State Games in Full Swing

Competition across the State of CT is taking place, with schools competing with each other by size; LL, L, M and S.

Baseball - Darien lost to Naugatuck in the 2nd round 6-2 after beating JFKennedy HS 10-0 in opening play.

In Girls Lacrosse - No. 1 Darien plays Fairfield Ludlowe at home on Friday in a semi-final match.

Boys Lacrosse - No. 4 Darien beat-up on Bristol 25-2! Next up for the Wave is always tough Fairfield Prep on Saturday.

Girls Golf - Division I schools compete on Wednesday, June 11 at the Timberlin GC in Berlin, CT. New Canaan has the best record heading into the tournament and Darien is ranked third among the teams. 

Darien Boys Tennis CIAC Class L State Champs

Darien boys tennis team are state champs, defeating the Rams of New Canaan 4-3. The Wave team had shown a lot of potential this year. They were 12-3 in the regular season, a season that included playing Class LL Champs Greenwich twice (Darien lost twice).  Then Greenwich beat Darien in the FCIAC semi-finals. With Team Greenwich playing in Class LL, Darien had a good tournament. As a 3-seed, Darien beat No. 2 Farmington 7-0 in the semis, and then No. 1 ranked New Canaan in the finals 4-3. 

Wave Victor's in FCIAC Girl's LAX

Darien easily defeated 2-seed Wilton in Thursday's FCIAC Lacrosse final. The Wave scored first at the Brian McMahon field and never looked back, leading 5-1 at the half and a 9-3 final. 

Darien ends the regular season 14-2 and ranked No. 1 going into the State games.

Darien Loses Softball Final in 14 Innings

Both teams knew someone had to lose, and maybe, after 14 innings, some of the players were just glad to finish and go home. Darien was 15-4 and seeded No. 2 playing against top seed St. Joe's at Trumbull. St. Joe's  scored first in the bottom of the 3rd and Darien tied it in the top of the 4th. And that's where things stood until the bottom of the 14th inning when St. Joe's  drove in the winning run on a 2-out single to right. 

Vivian Knott pitched the entire game for the Wave, striking out 23 batters.

State games start June 4.

Jim Morrison 

We report the sad news that classmate and friend Jim 'Morry' Morrison passed on May 9 at 74. Jimmy was born and raised in Darien along with his brothers Bill and Bob. After graduating high school he joined the Marines, where he served proudly from 1969 to 1973. A lot of that time Jim served in Vietnam and reached the rank of Sargeant. He was a staunch supporter for all classmates in the service, especially fellow Nam Vet David "Doc" Ettele. 

Jim leaves his wife Nancy, son Michael and daughter Melissa and 4 grandsons. Jim's Mass was held May 14 at St. John's followed by a military burial in the cemetery. 

Jim was a regular at all our classmates events. He will be missed. 

In Golf

In FCIAC Girl's Golf, New Cannan won the finals match with a  4-player 18 hole finish of 347. Darien finished 3rd at the Fairfield CC course with the combined score of 385. 

In the best individual 2025 FCIAC round, held at the New Canaan CC, a New Cannan player finished first with the score of 79. 

Good Grades for Darien Schools

Darien Public Schools has recently received top grades from a school-ranking outfit named Niche. Niche assembles data compiled from reviews, other public information and data from the Dept of Education. The company ranked the Darien district as the fourth-best in the state (and behind New Canaan, at No. 1).

Darien's 4,700 kids in all grades have a student-teacher ratio of only 11 to 1. Rankings in specific categories give Darien an A+ in most, including Food served. Two areas which need improvement are Administration at  B+ and the area of Diversity with a C-. 

Some folks remembering  Jordy Perry Kay (right) at her Memorial at the  Weed Beach Hut. 

Left - Josie and Lauren with Jordy's son Andrew

Eddy, Eric Joosten, Lauren Fair and Tom Tyler

Kathy Micha Frate, Paul Hendrickson, Jeff Frate

Paul Hepp 1950-2024

Classmate Paul Frederick Hepp passed away on Saturday, June 22, 2024. 

See full obiturary in the Memorials Sections. 

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Classmate Gary Swartz (far right) and wife Sally send greetings from Oman. The couple have their daughter's family staying there for the US State Department. The UN considers Oman the most improved country in terms of development in the last 40 years and is the oldest independent Arab state.

Do A 55th Reunion?

Lots of classmates are talking about holding a 55th reunion of the DHS Class of 1969. Probably something on the lighter-side, a casual Friday get-together and then a restaurant dinner Saturday night.

If this sounds good, you can contact classmate Jeff Myers, someone brave enough to put his name out-there.

Jeff can be reached at myerspercussion@gmail.com . Could be fun!

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Tim and Jamila Potts
 

Mark Paddock, Dennis Sullivan, Sue Venardi Mahoney, Janet Martin Fisher, Martyn Goossen, Kathy DelleFontane Goossen, Steve Craig

 

Rick Weber, Chris Weber, Eric Joosten, Paul Hendrickson

Choir

Vandy Van Wagener and Family

Anne Marie McGarry

Greetings Anahid!

Steve and Patti Craig squishing apples from their apple trees. One year they report harvesting over 20 bushels of apples. (Note: 1 bushel = 48 pounds). The Craigbo Cider Co. made 16 gallons of unadulterated apple cider, while also donating apples to a local farmer and food pantry.
 

 Terry Cummings, Tim Maul, Cliff Powell

 Shot of trip out west during summer of '69 when we hitchhiked to California. Mark Tinker's dad bought us the car to roam around California and back to CT. Thought I lost this. Great memories from that trip. Those were the days!  -George Wehmann