The high school fall sports season will begin shortly. Teams have been practicing in preparation for this year’s campaign.
Leading off The Stamford Times fall sports previews is girls swimming. The Westhill/Stamford co-op swim team only lost one senior to graduation so it has a great deal of depth to work with. Veteran coach Rick Lewis [...]

The Hour Publishing Co., publisher of The Stamford Times newspaper, in an effort to expand its already solid local sports coverage of the city, has reorganized its sports staff in order to help it do an even better job heading into the new high school sports season.
John Nash, who was the paper’s sports editor from [...]

The Stamford 15-year-old All-Star team had a nice run in the Babe Ruth Baseball World Series in Monticello, Ark. Get a recap of all the games, with the exception of Wednesday’s loss to Bryant, Ark., which knocked Stamford out of the tournament.
Marc Powers, the No. 1 singles player at Yale and a Stamford resident, got [...]

The Stamford 15-year-old All-Star team brought home the Babe Ruth New England Regional championship on Monday after defeating Leominster, Mass., 5-4 in eight innings at Adams Field in Quincy, Mass.
Stamford now advances to the Babe Ruth World Series, which will be held in Monticello, Mass.
The Stamford Stars U-10 softball team also brought home a New [...]

Debbie Johnson and Michael Troy came away with titles at the annual Stamford Amateur Golf Tournament at E.G. Brennan last Sunday.
The Stamford 15-year-old All-Stars continued their winning ways on Tuesday. Jeff Cortese’s two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning gave Stamford a dramatic 3-2 win over Portland, Maine, in the first round of [...]

Baseball, baseball and more baseball in this week’s edition.
The Stamford Babe Ruth Baseball 15-year-old All-Stars captured the state title following an 8-5 victory over Ridgefield. The All-Stars advance to play in the New England Regional Tournament in Quincy, Mass., with their first game this coming Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
The Stamford Legion Post 3 baseball team [...]

Federal PAL won the Little league Stamford Tournament of Champions with a 5-1 win over Stamford American Dr. B’s Bandits.
The District 1 Little League Tournament opened this past week and the Stamford teams are looking to go far in the competition.
Edwin Rodriguez will manage of the Florida Marlins for the remainder of the season, ending [...]

Spring football practice concluded recently. Correspondent Joe Ryan took in Trinity Catholic’s annual Green & Gold game and he sat down with new Stamford head coach Bryan Hocter.
Stamford Legion baseball downed Wilton earlier this week 3-2 behind pitcher Morgan Williams.
There’s plenty of youth soccer and Babe Ruth baseball results.
To see what’s in this week’s edition, [...]

The Westhill High softball team captured the Class LL state title with a 4-2 victory over Newtown last Saturday at DeLuca Field in Stratford.
The Vikings, who finished 26-1 this year, were led by senior co-captains Jen Joseph and Julianne Vincent, who said they had last year’s seniors on their minds all through this season and [...]

The Westhill softball team advanced to the Class LL state finals with a 3-2 win over Southington in the semifinals. The Vikings overcame a 2-0 to reach the finals for the first time since 1993.
Vanessa Petrini reached the State Open finals for the third straight year but lost out on her third title after losing [...]

The Westhill softball team suffered its first loss of the season in the FCIAC Championship game on Thursday, May 27.
Veteran Westhill track coach Ed Lane will be inducted into the FCIAC Hall of Fame on Tuesday, June 15 at 6 p.m. at Testo’s Restaurant in Bridgeport.
Trinity Catholic standout pitcher Ryan Walsh goes “On the Record” [...]

The Westhill baseball and softball teams advanced to the FCIAC Tournament semifinals. The baseball team lost to eventual champion Fairfield Ludlowe while the softball team advanced to its third straight FCIAC final with a 2-1 win over Darien.
The Trinity Catholic softball team suffered a hard-fought 7-6 loss to St. Joseph in the opening round of [...]

Westhill softball scored a big win over Darien to remain unbeaten and earn the No. 1 seed in the FCIAC playoffs. The Vikings also downed Stamford for the city championship.
One player who is having a great season for Westhill softball is Julianne Vincent, who goes “On the Record” with The Stamford Times.
Westhill baseball is also [...]

Bryan Hocter is the new Stamford High football head coach, replacing Kevin Jones, who departed after eight years at the helm.
John Nash’s column about Jones lauds the coach’s ability to get his players into college.
The High School Sports Extra is back. Featured in this week’s “On the Record” feature is Eileen Ornousky, who is putting [...]

Nick and Vin Cortese will be playing football together at Catholic University this coming season. Correspondent Joe Ryan talked to the brothers about how they ended up at the Washington D.C. school and what they expect for the upcoming season.
Mark Ellis will be playing his college basketball at Division II American International College in Springfield, [...]

