CIAC Football Playoff Scoreboard / Schedule
Class LL
Southington 35, Norwich Free Academy 22
SOUTHINGTON >> Vance Upham became his school’s all-time leading rusher with 225 yards on 35 carries and had a touchdown as Southington defeated Norwich Free Academy 35-22 and advance to Class LL semifinals for the fourth-straight season.
Anthony Plantamauro caught two touchdown passes from Will Barmore as Southington took a 14-0 lead and then beat back every NFA attempts to tie with a score of its own.
Jawaun Johnson ran for 179 yards on 11 carries and scored on a 63-yard touchdown pass from Shea McManaway for NFA. McManaway completed 18 of 24 pases for 230 yards.
Southington, ranked No. 4 in the GameTimeCT Top 10, improved to 11-0 and will face Darien in the semifinals at Boyle Stadium Monday for the second-consecutive season. Darien ended Southington’s 31-game win streak in last year’s semifinals with a 49-7 victory.
NFA 6 8 8 0 — 22
Southington 14 14 0 7 — 35
First quarter
S—Vance Upham 27 run (Nick Daddona kick)
S—Anthony Plantamuro 22 pass from Will Barmore (Daddona kick)
NFA—Jawaun Johnson 63 pass from Shea McManaway (kick blocked)
Second quarter
S—Matt Gundersen 61 pass from Barmore (Daddona kick)
NFA—McManaway 23 run (Johnson run)
Third quarter
S—Plantamuro 19 pass from Barmore (Daddona kick)
NFA—Caleb Parker 18 pass from McManaway (Johnson run)
Fourth quarter
S—Upham 6 run (Daddona kick)
Darien 29, Greenwich 3
STAMFORD >> Finlay Collins and Nick Green each scored touchdowns and Darien’s defense didn’t allow a touchdown in its 29-3 victory over Greenwich in the Class LL semifinals at Boyle Stadium.
Darien advances to face Southington in the Class LL semifinals at Boyle Stadium. Darien, the No. 1-ranked team in the GameTimeCT/Register top 10, defeated Southington in the same game a year ago, 49-7.
Collins and Green both had sacks along with Quinn Fay. Greenwich had a touchdown run by Kevin Iobbi wiped out due to a penalty, leading to a 20-yard field goal by Zach Moore for the Cardinals’ only points.
Riley Stewart kicked a 26-yard field goal for the Blue Wave as it was running out the clock in the second half.
Greenwich 0 3 0 0 — 3
Darien 7 13 6 3 — 29
First quarter
D — Finlay Collins 12 run (Riley Stewart kick)
Second quarter
D — Nick Green 23 pass from Brian Peters (kick failed)
G — Zach Moore 20 field goal
D — Green 26 pass from Peters (Stewart kick)
Third quarter
D — Collins 5 run (kick failed)
Fourth quarter
D — Stewart 26 field goal
Game info via Greenwich Time | Video via Cooper Boardman, Ruden Report
Class L
WINDSOR >> Jakhari Grant completed 13 of 24 passes for 330 yards and four touchdowns as top-seeded Windsor rolled to a 52-0 victory over Harding in the quarterfinals at O’Brien Field.
Jason Pinnock added 5 catches for 160 yards and three touchdowns. Tim Gardner ran 12 times for 135 yards and a touchdown. He also caught a touchdown.
Windsor advances to Monday’s semifinals and will face Middletown in a rematch of their Thanksgiving eve finale, won by Windsor.
Harding 0 0 0 0—0
Windsor 26 19 0 7—52
First quarter
W — Tim Gardner 2 run (Eric Foster kick)
W — Jason Pinnock 46 pass from Jakhari Grant (kick failed)
W — Pinnock 25 fumble recovery (Foster kick)
W — Gardner 2 run (kick blocked)
Second quarter
W — Jomal Mills 21 pass from Grant (kick failed)
W — Jerry Woodward 10 interception return (kick failed)
W — Pinnock 56 pass from Grant (Foster kick)
Fourth quarter
W – Gardner 25 pass from Grant (Foster kick)
Game info via Connecticut Post
Class M
Killingly 27, Bunnell 7
KILLINGLY >> Spencer Lockwood ran 39 times for 303 yards and scored three touchdowns and had an interception as Killingly rolled to a 27-7 victory over Bunnell at the Killingly Sports Complex.
