First pitch. First faceoff. First serve. First tee. The spring sports season officially begins Wednesday in Connecticut high shools and the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference. The schedule for the opening day games is listed below, divided by sport. Schools in the Main Street Connect readership area are highlighted in bold.
Baseball
Norwalk at Westhill, 3:30 p.m. (at Cubeta Field)
Fairfield Prep at Sheehan, 3:45 p.m.
Bullard Havens Tech at Notre Dame-Fairfield, 3:45 p.m.
New Canaan at Danbury, 4 p.m.
Darien at Bassick, 4 p.m.
Stamford at Fairfield Warde, 4 p.m.
Fairfield Ludlowe (2010 FCIAC Champion) at Brien McMahon, 4 p.m.
Greenwich at St. Joseph, 4 p.m.
Staples at Ridgefield, 4 p.m.
Platt Tech at Weston, 4 p.m.
Abbott Tech at Joel Barlow, 4 p.m.
Softball
Joel Barlow at Abbott Tech, 3:30 p.m.
Danbury at New Canaan, 4 p.m.
Bassick at Darien, 4 p.m.
Westhill (2010 Class LL State Champion) at Norwalk, 4 p.m.
Fairfield Warde at Stamford, 4 p.m.
Brien McMahon at Fairfield Ludlowe, 4 p.m.
St. Joseph at Greenwich, 4 p.m.
Ridgefield at Staples, 4 p.m.
Notre Dame-Fairfield at Weston, 4 p.m.
Bridgeport Central at Wilton, 4:15 p.m.
Boys Lacrosse
Amity at Fairfield Prep, 3:45 p.m.
Trumbull at Stamford, 4 p.m.
St. Joseph at Darien (2010 Class M State Champion), 4 p.m.
Masuk at Notre Dame-Fairfield, 4 p.m.
Danbury at Wilton, 4:30 p.m.
Greenwich (2010 FCIAC Champion) at Westhill, 5 p.m.
Simsbury at Joel Barlow, 5 p.m.
Bunnell at Weston (2010 Class S State Champion), 5:30 p.m.
Fairfield Ludlowe at Fairfield Warde, 7 p.m.
Branford at Brien McMahon, 7 p.m.
Girls Lacrosse
New Canaan (2010 Div. I State Champion) at Brien McMahon, 4 p.m.
Notre Dame-Fairfield at Masuk, 4 p.m.
Joel Barlow at Lauralton Hall, 4 p.m.
Staples at St. Joseph, 4 p.m.
Guilford at Fairfield Warde, 4 p.m.
Weston at Bunnell, 7 p.m.
Wilton (2010 FCIAC Champion) at Norwalk, 7 p.m.
Boys Tennis
Fairfield Prep at Daniel Hand, 3:45 p.m.
Ridgefield at Stamford, 4 p.m.
Greenwich at Trinity Catholic, 4 p.m.
Westhill at Danbury, 4 p.m.
Staples at Fairfield Ludlowe, 4 p.m.
Darien at Trumbull, 4 p.m.
Fairfield Warde at Brien McMahon, 4 p.m.
Norwalk at New Canaan (2010 FCIAC Champion), 4 p.m.
Newtown at Weston, 4:15 p.m.
Girls Tennis
Stamford at Ridgefield, 4 p.m.
Trinity Catholic at Greenwich, 4 p.m.
Danbury at Westhill, 4 p.m.
Fairfield Ludlowe at Staples, 4 p.m.
Trumbull at Darien, 4 p.m.
Brien McMahon at Fairfield Warde, 4 p.m.
New Canaan (2010 FCIAC Champion) at Norwalk, 4 p.m.
Boys Golf
St. Joseph at Staples (2010 FCIAC Champion), 3 p.m.
Pomperaug at Weston, 3 p.m.
Joel Barlow at New Milford, 3 p.m.
Norwalk at Greenwich, 3:15 p.m.
Stamford at Bassick, 3:15 p.m.
Girls Golf
Darien, Weston at Fairfield Ludlowe, 3:30 p.m.
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