5th grade went 5-0 this weekend in their first tournament of the spring to capture the Spring Slam championship up in Hamden! It was a balanced team effort with hard-fought wins over CT Wildcats, ACC and CBA. 7th grade came out strong as well, with a 58-37 win over PHD and also cruising in a blowout over Hoop Haven. 9th grade played three tightly contested games and pulled out their opener against United Youth.Great opening weekend!

All of our teams finished their fall seasons in style today.   4th grade won two 1-point thrillers over Greenwich Stars and Level Up LI. Dylan Seckler's heroics struck again with a running three point shot to win it at the buzzer.   5th grade defeated PHD-Hickey, PHD-Black and DTX on the way to their second tournament championship!   6th grade rolled thru CT PHD and DTX before falling by only 1 point to High Rise. Chase Gallant led the way all weekend, with contributions from Mateo Riera, Connor Duarte and Jayden Harvey.   Coach John Redding's 7th grade squad capped off their excellent season in style today with a 60-43 blowout of PHD-Seawright.Thank you everyone for another fantastic season of Fierce Basketball!

What a Halloween weekend for the Fierce. 10th grade rolled to the title with convincing wins over East Hartford, Connecticut Elite, Hoop Haven and New England Blue Chips. Axel Fine ran the point to perfection, Liam Yin dominated large stretches of each game, Justyn Capellan was an unstoppable force and Ben Simon lifted everyone with rebounding and precision passing. 3/4th grade, otherwise known as the "cardiac kids", pulled out three consecutive nail-biters before coming up just short in the championship game. The boys showed tremendous grit and perseverance all weekend. 5th grade reached their championship game as well, continuing their stellar season. They have reached the championship in every tournament this fall.

  Fairfield Fierce's 5th grade Fall AAU team ran the table to win all three of their games in this weekend's opening tournament.   In the Championship Game, Treyson Bennett tallied 15 points and 7 steals. Trey was also dropping dimes to his teammates for easy scores all weekend. Aiden Kardos was sparking the team defensively, Dylan Lender and Luke Bhojwani were dominating with rebounds and easy baskets, and Mason Mpuku was running the floor for transition layups. Austin Kaufman, Brady Schachter and Ethan Perez contributed timely outside shooting.

Tate Mahoney was on fire for 9th grade against the New York Lightning in this afternoon's championship game. Tate was draining three pointers all over the court, including a 4 point play, on his way to 26 total points.   In the morning game, Liam Yin and Timothy Boyd were taking steals coast to coach for easy layups, while Axel Fine and Gabe Bernard brought active defense and rebounding.  

8th grade takes home the tournament championship this weekend with a hard fought 45-34 win over 3D Hoops! Nick Brodsky averaged a double double on the weekend. He was scoring from both outside and inside, while grabbing every rebound that came his way. Danny Goldberger played bigger than his size with clutch shots and much needed ball control. Charlie Jones was drawing the defense in and then distributing for assist after assist. Kyle Dulak was a scoring threat with the deep ball as well off the dribble. Last but not least, Matt Goos brought his usual toughness and even added a crafty reverse layup and top of the key three pointer! It was a great team effort with excellent ball movement and aggressive, hard-nosed defense.

7th grade takes home the Battle for the Belt.   Krish Dodani drilled the game winner against Share the Ball.   Jhamal Jones received ZG Player of the Game honors against Greenwich Stars.   Marco Parente poured in a career high 35 points in a blowout win over CT PHD.   Great job boys!

This weekend Fairfield Fierce started off their spring seasons with a bang.   5th grade won 2 of 3 games. In the opener, it was back and forth until the final possession when Matty Raffaelli put in the game winner with 7 seconds remaining. On Sunday Chase Gallant and Liam Nieves led the attack with great defense and scoring.   6th grade rode 3 consecutive wins to reach their championship game, including a hard fought victory over the Game Changers. Jayden Wang was all over court and poured in 20 points per game. Carlo Noecker was a beast under the basket with double doubles every time out. Johnny Stauss and Alex Perman delivered gritty defense and key scoring attacks of their own.   7th grade swept their Saturday games with two convincing wins over CT Elite and Greens Farms Westport. Krish Dodani, Marco Parente and Jhamal Jones led the scoring, and Nico Lucas was ripping down rebounds.   9th grade also reached their championship game behind a great team effort across the board. Dameer Phifer was causing chaos defensively. Tate Mahoney was up to his usual long range shooting tricks. Gabe Bernard was snatching rebounds and blocking shots. Liam Yin and Axel Fine provided much needed physicality and toughness on both sides of the ball. Timmy Boyd and Will Ford also came up with timely contributions.   Great job Fierce!  

The 5th grade fall fierce team won all 4 of their games this past weekend to win the Connecticut War on the Floor tournament!   They started things out on Saturday with a 15 point victory over CT Blazers. Their defense was tenacious and the offense clicked with unselfish passing and ball movement. Liam Nieves, Ben Brown and Trey Bennett were getting steal after steal. The Fierce then beat up on CT PHD Basketball by winning every loose ball -- the final score was 40 to 19. Matty Raffaeli and Chase Gallant led the way in scoring and also brought great toughness to the game. On Sunday, the Fierce rolled over DTX Basketball to advance to the championship game against Born Leaders Basketball. In the final game, the Fierce were ready to go from the tip and won convincingly by a final score of 40 to 11.   A great weekend for the young guys!

Fairfield Fierce 10th grade came to play in a showdown with the Staples High School Junior Varsity team. After falling behind 7 - 2, the Fierce defense worked cohesively as a unit to shut down all easy paths to the basket. It was a stifling defensive performance for the Fierce on their way to victory by a final score of 35 - 27.   Ty Levine was a "general" on the floor and controlled the pace of the game. In the second half Ty led an exciting run in which the Fierce pulled away for good. He was making three pointers and difficult transition lay ups in traffic. Colin Reilly was aggressive from the start and attacked the basket for crafty, timely scores. Jack Plesser used his length and skill to manufacture an assortment of scoring opportunities of his own. Luka Ljuboja, in his final weekend of play before moving back to Texas, dominated the paint with tough rebounding and defense.   Down the stretch, the Fierce were making all of the hustle plays and winning every loose ball.