Browse past news stories for Darien High School in Darien, CT.

• ‘Holiday Spectacular’ performed at DHS (The Darien Times)
  posted on November 30, 2009 at 08:22:00 pm
  The Walter Schalk School of Dance and the Darien Sport Shop present a “Holiday Spectacular” performance by the Darien cast at 7 on Saturday, Dec. 5, and at 2 and 6 on Sunday, Dec. 6, at the Darien High School auditorium.
• Kapustynski caps fine sophomore year for Skidmore in NCAA tournament (The Darien Times)
  posted on November 30, 2009 at 04:51:47 pm
  Catherine Kapustynski (Darien High School Class of 2008, No. 16 right) recently competed in her second NCAA Soccer Tournament with the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds, capping a season where she played a major role with the team.
• Darien's Hodges to pitch for Virginia Tech (Norwalk Advocate)
  posted on November 30, 2009 at 05:05:21 am
  More and more, life is all about networking. That is one large part in the equation where Darien High School senior lefthanded pitcher Ricky Hodges signed an NCAA National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Virginia Tech next fall.
• Darien swim/dive second at open for first time in eight years (The Darien Times)
  posted on November 29, 2009 at 07:13:25 pm
  The Darien High School girls swimming and diving team saw something they haven’t seen all post-season at the state open meet this past Saturday — second place.
• Darien's Sam Barclay is hair-raising for cancer (The Darien Times)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 05:06:49 pm
  Darienite Sam Barclay brings a whole new meaning to the phrase hair-raising. Barclay, a 2004 Darien High School graduate, is using both the hair on his head and his upper lip to raise money and awareness for cancer.
• New Canaan takes Darien in Thankgiving football game (New Canaan Advertiser)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 06:10:10 pm
  New Canaan High School beats Darien High School, 14-7, in annual Turkey Bowl game at Dunning Stadium, giving Rams head coach Lou Marinelli his 250th career win.
• Novembeard: A time of (manly) giving (Darien News-Review)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 06:09:01 am
  "I look like a criminal," Chris Black jokes as he stands for a photo in his home on Long Neck Point Road on Sunday afternoon. He's standing alone, looking directly at the camera with a straight face. The flash goes off and the display screen on the camera shows a "mug shot."
• Big Red claims swimming title at state open finals (Greenwich Post)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 05:10:53 am
  When it needed to most, the Greenwich High School girls swimming and diving team showed why they’ve been one of the elite programs in the state of Connecticut.
• Scherer repeats as All-American (The Janesville Gazette)
  posted on November 23, 2009 at 10:33:19 am
  St. Norbert senior Jenny Scherer, a Delavan-Darien High School graduate, became an All-American for the second straight year with a 10th-place finish Saturday in the NCAA Division III national cross country meet.
• Field hockey finishes season undefeated with state title win (Darien News-Review)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 06:07:22 am
  WETHERSFIELD -- The problem is where to begin when the subject is the 2009 Darien High School field hockey team. Do you start with the perfect 22-0 record the Blue Wave put a ribbon on Saturday with their 3-0 triumph over New Canaan in the Class M championship game at Wethersfield High School?
• Darien caps 22-0 field hockey season with M state title (Stamford Advocate)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 04:25:04 am
  WETHERSFIELD -- The problem is where to begin when the subject is the 2009 Darien High School field hockey team.
• Mangled car reminds DHS teens to drive safely (Darien News-Review)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 09:37:23 pm
  Darien High School students look at an SUV that was involved in a crash in September. The driver, a 19-year-old DHS graduate, survived the crash. His family donated his car to promote teen driving safety.
• Darien teens take a look at what drunk driving can lead to (The Darien Times)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 07:06:47 pm
  The dangers of drunk driving are hard to ignore at Darien High School this week.
• Attorney seeks school documents about Darien stadium lights (The Darien Times)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 11:07:04 am
  What were the Board of Education and its employees writing about the high school stadium lights proposal over the past year? An attorney for school neighbors filed a Freedom of Information request to find out.
• Darien volleyball dominates Foran to reach state final (Norwalk Advocate)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 05:05:21 am
  FAIRFIELD -- The Darien Invitational? The 60-minute special? Wave goodbye? During its incredible climb to becoming one of the premier programs in the state, the Darien High School volleyball team has not only made life difficult for opponents on the other side of the net.
