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Tickets are now on sale for The Ruden Report’s 4th Annual FCIAC Awards Night, which is on October 12 at Pellicci’s restaurant, from 6-8 p.m.

The celebration will honor three league coaches and three athletes. In the career achievement category, the recipient is St. Joseph football coach Joe Della Vecchia. The 2024-25 Coaches of the Year are Ridgefield girls basketball coach Rob Coloney and Staples boys basketball coach David Goldshore.

Fairfield Warde graduate Emily Dowd, Brien McMahon’s Grayson Farnum and Staples’ Bryn Morris are the Charlie Capalbo Inspiration Award winners as the FCIAC athletes who demonstrate excellence on the field and motivate through their actions off of it. Capalbo is the former Fairfield hockey goaltender who lost his public and national battle with cancer. Capalbo’s parents will be on hand to present the awards.

The event is also a fundraiser for The Ruden Report.

Tickets are $100 and tables of 10 are $1,000. They can be purchased by clicking on this link: https://connoisseurmedia.ticketspice.com/the-ruden-report-awards-night-2025

Armen Keteyian, the 11-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and the author or co-author of six New York Times bestsellers, including The System and Tiger Woods, will be the guest speaker. His most recent work is The Price: What It Takes to Win in College Football’s Era of Chaos.

The evening will begin with a cocktail period at 5:30, followed by dinner. There is limited seating.

For more details contact Dave Ruden at dave@therudenreport.com.