Ansonia Wins NVL Title

Ansonia lineman Tyler Williams was among many
Chargers who played nearly flawlessly in their
33-0 win over Holy Cross in Thursday's NVL
championship. Credit: Erin Covey/Rep-Am
So, in case you haven't heard, Ansonia beat Holy Cross last night. With the 33-0 win, the Chargers are the NVL champions for the first time since the Tristan Roberts-led 2008 Ansonia squad won the title.

The game was close for about two and a half quarters. Holy Cross had only one scoring threat, though, and two passes to the end zone fell incomplete. The Crusaders never reached the red zone and the game's outcome never felt in doubt.

Arkeel Newsome took a little longer to put the game out of reach this time, although he ended up with five touchdowns and 294 yards on 36 carries. He touched the ball on the first 13 Ansonia plays, including a 57-yard touchdown on the Chargers' first play from scrimmage.

The Ansonia defense played its best game of the season, allowing really only about three big plays all night on two Dave DiGiorgi runs and a pass from Zach Brown to Ryan Byrne. The Chargers' front seven was fantastic and Ansonia forced two turnovers--a fumble recovery by Tyler Wood and an interception by Newsome.

Click here for Remmy's video of the action at Municipal Stadium.

Everybody and their brother had this game covered last night (of course, Kyle and the Rep-Am had it covered best) so check out everything from the game.

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