NEW MILFORD — Pitching and defense wasn’t the strength for the Notre Dame-Fairfield softball team in its previous game Tuesday against Stamford, a 15-9 loss.
The Lancers turned that right around in their first SWC game of the season 24 hours l…
Baseball: Notre Dame-Fairfield rallies past Bunnell
STRATFORD — Richard Kerstetter made himself available to pitch out of the bullpen during Wednesday’s game against Bunnell. Little did Kerstetter know his coach would call upon him in the first inning after starter Tyler Romano managed to record just one out. As it turned out, bringing in Kerstetter proved to be a wise move […]
Softball: Brown throws no-hitter for Notre Dame-Fairfield
FAIRFIELD — Breanna Brown threw a no-hitter with 13 strikeouts in ND-Fairfield’s 16-0, five-inning win over Bassick Friday afternoon in a non-league softball game.Lucy Grant had four hits, including a double and a home run, with five RBIs and …
Baseball: Sophomores lift Fairfield Warde over Notre Dame-Fairfield in baseball opener
FAIRFIELD – The kids were all right. Sophomores Lawrence Saladin, Mason McKay and Anthony Espinoza all made their varsity debuts on Saturday for Warde coach Brett Conner and all three had their moment in the opening day spotlight in the Mustangs’ 5-2 victory over Notre Dame-Fairfield at Fabbri Field. Saladin pitched five innings, allowing just […]
WATCH: Relive every CIAC Championship game at Mohegan Sun in 2 minutes
It’s been just over three days since the final buzzer sounded at Mohegan Sun so we thought it would be a perfect time to relive each and every game from the weekend. The kicker? We put it all together in two quick minutes. The 2018 CIAC Winter Championship Weekend Scoreboard (Final)
Final 2017-18 GameTimeCT Top 10 Boys Basketball Poll: NOTRE DAME-FAIRFIELD is No. 1
Everything came together for the Notre Dame-Fairfield boys basketball team this season. First, Notre Dame defeated its nemesis, Sacred Heart, for the first time in three straight tries in a state championship game, last Sunday in the Division I final. It was the school’s first state title in school history. Notre Dame was not only […]
WATCH: GameTimeCT’s Joe Morelli and Jeff Jacobs recap the boys basketball tournament
UNCASVILLE – After the games had finished, all the plaques had been handed out and all the stories had been written, GameTimeCT’s Joe Morelli and Jeff Jacobs jumped in front of the camera to discuss what they thought of the boys basketball tournament. They talked about each state title winner and some of the players […]
Jeff Jacobs: Emotional Watts, 27-0 Notre Dame-Fairfield leave no doubt they are best in state
The coach, oh, the coach knew he was going to cry. Either way, win or lose, Chris Watts knew he would be a mess. “I’m an emotional guy,” the Notre Dame-Fairfield coach said Sunday night after his school had won its first state basketball championship at Mohegan Sun. “I told my team when I first […]
Boys basketball: Bourne, Notre Dame-Fairfield edge Sacred Heart to win Division I championship
UNCASVILLE – As the final buzzer sounded, coach Chris Watts turned to face the crowd and thrust his arms into the sky. Behind him on the court, his Notre Dame-Fairfield players were jumping and hugging and crying and laughing in celebration, a celebration four years in the making. The Lancers had done it. Finally. The […]
Boys basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield out to shed runner-up label
FAIRFIELD — Three times Noreaga Davis has felt that awful pain of disappointment stab at his stomach. Three times Woodley Monnexant had endured sleepless nights with that same ache gnawing at his insides. Twice, Stone Appleberg, Micah Brantley, Damion Medwinter and Xavier Giddens have had to deal with the heartbreak of a championship lost and […]
Boys basketball: Division I finalists had to make huge comebacks to survive
More often than not, teames will need to make at least one comeback during tournament play in order to keep the championship dream alive. The new five-division format theCIAC has instituted has had several dramatic comebacks in this past week alone. Two of the better ones came from the two teams playing in Sunday’s Division […]
