GHS X-C runners compete at LLs

Written by Paul Silverfarb
Friday, 06 November 2009 00:00

The Greenwich High School boys and girls cross-country teams traveled up to Manchester’s Wickham Park for the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference class LL championship Saturday.

The girls team finished the course 18th overall with 479 points, while the boys team finished 20th overall with 566 points.

Cards blast Vikes, prep to spear Rams

Written by Paul Silverfarb
Thursday, 05 November 2009 00:03

The Greenwich High School football team did exactly what it needed to against Westhill High School Friday night. After a three-week road trip and losing to Central 14-13 last week, the Cardinals finally returned to the friendly confines of Cardinal Stadium and took its aggression out on the Vikings, winning 45-7.

“We’re back on track,” Greenwich head coach Rich Albonizio said. “You can’t play your best all the time and last week we picked the wrong time and wrong team to do it against. Central is a good football team. Tonight it was very important for us to come out fast and put this team away. We didn’t want them to get any confidence and wanted to get focused on next week’s game.”

Big Red’s FCIAC dream Wrecked by Staples High in second half

Written by Paul Silverfarb
Thursday, 05 November 2009 00:01

Although the Greenwich High School boys soccer team fell to Staples in the semifinals of the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference tournament Monday night at Fairfield Ludlowe’s Taft Field, head coach Kurt Putnam still is quite proud of his team’s performance.

“Today we came and played,” Putnam said. “We matched them for aggression, matched them for decision-making and focus. That’s why there were so few chances in the game. It was an incredibly close game at the end of the day.”

Greenwich’s Cabrera stellar, but field hockey falls to Rams

Written by Dave Stewart
Thursday, 05 November 2009 00:00

Brooke Cabrera, the Greenwich field hockey team’s standout senior goalie, tried to keep the outlook as positive as possible following the Cardinals exit from the FCIAC tournament.

“The FCIACs is over and we’re just going to focus on the first round of the States,” Cabrera said. “This game is in the past and we’re not looking back. We’re all playing together, we’re moving forward and we’re looking forward to States.”

Tigers blank N.Y. School of the Deaf 3-0

Written by Paul Silverfarb
Wednesday, 04 November 2009 10:32

The Convent of the Sacred Heart volleyball team easily took care of the New York School for the Deaf by a score of 3-0 on Senior Night Monday.

Megan Jarchow led the way for the Tigers with nine aces, two kills, two assists and one dig. Elaine Jame added seven aces and one kill, while Mary Liquori added five aces and one kill. Beth LaBassiere finished with four acces and three kills and Michelle Peng added nine assists and five aces.

Greenwich High soccer, field hockey teams reach semis

Written by Paul Silverfarb
Sunday, 01 November 2009 20:15

The Greenwich High School athletic teams will be quite busy the next few days, as the boys and girls soccer teams, as well as the field hockey team, has reached the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference semifinals.

Tomorrow, the No. 4 seeded boys soccer team will travel to Fairfield Ludlowe High School and take on top-seeded Staples High School at 5 p.m. Two hours later, the No. 4 seeded girls soccer team will kick off in its FCIAC semifinal match, when they play top-seeded Ridgefield High School at Wilton High.

Greenwich Youth Football Recap

Written by Paul Silverfarb
Friday, 30 October 2009 23:01

Gators 14 vs. BANC 6

The Gators trailed 6-0 early in its contest with the BANC Raiders, however they were able to come away with the 14-6 victory during week six action from the Greenwich Youth Football League.

Greenwich field hockey opens FCIAC tourney today

Written by Paul Silverfarb
Friday, 30 October 2009 09:25

The Greenwich High School field hockey team will open play in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference tournament starting today.

The Cards, which finished the regular season 10-3-0-0 and Western Division champions, picked up the third seed in the FCIAC tournament and will host the first round game today at Cardinal Stadium at 3 p.m. against Fairfield Warde High School.

With the victory, Big Red will advance to the semifinals, which will be held at New Canaan High School's Dunning Field.

GHS runnin’ at FCIACs

Written by Paul Silverfarb
Thursday, 29 October 2009 23:00

Members of the Greenwich High School boys and girls cross-country teams took to Waveny Park last week for the FCIAC championships. The Greenwich boys team finished 11th overall, while the girls team finished 11th as well with 295 points. The GHS girls team was led by junior Camille Matonis, above, who finished 22nd overall with a time of 16:05. Sophomore Alicia King took second on the team and 61st overall with a time of 18:10 and senior Nicole Carroll took 66th overall with a time of 18:23. On the boys side, junior Victor Dahl was the quickest male Cardinal, crossing the finish line with a time of 17:33. Senior William Newberry finished 42nd overall and second for GHS with a time of 18:09. Fellow senior Alex Huebner took 74th overall with a time of 19:11. — Dave Stewart photo

GHS volleyball spiking its competition

Written by Paul Silverfarb
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 23:02

Every now and then, Greenwich High School girls volleyball head coach Steve Lapham has to pinch himself to make sure he’s not dreaming.

With the loss last year of Erika Videtto, Olanna Nissum and other talented athletes, this year’s volleyball team was supposed to be in a rebuilding mode. Only one player had significant varsity experience and three other starters were new to the sport.

However, with all the adversity, Big Red has yet to be affected. As of press time, the Cardinals have only two games to play in the regular season and are sitting pretty with an impressive 14-2 overall record.