DARIEN — Saturday was a big day for Darien High School athletics. The school opened up its sports facilities to fans for the first time since the pandemic started more than a year ago. And what better way to christen this renewed era than with a Top 10 boys lacrosse showdown with arch-rival New Canaan? Students from … Read more
NEW CANAAN — Maybe practice is overrated. After spending the last two weeks in quarantine and holding one workout before its first game, the New Canaan girls lacrosse team knocked off rival Darien 7-5 Thursday at Dunning Field. The defense, which featured a 10-save performance from junior goalie Claire Mahoney, set the tone for the … Read more
GREENWICH — The last time the Greenwich girls lacrosse team was on the field for a game was May 28, 2019 in the CIAC Class LL First Round. Not only did the Cardinals miss the entire 2020 season like every other team in the state, but have not been able to get on the field … Read more
While Darien was on its way to winning state boys and girls lacrosse championships two years ago, just one opponent managed to upend both Blue Wave teams: Manhasset, N.Y. That’s not earth-shattering news by any means. The New York power is consistently ranked nationally and has given Darien all it could handle for the past … Read more
NEW CANAAN — New Canaan’s list of opponents for the first two weeks of the boys lacrosse season reads like a who’s who of the best teams in Connecticut. And the Rams wouldn’t have it any other way. “It’s great, isn’t it?,” New Canaan coach Chip Buzzeo said. “I think the boys are really enjoying … Read more
While COVID-19 had a massive impact on spring sports with the cancellation of the 2020 season, one thing it was not able to do was slow down the momentum of the Stamford boys lacrosse program. Coach Mike Nazzaro and others have spent nearly a decade growing the sport in the city and based on the … Read more
WESTPORT – A back-and-forth overtime thriller — now that’s the type of game that would get the participating teams’ competitive juices flowing again, after they were unable to compete for a full season. That’s exactly the tense matchup the Staples and Ridgefield girls lacrosse teams experienced when they met today in their long-awaited 2021 season-opener. … Read more
WESTPORT — Bruce Springsteen belting out the lyrics to Glory Days could be heard through the small opening in the door leading to the Staples boys lacrosse team’s locker room, which overlooks the school football field, late this afternoon. Minutes earlier, in a game given measuring-stick urgency, the Wreckers had come away with a convincing 7-3 victory … Read more
When Dillon Schoen first headed west to join the Stanford women’s lacrosse team in the fall of 2014, she was entering uncharted waters as the first player from coach Lisa Lindley’s Darien lacrosse program to play for the Cardinal. As it turns out, Schoen was opening the floodgates. Senior Kate Bellissimo became the latest member … Read more
The dream began at a football game, but it’s lacrosse that’ll take Jack Coughlin to Navy. The St. Joseph junior midfielder said he went to a Navy-Stanford football game when he was 4, and ever since, that’s where he wanted to go to college. He’s committed to the United States Naval Academy now. Click here for the … Read more