TRUMBULL -- With 2:33 left in the game Staples wide receiver Brendan Rankowitz felt as if he had just cost his team the FCIAC championship by dropping a certain touchdown pass.   Read More »

TRUMBULL -- It didn't make sense. Some Central Hilltoppers didn't seem to quite believe it yet. For others, it had hit them harder than any Staples Wrecker had.   Read More »

FCIAC championship No. 4 Central vs. No. 1 Staples WHEN -- Tonight, 7:30 WHERE -- McDougall Stadium, Trumbull RECORDS -- Central 8-1; Staples 9-0 PAST CHAMPIONSHIPS -- Central (0):.   Read More »

Can't make it to the FCIAC football championship game in Trumbull? Hearst Connecticut Newspapers, including The Advocate of Stamford, the Connecticut Post, the News-Times of Danbury and Greenwich   Read More »

After years of debate and dozens of proposals, the CIAC announced it will adopt a new playoff format for football in 2010. Under the new system, which the CIAC board of control voted to unanimously   Read More »

Offense may win games, but Staples coach Marce Petroccio is a proponent of the theory that defense wins championships. While the Staples offense has rolled up 338 points in just nine games this   Read More »

FCIAC CHAMPIONSHIP No. 4 Central vs. No. 1 Staples WHEN -- Tonight, 7:30 WHERE -- McDougall Stadium, Trumbull RECORDS -- Central 8-1; Staples 9-0 PAST CHAMPIONSHIPS -- Central (0):.   Read More »

FOOTBALL RESULTS THURSDAY SWC championship Pomperaug 38, Masuk 23 STATE Fitch 34, Griswold 6 Ledyard 31, Bacon Academy 21 €©   Read More »

FOOTBALL SCHEDULE All games begin at 7 unless noted FRIDAY FCIAC championship at Trumbull Staples vs. Central, 7:30 STATE New London at Sheehan Elllington/Somers at Cromwell, 6:30 Plainfield at   Read More »

Can't make it to the SWC football championship game in Southbury? Hearst Connecticut Newspapers -- the Connecticut Post and the News Times of Danbury -- will be hosting a live blog on all the night's   Read More »

MONROE -- Parents often sit in the stands at football games and daydream of their son becoming the next Eli Manning, Tom Brady or Steve Young. When Darrell and Debbie Trump first saw their son,   Read More »

A capsule look at Thursday's SWC Championship game   Read More »

SOUTHBURY -- It's nothing new to the world of high school running backs, but when it comes to Pomperaug senior Ben Crick the old description of "football speed" is perfectly suited for No.   Read More »

WOODBRIDGE -- Tom Scanlon and Kyle Kalanta each scored twice in a 27-point first quarter to lead Amity over Guilford 34-7 in a SCC matchup Wednesday night.   Read More »

BRIDGEPORT -- Jose Castillo usually got the Harding game. He's an alum of the East End school, and what better person to talk about how special it is to beat the Presidents?   Read More »