One of the big questions following the 2008-09 basketball season has been this: Whatever happened to Tevin Baskin.
One of the hottest recruits to come out of the prestigious Trinity Catholic boys basketball program, Baskin was supposed to be following in the footsteps of the likes of Tory Thomas, Craig Austrie, David McClure and others into [...]

An ESPN executive says LeBron James will announce his future NBA plans within the first 10 minutes of Thursday night’s hourlong broadcast from Greenwich.
A blogger on Newsday.com’s Web site has said that James and his one hour special on ESPN announcing where he will play basketball next season is going be broadcast from a studio [...]

Stamford High senior boys basketball standout Mark Ellis has committed to play basketball at American International College.
Ellis, who led the Black Knights to an FCIAC championship during his junior season, was looking forward to the challenge of competing at the Division II level.
“I’m definitely excited,” said Ellis, who plans to sign his letter of intent [...]

Former Trinity Catholic star player and Duke University alum David McClure got back to me today to talk a little Blue Devil basketball, amongst other things.
McClure, who graduated last spring and is currently playing in the NBA Developmental League as a member of the Austin Toros in Texas. I spoke with him after Monday’s practice.
His plans [...]

For the past five years, Trinity Catholic product David McClure had been a part of a Duke University basketball team.
In his first year away from the team (he used up his eligibility and graduated from Duke last spring), though, McClure got a different view of this year’s Duke team, which will play Butler on Monday [...]

The three city hockey teams will be playing this week in the CIAC state tournaments and their match-ups were announced on Saturday.
In Division I, Trinity Catholic (9-11-1) drew the No. 15 seed and will have the difficult task of trying to knock off No. 2 seed Fairfield Prep. The teams will square off on Wednesday [...]

By JOE RYAN
NEW CANAAN — St. Luke’s scored the last six points of the game, including a clutch 3-pointer by Josh Dugas with just over a minute remaining to put the Crusaders in front for good on their way to a 69-64 win over King in the NEPSA Division ‘D’ Boys Basketball Tournament on Wednesday.
St. [...]

The Stamford High boys basketball team defeated Harding 63-62 in the FCIAC Tournament quarterfinals on Saturday at Fairfield Warde.
Marc Guirand scored the game-winning basket off an assist from Jethro Anilus with less than 10 seconds remaining in the game to lift the sixth-seeded Black Knights (14-7) into the semifinals, where they’ll play No. 2 St. [...]

The seeds for the upcoming FCIAC boys basketball and hockey playoffs have been set.
In boys basketball, the FCIAC quarterfinals will take place on Saturday at Fairfield Warde with defending conference champion Stamford (11-7 in FCIAC play), the No. 6 seed, taking on No. 3 Harding at noon.
Trinity Catholic’s string of 12 consecutive FCIAC playoff berths [...]

There’s an old saying around the world of sports that players win games and coaches lose them.
This year, however, I can’t say that’s totally true when it comes to the Trinity Catholic boys and girls basketball programs.
For the two previous winters before this one, I saw a lot of Trinity Catholic basketball which means I [...]

The Trinity High boys and girls basketball teams defeated Wilton on Friday.
The girls won 50-40. Cayleigh Griffin led Trinity (15-3 overall, 13-3 FCIAC) with 18 points. Mackenzie Griffin chipped in with 13 points.
The boys prevailed 61-46. Remy Pinson scored 22 points to lead Trinity (9-8, 8-7) and Tyler Walston had 12 points.
Both teams will be [...]

The Stamford High boys basketball team posted a 46-44 victory over city rival Trinity on Tuesday at Walsh Court in a rematch of last year’s FCIAC championship.
The Black Knights (10-5 overall, 8-5 FCIAC) took the lead for good in the third quarter and survived a last second shot that bounce off the rim at the [...]

Trinity boys basketball coach Mike Walsh locked up his 500th career victory and King girls basketball player Briana Brown went over 2,000 points in her career Friday.
Walsh earned win No. 500 with a 56-46 victory at Fairfield Ludlowe. A shorthanded Crusaders’ squad, which was without R.J. Calo due to illness, was led by sophomores Aaron [...]

