DARIEN — There’s been a Granito suiting up for New Canaan’s boys hockey teams for more than 10 years. When it came time for Gunnar, the youngest of five siblings, to skate in his final senior night game on Monday, he made sure to put on a show. Granito collected four goals and an assist, … Read more
First it was Ryan McAleer. Then it was Alex Gibbens. Two players making steals in the final seconds of games, then having the presence of mind to get off a shot for deep 3-pointers that go in, giving New Canaan an incredible pair of victories. Click here for more
NORWALK – With its second miraculous finish in less than a month, you have to start thinking there’s something special about this year’s New Canaan Rams basketball team. With the Rams trailing Brien McMahon by one with 7.2 seconds to play, New Canaan junior Alex Gibbens intercepted an inbounds pass at half-court, dribbled twice, squared … Read more
DARIEN — It’s a thrill a minute whenever the New Canaan and Darien boys ice hockey teams clash. Just ask Darien senior Blake Swiggett, who made the most of his first game against the rival Rams. Swiggett took a pass from junior Bennett McDermott and scored low inside the right pipe with 1:15 remaining in … Read more
NEW CANAAN — It was only fitting that on Teacher Appreciation Night, the New Canaan Rams’ basketball team put on a veritable clinic, schooling the Norwalk Bears 65-49 in front of a large and raucous crowd at New Canaan High School. The Rams turned a 14-12 deficit with 30 seconds left in the opening stanza … Read more
Even the best teams need to change things up every once in a while. A switch on the forward lines helped lead to three goals in the second period as the New Canaan Rams’ girls ice hockey team topped the Ridgefield/Danbury co-op, 4-1, Monday night at the Darien Ice House. Click here for more
It was a girls ice hockey game more befitting a state championship in March than squarely in the middle of the regular season for the Darien Blue Wave and New Canaan Rams. Darien’s Colleen Cassidy scored with 0.7 seconds remaining in regulation and the two rivals skated through an eight-minute overtime before finishing in a … Read more
If you’ve followed high school boys basketball even a little bit this winter, you’ve surely seen the shot. Ryan McAleer intercepts an inbounds pass, heaves the ball up from halfcourt and scores at the buzzer to give the New Canaan Rams a 52-49 victory over the Stamford Black Knights. Bedlam ensues in the NCHS gymnasium. … Read more
At the beginning of the season, the New Canaan Rams boys basketball team set three goals for itself: Win its Holiday Tournament, qualify for the state playoffs and make the FCIAC postseason. After Tuesday’s 48-38 win at Fairfield Warde, the Rams can now check off two of those goals as “achieved.” For the first time … Read more
For the New Canaan boys ice hockey team, patience was truly a virtue on Monday. Delivering a cool and collected performance, the Rams blew open a close game with two goals in the final 3:15 and defeated the Fairfield co-op team, 3-0, at the Darien Ice House. The Rams controlled the pace of play and … Read more