Unfortunately, due to the snow and subsequent power outages, we were unable to shoot our weekly videos. (We know how upset you must be.) However, we didn't forget to mention our CSWA Top 15 polls and our NVL Power Rankings.
Kyle's CSWA Top 15: 1) Masuk, 2) Xavier, 3) Ansonia, 4) Daniel Hand, 5) Staples, 6) Windsor, 7) New Canaan, 8) Conard, 9) Notre Dame-West Haven, 10) Valley Regional/Old Lyme, 11) North Haven, 12) Glastonbury, 13) New London, 14) Bunnell, 15) Hartford Public
Remmy's CSWA Top 15: 1) Masuk, 2) Xavier, 3) Ansonia, 4) Daniel Hand, 5) New Canaan, 6) Windsor, 7) Staples, 8) Valley Regional/Old Lyme, 9) Conard, 10) Notre Dame-West Haven, 11) North Haven, 12) Northwest Catholic, 13) Pomperaug, 14) Newtown, 15) Berlin
Kyle's and Remmy's NVL Power Rankings: 1) Ansonia, 2) Holy Cross, 3) Torrington, 4) Wolcott, 5) Woodland
St. Paul (0-7, 0-7, 0-4) at Sacred Heart (2-4, 2-4, 1-3): The Hearts were locked in a battle with Holy Cross all night long on Friday but they lost their best offensive threat, Jaquan Overbey, to an ankle injury before halftime. If Overbey can't go this week, Sacred Heart may struggle a little, but the team has other capable running backs like Jolly Black to carry the load. St. Paul continued to struggle last week. The Hearts' secondary is very athletic and should be able to force a few turnovers.
Picks: Remmy- Sacred Heart, 36-20. Kyle- Sacred Heart, 33-14.
Seymour (5-2, 4-2, 2-2) at Derby (2-5, 2-5, 1-3): The old Housatonic rivalry gets rekindled this week at DeFilippo Field with the Wildcats looking to keep pace in Class S while the Red Raiders seek to play spoiler. Derby matched Torrington step for step in the first half on Friday before letting it slip away. The Raiders' run defense did them in, so we expect a lot of Jon Wilson and Luke Grabowski on the ground from Seymour. But you can never count out Ray Kreiger to at least make this thing close.
Picks: Remmy- Seymour, 34-28. Kyle- Seymour, 36-26.
Kennedy (1-6, 1-5, 1-3) at Torrington (5-2, 5-1, 3-1): Torrington has a big rooting interest in the Holy Cross-Woodland game. But even if the Hawks pull the upset that the Red Raiders need, Torrington still has its own business to take care of in the next two weeks with Kennedy and Sacred Heart. The Eagles will have some momentum riding into this game after their first win against St. Paul, and Kennedy's ugly style of football can always power an upset. But Torrington's run defense has been very good over the last few weeks and as long as that continues, the Raiders shouldn't have a lot of problems.
Picks: Remmy- Torrington, 62-49. Kyle- Torrington, 53-20.
Naugatuck (4-3, 3-3, 2-3) at Watertown (2-5, 2-4, 2-3): The Greyhounds are finally done with their Copper Division stretch, but it crippled their season with three straight losses. Naugy will be playing for pride the rest of the way with no division or playoff spot to contend with. We wouldn't be surprised to see Jake Yourison take out a little bit of frustration this week. Naugatuck has turned over the ball 11 times in the last three games so if the 'Hounds get sloppy again, Watertown will be right in this one.
Picks: Remmy- Naugatuck, 28-13. Kyle- Naugatuck, 34-20.
Wilby (3-4, 3-3, 2-3) at Crosby (1-6, 1-5, 0-4): Wilby's four losses have come by a combined 17 points. The Wildcats are realistically about four plays away from being 7-0. But unfortunately, that's not how football works. Still, Wilby is a much-improved team and hasn't lost consecutive games all season. Jay'Len Mahan and Jacob Thomas have both been explosive at different times all season, and those two should be able to power the Wildcats past a hapless Crosby squad.
Picks: Remmy- Wilby, 38-12. Kyle- Wilby, 44-13.
As always, we invite you to make your picks along with us. The Predictions Tracker has been updated through Week 7.
Our Co-Games of the Week thread, featuring the Brass championship between Wolcott and Ansonia as well as the potential Copper championship between Holy Cross and Woodland will be coming on Wednesday.
SCHEDULING UPDATES: Please look inside this thread for the latest scheduling updates due to the power outages. We will also update the schedules in the right sidebar and on Twitter. Stay warm, everyone!
