The Suspense of 24 October 31, 2008

Not the Fox TV show but the 24 teams that are most likely to qualify for the CIAC playoffs – 4 from each of the 6 classes.
Here’s my breakdown heading into Week 8.  As always, I welcome your opinions with an email to john.holt@wfsb.com
Class LL
The Top 4 Right Now: Glastonbury, Hamden, Southington, Xavier
It’ll be different [...]

Poof! The Magic Dragons October 24, 2008

In 2006 Hamden won 1 football game.  In 2007 Hamden won 1 football game.  So far in 2008 The Hamden Green Dragons have won 6 football games and lost none.  They are currently #1 in the Class LL playoff point standings. I had a chance to visit Hamden’s practice on Tuesday and it’s clear to [...]

When Is A Win Not A Win? October 17, 2008

When a loss isn’t a loss of course.  Though it had apparently been agreed upon back in January some coaches in the Fairfield County Athletic Association didn’t realize that last week’s 9 league games all did not count towards league standings and qualifying for the FCIAC playoff Championship Game.  The games did however count for [...]

Have Camera, Will Travel? October 10, 2008

There are so many intriguing games tonight it won’t be possible for our Eyewitness News cameras to get to every one of them.  Know anyone taping footage of the Hamden-Shelton game? The  New London – St. Bernard’s/Norwich Tech game?  If they’re willing to hop in their car and travel to Rocky Hill postgame to get [...]

A White Out In The FNF Poll October 3, 2008

Foran’s Jake White: One To Watch
With rain causing the games to be all spread out over last weekend (the last game wasn’t until Tuesday afternoon) we opted to do something other than our typical Athlete of the Week poll on the FNF home page.  We ran a poll asking you to vote on the best [...]