DANBURY — It takes a special athlete to earn a roster spot as a freshman, especially at a school as large as Danbury and in a conference as competitive as the FCIAC, but it takes a unique breed to perform. During the 2019 baseball season, Jackson Ciccone proved to be that caliber player, posting a … Read more
Junior Matt Spada struck out 10 batters over six innings to lead Staples, the No. 1 team in the GameTimeCT preseason baseball poll to a 7-2 FCIAC win over St. Joseph Tuesday in Westport. Spada allowed just two hits. Click here for the full story
The Brien McMahon baseball team had waited through more than 17 months and a canceled season before being able to get on the diamond for its first game under new coach Steve Buckett on Tuesday. It’s not a moment Buckett or the Senators will soon forget. Click here for the full story
WESTPORT — At 6-foot-4, 225 pounds, Staples’ senior Carter Kelsey is quite an imposing figure on the pitching mound. So the Seton Hall commit was a natural pick to get the No. 1 Wreckers’ engines fired up again when they played their first game since winning the 2019 Class LL championship. Kelsey struck out 12 … Read more
The CIAC released its 2021 Spring Sports plan to state athletic directors and to the public Thursday morning, including dates for the state tournaments and similar COVID-19 mitigation strategies as the fall season. That means masks will not be required during play for outdoor sports, except for close contact on sidelines and dugouts. But host … Read more
It was not Santa in a red suit but rather seven Westhill baseball players wearing purple and gold jerseys outside the Boys & Girls Club in Stamford delivering some holiday magic. Sparked by an idea from their coach Mike Riveles and thanks to a generous donation, Westhill players passed out new baseball gloves and baseballs … Read more
FCIAC 2021 Spring Tournaments Baseball All playdown and quarterfinal games will be hosted by the higher seeds Playdown round – Friday, May 21 No. 1 Greenwich (13-3) has a bye No. 10 Norwalk 17, No. 7 Brien McMahon 1 No. 5 Ridgefield 7, No. 12 New Canaan 3 No. 6 Westhill 9, No. 11 Wilton … Read more
Many of the best baseball players in the FCIAC who graduated high school in recent years have pursued their passion for the sport as student-athletes in college. Although the larger college baseball teams generally got to play through about the first third of the 2020 season before the COVID-19 pandemic halted all spring sports, plenty … Read more
Virtual meetings are a big part of the new normal. CIAC executive director Glenn Lungarini estimates he is on between two or three per day. Sometimes, he is “meeting” with school principals. Other times, it is with sports league commissioners. He is on weekly calls with Miguel Cardona, the Connecticut commissioner of education and every … Read more
Fields, tracks and weight rooms across the state sit empty as spring sports coaches and players stay at home, hoping they will be able to get back out and play the sports they love. With social distancing policies in effect as a result of the Covid-19 guidelines, coaches are unable to meet with their teams … Read more