Image courtesy of CIAC Sports  By Rob Gullo & Andy Close NEFJ Correspondents It’s time to put a bow on the 2025 high school football season in the state of Connecticut. Greenwich (Class LL), New Canaan (Class L), Windsor (Class MM), Berlin (Class M), Hand (Class SS), and Sheehan (Class S) all captured state titles over the weekend. New Canaan completes a wire-to-wire run as the top team in our…

Image courtesy of Scott Sulkazi  By Andy Close NEFJ Correspondent NEW BRITAIN — Greenwich made back-to-back look easy on Saturday. The Cardinals put together a dominant first half, as Jack Kelly accounted for four total touchdowns in a 45-6 win over Southington in the Class LL title game to win a second consecutive state title. “It feels surreal,” Kelly said. “We came into this season and said we can’t get…

Image courtesy of Dan Heary By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent NEW BRITAIN — When Brookfield scored a touchdown and converted a two-point conversion to take a 15-14 lead over Berlin with 48 seconds left in Saturday’s CIAC Class M state championship game at Arute Field, it looked as if the Bobcats were going to avenge last year’s title loss and becomes this year’s champion. Berlin’s Eli Rice had different plans….

Image courtesy of Scott Sulkazi  By Andy Close NEFJ Correspondent NEW BRITAIN — Make it four in a row for the New Canaan Rams. Behind 166 yards and two touchdowns on the ground from Finn Mocco , the Rams rolled to their fourth consecutive CIAC Class L title, 34-13 over Cheshire on Saturday. It was a dominant performance from start to finish from one of New England’s premier programs. It…

Image courtesy of Carlos Rodriguez By Rob Gullo NEFJ Correspondent NEW BRITAIN — A year ago, Windsor saw its season-long goal of becoming state champions come up short at the hands of the Masuk Panthers, who defeated the Warriors by three points for the 2024 CIAC Class MM state title. Fast forward a year later to Saturday and the opportunity wasn’t going to pass them by this time. Windsor defeated…

By Craig Boland NEFJ Correspondent NEW BRITAIN – With three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Sheehan running back Joshua Durant carried multiple Northwest Catholic defenders into the end zone (with a helpful push from multiple linemen) for his third rushing touchdown of the day, putting Sheehan ahead 21-7 after a Reid Carter extra point. Northwest Catholic would not score again, and the Titans went on to win the Connecticut…