Boys Lacrosse: Gonzalez, defense help Fairfield Warde come back, beat Fairfield Ludlowe

FAIRFIELD — Standing on Tetreau/Davis Field after his Fairfield Warde team finally beat Fairfield Ludlowe in FCIAC boys lacrosse, 12-10, senior defender Charlie Richard had a few other scores in mind. He could rattle them right off. Freshman year, when Ludlowe pounded the Mustangs 15-2. Sophomore year, when Ludlowe won a 5-3 tight one. Last … Read more

Trumbull, St. Joe’s lead softball poll; Four FCIAC teams crack baseball top 10

Trumbull and St. Joseph are ranked second and third, respectively, in the GameTimeCT Top 10 Softball Poll, while the FCIAC has four teams in the Top 10 of the most recent state baseball poll. Ledyard replaced FCIAC member Ridgefield for the No. 1 ranking in the GameTimeCT Top 10 Baseball Poll which was released April … Read more

Ridgefield Rides DeLuca To Hand Ludlowe First Loss

RIDGEFIELD — Ridgefield baseball coach Paul Fabbri met on Sunday with Matt DeLuca, his star pitcher, to plan which game he would start this week. DeLuca was coming off throwing 6 2/3 innings in a shutout win over Trumbull two days earlier, and Fabbri knew this was a week he could buy his ace extra … Read more

A look back: FCIAC teams racked up 13 state championships this winter

Eleven teams from the FCIAC won a total of 13 state championships to highlight the success the conference achieved during the 2018-19 high school winter sports season which concluded in late March. The Norwalk High School and Trinity Catholic High School girls’ basketball teams each won their respective state class tournaments while New Canaan won … Read more

Ludlowe bounces back, hands Trumbull first defeat

TRUMBULL — Coming off its first loss of the season, Fairfield Ludlowe’s girls lacrosse team was looking to get back to winning ways on Thursday when it traveled to McDougall Stadium to face Trumbull. After falling 16-8 to perennial powerhouse Darien on Tuesday, the Falcons blitzed the Eagles with a quick start that powered a 13-6 FCIAC … Read more

Former FCIAC stars excelled for college football teams

Zach Allen, a former New Canaan High School football star, wrapped up an excellent career as a senior defensive end at Boston College and former Trinity Catholic standout Thomas Costigan concluded an excellent career as a senior linebacker at Bryant University to highlight many of the strong seasons that former FCIAC football players had while … Read more

In front of packed house, Warde defeats rival Ludlowe to reach Division II quarterfinals

FAIRFIELD — The atmosphere was electric, the intensity was impressive and the stakes were high when Fairfield Warde and Fairfield Ludlowe renewed their boys basketball rivalry for the third time this season Wednesday night, before a packed house at Warde High School. It’s always an exciting game for the town of Fairfield when the Mustangs … Read more

Ludlowe’s Stapleton ‘hurdles’ her fears to win multiple titles

FAIRFIELD — In Tess Stapleton’s mind there was a very simple solution to ending her anxiety stemming from running hurdles — but that’s getting ahead of things. Stapleton experienced a banner freshman indoor track season, winning the 55-meter hurdles at the State Open for Ludlowe. She appeared poised to repeat the accomplishment during the spring … Read more

Stamford’s defense locks down Ludlowe late in Class LL opener

FAIRFIELD — Defense travels. Especially in the postseason. The Stamford High School girls basketball team’s lockdown defense in the fourth quarter surrendered just four points to host Ludlowe and propelled the Black Knights to a 47-44 Class LL tournament first-round road triumph Tuesday night. Click here for more

The FCIAC boys ice Hockey tournament by the numbers

Six teams will contend for the FCIAC Boys Ice Hockey championship, as the tournament gets underway with a pair of playdown round games on Saturday. The unbeaten Ridgefield Tigers head into the playoffs as the league’s No. 1 seed, with the Darien Blue Wave at No. 2. The rest of the field features No. 3 … Read more