Joe Della Vecchia (top) of the St. Joseph football team and Stacey DiLeo of the Fairfield Warde field hockey team are this week’s BlueStreak-Overtime FCIAC Players of the Week.
Joe Della Vecchia of the St. Joseph High School football team and Stacey DiLeo of the Fairfield Warde field hockey team are this week’s winners of the BlueStreak-Overtime FCIAC Player of the Week awards.
Della Vecchia and DiLeo will receive plaques and T-shirts from BlueStreak.
Della Vecchia led the Cadets to a wild 55-50 win over Trinity Catholic on Saturday. He completed 16 of 22 passes for 284 yards and four touchdowns, and ran for two more scores.
DiLeo had two big performances for the Mustangs, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win over Danbury and three goals, including the game-winner, and added an assist in a 4-3 victory over crosstown rival Fairfield Ludlowe.
Nominations are open now until Tuesday at noon for this week’s winners.
To nominate an athlete, click on the replica of the T-shirt the winners receive on the right-hand side of this blog, below the BlueStreak ad. Then email in the name of the person you are nominating. Please include all of the player’s statistics for the week as well as the team results.
The award will be judged on games/matches played Monday through Saturday of each week. Please wait until an athlete is done competing for the week to submit your nomination.
It was an old-fashioned shootout at St. Joseph High School today, with the Cadets and Trinity Catholic combining for 15 touchdowns, including six in a wild fourth quarter.
Though St. Joseph came away with the 55-50 win, Mike Rivas had an incredible day for the Crusaders, running for 97 yards and four touchdowns.
If you missed the game — or turned your head and missed a score — here are two of Rivas’ highlights. The first is a hurdling 5-yard run that brought the Crusaders to within 21-20, the second a 7-yard touchdown run followed by a two-point conversion that tied the game at 28-28.
The voting is now open to crown the Overtime High School Football Team of the Week, sponsored by BlueStreak Sports Training, Garden Catering and The Stamford Advocate.
The finalists include two teams from the same town and one that won for the first time in conference play in nearly four years.
This week’s contenders are Trumbull, which toppled Bridgeport Central in a battle of unbeaten teams, 34-12; St. Joseph, which held on for a wild 55-50 shootout win over Trinity Catholic; and Warren Harding, which defeated Fairfield Ludlowe, 12-6, for its first win since Nov. 20, 2008, and first in the FCIAC since Nov. 11, 2006, against Bassick.
The winning team, thanks to BlueStreak and Garden Catering, will receive a trophy and 60 T-Shirts with the award logo on the front in the primary color of the school.
The voting is open until noon on Wednesday and will count for 50 percent. The other half will come from the decision of a committee made up of Sean Patrick Bowley, the online sports producer for Hearst Connecticut Newspapers, Pat Pickens, the sports editor of the Fairfield Citizen-News, and Tim Parry, who runs the FCIAC Football Blog.
If the decision of the voters and the majority of the committee differs, the tie will be settled by The Advocate sports department.
So vote below and check back to find out who is the Overtime Football Team of the Week.
For the first time, the Overtime Team of the Week award came down to a tiebreaker, but Darien’s 13-10 win over St. Joseph has earned it the honor. Norwalk and Wilton were the first two winners.
The award is sponsored by BlueStreak Sports Training, Garden Catering and The Stamford Advocate.
The Blue Wave will receive a plaque and 60 T-shirts in school colors.
Darien received 511 of the 936 votes cast, or 55 percent, to easily outdistance Staples (295) and Trumbull (130), the other finalists. The voting counts 50 percent.
Staples, by a majority vote of 2-1, was the choice of the selection panel, which consists of Sean Patrick Bowley, the online sports producer for Hearst Connecticut Newspapers; Pat Pickens, the sports editor of the Fairfield Citizen-News; and Tim Parry, who runs the FCIAC Football Blog. That accounts for the other 50 percent.
Since the committee was not unanimous, and Darien won the vote decisively, the Advocate sports department settled the tie in the Blue Wave’s favor.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote. The feedback for the award has been most encouraging.
Three more finalists will be selected after this weekend’s game and the voting will begin for our second winner on Sunday, so check back.
