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New Canaan Old Timers Association Spotlight: Cari Hills

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One of the most prolific athletes in New Canaan High School history, Cari Hills was a three-sport star in field hockey, lacrosse and basketball. A 1994 NCHS graduate, she received the both the Bob’s Sports Award for outstanding female athlete and the Master of Sports Award. In field hockey, Hills was recognized with All-State honors scoring 45 career goals with 20 assists. In lacrosse, she helped the team win the first and only FCIAC championship in 1993. She scored six of the eight goals in the championship-winning game against Greenwich and posted 97 career goals as a tri-captain in her senior year.

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New Canaan Old Timers Association Spotlight: Kara Devlin Yonker

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One of the most dominant and decorated swimmers in the history of Connecticut swimming, Kara Devlin Yonker attended New Canaan High School and swam for the Rams from 1981-1985. A three-time high school All American, Kara won every CIAC race she competed in during her career except one, where she placed second. She won 8 individual FCIAC, Class M and State Open titles and held FCIAC and CIAC records in the 200 and 500-freestyle events. Kara earned Connecticut Swimmer of the Year honors in 1983 and 1984. She was also captain of the NCHS swim team.

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New Canaan Old Timers Association Spotlight: Mary Beth McNichol

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There have been many trailblazers throughout the course of New Canaan’s sports history. That being said, perhaps none have broken as much new ground as both a player and a coach as Mary Beth McNichol. Mary Beth McNichol Pickering, known to most as “MB,” grew up in New Canaan and went through the public schools system, with the exception of her freshman year when she attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich. While at New Canaan High School, Pickering was a standout student-athlete in soccer (three years), basketball (three years), lacrosse (two years) and softball (one year). She received postseason accolades in many of these sports, ranging from All-FCIAC, All-State, and All-New England.

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New Canaan Old Timers Association Spotlight: The Overbeck Brothers

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Looking back over the annals of New Canaan’s sports history, there have been many instances of siblings who became star athletes. Notable among those are Len and Dennis Paglialunga, Lem and Bea James, Lee and Robert Jones, Peil and Bob Pennington, Kurt and Rick Horton…the list is actually quite extensive. One name that belongs at the top of this list is Overbeck. Brian, Chris and Scott Overbeck were three of New Canaan’s greatest three-sport athletes, writing a legacy that stretched from the mid-1980’s to the early 1990’s with each brother starring in football, basketball and lacrosse. The offspring of former New Canaan hoops star Don Overbeck and legendary former Rams girls tennis coach Gail Overbeck, the first to arrive on the scene was Brian, a 1987 grad of NCHS.

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New Canaan Old Timers Association Spotlight: Monroe Trout

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In one of the trophy cases in the lobby of New Canaan High School’s Athletic Complex is a scuffed, vintage Spalding basketball, marked with a simple inscription:

1,102 PTS. M.TROUT

1978-1980

The ball is a simple, but poignant reminder of New Canaan’s glorious past, also serving as an inspiration to future Rams of what can be attained through hard work, dedication and the full realization of one’s talents. It represents one of New Canaan High School’s brightest basketball stars—the third facet of New Canaan’s hardwood Holy Trinity. First, there was Wilky Gilmore. Then there was Gary Liberatore.