Defending FCIAC champion Darien and defending Class L champion Ridgefield are the top two seeds for the conference tournament, which will get underway with the quarterfinal round on Saturday, May 18. The top four seeds — No. 1 Darien, No. 2 Ridgefield, No. 3 New Canaan and No. 4 Wilton — will host games before … Read more
The Brien McMahon Senators became the final team in FCIAC baseball tournament field on Thursday, setting up the four quarterfinal contests on Saturday. McMahon clinched the eighth and final seed when Westhill lost to Ridgefield 6-2 and was eliminated from the playoff picture. The Staples Wreckers are the No. 1 seed, followed by Ludlowe at … Read more
Moving up the ranks of girls lacrosse in Connecticut is tough enough. When you’re in the FCIAC and squaring off with teams consistently ranked at the top of regional polls, it becomes a nearly impossible task. That hasn’t stood in the way of Fairfield Ludlowe. In fact, the Falcons welcome the challenge. “The FCIAC is … 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 Darien are holding their proms on Friday night, so their home games were … Read more
Eight teams will begin play in the FCIAC boys tennis tournament when the quarterfinals hit the courts on Wednesday at the home sites of the top four seeds. Defending conference champion Staples is the No. 1 seed, with the Wreckers entering the tournament with a 15-1 record. New Canaan, which is also 15-1, is the … Read more
The FCIAC girls tennis tournament will get underway on Tuesday with four quarterfinal games on the home courts of the top four seeds. Defending champion Staples is the No. 1 seed, as the Wreckers were unbeaten during the regular season. Last year’s runner-up, Darien is the No. 2 seed. Tuesday, May 14 Here’s the full … Read more
Losses have been few and extremely far between for the Staples girls tennis team, especially on its home court. A defeat against Fairfield Ludlowe on April 23, 2015 marked the last time the Wreckers lost a home match. Since then, Staples has won 52 consecutive home matches, its latest coming when it topped FCIAC foe … Read more
DARIEN — The Staples Wreckers plated two runs in the top of the second inning in their baseball game against Darien on Monday. The way senior Chad Knight was pitching, it might as well have been 10. Knight delivered a dominating performance, firing a three-hit shutout as the Wreckers defeated the Blue Wave 3-0 in … Read more
NEW CANAAN — If hitting is your cup of tea in baseball, New Canaan’s Mead Park was not the place to be on Friday afternoon. Darien’s Henry Williams and New Canaan’s Frank Ramppen put on a show, with Williams out-dueling his pitching counterpart with a two-hit shutout as the Blue Wave scored a 1-0 victory … Read more
WESTPORT—In the fourth and fifth innings, Ridgefield hit a few hard lines drives for outs against Staples pitcher Alex Deutsch. After the third out off a ball smoked, Deutsch and his pitching coach mixed it up, starting to mix in first-pitch breaking balls. The Tigers did not have many hard-hit balls from that point forward. … Read more