Darien leads strong field of eight into FCIAC boys lacrosse playoffs

The Darien Blue Wave went through another regular season undefeated and will now put its perfection on the line when the FCIAC tournament gets underway with the quarterfinals on Saturday. Darien, the No. 1 seed, along with No. 2 Greenwich, No. 3 Ridgefield, and No. 4 New Canaan will host the opening-round games, before the … Read more

Eight teams set to battle in FCIAC softball tournament

The Westhill Vikings are at the front of the pack as eight softball teams get set for the FCIAC softball playoffs on Friday. The Ridgefield Tigers punched the final ticket into the tournament with a walk-off victory on Wednesday, as Sabrina Grizzaffi ripped a two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh … Read more

Seven teams in, one to go for FCIAC baseball tournament

We’re nearly set for the start of the FCIAC baseball tournament. “Nearly” is the key word. With perhaps just two outs left to play, one spot remains open in the conference tournament, which begins with quarterfinal games on Friday. The Wilton Warriors, who have already qualified, will travel to Danbury to finish their game against … Read more

FCIAC girls lacrosse playoff match-ups set; quarterfinals begin Thurs.

The Darien Blue Wave and New Canaan Rams lead a strong field of eight teams into the FCIAC girls lacrosse tournament, which will get underway with a pair of games on Thursday. Below are the match-ups for the quarterfinals. New Canaan and Ridgefield are holding their proms on Friday night, so their games were moved … Read more

Field set for FCIAC tennis tournaments

The match-ups have been set for the FCIAC girls and boys tennis tournaments which will kick off the league’s postseason competition this week. The Staples Wreckers look like double trouble for the rest of the conference as both the boys and girls teams earned the No. 1 seeds with undefeated records. The Staples’ boys wrapped … Read more

A fantastic finish is on deck for FCIAC baseball season

It’s been a wild and crazy FCIAC baseball season and, with the start of the league tournament 10 days away, only one playoff bid has been officially clinched. The Vikings of Westhill own that distinction, and are in first place with three games to play, but as we’ve seen all spring, fortunes can change seemingly … Read more

FCIAC’s winter teams captured 12 CIAC championships

The Trinity Catholic boys basketball team, Ridgefield boys ice hockey team, and Greenwich boys swimming and diving team won state championships on March 18 to highlight the success of the FCIAC at the state tournaments or state championship meets conducted by the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference for the 2016-17 winter sports season. The conference collected … Read more

Greenwich’s Safir Scott strikes gold, several FCIAC athletes star at New England track championships

Greenwich senior Safir Scott won the high jump when he cleared 6 feet, 9 inches and was the sole individual champion from the FCIAC at the New England High School Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 4 at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston. Greenwich junior Emily Phillippides placed second in … Read more

Ridgefield captures its first Div. I ice hockey championship

For the first time in program history, the Ridgefield boys hockey team is the undisputed king of Connecticut high school hockey. Scoring three unanswered goals in the first and third periods, the second-seeded Tigers defeated top-seed Northwest Catholic, 6-2, in the Division I state championship game Monday night at Yale University’s Ingalls Rink. It’s the … Read more

Greenwich tops Pomperaug for fifth consecutive State Open swim title

“I can’t believe we won this meet.” That’s what Greenwich High School boys swimming coach Terry Lowe said out loud to himself immediately following Saturday’s State Open Swimming Championships — an event in which the Cardinals were pushed to the absolute limit by Pomperaug, yet still continued its reign of supremacy. Trailing Pomperaug for a … Read more