• Darien volleyball dominates Foran to reach state final (Greenwich Time)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 02:45:55 am
  FAIRFIELD -- The Darien Invitational? The 60-minute special? Wave goodbye? During its incredible climb to becoming one of the premier programs in the state, the Darien High School volleyball team
• At DHS: Police promote teen driver safety with crash display (The Darien Times)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 08:06:47 pm
  The Darien Police, in cooperation with the Depot teen center, members of Students Against Destructive Decisions and Darien High School, will place a crashed car at the courtyard of the school from Friday, Nov. 20, through Saturday, Nov. 21.
• Ice ages: Wave boys hockey alumni game Nov. 28 (The Darien Times)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 05:43:24 pm
  The annual Darien High School boys hockey game alumni game is just around the corner. Game time: 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28 at The Darien Ice Rink.
• Celebrating Brazilian Life (Darien News-Review)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 06:22:52 am
  Editor's note: The story below was written by two Darien High School students. The piece was originally published in an award-winning edition of the high school paper Neirad.
• DHS journalists honored in international competition (Darien News-Review)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 06:22:22 am
  During last week's Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Donald Fiftal used his Superintendent's Report to congratulate the Blue Wave girls' volleyball and swimming teams as well as the boys' cross country team for their recent conference and state titles.
• Delavan-Darien students get second chance at graduation (The Janesville Gazette)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 10:49:22 pm
  A year ago, graduating seemed out of reach to Josue Hernandez. He wasn't going to class, and he was 13 credits short of graduating with the Delavan-Darien High School class of 2010.
• Darien field hockey returns to state final (Norwalk Advocate)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 02:20:43 pm
  FAIRFIELD -- Darien High School's field hockey team overcame a furious start by underdog Daniel Hand of Madison -- and their first deficit of the season -- to win the Class M State Tournament's semifinal-round clash 3-1 at Fairfield Ludlowe High School on Tuesday night.
• Gorski leads Blue Wave volleyball team into state semifinals (Norwalk Advocate)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 01:20:21 pm
  DARIEN -- No one has found a correlation between volleyball and baseball, but Darien High School's Sarah Gorski did her best impersonation of a pitcher during Saturday afternoon's CIAC Class L quarterfinal match with Bunnell.
• Saturday's Scholastic Roundups (Stamford Advocate)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 02:46:58 am
  GIRLS VOLLEYBALL CLASS LL QUARTERFINALS STAPLES 3, GREENWICH 0: No. 6 Staples avenged a regular season defeat Saturday by ending No. 3 Greenwich's season in the Class LL quarterfinals with a 25-19,
• Gorski leads Blue Wave volleyball team into state semifinals (Stamford Advocate)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 02:46:08 am
  DARIEN -- No one has found a correlation between volleyball and baseball, but Darien High School's Sarah Gorski did her best impersonation of a pitcher during Saturday afternoon's CIAC Class L
• Board of Ed’s new officers: Westcott takes the gavel (The Darien Times)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 08:06:46 pm
  The Board of Education elected new officers on Tuesday night, with Republican Kim Westcott, former vice-chairman, unanimously elected chairman — as expected.
• Passion leads girls swim team to first-ever FCIAC title (The Darien Times)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 01:51:47 pm
  There are many differences between the Greenwich High School and Darien High School girls swimming teams. For one, Greenwich has a student population nearly double the size of Darien’s, providing them with a larger pool of girls to select from for their team.
• After FCIAC defeat, Cards eye states (Greenwich Post)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 05:10:22 am
  For the first time in 12 seasons, it wasn’t a team in Cardinal red and white that was celebrating the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference championships.
• Parents receive advice on sports (Darien News-Review)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 02:38:37 pm
  The Darien High School Parents Association will present Dr. Jordan Metzl from the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City who will speak to parents about keeping sports healthy for children on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in the DHS auditorium.
• Residents, officials recognize Veteran's Day (Darien News-Review)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 06:37:32 am
  "In lieu of an opening prayer this morning, I would ask you to please turn to the veteran nearest you and say 'thank you,'" Phillip Kraft told those gathered at the Veteran's Memorial Circle in front of town hall at the beginning of Darien's Veterans Day Observation ceremony on Wednesday.