Bobby Valentine Fundraiser Next Monday
Monday, January 5th, 2009 No Comments »In my shameless plug for the week, the seventh annual Bobby Valentine Celebrity Wine and Food Tasting is just a week away, on January 12th, from 6-9 p.m. at the Greenwich Hyatt. I only say shameless because I am on the ...
Stamford-Norwalk Time Change
Monday, January 5th, 2009 No Comments »Stamford High School's boys basketball game at Norwalk on Friday has been moved up from 7 p.m. to 4. Stamford athletic director Pete Samperi said he is complying with Norwalk's wish as the home team to change the starting time. The ...
An All-Stamford Boys Basketball Final?
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 2 Comments »How about Trinity Catholic facing Stamford for the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference boys basketball title? It happened six years ago. It could happen again. As we turn the page on the calendar year, the season is not quite one-third old, but ...
Brawl Mars Kuczo Tournament
Saturday, December 27th, 2008 No Comments »I have heard and read much about youth violence, but unfortunately I got to witness it first hand tonight when the second game of the Paul Kuczo Holiday Tournament at Stamford High School, between the Black Knights and Brien McMahon, ...
Merry Christmas
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 No Comments »It is still hard to tell the size of the audience out there, but I appreciate all the kind words from those of you who have been regular readers of this blog since I started it earlier this fall. If the ...
Stamford More Than a Sleeper?
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 No Comments »The season is less than a week old, but calling the Stamford High School boys basketball team a sleeper may not be doing it justice. Following tonight's 72-64 win over Harding, the Black Knights are 3-0 and looking like they could ...
Stokes in at Trinity
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 No Comments »As expected, Pete Stokes was named today as the new football coach at Trinity Catholic, replacing Bryan Fox, who stepped down at the end of last season. Stokes, who graduated from the school in 1985, when it was known as Stamford ...
Beware the Black Knights
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 1 Comment »Preseason predictions in high school sports are often a futile task, with little hard evidence to go by. It usually takes a few games to get a feel for how a season will — or may — play out. Case ...
An Overtime Break
Thursday, December 11th, 2008 No Comments »We here at Overtime — me, that is — are taking a much-needed long weekend as we make the transition from fall sports to basketball season. Several of you have been writing asking for me to start blogging on the ...
New Canaan No. 1
Monday, December 8th, 2008 1 Comment »The New Canaan High School football team, which finished the season 13-0 and with its first undefeated record in coach Lou Marinelli's 28 years at the school on Saturday, got one last honor today: the No. 1 ranking in both ...