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"10 years ago The Norwalk High boys soccer team earned bragging rights by beating city rival Brien McMahon 1-0. Manny Arteaga scored the only goal when he headed in a direct kick from midfield by defender Connor Prescott. Alex Hurd and Michael Jiminez combined for the shutout in goal. Andrea Chieffalo had a goal and an assist to lead the NHS field hockey team to a 2-0 win over Fairfield-Warde. Shanon Bloom scored the Bears' other goal. The McMahon volleyball team evened its record at 4-4 with a 3-1 win over Fairfield-Ludlowe. Tara Donohue had another big match for the Senators with 21 service points, 14 assists and eight kills ... Sara Suchoff and Jennifer Lopez each won two events as the Norwalk-McMahon co-op girls swim team beat Ridgefield 94-89. Both local football teams improved to 2-1 after posting victories against Bridgeport opponents. Norwalk High scored four first-quarter touchdowns and went on to rout Bassick 41-13. Chris Hines ran for 131 yards, including an 83-yard TD run, while quarterback Andrew Krasnavage ran for one touchdown and passed for another. The Bears' defense forced six turnovers, led by Davon Hardy, who had an interception and two fumble recoveries. He also blocked a punt. Cyprian Oyomba intercepted two passes and Shawnelle Philo returned a fumble for a touchdown. Christian Garcia kicked five extra points. McMahon defeated Harding 27-7 as Michael Graham ran for 95 yards on only eight carries, including touchdowns runs of 40 and 18 yards. James Shaw, who added 77 yards rushing, scored on a 3-yard run. 25 years ago The Norwalk High girls volleyball team won its annual intra-city showdown with Brien McMahon as the Lady Bears swept the Senators 15-5, 15-6, 15-7. Joanna Jakubowska and Lisa Olmstead each served up 11 points, while Wendy Falcone had 12 sets and Laura DeLallo recorded 11. Captain Amy Fagan also had a big day with 15 hits and nine service points. Jeanne Herold served 12 of McMahon's 18 points, including four aces. The McMahon field hockey team posted its fourth straight win as the Senators beat Wilton 7-1. Tara Sprague scored a hat trick while Michelle Mosely, Ellie Karvoski, Kerri Strano and Nancy Villalta each scored once. The NHS soccer team beat Bassick 2-1 as Serge Mamie scored both goals with assists from Bobby Pheodorides and Telly Papadopoulos ... McMahon upset previously unbeaten Wilton 1-0 as freshman Noe Escobar scored the only goal. Escobar registered a hat trick earlier in the week in a 5-2 win over Trinity Catholic. The Norwalk High football team bounced back from a season-opening loss to win its next two games. The Bears beat Wilton 25-7 as QB George Alexander threw two touchdown passes, one for 44 yards to Andrew Prophet and the other for 59 yards to Dean Baker. Tailback Ira Vanterpool ran 37 yards for another TD and passed six yards to Anthony Crawford for six more points ... NHS then nipped Westhill 14-13 as Alexander hit Crawford with a 15-yard scoring pass to tie it with 6:43 to go, and Jason Tarantino booted the PAT to win it. Meanwhile, McMahon upped its record to 3-0 by beating Stamford 14-0 and Wilton 20-7. Omar Flores broke a scoreless deadlock against Stamford with a 2-yard TD run on the Senators' first possession of the second half. QB Tom Bumbolow then hit Kevin Foster with a 27-yard pass for an insurance touchdown ... Clay Miles ran for 200 yard and two touchdowns in the win over Wilton. 50 years ago Joe Liberatore threw two touchdown passes and ran for a pair of two-point conversions as the Brien McMahon football team beat Trumbull 28-14. Liberatore passed 11 yards to Jim Vadas for the game's first TD, and hooked up with Howard Dashefsky on an 82-yard pass play for the final touchdown. Dashefsky had scored earlier on a 3-yard run, while Hal Mayo ran 15 yards for another TD. Fumble recoveries by Allan Jacobs and Jeff Pettus set up the first two touchdowns. McMahon evened its record at 1-1, while Trumbull, under first-year head coach and former Central Catholic mentor Jerry McDougall, fell to 0-3. McDougall's former assistant and his replacement at CCHS, Ed Mazurek, notched his first win as the Cavaliers blanked Immaculate 20-0. Sophomore Frank Ouelette ran for two touchdowns while QB Mark Svencer added a 1-yard score. Ouelette also had an interception and fumble recovery. After back-to-back wins, Norwalk High lost its first game 14-8 to Greenwich, which snapped an 8-8 tie with 3:20 remaining. Russ Rising scored Norwalk's only TD on a 4-yard pass from Tom Turner. Sammy Miller scored three touchdowns and ran for two conversions to lead the Norwalk Ramblers Pop Warner Football team to a 34-0 win over Westport. Miller returned a punt 52 yards for one touchdown and caught passes of 45 and 54 yards from QB Brian O'Malley for his other two TDs. The McMahon soccer team remained unbeaten with a 4-0 win over Andrew Warde as Phil Kydes scored three more goals. Freshman Chris Simoulides had the other goal while sophomore goalie Rich Salvato posted his second shutout."
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