Thursday, Sept. 20
NVL COPPER
Ansonia 45, Oxford 9
Friday, Sept. 21
CCC DIV. II EAST
Windsor 41, Farmington 0
CCC DIV. II WEST
Maloney 60, Brist.East. 20
Platt 38, Newington 0
Wethersfield 24, Brist.Cent. 0
CCC DIV. III WEST
Plainville 48, Rocky Hill 13
CCC INTER
New Britain 44, S.Windsor 0
Southington 32, Manchester 13
E.Hartford 28, Simsbury 27
Conard 31, Enfield 27
Glastonbury 14, Hall 13
Bloomfield 27, Tolland 6
CTC
Vinal/Goodw./WT 46, MCW Unit. 13
Cheney Tech 50, Platt Tech
ECC INTER
NFA 35, Bacon Acad. 0
New London 25, Killingly 24
Griswold 35, Montville 14
Ledyard 22, Stonington 20
Fitch 34, Waterford 6
East Lyme 40, Windham 15
FCIAC DIV. I
New Canaan 48, Trumbull 7
Ridgefield at Bridg.Central, ppd. to Saturday at Ridgefield, 3 p.m.
FCIAC DIV. II
Staples 38, McMahon 14
NVL BRASS
Holy Cross 47, S.Heart/Kaynor 0
WCA 52, Crosby 12
NVL IRON
Wolcott 38, Torrington 6
NVL INTER
Woodland 35, Derby 14
Seymour 47, Watertown 6
Naugatuck 53, St.Paul 12
PEQUOT SASSACUS
H-K 37, Morgan 22
PEQUOT UNCAS
SMSA/Univ/Class 23, Ellington 7
Staf./E.Wind./Som. 35, Gilbert/NW 12
Cov./WT/Bolt/Lym 26, Canton 22
PEQUOT INTER
Granby 26, OSW 0
SCC TIER 1
Shelton 10, Ffld.Prep 7
North Haven 34, Cheshire 21
West Haven 28, ND-WH 7
SCC TIER 2
Harding 34, Foran 9
Daniel Hand 52, Hamden 6
Amity 27, Hillhouse 18
SCC TIER 3
East Haven 17, Lyman Hall 6
Law 50, Bassick 25
Sheehan 62, Guilford 20
SCC INTER
Xavier 21, Wilbur Cross 20
SWC Div. 1
Bunnell 41, New Milford 3
Newtown 49, Stratford 7
Masuk 45, Pomperaug 7
SWC Div. 2
Brookfield 27, Barlow 17
New Fairfield 41, Bethel 7 (corrected score)
Weston 31, ND-Ffld 0
OTHERS
Plainfield 39, Amistad 8
Branford 42, N. Branford 12
Saturday, Sept. 22
CCC DIV. II EAST
Middletown 23, Hartford Pub. 0
CCC DIV. III EAST
RHAM 35, Avon 0
CCC INTER
Berlin 21 NW Catholic 13
E.Catholic 42, Bulk/HMTCA/Weav 6
CTC
O’Brien 30, Quinebaug 26
ATI 14, Prince 12
Bull. Havens 13, Wilcox Tech 0
FCIAC DIV. I
Ffld.Ludlowe 43, Norwalk 42
Ridgefield 51, Bridgeport Central 0
FCIAC DIV. II
Darien 22, St. Joseph 7
Wilton 47, Ffld.Warde 28
FCIAC INTER
Danbury 52, Westhill 20
Stamford 19, Trinity Cath. 7
NEPSAC
Hopkins 25, Riverdale Country (NY), 14
Hamden Hall 26, St. Luke’s 6
Kingswood Oxford 40, Cushing Academy (Mass.) 6
Choate 34, Lawrenceville (NJ) 0
Taft 47, Salisbury 28
Suffield Academy 14, Deerfield Academy (Mass.) 10
Brunswick 41, Hotchkiss 7
Avon Old Farms 8, Trinity-Pawling 0
Phillips Andover (Mass.) 37, Loomis Chaffee 13
Canterbury 40, Albany Academy for Boys (NY) 13
Willston-Northampton (Mass.) 44, Kent 21
NVL BRASS
Kennedy 34, Wilby 0
PEQUOT SASSACUS
Cromwell/Port. 55 Lewis Mills 7
Valley Reg./Old Lyme 13, Cog./H.Ray/E.Hamp 0
PEQUOT UNCAS
Rockville 14, W.Locks/Suff./E.Gran. 13
OTHERS
E.O. Smith 40, CREC 0
Capital/AF 29, Woodstock 15
Off this week
Greenwich, Thames River
The two candidates for game of the week are Darien-St. Joe’s and Shelton-FP. All four teams are currently 2-0 so two teams here are going to get their first loss of the year. Given a choice I’d prefer that to be Darien and Prep, but I don’t think the boys are going to listen to me on that directive ! :-)
Prep and Shelton have been swapping wins for a few years now. This has the potential to be a great game if both teams come out firing with all cyclinders. Harrison scares me a little after his performance against the Gaels two years ago. But so far, the Gaels run defense seems pretty solid. This will be their biggest test yet. Tough to call a winner here as it’s going to Ben both teams most challenging game to date in my opinion.
In the Darien game I’d have to give the edge to Darien. Their quarterback, from what I’ve read is doing a good job in his first few games and their defense is usually good to begin with, but I think St. Joe’s is going to be hungry in this game. If they could defeat NC AND Darien this year they would certainly have braaging rights as the top dog in the FCIAC and in class M. We shall see if their performance matches their aspirations. Should be a great game. I might try to make it to that one as it’s not too far for me to travel. Enjoy the games. And Roll Gaels !
