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STAMFORD — One postseason journey ends. And the final quest begins.
The FCIAC runnerup Westhill girls volleyball team put its best foot forward Monday night as the No. 3 seeded Vikings swept intracity rival…
WILTON – Running time began early at Tom Fujitani Field. By opening a 35-point halftime lead, the Wilton football team sent Saturday afternoon’s homecoming game against Stamford into warp speed at the start of the third quarter. With the game clock stopping only for time-outs, the second half raced by as the Warriors added one […]
At halftime Friday night, the Ridgefield football team held a slim 14-6 lead over visiting Stamford at Tiger Hollow. One motivational talk and two quarters later, Ridgefield had a dominant 56-12 victory. “We didn’t play well at all in the first half,” Ridgefield coach Kevin Callahan said. “Our focus wasn’t good and penalties were killing […]
FAIRFIELD — The Warde boys soccer team is looking to complete the first unbeaten regular season in school history.
Standing in its way was a Stamford team needing a win to keep its FCIAC playoff hopes alive…
NORWALK — The game plan for the McMahon football team was simple.
Run the ball out of the Wing-T and wear Stamford down.
The Senators did just that, spreading the ball between multiple backs…
STAMFORD — The year-long City Cup athletic competition between Stamford and Westhill has brought an excitement to the late-season meetings between the Black Knights and Vikings in every sport.
The passion o…
STAMFORD — Intracity battles always stoke the competitive fires.
That certainly was the case Wednesday as the Trinity Catholic and Stamford volleyball squads met at historic Paul Kuczo Memorial gym.
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STAMFORD — Quick strikes. Big plays.
This explosive plan worked to perfection for the Stamford football team Friday night as the Black Knights conquered Capital Prep/Achievement Co-op, 49-14 before a chille…
Welcome back to Uni-Browse. Last week, Newtown won with 38% of the vote. This week as we take a look at some sharp home uniforms. VOTE at the bottom of the post for your favorite uniform. FORAN Foran goes with the Uncle Sam look and it works. Following the growing trend, the helmets have the […]
STAMFORD — When they were freshmen, the goal was to celebrate each and every win equally.
But now that they are seniors, the Westhill girls volleyball Gang of Eight (and four juniors) are chasing a differen…
DARIEN — Charlie Sears had tried several times to feed the ball to Will Henry Harmon in the box only to come up empty during Darien’s boys soccer game against Stamford.
When the two senior co-captains final…
STAMFORD — Whenever there is an intracity football game at Boyle Stadium, emotions are never lacking.
Hard hits and needless penalties were also a staple Saturday afternoon as Stamford and the Trinity Catho…
Featuring perennial powerhouse teams such as Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan, Ridgefield and Staples, the FCIAC is always recognized as one of the most competitive girls swimming conferences in the state.
Las…
When Maloney and Platt met in the CIAC Class L football semifinals last season it was not just a big day for the town of Meriden.
It gave hope to a lot of high school football programs in the same situation…
STAMFORD — With a passing attack that always puts up gaudy numbers, the New Canaan football team isn’t typically known for its running game.
John Wise changed that story line on Saturday.
Wi…
STAMFORD — When the New Canaan volleyball team dropped the first set in its match at Stamford in a gym which has typically been a tough place for it to win, it could have spelled doom.
This group of Rams, h…
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Jacqui Bates, Coventry: Bates had 18 digs, 10 kills and two aces to lead Coventry past defending ECC champion Woodsto…
STAMFORD — There is only one senior — co-captain Ciara Munnelly — on the Greenwich girls volleyball roster.
That hasn’t stopped the Cardinals from getting off to a very fast start this season.
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In two decades as football coach at Ridgefield, Kevin Callahan has been around high school athletes long enough to understand them.
He knows the Tigers’ 17-14 win over New Canaan on Friday night says someth…
FAIRFIELD — Trailing Stamford by a point with six seconds remaining in the first half, Fairfield Warde coach Duncan DellaVolpe had a choice — run out the clock or try something with a low-probability of success from the sh…
WELCOME BACK to The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football talk in Connecticut and what a week it was to kick off the 2019 season with upsets and surprises galore. The best of the bunch might have been Stamford’s emotional, 14-13 victory over Staples, played as the Black Knights were mourning the tragic deaths […]
The first weekend of the 2019 high school football season did not disappoint.
Stamford honored two classmates who died earlier this month in a car accident with a pregame ceremony, then went on to stun perennial power Sta…
STAMFORD—With angels on their shoulders, the Stamford football team pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent memory for the program.
Three weeks after the passing of former football player Ky-Mani Ant…
FAIRFIELD—One phrase you won’t hear uttered by the members of the Westhill-Stamford Co-op Girls Swim team is “There’s No Place Like Home!”
The Vikings and the Black Knight swimmers are the latest group to b…
Reem Abdel-Hack, Shelton, Sr., MH: The returning All-SCC first team middle had 64 blocks and 125 kills as a junior.
Lindsey Abramson, Cheshire, Sr., OH: An All-SCC first team and All-State second team selec…
On a day of sad remembrance, this small action of compassion and sportsmanship is heartwarming and appreciated. Thank you Staples High School Football. pic.twitter.com/XwcjwRAv6C — Stamford Football (@BlackKnightsFB) September 11, 2019 Players from the Stamford and Staples football teams will wear two helmet decals honoring one Stamford basketball player and a former Stamford football player […]
Chris Akinduro, Naugatuck, Jr. F: Two-year starter scored 11 goals with four assists as a sophomore.
Ben Carlson, Foran, Sr. D: Carlson has been chosen for the ODP regional team, making him one of the top d…
The high school sports season got underway Monday with the boys and girls cross country meet at Ridgefield. Fairfield Warde, Stamford, Wilton competed at Ridgefield
[Vitals] COACH — JAMAR GREENE (7th year, 22-39) CONFERENCE — FCIAC East PLAYOFF CLASS — Class LL (1,054 boys enrolled) HOME — Boyle Stadium, Stamford 2018 RECORD — 3-7 2019 OPENER — Sept. 13 vs. Staples, 7 p.m. TEAM WEBSITE — Maxpreps | TWITTER — @BlackKnightsFB [Top Players] ISAIAH JOHNSON, Sr. QB/DB (5-9, 170) ALAIN PAUL, […]
