2013 Class L Football

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
1 Darien 31-29 8 Daniel Hand @McMahon	12/3 6:30 Tweet	1 Darien 13-7 4 Middletown @Pomperaug	12/7 2:00 Tweet	1 Darien 3 New Canaan 44-12 @Boyle Stadium	12/14 11:05 Tweet

4 Middletown 49-14 5 New London @Middletown	12/3 6:30 Tweet

2 Platt 7 North Haven 35-0 @Falcon Fld.	12/3 6:30 Tweet	7 North Haven 3 New Canaan 17-0 @Jonathan Law	12/7 2:00 Tweet

3 New Canaan 46-0 6 Farmington @New Canaan	12/3 6:30 Tweet

Rosters

Darien Football

	2013 Darien Blue Wave Head Coach: Rob Trifone Assistants: Tom O'Neil, Mike Forget, Andy Grant, Joe SantaLucia, Jim Tagariello, Mitch Ross

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
2	William Hamernick	CB	11	5-11	170
3	Dylan Cunningham	WR	11	6-2	160
4	Peter Archey	FB	11	5-8	200
5	George Reed	G/DE	11	6-0	219
6	Colin Minicus	WR/FS	10	5-9	140
8	Daly Hebert	K	12	6-0	165
9	Hudson Hamill	RB/CB	10	5-9	140
10	Cooper Drippe	QB	11	6-2	180
11	Timothy Graham	QB	10	5-10	155
12	Silas Wyper	QB	12	6-0	195
14	Colin Flynn	K	11	5-9	150
16	Shelby Grant	RB/LB	10	5-10	155
17	Mitchell Losito	FS	11	6-0	160
18	Issac Sellhausen	RB	12	6-0	165
19	Griffin Ross	WR/CB	11	5-10	170
20	Jay Harrison	FB/LB	12	5-11	185
21	Nicholas Lombardo	RB/FS	12	6-0	170
22	Andrew Nault	LB	12	6-0	200
23	Matthew Lesko	LB	12	6-0	165
24	Christian Trifone	RB/FS	10	5-10	140
25	John Reed	RB/FS	12	5-11	180
26	Colin Cochran	FS	11	5-9	165
27	Jack Feeley	TE	11	6-3	210
28	Robert Trifone	WR/CB	10	5-10	140
29	Myles Ridder	RB/LB	12	6-0	190
30	Todd Herget	WR	11	6-2	160
32	Luis Sanchez	RB/LB	10	5-9	160
33	Benjamin Giorgio	RB	12	6-0	180
34	Ryan Murray	TE	11	6-2	205
35	Graham Littell	WR	10	6-3	156
36	Timothy Lochtefeld	RB/LB	11	5-11	172
37	Austen Appleby	RB	10	5-11	160
40	Geoffrey Parnon	LB	10	5-10	160

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
41	Andrew Clarke	G	10	5-10	160
42	Marcus Pagliarulo	C	10	5-7	180
44	Britton Barthold	C	10	6-3	180
45	Matthew Vossler	TE/LB	12	6-3	210
46	Peter Grant	RB/LB	11	5-11	180
48	Robert Waters	LB	10	5-7	145
51	William Kauffman	LB	10	5-9	175
52	Charlie Travers	LB	11	6-2	195
54	Thomas Gasparino	G	12	6-0	210
55	Brian Abberley	LB	12	6-0	160
56	Spencer McKeough	DT	12	6-3	210
58	Jack Tyrrell	OT/DT	11	6-3	220
62	Mark Schmidt	LB	10	5-8	150
64	Jacob Levy	DT	10	6-2	250
68	Brandon DelGatto	DE	10	5-11	180
72	Nicholas Kunze	OT	12	6-3	265
74	Jimmy Degnan	C	11	6-0	225
75	Sam Bowtell	G	11	6-2	235
76	John Griffiths	OT/DT	11	6-1	270
77	Alexander Gunn	C	12	5-9	252
80	Liam Staats	WR/FS	10	5-9	150
81	Rock Stewart	WR	10	6-0	155
82	Burke Blatney	WR	10	6-0	150
83	Samuel Giorgio	LB	10	5-10	148
84	Jackson Lovegrove	WR	12	6-2	180
85	Tyler Grant	CB	10	5-10	140
88	Kyle Gifford	WR	12	6-0	178
90	Mark Evanchick	DE	10	6-0	225
91	Jack Garfield	OT	11	6-4	215
98	Spencer Stovall	G	10	5-11	190
99	Steven Norelli	OT	11	6-0	215

Platt Football

	2013 Platt Panthers Head Coach: Jason Bruenn Assistants: Jason Bruenn, Mark Thornton, Brian Frederick, Jason Nelson, Sean Gannon, Desmond Cooper, Ed Waters, Ryan Price, Brian Hollman, Gilbert Lopez, Mark Hughes

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
1	Deion Lespier	QB / CB	12	5-9	160
2	Hasani McKenzie	WR/CB	12	5-9	155
3	Jovan White	WR/CB	11	5-9	155
5	Tayvon Hudson	TE/S	10	5-7	155
6	Andrew McBride	QB/CB	12	5-11	175
7	Creme Watford	WR / LB	12	6-3	210
8	Olajuwon McLeod	WR/CB	11	5-10	160
9	Cyrick Watford	WR/S	11	6-2	190
11	Jaquam Lester	WR/CB	10	5-6	145
12	Tylon Papallo	QB/CB	9	5-8	155
14	Troy Clemons	WR/LB	11	5-4	115
15	Joseph Mwamba	QB/LB	10	5-10	160
16	Bernard Figueroa-Velez	RB/LB	10	5-7	155
20	Jamel Holder	RB/LB	9	5-9	165
21	Tyzhan Leatherwood	RB/S	11	5-7	165
22	Sean Callahan	WR/LB	11	5-9	155
23	Joquan Grace	RB/LB	11	5-9	160
24	Daniel Cajigas	RB/LB	11	5-7	145
25	Devin Davidson	WR/LB	10	5-7	155
26	Vincent Rawlings	RB/LB	10	5-9	155
33	Andre Levy	RB/DE	9	5-10	180
34	Isa Malik	TE/S	12	6-1	185
40	Fernando Rivera	WR/LB	10	5-8	150
41	Jason Nelson	WR / LB	12	5-9	180
42	Scott Dargan	TE / LB	12	5-10	215
46	Handy Ellison	WR/DL	11	5-6	200

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
50	Dominic Modica	OL/LB	9	5-8	160
51	Alejandro Guzman	OL/DL	12	5-4	185
52	Tyler Banasiewicz	OL/DL	10	6-2	200
55	Nicholas Martone	OL/DL	9	5-10	200
56	Kemar Campbell	OL/DL	11	5-10	185
58	Jeremy Demers	OL/LB	10	5-9	160
61	Michael Barnett	OL / DL	12	5-10	230
63	Magdiel Gomez	OL/DL	9	6-0	190
64	Maalik Brown	OL/DL	11	5-7	180
65	Toledo Sharp	OL/DL	12	5-10	205
66	Dante Davidson	OL/DL	11	5-9	215
67	John Bernado	OL/DL	11	5-7	235
68	Leroy Walker	OL/DL	11	5-10	225
71	Marquise Highsmith	OL/DL	11	5-10	190
72	Isaiah Vargas	OL/DL	11	5-7	225
73	Jean Hernandez	OL/DL	9	5-11	200
74	Erlin Colon	OL / DL	12	6-4	310
75	Adam Enoch	OL/DL	12	6-3	225
78	Noel Cruz	OL/DL	12	5-8	310
79	Nico D'Avanzo	OL/DL	9	5-10	225
80	Hakeem MeLeod	WR/CB	9	5-6	140
81	Dewayne DeMace	TE/LB	11	6-0	175
82	Khallil Bailey	WR/LB	11	6-0	165
83	Julian Badillo	WR/LB	9	5-8	155

