
It even earned four more points than last week. The Wreckers won after Tyler Clark caught a 70-yard touchdown pass from Caleb Smith with 1 minute, 12 seconds left in the game.Īnsonia, which had been 10th, also dropped out despite beating the Gilbert/NW Regional/Housatonic Regional co-op last Friday, 30-20. Previously ninth-ranked Trumbull dropped out of the Top 10 after last Friday’s 36-29 loss to Staples. 23), 14-7, despite having a 155-93 edge in offensive yardage. The other reason was that Prep lost to third-ranked New Canaan the previous week (Sept. The first was their convincing 42-27 win over Fairfield Prep last Friday. The Green Dragons ascended for two reasons. Hamden (4-0) made the week’s biggest move as it earned 117 more points than last week and jetted all the way up to No.

The Green Knights, however, are way back at 17th because they received just four votes for a total of 38 points. North Haven (3-1) debuts at eighth, followed by Shelton. How, then, should one vote North Haven, Notre Dame (3-1) and Shelton? A week later, Ridgefield gave Greenwich a scare in a losing effort, 49-42. Shelton also had an impressive season-opening win over Ridgefield (55-14, Sept. North Haven’s win added confusion because it lost to Notre Dame of West Haven in Week 2, 14-7 (Sept 26). Unbeaten Killingly (4-0) holds at sixth and Greenwich (3-1) is seventh. New Canaan picked up two extra first-place votes while Maloney, Southington and West Haven all earned one more than they previously had.

Joseph (two) and, for the first time this season, West Haven (one). Southington received five of 13 first-place votes, followed by New Canaan (three), Maloney (two), St. 1 votes for the second week in a row, too, and all are in the top five. It was the first time North Haven had beaten the Gaels since 1994.įive teams received No. The Blue Knights (4-0) moved up one spot to first after previously top-ranked Shelton was stunned by North Haven last Friday, 18-10. One thing is certain just four weeks into the high school football season - opinions still vary as to the pecking order of the state’s best teams.įor the first time in the history of The Day’s Top 10 state coaches’ poll, there’s a different number one team for the third straight week: Southington.
