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Football Week Two: St. Joe’s takes over No. 1 as several teams hunt 2-0 starts

Week one of the FCIAC football season featured some great match-ups, with No. 3 St. Joe’s defeating No. 1 New Canaan; defending Class LL champion Darien taking out the Ridgefield Tigers; and a host of new head coaches leading their teams into battle for the first time. This week’s games aren’t quite as intriguing on … Read more

O’Connell, New Canaan, keeping Cooper’s memory alive

NEW CANAAN — Early in the first quarter of the New Canaan football team’s opener at St. Joseph, a Ram safety wearing No. 22 intercepted a pass deep in his own territory.

Eyes quickly scanned the roster, searching for a name that wasn’t there.

That’s because the young man wearing the jersey was Quintin O’Connell, a senior captain for New Canaan.

O’Connell, who normally wears No. 20, donned 22 in honor of Jason Cooper, the New Canaan receivers coach who passed away on July 7 of a heart attack at age 52.

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Live Streaming of Staples vs. Danbury boys soccer on Wednesday on FairfieldLive

You can watch the Danbury Hatters play the Staples Wreckers in an early-season FCIAC Boys Soccer contest which will be streamed live on the FairfieldLive network this Wednesday, September 12 at 4 p.m. To get to the FairfieldLive network from FCIAC.net click on the LocalLive logo on the top right side of the page. Danbury … Read more

FCIAC Football Week One By the Numbers: Three tops one, big birds, and first wins

Opening week of the FCIAC football season is in the books and there were some wild games, including an unexpected shutout between top-ranked teams. Seven FCIAC teams debuted new head coaches, with three picking up victories, while the three-time defending state champion Darien Blue Wave started the campaign in typical fashion: With a win. In … Read more

Football Week One: New coaches for seven teams; Four FCIAC powers top state poll

Get out your coaching scorecards, the high school football season is about to kick off. If the look of some of this year’s FCIAC teams seems a bit different, there’s a very good reason. Nearly half of the conference’s football teams are being guided by new head coaches for the 2018 campaign. Of the seven … Read more

LocalLive partners with FCIAC to stream high school sports; New Canaan-St. Joe’s football leads off

STAMFORD, CT — With the dramatic increase of live streaming of major national and international sports of all kinds, it’s only natural that the technology would find its way to the grassroots level and extend live-event access to high school and youth sports.  Tech startup LocalLive of Stamford, CT, is poised to lead this new … Read more

Four FCIAC football teams top GameTimeCT poll; New Canaan is No. 1

The New Canaan Rams are No. 1, and FCIAC team swept the top four spots in the preseason GameTimeCT/New Haven Register Top 10 football poll released on Tuesday. Following New Canaan in the top spot were the Greenwich Cardinals at No. 2, St. Joseph Cadets at No. 3, and Darien Blue Wave at No. 4. … Read more

College Sports Roundups: Former FCIAC athletes on the big stage

The first official games of the fall athletics season are just two weeks away, so we’re taking one last look back at what some former FCIAC stars have been doing in the college ranks. Each of these stories was featured over the summer, as compiled by Bob Greeney, and include numerous brilliant performances by graduates … Read more

College Women’s Basketball Roundup: A look back at some winter stars

Tiana England, Stamford High’s all-time leading scorer with 1,501 career points, had a very good freshman season for St. John’s University to highlight some of the successful women’s college basketball seasons which were turned in by former FCIAC players. The accomplishments and statistics of those players are listed underneath each of the respective FCIAC high … Read more