Alex Delaney of the Fairfield Warde football team and Maddie Rusch of the New Canaan girls swim team are the latest winners of the BlueStreak-Overtime FCIAC Player of the Week awards.
Delaney and Rusch will each receive plaques and T-shirts from BlueStreak.
Delaney finished with 234 yards on 17 carries and scored three touchdowns to lead the Mustangs to a 31-7 win over Bassick.
Rusch won the 50 freestyle (24.76), the 100 butterfly (59.60) and was the anchor on two winning relays to lead the Rams to a 96-90 win over Darien, their first in the rivalry since 1998. Rusch also won the 200 IM (2:14.47), the 100 fly (1:00.36) and was part of two winning relays in a victory over St. Joseph.
Nominations are open now until Tuesday at noon for this week’s winners.
To nominate an athlete, click on the replica of the T-shirt the winners receive on the right-hand side of this blog, below the BlueStreak ad. Then email in the name of the person you are nominating. Please include all of the player’s statistics for the week as well as the team results.
The award will be judged on games/matches played Monday through Saturday of each week. Please wait until an athlete is done competing for the week to submit your nomination.
The Westhill High School softball team won its first state title since 1992 in June, coming from behind to defeat Newtown, 4-2, behind Jen Joseph’s pitching and a two-out, two-strike, game-winning two-run single in the fifth inning by Allison Macari.
The Vikings received their state championship rings on Friday afternoon in a ceremony at the school.
Pictured here are, front row, left to right: Eileen Tublin, Brittany Horn, Cassandra Kish, Allie Souza, Emily Spoto and Kelly Adrianos. Back row, left to right, Coach Tom Pia, Elizabeth Joseph, Morgan Kurtz, Kate Brainard, Megan Dellesandro, Tammy Wise, Allison Macari and Erin Downey.
Off at college and missing from the picture are Jen Joseph, Julianne Vincent and Nicole Delmazio.
The voting is now open to crown the Overtime High School Football Team of the Week award, sponsored by BlueStreak Sports Training, Garden Catering and The Stamford Advocate.
The three finalists are: Staples, a 34-14 winner over Ridgefield; Trumbull, which defeated Norwalk, 48-0; and Darien, which held off St. Joseph, 13-10.
The winning team, thanks to BlueStreak and Garden Catering, will receive a trophy and 60 T-Shirts with the award logo on the front in the primary color of the school.
The voting is open until noon on Wednesday and will count for 50 percent. The other half will come from the decision of a committee made up of Sean Patrick Bowley, the online sports producer for Hearst Connecticut Newspapers, Pat Pickens, the sports editor of the Fairfield Citizen-News, and Tim Parry, who runs the FCIAC Football Blog.
If the decision of the voters and the majority of the committee differs, the tie will be settled by The Advocate sports department.
When I was a student at Staples High School, one of the greatest sources of pride was WWPT, the student-run radio station. Two of my closest friends had their own shows and played music we shared and talked about throughout the day. And it was always a source to listen to Staples sporting events if you could not stay after school.
Many years later, not much has changed. If anything, WWPT, located at 90.3 on your FM dial, has only gotten better.
The station last year won John Drury National High School Radio Awards in four categories and was nominated in nine this year, including Best Sports Play-By-Play, Best Sportscast and Best Sportstalk Program.
Now, the play-by-play team of Eric Gallanty and DJ Sixsmith is upping the ante. Tomorrow, prior to the big game between Staples and Ridgefield, Gallanty and Sixsmith will be hosting a new pregame show, called FCIAC Football Weekly, at 3 p.m. The duo describe it as the high school radio version of ESPN’s College GameDay. They will be broadcasting live from Ridgefield’s Tiger Hollow, and the show will include interviews with Wreckers coach Marce Petroccio and Ridgefield’s star lineman, Tommy Jordan.
Of course you can listen to the game later at night.
So if you can’t make it to the first real big game of the FCIAC season, tune in tomorrow at 90.3 or click here.
Joe Della Vecchia (top) of the St. Joseph football team and Stacey DiLeo of the Fairfield Warde field hockey team are this week’s BlueStreak-Overtime FCIAC Players of the Week.
