Lewis Mills athletic director Dan Tanner just told me that Lewis Mills will be forced to forfeit this week's game against Haddam-Killingworth.

As part of the ruling handed down by the CIAC Tuesday following a brawl during the third quarter of last Saturday's Lewis Mills vs. North Branford game, every player on both Lewis Mills and North Branford was suspended for one game.

Lewis Mills, a first-year varsity program, will be unable to field a team for this week.

“I don’t really have a comment other than to say we think the ruling is a correct one,” Tanner said. “They applied the rules in a manner that they should be.”