During the one year he spent as a basketball player at Trinity Catholic High School, Bobby Trimboli figures he helped head coach Mike Walsh win 25 games for the Crusaders.
Plus, over the last three years as the boys head coach at Norwalk High, Trimboli has gone oh-for-three against Walsh.
The latest loss — a 70-66 Trinity [...]

The Stamford High boys and girls basketball teams were victorious over Norwalk Friday.
The boys earned 64-53 victory at the Kuczo Gymnasium and were led by Jethro Anilus, who scored 29 points. Marc Guirand chipped in with 11 points, 19 rebounds and five assists and Louis Briddter added 10 points and six rebounds as the Black [...]

The Trinity boys and girls basketball teams defeated Westhill Tuesday night.
The Trinity boys earned a 64-51 win at Walsh Court to snap a three-game slide and even their record at 4-4.
Remy Pinson and Mike Scaturcchio each finished with 19 points, including five 3-pointers apiece, to lead the Crusaders. Aaron Spence chipped in with 14 points [...]

Maybe I am just an optimist but I see potential in the Stamford boys basketball team.
Yes, the Black Knights are a work in progress and right now they seem as likely to pass the ball to the opposition as they are to their intended targets.
Yes, they do miss the ball-handling skills and experience of Chris [...]

The Stamford High boys basketball team, coming off its first loss of the season earlier this week, got back on track.
The Black Knights defeated city rival Westhill 67-43 in the Kuczo Holiday Tournament Saturday at Stamford High.
With the win, the Black Knights improved to 3-1 while the Vikings slipped to 2-2.
Stamford, which lost to Bassick [...]

There wasn’t much the Trinity boys basketball team could do against Bridgeport Central.
That’s because the Hilltoppers were clicking on all cylinders. They played about as well as a team could play in an early-season test of unbeatens and dominated the Crusaders in all areas.
The final result was something a winning program like Trinity isn’t used [...]

Remy Pinson was walking off the court a winner on Friday night, fresh from scoring 20 points in his team’s 56-48 win over Brien McMahon.
While the Crusaders still have 18 games left this season, at least Pinson will be able to put his future at ease after getting word he was accepted to Claremont McKenna [...]

We received word this morning that longtime Fairfield County sports figure and Hall of Famer Nick Koulas passed away at the age of 92 at a Stamford-based assisted living facility.
According to his Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame biography, “Koules is a legendary figure around the baseball diamonds and basketball courts of the county as [...]

Yes, sports fans, you read the headline correctly.
Professional basketball is coming to Stamford this winter and no the Trinity Catholic Crusaders have not been kicked out of the FCIAC.
The Eastern Basketball Alliance has announced that it’s expanding into Connecticut over the next two years — this winter in Fairfield County and next year with a [...]

Here is Trinity Catholic’s Tevin Baskin, during his press conference at the school today, talking about some of the reasons why he decided to attend Quinnipiac University in the fall. Also, Trinity head coach Mike Walsh offers his thoughts on Baskin and his future.

There is new news that is exciting and there is old news that is unique and that’s not even mentioning the start of the FCIAC baseball and softball tournament last week.
All have found their way into this week’s Sports Section of The Stamford Times.
First and foremost, the big news is that Trinity Catholic basketball star [...]

STAMFORD — Trinity Catholic senior Tevin Baskin, the latest in a long line of Crusader basketball stars, has announced he will attend Quinnipiac University in Hamden in the fall.
Baskin made the announcement on Wednesday at a press conference at the school.
To read The Stamford Times story on Baskin’s decision, click here.
To learn more about the [...]

Sad news to report in the city this week as our cover story is about the sudden demise of the Stamford Spinnakers girls high school ice hockey team, which ceased operations after 11 years of giving a big chunk of the city’s female hockey fans a place to play.
The Spinnakers will live on as a [...]

It’s Mother’s Day Weekend, so is there any better time, really, to salute the mothers of sports? That’s what The Stamford Times does with this week’s edition of its Sports section as we salute all of the mothers of the city through the eyes and emotions of three local moms — Patty Ann Tublin, seen [...]

With every passing day of his senior year, Trinity Catholic’s Tevin Baskin does draw closer to a decision about where he’ll be playing basketball and continuing his education come fall. Just don’t expect that decision over the next couple of weeks.
In fact, it might be mid-to-late May before Baskin finalizes his plans for the future.
From [...]

