NEW CANAAN — The turf at Dunning Stadium on the New Canaan High School campus is used to hosting high-level matchups with elite-level talent.
That talent will take a step up Saturday afternoon at 1 when the No. 13 Virginia men’s lacrosse team …
Softball: Serrichio, Stamford rallies to beat New Canaan in 8 innings
NEW CANAAN — It took extras, but Stamford earned its first conference win of the season Wednesday afternoon. The Black Knights scored four runs in the eighth to down New Canaan 7-3 on the road. It was their second victory over the Rams this season, though the first was non-conference. “We did what we had […]
Jeff Jacobs: New Canaan trio stir the echoes of Connecticut football
NEW CANAAN One after another, the tweets came. Quarterback Drew Pyne to Notre Dame at 1:10 p.m. Offensive lineman Jack Conley to Boston College at 5:07 p.m. Offensive lineman Jack Stewart to Michigan at 7:29 p.m. When was the last time three football players from a Connecticut public high school committed to such high-profile programs […]
New Canaan’s Conley, Stewart pick colleges
NEW CANAAN — The New Canaan football program capped off a banner Monday with its second and third Division I commitments of the day when tackles Jack Conley and Jack Stewart announced their decisions just hours after quarterback Drew Pyne gave…
Football: Three New Canaan players commit to FBS schools on the same day
Did somebody declare this National Commitment Day? It certainly felt that way in New Canaan where not one or two but three players all made their verbal commitments to play for major NCAA Football Bowl Division programs within hours of each other. Quarterback Drew Pyne kicked off New Canaan’s announcement trifecta by declaring he would be signing […]
Football: New Canaan’s Drew Pyne commits to Notre Dame
NEW CANAAN — One of the heaviest-recruited players in Connecticut high school football history has made his decision. Current New Canaan sophomore Drew Pyne announced his verbal commitment to play at Notre Dame via Twitter on Monday. Pyne, a four-star recruit, held offers from Power 5 schools all over the country and is the Fighting […]
Boys Volleyball: New Canaan sweeps Stamford
NEW CANAAN — The New Canaan High School boys volleyball team posted a 25-4, 25-16, 25-12 home non-league triumph over Stamford High Thursday.
The Rams’ program, in its eighth season of existence and seventh year playing in the FCIAC, improved …
Baseball: New Canaan sweeps Greenwich in doubleheader
GREENWICH — Using its opportunistic bats in the first game and strong pitching and defense in the second, the New Canaan baseball team got exactly what it wanted out of Wednesday’s doubleheader against Greenwich — a significant sweep.
The Rams…
Softball: Stamford wins opener over New Canaan
STAMFORD — It was a chilly but rewarding afternoon of firsts for the Stamford High School softball team.Longtime assistant coach Melissa Giordano started her new job as Black Knights head coach with a victory as Stamford conquered New Canaan, …
Boys Volleyball: Nelson, New Canaan top Greenwich
GREENWICH — Monday’s matchup between New Canaan and Greenwich was a prime example of how volleyball features momentum swings unlike many other sports do.The Rams had the better of the play in the first two games, before the Cardinals seized th…
Baseball: New Milford opens with win over New Canaan
NEW CANAAN—It is never wise to judge a high school baseball team’s season simply on the basis of opening day.However, the New Milford High School baseball team set the tone it wanted for this 2018 campaign Saturday as the Green Wave posted an …
New Canaan’s Marinelli to receive Gold Key Award from Connecticut Sports Writers’ Alliance
