With Thursday November 10th marking the start of CIAC playoff play for most teams, the Rams looked to get off on the right foot in the early rounds of the tournament. Each earning a home game, the volleyball and girls soccer teams fought for big first round wins to advance in their respective brackets.
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FCIAC Playoffs: Runs end for soccer teams, field hockey; Volleyball advances
Doug Reilly
Senior Editor
Last week’s freak October snowstorm wreaked havoc in the FCIAC tournament schedules for most fall sports. With school resuming this past Wednesday, the boy’s and girl’s soccer teams looked to move on in the FCIAC playoffs and the field hockey team battled Norwalk in the quarterfinals.
Boy’s soccer advances in FCIAC tournament after 2-1 win against Norwalk
Kelly Saiz
Editor-in-Chief
Last Friday night the boy’s soccer team beat Norwalk 2-1 in the first round of the FCIAC tournament.
After a grueling first half, senior co-captain Tim Pritchard made a goal off of a free kick bent into right corner of the goal. “[Senior co-captain] John-Luke Ferrandino scored the second goal in the lower right corner with 5 to 6 minutes left on the clock and the bench went crazy,” said sophomore Jack O’Rourke.
Dazed and Concussed
Gogo Jones
Sports Editor
Nick Shaw said his concussion felt like a “constant brainfreeze in both temples.” Photo by Cameron Lancaster
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 out the blue…bam, I was out cold,” he said. “I woke up sometime later and my head was spinning.”
3-0 Victory over Ludlowe sends boys soccer into FCIACs
Doug Reilly
Senior Editor
Two goals on corner kicks, the first by senior captain Tim Pritchard and the second by junior Steven Valente, as well as a goal on a penalty kick by senior captain Jon-Luke Ferrandino, lifted the boys soccer team over the Fairfield Ludlowe Falcons Wednesday night under the lights at Dunning Stadium.