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McDonough, Rams advance to Class L Semis with thrilling 27-26 victory over New London

Doug Reilly
Senior Editor

On a wet, windy night in New London, the Rams came out on top of a seesaw battle that featured four lead changes, holding off the fourth seeded New London Whalers in dramatic fashion, 27-26, to advance to CIAC Class L Semi-finals. After a touchdown with 1:45 remaining in the game by Kyle McKinnon, New London’s star running back, the Whalers decided to go for the two-point conversion that would’ve given them the lead over the Rams and essentially won the game, but came up short when the Rams’ defensive end, senior Dylan Leeming knocked McKinnon out of bounds just short of the end zone, sealing the victory for the New Canaan, sending the Rams’ faithful into euphoria.

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Rams throttle Darien in 42-21 Turkey Bowl win; earn berth in Class L playoffs

Doug Reilly
Senior Editor

The story of the day was not the missing Darien players that may have changed the outcome of the game, but the complete team effort by Rams that overwhelmed both the Blue Wave defense and offense. After 35 unanswered points in the second and third quarters, the Rams knocked Darien out of State playoff contention and earned a berth as the fifth seed in the Class L playoffs with a dominating 42-21 performance.

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2011 Turkey Bowl Preview: Win and you’re in

Doug Reilly
Senior Editor

This Thursday’s Thanksgiving Day battle between New Canaan and Darien at 10:30am at Dunning Stadium will mark the 83rd matchup between the two archrivals and the 18th “Turkey Bowl”, a tradition that began in 1994. Of the 82 games played to date, New Canaan holds a 47-33-2 edge over Darien and a 12-4-1 record in Turkey Bowl games, not having lost to the Blue Wave since 2001.

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Dazed and Concussed

Gogo Jones
Sports Editor

The last thing senior Wesley Rhudy remembers before waking up in an ambulance is the face of a running back: “I was about to make the tackle and then all of a sudden…bam, everything went black,” he said. “I woke up sometime later and my head was spinning.”

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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.

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