The spring sports season is fully under way as we get past the Easter weekend, which means athlete are soaring higher and higher every day.
On Monday of last week, the Westhill High girls track team won its third straight City Championship by sprinting past the competition of Stamford and Trinity Catholic for the title.
Also, both [...]

You have got to love deadlines. Or, in this case, hate them with a passion. Unfortunately, the deadline for The Stamford Times is early Wednesday afternoon, just hours before the spring sports season officially kicks off — which means their will be no print coverage of Wednseday’s games in this week’s paper edition.
However, for fans [...]

Former Trinity Catholic standout guard Craig Austrie saw his collegiate career come to an end on Saturday night with the University of Connecticut’s 82-73 loss to Michigan State in the first game of the NCAA Final Four in Detroit.
Austrie played a game-high 37 minutes and scored six points, grabbed three rebounds and dished out an [...]

Chris Evans is going to be a Rhino.
Evans, the All-FCIAC and All-State boys basketball and football player from Stamford High School,  will be doing a year in prep school, at The Taft School, as he prepares for a college career.
Evans confirmed with The Stamford Times on Thursday afternoon he’s been accepted by the school and [...]

Here’s a list of the 2009 All-FCIAC award winners from the city of Stamford for the recently completed winter season.
ICE HOCKEY
First Team — Ryan Haggerty, Trinity Catholic, Forward; Anthony Chiaramonte, Trinity Catholic, Goaltender
Second Team — Tyler Rich, Westhill, Forward; Jake Savona, Trinity Catholic, Forward; Shane McCarthy, Stamford, Defense
Honorable Mention — Mike Taylor, Stamford, Forward.
BOYS BASKETBALL
First [...]

Trinity Catholic senior Tevin Baskin is schedule to take part in the 2009 Jordan Brand Classic Regional All-Star basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York City, at 5:30 p.m., on Saturday, April 18.
The game will feature the top prep players from the New York City metropolitan area in a City vs. Suburbs showdown [...]

The University of Connecticut lives to play yet another day – this time thanks in great part to Stamford’s Craig Austrie.
The Trinity Catholic product scored a team-high eight points in the first half as the Huskies got out of the gate early and kept their distance from the Purdue Boilermakers out in Arizona.
By the end [...]

The winter sports season is behind. Almost.
While the local high schools have wrapped up their high school basketball and hockey seasons last week, there is a little bit of house cleaning to do this week before we look too far ahead to spring.
The biggest news of the week, though,  did come off the frozen ponds [...]

Craig Austrie and David McClure, the two former Trinity Catholic basketball stars playing in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, might be in different ends of the bracket, but they’re both in the same boat.
Their next loss will end their respective collegiate basketball careers.
For now, Austrie and his UConn Huskies and McClure and his fellow Duke [...]

Craig Austrie, the former Trinity Catholic standout guard, was in the starting line-up for the University of Connecticut Huskies as they opened the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament without head coach Jim Calhoun, who was missing the game due to health reasons.
UConn defeated Tennessee-Chattanooga, 103-47, to advance to the second round on Saturday. The Huskies [...]

For the city’s avid basketball purists, this will not be an easy edition of The Stamford Times to pick up and read. Not only did Trinity Catholic and Stamford High both see their 2009 basketball seasons come to a sudden halt this week, but the careers of some very special high school seniors came to [...]

The Stamford Black Knights trailed by two touchdowns in the first quarter, but for a football veteran like Chris Evans it wasn’t such a big deal.
Even if it was happening on a basketball court.
The Black Knights bounced back from that early 21-7 deficit to take six-point lead at halftime, but the defending Class LL champions [...]

As each second methodically ticked off the clock, all those in attendance could feel it all slipping away.
The game … the season … the three storied careers of Trinity Catholic Crusader seniors Tevin Baskin, Eric-Jean Gulliaume and Ryan Adkins.
The 25th-seeded Bulkeley Bulldogs continued their role as CIAC Class L giant killers on Monday night, stunning [...]

The NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament brackets are in and if former Trinity Catholic basketball stars Craig Austrie and David McClure are going to meet on the court, it would happen in Detroit with the NCAA championship up for grabs.
That’s because Austrie’s Connecticut Huskies squad was given the No. 1 seed in the West [...]

