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Friday, November 6, 2009

Bullard Havens 54, Platt Tech 42

Justin May carried 28 times for 276 yards and five touchdowns and caught a 62-yard touchdown pass to lead the Tigers to a Constitution State Conference victory at Milford.

May's 49-yard touchdown run on a fake punt broke a 30-30 tie to give Bullard Havens (7-1) the lead for good late in the third quarter.

Geremy Grate rushed 31 times for 249 yards and five touchdowns and caught a 44-yard touchdown pass for Platt Tech (3-5).

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Week 8: Predictions

Here are my predictions for Week 8. My picks are in bold. Feel free to add yours.

FRIDAY'S GAMES
CSC
Bullard Havens Tech at Platt Tech, 7:00 p.m.
NVL BRASS
Seymour at Wolcott, 7:00 p.m.
NVL COPPER
Naugatuck at Woodland, 7:00 p.m.
NVL INTER
St. Paul/Goodwin Tech at Ansonia, 7:00 p.m.
PEQUOT SASSACUS
North Branford at Valley Regional/Old Lyme, 6:30 p.m.
Old Saybrook/Westbrook at Vinal Tech/Coginchaug, 6:30 p.m.
SCC DIVISION I EAST
Wilbur Cross at Hand, 7:00 p.m.
SCC DIVISION I WEST
Shelton at Amity, 7:00 p.m.
SCC DIVISION II EAST
North Haven at East Haven, 7:00 p.m.
SCC DIVISION II WEST
Hillhouse at Guilford, 7:00 p.m.
Law at Branford, 7:00 p.m.
SCC INTER
Lyman Hall at Hamden, 7:00 p.m.
Notre Dame-West Haven at Foran, 7:00 p.m.
SWC PATRIOT
Oxford at Immaculate, 6:00 p.m.
SWC INTER
Brookfield at Stratford, 7:00 p.m.
Notre Dame-Fairfield at Bunnell, 7:00 p.m.

SATURDAY'S GAMES
NVL BRASS
Derby/O'Brien Tech at Wilby, 2:00 p.m.
PEQUOT SASSACUS
Hyde at Morgan, 3:30 p.m.
SCC DIVISION I WEST
Fairfield Prep at Xavier, 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Cheshire at West Haven postponed

Friday's contest between Cheshire and West Haven has been postponed due to a possible swine flu outbreak among the Cheshire football team.

The game will now be played on Saturday Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. at Strong Stadium in West Haven.

Cheshire coach Mark Ecke said that between 40 and 50 percent of his team is out with "multiple illnesses" although Ecke said that no one has tested positive for the swine flu at this point.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Staples, Glastonbury flip-flop in latest Top 10

Staples moved up from No. 3 to No. 2 in the latest Register Top 10 Poll, switching spots with Glastonbury this week.

The rest of the Top 10 teams remain the same.

Here is the Top 5

1. New Canaan
2. Staples
3. Glastonbury
4. Masuk
5. Pomperaug

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Hopkins 19, Hamden Hall 0

Junior running back Bryan Turkel rushed 30 times for 149 yards and all three touchdowns in this Fairchester League victory at Hamden.

Turkel scored on runs of 20, 4 and 1 yards.

Senior running back Ryan D'Souza gained 92 yards on 19 carries for Hopkins (4-3). D'Souza also had an interception, as did senior linebacker Ben Cabranes.

Hamden Hall is 5-2.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Ansonia 44, Derby/O'Brien Tech 14

Junior running back Montrell Dobbs rushed 33 times for 188 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Chargers to this Naugatuck Valley League Brass Division victory in the revival of its rivalry with the Red Raiders. The last meeting between the schools was played in 2003.

Senior running back Bobby Kinnebrew carried 13 times for 118 yards and one touchdown for Ansonia (5-2), while senior running back Nick O'Connor carried nine times for 77 yards and one score.

Kicker Michael Palmquist kicked a 30-yard field goal for the Chargers.

Ansonia now leads the series 51-28-8.

Jacob Tomczak returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown for the Red Raiders (3-4), while D'Ron Conyers scored on a 15-yard run in the first quarter. Ansonia led just 21-14 at halftime.

Football chat replay

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