Winter Sports are on the Horizon!

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Darien Athletic Foundation

Darien celebrating a game winning goal vs. New Canaan in 2021

Winter Sports season has Arrived!

As the temperature outside is starting to drop, temperatures inside hockey rinks and gymnasium courts are heating up! Winter sports will be here before you know it, the earliest of them starting this month, only a few weeks away! Important tryout dates and the first upcoming games and events of winter sports are included below. To all the winter athletes, start prepping! To all non-winter athletes, get ready to bring your Blue Wave Pride and support your peers at their games!

 

Important Varsity Tryout Dates:

Boys Varsity Ice Hockey:

  • November 28 from 5:30 AM – 6:30 AM
  • November 29 from 8:20 PM – 9:30 PM
  • November 30 from 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM

Girls Varsity Ice Hockey: 

  • November 21 from 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  • November 22 from 5:30 AM – 6:30 AM
  • November 23 from 1:10 PM – 2:10 PM

Boys Varsity Basketball:

  • December 1 from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
  • December 2 from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
  • December 3 from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Girls Varsity Basketball:

  • November 28 from 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
  • November 29 from 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
  • November 30 from 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Girls Varsity Squash:

  • November 28 from 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
  • November 29 from  3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Boys Varsity Squash:

  • November 30 from 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
  • December 1 from  3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

Boys Varsity Wrestling:

  • November 28 from 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM
  • November 29 from 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM
  • November 30 from 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM
  • December 1 from 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM
  • December 2 from 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Boys Varsity Indoor Track:

  • December 1 from 2:45 PM – 4:45 PM

Girls Varsity Indoor Track:

  • December 1 from 2:45 PM – 4:45 PM

Boys Varsity Swim and Dive:

  • December 1 from 2:45 PM – 4:45 PM
  • December 2 from 2:45 PM – 4:45 PM
  • December 5 from 2:45 PM – 4:45 PM

Boys and Girls Varsity Ski Team:

  • November 28 from 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM (meeting)
  • On-snow tryouts when the mountain opens in mid-December

 

Not only are winter sports starting to practice soon, but their first games will be here before you know it! Some of these upcoming games are the girls and boys varsity ice hockey alumni games on November 26th, the varsity girls and boys basketball game against Bassick on December 12th and 15th, the girls varsity gymnastics tri-meet with New Canaan and Wilton on January 8th, etc. 

Get ready to start supporting the Blue Wave! Make sure to keep up with the dress codes (such as blackouts and whiteouts) to wear certain colors to support your peers in their games! Looking forward to seeing you on the ice and at the courts!