Duke’s David McClure will graduate from Duke University with one more ACC championship in his pocket.
After winning titles during his first two seasons at Duke, the second of which the former Trinity Catholic stand-out actually red-shirted, McClure and Duke Blue Devil teammates won the 2009 ACC crown on Sunday with a 79-69 win over Florida [...]

Chris Evans scored 17 of his game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter and two overtime periods — including three foul shots with 2.5 seconds left in regulation to force the extra time – as the Stamford Black Knights advanced to the Class LL semifinals with a 61-56 win over New Britain at Wilbur Cross [...]

When I tuned in to watch Thursday night’s Big East quarterfinal between UConn and Syracuse, it was almost midway through the second half and the Huskies were caught in a dog fight.
Little did I know I’d still get a whole’s game worth of action in (and then some) while actually predicting a six-overtime game. (True [...]

Tevin Baskin and Takari Smalls keyed an 13-0 run at the end of the first quarter then opened up the second quarter with a 15-point streak, a 28-0 stretch for Trinity Catholic which propelled them to a big 80-27 win over Woodstock Academy.
They turned a 8-6 contest into a 36-6 blow out which left only time standing [...]

Trinity Catholic’s win over E.O. Smith answered two questions: Would there be an emotional hang-over from its loss to Stamford in the FCIAC finals last week and could they win in the tournament without Tevin Baskin dominating offensively?
The answers were “no and yes”, respectively, which bodes well for their overall chances to make it to [...]

Maybe it was the 19-0 run to open the game. Maybe it was Marc Guirand’s 27-point, 13-rebound performance. Maybe it was the fact the fifth-seeded Black Knights were facing an 8-12 team that was seeded 28th in a 30-team field.
Whatever it was, Stamford High School’s 81-50 Class LL opening-round victory was right out of a [...]

Just spending my Monday morning going through the MSG-Plus’s game tape from last week’s FCIAC Championship game and I thought I’d share some thoughts and opinions as the game goes on.
I’m tempted to turn the sound down because I’m already tired of the announcers crediting kids with stats they didn’t get, but at least I [...]

It’s nice when the basketball Gods smile on a gym rat and give him his day in the sunlight. Jim Moriarty is that gym rat who finally got his Holy Grail, his FCIAC title.
It took 31 years and 400 wins, but who is counting because during all that time, there was no other place Coach [...]

Before the start of Tuesday night’s FCIAC championship showdown between top-seeded Trinity Catholic and No. 3 Stamford, Black Knights head coach Jim Moriarty asked Crusaders coach Mike Walsh for a favor.
“I asked him, Can’t I have just one?” Moriarty said after the game. “He said, ‘no’, but he said if he was going to lose [...]

Stamford had heard before the game on Tuesday that Bridgeport Central had a special way of describing the Black Knights. Hilltoppers supposedly used the phrase of ‘just another team’ when talking about their upcoming FCIAC semi-final opponent.
Well,the Black Knights are now a team that is ‘just another’ game away from the championship after they outplayed [...]

The pending arrival of Mother Nature on Monday has led to the FCIAC’s decision to postpone the boys basketball semifinals back a day, to Tuesday, and moving the site from Sacred Heart University to Fairfield-Warde.
Here’s a complete look at what’s left in the FCIAC postseason this winter:
Tuesday, Mar. 3
BOYS’ BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS at FAIRFIELD-WARDE
No. 3 Stamford [...]

Junior Mark Ellis tipped in a missed shot with 10 seconds left in the game to put Stamford back on top for good as the Black Knights eliminated a feisty Greenwich team in the FCIAC quarter-finals 59-58 on February 28.
Ellis finished the game with 15 points and nine rebounds but his tip gave him redemption [...]

The Stamford High boys basketball team defeated Greenwich, 59-58, in an FCIAC quarterfinal contest on Saturday at Fairfield Warde High School.
Trinity will play Staples last on Saturday evening, a story which will be posted on The Stamford Times Web site later this evening.

Last year, when he won the FCIAC Championship, Tevin Baskin was moved to tears. He had accomplished a goal which he had set out to do and the emotion of it all hit him like a ton of bricks.
After Trinity Catholic lost the state Class LL championship game to Crosby, though, there was a slightly [...]

