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New Beginnings for Boys Basketball and the Week Ahead (12/12 – 12/16)

Jack Ludtke
Reporter

The focus of this week’s Armchair Athlete is the Boys Basketball team and their new season, and what is on the Ram’s schedule this week.

Boys Basketball

This year’s team looks to bounce back from last’s years dissapointing season in which they went 4-15 in their CIAC League and 5-15 overall, and were outscored by 167 points, giving up a total of 1198 points overall. However, it wasn’t all bad as the season included two dominating wins over Darien, and then-Captain Chris Rama earning a spot on the All-FCIAC East 1st Team. This years squad, captained by seniors Nick Depuy and Connor KIlbane, now looks to improve their record and build around their young talent, and make a run at their first state title since 1962.

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Shapiro sends Rams into sixth straight State Championship game with comeback win over Windsor

Doug Reilly
Senior Editor

For the second time this week, 27 points proved just to be just enough for the Rams to advance, this time upsetting the top-seeded Windsor Warriors, 27-24, thanks to senior Collin Shapiro’s game-winning field goal with just 4 seconds remaining. The Rams, down 24-7 in the second quarter, overcame an uncharacteristic five turnovers and scored 20 unanswered points en route to a dramatic comeback victory at East Haven High School, last Saturday December 3rd. The win gives the Rams a spot in the CIAC Class L Championship game next Saturday, December 10th, against second-seeded Daniel Hand at UConn’s Rentschler Field.

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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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