Jeff Jacobs: Division I’s boys basketball final is a true heavyweight championship
CHESHIRE — When it was his turn to speak at the CIAC luncheon for this much-awaited Division I state championship, a game prefaced by a week of some of the most amazing games in state high school history, Chris Watts talked about the basketbal…
WATCH: GameTimeCT columnist Jeff Jacobs talks boys basketball’s new tournament format with state final coaches
Before the 10 boys basketball teams in the five new divisions tip off this week for the right to claim a state championship, GameTimeCT columnist Jeff Jacobs sat down with five of the coaches to see how they feel like the new format worked or didn’t work this season. Jacobs talked with Sacred Heart’s Jon […]
Boys basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield tops Bassick to reach Division I title game
NEW HAVEN — Micah Brantley took his hand and cleaned off the pre-game instructions that had been written on the white board that hung in the Notre Dame-Fairfield locker room. Then, he took a marker and wrote three words: Sunday. One Mission. Notre Dame-Fairfield coach Chris Watts has said all season long that the Lancers […]
Boys Basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield rallies from 21 down to stun Danbury in D1 quarterfinals
TRUMBULL — At the start of the fourth quarter with just eight minutes remaining in what was about to become a perfect season gone terribly wrong, Notre Dame-Fairfield guard Tyler Bourne gathered his teammates together and spoke from the heart. The Lancers were losing. Losing big. Danbury’s zone defense had given ND fits over the […]
Hockey: Mancini caps No. 1 Fairfield Prep’s rally past Notre Dame-Fairfield in Division I quarterfinals
WEST HAVEN — For a few minutes after the game, Notre Dame-Fairfield coach John Longo sat alone in the stands while his team packed up its equipment bags for the last time this season. You know that saying, the third time’s the charm? Well, for the Lancers it nearly was. Fairfield Prep, the top team […]
Hockey: Notre Dame-Fairfield jumps all over NFI, advances to D1 quarterfinals vs. Prep
DANBURY — It’s not about how many opportunities you create. It’s how many you bury. The Notre Dame-Fairfield boys hockey team only generated 12 shots on goal in its opening two periods against New Fairfield-Immaculate Thursday but found the back of the net four times en route to a 5-2 win in the first round […]
Boys Basketball: Bourne leads Fairfield over West Haven in D1 2nd round battle of Notre Dames
FAIRFIELD — Tyler Bourne just doesn’t just get motivated. He makes you pay.And a motivated Bourne made Notre Dame-West Haven pay in a second-round Division I basketball tournament game.Bourne made five first-half 3-pointers, harassed Green Kni…
Boys basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield, Sacred Heart forced to move CIAC second-round home games to neutral sites
Wednesday’s nor’easter has postponed nearly all of the boys basketball second-round games. A couple of those games in Division I will instead be played at neutral sites, and they involve a pair of teams that didn’t lose a game against CIAC competition this season. No. 2 seed Notre Dame-Fairfield (23-0) and No. 4 Sacred Heart […]
Boys Basketball: Reaves spurs Notre Dame-Fairfield past Immaculate, to third-straight SWC championship
MONROE — After an admittedly poor defensive effort in the SWC tournament semifinals Tuesday against Brookfield, Notre Dame-Fairfield was determined to bring back the intensity in Thursday night’s championship game against Immaculate. And like they’ve done throughout this perfect season, the Lancers brought the pressure. They dominated the backboards, controlled the momentum and led wire-to-wire […]
SWC boys basketball championship capsule: ND-Fairfield vs. Immaculate
No. 1 Notre Dame-Fairfield Lancers vs. No. 2 Immaculate MustangsWHERE/WHEN — at Masuk High School; Thursday, 7 p.m.RECORDS — ND-Fairfield: 22-0, 15-0 SWC; Immaculate: 18-4, 13-2HOW THEY GOT HERE — ND-Fairfield: Defeated No. 8 Newtown 80-…