New Canaan Football

	2013 New Canaan Rams Head Coach: Lou Marinelli Assistants: Toby Alvarez, Frank Arcamone, Tymon Brooks, Dante Correnty, Sean Donovan, BJ Jones, Bill Kurtz, Steve Lauten, Trevor Leckie, John Marinelli, Michael Perri, Stan Sarafin, Daron Shepard, Chris Silvestri, Scott Stone

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
1	Michael Root-Captain	WR/LB	12	6-3	227
2	Cole Harris-Captain	RB/LB	12	6-0	211
3	Jack Gilio	WR/DB	12	5-9	173
4	Frank Cognetta	RB/OLB	11	5-10	191
5	Graham Wagner	WR/DB	12	6-1	174
6	Teddy Bossidy	QB/DB	12	5-10	173
7	Alexander LaPolice	WR/DB	11	6-0	184
8	Robby Paul	WR/DB	12	6-4	194
9	Cole Turpin	WR/K	12	5-9	157
10	Alexander Dobbin	TE/DL	12	6-4	206
11	John Turner	WR/DB	12	6-2	167
12	Osaze Wilson	WR/DB	11	5-9	138
13	Bobby DiRocco	WR/P	12	5-11	196
14	Carson Armstrong	WR/DB	12	6-5	181
15	Nick Cascione	QB	12	6-0	187
16	Michael Collins	QB	10	6-3	167
17	Jeremy Singh	WR/DB	12	5-11	147
18	Kevin Arnone Jr.	WR/DB	11	5-9	154
19	Peter Harris	WR/OLB	11	5-11	174
20	Kyle Smith	WR/OLB	10	6-3	206
21	Michael Kraus	WR/DB	11	6-0	167
22	Trevor Daniels	WR/DB	11	5-11	142
24	Maxson Wilson	RB/DB	12	5-10	169
25	Cass Knox	WR/OLB	10	5-11	186
26	Justin Meichner	WR/DB	11	5-9	142
27	Sterling Guynn	TE/OLB	12	6-5	184
28	Teagan Saitta	RB/DB	11	5-6	161
29	Benjamin Otis	WR/DB	11	5-10	154
30	Peter Swindell	WR/DB/K	10	6-1	165
31	Michael DiCosmo	WR/DB	12	5-11	152
33	Peter Benko	WR/LB	11	5-9	167
34	Kyle Crowley	WR/LB	11	6-0	182
35	Seth Neeleman	WR/DB	12	6-5	189
36	Jake Horstmeyer	WR/DB	11	6-1	147
37	Rafael Lovas	WR/DB	10	6-0	141
38	Matthew Cognetta	RB/DB	10	5-5	169
39	Michael Cognetta	WR/DB	10	5-5	159
40	Samuel Larson	WR/OLB	10	6-4	177
41	David Noonan	RB/DB	10	5-11	166
42	Teddy Dumbauld	RB/LB	11	6-2	175
43	Sterling O'Hara	WR/DB	11	6-2	175
44	Zachary Allen	TE/OLB	11	6-6	243
45	Morgan Carson	RB/OLB	12	5-11	163
46	William Arliss	WR/OLB	10	6-3	172
47	Christopher Andrews	RB/DB	12	6-2	176

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
48	Thomas Williams	WR/LB	10	6-0	168
49	Matt Demko	QB/WR/OLB	10	6-0	153
50	Logan Ritch	OL/DL	10	6-0	187
51	Beau Santero	OL/DL	12	6-5	236
52	Chris Keeffe	OL/DL	11	6-0	184
53	Paul Corapi	OL/LB	11	5-9	217
55	John Hetherington	OL/DL	10	5-11	168
56	Andrew Chalon	OL/OLB	10	6-1	174
58	Ryan Rigione	OL/OLB	10	5-9	163
59	Michael Donnelly	OL	12	6-6	276
60	Josh Herrmann	OL/DL	11	5-9	205
61	John Oneill	OL/DL	10	6-0	234
62	Aidan Donovan	OL/DL	11	5-9	182
63	Casey Herzog	OL/DL	10	6-2	236
64	Ryan McKenna	OL	12	6-1	271
65	Tim Condon	DL	12	6-4	245
66	Ryan Becker	OL/DL	12	6-8	287
67	James Keneally	OL/DL	11	6-0	256
68	Matthew DeMattia	OL/DL	11	5-9	224
70	Brandon Pak	OL/DL	12	5-5	223
71	Edmund Piotroski	OL/DL	12	6-0	205
72	Joao Rocha-Captain	OL/DL	12	6-2	256
73	Matthew Hall	OL/DL	10	6-5	201
74	Lucas Niang	OL/DL	10	6-5	284
75	Brendan McManus	OL/DL	11	6-2	266
76	Malaki Holan	OL/DL	11	5-8	269
77	Parker Lynch	OL/DL	11	5-11	192
78	Gardner Read	OL/DL	10	5-11	266
79	Kieran Schaney	OL/DL	10	5-9	165
80	Trey Gesing	WR/OLB	11	6-3	172
81	Brian MacCalla	WR/DB	10	5-11	159
82	Jarrett Torromeo	WR/DB	10	5-10	139
83	Clayton Burt	WR/DB	10	6-0	153
84	Adam Ruth	WR/DB	10	5-9	146
85	Sean Jensen	WR/OLB	10	6-2	142
86	Anthony Pirrone	WR/DB	10	5-10	131
87	Luke Salvati	RB/LB	10	5-11	177
88	Andrew Jahns	WR/LB	10	5-11	165
89	Gunnar Magnus	WR/DB	11	6-4	179
90	Christopher Roman	WR/DB	10	5-11	151
92	Jed Fuller	WR/DB	10	5-10	160
93	Finn Brannan	WR/DB	10	5-7	119
98	Luke Montgomery	WR/LB	12	6-2	210
99	Connor Buck-Captain	RB/DL	12	6-5	244

Middletown Football

	2013 Middletown Blue Dragons Head Coach: Sal Morello Assistants: Josh Rosek, Jason Coleman, Kelly Ellis, Josh Cofield, Josh Hamilton, Andy Mulh

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
1	Van Uk	K	12	5-8	195
2	Sam LaMaine	WR	11	5-5	135
3	Taqi Bilal	DB	12	6-0	170
4	Sal Fazzino	LB	10	5-10	205
5	London Highsmith	RB	12	5-8	140
6	Dario Highsmith	QB	11	6-0	185
7	Jacob Homar	WR	12	5-10	170
8	Brandon Harrington	WR	11	6-2	170
11	Cody Carrillo	LB	12	6-0	180
12	Gene Footman	DB	10	5-8	140
13	Shawn Houle	WR	11	5-11	150
14	Mitchell Gaylord	WR	11	5-9	140
15	Austin Meeker	QB	11	5-8	162
17	Andre Rogers	DB	10	5-6	130
20	Evan Grzeszczyk	DB	10	5-8	150
21	Isaiah King	WR	10	5-6	140
22	Hunter Belzo	DB	10	5-7	160
23	Jordan Baker	DB	10	5-7	150
24	Tre'Quan Weston	WR	10	6-2	180
25	Isaiah Thompkins	RB	11	6-1	200
30	Julian Carraway	RB	12	5-10	210
31	Yaamal Jackson	RB	12	5-9	210
32	Joseph Tirado	RB	10	5-5	150
33	Jordan West	RB	11	5-8	180
37	Calvin Mackey Jr.	RB	11	5-7	155
44	Tywan Scarborough	RB	10	5-4	120

