Darien skates past New Canaan for first FCIAC girls hockey crown since 2016

DARIEN — Kit Arrix and the four senior co-captains on the Darien girls ice hockey team have been crowned state champions multiple times during the past few seasons. One achievement that has eluded them during that span however, has been an FCIAC title. That is, until Saturday. Darien scored a pair of goals early in … Read more

Jack, Danbury win fourth consecutive State Open wrestling championship

NEW HAVEN — Danbury captured the State Open title for the fourth consecutive season at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven on Saturday. Leading the way was 138-pound senior Ryan Jack, who won his fourth consecutive Open title with a 13-5 victory over Thomas Nichols from Bristol Eastern. “This is my favorite time … Read more

FCIAC Boys Basketball Quarterfinal Roundup

The top four seeds – No. 1 Ridgefield, No. 2 Trinity Catholic, No. 3 Warde, and No. 4 Ludlowe – all advanced as the FCIAC boys basketball tournament got underway with the quarterfinal game Saturday at Fairfield-Warde High School. Click here for the details from all the games

FCIAC Super Saturday Tournament Schedule, Scoreboard

It’ll be a super Saturday for FCIAC teams as the conference crowns its girls ice hockey champion, and also opens its boys basketball and ice hockey tournaments today. FCIAC Boys Basketball Quarterfinals All games at Fairfield-Warde No. 3 Warde 51, No. 6 Staples 44 No. 2 Trinity Catholic 53, No. 7 Wilton 50 No. 4 … Read more

Ridgefield completes improbable FCIAC title run with thrilling, 2OT victory over Staples

TRUMBULL — The Ridgefield girls basketball team has been through three coaches over the past two seasons and nobody in the preseason was talking about the Tigers. Now, they are all anyone in the FCIAC is talking about. In a double-overtime classic, No. 7 Ridgefield, led by the upperclassmen who have been through so much … Read more

Giant Killers: Ridgefield Defeats Staples In Double Overtime For FCIAC Title

TRUMBULL — For 20 games over the past two months, the Ridgefield girls basketball team worked on developing an identity, with new players, a new coach and a new system. The past five days served as an end-of-semester exam for the Tigers, and boy did they ace it. In a grinding game with repeated swings … Read more

Tournament field set for FCIAC boys ice hockey; New Canaan is top seed

The field is set for the 2020 FCIAC Boys Ice Hockey Tournament, which gets underway with two playdown games on Saturday, Feb. 29. Here’s the complete tournament schedule. FCIAC Playdowns – Saturday, Feb. 29 No. 6 Fairfield vs. No. 3 Darien at Darien Ice House, 6 p.m. No. 5 Westhill/Stamford at No. 4 Ridgefield at … Read more

Colleen Cassidy’s second-period goal lifted Darien past Greenwich in FCIAC girls hockey semis

DARIEN — The 2019 FCIAC Girls Hockey Tournament semifinals saw Greenwich rally from a late, two-goal deficit on its way to defeating Darien in overtime, but the Blue Wave returned the favor when they met the Cardinals Wednesday night with another berth in the conference finals at stake. This time Darien held on to its … Read more

New Canaan blanks Fairfield to reach third straight FCIAC girls hockey final

DARIEN — The New Canaan girls ice hockey team has been faced with numerous obstacles this season, including injuries and illnesses which have led to an ever-changing lineup since Game 1 in December. Now, the Rams are healthy, and they’re back in a familiar spot. New Canaan advanced to the FCIAC final for the third … Read more

Field set for FCIAC boys basketball tourrnament

The Ridgefield Tigers are the No. 1 seed for the FCIAC boys basketball tournament, which gets underway with four quarterfinal games at Fairfield-Warde on Saturday. Here is the full schedule for the tournament. League records are included. FCIAC Quarterfinals at Warde Saturday, Feb. 29 No. 3 Warde (13-3) vs. No. 6 Staples (10-6), Noon No. … Read more