Boys Basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield survives Brookfield, advances to face Immaculate in SWC final
FAIRFIELD — The door to the Notre Dame-Fairfield locker room stayed closed for a long time. It’s not every day that the coach of an undefeated team keeps his players behind locked doors but that’s just what Lancers coach Chris Watts did. Yes, they won but there was a message that needed to be sent. […]
Girls Basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield dominates Darien in Class LL first round
FAIRFIELD — The Darien girls basketball team — with its three six-foot players — presents a rare challenge for most opponents. In the Class LL opener, Notre Dame-Fairfield found the answer. Behind an aggressive zone, the No. 9 Lancers held No. 24 Darien to single digits in three out of four quarters, downing the Blue […]
Boys Basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield rolls past Newtown in SWC quarterfinals
FAIRFIELD — For a team like Notre Dame-Fairfield, where playing up-tempo has been a standard throughout this season, slowing down and showing patience was a virtue Friday night.With Newtown doing its best to slow the game down and play as de…
Girls Basketball: Bravo propels Kolbe Cathedral over Notre Dame-Fairfield for SWC championship
STRATFORD — Bravo, Trinity. Bravo. The Kolbe Cathedral senior guard not only delivered an emotional halftime speech that rallied her troops, but she scored 23 points, nine coming in an electric fourth quarter that saw the Cougars erase an eight-point deficit and rally to win the SWC tournament championship with a 48-45 victory over Notre […]
Football: Notre Dame-Fairfield names Bullard-Havens’ John Johnson new football coach
Notre Dame-Fairfield has named John Johnson as its new head football coach.Johnson comes over from Bullard-Havens Technical High School in Bridgeport, whe
re he spent 13 years, including the last 10 as head coach. He replaces Chris Sadler, wh…
Girls Basketball: Freshman McCullough secures Notre Dame-Fairfield’s SWC final-clinching win over Bethel
FAIRFIELD — And a freshman shall save them.In a game where victory was going to be decided by the team that made the crucial play down the stretch, it was Notre Dame-Fairfield freshman Yamani McCullough who came through in the clutch. First …
Girls Basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield holds off Masuk, moves on to SWC semifinals
FAIRFIELD — When points are in small order like they were in the SWC quarterfinal matchup between Notre Dame-Fairfield and Masuk, rebounding becomes paramount. Good thing the Lancers have seniors Gabrielle Joseph and Zuquila Mbachiantim for just that reason. The pair led Notre Dame-Fairfield with a combined 27 rebounds and 20 points as the Lancers […]
Boys Basketball: No. 2 Notre Dame-Fairfield dominates Pomperaug, closes in on perfect regular season
FAIRFIELD — Notre Dame-Fairfield reminded everyone inside Sister Marion Rielly Auditorium Thursday night why they’re the No. 2 ranked team in the GameTimeCT/Register Poll and a strong contender to return to Mohegan Sun.The Lancers routed P…
Girls Basketball: 2018’s SWC championship up for grabs
The SWC girls basketball regular season went just about to plan.Now it’s time for the fun to begin.Teams that hoped to challenge for the top spots found themselves there by the end of the season. By the time the final horn sounded, it was Ne…
Girls basketball: Newtown rallies past Notre Dame-Fairfield for ninth straight win, SWC top seed
NEWTOWN—If momentum from the regular season carries over into the playoffs, the past week would prove who the favorite heading into the SWC girls basketball tournament should be.Newtown became the first team to hand Notre-Dame Fairfield (16-…
Boys Basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield holds off Kolbe Cathedral
BRIDGEPORT — The second time around, Kolbe Cathedral did pretty much everything it wanted to do against undefeated Notre Dame-Fairfield.The Crusaders matched the Lancers’ energy and intensity at both ends of the floor from the opening tip …
Boys basketball: How many teams will finish the regular season undefeated?
