The Stamford High School baseball team, winner of four in a row, thought it had finally found its momentum for the season. Unfortunately, on Monday evening it ran into an equally hot Wilton team that had won six straight. Warriors starter Paul Merolla held Stamford in check as the Black Knights managed just three hits. Wilton snapped Stamford's winning streak, 4-1.

"We've been hitting the ball well lately, so credit [Merolla] for what he did tonight," Stamford head coach Fred Kelley said. "When you face an ace like that you have to be ready. You can't win a game with just three ...

The calendar said April, and so did the numbing cold as Brien McMahon High School's baseball team edged Stamford High School, 6-4, on Friday at Stamford. The atmosphere, though, seemed like mid-May to Stamford coach Fred Kelley as his team battled back from a 4-0 deficit before falling in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference game.

"I think McMahon is one of the top teams in the league,'' Kelley said. "Their shortstop (Bryan Daniello) is one of the best around. The way we battled — it felt like it was a playoff game."

Stamford (0-2) showed plenty of fight ...