First, congratulations to Holy Cross on winning its second-ever state championship with a 34-27 win over Cromwell in Friday night's thrilling Class S final. Check out Kyle's column, as well as the Rep-Am game story, photos, and video from that game.
Congratulations also goes to Ansonia, which became the first team in Connecticut high school football history to complete a 14-0 season by beating Ledyard, 38-0, for the Chargers' 17th state title. Check out Kyle's column, as well as the Rep-Am game story, photos, and video from Saturday's Class M championship game.
This is the first time since Ansonia and Seymour won crowns in 2007 that the NVL is home to two state champions.
Check out these previews of our two featured games from local media:
Holy Cross-Cromwell: Red Zone Blog preview/pick, Rep-Am preview, Rep-Am capsule, Holy Cross' diverse scoring attack, SPB Blog preview/pick, Register preview/pick, Cromwell boasts powerful offense
Ansonia-Ledyard: Ansonia's powerful offensive line, Newsome can become national rushing leader, Ansonia and Ledyard both want to run, Newsome already among the elite, SPB Blog preview/pick/video, Ledyard set for shot at Ansonia, Ledyard will face state's best, Ansonia's tradition of physical football, Ledyard's state championship rap
Other tidbits: State finals by the numbers, CIAC happy to have games at Rentschler, SPB Blog Class LL preview, SPB Blog Class L preview, Ned Griffen's Lonesome Polecat potpourri
Holy Cross-Cromwell: WELI 960 AM (audio), sportingnewsct.com (audio), Red Zone live blog with Kyle, CIAC live stats/box score
Ansonia-Ledyard: WELI 960 AM (audio), sportingnewsct.com (audio), Red Zone live blog with Kyle, CIAC live stats/box score
Daniel Hand-New Canaan: WELI 960 AM (audio), sportingnewsct.com (audio), CIAC live stats/box score
Xavier-Staples: WELI 960 AM (audio), sportingnewsct.com (audio), CIAC live stats/box score
Click here for a replay of the 2011 State Championships Live Scoreboard.
