DANBURY — With seconds ticking down, she didn’t have much choice left but to shoot from no-man’s land. And on a night the Danbury girls basketball team was honoring one of their own, it somehow found the bottom of the net. Susana Almeida’s long 3-pointer with 3.8 seconds left sent the Hatters to a dramatic … Read more
The Danbury wrestling team schedules the best competition it can in order to be prepared for the postseason. Even if that includes a three-plus-hour bus ride to Bennington, Vermont. The trip was a productive one for the Hatters, who dominated in a 49-22 win over rival Mount Anthony (VT) on Monday afternoon. Danbury won nine … Read more
Just 22 seconds into the third quarter, the St. Joseph boys basketball team appeared to catch a big-time break. On the Cadets’ first possession of the period, Danbury’s Denali Burton was called for his third personal foul and went to the bench. With the score tied 23-23 and Burton — the Hatters’ impactful 6-foot-4 senior … Read more
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NEW CANAAN — Three games into the new girls basketball season, the Danbury Hatters were still searching for their first victory. True, those games were against strong opponents, but a goose egg in the win column isn’t the best feeling. Five games and five wins later, things are looking up for the Hatters, Danbury closed … Read more
As is usually the case when the postseason state tournaments and championship meets take place, during this past fall season the FCIAC yet again had significant success as it won nine championships and had a solid .571 winning percentage in the eight combined fall sports. The Greenwich and St. Joseph football teams, Staples field hockey … Read more
DANBURY — The Danbury wrestling team won eight of 14 matches against Fairfield Warde on Wednesday night, leaving the Mustangs with a respectable six triumphs over the defending FCIAC, Class LL and State Open champions. The score didn’t reflect the close gap, though. The Hatters scored a host of pins early in the meet to … Read more
Danbury, Connecticut, and Raleigh, North Carolina, do not have too much in common, yet a pipeline is developing between the former’s high school and the latter’s largest university. Danbury High’s wrestling team is consistently one of the top programs in New England, and is on track to send a third standout to NC State. Junior … Read more
Ridgefield and Staples were ranked first and second, respectively, in the final coaches Class LL-L girls’ soccer state poll. Greenwich and Danbury were the FCIAC teams in the Top 10 of the last Class LL-L boys’ soccer state poll. Ridgefield and Staples both advanced to the championship game of the 2018 Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference … Read more
Forty-five runners representing eight FCIAC schools participated in the 84th Annual New England Interscholastic Cross Country Championships Saturday at Derryfield Park in Manchester, N.H., on Saturday. The field features runners from Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The top 25 individual runners and the top six teams from those states qualified. The Staples … Read more