NEW CANAAN — There was a bit of a Thunderdome feel when the St. Joseph and New Canaan girls soccer teams met for their showdown on Friday night at Dunning Field. While the two teams entered with matching unbeaten records, it was the Cadets leaving unscathed as they topped the host Rams in a 2-1 … Read more
NEW CANAAN — On St. Joseph’s first play from scrimmage, quarterback Jack Wallace fired a deep pass downfield to receiver Will Diamantis, who turned the play into a 58-yard touchdown. It turned out to be just the first of many explosive moments for the No. 2 Cadets, who made New Canaan’s Dunning Field their personal … Read more
NEW CANAAN — Joe Della Vecchia figured he had a simple yet effective gameplan. After watching film of New Canaan before a week of practice in preparation for tonight’s much anticipated battle of top 10 opponents, the St. Joseph football coach thought his receivers were fast enough to create openings in the secondary that would … Read more
TRUMBULL — One little disappointing part remains to this transition, in which St. Joseph junior Jack Wallace has taken the reins of the offense from a Division I quarterback without missing any apparent beat. “I miss the big hits and stuff, coming up,” Wallace, a junior quarterback and former underclassman safety, said before a practice … Read more
The FCIAC has consistently been very strong in the fall sports of field hockey and girls’ soccer and the most recent state coaches polls in those sports confirm that is the case once again this fall. Ridgefield and Staples are ranked first and second, respectively, as the FCIAC has three teams ranked among the top … Read more
WILTON — A five-minute stretch early in the second quarter turned out to be an aberration, not an adjustment. Down 28 points to No. 2 ranked St. Joseph, the Wilton football team scored two quick touchdowns to cut its deficit in half with 7:09 left in the second quarter. And after forcing a punt, the … Read more
WILTON — St. Joseph football coach Joe Della Vecchia said he was impressed by the way his team handled adversity during tonight’s game against Wilton. For Della Vecchia, adversity was the Cadets allowing two touchdowns less than five minutes apart with a 28-0 lead. The answer: tacking on another four scores and rolling to a … Read more
GREENWICH — Shutout specialists. Five games into its season, that’s the role the Greenwich boys soccer team has played in all of its matchups. Possessing the ball the majority of the game, while playing stellar defense when it needed to, Greenwich improved its record to 5-0 with a convincing 4-0 victory over St. Joseph Tuesday … Read more
NORWALK — Jack Wallace introduced himself to Brien McMahon, and the FCIAC football world as a whole, when St. Joseph’s junior quarterback passed for five first-half touchdowns in the Cadets’ 45-0 victory over the Senators at Jack Casagrande Field on Friday night. Wallace, making his first start, completed 7-of-9 passes for 232 yards in just … Read more
“Jack Wallace is the guy,” St. Joseph football coach Joe Della Vechia said when asked to answer the Hogs’ biggest question entering the season: Who will replace Syracuse-bound David Summers at quarterback? A 5-10, 165-pound junior, Wallace was a terminator for the Hogs defense last year when he made 47 often-crushing tackles and intercepted two … Read more