Boys Swimming Championship

Amelia Fordyce

Courtesy of DAF

The 2018-2019 CIAC Class L Boys Swimming Championships finished with New Canaan in the lead with 776 points. The DHS boy’s swim team ranked up from 8th place and are runner ups in second place with 620 points. Senior Spencer Erickson placed first in the final Mens 200 yard Freestyle with a time of 1 minute and 42 seconds. Senior Carl Wadleigh tied for fourth with a time of 1 minute and 43 seconds. In the Mens 200 yard IM, Junior Scotty Tuck also took fourth with a time of one minute and 59 seconds. The boys team did a great job this year, and they plan to do even better next year.

Girls Ice Hockey Takes On New Canaan at State Finals

Natalie Vasileff

The Darien High School Girls Ice Hockey team had to deal with a great challenge in coming face to face with the New Canaan rams for the State Finals on Saturday the ninth. The Darien girls have won States for three consecutive years up until this year after they lost to the New Canaan team with a 3-1 score.

The first period started off slowly and the girls did not have a lot of energy. New Canaan was able to get to the puck a lot faster and the Blue Wave players felt like they were behind. Darien had trouble breaking the puck out and had a hard time moving their feet. The rink was filled with nervousness coming from the girls.

During the second period, the girls were able to get their confidence back and recuperate. The team started to move their feet more and get around New Canaan easily. Darien got more chances in scoring a goal than they had in the first period and found the same number of high chances in the third period. New Canaan got most of their shots from lucky bounces, so the Darien girls found themselves unfortunate in those situations. 

Darien played with a lot more heart and courage in the second and third periods and the team was more aggressive. 

The Darien Girls Ice Hockey players race for the puck at the State Finals. Courtesy of Dave Stewart.

Although the team had great intensity, they realized that because of the slow start they were a period late finding the confidence to be as aggressive in the later periods - it could have been what cost the girls the game.

“Although this season had a bittersweet note, we played our last game collectively as team together. We played for each other,” junior Caitlin Chan said. “We now know what we’re we need to do next season in order to come out bigger, better, faster, and stronger than ever before.”

Check Out Track Phenom Alumnus Alex Ostberg (‘15) at NCAA Nationals today and tomorrow

Neirad Staff

Alex Ostberg (DHS Class of 2015) will be competing at the NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday, in Birmingham, Alabama.


Ostberg runs for Stanford University. He will compete on Friday, March 8th at 10:00 p.m. (EST) in the Distance Medley Relay, running the 1st leg which is 1200 meters, and on Saturday at 7:25 p.m. (EST) in the 3000 meters.

All the information for the meet including how to watch is located here: https://www.ncaa.com/news/trackfield-indoor-men/2019-03-06/ncaa-track-and-field-schedule-live-results-highlights-and-how

Courtesy of USA Today

Boys Hockey Team Ready to Make Noise in the State Tournament

Grace Carlo

Senior CJ Hathaway (Courtesy of Darien Times)

On Tuesday March 5th, the boys hockey team battled against St. Joes in the first round of state playoffs. The boys ended their regular season with a record of 17-4, with a last upset in FCIAC semifinals to Greenwich in double overtime. Tuesday night they came out strong with an impressive 10-0 shutout against St. Joes. The wave outshot the Cadets 35-10. Senior captain James Gregory states that “It doesn’t matter who we play, we’ll go out there and play our game. We treat everyone the same way”. Even though they beat the Cadets 9-0 in the regular season, the Wave did not take this for granted. They came ready to play and played their game not underestimating the opposing team.

The Wave will now face Notre Dame-West Haven in the state quarterfinals at the Wonderland of Ice on Saturday March 9th at 4pm.