Darien v Shelton: Football Game: Roundup of Previews

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Darien’s Blue Wave meets Shelton’s Gaels at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 in Willow Brook Park in New Britain. To get tickets click one of the last two articles in this list of preview stories and announcements:

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Darien Football Triumphs Over New Canaan, 28-21, for Turkey Bowl/FCIAC Championship

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By Terry Dinan

Leave it to the career state record holder to leave his mark when it counted the most. With Darien leading New Canaan 28-21 in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter of the 2015 FCIAC Championship at Stamford’s Boyle Stadium, Darien defensive end Mark Evanchick dropped Rams quarterback Michael Collins for his first sack of the game, forcing a turnover on downs and all but clinching the conference title for the Blue Wave. ______________

— This article originally was published by NewCanaanite.com. ______________

The Rams would get one more shot to tie the game, but a New Canaan fumble was recovered by Darien at midfield with 1:08 left in the game, sealing the championship for the Wave. It was the second consecutive year the Blue Wave topped the Rams for the FCIAC title, having won last year’s contest by the same 28-21 score.

Turkey Bowl Essentials: A Breakdown of the Darien-New Canaan 2015 FCIAC Championship

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Here’s Terry Dinan’s take on the Darien/New Canaan matchup for the Thanksgiving Day Turkey Bowl game, also the 2015 FCIAC championship game. This was originally published in NewCanaanite.com, which has allowed us to reprint it here:

By Terry Dinan

When it was generally accepted that last season’s FCIAC Championship would probably be the last in conference history, most agreed that the heart-stopping contest between New Canaan and Darien was a fitting coda to a storied history of title games. Fortunately for area high school football players, coaches and fans, theBlue Wave’s 28-21 win over the Rams last Thanksgiving would not be the final chapter—the FCIAC was able to work things out to salvage the conference championship game, the 50th in league history. And wouldn’t you know what two teams would end up facing each other in the Turkey Bowl in 2015? Yep…you guessed it.

James Mulhearn Jr

James Mulhearn Jr., 68, Bond Trader, Darien Blue Wave’s ’12th Man’

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An obituary from Magner Funeral Home’s website:

James John Mulhearn, Jr., (Jim) 68, of Norwalk, CT passed away peacefully on August 8, 2015 after a long and courageous battle with ALS. Born on December 7, 1946 in Brooklyn, he was the son of Jean Mulhearn and the late James J. Mulhearn. He is also predeceased by his sister, Dorothy Riordan Rohe. 

He is survived by his devoted wife, Ellen Steese Mulhearn, his mother, Jean Mulhearn of Garden City, his loving daughter, Allison Mulhearn of New York, New York, his stepsons Matthew Steese (Elizabeth) and Peter Steese (Lauren), three grandsons, and many loving nieces, nephews and cousins. A graduate of St. Francis Prep and St.