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
49	AJ DiRenzo	WR	11	5-9	130
50	Nicholas Carlson	OL	11	5-9	185
51	Joshua Broome	RB	11	5-9	220
52	Sam Rivera	OL	12	6-0	280
53	Zalan Mumtaz	OL	10	5-9	190
54	Jordan Yap	OL	10	5-10	185
55	Jeffrey Woodcock	OL	12	5-11	210
56	RaJahn Johnson	OL	12	6-0	215
59	Nathanial Spencer	OL	10	6-2	170
63	Jamar Jones	OL	12	5-9	230
64	Derek Bonaparte	OL	11	5-11	230
66	Payton Turner	OL	10	5-9	280
70	Keon Montford	DL	12	5-6	240
72	Kevin Bonaparte	OL	11	6-2	260
73	Lesandro Ramirez	OL	11	5-8	270
74	Jordan Carrion	OL	10	5-9	160
75	David Bednarz	OL	12	6-7	250
76	Anthony Bednarz	DL	12	6-7	275
77	Lorenzo Gaudet	DL	10	5-11	170
78	Ethan Boyce	FL	11	6-2	260
80	Jovanni Diaz	WR	10	5-9	140
81	Alex Hayes	WR	11	6-0	160
83	Marc Williams	LB	12	5-11	190
88	Joshua Colon	TE	12	5-11	180

New London Football

	2013 New London Whalers Head Coach: Duane Maranda Assistants: Juan Roman, Tommy Major, Mike Morgan, Bob Nenna, Kent Reyes, Jon Quinones, Gary McNeil, Brett Maynard, Jon Curry, Chris Smith, Bill Discordia, Steve Maynard, Sam Jones, Will Quinones, Lydell Pemberton

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
1	Melquann Gomez	QB/DB	9	5-11	175
2	Devon Sousa	RB/DB	9	5-8	155
3	Jose Pereyra	WR/DB	12	5-9	175
4	Douglas Foy	WR/DB	11	6-0	170
5	Jose Garcia	WR/DB	12	5-11	170
6	Kevin Shaw Small	RB/LB	11	6-1	185
7	Troy Gray	WR/DB	11	5-9	175
8	David Medina	TE/DL	12	6-1	205
9	Tremell Scott	WR/DB	11	6-2	180
10	Quentin Commander	WR/DB	9	5-8	160
11	Jelani Lucas	WR/DB	11	5-10	165
12	Nicholas E Ramos	WR/DB	12	5-11	180
14	Jacob Epps	RB/DB	11	5-10	170
15	Cevon Riley	WR/DB	9	5-6	155
17	Parker Clark	QB/LB	10	5-11	180
18	Xavier Benson	WR/DB	10	5-7	155
19	Daniel Maranda	QB/DB	11	6-0	185
21	Orrin Parke	RB/DB	12	5-8	165
22	Leo Clinton	TE/LB	11	6-1	190
23	Rashan Young	RB/LB	11	5-11	185
24	Ahshon Harkness	TE/LB	12	5-11	180
25	Nehemiah Knight	WR/DB	10	6-0	180
27	Roy Starks	RB/DB	10	5-11	170
28	Jelani Gilbert	RB/DB	9	5-7	155
30	Michael Commander	WR/LB	11	5-4	155
32	Johnathan Rivera	RB/LB	10	6-0	180
33	Olguy Joseph	RB/LB	12	5-9	175
34	Chase Cook	RB/LB	9	5-11	185
35	Ajaun Feaster	RB/DB	9	5-9	165

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
37	Kobe Haley	WR/DB	10	5-8	160
43	Dante Alston	RB/LB	12	5-11	185
44	Jalen Ford	RB/LB	10	5-8	170
45	Elijah Clinton-Rivera	RB/LB	10	5-9	170
46	Dhruvkumar Patel	WR/DB	12	5-9	160
48	J. Hunter Roman	TE/DL	11	6-5	220
50	Robert Thomas	OL/DL	11	5-10	175
51	Timothy Glavan	OL/LB	9	5-9	170
54	Dante Ford	OL/DL	9	5-9	180
55	Fredelyn Angrand	OL/DL	12	6-0	190
56	Aquil Phillips	OL/LB	10	6-0	185
57	Robert Maynard	OL/DL	10	6-0	230
58	Peter Ewing	OL/DL	9	5-10	205
60	David Perry	OL/DL	12	6-1	205
63	Connor Heap	OL/DL	10	5-10	180
65	DeVaughn Fisher-Exum	OL/DL	9	5-10	175
67	Bryan Cespedes	OL/DL	11	6-5	225
68	Oscar Calcano	OL/DL	10	6-0	240
71	Spencer Brown	OL/DL	12	5-10	190
72	Gregory Newkirk	OL/DL	10	5-10	265
73	Shawn Brown	OL/DL	10	5-11	210
74	Anson Wang	OL/DL	10	5-10	190
78	Michael Rosenbeck	OL/DL	11	5-9	275
80	D. Major Roman	TE/LB	9	6-4	200
82	Josh Torres	WR/DB	10	5-8	155
83	Keith A Verdini	WR/DB	12	5-8	165
88	Joel Velez	WR/DB	12	5-11	175
89	Garrett Burdick	K	9	5-9	155

Farmington Football

	2013 Farmington Indians Head Coach: Chris Machol Assistants: Carl Johnson, Ryan Desmond, Ryan Leahy, Craig Suhre, Walt Stefanow, Phil McMahon, Tim Sample, Mike Peltier, Ryan Flaherty

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
1	Xavier Amos	RB/LB	10	5-9	144
2	Andy Goss	QB/S	11	6-0	180
3	Anthony Carpenter	WR/DB	12	5-11	150
4	Michael Popolizio	QB/LB	10	6-1	180
5	Ben Rossetti	WR/DB	12	5-11	162
6	Elijah Johnson	TE/LB	12	5-11	215
7	Peter Bowser	WR/DB	11	5-7	145
8	Jeremy Buck	QB/DB	12	6-0	165
9	Ivan Guadalupe	RB/DB	12	5-11	187
10	Kenny Jones	WR/DB	12	5-9	145
11	Jack Colavecchio	WR/DB	11	5-9	156
12	Hunter Beecher	TE/LB	10	5-9	147
13	Alexis Walker	RB/LB	10	5-7	141
14	Danny Blake	WR/DB	10	5-8	145
15	JT McLaughlin	QB/DE	11	6-2	178
17	John Deroy	QB/DB	10	5-8	141
18	Sam Lohner	TE/LB	11	5-8	157
19	Chris DeBiase	WR/DB	12	5-10	156
22	Kevin Dunst	DB	9	5-7	140
24	Jack Sucato	RB/LB	11	5-11	169
28	Matt Peterson	RB/LB	12	6-0	158
33	Dominic Santos	RB/LB	12	5-8	140
34	Connor Martin	RB/LB	11	6-0	182
37	Andrew Josey	TE/LB	11	5-11	175
38	John Gustave	RB/LB	10	5-9	160

