UPDATES
• Soccer: Jon Bradley, the fomer coach of the Darien girls soccer team, was named the new mentor of the boys squad earlier this week.
Bradley enjoyed considerable success with the Darien girls, leading the Blue Wave to the FCIAC playoffs in each of his five seasons at the helm, including trips the boys in 2006 and 2007.
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However, he is facing a rebuilding project with the boys, who are coming off a 2-6-7 year. Bradley takes over for Nicolae Piperea, who stepped down on July 19.
Bradley also has coached elite youth soccer programs in the area and is in charge of the Darien Youth Soccer Association.
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With the start of practice less than a month away, Darien is now looking for a new girls coach.
• Diving: Darien's Elizabeth Fitzpatrick (girls 14-15), Lee Christensen (girls 14-15) , Jackson McGoldrick (boys 14-15), Timothy Lutz (boys 12-13), and Sammy Scribano (boys U-11) are competing this week in the U.S. junior diving national championships in Knoxville, Tenn.
On Wednesday, Christensen finished 10th in the platform diving while Fitzpatrick (19th in the platform) and Lutz (14th in the one-meter) did not make the finals in their events.
The competition continues through the weekend.
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