The King softball team came up with a big 6-2 victory over Greenwich Academy. Kaitlyn Della Jacono pitched a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts to lead the Vikings.
In a rematch of the last two FCIAC baseball championship games, Westhill got the better of Staples this time around, posting a 10-3 win.
Westhill baseball player Scott Valenzano’s season [...]

The Sports section of The Stamford Times is taking on a new look. We hope you’ll like it.
The high school spring season is in full swing and last week brought about several City clashes in a number of sports, including baseball, softball and lacrosse.
Trinity Catholic baseball is off to a strong start and the Crusaders [...]

The high school lacrosse and golf teams are previewed.
Doug Graves will be counted upon to provide the Westhill boys lacrosse team with leadership and scoring.
At King, Lee Couch is the new girls lacrosse coach and she has the Vikings off to a good start.
Former Trinity Catholic basketball standout Dave McClure was able to enjoy watching [...]

The annual high school spring sports previews begin this week with baseball and softball.
Trinity Catholic baseball pitcher Ryan Walsh and Westhill softball pitcher Jen Joseph plan to lead their respective teams to postseason glory.
There are capsule previews of each city team.
King’s baseball season started off on the right foot with a 10-0 victory over Chase [...]

There’s a wide range of sports featured this week.
Former Stamford High standout and current Fairfield pitcher Gavin McCullough has had his ups and downs during his college career yet now he seems to be on the upswing.
Tennis standout Marc Powers of Stamford, who excelled at Greens Farms Academy, has continued his strong play as a [...]

With The Stamford Times sports editor Steve Geoghegan on vacation, it’s been a flash-back week for me, putting together the March 21 edition of The Stamford Times.
The highlight was definitely a trip to West Hartford to meet Diana Delva for the first time. While I had done a telephone interview with her back when Julie [...]

The Westhill-Stamford co-op boys swimming and diving team placed second at the FCIAC Swimming Championships at Greenwich High. It’s the highest finish in the program’s history.
The Trinity Catholic boys basketball team is coming off a 57-44 victory over Stonington in a Class M first round playoff game on Tuesday, March 9 at Walsh Court. The Crusaders [...]

The Trinity Catholic girls basketball team had a lead going into the fourth quarter of the FCIAC Championship but couldn’t hold on as St. Joseph rallied to defeat the Lady Crusaders.
Whereas one girls basketball team lost in the conference finals, another prevailed. King downed Hamden Hall to claim its first FAA Tournament title since 1996.
Trinity [...]

Anthony Chiaramonte and John Doherty, two former Trinity Catholic hockey players, have continued their hockey careers at the University of Rhode Island and Boston College, respectively.
The High School Sports Extra makes its return. Westhill standout wrestler Cosmo Iadanza goes ‘On the Record’ with The Stamford Times.
In girls basketball, Trinity earned an FCIAC semifinal berth with [...]

Westhill wrestler Cosmo Iadanza won the FCIAC crown at 189 pounds during the annual Joe Sikorski FCIAC Wrestling Championships on Saturday, Feb. 13 at New Canaan.
Iadanza edged Montel Williams Jr. of Greenwich 1-0 in the title tilt. He helped the Vikings place eighth as a team with 86 points.
Stamford, meanwhile, performed well in the competition [...]

The Stamford boys basketball team scored a big win over city rival Trinity on Tuesday, Feb. 9, in a rematch of last year’s FCIAC Championship.
Despite the loss, the Crusaders made the state tournament following a victory over Fairfield Ludlowe, the 500th career win for veteran coach Mike Walsh, on Friday, Feb. 5.
Speaking of milestones, King’s [...]

Trinity Catholic boys basketball coach Mike Walsh and King girls basketball player Briana Brown are closing in on milestones.
Walsh is one win away from reaching 500 in his remarkable coaching career. The Hour’s assistant sports editor and columnist George Albano does a tremendous feature on Trinity’s longtime and highly successful coach.
Brown is four points away [...]

The Westhill/Stamford co-op boys swim team is undefeated at 6-0 after beating Wilton and the Fairfield co-op last week.
The indoor track teams at Westhill and Stamford feature several standout athletes who are gearing up for the postseason events on the horizon.
Rogers Magnet School held a soccer benefit recently to aid the people of Haiti, who [...]

The King girls basketball team has ripped off nine straight wins, following the Vikings’ win over Marianapolis Prep last Saturday. Briana Brown had a triple-double to lead King.
Another girls basketball team that’s just as hot is Trinity, which has captured eight wins in a row after Tuesday’s 48-37 victory over Danbury.
Speaking of victories, the [...]