The calendar still says February, but as The Stamford Times found out over the last week, the season — well, the basketball season, that is — is starting to have a March feel to it.
Over the past week, we’ve visited St. John’s University and watched Da’Shena Stevens light up top-ranked UConn for 27 points. On [...]

Trinity Catholic head coach Mike Walsh, with the slightest hint of sarcasm, had this to say when he was asked the difference in Wednesday night’s 67-62 boys basketball victory over Stamford.
“I think both teams played hard, but I think we were a little bit motivated by some reporter who picked Stamford High to win,” Walsh said [...]

Trinity Catholic defeated Stamford, 67-62, in boys basketball action on Wednesday night in front of a packed house of 1,250 at Kuczo Gymnasium to remain unbeaten while handing the Black Knights their first loss.
Click here to read The Stamford Times game story.
Also, check back on Thursday and Friday for plenty more about this huge city [...]

Due to the storm bearing down on the region, the city’s Battle of the Unbeatens – Stamford vs. Trinity boys basketball – has been postponed for 24 hours. The game will be played Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Kuczo Gym.
The Stamford-Trinity girls game was also pushed back. Start time there is 5:30 p.m. at Trinity’s [...]

Less than 48 hours before the latest Game of the Century and this time it’s the high intra-city high school showdown between undefeated Trinity Catholic and undefeated Stamford (Game time is 7 p.m., at Stamford High’s Kuczo Gym).
Here is just one high school basketball follower’s look at the two teams, broken down a couple of [...]

On Friday night, the Trinity Catholic Crusaders and the Stamford Knights took care of business. Both teams were victorious in their final game before Tuesday’s regular season showdown between the school squads, which means both schools will bring undefeated records into the contest.
Stamford defeated Ridgefield, 65-54, while Trinity took care of Fairfield-Ludlowe 67-40.
Now everybody in [...]

Another Friday means another edition of The Stamford Times and this week, the first week in February, will bring you the Big Bs — Bowlers, Beluks and Boys.
Richard Kravchuk, who was born in Stamford and has made the city his home for 52 years since, has bowled his way into the Fairfield County Bowling Hall [...]

Three years and a plethora of separate homes for the Trinity Catholic basketball teams, at least when it comes to how they’re being Class-ified by the CIAC.
While perusing the CIAC Web site earlier today, I noticed that the Crusaders had been placed in Class L for this current season. Last year, of course, Trinity was [...]

The date of Feb. 3 was already a big night for high school sports in the city as the basketball teams from Stamford and Trinity Catholic are schedule to go head-to-head in a pair of games that highlight the rivalry.

Just a few miles south of both venues, however, a dark cloud will be hanging over [...]

The biggest sports story to come out of the city this week should have been how the Stamford boys basketball team is off to a 9-1 start, or how the Stamford girls squad has won eight straight, or how the Trinity Catholic hockey team got the upper-hand in the chase for the City Championship with [...]

So the other day, after watching Stamford High’s Chris Evans score 29 points, grab 10 rebounds and dished out seven assists and lead the Black Knights to a win over Wilton, I posed this question to Warriors head coach Tim Tallcouch.
“Is Chris Evans the best OVERALL player in the FCIAC this season?”
“I will say this [...]

Just a couple of thoughts before I head home for the evening.
THE REVENGE IS SWEET PART
Good to see the Stamford Black Knights bounce back from their 3-2 overtime loss at St. Joe’s 12 days back. On Wednesday, this time playing at the freindly confines of TCR, the Knights exacted revenge on the Cadets and posted [...]

With the holidays well behind us and the New Year rolling along, the sports season is picking up steam again in the city and The Stamford Times brings you stories from a plethora of angles this week.
One of the bigger stories this week was the Trinity Catholic boys basketball team remaining undefeated on the season, [...]

The big story in The Stamford Times this week is the high school basketball doubleheader involving Westhill and Trinity. The Trinity boys trekked across town to play at Westhill while the Crusaders girls hosted the Vikings at Walsh Court. The games proved to be a split as the TC boys and Westhill girls earned victories [...]

The starting time for Friday’s Stamford-Norwalk boys basketball game has been moved up more than three hours at the request of the Norwalk athletic department. The time of the boys varsity game is now scheduled for 4 p.m. on Friday, instead of 7 p.m., as had been previously schedule.
“They’re the home team and they’re allowed [...]

