With more than one-third of the tournament field, the FCIAC will be well-represented when the CIAC Class LL playoffs begin on Tuesday, May 30. The conference had 12 of its 17 teams qualify for the state tournament, with 11 in Class LL and one — the St. Joseph Cadets — in Class M. Five league … Read more
The FCIAC will have 12 teams on the baseball diamond on Tuesday, May 30, as they step to the plate for the first round of the CIAC tournaments. The conference had 13 teams in the state playoffs, but the Stamford Black Knights lost a Class LL qualifying round game to Norwich Free Academy, 4-1, on … Read more
Pitching his final game as a Wilton Warrior, Billy Black made it one to remember. The senior hurled a complete-game three-hitter as the Wilton High baseball team captured the FCIAC championship game, 2-1, over Ridgefield on Friday evening at the Harbor Yard in Bridgeport. Watch the game on demand from the HAN Network Although the … Read more
The Darien Blue Wave has set the bar pretty high with his decades-long run of success in Connecticut boys lacrosse. Now, the Wave has something new to add to its record books. Darien scored its first FCIAC four-peat as the Blue Wave romped to a 20-4 win over the Ridgefield Tigers in the conference championship … Read more
With thunderstorms forecast for later tonight, the start time for the FCIAC boys lacrosse final has been moved forward one hour to 6 p.m. at Brien McMahon’s Jack Casagrande Field. The championship game pits the third-seeded Ridgefield Tigers against the defending champion and top-seeded Darien Blue Wave. In Tuesday’s semifinals, Ridgefield defeated Greenwich 10-7, while Darien … Read more
The Darien Blue Wave went through another regular season undefeated and will now put its perfection on the line when the FCIAC tournament gets underway with the quarterfinals on Saturday. Darien, the No. 1 seed, along with No. 2 Greenwich, No. 3 Ridgefield, and No. 4 New Canaan will host the opening-round games, before the … Read more
The Westhill Vikings are at the front of the pack as eight softball teams get set for the FCIAC softball playoffs on Friday. The Ridgefield Tigers punched the final ticket into the tournament with a walk-off victory on Wednesday, as Sabrina Grizzaffi ripped a two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh … Read more
We’re nearly set for the start of the FCIAC baseball tournament. “Nearly” is the key word. With perhaps just two outs left to play, one spot remains open in the conference tournament, which begins with quarterfinal games on Friday. The Wilton Warriors, who have already qualified, will travel to Danbury to finish their game against … Read more
The Darien Blue Wave and New Canaan Rams lead a strong field of eight teams into the FCIAC girls lacrosse tournament, which will get underway with a pair of games on Thursday. Below are the match-ups for the quarterfinals. New Canaan and Ridgefield are holding their proms on Friday night, so their games were moved … Read more
The match-ups have been set for the FCIAC girls and boys tennis tournaments which will kick off the league’s postseason competition this week. The Staples Wreckers look like double trouble for the rest of the conference as both the boys and girls teams earned the No. 1 seeds with undefeated records. The Staples’ boys wrapped … Read more