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
39	Colin Grattan	RB/LB	12	5-8	162
45	Carson Bombara	TE/DE	11	6-1	190
46	Murdo Smith	TE/LB	10	5-11	173
51	Dan Hardiman	OG/DL	11	6-2	244
53	Julian Rodriguez	OL/DL	12	5-9	235
54	Jayson Martin	OT/DL	12	6-2	209
55	Matt DeVoe	OL/LB	11	5-10	178
56	Miguel Zayas	OL/LB	10	5-7	180
57	Chaunsey Pilgrim	OL/LB	12	5-9	195
58	Harshith Harpaldas	OL/DL	12	6-0	195
62	Akash Kumar	OL/DL	10	5-11	252
63	Matthew Goralski	C/DL	10	6-0	240
65	Wesley Cheng	OL/DL	10	5-7	175
66	Alex Roldan	OL/DL	10	5-6	176
70	Vincent Stevens	OL/DL	11	5-10	304
71	Will Donald	OL/DL	11	6-0	188
76	Ben Mutz	C/DL	10	5-6	245
77	David Busel	C/DL	12	6-0	214
80	Boston Van Buren	RB/LB	10	5-9	143
81	TJ Nanos	WR/DB	11	5-8	140
82	Sean Dunleavy	K	10	5-11	162
85	Matt Keane	TE/LB	11	6-0	180
88	Austin Browne	WR/DB	12	6-3	167
99	Ethan Kula	WR/DB	10	5-8	135

North Haven Football

	2013 North Haven Indians Head Coach: Anthony Sagnella Assistants: Raymond Ciarleglio Sr., Peter Harkins, Keith Wolkovitz, Alex Velardi, Marc Russo, Mike Ricciardelli, Anthony Giamettai, Thomas Reid, Steve Narracci

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
1	William Sgro	RB	9	5-11	160
2	Jack Steinman	QB	9	6-2	184
3	Sabrina Fronte	K	10	5-10	160
4	Mike McKenna	RB/LB	11	5-11	160
5	Michael Montano	RB/DB	10	5-11	175
6	Christopher Brockett	RB / DB	12	5-10	165
7	Michael Halloran	LB / QB	12	6-3	195
9	Cole Pecora	QB/DB	11	5-8	165
10	Hunter Coughlin	QB/DB	11	5-10	165
11	Peter (PJ) Saracino	WR	9	5-7	135
12	Alex Baglioni	TE/LB	12	5-10	185
13	Freddy Sanchez	RB / DB	12	5-10	185
14	Evan Manemeit	DB / QB	12	5-11	150
15	Patrick Mckenna	RB/DB	10	5-10	140
21	Jake Kastenhuber	TE/DB	10	5-10	160
22	Nicholas Ponzio	RB/DB	10	5-10	175
23	Ian Chapelle-Conklin	TE/DB	10	6-0	140
24	Stephen Rollier	RB/LB	11	5-6	140
25	Nick Campanelli	RB/DB	10	5-8	130
27	Kyle Melillo	LB	9	6-0	150
29	Bowen Brennan	LB	9	5-10	150
30	Craig (CJ) Somma	LB	9	5-8	140
31	Max Sullivan	K	9	5-10	165
32	Tom Gallagher	RB/DL	11	5-9	195
33	Ethan Suraci-Captain	RB / LB	12	5-11	205
34	Conner Suraci	RB/DB	10	5-10	165
35	Max Medina	RB/DB	11	5-7	130
42	Louis Cavaliere	RB /DL	12	5-8	180
43	David Mikos	RB/LB	10	5-10	190
44	Patrick Mikos-Captain	RB/LB	12	5-9	190
45	Paul Brockamer	RB/LB	10	5-11	155
49	Robert Ralston	RB/LB	10	5-10	175
50	Patrick Casey	OL/DL	10	6-0	240

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
51	Carson Tebbetts	OL/DL	9	5-9	190
52	Austin Mahon-Captain	OL / DL	12	5-10	185
54	Michael Masnato	OL/DL	10	5-10	180
55	Benjamin Pethick	RB / LB	12	5-8	185
56	Michael Milliard	OL / DL	12	5-8	200
57	Matteo Cirioli	OL/DL	10	5-4	195
59	Vinny Anastasio	OL/DL	9	6-0	160
60	Michael Siwek-Captain	OL / DL	12	6-0	230
61	Aaron Wong	OL/DL	12	5-6	185
62	Paul Murray	DL/OL	9	5-10	230
63	John Bohan	OL / DL	12	5-7	240
64	Justin Kastenhuber	OL/DL	9	6-1	210
65	Matthew Rademacher	OL/DL	9	5-9	145
66	Aaron Wilson	OL/DL	10	6-0	220
68	Kyle Aurora	OL/DL	11	6-1	170
70	Daniel Halloran	OL/DL	9	5-11	190
71	Michael Biehl	OL/DL	12	6-3	275
72	John Tondalo	OL / DL	12	5-10	300
73	Matt Acciardo	OL/DL	9	5-3	165
74	Pat Vanacore	OL/DL	11	6-3	265
75	Dustin Byrnes	OL/DL	9	5-8	160
76	Kevin Arnold	OL/DL	10	5-10	170
77	Jonah Addesso	OL/DL	11	5-9	240
78	Anthony Valentino	OL/DL	10	6-0	200
80	Zachary Kastenhuber	TE/DL	11	5-11	195
81	Michael Gagliardi	OL/DL	9	5-10	155
82	Colin Ciszewski	TE / LB	11	6-1	175
85	Joe Corniello	TE/LB	11	5-11	225
86	Thomas Dodge	OL/DL	9	5-8	120
88	Jeremy Imperati	TE/LB	10	6-2	190
92	Bryan Searles	OL/DL	9	5-7	175

Daniel Hand Football

	2013 Daniel Hand Tigers Head Coach: Steve Filippone Assistants: Mike Ciotti, Dave Mastroianni, Gary Gravina, Rich Bella, Erik Becker, Michael Ferraiolo, Don Giles, Paul Philpott, Dale Sweitzer, Scott Sweitzer, Craig W. Semple AD

