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New Canaan Soccer Association U13 Girls Red Team Finishes 1st in CJSA Premier League

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[Editor’s Note: The following tournament information was supplied by the New Canaan Soccer Association.]

The U13 Girls Red team lead by UK Elite Coach, Barry Beattie, entered the Fall 2013 CJSA Travel Soccer playoffs as the No. 1 seed after an undefeated season. They defeated the Stamford Hurricanes 2-0 in the semifinals. The following day they faced Darien Blue in the Division A CT Junior Soccer Association’s Southwest District Championship, winning 2-1 and claiming victory in the Division A Southwest District Championship. New Canaan finished its Fall season by outscoring its opponents 30-5 without ever ceding more than one goal in any game.

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New Canaan Youth Baseball Roundup: O’s, A’s Take Titles

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Last week was championship week for several New Canaan youth baseball teams as the spring season came to a close. Here’s a recap of the action from the Majors 70’s and AA title games. Majors 70’s

The Orioles, sponsored by SONO Fieldhouse, beat Norwalk Champion George Comfort 12-4 at Fox Run Field on Wednesday, to win the 2014 Majors Division World Series.  Max Plum hurled five dominant innings for the New Canaan champs before handing the ball off to Jack Lisecky, who pitched a scoreless sixth. Lisecky helped set the early offensive tone, leading off the game with a deep double to left.  The Orioles went on to plate three in the opening frame, getting RBI from Noah Jensen and Jack O’Donnell.  In the second, Charlie Tait opened with a walk and Walker Swindell drove him in with a big two-out double. The Orioles bats stayed hot in the third.

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New Canaan Youth Baseball Roundup: June 9

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When May moves to June it usually means youth spring baseball is entering the postseason. Sunny skies and ideal temperatures made for some lively crowds at Mead Park this past week, as teams squared off in some exciting and fun playoff games. Here is look at some of the action:

AAA

Diamondbacks–7, Braves–4

The AC Auto Body Diamondbacks beat the Oxygen Fitness Braves 7-4 in the first round of the AAA division playoffs. The Braves took an early lead with RBI’s by Edward Graham. The D-Backs came back with RBI’s by Will Besgen and Christian Carson, and a 3-run homerun by Alex Rashad. D-Backs held on to the lead behind 2 defensive gems by Jack Anderson, and strong pitching by Andrew Rashad, Ben Loomis and Justin Higgins.

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Well-Loved New Canaanites Recalled at Peter M. Deane Fitness Center Rededication

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New Canaan resident Pete Deane, Jr. remembers a saying his late father had: “You make a living by what you earn. You make a life by what you give.”

As his friends and family recall, the late Peter Deane—a 1959 New Canaan High School graduate and standout athlete who long oversaw the family business, Kitchens by Deane, and died suddenly in 1990—gave back to the community in scores of ways, by connecting with and helping people from all backgrounds, through nonprofit organizations and a gregarious natural instinct. On Saturday morning, Deane’s family gathered with a handful of his closest friends and fellow NCHS ’59 grads and their families, for the rededication of the NCHS fitness center named for him. Created in Deane’s memory through donations to our All Sports Booster Club (est. 1976)—mostly recently with a generous gift from the Dauk family of New Canaan—the center ranks among the very best in the state.

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New Canaan Baseball Cleans Up With Postseason Honors

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Although New Canaan’s run at a second consecutive state title ended Tuesday with a 7-1 defeat at the hands of Cheney Tech, 2014 was still a memorable year for the varsity baseball team. The Rams finished at 15-8 in a season that saw its fair share of dramatic wins, including what ended up being the last ‘W’ of the year – a 5-4 walk-off victory over Wethersfield in the first round of the Class L playoffs. The results of the All FCIAC voting point directly to the program’s success. Given that baseball is a sport that only fields nine players at a time, to have ten players garnering postseason honors is truly astounding. Leading the way for the Rams were senior co-captains Nick Cascione and Matt Toth, who along with junior Alex LaPolice were named to the All FCIAC team.