Connecticut High School Football News

H.S. Football -- Stamford retains City Championship with 21-11 win over Westhill By JOE RYAN Times Correspondent STAMFORD -- They say throw out the records when it comes to city rivalries.

The Ridgefield Raiders eighth grade football team continued its run toward a possible national championship on Saturday evening with a 40-12 victory over the Pelham-Windham Razorbacks to win the American Youth Football New England Regional Championship.

Staples Coach Marce Petroccio shares some Thanksgiving fixings with his players following today's 30-28 victory over Greenwich at Staples.

Bunnell hadn't finished with a losing record in 12 football seasons. The Bulldogs are dying to get back to the state playoffs again.

The Penn State Lady Lions close out their four-game road trip in Orono, Maine at the Dead River Company Classic hosted by the University of Maine over Thanksgiving weekend.

The Buriak family is presented with a football that their son, Matt, caught in last Saturday's junior varsity game between Ledyard and Fitch after the varsity squads' Thanksgiving Day football game Thursday.

For Masuk, it was about playing for a spot in the postseason, while for Newtown, this was its season.

The Pomperaug football team that struggled Wednesday night for much of its regular-season finale against Oxford wasn't the same team that defeated Masuk just six days earlier in the SWC championship game.

The M.O. for the Notre Dame-Fairfield football team in 2009 hadn't exactly been for a flashy offense.

Bethel. Bullard-Havens. Ansonia. Darien. New Canaan. These are a handful of regional high school football teams that will be playing for one of the 18 remaining state playoff spots when Thanksgiving football gets under way tonight and continues Thurssday all across Connecticut.

H.S. Football -- Stamford pulls out win over Trinity Catholic in a city classic By JOHN NASH Times Sports Editor STAMFORD -- Kevin Jones had been waiting all game to make the call.

Golf outings, car washes, tag sales and comedy nights are some of the fundraisers that have enabled the Ellington/Somers co-op team to compete in high school football this season.

Conard needed a win to clinch a spot in the Class L playoffs and a perfect 10-0 regular season record.

Staples senior captain Brendan Rankowitz helped carry the Wreckers football team to the FCIAC title Friday night.

S OUTH BEND, Ind. - His parents came from Ireland. The family name? Sullivan. He grew up near Bulkeley High in the South End of Hartford and spent his early life on the playing fields of Colt Park.

Simsbury outlasted Glastonbury 34-33 in overtime Saturday at Stadium Field. Kevin Kucinskas opened the scoring with a 1-yard run on fourth down.

Having already captured the league and state championships, the undefeated Ridgefield Raiders eighth grade football team is now set to play for the New England championship today.

After years of debate and dozens of proposals, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference announced it will adopt a new playoff format for football in 2010.

Parents often sit in the stands at football games and daydream of their son becoming the next Eli Manning, Tom Brady or Steve Young.

It's nothing new to the world of high school running backs, but when it comes to Pomperaug senior Ben Crick the old description of "football speed" is perfectly suited for No.