By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent This Saturday, six CIAC Connecticut high school football teams will be crowned champions as all six state title championship games will be played in New Britain Connecticut on Dec. 13. Four games will be played at Veterans Stadium at Willow Brook Park as a pair of evening games will be played at Arute Field at Central Connecticut State University. Here’s a preview of each championship……
FOXBOROUGH – If you take a look at the secondary market ticket price’s for Sunday’s home game against the Buffalo Bills, you’d think it was 2014 again in Foxborough. Fans will be paying about $200-$300 to sit in the upper deck and close to $1,500 to sit in the lower bowl. It’s the biggest home game since that fateful night when Mike Vrabel’s Titans ended Brady’s Patriots career. It’s also…
Image courtesy of BC Athletics From winning another Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium, to the Under Armour All-American Game and then to BC. It’s going to be a busy few weeks for Catholic Memorial standout Mac Fitzgerald. Mac and the Knights won a second straight D2 Super Bowl last weekend in Foxborough, blowing out Bishop Feehan. Fitzgerald will soon be off to represent both the Knights and Boston College -…
Image courtesy of Dan Heary By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent WINDSOR — Led by 2025 Connecticut Gatorade Player of the Year and CCSU commit Anthony Robinson, No. 1 Windsor punched its ticket to the CIAC Class MM state title championship game for a second-straight year. Robinson threw for three touchdowns and ran for two in the Warriors’ 42-0 rout over No. 4 Newington. Missoni Brown scored two second-half touchdowns for…
Image courtesy of Dan Heary By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent BERLIN — For the second time in the last five seasons, the Berlin Redcoats football team will appear in a state title championship game. Behind the legs of quarterback Cody Puzio, the No. 2 Redcoats earned a 49-7 CIAC Class M victory over the No. 5 Holy Cross Crusaders Monday night at Sage Park in Berlin. “We have a great…
Image courtesy of Scott Sulkazi By Andy Close NEFJ Correspondent SOUTHINGTON – From 3-7 in 2024 to a trip to the state title game a year later. Southington dominated Norwich Free Academy from start to finish on Monday, earning a 42-7 victory in the CIAC Class LL semifinals and punching their ticket to the state final. “It’s amazing, it’s almost unreal,” said Southington head coach Rob Levesque. “The dedication these…
FAIRFIELD – By Greenwich standards, it was a little bit of a slow start in the first half on Monday night, despite being up by 14 after two quarters. But, in the end, the Cardinals did what championship teams do, pulling away for a 31-10 win over Fairfield Prep in a Class LL semifinal game. Greenwich moves to 10-2 on the year. Fairfield Prep finishes at 9-3, with both losses…
By Andy Close NEFJ Correspondent EAST HARTFORD — A new era of UConn football was ushered in on Monday, as Jason Candle was introduced as the program’s new head football coach. Candle, who comes from Toledo, spoke at a press conference at Rentschler Field. He replaces Jim Mora, who took the head coaching job at Colorado State shortly after the conclusion of the regular season. Candle inherits a program that…
FOXBOROUGH – As Xaverian coaches hugged and shook hands congratulating each other seconds after the Hawks held on for a wild 41-35 win in the Division 1 Super Bowl on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium, head coach Al Fornaro jokingly said someone needed to call 911. He said he felt like he had just had three heart attacks. The third-seeded Hawks were up by 20 at halftime against top-seeded St….
By Charlie Adams NEFJ Correspondent FOXBOROUGH – Scituate took its second-straight Division 4 Super Bowl victory on Saturday, needing nearly every second to knock off unbeaten Tewksbury in one of the best games in Massachusetts title game history. Jonny Donovan found Miller Shea with 16 seconds remaining for a 15-yard go-ahead score, securing a 42-41 win for the Sailors’ third Super Bowl win in five years. “My heart’s still pounding…