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NORWALK—Westhill sophomore goalkeeper Nathanael Aybar wants nothing more than to prove himself to his coach and teammates.
On Monday night, in a battle of FCIAC boys soccer unbeatens, Aybar won them over in a big way.
The first-year varsity st…
STAMFORD—Coming into the game, the Westhill football team knew the Norwalk offense could beat them in a variety of ways.
Turns out, the scouting reports were spot on as Norwalk scored on the ground, through the air and on special teams, disman…
NORWALK — Standing in a field hockey cage that measures 7 feet high by 12 feet wide, Wilton junior Megan Kaeyer, all 5-foot-2 of her, doesn’t appear all that intimidating.
Stick some pads on her and give her a stick, however, and the Warriors …
EAST LYME—For a team as young as Norwalk, it’s not a surprise the Bears got off to a slow start at East Lyme on Friday night.
After a nearly two-hour-plus bus ride, the sluggish Bears trailed at the half before rolling to a 41-24, opening-nigh…
NORWALK — If Norwalk coach Sean Ireland is excited about the future, he has every right to be.
The Bears have a lot of talent hitting the gridiron this fall and, while it’s young talent, a handful of players are already experienced at the vars…
There has always been a sense of pride driving the area’s local high school boys soccer team.
This fall should see more of the same.
Perennial postseason contenders Norwalk and Staples expect to be right back where they always are, while Wilto…
Vitals COACH – SEAN IRELAND (7th year, 31-29) CONFERENCE — FCIAC PLAYOFF CLASS — LL (920 boys enrolled) HOME – Testa Field, Norwalk 2017 RECORD – 6-4 2018 OPENER — Sept. 7 at East Lyme TEAM WEBSITE — Maxpreps | TWITTER — @NorwalkHighFB Top Players KYLE GORDON, Jr., QB/S (5-9, 160) JAKARI WALKER, Jr., RB/CB (5-9, 180) SAM […]
Six distinguished members of Connecticut’s wrestling family have been selected to be enshrined in the Connecticut Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
The six — Colonel Charles Anderson, a Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient who …
NORWALK — With just days remaining in the regular season, the American Legion Baseball Zone 4 playoff race has been affected by one team’s forfeiture of all of its games from the summer season. For the second time in three seasons, the Norwalk Post 12 senior squad has been forced to forfeit all of its […]
NEW CANAAN — Two teams, arch rivals from the same city, looking at two different things.
Norwalk and Brien McMahon entered this weekend’s 11th annual Grip It and Rip It 7-on-7 tournament on totally different ends of the positional spectrum whe…
STAMFORD — Chris Passamano’s past and future collided for the better part of 20 minutes Friday as Stamford met Norwalk in the 11th annual Grip It & Rip It 7-on-7 football tournament.
And the new head of the Black Knights athletic departmen…
NEW HAVEN — For Staples High School’s Evan Felcher the State Open Boys Singles Championship final Wednesday at the Connecticut Tennis Center had a tinge of revenge in it.
But most importantly, it was about a senior making the ultimate statemen…
NORWALK—Matt Whelan remembers when he was younger and his father would bring him along on the trip from Ridgefield to Norwalk to watch Ray Barry’s legendary teams play basketball.
It was that historic allure—as well as a return to the FCIAC—th…
NORWALK — Elaine Gratrix and her Norwalk Bears can only hope they don’t see West Haven’s Ivy Santos again in her career.
For the second time in just two seasons, the Blue Devils sophomore pitcher has shut down Norwalk’s bats in the first round…
FAIRFIELD — All those years in the Norwalk dugout have taught veteran baseball coach Pete Tucci about what needs to be done in order to pull off the perfect upset.
Keeping that in mind, it didn’t take long for Tucci to realize that the Bears w…
NAUGATUCK — Too many times this season, Pete Tucci has watched his Norwalk baseball team have a bad inning and wind up falling in defeat.
On Saturday, the Bears showed how far they’ve come as a team, shaking off their latest bad inning to come…
STAMFORD — The arrival of the postseason did nothing to slow down the Stamford High School softball express.
The Black Knights picked up their 13th victory in the last 16 contests Wednesday as they conquered No. 5 seed Norwalk High, 16-3 in si…
NORWALK — Justin Forde flew high and far, and Katrell Clay didn’t let any hurdles get in his way.
That was to be expected, as both track standouts shined at Monday’s FCIAC outdoor track and field championship meet.
Other city athletes also per…
NORWALK — Brien McMahon goalie Pete Ripperger’s senior lacrosse season didn’t begin the way he had hoped.
It has all but ended in the best way imaginable.
Ripperger made 17 saves, including eight in the fourth quarter, as the Senators defeated…
NORWALK — Three of the city’s best track and field athletes put on a show at Casagrande Field on Tuesday afternoon.
Brien McMahon jumper Justin Forde and Norwalk High’s Katrell Clay each won three events in very impressive fashion before the s…
FAIRFIELD — A lapse in fundamentals led to a lot of frustration for Ludlowe baseball coach Mike Francese.
Twice, the Falcons had golden opportunities to move runners into scoring position with less than two outs and both times, failed, taking …
NORWALK — Greenwich softball coach Mary Beth Fratello wanted nothing to do with the player stepping into the batter’s box.
Dina DiBlasio, a senior catcher at Norwalk High, lives for the moments like the one presented to her during the Bears’ A…
TRUMBULL — Winning is contagious.
Just look at the Trumbull High softball team, which received contributions from across the board in a 7-1 victory over Norwalk on Wednesday.
“It’s just a matter of any given day anyone can contribute one throu…
Gordon drives in 2 for Norwalk. Third run cut down at plate. 3-3 mid 4 #ctbase pic.twitter.com/V8vPDQAyRI — Scott Ericson (@EricsonSports) May 7, 2018 STAMFORD—Norwalk centerfielder Kyle Gordon does not usually find himself with many opportunities for RBI batting in the leadoff spot. When Gordon got opportunities with runners on base Monday against Stamford he […]
NORWALK — Jake Dumas could have had a million things on his mind as he stepped up to the plate.
The magnitude of the moment as the pressure built. His family and friends on the other team. His new teammates and friends in his current dugout.
I…
NORWALK — Records can always get thrown out the window when it comes to the Norwalk-McMahon rivalry.
The Senators, who were in search of their first win of the season, stood toe-to-toe with the FCIAC contender Bears through four innings, trail…
The Norwalk Bears won the 2018 Courville Cup with a 212-226 victory over Brien McMahon at the Shorehaven Country Club. Posing with the Cup are Norwalk players, from left, Connor Gilchrist, Sean Donnelly, Barry Belardinelli, Ryan Byrne and John…
NORWALK — As a pitcher, Danbury’s Ryan Solimine knows his team is always behind him.
Now he knows it was a base runner, too.
After Solimine was picked off at second base with nobody out in the top of the ninth, the Hatters found a way to manuf…
NORWALK—Kyle DeMayo plays baseball for moments like this. Bottom of the seventh, bases loaded, the game on the line, the ball in his hand. DeMayo, a senior right-hander for New Canaan, made the long walk in from right field to stand high up on the mound, getting the final out with the bases loaded in […]