Ellie Southworth takes over as the Westhill gymnastics coach and the Vikings prepare for the season.
The Westhill and Stamford wrestling teams have experienced the highs and lows of the season. The two teams go head-to-head tonight for the City Championship. The Stamford Sports Scene blog will have the full results.
In ice hockey, Westhill continues to roll [...]

There’s a lot of basketball and ice hockey.
Stamford’s big win over Westhill in boys basketball will be featured. Also, the Vikings’ loss to McMahon is also included.
Westhill’s decisive victory over Stamford in ice hockey will be in this week as well as the Trinity boys basketball blowout loss at the hands of Central.
There will be [...]

I just wanted to introduce myself to the loyal readers of The Stamford Times and the Stamford Sports Scene.
My name is Steve Geoghegan and I was named sports editor of The Stamford Times. I’m honored to receive this new position and looking forward to the challenge of covering Stamford sports.
I may be the new editor [...]

The Hour Newspapers is pleased to announce that veteran staff sports writer Steve Geoghegan has been named the new sports editor of The Stamford Times effective Dec. 3.
Geoghegan replaces John Nash, who remains on staff as an assistant sports editor for The Hour as well as sports editor of the Wilton Villager.
Geoghegan has been a [...]

While we’re between seasons, it’s time to look back on this year’s Thanksgiving Day football games with Stamford earning its second city championship with a victory over Westhill and with Trinity Catholic topping off head coach Pete Stokes first season with a rout over Wilton.
In addition to recapping those two games, we also have a [...]

After two years and one month, hundreds of games covered and even a handful of state championship teams followed, this post is to announce that effective this afternoon, I am stepping aside as the sports editor of The Stamford Times.
While the new sports editor will be announced in this very space a little bit later [...]

It became THE STORY around the city this fall and rightfully so. The Westhill High School girls soccer team marched to the state Class LL championship on Friday, Nov. 21, and then got to march in the UBS Parade in downtown Stamford on Sunday.
While the game has been pretty well chronicled via videos and postings [...]

Unfortunately, the biggest stories this week aren’t in this week’s edition of The Stamford Times.
Due to a last-minute time change in the State Class LL semifinal girls soccer game between Westhill and Ridgefield, the game was moved until after our weekly Wednesday deadline. Ditto for Trinity Catholic’s semifinal matchup against No. 1 and undefeated Morgan, [...]

It’s state tournament time in Connecticut, which means sudden endings for some teams while other teams surge ahead with hopes and dreams of more to come.
The Trinity Catholic volleyball team won its first two games of the Class S tournament to move on to the quarterfinals while the Westhill field hockey team knocked off Norwich [...]

There are two big stories to report this week in The Stamford Times.
The first is Tuesday night’s FCIAC volleyball quarterfinal victory for the Trinity Catholic Crusaders. Unfortunately, due to our odd-ball printing times, the team’s semifinal game against Greenwich will be played and done in on Thursday, before the Times even hit the streets (fear [...]

Just when it looked like the Westhill High School boys soccer team would get through a season without any off-the-field adversity, the Vikings had to forfeit four games on Wednesday afternoon, forcing them into a must-win regular season finale to get into the FCIAC playoffs.
The Vikings got that win, defeating Fairfield Ludlowe, 4-1, on Wednesday [...]

One of the best kept secrets in the city this fall sports season has been the Westhill High School field hockey team.
The Vikings lost 12 seniors from last year’s squad, which won the city championship by beating and tying the two-time defending state champs from Stamford. Nobody expected too much out this year’s Westhill group [...]

A busy week means one of the busiest sections of The Stamford Times Sports that we’ve put out in a while.
From our cover story of the Westhill boys soccer team reclaiming bragging rights by winning the city title with a 2-1 win over Stamford last week, to two stories geared toward Monday’s Fairfield County Sports [...]

A city championship was at stake on Tuesday and it proved to be the same old story as the Westhill girls soccer team defeated Trinity Catholic, 3-0, to win claim their ninth straight city crown. But such a big game is only part of our big coverage in this week’s edition of The Stamford Times.
We [...]

For those of you surprised that Khairi Fortt of Stamford isn’t our cover player for this week’s edition, (though he is a small part of the cover), consider this:
Two Stamford teams — Trinity and Westhill going head-to-head — trumped one player heading off to college, so it was Michael Rivas of Trinity (200 yards rushing, [...]

With the high school season in full swing, so too is The Stamford Times sports section — eight pages of jam-packed sports news for your reading pleasure.
The two big stories coming out of the city this week are both F-words — Football and Field Hockey.
On the football front, King’s Silas Redd had a career day [...]

First off, let us begin with an official warning from the Surgeon General: This week’s Sports Section in The Stamford Times maybe hazardous to your health. It’s a whopping 10-pages long and we recommend you don’t lift using just your back. Use your legs and proper lifting mechanics.
That’s right, folks! Ten pages of sports news [...]

