Senior quarterback Greg Palmer rushed 16 times for 92 yards, and he threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to senior Dan Sweeney for the Rams in this SCC Division I East victory at West Haven.

Sweeney also scored on a 29-yard run for Cheshire (8-1).

Marquis Highsmith scored on a 7-yard run, and Damian McIntosh caught a 40-yard touchdown pass from Nick Nieves for the Westies (4-5).

No. 1 Staples (10-0) defeated No. 8 Bridgeport Central (8-1), 14-10, to win the FCIAC title.

In other action:
Sal Varca rushed 16 times for 136 yards and two touchdowns to lead host North Branford to a 49-18 Pequot Conference interdivision victory over Housatonic/Wamogo.
Joe Perez rushed for 128 yards on 13 carries and two touchdowns for the Thunderbirds (4-5).

New London 40, Sheehan 7: Kyle McKinnon scored three rushing touchdowns to lead the No. 5 Whalers (9-0) to a non-conference win at Wallingford.
Gionni Gibbs returned a fumble 37 yards for a touchdown for the Titans (3-6).

This just in from the CIAC:

The CIAC Board of Control voted unanimously at its meeting Thursday to accept the proposal of the CIAC Football Committee to adapt a new division and playoff structure for the sport of football beginning in the 2010 season.

The format calls for four equal divisions by enrollment (down from the current six). Eight teams in each division would qualify for the playoffs. A quarterfinal round will be on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, followed by semifinals on the next Saturday and the four championship games the Saturday after that. In 2010 those dates will be November 30th (16 quarterfinals at sites of the higher ranked team), December 4th (eight semifinals at neutral sites if possible) and December 11th (four championship games at one or two sites).

Silas Redd, a senior running back from King & Low Heywood Thomas in Stamford, has been nominated for the U.S. Army Player of the Year award. This honor goes out to the nation's top prep football player. Redd is headed to Penn. State,

The U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection Committee has nominated 16 student-athletes for the prestigious 2010 U.S. Army Player of the Year Award, considered high school football's highest honor. The U.S. Army Player of the Year award
is given to the nation's most outstanding senior high school football
player participating in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. The six
finalists for the award will be announced on December 2. The U.S.
Army Player of the Year will be crowned during the U.S. Army Awards
Dinner on January 9, 2010, in San Antonio, where the winner will be
presented with the Ken Hall Trophy, modeled after Ken "Sugar Land
Express" Hall, high school football's all-time leading rusher.

Below are the nations 16 nominees:
Keenan Allen DB Northern Guilford Greensboro, N.C.
Dillon Baxter RB Mission Bay San Diego, Calif.
Brennan Clay RB Scripps Ranch San Diego, Calif.
Michael Dyer RB Little Rock Christian Little Rock, Ark.
Sharrif Floyd DLGeorge Washington Philadelphia, Pa.
Jake Heaps QB Skyline Sammamish, Wash.
Seantrel Henderson OL Cretin-Derham Hall St. Paul, Minn.
Malcolm Jones RB Oaks Christian Westlake Village, Calif.
Lamarcus Joyner DB St. Thomas Aquinas Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Marcus Lattimore RB Byrnes Duncan, S.C.
Ronald Powell DL Rancho Verde Moreno Valley, Calif.
Kyle Prater WR Proviso West Hillside, Ill.
Silas Redd RB King & Low Heywood Thomas Stamford, Conn.
Lache Seastrunk RB Temple Temple, Texas
Phillip Sims QB Oscar Smith Chesapeake, Va.
Robert Woods WR/DB Junipero Serra Gardena, Calif.

Staples (9-0) is the new No. 1 team in the Register Top 10 Poll.

Here is the rest of the Top 5
2. Glastonbury (9-0)
3. Pomperaug (9-0)
4. Masuk (9-0)
5. New London (8-0)

Check out the complete Top 10 in Tuesday's Register.

After Bridgeport Central defeated New Canaan this weekend, there will be a new No. 1 in the Register Top 10 Poll.

In early voting returns, four different teams have received first-place votes.

So who will be No.1?

Will it be Staples, which was No.2 last week? How about No. 3 Glastonbury? Or unbeaten New London, which was No. 6 last week?

Tell us who you think should be No. 1. Leave a comment below.

Senior Myles Morrison caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from senior Kendell Groom with 9:09 left in the fourth quarter to lift Hyde to a Pequot Conference Sassacus Division victory at New Haven.

Cromwell (6-2) failed to convert on a 4th-and-3 from the Hyde (8-1) 11 with 35 seconds remaining.

Senior quarterback Bobby Jordan led Cromwell with 80 yards on 18 carries.

Senior Juston Wilson carried 13 times for 55 yards for the Howling Wolves.