NEW BRITAIN – Alanna Smith, Danbury’s versatile junior sprinter, pulled off the rarest of excellent achievements when she won three races to lead the defending-champion Hatters to the 2021 Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Girls Outdoor Track and Field State Open team championship. Smith won the 100-meter dash, the 200 and 400 and by scoring 10 … Read more
FCIAC State Champions – Spring, 2021 Baseball Class LL – Norwalk Boys Lacrosse Class L – Ridgefield Class S – St. Joseph Girls Lacrosse Class L – Darien Boys Tennis Class LL – Staples Class L – Darien Girls Tennis Class LL – Staples Boys Golf Div. III – St. Joseph Boys Volleyball Class L … Read more
MIDDLETOWN — As the medals were handed out to each member of both teams, Norwalk coach Ryan Mitchell was bent over talking to an assistant coach. “How did we do this; how did we do this?” Mitchell said. Norwalk had just defeated Westhill 1-0 in the Class LL championship game at Palmer Field Saturday afternoon, … Read more
STRATFORD — Playing in the Darien girls lacrosse program comes with a unique perspective. It’s a team which measures success with championships, a goal it has achieved on the state level many times during the past 20 years.Chalk another one up for the Blue Wave dynasty. Darien won its seventh state championship in eight seasons … Read more
TRUMBULL — His team won its third straight CIAC Class S boys lacrosse championship Saturday morning at McDougall Stadium, and Brendan Talbot was dreading leaving to head back across town to St. Joseph. “It’s going to be a sad bus ride back,” Cadets coach Talbot said after a 13-9 win over East Catholic, “knowing that … Read more
WEST HAVEN — As Jazmin Lasane made her slow trek to the batter’s box, she understood the gravity of the situation. With two outs and the winning run on third in the bottom of the seventh inning of the Class LL state championship, the pressure mounted for the senior who knew it could be the … Read more
MIDDLETOWN — As first baseman William Arnold took the throw from catcher Jaden Echevarria on a dropped third strike for the final out of today’s Class LL baseball final, an outpouring of emotion was unleashed on Palmer Field, as a team from a city with a rich tradition in the sport finally got the chance … Read more
TRUMBULL — Ridgefield’s leading scorer walked onto the field at McDougall Stadium, in uniform but no pads with the hospital bracelet still on his wrist, about 20 minutes before Saturday afternoon’s Class L boys lacrosse final. Star freshman attackman Kyle Colsey was out after an emergency appendectomy, but his older brother, star attackman Ryan Colsey … Read more
STRATFORD – Masuk’s Kat Gallant didn’t want the moment to become too big. The situation begged for heroics. Masuk’s Class L softball final with St. Joseph was scoreless through three and a half innings on Saturday. Gallant chose to think small. A larger result followed. Click here for the complete story
TRUMBULL — Ridgefield boys lacrosse coach Roy Colsey is fortunately not a man set in his ways. If he was, he might have had a much more difficult time preparing his team for its latest state championship game appearance. Colsey never faced what he had to deal with the previous 24 hours leading up to … Read more