Early Darien PK goal hands the Rams a 1-0 loss in second round of CIAC tournament

Doug Reilly
Senior Editor

Could there have been a better storyline heading into Monday afternoon’s boys soccer game at Darien High School? 3-0 victories last Friday by both Darien and New Canaan set up a CIAC second round matchup between the two archrivals. Darien, the fifth seed in the state playoffs, played host to the 12th seeded Rams, a rematch of the October 10th regular season game where the two teams battled to a 1-1 draw.

The One Way Relationship Train

Kate Gilhool
Associate Editor

I hope it isn’t just me, but I feel like I have special relationships with celebrities even if I’ve never met them. When my girl Kim K filed for divorce a few weeks ago I was in shock because I had just celebrated her wedding 72 days before. When I say that I celebrated her wedding to Kris Humpries I mean that I spent 3 hours on the Dr. Pit couch in our living room watching her 3 part wedding special on E! News.

The need… the need for NEAD

Most people have continued quite a few activities from their toddlerhood. They speak, walk, use the bathroom under their own volition and power, etc. However, for many of the dancers at the New England Academy of Dance (NEAD), they have been doing ballet since the age of three, or to put in greater perspective, before most of them can remember.

What shenanigans do you really get away with in class?

Danielle Sorcher & Elizabeth Kilbride
Special Reports Director & Opinions Editor

Here at good old NCHS, classrooms are full of shenanigans. But the question posed to students and faculty alike was: how much do kids really get away with? From multitasking in class (yes, that means finishing that lab in period three English) to bad days and cell phone usage, here’s what students are up to and teachers are noticing…