Keep up with all the Rams sports teams as well with game recaps and in-depth features.
Doug Reilly
Senior Editor
After last year’s dream season came to a disappointing end when the boys’ hockey team lost their first and only game of the year in the CIAC Division 1 Semi-Finals to St. Joseph’s, players, coaches and Rams fans entered an offseason full of questions and uncertainty. Losing 18 players to either graduation or high school transfer left a lot of doubt regarding how competitive the 2011-2012 New Canaan Rams hockey team could be.
John Berger
Reporter
With the past 17 weeks as a tune-up, the second season is here, the postseason. All the other games were fun, but this is serious. Win, and you advance. Lose, and you go home, your season over. The NFL playoffs are for all the marbles, and the games start this weekend with the wildcard games.
Doug Reilly
Senior Editor
The Rams were very busy with action over last week’s Holiday Break. Here’s what you missed…
Jack Ludtke
Reporter
In this, the last Armchair Athlete of the 2011 calendar year, our subject is the new wrestling season. The wrestling team’s 2010-2011 year was full of ups and downs to say the least. Projected in the preseason to continue their dominance from a 22-3 2009-2010 campaign, last year’s squad went 7-14 with fewer FCIAC State award recipients. However, there were some signs of hope last year, as a strong underclass combined with a surprise FCIAC bid has set them up for some high expectations for the upcoming year.
Emilie Kushner
Reporter
As colorful leaves are replaced with bare trees and runny noses, there is a seemingly more significant change occurring in the halls of New Canaan High School. It is the end of fall sports and the beginning of the winter season, a time when students will trade in footballs for hockey sticks and much more. With the successes of the fall season, and the desired ones of winter so close, we wonder: what part do superstitions and traditions play in sports?