West Haven will beat them both.
I would like to see both games. Can’t see the Prep game because I’ll be at the Hamden vs. Hand game. Hopefully can get to the Darien vs. St. Joe’s game on Saturday.
Personally, I think Shelton and Prep both have a better shot at beating the Westies this year with the Godfrey boys now gone. I don’t know much about the Westies team this year so I have no idea how good they’ll be in comparison to last year’s team. Before they get there though, FP and Shelton will have to deal with each other ! And either way you slice it at that point one of those teams will walk away this Friday with a loss on their record.
Absolutely those will be the games to watch and the winner can go either way.
Not too fat for you to travel?? (In Connecticut i would not had thought anywhere too far. Both games will be big. I hope for Shelton and SJH . All worthy teams.
west haven is not that good they had troubles pre season with Glastonbury in scrimmage at NFA.
I see Darien really exposing the St . Joseph corners and especially their safeties. They do not tackle well and are often out of position. One thing the St. Joseph Defense and their defensive backs have been good at over the last 2 years is forcing turnovers.
Excited to see how Summers does against Darien’s quick and physical defense.
@spb — I have heard that the West Haven/ND-WH game is going to be moved to Ken Strong Stadium because there is a problem with Veterans Field — is that true?
new turf isnt ready
Pequot Picks:
H-K over Morgan
Cromwell over Lewis Mills
Valley over Cog.
Rockville over Windsor Locks
SMSA over Ellington
Stafford over Gilbert
Coventry over Canton
OSW over Granby
@HS FOOTBALL DAD……..agree, except i’m going to take Granby
Agree but picking Gilbert over Stafford and Canton over Coventry as upsets.
@Edward…seems like you are really hoping that Stafford gets upset. Didn’t you pick Canton over Stafford last week and predicted the score would be 35-0? You were kind of right on the score, it was 35-0 at the half, but Stafford was winning. Good luck with your picks this week.
HS Football Dad,
Yes I did pick Canton to upset Stafford, but I did not and would not make a score prediction – especially one like that on an upset pick.
Some of my picks are simply wishful thinking.
Regards
@edward is correct, it was HS FOOTBALL FAN that predicted the Canton score
Same here. Agree with all the picks except for Granby/OSW. Granby wins going away in this game. Coventry beats Canton, but Canton makes it close, as they continue to improve in search of their 1st win in over 2+ years.
Here is a prediction: Xavier at most wins 4 games this year, and more likely just 3 wins.
@edward, i agree with your Xavier prediction, another tough year for the Falcons. They never have any breaks in their schedule. Even East Haven looks better than last year’s version.
Wow did I go 8-0 this week?
No more Palmer field for Xavier Home Games?
No.
That’s a shame. The field was lumpy and the goal posts were pathetic, but Palmer has the best seating (right up against the field so you can see everything and hear the hitting), the best lighting (because it’s a baseball stadium), and the best concession stand of any field I’ve been to. Xavier’s new field is standard issue track between the field and stands and dimly lit. You won’t see me there.
Fred,
Best seating, really ?!
Water shed year for EH, Pete Thomas, when they beat X this Friday night on Wheelbarrow Ln…
You’re missing Ansonia at Oxford, Friday he 21st, 6:00 PM. NVL Copper Divison.
G
It’s there, and CIAC has it listed as Thursday.
Yes, I see it. Not sure when or why is was moved to Thursday, the original schedule had it listed as Friday.
West Haven vs Notre Dame (WH) has been moved to University of New Haven. Game time is still 7pm Friday night, at the blue football stadium
we are aware. sadly ciac doesn’t list sites on this board, will have to add it.
Some good matchups this week: I’ll take:
Shelton over Prep by a TD in a bruising game
North Haven over Cheshire (Cheshire looked good week one, but the wheels fell off. Gonna be tough to win 3 games with their schedule)
West Haven over NDWH by 2 TD
New Canaan over Trumbull in a close one
Killingly over New London
ST. Joes over Darien in a classic. St. Joes has a bit more talent this year. May be a one point game.
Wilbur Cross sends Xavier to 0-3.
I think we’ll be surprised by a very lopsided victory in this “classic”…but who’ll it be, I’m not quite sure, lol. My only prediction is that the result of this matchup will throw the “top 4” into complete turmoil.
For sure Hall and Conard (west Hartford) will lose since they can’t practice on Wednesday and their opponents can. Yom Kippur. Not sure if Amity and Staples in same boat. Practice matters . . . i think . .. . doesn’t it?? Congrats to Glastonbury and Enfield.
OLD SEA WHISKERS–you were almost right about the X game–serious problems with special teams–have to point the finger at the coaching staff–X was doing a good job but only for the first half–X is not a contender this year
ecc picks
Windham over East Lyme
Killingly beats New London
Griswold over Montville
NFA big over Bacon
Stonington over Ledyard
Fitch beats Waterford
I agree strongly with HOG NATION. I see Darien and their high octane offense exposing the St. Joe’s defensive backs, as they are light hitters and bite up all the time. St. Joe’s QB and their O line especially their interior beef, big Licursi, are the keys to game for Hog’s Offense.
Still not completely sold on Brookfield but I am sold on Henderson being the best back in the SWC
GTCT Poll Countdown?
Pre-season: #4
After Week 1: #3
Week 2: #3
Week 3: ?
Who are you voting for this week, SBP?
Freshman under center @Hand for the majority of the (varsity) 2nd half during the SurfClub home opener last night…