CHESHIRE — He has won more games than any high school football coach in Connecticut history, including an eye-popping 12 state championships.And yet, when Lou Marinelli was asked to name his favorite highlight in his 37 seasons at the helm at …
Boys basketball: FCIAC will bring back lots of talent next season
Timmond Williams of Trumbull and Denali Burton of Danbury stood near the foul line talking as they warmed up for the FCIAC Junior All-Star game at Staples High Monday night.Two weeks prior the pair had been going at it in the FCIAC championshi…
Girls hockey: Darien tops rival New Canaan for first time this year, advances to CHSGHA state championship
SHELTON — Fourth time’s the charm.After dropping three contests to New Canaan this season — the most recent a double-overtime thriller in the FCIAC semifinals — Darien was finally able to crack the Ram code.The second-ranked Blue Wave defeated…
Hockey: Owens’ goal lifts Hamden over New Canaan in triple OT, into D1 quarterfinals
HAMDEN — It took over three hours, included two missed penalty shots in overtime, and had all the excitement one could ask for. And on the 94th shot of the game, Hamden lived to see another day.Just over one minute after New Canaan had a chanc…
Hockey: Darien holds of New Canaan 5-2 in FCIAC quarterfinals
DARIEN — The New Canaan boys hockey team gave everything it could to Darien early in the rivals’ FCIAC quarterfinal matchup Saturday afternoon, but the Blue Wave never blinked.Third-seeded Darien survived the early pressure and finished st…
Girls Hockey: O’Connell’s goal lifts New Canaan over Darien 2OT FCIAC semifinal
DARIEN—It was a battle of Olympian proportions.On the stage of the FCIAC Girls Ice Hockey playoff semifinals Wednesday night at the Darien Ice House, the New Canaan High School and Darien High School squads fought through 45 minutes of regul…
Girls Basketball: New Canaan girls basketball tops McMahon
NEW CANAAN—In all likelihood, there will be no postseason for the Brien McMahon High School and New Canaan High School girls basketball teams.The Senators and the Rams met Tuesday in the next-to-last contest of the season.Both sides were hon…
Girls Hockey: Orszulak’s goal helps Greenwich edge rival New Canaan
Receiving a pass from Jennifer Kelly all alone in front of the net, Sydney Orszulak directed her one-timer inside the right post, giving the Greenwich High School girls ice hockey team one of its biggest goals of the season on Monday night.Ors…
Hockey: Dickson, McDermott rally Darien past New Canaan in OT
DARIEN—Both Darien coach Mac Budd and New Canaan’s Clark Jones thought Friday’s matchup between the rivals would be a much different affair than the first time the two teams met this season.They were right.The winning team remained the s…
Girls Basketball: Darien beats New Canaan to keep playoff hopes alive
NEW CANAAN — Needing every win it can get in order to make the FCIAC tournament, the Darien girls basketball team came out flat against rival New Canaan Thursday.The Blue Wave scored just five points in the first quarter, but righted the shi…
Boys Basketball: Darien use big fourth to beat New Canaan
DARIEN — For 24 minutes Thursday night, the Darien and New Canaan boys basketball teams played the way you would expect two rivals to go at, and after three quarters the score was tied.The final eight minutes were a different story.The Blue …
Boys Hockey: Darien, New Canaan meet with playoff berths at stake
DARIEN — Early in the season, the Darien and New Canaan hockey teams battled each other looking for their first win of the season.
What transpired was an 8-1 drubbing by the Blue Wave on a Saturday morning at the Darien Ice House.
