 2020-21, so high and raw that Brady Hutchison twice yelled not to let common sense prevail.
The senior S…
High school football will not be held this fall in its current 11-on-11, full-contact format, the CIAC Board of Control voted Friday morning. The state’s governing body for high school sports is following the guidance of the Department of Health. In an email response Thursday to CIAC executive director Glenn Lungarini, DPH acting commissioner Deidre […]
The CIAC Board of Control is continuing to work on a modified plan for the fall sports season in alignment with the Connecticut Department of Health. Part of that plan was revealed late Sunday night, which includes the resumption of in-person conditioning beginning Monday. A copy of DPH’s recommendations, in a Sunday letter to the […]