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
1	Joshua DeMartino	wr/cb	12	5-10	155
2	Tommy Wilson	R/S	11	5-10	180
3	Hunter Stokes	WR/CB	12	5-7	155
4	Cory Walsh	TE/DE	11	6-2	195
5	Conor Dowd	RB/S	12	5-11	200
6	Michael Cinicolo	TE/DE	12	6-3	190
7	Scott Sweitzer	R / S	11	6-1	180
8	Tom Wilson	R / C	12	6-0	155
9	Lian Sullivan	WR/S	10	5-8	135
10	Luke Nolan	WR/OL	11	6-0	180
11	Benjamin Onofrio	RB/LB	11	5-9	185
12	Nicolas Van Dell	Q/S	10	5-10	165
13	Nicholas Casparino	WR	12	5-4	115
13	Jesse Walsh	QB/S	9	6-1	175
14	Jacob Mirando	WR/CB	12	5-10	155
15	Hayden Atwater-Captain	QB/CB	12	5-11	190
16	Connor McShane	WR/CB	11	5-10	150
17	Brandon O'Neill	R/OL	11	6-0	165
18	Michael Sampson	R/CB	11	5-7	140
19	Jayce Barnaby	WR/CB	11	6-0	165
20	Patrick Rogers	RB/OL	12	5-11	190
21	Timothy D'Annolfo	R/CB	12	5-9	160
22	Taylor Houghton	R/OL	11	5-9	170
23	Sammy Katz	R/CB	12	5-6	155
24	Thomas D'Annolfo	R/CB	11	5-8	140
25	Reid Sweitzer	RB/CB	10	5-10	180
26	Ryan Whelahan	rb/ol	11	5-7	160
27	Ryan Kaufmann	R/CB	10	5-10	170
28	Daniel Rogers	RB/LB	12	5-11	215
29	Kyle Freiman	RB/LB	11	5-8	185
30	Joseph Blanchard	TE/OL	12	5-8	145
30	Rex Pardales	R/OL	10	5-7	145
31	William Gargone	R/CB	10	5-7	150
32	Joseph Bunovsky	WR	11	5-9	155
32	Scott Mical	WR/CB	10	5-9	150
33	Andrew Fitzgerald	WR/CB	10	5-9	165
34	Luke Bernardo	C/LB	10	5-5	165
35	Ethan Wilson	te/lb	11	5-6	150
36	Derk Dunn	WR/CB	10	5-9	160
37	Kenneth Farrelly	WR/CB	10	5-7	120
38	Tristan Dowd	RB/OL	10	5-9	175

#	NAME	POS	GR	HT	WT
39	Connor Miller	WR/CB	10	6-0	140
41	Eric Girardi	TE/DE	11	5-11	170
42	Lucas Brown	WR/CB	10	5-8	135
43	Michael Bartosic	R/C	10	5-7	140
44	Tyler Phan	R/OL/K	11	5-4	145
45	Michael Francischelli	T/DE	10	5-5	165
53	Tyler Lingan	T/NG	11	5-9	190
54	Joseph Barber	OT/DE	10	6-0	190
55	Taylor Lipford	OT/LB	10	5-10	175
56	Bryan Twohill	OT/LB	11	6-0	185
57	Trevor Berke	TE/DE	10	6-1	170
59	Ethan Baser	DL	11	5-8	170
60	Eric Bloomfield	OL	11	5-11	165
60	Kevin Kao	G/NG	11	5-7	230
61	Grant Hesse	T/NG	11	6-2	210
62	Peter Elias	OL	11	5-7	170
63	John Driscoll	TE/DE	11	6-3	205
64	Jaden Coppola	G/DE	11	6-1	215
65	Justin Basilone	G/NG	10	5-10	250
66	Raymond Vanacore	OT/DE	11	6-0	180
67	Brian Venter	G/DE	11	5-11	180
68	Kyle Burke	G/NG	10	6-1	255
69	Alistair Dunn	OT/DE	10	5-6	170
71	Asa Palmer	OT/DE	12	6-4	265
72	Jared Grato	C/NG	10	5-10	190
73	Ian Dieli	G/NG	12	6-0	270
75	Reid Staples	OG/NG	11	5-11	200
76	Justin Dwyer	DL	12	5-10	200
76	Michael Holdridge	G/DE	10	5-9	200
77	Ryan Busca	G/NG	10	6-1	290
79	Thomas Durkin	C/NG	11	6-1	260
80	Garrison Fenner	R/OL	10	5-10	150
81	Mark Hill	TE/DE	10	6-0	170
82	Sean Scoopo	WR	12	5-5	125
82	Nasir Williams	WR / CB	10	5-8	135
83	Clay Sweitzer	WR/CB	11	5-9	150
85	Craig Rossi	OG/NG	10	5-2	175
86	Evan Nelson	P/PK	11	5-10	170
87	Matt Venter	R/CB	10	6-4	170
89	Benjamin Jasko	G/DE	10	5-7	180

Rankings

Final Official Playoff Point Rankings

Tiebreaker Notations:
* Head-To-Head
+ Opponents Wins and Ties
% Highest Ranked Opponent Defeated
@ Winning Percentage
^ By Lot

