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Here’s how Darien Blue Wave football’s championship win Saturday was covered and celebrated, with reports from all over:
[View the story “Darien Football Takes the Championship” on Storify]
All remaining tickets for the widely anticipated New Canaan-Darien Thanksgiving morning football game sold out in 37 minutes, New Canaan school district officials said. Darien had fewer available tickets than New Canaan, and those sold out even quicker. All 2,800 tickets allocated to New Canaan High School had sold out by 12:37 p.m. Monday, while the 1,900 tickets for Darien sold out by 12:05 p.m., New Canaan High School Athletic Director Jay Egan confirmed. Officials landed on that 60-40 split because the Rams are hosting this year’s Turkey Bowl at Dunning Stadium in New Canaan. Individual students and football families were allowed to purchase tickets in advance, Egan said.
Update, 11:43 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 15:
Darien High School has announced where and when tickets may be bought for the 2016 Turkey Bowl between Darien and New Canaan on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 24). Sales start for students in the morning on Nov. 21 and for the public in the afternoon at Darien Public Schools headquarters, 35 Leroy Ave.
Darien’s Blue Wave rolled over its final team to win the state LL championship Saturday in New Britain. Here’s the coverage from news organizations around the state and the reaction in social media. [View the story “Darien Wins State Football LL Title: Juggernaut Finishes Business” on Storify]
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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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.
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.
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.