Darien Blue wave rolls to top spot in Week 4 state football polls

Last week, when Darien was ranked very high in both the state’s coaches and media high school football polls, the Blue Wave took to the road to take on an excellent St. Joseph team which was No. 1 in both polls. Darien was most impressive and emerged with a 22-7 victory. Saturday at St. Joseph’s … Read more

Football Week Three: Darien takes on St. Joe’s in a heavyweight bout

The Darien Blue Wave and St. Joseph Cadets are no strangers with success on the football field. Darien is the three-time defending Class LL champion and is looking to join the exclusive four-peat club this fall, while St. Joseph was last year’s Class S champ and ia a favorite to contend for the Class M … Read more

St. Joseph tops both state football polls heading into showdown vs. Darien

St. Joseph is the top-ranked team in both the coaches’ and media’s Week 3 state high school football polls as the FCIAC has the top three ranked teams in both polls. And that leads up to this Saturday’s big showdown when coach Joe DellaVecchia’s St. Joseph Cadets host coach Rob Trifone’s perennially-powerful Darien Blue Wave … Read more

FCIAC Football Week Two By The Numbers: Honoring Coop, five perfect teams, and dealing Cards

We have five 2-0 teams in the FCIAC with St. Joseph, Greenwich, Darien, Staples and Norwalk all making it through the first two weeks of the football season unscathed. A few interesting games are on tap for week three, including a juicy match-up between the top-ranked St. Joseph Cadets and the No. 3 Darien Blue … Read more

A (very) early look at the FCIAC fall sports standings

The FCIAC fall sports season is in full swing and there’s not time like the present to take a gander at the standings to see who’s started out hot. Click the links below to go to our standings pages, which are updated through the weekend’s events. Football Boys Soccer Girls Soccer Field Hockey Volleyball Boys … Read more

Football Week Two: St. Joe’s takes over No. 1 as several teams hunt 2-0 starts

Week one of the FCIAC football season featured some great match-ups, with No. 3 St. Joe’s defeating No. 1 New Canaan; defending Class LL champion Darien taking out the Ridgefield Tigers; and a host of new head coaches leading their teams into battle for the first time. This week’s games aren’t quite as intriguing on … Read more

FCIAC Football Week One By the Numbers: Three tops one, big birds, and first wins

Opening week of the FCIAC football season is in the books and there were some wild games, including an unexpected shutout between top-ranked teams. Seven FCIAC teams debuted new head coaches, with three picking up victories, while the three-time defending state champion Darien Blue Wave started the campaign in typical fashion: With a win. In … Read more

Football Week One: New coaches for seven teams; Four FCIAC powers top state poll

Get out your coaching scorecards, the high school football season is about to kick off. If the look of some of this year’s FCIAC teams seems a bit different, there’s a very good reason. Nearly half of the conference’s football teams are being guided by new head coaches for the 2018 campaign. Of the seven … Read more

Four FCIAC football teams top GameTimeCT poll; New Canaan is No. 1

The New Canaan Rams are No. 1, and FCIAC team swept the top four spots in the preseason GameTimeCT/New Haven Register Top 10 football poll released on Tuesday. Following New Canaan in the top spot were the Greenwich Cardinals at No. 2, St. Joseph Cadets at No. 3, and Darien Blue Wave at No. 4. … Read more