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WESTPORT — Staples’ boys lacrosse faceoff crew, led by Henry Dodge, got the Wreckers the ball. The attack and middies held it in the New Canaan end for three, four, five minutes at a time Saturday
And when …
The theme in the run-up to the 2021 boys lacrosse season, with 672 (your favorite dirty adjective) days between the 2019 Class L final and the six games scheduled for Saturday morning at 10: Nobody really knows anything… Nobody, except that Darien is No. 1 in the GameTimeCT poll, a unanimous choice to start the […]
Danielle Simoneau came to a realization after she stepped down as head coach of the New Canaan softball team following the 2017 season.
“I just realized that I’m better inside the lines than outside the lin…
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Kate Bellissimo, Darien: Bellissimo had four points with a hat trick and an assist as the Blue Wave pitched a shutout in the FCIAC quarterfinals, defeating Ridgefield/Danbury 9-0.
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GOALIES Blythe Novick, Sr. (New Canaan), Grace Nowak, Jr. (West Haven/SHA). DEFENSE Caroline Cadelina, Sr. (Amity), Riley Esposito, Jr. (Northwest Catholic), Mackenzie Gardner, Sr. (West Haven/SHA), McKenna Harden, Sr. (New Canaan), Shelby Little, Jr. (Avon), Megan McCarthy, Sr. (Trumbull/St. Joseph), Mary McKiernan, Jr. (Glastonbury). FORWARDS Kate Bellissimo, Sr. (Darien), Mackenzie Chapman, Jr. (Simsbury), Jianna Cohrs, […]
Editor’s note: GameTimeCT will update as teams are released. BOYS BASKETBALL Player of the Year: Jason James, St. Joseph Coach of the Year: Joel Geriak, Wilton First Team Jason James, St. Joseph; Lucas Basich, Staples; Miles Drake, Darien; Amos Grey, Ridgefield; JeySon Slade, Westhill; Leo Magnus, New Canaan; Kevin Vidmar, Danbury; Derek Sale, Staples Second […]
GREENWICH — Every kid who plays ice hockey dreams of delivering a big performance in a championship setting.
For New Canaan senior Jack Johnson, that dream became a reality on Saturday.
John…
DARIEN — It seems that playoff time is New Canaan’s time. Senior Jack Johnson scored off a pass from senior Boden Gammill 6:17 into overtime as the fourth-seeded Rams knocked off No. 1 Darien 2-1 in the FCIAC semifinals Th…
The FCIAC Championship has been monopolized by Ridgefield boys basketball in recent years, and the Tigers will now play for their third consecutive title.
The No. 1 seeded Tigers advanced past No. 5 New Can…
DARIEN — After the New Canaan girls ice hockey team had celebrated its victory against Darien in the FCIAC championship game, senior goalie Blythe Novick perfectly summed up the respect between the two rivals.
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Call it New Canaan vs. Darien, Round Four.
The two rivals will square off for the FCIAC girls ice hockey championship for the second consecutive season when they meet at 4 p.m., Saturday, at the Darien Ice …
The 2021 girls basketball season has been abnormal across the board, but few teams have dealt with the amount of turbulence Danbury has.
Entering the FCIAC Tournament as the No. 7 seed, Danbury is a sleeper…
The games were reminiscent of the magical run the New Canaan boys basketball team experienced during its state championship campaign just two years ago.
On back-to-back days, the Rams defeated two previousl…
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Kolby Becker, Hamden: Becker, a junior, scored a pair of goals in Hamden’s 3-1 victory over the Daniel Hand co-op Saturday at Northford Ice Pavilion.
Caroline Cadelina, Amity …
Because Connecticut’s Dept. of Health decided the risk was too great during the COVID-19 pandemic, football hasn’t been played at most state high schools since November 2019 — more than 15 months ago. Now, with cases falling everywhere, vaccinations on the rise and Gov. Ned Lamont’s decision to allow all sports across the state to […]
DARIEN — The latest New Canaan-Darien girls ice hockey confrontation had already seen each team rally from a deficit when the Rams’ Caitlin Tully gathered in a breakout pass from Maddie Kloud in overtime.
T…
NEW CANAAN — Two days, two victories over previously undefeated contenders.
Life is good for the New Canaan boys basketball team.
One night after defeating Staples in Westport, the Rams topp…
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Maya Boyhen, West Haven/SHA: The junior forward had three points on one goal and two assists in West Haven/SHA’s 5-3 victory over Guilford in a battle of unbeaten teams at Bennett Rink on Tue…
GREENWICH — Playing in Greenwich has typically not worked out well for the New Canaan girls ice hockey team.
In fact, despite losing just 18 games over the past four seasons combined, the Rams were 0-3-1 wh…
DARIEN — The Darien boys ice hockey team was undermanned, on a two-game losing skid, and facing a three-goal deficit against its rival.
For Sam Erickson, it was time to answer the bell.
Eric…
The Darien girls hockey team went 343 days between games, and when the Blue Wave finally hit the ice on Saturday, they made sure it was a contest to remember.
In a faceoff between two teams who reached the …
DARIEN — At the end of last season, Jack Eccleston approached New Canaan boys ice hockey coach Clark Jones for some guidance.
“He said he wanted to play an important role the next year and asked what he nee…
WEST HAVEN — Entering Wednesday afternoon’s contest against New Canaan, Notre Dame-West Haven was well aware of the Rams’ upset of top-ranked Fairfield Prep two days earlier.
The Green Knights had a game pl…
DARIEN – It was a year to the day exactly.
New Canaan’s Beau Johnson made 30 saves on Monday night in the Rams’ 2-1 win over No. 1 Fairfield Prep. The win extended the Rams’ streak to nine games and exactly…
DARIEN — It took about 10 seconds to change the game. No. 4 New Canaan scored back-to-back goals late in the second period to take the lead for good in its 2-1 win over No. 1 Fairfield Prep on Monday night at the Darien Ice House. “They’re a good team, they have a great goalie,” […]
The New Canaan girls basketball team was in need of a new leader, so a former coach has answered the call.
Kim Palmer, who coached the Rams for eight years before stepping down in 2017, has taken over as he…
The FCIAC hockey schedule format has often been debated over the years, by coaches, fans and media. Due to COVID-19 pandemic guidelines for the 2021 season, FCIAC hockey teams will not play a full, round-robin league schedule this winter. That means the six FCIAC teams who historically participate in CIAC’s Division I will be allowed […]
GameTimeCT · GameTimeCT’s Pretend Top 10 Football poll for the 2020 season What if we got to play a football season in Connecticut in 2020? What if this pandemic never happened, everything proceeded as normal and we played a full season with 10 games apiece, with no players transferring to other states or needing to […]
New Canaan senior swimmer Maddie Haley is a school record-holder in the 100-yard backstroke and has twice struck gold at the Class L championships during a stellar four-year career with the Rams.
Even with …