Lockwood scored from 35 yards and 49 yards out to stake the Redmen to a 14-0 halftime lead. Jacob Gauthier caught a 16-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Derosier to extend it to 21-0.
Jarrod Davis scored Bunnell’s only touchdown on a 12-yard run early in the fourth quarter. But Lockwood sealed it with a 64-yard run. Bunnell quarterback Mike Castelot was injured late in the game.
Killingly intercepted a pair of passses.
The Redmen advance to their second-consecutive Class M quarterfinal Monday where they will face Hillhouse at Bowen Field in New Haven.
Bunnell 0 0 0 7—7
Killingly 6 8 7 6—27
First quarter
K—Spencer Lockwood 35 run (rush failed)
Second quarter
K—Lockwood 49 run (Kyle Derosier pass to Jacob Gauthier)
Third quarter
K—Gauthier 16 pass from Derosier (Luke Desaulnier kick)
Fourth quarter
B—Jarrod Davis 12 run (Avery Nunn kick)
K—Lockwood 64 run (kick failed)
Game info via Connecticut Post
St. Joseph 48, Wolcott 21
WOLCOTT >> Junior Jared Mallozzi caught 5 passes for 156 yards and two touchdowns and freshman Jaden Shirden ran for 120 yards and four touchdowns as St. Joseph pulled away from Wolcott in a 48-21 quarterfinal victory at Monroe Field.
Wolcott’s Ray Iorio ran 38 times for 195 yards and scored a touchdown. Steve Urbanski caught two touchdown passes from Michael Polzella.
Mallozzi returned the opening kickoff 75 yards to set up Shirden’s first TD run. But Wolcott rallied to take a 15-14 after the first quarter.
St. Joseph QB Cory Babineau scored on a 1-yard run and threw a 61-yard touchdown pass to Mallozzi to give the Hogs a 28-15 lead at halftime.
Wolcott got within 28-21 on an 8-yard touchdown strike from Mike Pozella to Urbanski in the third quarter. St. Joseph put the game away with 20 fourth-quarter points.
St. Joseph will face Valley Regional/Old Lyme in the semifinals at Blythe Field in Deep River on Monday. It’s the second meeting between the schools since the 2010 semifinals, a 44-7 St. Joseph victory.
St. Joseph 14 14 0 20—48
Wolcott 15 0 6 0—21
First quarter
SJ—Jaden Shirden 8 run (Luke Kirby kick)
W—Safety (Bobby Stoeckert tackled Shirden in end zone)
W—Ray Iorio 8 run (kick blocked)
SJ—Cory Babineau 1 run (Kirby kick)
W—Steve Urbanski 37 pass from Michael Polzella (Dylan Prescott kick)
Second quarter
SJ—Shirden 1 run (Kirby kick)
SJ—Jared Mallozzi 61 pass from Babineau (Kirby kick)
Third quarter
W—Urbanski 8 pass from Polzella (kick blocked)
Fourth quarter
SJ—Mallozzi 25 pass from Babineau (Kirby kick)
SJ—Shirden 3 run (Kirby kick)
SJ—Shirden 1 run (kick failed)
Game info via Connecticut Post
Class S
Rocky Hill 56, Bullard-Havens 8
Welp, first play Grant Nieves goes 51 yards to the house. Terriers quickly grab 7-0 lead #cthsfb pic.twitter.com/bOf6PvyEdd
— Josh Howard (@RareReminderJH) November 29, 2016
ROCKY HILL >> Grant Nieves and Joe Catania scored two touchdowns apiece as Rocky Hill scored on its first seven possessions and amassed over 250 yards of rushing offense in their victory over Bullard-Havens.
Rocky Hill advances to face Seymour in the Class S semifinals Monday at McVicar Field.
Bullard-Havens 0 0 0 8—8
Rocky Hill 27 22 7 0—56
First quarter
RH—Grant Nieves 51 run (Damon Lonero kick)
RH—Nieves 5 run (kick failed)
RH—Dante Baker 39 pass Daniel Cavallaro (run failed)
RH—Joseph Catania 5 run (Nieves run)
Second quarter
RH—William White 1 run (White run)
RH—Nieves 9 run (Lonero kick)
RH—Catania 40 run (Lonero kick)
Third quarter
RH—Jordan Jones 13 run (Lonero kick)
Fourth quarter
BH—Tyrese Wright 19 pass Steven Alvarez (Alvarez pass Wright)
Game info via Connecticut Post
Southington…..I am so sorry. Darien rolls by four TDs.
