TRUMBULL — Chicken or the Egg? Which comes first? The question posed by Trumbull High and Staples of Westport was similar in nature when the FCIAC contenders met in Trumbull on Thursday night. Is it important when your offense is lacking to retain your defensive principles to stay in the game? Or are those plans … Read more
NEW HAVEN — If you did not know the date on the calendar, you may have thought you walked into a Class LL girls state playoff game Saturday afternoon at Saulsbury Gym in New Haven. Both No. 2 Trumbull and Wilbur Cross played as if it was the postseason in a back-and-forth contest eventually pulled … Read more
TRUMBULL — Officially, there was no assist given on Timmond Williams’ incredible, buzzer-beating, off-balance 3-pointer off the backboard that gave Trumbull a thrilling 50-49 boys basketball victory over Ridgefield Thursday. Unofficially, however, Williams felt there should have been. “When I let it go and the ball was in the air it wasn’t looking good,” said … Read more
STAMFORD—In the offseason, Trumbull coach Buddy Bray had to decide what style his team would play. The Eagles are traditionally a half-court grind-it-out type of team but with his entire team back from last season and two of the best players in the FCIAC in Timmond Williams and Chris Brown surrounded by high-quality players around … Read more
Forty-five runners representing eight FCIAC schools participated in the 84th Annual New England Interscholastic Cross Country Championships Saturday at Derryfield Park in Manchester, N.H., on Saturday. The field features runners from Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The top 25 individual runners and the top six teams from those states qualified. The Staples … Read more
MANCHESTER – The Danbury girls and Staples boys cross country teams each won state Class LL championships this past Friday, Oct. 26, at Wickham Park to add onto the team titles they each won eight days earlier at the 2018 FCIAC Cross Country Championships. Greenwich sophomore Mari Noble placed first in Friday’s 2018 Connecticut Interscholastic … Read more
Westhill 3, Staples 0 25-14, 25-14, 25-20 Westhill Highlights Caroline Boyd – 9 aces, 14 service pts Vana Servos – 15 assists, 9 service pts, 6 digs Betsy Sachs – 12 kills, 8 service pts Sophia Thagouras – 11 assists, 4 kills, 6 aces, 7 service pts Nina Bakuradze – 5 service pts, 7 digs … Read more
Eight volleyball teams will hit the courts on Tuesday as the 2018 FCIAC tournament gets underway with quarterfinal matches at the homes of the top four seeds. The Westhill Vikings lead the way at No. 1, followed by No. 2 Trumbull, No. 3 St. Joseph and No. 4 Greenwich in the top four. The visiting … Read more
FCIAC Boys Soccer Semifinals Danbury 1, Ludlowe 0 Ludlowe 0-0 0 Danbury 0-1 1 Danbury: Thiago DosReis 1g Goalies FL – Nicholas Tenreiro 5 saves D – Matthew Silva 10 saves Trumbull 0, Staples 0 (Trumbull wins 3-1 on PKs) Staples 0-0-0-0 0 Trumbull 0-0-0-0 0 Staples PKs: Austin Sholes Trumbull PKs: Jason Weinstein, Dominic … Read more
Blake Cellar, Darien Football Blake has been accepted to the National Honor Society and has a cumulative GPA of 4.27. He has been awarded the Cornell Book Award and placed first at a statewide DECA (business) competition. Blake has won two Class LL state championships as a me mber of the varsity football team. The … Read more