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‘A Perfect 14-0’: New Canaan Girls Golf Wins FCIAC and CIAC Crowns

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Typically, when a four-time state champion-winning coach steps away from a program, there is a lengthy rebuilding period. It can take time to return to glory. 

Yet, that is not the case for the New Canaan High School Girls Golf program. 

The girls’ success hasn’t missed a beat since Head Coach Priscilla Schultz stepped down two years ago and was replaced by current Head Coach Bill Brown. Brown is now the coach of both the boys’ and girls’ golf teams, and came to the girls’ side with abundant championship pedigree, having won 10 state championships and six FCIAC championships as the Boys Golf Head Coach. So, it seems fitting that in his second year with the girls Brown capped off a season in which his team went undefeated, winning both the county and state championships. Brown described the transition to being head coach as “seamless” due to the shared culture that exists within the golf programs. 

“Even though we have boys and girls golf teams, we are all a part of New Canaan Golf.

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‘They’ve Carried on Our Culture’: New Canaan Girls Lacrosse Beats Darien for CIAC Class LL Title

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It was a lot of déjà vu all over again at Sacred Heart University’s Campus Field on Saturday afternoon. For the third consecutive year it was New Canaan-Darien in the CIAC Girls Lacrosse Championship. The same matchup as it has been for the previous four FCIAC Championship Games. And just like the conference final played 16 days ago, it was the Rams who came away with a five-goal win as New Canaan downed the top-seeded Blue Wave 10-5 to take the Class LL crown. “I am just so happy for this team,” New Canaan head coach Kristin Woods said.

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NCHS Girls Tennis Wins State Title

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The New Canaan High School varsity girls tennis team on Thursday dominated No. 1 seed Guilford 7-0 to win the Class L CIAC Finals. The state title win at Joel Barlow High School—which coincided with a CIAC title by the NCHS boys team (congratulations to coach Ben Young and his players)—was punctuated by all straight-set wins. The No. 2 seeded Rams, who’d won FCIACs over Greenwich High School last week, were led by No.

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17 NCHS Student-Athletes Recognized at Ceremony

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More than 80 friends, family members and coaches joined 17 New Canaan High School student-athletes on Monday for the Division III Recognition Ceremony. Organized by parents Meghan Finnigan and Nancy Roeder and run by NCHS Athletic Director Jay Egan, the annual ceremony recognizes seniors who intend to play sports at D3 colleges in the fall (see gallery above). It’s a way to mark “the fruits of your labor, which can probably stretch back to maybe when you were five years old,” Egan told the crowd gathered in the Wagner Room. 

He continued: “And how many practices your parents drove you to, and how many sacrifices you made, and how many sacrifices your parents, your family, your friends made, and helped you get to where you have a chance to continue in your athletic career. That’s not something that’s a normal extension of being a high school athlete. So it’s really something special.”

The student-athletes earning D3 recognition are:

Henry Silva (Colby, baseball)
Pierce Baker (Tufts, crew)
Logan Thom (Tufts, crew)
Miles Chisholm (Washington & Lee, football)
Owen Lydon (Bowdoin, football)
Carter Sihpol (Denison, football and track)
Claire Ognibene (Springfield, lacrosse)
Beckett Burley (Franklin & Marshall, lacrosse)
Colin Finnigan (Rhodes, lacrosse)
Thomas Garcia (Washington & Lee, lacrosse)
Hayden Roeder (Franklin & Marshall, lacrosse)
Jack Sconzianzo (Skidmore, lacrosse)
Kieran Shin (Trinity, lacrosse)
Emma Finnerty (Tufts, soccer)
Nate Codd (Colby, swim)
Trey Kaupp (Roger Williams, wrestling)
Patrick Zoccollilo (Gettysburg, track)

Egan said that Division III is the largest division in terms of number of institutions and number of participants in the NCAA. 

“With more than 196,000 students and 446 institutions representing 66 conferences, Division III makes up 40%.

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NCBA 7th, 8th Grade Teams Win Championships on Final Weekend

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This Sunday the New Canaan Basketball Association finished its 2023-2024 season with a bang. 

The girls 7th grade team, led by coaches Camry Evans and Cayla Joseph, won a thrilling overtime championship game against Pomperaug at Middlesex Middle School 41-39. The previous day the 8th grade boys Black team also won a league title by handling Danbury 62-41 after an even first quarter. Coach Terrance Ditimi will be with the boys again next year as the JV coach at NCHS. 

A third title was won by the 8th grade girls Black team on Thursday, March 7. Due to a scheduling anomaly the girls game was played in the afternoon, at Saxe, in front of a lively cheering section. The stands were packed with students, parents, teachers, and school administrators.