Team		Record	Opp. W/T Points	Point Total	Point Avg.	Tie Breaker Points	Results Detail
1.	Darien+	10-1	550/0	1570	142.73	130	Wins Over: Hillhouse (M-5w), Greenwich (LL-8w), Bassick (L-3w), Fairfield Warde (LL-4w), Trinity Catholic (S-0w), Ridgefield (LL-9w), Wilton (L-4w), Harding (L-3w), North Haven (L-9w), New Canaan (L-10w) Losses To: St. Joseph (M-10w)
2.	Platt	11-0	480/0	1570	142.73	96	Wins Over: Waterford (M-4w), East Catholic (S-5w), Plainville (S-4w), Tolland (M-1w), Rocky Hill (S-10w), Bloomfield (S-9w), Weaver (S-2w), Berlin (M-5w), Rockville (M-0w), Northwest Catholic (S-7w), Maloney (L-1w)
3.	New Canaan	10-1	510/0	1540	140.00	122	Wins Over: Daniel Hand (L-8w), Bassick (L-3w), Greenwich (LL-8w), Fairfield Warde (LL-4w), Danbury (LL-3w), Chicopee (MA) (M-3w), Staples (LL-8w), St. Joseph (M-10w), Wilton (L-4w), Trinity Catholic (S-0w) Losses To: Darien (L-10w)
4.	Middletown	10-1	510/0	1530	139.09	120	Wins Over: East Lyme (L-6w), Wethersfield (L-8w), Bristol Eastern (L-9w), Fermi (M-0w), Hartford Public (LL-6w), Bristol Central (L-4w), Maloney (L-1w), Farmington (L-9w), Simsbury (LL-2w), Windsor (L-6w) Losses To: New London (L-9w)
5.	New London	9-2	530/0	1440	130.91	146	Wins Over: Plainfield (S-5w), Windham (S-7w), Killingly (M-4w), Griswold (S-5w), Fitch (L-4w), Middletown (L-10w), Waterford (M-4w), East Lyme (L-6w), Norwich Free Academy (LL-8w) Losses To: Capital/Classical/Achievement (S-11w), Ledyard (M-9w)
6.	Farmington	9-2	430/0	1340	121.82	120	Wins Over: Simsbury (LL-2w), RHAM (L-4w), Maloney (L-1w), Wethersfield (L-8w), E.O. Smith (L-5w), Windsor (L-6w), Bristol Central (L-4w), Bristol Eastern (L-9w), Plainville (S-4w) Losses To: Middletown (L-10w), Manchester (LL-7w)
7.	North Haven	9-2	390/0	1320	120.00	114	Wins Over: Bridgeport Central (LL-1w), Xavier (LL-7w), East Haven (M-2w), Sheehan (M-6w), Branford (L-0w), Guilford (L-5w), Hillhouse (M-5w), Foran (M-8w), Amity (LL-5w) Losses To: Daniel Hand (L-8w), Darien (L-10w)
8.	Daniel Hand	8-3	480/0	1310	119.09	148	Wins Over: Hillhouse (M-5w), Wilbur Cross (L-4w), North Haven (L-9w), Cheshire (LL-4w), Fairfield Prep (LL-9w), Shelton (LL-7w), Notre Dame-West Haven (L-5w), Guilford (L-5w) Losses To: New Canaan (L-10w), Xavier (LL-7w), West Haven (LL-9w)
9.	Naugatuck%	9-2	370/0	1300	118.18	116	Wins Over: Crosby (LL-1w), Wolcott (M-7w), Sacred Heart (S-0w), Torrington (L-3w), Bunnell (L-4w), St. Paul Catholic (S-6w), Wilby (LL-5w), Holy Cross (S-8w), Kennedy (LL-3w) Losses To: Woodland (S-10w), Ansonia (S-11w)
10.	Bristol Eastern	9-2	390/0	1300	118.18	116	Wins Over: Berlin (M-5w), Hartford Public (LL-6w), Bulkeley (L-5w), Fermi (M-0w), Maloney (L-1w), Windsor (L-6w), Northwest Catholic (S-7w), E.O. Smith (L-5w), Bristol Central (L-4w) Losses To: Middletown (L-10w), Farmington (L-9w)
11.	Wethersfield	8-3	290/0	1120	101.82	116	Wins Over: E.O. Smith (L-5w), Maloney (L-1w), Hartford Public (LL-6w), Fermi (M-0w), RHAM (L-4w), Bulkeley (L-5w), East Hartford (LL-3w), Newington (LL-5w) Losses To: Rocky Hill (S-10w), Middletown (L-10w), Farmington (L-9w)
12.	Avon	8-3	290/0	1090	99.09	112	Wins Over: Lewis Mills (M-2w), Nonnewaug (S-4w), North Branford (S-7w), Housatonic/Wamogo (S-0w), Granby Memorial (M-6w), Haddam-Killingworth (S-0w), Cromwell (S-4w), Ellington/Somers (M-6w) Losses To: Canton (S-7w), Valley Regional/Old Lyme (M-11w), Gilbert/NW Regional (M-9w)
13.	Windsor	6-4	270/0	890	89.00	130	Wins Over: Manchester (LL-7w), Bulkeley (L-5w), Bristol Central (L-4w), Hartford Public (LL-6w), RHAM (L-4w), Maloney (L-1w) Losses To: Farmington (L-9w), Bristol Eastern (L-9w), Glastonbury (LL-10w), Middletown (L-10w)
14.	Cheney Tech	7-4	260/0	960	87.27	120	Wins Over: Bullard Havens Tech (M-6w), Platt Tech (L-5w), Whitney Tech (S-0w), O'Brien Tech (S-4w), Wilcox Tech (M-2w), Abbott Tech (M-4w), Vinal Tech/East Hampton (L-5w) Losses To: Quinebaug Valley (M-9w), Prince Tech (S-9w), Capital/Classical/Achievement (S-11w), East Catholic (S-5w)
15.	Masuk+	7-4	210/0	920	83.64	112	Wins Over: New Milford (LL-4w), Notre Dame-Fairfield (S-1w), Bunnell (L-4w), Oxford (S-6w), Stratford (L-3w), Immaculate (S-0w), Weston (M-3w) Losses To: Pomperaug (L-4w), Ansonia (S-11w), Bethel (M-9w), Newtown (LL-11w)
16.	Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby	7-4	220/0	920	83.64	94	Wins Over: Coventry/Windham Tech/Bolton (M-5w), Enfield (S-5w), Nonnewaug (S-4w), Old Saybrook/Westbrook (S-4w), Housatonic/Wamogo (S-0w), Lewis Mills (M-2w), Stafford/East Windsor (S-2w) Losses To: Morgan (S-10w), Cromwell (S-4w), Ellington/Somers (M-6w), SMSA/University (S-5w)
17.	East Lyme	6-5	160/0	760	69.09	116	Wins Over: Griswold (S-5w), Woodstock Academy (M-0w), Fitch (L-4w), Bacon Academy (M-2w), St. Bernard/Norwich Tech (M-1w), Waterford (M-4w) Losses To: Middletown (L-10w), Stonington (M-8w), Norwich Free Academy (LL-8w), Montville (S-7w), New London (L-9w)
18.	Notre Dame-West Haven	5-6	160/0	690	62.73	136	Wins Over: Branford (L-0w), Amity (LL-5w), Cheshire (LL-4w), Wilbur Cross (L-4w), Hamden (LL-3w) Losses To: St. Joseph (M-10w), Fairfield Prep (LL-9w), Ridgefield (LL-9w), West Haven (LL-9w), Xavier (LL-7w), Daniel Hand (L-8w)
19.	Vinal Tech/East Hampton	5-5	120/0	620	62.00	98	Wins Over: Wolcott Tech (M-1w), Whitney Tech (S-0w), Platt Tech (L-5w), O'Brien Tech (S-4w), Wilcox Tech (M-2w) Losses To: Abbott Tech (M-4w), Bullard Havens Tech (M-6w), Capital/Classical/Achievement (S-11w), Prince Tech (S-9w), Cheney Tech (L-7w)
20.	Guilford	5-6	130/0	630	57.27	116	Wins Over: Lyman Hall (M-2w), Branford (L-0w), East Haven (M-2w), Jonathan Law (M-4w), Hillhouse (M-5w) Losses To: Wilton (L-4w), Shelton (LL-7w), West Haven (LL-9w), North Haven (L-9w), Foran (M-8w), Daniel Hand (L-8w)
21.	Platt Tech	5-6	110/0	610	55.45	116	Wins Over: Abbott Tech (M-4w), Wilcox Tech (M-2w), Wolcott Tech (M-1w), Whitney Tech (S-0w), O'Brien Tech (S-4w) Losses To: Capital/Classical/Achievement (S-11w), Cheney Tech (L-7w), Prince Tech (S-9w), Vinal Tech/East Hampton (L-5w), Bullard Havens Tech (M-6w), Quinebaug Valley (M-9w)
22.	Pomperaug	4-7	180/0	590	53.64	160	Wins Over: New Milford (LL-4w), Masuk (L-7w), Bunnell (L-4w), Weston (M-3w) Losses To: Newtown (LL-11w), Brookfield (M-9w), Bethel (M-9w), Woodland (S-10w), Joel Barlow (M-9w), New Fairfield (M-8w), Oxford (S-6w)
23.	Bulkeley	5-6	90/0	580	52.73	92	Wins Over: Weaver (S-2w), Fermi (M-0w), E.O. Smith (L-5w), Maloney (L-1w), St. Bernard/Norwich Tech (M-1w) Losses To: Windsor (L-6w), Bristol Eastern (L-9w), Bristol Central (L-4w), RHAM (L-4w), Hartford Public (LL-6w), Wethersfield (L-8w)
24.	Bristol Central	4-6	110/0	510	51.00	118	Wins Over: E.O. Smith (L-5w), Bulkeley (L-5w), Maloney (L-1w), Fermi (M-0w) Losses To: Windsor (L-6w), RHAM (L-4w), Middletown (L-10w), Farmington (L-9w), Rocky Hill (S-10w), Bristol Eastern (L-9w)
25.	E.O. Smith	5-6	60/0	560	50.91	94	Wins Over: Rockville (M-0w), Maloney (L-1w), Fermi (M-0w), RHAM (L-4w), Tolland (M-1w) Losses To: Bristol Central (L-4w), Wethersfield (L-8w), Farmington (L-9w), Bulkeley (L-5w), Hartford Public (LL-6w), Bristol Eastern (L-9w)
26.	Wilbur Cross	4-7	130/0	550	50.00	120	Wins Over: Jonathan Law (M-4w), East Haven (M-2w), Hamden (LL-3w), Cheshire (LL-4w) Losses To: Brien McMahon (LL-8w), Daniel Hand (L-8w), Shelton (LL-7w), Amity (LL-5w), West Haven (LL-9w), Notre Dame-West Haven (L-5w), Hillhouse (M-5w)
27.	Fitch	4-7	110/0	510	46.36	118	Wins Over: Stonington (M-8w), St. Bernard/Norwich Tech (M-1w), Woodstock Academy (M-0w), Bacon Academy (M-2w) Losses To: LaSalle Academy (RI) (LL-4w), Norwich Free Academy (LL-8w), East Lyme (L-6w), Montville (S-7w), Griswold (S-5w), New London (L-9w), Ledyard (M-9w)
28.	RHAM	4-7	110/0	500	45.45	116	Wins Over: Bristol Central (L-4w), Fermi (M-0w), Bulkeley (L-5w), Bacon Academy (M-2w) Losses To: Ledyard (M-9w), Farmington (L-9w), Hartford Public (LL-6w), Windsor (L-6w), Wethersfield (L-8w), E.O. Smith (L-5w), Conard (LL-4w)
29.	Bunnell	4-7	80/0	490	44.55	120	Wins Over: Immaculate (S-0w), Notre Dame-Fairfield (S-1w), New Milford (LL-4w), Stratford (L-3w) Losses To: Brookfield (M-9w), Masuk (L-7w), Bethel (M-9w), Naugatuck (L-9w), Pomperaug (L-4w), New Fairfield (M-8w), Oxford (S-6w)
30.	Wilton	4-7	80/0	480	43.64	134	Wins Over: Guilford (L-5w), Branford (L-0w), Bassick (L-3w), Trinity Catholic (S-0w) Losses To: Staples (LL-8w), St. Joseph (M-10w), Fairfield Warde (LL-4w), Trumbull (LL-8w), Darien (L-10w), New Canaan (L-10w), Ridgefield (LL-9w)
31.	Harding	3-8	90/0	390	35.45	112	Wins Over: Jonathan Law (M-4w), Stamford (LL-2w), Bassick (L-3w) Losses To: Norwalk (LL-4w), Fairfield Ludlowe (LL-6w), Brien McMahon (LL-8w), Ridgefield (LL-9w), Danbury (LL-3w), Darien (L-10w), Westhill (LL-6w), Bridgeport Central (LL-1w)
32.	Bassick	3-8	70/0	370	33.64	104	Wins Over: Bridgeport Central (LL-1w), Trinity Catholic (S-0w), Bullard Havens Tech (M-6w) Losses To: East Haven (M-2w), New Canaan (L-10w), Darien (L-10w), Wilton (L-4w), St. Joseph (M-10w), Stamford (LL-2w), Harding (L-3w), Fairfield Warde (LL-4w)
33.	Torrington+	3-8	40/0	350	31.82	138	Wins Over: Kennedy (LL-3w), Sacred Heart (S-0w), Watertown (M-1w) Losses To: Ansonia (S-11w), Wilby (LL-5w), St. Paul Catholic (S-6w), Wolcott (M-7w), Naugatuck (L-9w), Joel Barlow (M-9w), Holy Cross (S-8w), Woodland (S-10w)
34.	Stratford	3-8	40/0	350	31.82	118	Wins Over: Notre Dame-Fairfield (S-1w), Kennedy (LL-3w), Immaculate (S-0w) Losses To: Weston (M-3w), Joel Barlow (M-9w), New Fairfield (M-8w), Brookfield (M-9w), Masuk (L-7w), Newtown (LL-11w), New Milford (LL-4w), Bunnell (L-4w)
35.	Maloney	1-9	0/0	100	10.00	134	Wins Over: Fermi (M-0w) Losses To: Farmington (L-9w), E.O. Smith (L-5w), Wethersfield (L-8w), Bristol Eastern (L-9w), Middletown (L-10w), Windsor (L-6w), Bristol Central (L-4w), Bulkeley (L-5w), Platt (L-11w)
36.	Branford	0-11	0/0	0	0.00	122	Losses To: Woodland (S-10w), Notre Dame-West Haven (L-5w), Wilton (L-4w), Fairfield Prep (LL-9w), Guilford (L-5w), North Haven (L-9w), Lyman Hall (M-2w), Jonathan Law (M-4w), Hillhouse (M-5w), Sheehan (M-6w), East Haven (M-2w)

