Field of eight set for 2019 FCIAC baseball tournament

The Brien McMahon Senators became the final team in FCIAC baseball tournament field on Thursday, setting up the four quarterfinal contests on Saturday. McMahon clinched the eighth and final seed when Westhill lost to Ridgefield 6-2 and was eliminated from the playoff picture. The Staples Wreckers are the No. 1 seed, followed by Ludlowe at … Read more

No. 1 St. Joseph leads field of eight teams into FCIAC softball tournament

The St. Joseph Cadets wrapped up a perfect FCIAC regular season on Wednesday and will be the No. 1 seed for the conference softball tournament, which will begin with four quarterfinal games on Friday. Below are the match-ups for the quarterfinals. The semifinals and final will be played at a neutral site at Sacred Heart … Read more

Hernandez reaches base 5 times as Danbury baseball rolls over Westhill

STAMFORD—If a leadoff hitter’s job is to get on base and score runs, Danbury’s Javon Hernandez is angling to get his picture up on the wall as the employee of the week. Hernandez reached base in each of his five plate appearances Wednesday, scoring three times and reaching third twice. Hernandez’s spark at the top … Read more

Danbury’s Malcolm Going receives exclusive invite to national track event

DANBURY — Malcolm Going has accomplished just about everything for the Danbury track team, including a stellar third-place finish at New Balance Indoor Nationals in March, where he was the fastest American in the event. But one of the crowning moments came while he was sitting in class. He received a message from a coordinator … Read more

A look back: FCIAC teams racked up 13 state championships this winter

Eleven teams from the FCIAC won a total of 13 state championships to highlight the success the conference achieved during the 2018-19 high school winter sports season which concluded in late March. The Norwalk High School and Trinity Catholic High School girls’ basketball teams each won their respective state class tournaments while New Canaan won … Read more

Zobel drives In 5 To help Staples baseball hold off Danbury

WESTPORT — It was instinct, Staples coach Jack McFarland said, that prompted him to jump Zack Zobel up two spots from his customary fifth position in the batting order for today’s game against Danbury. Zobel rewarded his coach’s prescience with a 3-for-3, five-RBI performance to lead the Wreckers to a 6-4 home win. Click here … Read more

Danbury’s Ryan Jack becomes school’s first to win national wrestling title

The Danbury wrestling program had accomplished virtually everything entering this season, with the gym’s banners covering one wall to the next with honors. 2019 somehow raised the bar with perhaps the finest grappler the school has ever produced. Ryan Jack wrote his name in the Danbury record books this past weekend, becoming the first from … Read more

Congratulations to all of our state champions for the winter season!

Girls Indoor Track and Field Class LL – Danbury Hatters Wrestling Class LL, State Open and New England – Danbury Hatters Gymnastics Class LL – Greenwich Cardinals Class M – Wilton Warriors Girls Ice Hockey New Canaan Rams Final: New Canaan 3, Darien 1 Cheerleading Class LL – Danbury Hatters Boys Swimming & Diving Class … Read more

Former FCIAC stars excelled for college football teams

Zach Allen, a former New Canaan High School football star, wrapped up an excellent career as a senior defensive end at Boston College and former Trinity Catholic standout Thomas Costigan concluded an excellent career as a senior linebacker at Bryant University to highlight many of the strong seasons that former FCIAC football players had while … Read more

Danbury wrestling captures second New England title in three seasons

Their dominance stretches farther than the borders that make up this state. The Danbury wrestling team rolled to a second New England championship in three years with an impressive performance at Providence Career & Technical Academy over the weekend. The Hatters placed four in the top six — the only school to do so — … Read more