There has not been as much excitement around the Norwalk girls basketball team since its heyday at the turn of the century. The Bears are unbeaten and atop the GametimeCT top 10 Poll as the unanimous No. 1. With the No.1 ranking and the unblemished record comes the pressure. Click here for more
DANBURY — Jackie DiNardo stood near center court with a big smile on her face and a basketball that she’ll cherish forever in her hands, receiving nonstop congratulations from everyone around her. Three-plus decades of excellence on the hardwood culminated in win No. 500 for the Danbury girls basketball coach Tuesday night, as an 87-34 … Read more
GREENWICH — Fittingly, Michelle Morganti paced Greenwich’s offense on Senior Night. The senior guard stepped up in a big way on Senior Night, scoring a team-high 18 points to help power the Cardinals to a win on a special evening for the team’s most experienced players. Morganti’s clutch offensive play helped propel Greenwich to a … Read more
FAIRFIELD — Trumbull senior Krystina Schueler stepped to the foul line with 1.3 seconds remaining and her Eagles deadlocked with town rivals St. Joseph in a game to benefit the American Cancer Society on Saturday at Fairfield University’s Alumni Hall. After the Cadets’ Emma Elrod had sunk a clutch 3-pointer to tie the game at … Read more
There would be no letdown for the Norwalk High School girls basketball last week after coach Ricky Fuller’s Bears snatched the No. 1 ranking in the GameTimeCT Top 10 Girls Basketball Poll, which was released Jan. 30. Coach Ricky Fuller’s Bears continued to move on in a positive manner with another pair of impressive victories … Read more
NORWALK — The Norwalk girls basketball team was not hitting outside shots early against Danbury. Fortunately for the Bears, senior forwards Sanaa Boyd and Naeva Rene were there to gather the misses on the offensive glass. Danbury hung with the No. 1-ranked Bears for most of three quarters but eventually found their inside play too … Read more
For the second time since the preseason, we have a new No. 1. Thanks to a 49-47 road victory over New London Saturday, unbeaten Norwalk is now the No. 1 team in all the land. The Bears are the first to be a unanimous pick, picking up 19 first-place votes. Click here for more
DANBURY — Jackie DiNardo pulls out an aging folder and under the tab marked “basketball,” there are numbers. Some are in blue ink. Some are in black. Some are whited out. On the other side, as the years and victories mount, there is an onslaught of red and black magic marker. “I have had this … Read more
NEW LONDON — There will be a new No. 1. Trailing by 11 in the third quarter, on the road against the No. 1 team in the state, No. 2 Norwalk kept its composure and began chipping away. Switching to a zone defense in an attempt to slow down New London, the Bears whittled the … Read more
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