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New Canaan Opens Season at St. Joseph
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If Mike Halley had his druthers, he probably would have picked an easier opponent to begin his tenure as the boys basketball coach.
Replacing the popular Jeff Bussey, Halley makes his New Canaan debut on Wednesday when the Rams open their season at defending Class LL state champion St. Joseph (7 p.m.)
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While Halley is beginning his first season at New Canaan, Vito Montelli is starting his 50th season at St. Joseph.
Halley previously served as an assistant coach at Mount St. Michael Academy in the always competitive New York City Catholic High School League.
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Halley also had been the coach of the Connecticut Flames, an under-17 AAU travel team based out of Stamford.
Bussey, who coached at New Canaan for 11 seasons, stepped down in June due to health reasons. He won 374 games during a lengthy career that included stops at Rippowam, Darien, Masuk, Westhill and Christian Heritage.
While at New Canaan, he guided the Rams to seven state tournament and five FCIAC playoff appearances, including a trip to the league semifinals in 2006.
The program has struggled in recent years, however, as the Rams have managed only a 22-39 record over the last three seasons.
Halley inherits a team that went only 5-15 last season, although the Rams did lose six games by 10 points or less.
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New Canaan girls hockey player Olivia Hompe and Westhill girls basketball player Megan D’Alessandro are the winners of the first winter BlueStreak-Overtime FCIAC Player of the Week awards.
Hompe had five goals, including the 100th or her career, and two assists in an 8-4 win over Glastonbury.
D’Alessandro averaged 30 points per game in the Vikings' first two contests, scoring 32 against Wilton and 28 points and against Ridgefield.
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The Saxe Middle School squash team, a program in its third year, just competed in a Fairwest Public Middle School League jamboree at Yale University.
Teams of five players competed in one of four divisions as 80 players in the league attended the competition on Saturday.
The Saxe Middle School squash team consisted of Sean Berry, James Neville, David Carratu, Justin Swift and Ben Wells. They played a total of three matches against Eastern Middle School Greenwich, Bronxville Middle School and Western Middle School Greenwich.
TUESDAY'S RESULTS
No games scheduled
WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE
Boys basketball
New Canaan at St. Joseph, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball
St. Joseph at New Canaan, 7 p.m.
Boys hockey
New Canaan vs. Notre Dame-West Haven, 6:30 p.m., at Bennett Rink
Girls hockey
Stamford vs. New Canaan, 8:30 p.m., at Darien Ice Rink
Boys swimming
New Canaan vs. Darien, 3 p.m., at Darien YMCA
STANDINGS
BOYS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Westhill 0-0 0-0 Staples 0-0 0-0 Bridgeport Central 0-0 0-0 Danbury 0-0 0-0 Trumbull 0-0 0-0 Greenwich 0-0 0-0Central Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Ridgefield 0-0 0-0 Brien McMahon 0-0 0-0 Stamford 0-0 0-0 Harding 0-0 0-0 Fairfield-Ludlowe 0-0 0-0 Norwalk 0-0 0-0East Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
St. Joseph 0-0 0-0 Bassick 0-0 0-0 Trinity Catholic 0-0 0-0 Fairfield-Warde 0-0 0-0 New Canaan 0-0 0-0 Darien 0-0 0-0 Wilton 0-00-0
GIRLS BASKETBALL
West Division
FCIAC Record
Overall Record
Staples 2-0 2-0 Trumbull 2-0 2-0 Danbury 2-0 2-0 Greenwich 1-1 1-1 Westhill 0-2 0-2 Bridgeport Central 0-2 0-2Central Division
Stamford 2-0 2-0 Ridgefield 1-1 1-1 McMahon 1-1 1-1 Norwalk 0-1 0-1 Fairfield-Ludlowe 0-2 0-2 Harding 0-2 0-2East Division
St. Joseph 2-0 2-0 Wilton 2-0 2-0 Darien 1-0 1-0 New Canaan 1-1 1-1 Trinity Catholic 1-1 1-1 Bassick 0-1 0-1 Fairfield Warde 0-20-2
BOYS HOCKEY
East Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record New Canaan 0-0 0 0-0-0 Ridgefield 0-0 0 0-0-0 St. Joseph 0-0 0 0-0-0 Darien 0-0 0 0-0-0 Wilton 0-0 0 0-0-0 Trinity Catholic 0-0 0 0-0-0 Stamford 0-0 0 0-0-0 West Division FCIAC Record FCIAC Points Overall Record Staples 0-0 0 0-0-0 Greenwich 0-0 0 0-0-0 Trumbull 0-0 0 0-0-0 Westhill 0-0 0 0-0-0 Fairfield co-op 0-0 0 0-0-0 Norwalk/McMahon 0-0 0 0-0-0