There are five undefeated teams still left in the state. How many will enter the postseason that way? Let’s peer into our crystal ball… East Catholic Rest of the way: The Eagles have five/four games remaining, all in the CCC: Windsor, at Manchester, East Hartford, at Northwest Catholic and South Windsor. East Catholic is No. […]
Hockey: No. 1 Fairfield Prep hockey rolls past Notre Dame-Fairfield
BRIDGEPORT — For close to a half an hour after the game was over, the door to the Notre Dame-Fairfield locker room remained closed.Fairfield Prep had just finished putting together another overwhelming performance, dominating the Lancers fro…
Boys Basketball: Bourne sparks Notre Dame-Fairfield to victory over Kolbe Cathedral
BRIDGEPORT — They said it was just another game. Right, sure, it was. Both Notre Dame-Fairfield and Kolbe Cathedral might have talked about how this was just one game on the schedule. But if you were one of the 1,200 or so that packed into the Harvey Hubbell gym Friday night, you know otherwise. This […]
Girls Basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield hold off Kolbe Cathedral for 12th straight win
BRIDGEPORT — It took all of one play for Notre Dame-Fairfield girls basketball coach Eric DeMarco to realize his team was in for a spirited affair Thursday night at the Shehan Center against longtime SWC rival Kolbe Cathedral.“The game sta…
Football: Chris Sadler resigns as Notre Dame-Fairfield coach after 3 seasons
Chris Sadler has resigned from his position as head football coach at Notre Dame-Fairfield after three seasons.“He did a good job restoring our culture,” Rob Bleggi, the school’s athletic director, said Thursday. “Our future’s bright…
Hockey: No. 2 Notre Dame-West Haven shuts out No. 8 Notre Dame-Fairfield
WEST HAVEN — For the second straight game the Notre Dame-West Haven boys hockey team played a complete, dominating game and this time it was against SCC/SWC Division I rival Notre Dame-Fairfield.And it’s a good thing since the Green Knight…
Girls Basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield holds off Bethel in clash of SWC powers
BETHEL — The South-West Conference girls basketball tournament won’t start for another three weeks or so, but it sure felt like a playoff atmosphere in the Bethel High School gym Tuesday night.In a back-and-forth battle between the last tw…
Boys Basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield’s Davis quietly aspires to greatness beyond the court
BRIDGEPORT — Ann Hall has seen that look before, that expression of sincere disbelief in which eyes pop and jaws drop. It is the look strangers give her nephew, Noreaga Davis, when he shares with them his aspirations beyond high school.Of co…
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…
No. 2 Notre Dame-Fairfield overpowers Xaverian (NY) at MLK Classic
BRIDGEPORT — Growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y., Tyler Bourne saw a lot of the Xaverian boys’ basketball team. In fact, he even played against them as a freshman at nearby Abraham Lincoln High School.Now, as the starting point guard for Notre Da…
Hockey: No. 1 Fairfield Prep pounds No. 5 Notre Dame-Fairfield
MILFORD — For winning the St. Dominic Holiday Tournament in Maine over the Christmas break, Notre Dame-Fairfield was rewarded with a place in the GameTimeCT/New Haven Register Top 10 boys’ hockey poll, earning the No. 5 spot.But skating in…
Girls basketball: Notre Dame-Fairfield hands Pomperaug first loss
SOUTHBURY — Notre-Dame Fairfield coach Eric DeMarco would sure like to bottle what his team did in the first six minutes of the Lancers’ SWC showdown with Pomperaug on Tuesday night.Executing every offensive set to perfection, first to eve…
Boys basketball: Fairfield Prep, ND-Fairfield advance in tournament
FAIRFIELD — The participants in the Fairfield Prep Holiday Classic championship game took decidedly different routes to book their spots in the final.Wednesday night Notre Dame-Fairfield strolled past Fairfield Ludlowe 61-30 in the tournamen…
Football: Pomperaug edges Notre Dame-Fairfield
Pomperaug rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Notre Dame-Fairfield 13-12 on Thursday morning in Fairfield. With the win, the Panthers finished the season 3-7. Notre Dame ended 4-6. Micah Brantley threw two long touchdown passes — 78 yards to Josh Tracey in the third quarter and 88 yards to Tavon Simpson in the fourth. […]
Girls soccer: ND-Fairfield gets aggressive, ousts North Haven in Class L 1st round
FAIRFIELD — The halftime message from Notre Dame-Fairfield girls’ soccer coach to his team was straight and to the point.Be more aggressive.Locked in a scoreless tie with No. 24 seed North Haven, Wayne Mones wanted his No. 9 Lancers to com…
Football: Bethel grinds past Notre Dame-Fairfield, continues late-season surge
FAIRFIELD — It might have taken a while for Bethel coach Jason Gill to get things clicking with his option offense but after a second straight win and three victories in the last four starts, it’s safe to say that the Wildcats are now firi…
Girls Soccer: ND-Fairfield tops Masuk in SWC quarterfinals
FAIRFIELD — As the final minutes were winding down and Notre Dame-Fairfield’s three goal lead would continue to be safe, Lancers coach Wayne Mones said out loud to no one in particular, “I can’t believe we won by this margin.”But Not…
Football: Goetz leads Weston past Notre Dame-Fairfield
FAIRFIELD — It’s like James Goetz has been given the keys to the new family car.The Weston Trojans coaching staff just keeps hoping he brings it home in one piece.Goetz, a sophomore in his first year as the starting quarterback at Weston, …
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