New Canaan junior right tackle Conor Hanratty has given an oral commitment to play at Notre Dame. Hanratty, a Register All-State selection, received interest from over 20 Division I programs, according to New Canaan coach Lou Marinelli.

Hanratty's father, Terry, starred at quarterback at Notre Dame, leading the Fighting Irish to the national title in 1966.

Hanratty also went on visits to Boston College, Florida, Penn State, Virginia and Wisconsin.

"It's been a dream of his to go to Notre Dame," Marinelli said.

More players from Hamden have decided on their college choice, they are:


OL/DL Cam Davis-------Dean
WR/DB Anthony Guess----Dean
WR/DB Mike Guess-----Nichols
QB Jason Lassiter-----Kent School
OL/DL Alex DeMarco-----Bridgeton Academy
RB/DB Barry Abraham-----WCSU
WR Jordan Collins-----WCSU

According to Tom Yantz and the Hartford Courant.
This is what Yantz wrote:
Bill Mella has announced his resignation as Southington football coach to take an assistant offensive line coaching position at Wesleyan. His career record at Southington in five seasons was 43-13, including 5-5 last year. He directed two teams to the Class LL championship game: 2005 when the Blue Knights lost to Xavier 45-30 and in '06 when they lost to Greenwich 28-7. Mella is familiar with Wesleyan and NESCAC. He had been an assistant coach at Trinity for six years before he started at Southington in 2005.