It’s football season, so it’s time for our football preseason preview section.

Our cover boy is King’s third wheel — but a very important cog — in Eric Joyner. He might be in the shadow of the likes of Penn State-bound Silas Redd and Boston College-bound Kevin Pierre-Louis, but Joyner might be the most versatile player [...]

And these children that you (cheer)  on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They’re quite aware of what they’re going through
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
— Davie Bowie, with one slight change to one word
• • •
The time is drawing near. There will come a day, perhaps even an hour, when you go to your favorite Stamford [...]

With official count-em-in-the-standings games last than a week away, (Can you say finally?), The Stamford Times offers up the first half of its annual Fall Sports Previews section this week.
As you can see by our Cover Photo, we’re looking at soccer, both boys and girls, this week as well as field hockey.
In boys soccer, we [...]

Next week, it all begins: The high school sports scene will rush at us in a flurry with preseason previews coming in both the Sept. 13 (boys soccer, girls soccer, field hockey) and Sept. 20 (football, volleyball, swimming) editions.
Unfortunately, the high school football season begins 24 hours after The Stamford Times deadline, so while we’ll [...]

It’s that time of year again with fall sports kicking up throughout the city and once again The Stamford Times will continue its quest to cover the city of Stamford — and only the city of Stamford — the best we can through print, through our Web site and of course right here on the [...]

Summer is ending. Football is heating up. Fall sports are about to start. And The Stamford Times seems to touch a variety of bases in this week’s edition.
Football-wise, we tackle New York Giants wannabe lineman Cliff Louis, the Westhill High School product to grew so much as a player and a person at Morgan State [...]

The wait is over.
Due to holiday deadline issues a week ago, The Stamford Times sports section couldn’t bring you our coverage of the Westhill High School softball team’s special trip to Yankee Stadium on June 30.
Until now.
This week, the Vikings memorable journey is recapped courtesy of three pages of coverage in this week’s edition of [...]

In the same edition of this week’s Sports Section of The Stamford Times we not only celebrate the past, but we also tip our caps to the future.
The 2009 Spring Sports All-City Teams are published this week, honoring those in the sports of baseball, softball, boys lacrosse and golf. Additionally, a total of 45 other [...]

Summer is finally here and we’re not horsing around when we say that.
The Little League All-Star season is about to start and talk of a high school girls hockey team coming somewhere down the line is even starting to warm up slightly … and we have a story about a young lady who doesn’t horse [...]

All is quiet on the high school sports front as the state playoffs are over, many students are wrapping up finals and summer is fast approaching.
That doesn’t mean the sports news stops around the city, however.
Our cover girl this week is former Stamford High softball star Melissa Giordano, who over the last month has racked [...]

Mother Nature first threw us a curve ball and then somebody at the Orange Hills Country Club in Orange just told us an out-right lie, thereby throwing us for a couple of loops this weekend as we prepared for you the June 14, 2009 edition of The Stamford Sports section.
Our cover girl this week is [...]

It was a week to remember for the Westhill High School athletic department. But it proved to be a Monday to forget.
On Saturday, Westhill baseball pitcher Steve Rivera hurled his team into the FCIAC championship game with a no-hitter over Darien. A few hours later, the Viings softball team repeated as FCIAC champs when un-sung [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The big news this week is still being talked, blogged about and texted about — the Westhill-Stamford baseball classic on Monday at Cubeta Stadium.
Steve Rivera’s one-hit victory over Mitch O’Meara and his Stamford team will go down in history as one of the city’s all-time great performances and the entire night itself is one that [...]

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 [...]

Tennis anyone?
At Westhill High School, the Vikings are playing plenty of tennis these days and on Tuesday the two teams beat Stamford to sweep the City Championships for the second straight year.
The girls squad, which includes our cover girl this week — the team’s lone senior, Molly Carson, of the first doubles team — is [...]

Rain. That’s the big story of the week around the city as day after day after day, Mother Nature has defeated pretty much every sports team that is trying to play out a spring sports season in Stamford.
Except for the Stamford softball. Thanks in great part to a yeoman’s effort by the grounds crew, Tuesday’s [...]

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 [...]

Sometimes an off-subject comment gets you wondering. It makes you think, “What if?”
In getting ready for the baseball season, Stamford High School pitcher Mitch O’Meara said how it was a shame that some players he grew up playing with went to different high schools. In some ways, it is a shame, but in other ways [...]

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 [...]

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 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.

The first new editions of The Stamford Times arrived in your mail boxes last week and we here at the Stamford Sports Scene are curious as to what you think.
Just comment below and tell us what you liked and what you disliked. Please and thank you.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]