“STAMFORD — The Stamford Black Knights wasted no time in putting the memory of Friday’s fan fiasco onto the back burner and showed the well-behaved crowd what the Paul Kuczo Holiday Tournament is suppose to be about. Basketball.”
So went the lead in Joe Ryan’s game story in The Stamford Times about the Black Knights winning the [...]

While the mid-game brawl in the crowd seemed to be all everybody was talking about over the holiday weekend, there were a few other newsworthy things that happened too.
How about the Wright Tech girls basketball team winning its second straight holiday tournament title with a 31-26 win over host Cheney Tech on Saturday? Or the [...]

A melee that broke out in the stands during the second half of Friday night’s Stamford-Brien McMahon abruptly ended the game and gave the host Black Knights a 56-32 victory.
No players were reportedly involved in the incident, which began at the start of the fourth with a commotion that started into the crowd and turned [...]

The holiday season has finally slowed things down enough for me to catch up on some of my work, photo-wise.
Here are some links to some recent games I shot.
Click here to view photos from the King-Greens Farms Academy girls basketball game.
Click here to view photos from the Stamford-Harding boys basketball game.

Here’s a look at Saturday’s local basketball results, including the big game – Fairfield Warde snapping Trinity’s FCIAC win streak.
GIRLS
Fairfield Warde, 64-49
TRINITY CATHOLIC (49) Jeana Trimboli 6 3-5 18 Erin Sottosanti 3 2-2 8 Claire O’Leary 0 2-4 2 Chelsea Starks 1 0-0 2 Leila Barden 1 0-0 2 Cayleigh Griffin 0 0-2 [...]

Craig Austrie had the basketballs to throw up a would-be game-tying 3-pointer in the waning seconds of Saturday’s game against Gonzaga in Seattle. The shot missed its mark, but the ball found its way to UConn teammate AJ Price, who hit the big shot to set up overtime as the Huskies won the big battle [...]

So in this week’s edition of The Stamford Times, in my column, there is a paragraph saying wouldn’t it be neat if our city’s athletic directors got a Christmas present of a snow-less winter, saving them tons of scheduling headaches.
Ya, well, so much for that.
Friday’s schedule has been wiped out thanks to the snow that [...]

Trinity Catholic and Stamford opened up the 2008 boys basketball seasons with wins while Westehill fell to Greenwich. Here’s out the games looked statistically:
Trinity Catholic 73, Brien McMahon 48
TRINITY CATHOLIC (73) Eric Jean Guilluame 8 0-0 19; Takari Smalls 5 2-5 12; Jonathan Boykin 2 0-0 4; Tevin Baskin 8 2-3 18; Remy Pinson 5 [...]

With a full slate of high school events going on, now is the time to start taking some regular looks at The Stamford Sports Scene and The Stamford Times Sports web site as we try to keep up with everything going on this winter season.
Tonight, Times correspondent Joe Ryan will be at the Terry Conners [...]

Spalding Basketball … $49.99
Nike Basketball Shoes … $89.99
A basketball court as beautiful as Walsh Court … $2 million.
Watching Stamford HIgh School’s Chris Evans barge into the middle of a Trinity Catholic boys basketball practice … Priceless.
• • •
I actually got to witness such a priceless moment on Tuesday afternoon as Evans and Trinity Catholic basketball [...]

Trinity Catholic star forward Tevin Baskin – who is bound for the Division I college ranks next year – is going to delay making his college choice until after the 2008-09 basketball season, which began Monday.
Click here to visit The Stamford Time and read more about Baskin’s decision.

It’s still wide open, Baskin told nbebasketball.com recently. The high-scoring Trinity Catholic basketball star had a great second-half of his summer playing AAU ball in the New York Gauchos and that has sparked a little more interest in the high-flying forward.
I ran into Baskin at a Trinity Catholic girls soccer game earlier this fall and [...]

Former Trinity Catholic basketball star Torey Thomas, who is currently playing overseas in Hungary, has posted a blog as part of a powerforward.nl web site.
Thomas, a 2003 graduate of Trinity and Class of 2007 from Holy Cross, was a two-time first team All-State and All-FCIAC selection after leading Trinity Catholic to the Connecticut State [...]