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Members of the Darien community announced today the formation of Darien Junior Field Hockey (DJFH), a new youth field hockey program beginning in the Fall of 2020. Registration is open now. (more…) Continue Reading →
Darien High School banquets for end-of-season winter sports teams are being “postponed,” DHS Athletic Director Chris Manfredonia told coaches in an email Wednesday morning. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Greens Farms Academy squash programs to compete on the national level last week, with some Darien residents stepping up in a big way. (more…) Continue Reading →
Not every gymnastics team qualified for the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference this year, but Darien did — barely. Heading into the Feb. 15 championship meet at Stamford’s Westhill High School, the Blue Wave was seeded seventh out of seven high schools, county-wide. When the chalk dust settled, though, Darien had nudged ahead of Staples, 125.05, with a 127.4 score that bumped the Wave to sixth place. (more…) Continue Reading →
Darien players helped Greens Farms Academy girls squash and boys basketball teams to these wins last week: (more…) Continue Reading →
A mixed bag of meets this week put Darien gymnasts in the middle of the pack heading into FCIACs this coming Saturday, Feb. 15, but as Coach Judy Zakim said in an email, “I have every reason to believe that we will qualify.” (more…) Continue Reading →
The Darien High School Girls Gymnastics Team didn’t win against Westhill High in Stamford at a meet there on Jan. 28, but two days later it recaptured its momentum against Greenwich. (more…) Continue Reading →
Darien gymnasts may have placed third in both their meets this week — but with overall scores of 130.9 at Trumbull and 131.5 at Saturday’s home meet, they still emerged victorious. The team went up against St. Joseph High School and Trumbull High School a week ago Monday. Last Saturday they competed against Fairfield Warde and Fairfield Ludlowe. (more…) Continue Reading →
The best squash players in the world will be at the 2020 Ox Ridge Open professional doubles squash event from Jan 3 to 6 at the Ox Ridge Riding & Racquet Club. The total purse for the event is $25,000. (more…) Continue Reading →
The Darien YMCA Gymnastics Team achieved 1st-, 2nd- and 3rd-place rankings in various levels at the Rhode Island Invitational earlier this month. (more…) Continue Reading →
Due to the continuing forecast of inclement weather and a need to allow host schools adequate time to prepare their facilities, the CIAC football quarterfinal games scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 3 have all been rescheduled to Wednesday, Dec. 4. Game times will remain at 6:30 p.m. All quarterfinals are scheduled for the site of the higher seeded team. (more…) Continue Reading →
The public is invited to attend and learn more about At Home In Darien and its services at the organization’s annual meeting, held on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 11 a.m. at Darien Library. All are welcome! (more…) Continue Reading →
Darien High School Wrestling coach Joe Testa will be offering wrestling classes at Darien High School this winter. (more…) Continue Reading →
With a strong wind blowing out of Darien High School’s north end zone, it looked like the elements would be a factor in Thursday morning’s Turkey Bowl between the Blue Wave and the New Canaan Rams.
In the end, Mother Nature had nothing on New Canaan’s defense. On the strength of four turnovers, three of which led to scores, the Rams pulled off a shocking 20-0 win over No. 3 Darien. “They outplayed us start to finish,” Darien head coach Rob Trifone said. “We certainly had our opportunities, we were in the red zone quite a bit but we couldn’t cash in. Continue Reading →
The 2019 Darien-New Canaan Turkey Bowl starts at 10 a.m., Thanksgiving morning at Darien High School, and for the 4,000 people with tickets, there are rules about where to park and how to get onto the high school campus. (more…) Continue Reading →