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New Canaan Sports Digest Oct 6
Your interactive, daily digest for all New Canaan scores, schedules and standings — and a place for you to add information and images for all youth sports
New Canaan-McMahon to air live on MSG Varsity
MSG Varsity, Cablevision’s 24/7 HD network dedicated to everything high school, will feature state rivals New Canaan and McMahon in a live football broadcast on Thursday at 7 p.m.
The contest, to be played at McMahon, will air on MSG Varsity, Cablevision’s iO TV, Channel 14 and also stream live on MSG Varsity.com/Livecast.
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Ed Cohen (play-by-play) will be joined by Roman Oben (color analyst) and Chad Cutler (sideline reporter) as they call this rivalry for the Connecticut/Westchester/Hudson Valley viewers.
New Canaan is off to a 3-0 start and ranked fourth in the New Haven Register's state media, but the Rams need to cut down on penalties. Last week, they needed a fourth-quarter surge to hold off Fairfield Warde and former assistant coach Duncan Della Volpe, 28-14.
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New Canaan fell behind 14-7 early in the fourth quarter before Matt Milano rallied the Rams to 21 unanswered points. In the fourth quarter, Milano threw a 29-yard TD pass to Patrick Newtown and scored on a pair of short TD runs.
McMahon (1-2) is coming off a heartbreaking 24-21 loss to Staples. The Senators appeared on the verge of a major upset, building a 21-7 lead in the fourth quarter, but the Wreckers scored 17 points in the final seven minutes and pulled out the victory on a field goal in the final seconds.
WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS
Girls soccer
Trumbull 0, New Canaan 0 -- Holly Burwick made seven saves for the Rams (4-2-2), who are 0-2-2 since opening the season with four wins
Field hockey
New Canaan 2, Staples 2 -- Melanie Sztorc and Isabel Taben scored for the Rams (4-1-1-0)
Girls volleyball
New Canaan 3, Fairfield Ludlowe 1 (28-26, 25-27, 27-25, 25-22) -- Emma Stracke recorded 18 service points and 17 digs for the Rams, who improved to 8-2
Girls swimming
Staples at New Canaan
THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE
Football
New Canaan at McMahon, 7 p.m.
Boys soccer
St. Joseph at New Canaan, 4 p.m.
STANDINGS
- Football
FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
Overall Points F/A Ridgefield 2-1 78-44 2-1 78-44 Norwalk 3-0 87-39 3-0 87-39 McMahon
1-2 71-46 1-2 71-46 Stamford 1-2 83-59 1-2 83-59 Fairfield Ludlowe 0-3 21-114 0-3 21-114 Harding 0-3 7-110 0-3 7-110 East Division FCIAC Record
FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
Overall Points F/A New Canaan 3-0 118-34 3-0 118-34 Darien
3-0 98-39 3-0 98-39 Wilton
3-0 116-40 3-0 116-40 Trinity Catholic 2-1 74-70 2-1 74-70 Fairfield Warde 1-2 55-72 1-2 55-72 St. Joseph 0-3 28-93 0-3 28-93 Bassick 0-3 20-140 0-3 20-140
- Boys soccer
2-4-1 7 Trinity Catholic 1-4-0 3 St. Joseph 0-6-2 2
- Girls soccer
Field hockey
FCIAC Record Points
Stamford 4-1-0-0 8
Staples 4-1-0-0 6
Greenwich 2-3-0-1 5
Ridgefield 0-2-3-0 3
Danbury 1-4-0-0 2
Westhill 1-3-0-0 2
Trumbull 0-5-1-0 1
East Division
Darien 6-0-0-0 12
New Canaan 4-1-0-0 8
Norwalk 4-1-0-0 8
Wilton 4-0-0-0 8
Fairfied Warde 2-2-1-1 6
McMahon 0-3-1-0 1
Fairfield-Ludlowe 0-3-0-1
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Girls volleyball
West Division RecordStaples 7-1
Greenwich 6-2
Danbury 5-3
Westhill 4-3
Trumbull 4-5
Bridgeport Central 1-7
Central Division
Ridgefield 6-2
Stamford 6-2
Fairfield Ludlowe
5-3
Brien McMahon 3-6
Norwalk 2-7
Harding 0-8
East Division
Darien 9-0
New Canaan
7-2
Fairfield Warde 5-3
St. Joseph 2-4
Trinity Catholic
2-5
Wilton 2-6
Bassick 0-8