Quarterfinals

#1 Darien Blue Wave (10-1)
vs.
#8 Daniel Hand Tigers (8-3)
at McMahon, 6:30 on December 3

#4 Middletown Blue Dragons (10-1)
vs.
#5 New London Whalers (9-2)
at Middletown, 6:30 on December 3

#2 Platt Panthers (11-0)
vs.
#7 North Haven Indians (9-2)
at Falcon Fld., 6:30 on December 3

#3 New Canaan Rams (10-1)
vs.
#6 Farmington Indians (9-2)
at New Canaan, 6:30 on December 3

Semifinals

#4 Middletown 7
#1 Darien 13
at Pomperaug, 2:00pm on December 7

By Larry Kelley
Special to CIACsports.com

SOUTHBURY - After a CIAC football playoff quarterfinal round of fantasy football points and yardage production, Darien and Middletown showed there is still a place for a classic defensive battle in a Class L semifinal game in front of 3,000 at Pomperaug High School

Shutout for nearly three quarters, Darien scored two touchdowns in the span of two minutes to erase a 7-0 deficit and post a 13-7 victory, advancing to the Class L final next weekend against FCIAC arch-rival New Canaan, a 17-0 winner over North Haven in the other semi.

For top-seeded Darien (12-1), the comeback was business as usual.

"This is the fourth week in a row we've played a Top 10 ranked opponent and the fourth game we've come from behind to win," Darien coach Rob Trifone said, referring to wins over North Haven and New Canaan in the regular season and a state quarterfinal last-play win over Daniel Hand. "This team shows so much heart. Some kids were down when we were trailing 7-0 at halftime. The mood was somber and a little pissed off. I pulled them together and told them we've been down before, what makes this game any different."

Fourth-seeded Middletown (11-2) completely frustrated Darien's passing attack in the first half, limiting Blue Wave quarterback Silas Wyper to three short completions and intercepting him once. Darien's defense was equally stout, largely containing Blue Dragon quarterback Dario Highsmith, named the state Gatorade Player of the Year this week, on the read option offense.

Highsmith, though, broke through for one big play - a 72-yard scoring run - and Van Uk's conversion gave Middletown a 7-0 lead with 5:50 left in the second quarter. The Blue Dragons had squandered an earlier chance to score after Sal Fazzino blocked a punt and Cody Carrillo recovered at the Darien 13. Highsmith (36 carries for 194 yards) fumbled on the next play and Darien's John Griffiths recovered.

Middletown also missed an opportunity when Uk's 37-yard field goal attempt in the second quarter sailed wide.

"We left some points on the board in the first half," Middletown coach Sal Morello said. "The way the defenses were dominating, you can't give away scoring opportunities."

The game became a field-position chess match in the third quarter. Darien used a short Middletown punt to post a 29-yard scoring drive, tying the score on Wyper's 11-yard swing pass to back Jay Harrison. Daly Hebert's conversion made it 7-7 with 20 seconds left in the third.

Darien forced Middletown three and out and benefitted from another short punt. On first down, Wyper hit receiver Jon Reed for a 37-yard touchdown pass. The kick was blocked leaving the score 13-7 with 10:52 left in the fourth.

Middletown drove 16 plays to the Darien 18 on the back of Highsmith but his fourth-down pass was deflected by Darien's Myles Ridder. Darien couldn't run out the last three minutes. Middletown had one last shot for a two-minute drill and drove to the Darien 27 in the final minute. But Griffiths sacked Highsmith on third down and Blue Wave cornerback William Hamernick knocked away a pass in the end zone.

