Chloe Davis & Gogo Jones
Sports Editors
For many, summer is a time to kick-back, relax, and soak up the rays. Ram athletes, however, realize that working hard over the summer and success on the field go hand in hand. While catching up with leaders from each season, the Courant asked these NCHS athletes what summer athletics mean to them, and how it will pay off in the 2011/2012 season. And while each athlete is unique with their own strengths, weaknesses, and routines; they all share one common goal–bringing home the next State championship. Ladies and gentlemen, NCHS Courant presents to you the Rams Summer Diary.
Category: Sports
Keep up with all the Rams sports teams as well with game recaps and in-depth features.
Darien vs. New Canaan: who’s done better
Logan Phillips
Senior Editor
Although it’s a rivalry that has lasted decades, the New Canaan-Darien rivalry has never been bigger and more exciting than it’s been in the past four years. Across all varsity sports, there is a different atmosphere in the New Canaan-Darien game…
Rams Baseball: Starting to change their pace
Logan Phillips Senor Editor In 2006, the Rams reached the pinnacle of the sports world in a phenomenal 17-8, FCIAC Championship run. Since then, the
Relationships ‘lured’ closer by fishing
Sara McCloskey
Editor-in-Chief
Many children experience fishing at a young age alongside a family member. A few students have continued this pastime in their high school years with friends.
Some, like senior Jack Church, picked up fishing while vacation with family in Florida. “I was on vacation when I was younger, around five years old, and I went out with my Dad for four hours,” he said. ”We didn’t catch anything, but since then we’ve always gone fishing on vacations – fresh water and salt water, we’d try it out.”
A House Divided: A Look into Sports Rivalries
Gogo Jones
Reporter
Some are set in stone, some are just beginning, and others still have yet to be formed. They are etched into our minds and hearts as kids, but can become a part of us at any time in our lives. They are “passion, fans, and history” junior Nick Laub, said. They are sports rivalries.