Logan Phillips
Senior Editor
On March 5, the girls hockey team beat the Ridgefield Tigers in a 7-2 rout to win their fifth state championship in six years. In a year where the Rams went 23-1 and won the FCIAC championship, the State Championship was the cherry on top of what has been one of the most impressive seasons in the team’s illustrious history.
Logan Phillips
Senior Editor
With the way the Girls Hockey team played this season, there was little doubt among the fans who attended the FCIAC championship game against the Darien Blue Wave who would pull out the W. By the time the Rams took a 5-0 lead by the end of the first period, the Rams’ FCIAC chances were all but assured. The 7-1 massacre at the Darien Ice Rink, the Rams’ fifth FCIAC Championship victory in the past seven years, is illustrative of the Rams’ incredible season. They have been absolutely unstoppable with a 22-1 record.
Logan Phillips
Senior Editor
On Saturday, Feb. 19, junior Sarah Mannelly became the first woman in NCHS history to score 1,000 points. Sarah’s record-setting shot was a three-pointer in the third quarter of the FCIAC quarter-finals against the Danbury Hatters, giving the Rams a six-point lead. New Canaan ended up beating the Hatters 51-46 and advanced to the FCIAC semi-finals, where they lost 51-33 to the Ridgefield Tigers on Feb. 22.
Logan Phillips
Senior Editor
Within only a few minutes, the Rams’s seven point leader had evaporated into an 8 point deficit, and with less then 5 minutes left in the game and the Rams on the brink of their 8th straight loss in a row, their prospects of winning did not look good. Enter Willie Burger, the unlikely hero; a freshman was only playing such crucial end game minutes because of an injury to Nick Depuy.
Logan Phillips
Senior Editor
While most Rams fans sat in the stands in New Canaan’s 42-20 rout of the Greenwich Cardinals, those fans sitting at home got to see quite the treat at 7:30 on Nov 5. MSG Varsity, the local high school sports network that has just entered its second year on Cablevision, broadcasted the game live at 7:30 across the tri-state area.
