By JOE RYAN
STAMFORD – The King boys lacrosse team outhustled and outplayed Suffield Academy for most of the game but three unanswered goals in the final period allowed the Tigers to outlast the Vikings for a 9-8 win on Saturday on the King turf.
Peyton O’Connor scored three times in the second half, including the game-winner [...]

STAMFORD – Norwalk’s Nick Esposito tallied four goals and Da’Quan Keel had a hat trick and three assists as the Bears handed the Stamford High boys lacrosse team a 12-4 loss on Saturday.
Ryan Phillip and Jesse Levitt each added two goals for Norwalk, which outscored the Black Knights 7-1 in the second half.
The Bears improved [...]

The Westhill boys lacrosse team overcame an 8-4 halftime deficit to defeat King 14-13 on Monday at King.
Doug Graves led the Vikings (2-1) with five goals and four assists. Teammate Kyle Sturrock also had five goals.
Mitch Staples paced King (1-1) with five goals and two assists and Austin Doering contributed a goal and five assists.
Westhill [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Here’s a list of the South team All-Stars who will take part in Monday’s senior lacrosse All-Star games tonight in Branford, including a handful of city athlete’s taking part.
South team
# Name School Position
1 Chas Brickman Darien Attack
2 Tyler Foley Darien Attack
3 Tyler Cullinen Ludlowe Attack
4 Colin Scott Ridgefield Attack
5 Matt White Ridgefield Attack
6 Joe Baccarella [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Sports Recap – Week Ending April 18
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The Vikings had a rough time shaking off the winter chill this week and lost some tough battles to worthy opponents.
Monday, April 13
Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse (1-3) Falls to Westhill, 13-6
King was inconsistent facing a more experienced Westhill High team.  Though the Vikings corrected [...]

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 [...]

Finally. Opening day of the spring high school sports season is here. Here’s the schedule of what’s on tap in Stamford this afternoon:
Wednesday, April 8
Baseball
Stamford at Danbury, 4 p.m.
Trinity Catholic at Brien McMaho, 4 p.m.
Greenwich at Westhill, 3:45 p.m.
Softball
Danbury at Stamford, 4 p.m.
Brien McMahon at Trinity Catholic, 4 p.m.
Westhill at Greenwich, 4 p.m.
Boys Lacrosse
Stamford at [...]

Westhill’s season opening boys lacrosse test went from really difficult to really hard. Instead of playing a road game at Wilton on Wednesday night, the Vikings will open at home against the Warriors in the afternoon.
The Jewish holiday Passover, which begins at sundown, occurs on Wednesday so in accordance with the holiday, athletic directors tried [...]

April means spring time which means baseball and softball season is fast approaching and in this week’s edition of The Stamford Times, we’ll be looking at the city’s high school baseball and softball teams.
Westhill and Stamford feature two of the top pitchers in the league in the Vikings Steve Rivera and the Black Knights Mitch [...]