David M. Danko Fairfield HS/Fairfield Warde Girls Basketball Years as head coach: 26 Full-time profession: Owner of Danko Painting and Power washing and Co-Director of CT Premier Girls AAU Travel Basketball About the coach: David Danko joined the Warde family in 1982 when he entered as a freshman and, other than a brief break while … Read more
Staples senior Arianna Gerig and Greenwich’s freshman phenom Mackenzie Nelson were selected to both the Game-Time CT All-State Girls Basketball First Team and the Connecticut High School Coaches Association Girls Basketball Class LL Team to highlight the group of 10 FCIAC girls who earned all-state recognition. The CHSCA and GameTimeCT each had different formats by … Read more
When the final two weeks of 2019-20 winter high school sports season were cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, what was assured was that four of the eight sports sanctioned by the CIAC had teams win state championships and the other four sports were unable to finish their state tournaments or championship meets. The winter … Read more
Notre Dame-Fairfield maintained its No. 1 ranking while three FCIAC teams – No. 4 Staples, seventh-ranked Trumbull and No. 9 Ridgefield – were ranked among the top nine in the GameTimeCT Top 10 Girls Basketball Poll which was released March 1 on the eve of state tournament play. Three more FCIAC teams were in the … Read more
The CIAC has cancelled the remainder of its winter postseason tournaments due to concerns regarding the coronavirus. Here is the statement from the CIAC: “Due to continuing concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) CIAC has made the difficult decision to cancel the remainder of its winter championship tournaments. “The decision was made in light … Read more
TRUMBULL — Greenwich has had its eye on the prize all season long, and now coach Chrys Hernandez’ Cardinals are one win away from an opportunity to snatch that elusive first state title. Greenwich defeated Trumbull, 41-33, in a Class LL state quarterfinal game on Monday night. Click here for more
Monday, March 2 Class LL First Round No. 1 Staples 58, No. 32 Kennedy 34 No. 12 Greenwich 69, No. 20 Enfield 55 No. 5 Trumbull 52, No. 28 West Haven 35 No. 15 East Hartford 36, No. 18 Ludlowe 33 No. 7 Norwalk 69, No. 26 Darien 51 No. 23 Amity 52, No. 10 … Read more
Ridgefield 8 11 11 7 4 9 – 50 Staples 5 11 13 8 4 5 – 46 Ridgefield: Cali Stietzel 5 2-4 14, Megan Klosowski 0 0-0 0, Kate Wagner 6 4-4 16, Cameron McClellan 1 0-0 3, Cara Sheafe 0 0-2 0, Kathleen Flynn 5 1-2 12, Kelly Chittendan 1 2-4 5, Siovhan … Read more
TRUMBULL — The Ridgefield girls basketball team has been through three coaches over the past two seasons and nobody in the preseason was talking about the Tigers. Now, they are all anyone in the FCIAC is talking about. In a double-overtime classic, No. 7 Ridgefield, led by the upperclassmen who have been through so much … Read more
TRUMBULL — For 20 games over the past two months, the Ridgefield girls basketball team worked on developing an identity, with new players, a new coach and a new system. The past five days served as an end-of-semester exam for the Tigers, and boy did they ace it. In a grinding game with repeated swings … Read more