On Friday at 2:40 …
Boys Swimming: New Canaan tops rival Darien, 99-87
DARIEN—Rivalries always bring the best out in high school teams.And few rivalries are more renown than New Canaan High School vs. Darien High School.In any sport.The jammed capacity crowd at the Darien YMCA pool Friday was treated to top not…
Football: New Canaan’s Lucas Niang fast becomes a force for Texas Christian
FORT WORTH, TEXAS—It’s no surprise to anyone that saw him play at New Canaan High School that Lucas Niang would thrive at the next level.What may be a surprise however, is the magnitude in which he’s made that jump.Last year, as a true s…
Boys Hockey: Third-period outburst helps Mozian, No. 2 Greenwich top New Canaan
GREENWICH — Monday’s matchup between FCIAC boys ice hockey rivals Greenwich and New Canaan was a back-and-forth battle during the first two periods, with each team trading goals.But Greenwich had the better of the play for most of the thir…
Hockey: Cimino, Knightly propel New Canaan’s rally past Notre Dame-Fairfield
DARIEN — Eric Cimino and Brendan Knightly scored in the final 5:42 to propel the New Canaan High School boys ice hockey team to a 5-4 non-league triumph over Notre Dame-Fairfield Saturday night at the Darien ice rink.The Rams (5-5) awarded t…
Boys Hockey: Xavier shuts out New Canaan
MIDDLETOWN — Xavier exploded for three goals in a five-minute span in the second period to beat New Canaan 3-0 in an inter-league Division I match played Monday night at the Spurrier-Snyder Rink at Wesleyan University.What made the outburst …
Girls Hockey: Aselin, Greenwich top New Canaan
GREENWICH — Following a one-goal loss to Darien, its first defeat of the season, the Greenwich High School girls ice hockey team was intent on turning the page and getting back on the winning track Monday against another rival in the form of…
Hockey: New Canaan tops Northwest Catholic for third-straight victory
DARIEN—The hard work and patience are being rewarded. The fortunate bounces of the puck are back. And a goalie has put a whole new outlook on the season for the New Canaan High School boys ice hockey team.The Rams captured their third straig…
Boys Basketball: Stamford tops New Canaan with fourth-quarter surge
STAMFORD — The New Canaan High School and Stamford High School boys basketball programs are on different paths as the Rams battled the Black Knights on Friday night at Paul Kuczo gymnasium.Each side got its own reward as Stamford exploded fo…
Girls Basketball: Stamford’s press too much for New Canaan
NEW CANAAN — Stamford girls basketball coach Diane Burns said she has been stressing her team’s full court pressure the past couple weeks.Friday, that preparation paid off in a big way.Working off that press, the Black Knights defense down…
Girls Hockey: New Canaan off to 8-1 start
NEW CANAAN — For New Canaan girls hockey coach Rich Bulan, the offseason seemed as if it lasted a lifetime.Sure, he’s an assistant on the Rams softball team, active in youth leagues and works at Saxe Middle school. Still, he couldn’t hel…
Hockey: Hamden sends message in 12-6 victory over New Canaan
DARIEN—It is certainly too early in the high school boys ice hockey season to draw conclusions.But it’s never too early to send a message.The Hamden High School boys ice hockey team let the FCIAC know the Green Dragons are a force this yea…
Boys Hockey: Jones, New Canaan expect to be competitive
NEW CANAAN — A lot has changed in the last year.After reaching the FCIAC finals and state semis a year ago, the Rams lost 15 players from last year’s team as well as coach Pat Gore, who opted to step down during the offseason.The good new …
Football: The 2017 CLASS L Semifinal Preview Capsules – New Canaan at Masuk; Windsor at Hand
The CIAC Football Playoff Scoreboard More Semifinal Previews: Class LL | Class M | Class S The 2017 CIAC Football Class L quarterfinal previews. Compiled and written by Doug Bonjour and Sean Patrick Bowley CLASS L No. 8 New Canaan at No. 5 Masuk WHERE / WHEN — Benedict Field, Monroe, Sunday, 12:30 p.m. TEAM RECORDS — […]
Football: New Canaan defense leading Rams in quest for fifth-straight title
NEW CANAAN — As the Middletown offense came to the line in the Class L quarterfinals, the New Canaan defense on the other side of the field often resembled a swarm of bees trying to get in formation.It may have appeared chaotic, but when the…
Football: Court docs reveal Snapchat feud led to altercation between Darien and New Canaan teens
