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DARIEN — New Canaan’s Rich Bulan reached a coaching milestone with his 500th career victory on Monday night.
Few of the first 499 could have been much wilder.
Kaleigh Harden whipped in a goa…
STAMFORD — One of the more dramatic moments of the last boys basketball season came in the form of half-court buzzer-beater by New Canaan’s Ryan McAleer to beat Stamford, 52-49, in a game which really launched the Rams’ dr…
The moment was a huge surprise for Elle Sneddon. So much so, that the New Canaan junior, a setter on the Rams’ volleyball team, didn’t even hear her name announced.
What those around her realized, and what …
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 […]
DARIEN — The seniors on the Darien boys swimming and diving team have delivered plenty of memorable moments during the past few seasons, from individual gold medals to a state championship two seasons ago.
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Being a defending champion comes with it’s own unique challenges.
When you’re beset with injuries and illnesses, and face a difficult schedule to open a new season, those challenges are magnified.
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TOP PERFORMERS
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…
NEW CANAAN — The New Canaan boys basketball team broke a nearly 10-year losing skid against Danbury on Friday, and the Rams did it in style. The Rams grabbed a 10-point lead in the first half and cruised to a resounding 61-38 victory over the Hatters at NCHS. New Canaan (5-2 overall, 2-1 FCIAC) was […]
DARIEN — It may be an understatement, but it’s been a pretty good week for the New Canaan girls ice hockey team.
Five days after shutting out rival Darien in a rematch of last year’s state final, the Rams s…
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…
TOP PERFORMERS
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…
NEW CANAAN — With a victory over rival Darien already under its belt, it’s not as if the New Canaan girls basketball team was looking for a signature win.
But the Rams’ latest game against Greenwich may hav…
Seven 3-pointers in the first half, a 19-point second quarter lead, two players with more than 15 points — indeed, the numbers added up for the New Canaan boys basketball team in its game against host Greenwich on Tuesday …
A 6-0 start, including a tournament win in Massachusetts, has Notre Dame-West Haven atop the GameTimeCT boys hockey top 10 poll in Week 4 of the season. The Green Knights, runner-up to Fairfield Prep last year, have three in-state wins in addition to their win in the CM Christmas Tournament. They’ll make two trips into […]
Few teams enjoyed the holidays as much as Amity.
After not receiving any votes in the preseason GametimeCT Top 10 poll, the Spartans came out trying to prove they belonged in the conversation not just in th…
DARIEN — Moments after his New Canaan girls ice hockey team had shut out rival Darien 1-0, coach Rich Bulan offered an observation on junior goalie Bythe Novick.
“It’s amazing,” Bulan said. “She been playin…
DARIEN — Notre Dame-Fairfield always seemed to have a body in the way all Saturday evening at Darien Ice House, have a skate there to block a shot, have a stick in a passing lane. But then Sam Augustine found something unu…
STAMFORD — It’s just the third day of the new year, but Trinity Catholic was afflicted with some playoff fever on Friday night.
In an early showdown between two of the FCIAC’s postseason contenders, the hom…
NEW CANAAN — Depth has helped key the Greenwich boys swimming team’s unprecedented success over the years and Friday’s season-opener showed the Cardinals also shouldn’t be shorthanded in any event this winter.
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DARIEN — One year ago, the New Canaan and Darien girls basketball teams played an epic, four-overtime game that saw the Blue Wave escape with a one-point win, courtesy of the Rams’ poor foul shooting and turnovers.
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GREENWICH — A fast start keyed the Greenwich girls hockey team’s victory against New Canaan at the 2018 Ice Hockey Winter Classic, but Saturday, finishing with a flurry propelled the Cardinals past one of their main rivals…
“Keep it simple.”
That was head coach Clark Jones’ message to the Rams boys hockey team after the first period, one that ended with New Canaan trailing Immaculate 1-0.
From that point forwar…
SOUTHINGTON — Despite leading by two points, New Canaan boys’ basketball coach Dan Melzer was not happy at halftime of his team’s first-round game against Shelton in the Southington Holiday Tournament at Southington High S…
NEW CANAAN — It’s been no secret Drew Pyne’s football future was with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
The New Canaan senior made his verbal commitment long ago, but when he finally put his signature on paper…
The Connecticut Division I boys hockey championship does not always go to the Catholic schools, nor to the FCIAC powers in the southwest corner of the state, but that’s the way to bet. In particular, the way to bet is Fairfield Prep, winner of 11 out of the past 20 titles under coach Matt Sather, […]
DARIEN — What better way for a team to start its season than playing one of its main rivals?
New Canaan and Greenwich did just that Monday night, facing off against each other in their season-opener in a re…
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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 CIAC Football Playoffs begin Wednesday, Dec. 4 (after a postponement due to weather) with quarterfinal rounds at the sites of the higher seeds. They will continue with semifinals Monday, Dec. 9 at sites of the higher seeds, and conclude Saturday, Dec. 14 at either Trumbull’s McDougall Stadium, or Veterans Stadium at Willowbrook […]
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