Is Southington going to have any chance to make this game competitive this time around? Is there any facet of the game where they execute better than last year? Compared to 2015, a Darien win of 28-7 would seem like a major accomplishment. Next Monday night be a Netflix night by halftime.
All teams are dangerous at this point. Darien should be favored, I agree, but nobody is a walkover.
Greenwich was a half step away from beating them in the regular season.
NC was even closer in the FCIAC championship.
Masuk hung with NC.
Darien had better bring their best game to every game.
I am rooting for Darien, and I am sure they know this stuff already. I am writing this si we dint have sports writers howling that nobody gave Southington a chance. On the contrary, they gave a good chance.
I hear what you are saying and I agree, anything can happen, ask Shelton. They had a plan in the Championship game last year and get their QB hurt in the first series. Injuries, weather all kinds of things can disrupt the best of plans.
Good luck to both teams Monday night.
SPB, not to get ahead of myself, however I will. It looks likely that the class M and class S finalists may come from the upper part of the State and the class LL and L finalists would come the southern part of the State. What is the CIAC policy on field assignments? Last year Darien and Shelton traveled to New Britain which made no sense based on their respective town locations. Taking nothing away from Class M and Class S finalists, however It would be great to have the class LL final immediately following the class L final on the same field. If the teams have to travel anyway why not go to a better facility than Veterans Stadium. Central Connecticut State has a great stadium. Hey wait a minute…. there is a large stadium in East Hartford that would get a larger crowd for a pair of State High School Championship games than attend college games there. Oops, I forgot Bob Diaco is using that stadium on December 10th to host a recruiting day for Florida high school players who did not get recruited by any teams from the SEC, ACC, Big 12, Mid America, and Mid South conferences. Here is Coach Bob’s pitch – No one wants you, but we do. Come to Connecticut and let us show you our stadium on a typical December Saturday and then we can all go to Cabela’s for beef jerky. How could any second rate Florida high school player say no to that offer.
lol
New Brittain is dirty word. Hey, CIAC smell the money. Max revenue says LL at Trumbull.
Only shot Southington has is if the ref slows down the darien Offense again. Southington isn’t big, strong, or fast enough for darien”s high tempo team on both sides of the ball. Southington will never make it to the ship again with The Blue wave in the way. Their defense is just simply nothing special and we’ve all heard the offense is a one man show. The knights will get washed up and dried on shore. Darien 42, Southington 0. Southington if you win this game mark this game down as the greatest upset in school history…..
Stop it. Stating the obvious.
Went to the Southington vs NFA game. Southington’s defense is the worst hands down in the Class LL bracket…. Darien 45 Southington 14
If Southington is a one-trick pony (Vance Upham) and doesn’t have another way to hurt you if a team can stop him, then I don’t like their chances against Darien.
Southington will have a chip in their shoulder from last year. They handled NFA which has been playing pretty good lately. I don’t know folks. I smell upset.
Not a shot southington is a weak power house team possibly the worst team left in LL. Darien will destroy and pick out every scheme southington is putting into this game. The wave has been and will always be to much for the poor kids in the CCC (Southington). Maybe next year Darien 49 Southington 7 lol ????
Just to put the cherry on top of the southington comments I’ve seen they are gonna lose. BY ALOT. Went to their recent game against the wildcats and thanksgiving morning and what I concluded is that their offense is impressive with their fast pace movement ran by barmore but they aren’t that impressive. Their online seemed weak but Upham made up for that part. WR’s were a 5/10 rate. Their slow and have trouble with getting of jams. Something that maybe Darien will realize. On the other side of the ball their defense isn’t so pretty. Once again their line was awfully small and their DB’s are not so good. Credit to a few broken up passes but nothing special at all. Darien WR’s will pick them apart with screens and crossing routes. For all my respect for southington I’m sorry u guys just aren’t good. At least compared to Darien. My finl is Darien 35 Southington with a 4Q TD to make it Southington 7. I just think southingtons traditional win streaks these past fews years are gone now. Don’t bother watching that game tmrw ridgefield vs Shelton should be a good game or at least better then what will happen down in Boyle RIP Southington. The BLUE WAVE MOVES ON!!!!!!!