DARIEN — Snapchat, trash talking, and a deep-seated rivalry led to the confrontation that resulted in the arrest of three Darien teens, two of whom were on the Darien High School football team, according to court documents released Thursday. Brian Minicus, 18, and Jack Joyce, 18, turned themselves into New Canaan police on the night […]
Football: Champs at it again: No. 8 seed New Canaan hands top seed Middletown first loss in Class L
MIDDLETOWN — The New Canaan football team did not begin the season the way it planned, but now that the calendar is turning to December, the Rams are playing more like a four-time defending state champion.The No. 8 New Canaan defense locked …
Football: Defending champ New Canaan bests top-seeded Middletown, advances to Class L semifinals
MIDDLETOWN — The king will live to fight another week.Four-time Class L champion New Canaan saw to that by beating Middletown 24-9 in front of 2,000 at Rosek-Skubel Stadium Tuesday evening. New Canaan needed to beat Darien on Thanksgiving to…
Football: The 2017 CIAC Playoffs In a Nutshell
We’ve made it. The long, grueling grind that is the regular season is finally over. All 12 weeks are in the books — so is Thanksgiving. The playoffs are here. The quarterfinals begin Tuesday at the sites of the higher seeds at 6:30 p.m. The 2017 CIAC Football Playoff Schedule The semifinals, however, have been […]
Football: New Canaan shuts down shorthanded No. 1 Darien in Turkey Bowl, returns to playoffs
STAMFORD — The landscape of high school football in Connecticut underwent a dramatic change over four quarters at Boyle Stadium on Thursday morning. The No. 1 ranked team in the state was taken down, it’s nearly three-season long winning streak was snapped and a four-time defending state champion went from missing the playoffs to a […]
Police: Two Darien football players charged for involvement in assault
NEW CANAAN — On the eve of the annual Turkey Bowl between New Canaan and Darien, at least two members of the Darien football team have been charged by New Canaan police following an assault earlier this month.Three Darien residents turned th…
Football: New Canaan’s season at stake against undefeated Darien in Turkey Bowl
STAMFORD — While the pride of two towns consistently weighs on the backs of Darien and New Canaan in their annual Thanksgiving meeting, this year there’s an added wrinkle to the contest.For one team, it could mean the end of the road in 20…
Field Hockey: Hand edges defending champion New Canaan to claim Class M title
WETHERSFIELD — While offense has been a strength this season for the Hand field hockey team, its defense hasn’t been too shabby with the Tigers outscoring opponents 91-18 entering its matchup with New Canaan in the CIAC Class M championshi…
Field hockey: New Canaan edges Branford, advances to Class M championship game
TRUMBULL — The New Canaan field hockey team was out-cornered and out-shot by a wide margin against Branford Tuesday night in the CIAC Class M semifinals.The stat sheet may have been heavily leaning Branford’s way, but the numbers on the sc…
The WEEK 11 GameTimeCT / New Haven Register Top 10 Poll: New Canaan returns, St. Joseph moves up
South Windsor might have had the biggest victory of Week 10, but New Canaan — which had been just on the cusp of the Top 10 for the last few weeks — made its return heading into the last regular-season week before Thanksgiving. The four-time defending champs, who claimed the No. 10 spot by 39 […]
Girls Volleyball: New Canaan nips Westhill in 5 sets, advances to LL 2nd round
STAMFORD—The New Canaan High School girls volleyball team had defeated Westhill High on the final day of the regular season to knock the Vikings out of the FCIAC playoff picture.No. 14 seed Westhill was very pleased to get a chance at redemp…
Girls Swimming: Greenwich nips New Canaan for FCIAC crown
GREENWICH — It was a battle to the finish.The team championship at the 2017 FCIAC Girls Swim Championship Saturday night at the Greenwich High pool wasn’t decided until the final leg on the final relay.Although Staples won the 400-yard fre…
Football: New Canaan football holds off stubborn Norwalk
NORWALK — It was a hard battle on a number of fronts but the New Canaan High School football team earned a 32-12 triumph over Norwalk Friday night at Sam Testa Field.Norwalk High (4-4 overall, 3-4 FCIAC) gave New Canaan a hard time over the …
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