Darien gained just 69 yards on 24 carries, led by Ridder's 12 carries for 46 yards. Wyper was 6 of 21 for 95 yards. Highsmith passed for just 14 yards on 2 of 10 passing.

"You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know Highsmith is going to carry the ball three of four times and rightfully so," Trifone said. "We packed the box with seven and eight and did a pretty good job containing the Gatorade Player of the Year. Our defense has played lights out the last four weeks."

December 2, at Pomperaug	1	2	3	4	Total
Middletown	0	7	0	0	7
Darien	0	0	7	6	13

Scoring summary

Second quarter
M-Dario Highsmith 72 run (Van Uk kick) 5:50 left
Third quarter
D- Jay Harrison 11 pass from Silas Wyper (Daly Hebert kick) :20 left
Fourth quarter
D- John Reed 37 pass from Wyper (Kick blocked) 10:52 left

Statistics
Rushing: D-Myles Ridder 12-46, Jay Harrison 7-19, Silas Wyper 4-2, Nick Lombardo 1-2. M-Dario Highsmith 36-194, Jacob Homar 6-58, Isaiah Tompkins 4-13.
Receiving: D-John Reed 2-52, Lombardo 3-23, Harrison, 3-13, Griffin Ross 1-20. M-Cody Carillo 1-8, Julian Carraway 1-6.
Passing: D-Wyper 9-24-1, 106 yards, 1 int. M-Highsmith 2-10, 14 yards

#7 North Haven 0
#3 New Canaan 17
at Jonathan Law, 2:00pm on December 7

Story By Mike Pucci
Special to CIACsports.com
Photo by Kevin Pataky, MaxPreps.com
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Milford -- New Canaan is headed back to a state championship game.

The effort from Nick Cascione and Frank Cognetta, and a stout defensive effort, made sure of that.

The third-seeded Rams were held far below their season average for both points and yards, but an effective ground game, led by Cascione and Cognetta, lifted New Canaan to a 17-0 victory over No. 7 North Haven Saturday at Law High.

The Rams (13-1) return to a state final after a one-year absence. New Canaan will attempt to win its first title 2009, and ninth overall, when it faces Darien in the championship game. It will be a rematch of a regular season game won by Darien 28-24 on Thanksgiving.

"This is huge," Cascione said. "We missed it last year for the first time in a long time (since 2005). It means the world that we can finally come back and finally right the wrong that we had last year (losing in the semifinals)."

Cascione, who was named the game's most outstanding player, rushed 14 times for 74 yards and completed 8 of 19 passes for 202 yards and one touchdown.

Cascione connected with Alex LaPolice on a 15-yard touchdown pass to give New Canaan a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. Peter Swindell added a 30-yard field goal to up the Rams' lead to 10-0 at halftime. Morgan Carson scored on a 4-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter for New Canaan.

The Rams, who entered having averaged 46 points, effectively ran the ball throughout the contest. Cognetta led the team with 25 carries for 136 yards.

"We just took what they were giving us," Cascione said. "They only put five in the box, so that opened up the run game for us."

Mike Halloran rushed 10 times for 97 yards, Cole Pecora gained 85 yards on nine carries and Ethan Suraci carried 11 times for 74 yards for North Haven, which had several drives stall in the red zone.

December 2, at Jonathan Law	1	2	3	4	Total
North Haven	0	0	0	0	0
New Canaan	7	3	0	7	17

First Quarter
NC--Alex LaPolice 15 pass from Nick Cascione (Peter Swindell kick)
Second Quarter
NC--Swindell 30 FG
Fourth Quarter
NC--Morgan Carson 4 run (Swindell kick)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING--North Haven, Mike Halloran 10-97; Cole Pecora 9-85; Ethan Suraci 11-74; Mike Montano 9-19; Pat Mikos 1-3. New Canaan, Frank Cognetta 25-136; Nick Cascione 14-74; Morgan Carson 9-36; Cole Turpin 1-3.

PASSING--North Haven, Mike Halloran 0-9-0-0; Cole Pecora 0-2-0-1. New Canaan, Nick Cascione 8-19-203-1; Teddy Bossidy 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING--New Canaan, Kyle Smith 4-147; Alex LaPolice 3-43; Frank Cognetta 1-12.

Championship Game

CIAC Class L Football Final

#3 New Canaan 44, #1 Darien 12

By Ned Griffen
Special to CIACsports.com
Photos by Bill Berg, MaxPreps.com

Stamford - New Canaan's Alex LaPolice returned the kickoff 61 yards to start Saturday's CIAC Class L championship.

LaPolice's play set the tone the rest for the game for the Rams. They scored on that drive and went on to rout Darien, 44-12, to win the program's ninth CIAC state title at Boyle Stadium and atoned for a Thanksgiving Day loss to their rival.

The fourth-seeded Rams finished 14-1 and also won the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference title.

"From the opening kickoff, they came down the field and scored right away," New Canaan head coach Lou Marinelli said. "I think our kids were just determined. I think they were tired about hearing how they lost to Darien (28-24) and maybe they're not for real, their overrated and everything else.

"I really think they played with a chip on their shoulders."

It was a CIAC state-record ninth state championship for Marinelli.

Senior Nick Cascione completed 14 of 24 passes for 226 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for the Rams. He also ran 11 times for 76 yards and a score.

"We looked at it (the Darien loss) as we've got to get better," Cascione said. "We really humbled ourselves after our loss and came in the next day and started from scratch and built from the ground up."

LaPolice had four catches for 86 yards and a touchdown and also scored on a 43-yard punt return.

Frank Cognetta ran 12 times for 68 yards and a score for New Canaan and Cole Turpin added four catches for 65 yards and a touchdown. Peter Swindell also kicked a 30-yard field goal.

Zach Allen deflected a pass at the line of scrimmage, caught it, and returned it 44 yards for the Rams' final touchdown.

Silas Wyper ran for two touchdowns for the top-seeded Blue Wave (12-2).

"I said (to the team), 'Look, I know you're hurting right now physically and emotionally, but don't let this tarnish what has been a magical ride from a group that people expected to be 6-5, etc.'," Darien coach Rob Trifone said. "(It was) an incredible season for a group that graduated everyone last year."

December 14, 11:05 a.m. at Boyle Stadium	1	2	3	4	Total
New Canaan	7	10	7	20	44
Darien	0	0	6	6	12

N-1st Frank Cognetta 30 yard run (Point after kick by Peter Swindell good) 7-0
N-2nd Nick Cascione 23 yard pass to Cole Turpin (Point after kick by Peter Swindell good) 14-0
N-2nd 30 yard field goal by Peter Swindell. 17-0
D-3rd Silas Wyper 35 yard run (Two point conversion run by Kyle Gifford no good) 17-6
N-3rd Nick Cascione 49 yard pass to Alex LaPolice (Point after kick by Peter Swindell good) 24-6
D-4th Alex LaPolice 43 yard punt return (Point after kick by Peter Swindell good) 31-6
D-4th Silas Wyper 6 yard run (Two point conversion pass by Silas Wyper to Team no good) 31-12
N-4th Nick Cascione 41 yard run (Point after kick by Peter Swindell no good) 37-12
N-4th Zach Allen interception return. (Point after kick by Peter Swindell good) 44-12

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