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| Holy Cross kicker Kyle Broderick boots the game-winning field goal in the Crusaders' 23-14 win over Valley Regional in Saturday's Class S semifinal. Credit: Jim Shannon/RA |
In Class M, the No. 1 Chargers dominated No. 4 Berlin, 48-14, in a game that was never even that close. Arkeel Newsome had one of his best games of the season, rushing for 321 yards and six touchdowns. (By the way, Newsome earned our NVL Blog Player of the Week award for the third time this season.) Ansonia allowed just 180 yards of total offense to Berlin.
In Class S, the No. 2 Crusaders pulled out a 23-14 win over No. 3 Valley Regional/Old Lyme in a game that was much closer than that score indicates. Holy Cross kicker Kyle Broderick hit the game-winning, 20-yard field goal with 26.8 seconds left before Cody Schmeer returned an interception for a touchdown on the ensuing drive to account for the final margin. The Crusaders will face No. 8 Cromwell in the Class S state championship.
Also in Class M, No. 7 Wolcott fell to No. 3 Ledyard, 35-0, thanks to a completely dominating defensive performance by the Colonels. Ledyard blasted Wolcott in just about every statistic (total yardage, 361-64; first-half yardage, 245-11; first downs, 19-6; third-down conversions, 9/10-2/10) and now has a date with Ansonia for the Class M state title.
We will release the schedule for the state finals as soon as it becomes official early this week. One game will be Friday night at 6:30 p.m. while the other three will be on Saturday at 10:30 a.m., 2 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. We just might have another tailgate, too.
The master of video--Remmy--shares his contributions for the week: Click here for Ansonia-Berlin and click here for Masuk-Daniel Hand.
Now, a bunch of links (aside from the links above, which will take you to the Rep-Am articles) for your reading and viewing pleasure on the three NVL games:Ansonia-Berlin: Rep-Am video, Rep-Am photos, Register story/videos, Register photos, Courant story, Courant photos, Post story/photos, Rick Volk video
Holy Cross-Valley Regional: Rep-Am photos, Register story/photos, Courant story, The Day story, The Day column
Wolcott-Ledyard: Rep-Am photos, The Day story, Norwich Bulletin story
And for those interested, some links to stories (most have photos and/or videos, too) from the other semifinals:
Hand-Masuk: Register, Post story, Post column
Xavier-Norwalk: Register, Courant, Post
Staples-Newtown: Register, Post
Cromwell-Northwest Catholic: Register, Courant
New Canaan-Windsor: Courant, Post
The four state championship matchups:
Class LL: No. 1 Xavier vs. No. 2 Staples (Saturday, 5:30 p.m.)
Class L: No. 2 Daniel Hand vs. No. 5 New Canaan (Saturday, 2 p.m.)
Class M: No. 1 Ansonia vs. No. 3 Ledyard (Saturday, 10:30 a.m.)
Class S: No. 2 Holy Cross vs. No. 8 Cromwell (Friday, 6:30 p.m.)
