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New Canaan-Darien Rivalry: Turkey Bowl Game Guide

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The New Canaan Rams football team comes into Thursday’s Turkey Bowl at 9-0, ranked No. 1 in the state. 

The Rams have already clinched a Class L Playoff berth and a home game in the quarterfinals. Darien is 6-3 and needs to win on Thanksgiving to guarantee a playoff spot. If the Blue Wave loses, Darien might not make the state playoffs depending on what other contending Class L teams do on Thursday. All three of Darien‘s losses came against teams that New Canaan defeated this year—St.

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14 NCHS Student-Athletes Sign Letters of Intent To Play Sports in College

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Fourteen New Canaan High School seniors on Wednesday signed commitment letters to play sports in Divisions I and II in college starting next year. 

NCHS Athletic Director Jay Egan said during the school’s annual ceremony for the student-athletes that it’s “one of the happiest days and one of the nicest events that we have all year.”

Thanking the All Sports Booster Club and specifically its vice presidents of special events, Nancy Roeder and Meredith Sullivan, Egan told a crowd of student-athletes, friends, families and coaches gathered in the Wagner Room at NCHS that the ceremony marks “the end of the high school [athletic] career.”

“It’s the achievement of something that maybe families have thought about and dreamed about for a long time,” he said. “You think, how did you get here? You get here when you have really dedicated athletes, you have a combination of resources and great coaches and you have the parental support which is really key. So this is a day to celebrate all the time and effort that was put in for all of those years, for all of those trips to Maryland, for all of those trips to Long Island and everywhere that people went. And all of those Mother’s Days and Father’s Days and Memorial Days and Labor Days that you spent on some field or in some gym somewhere.

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Former New Canaan Baseball Player Selected in MLB Draft

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As children, we are taught to dream big; to shoot for the stars; to pursue our passions to the ends of the Earth. Yet, for most people, that simply isn’t realistic. Most won’t grow up to be astronauts, movie stars, presidents, or professional athletes — not because they lack drive or talent, but because society doesn’t allow for it. Still, there are outliers. 

On Monday, former New Canaan baseball player Julian Tonghini became one of these outliers. 

Tonghini, a pitcher out of the University of Arizona, was selected by the Washington Nationals in the seventh round of the MLB draft, fulfilling a lifelong dream. “As soon as I saw my name pop up, I had so many emotions,” Tonghini said.

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New Canaan Boys To Compete in Water Polo Jr. Olympics This Weekend

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This summer, four New Canaan boys will be going to the Junior Olympics for Water Polo. 

The boys—John O’Connor (10), Kolby Lee (10), Ronan Helper (10), and Griffin Knowles (11)—are members of the CT Premier Water Polo Club, which practices at Chelsea Piers. 

They competed in a qualifying tournament in Ambler, Pa. for a berth on the CT Premier USA 12&U water polo team headed to southern California July 19 to 22. The boys were introduced to the sport at the New Canaan Field Club, where they are members and play in the summer club league. After last summer’s hard-fought undefeated effort, the boys are gearing up for another competitive season this summer. Water polo is perhaps a non-traditional sport for this part of the nation, so the boys travel to New Haven, Brooklyn, Greenwich and Pennsylvania to play other teams. They will be competing against teams from all over the United States at the games in California. 

On the girls side, the growing CT Premier 14u Girls team, with the addition of a few girls from New Haven Hydras and Navy to round out the roster, also competed in the Junior Olympics Qualifier in Ambler, Pa.

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NCHS Girls Varsity Tennis Wins 3rd Straight State Title [Q&A]

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The New Canaan High School Girls Varsity Tennis Team won its third straight CIAC title last weekend. We put some questions to coach Catherine Walker following the team’s championship win. Here’s our exchange. ***

New Canaanite: Coach Walker, when we connected last year following the team’s state title, you said that NCHS would be looking at another strong team this year, despite losing three seniors. Tell us about last weekend’s CIAC title for NCHS varsity girls tennis team.