WILTON — St. Joseph football coach Joe Della Vecchia said he was impressed by the way his team handled adversity during tonight’s game against Wilton. For Della Vecchia, adversity was the Cadets allowing two touchdowns less than five minutes apart with a 28-0 lead. The answer: tacking on another four scores and rolling to a … Read more
GREENWICH — AJ Barber is good at football. His routes are tighter, his hands softer, cutbacks more deceiving and his speed more electric. There was not much Norwalk could do to contain him. Click here for more
In two decades as football coach at Ridgefield, Kevin Callahan has been around high school athletes long enough to understand them. He knows the Tigers’ 17-14 win over New Canaan on Friday night says something about them, something Ridgefield felt it could be. Now they’ve got to prove it again. “The plan now is to … Read more
NORWALK — It was the kind of play that could turn a football game around, slicing Staples’ lead more than in half. New Britain blocked a punt, took it in for a score late in the third quarter: A week ago, Staples might’ve given it away right there. The Wreckers instead went on a drive … Read more
STAMFORD — With angels on their shoulders, the Stamford football team pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent memory for the program. Three weeks after the passing of former football player Ky-Mani Antoine-Pollack, 19, a recent graduate of Stamford schools, and NiShawn Tolliver, 18, who would have entered his senior year at Stamford … Read more
DARIEN — Opening night of the football season had a bit of a different feeling for the Darien football team this year. For the first time in four seasons, there was no title to defend as the Wave had lost to Newtown in the Class LL quarterfinals last season. This new edition of the Darien … Read more
DARIEN — Darien tonight looked like a team unaccustomed to not having a state title to defend. This was the Blue Wave’s plight for the first time in four years, and the edge it carried was evident in the performance that led to a 42-0 win over Fairfield Ludlowe. Click here for more
NORWALK — Jack Wallace introduced himself to Brien McMahon, and the FCIAC football world as a whole, when St. Joseph’s junior quarterback passed for five first-half touchdowns in the Cadets’ 45-0 victory over the Senators at Jack Casagrande Field on Friday night. Wallace, making his first start, completed 7-of-9 passes for 232 yards in just … Read more
NORWALK—It had aspects of a typical season-opening football game. Lots of energy. Some strange bounces of the ball. Mistakes of inexperience. Mistakes despite experience. But in the end at Sam Testa Field Friday night, the Norwalk football team imposed its will while using its physicality and depth to wear down the Trinity Catholic/ Wright Tech … Read more
RIDGEFIELD — Displaying faith in its defense, the Ridgefield football team chose to kick-off after winning the opening coin toss in Friday night’s season opener against Fairfield Warde. That decision quickly backfired. Warde’s Ryan Janz returned the opening kickoff to Ridgefield’s 35-yard line, and six plays later the Mustangs had a 7-0 lead less than … Read more