Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance HS Football Poll Week 6

Week #6
Released October 24, 2011

Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Prev. Rank
1.	Xavier (19)	6-0	425	1
2.	Masuk (10)	6-0	415	2
3.	Ansonia	6-0	346	3
4.	Daniel Hand	6-0	331	4
5.	New Canaan	6-0	323	5
6.	New London	5-0	277	6
7.	Windsor	6-0	275	7
8.	Staples	5-0	241	8
9.	Bunnell	6-0	213	9
10.	Darien	6-0	146	NR

Also Receiving Votes: Conard 6-0 143; West Haven 5-1 73; Norwich Free Academy 5-0 54; Greenwich 5-1 41; Notre Dame-West Haven 4-2 39; Valley Regional/Old Lyme 5-0 34; Northwest Catholic 5-1 20; Cromwell 6-0 17; North Haven 5-1 17; Pomperaug 5-1 13; Farmington 6-0 12; Newtown 5-1 5; Berlin 5-1 4; Fairfield Prep 4-2 4; Norwalk 5-1 4; Coventry/Windham Tech 5-0 2; Hall 5-1 2; Ledyard 4-1 2; Ellington/Somers 6-0 1; Holy Cross 5-1 1

Voters: Brian Barreto (NVL Blog), Bob Barton (CT H.S. Football Record Book), Don Boyle (Sporting News CT), Jim Bransfield (Middletown Press), Kyle Brennan (Waterbury Republican-American), George DeMaio (WELI Radio), Gerry deSimas (Collinsville Publishing Co.), Bill Donovan (WXLM 980 AM), Mark Fijalkowski (CT Sports Network), Ted Glanzer (The Granbys Patch), Dave Greenleaf (Bristol Press), Mike Guerrera (Southington Citizen), John Holt (WFSB Channel 3), Larry Kelley (SE Conn Patch), Bob Lazzari (Valley Times), Greg Lederer (Cheshire Herald), Ken Lipshez (Farmington/W. Hartford Patch), Robert Mayer (Berlin Patch), Eric Montgomery (Minuteman Newspapers), Sean Patrick Bowley (Connecticut Post), Dave Phillips (Shoreline Newspapers), Mike Pucci (New Haven Register), Paul Rosano (Meriden Record-Journal), Dave Ruden (Stamford Advocate), Mike Suppe (Hersam Acorn Newspapers), Peter Vander Veer (Hersam Acorn Newspapers), Tom Yantz (Hartford Courant), Rich Zalusky (Willimantic Chronicle), Jimmy Zanor (Shore Line Times)

Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance HS Football Poll Week 5

Week #5
Released October 17, 2011

Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Prev. Rank
1.	Xavier (22)	5-0	456	1
2.	Masuk (9)	5-0	443	2
3.	Ansonia	5-0	373	3
4.	Daniel Hand	5-0	352	4
5.	New Canaan	5-0	334	5
6.	New London	4-0	307	6
7.	Windsor	5-0	273	7
8.	Staples	4-0	237	8
9.	Bunnell	5-0	228	9
10.	North Haven	5-0	175	10

Also Receiving Votes: Darien 5-0 151; Conard 4-0 102; West Haven 4-1 49; Norwich Free Academy 4-0 44; Greenwich 4-1 39; Valley Regional/Old Lyme 5-0 38; Northwest Catholic 4-1 23; Pomperaug 4-1 20; Cromwell 5-0 18; Farmington 5-0 9; Notre Dame-West Haven 3-2 8; Windham 1-4 8; Berlin 4-1 7; Cheshire 3-2 5; Montville 4-1 4; Ellington/Somers 5-0 3; Middletown 4-1 3; Newtown 4-1 3; Coventry/Windham Tech 4-0 2; Hall 4-1 2; Glastonbury 4-1 1; Housatonic/Wamogo 4-0 1; Norwalk 4-1 1; Ridgefield 4-1 1

Voters: Brian Barreto (NVL Blog), Bob Barton (CT H.S. Football Record Book), Don Boyle (Sporting News CT), Jim Bransfield (Middletown Press), Kyle Brennan (Waterbury Republican-American), George DeMaio (WELI Radio), Gerry deSimas (Collinsville Publishing Co.), Bill Donovan (WXLM 980 AM), Mark Fijalkowski (CT Sports Network), Ted Glanzer (The Granbys Patch), John Goralski (Southington Observer), Dave Greenleaf (Bristol Press), Mike Guerrera (Southington Citizen), John Holt (WFSB Channel 3), Larry Kelley (SE Conn Patch), Bob Lazzari (Valley Times), Greg Lederer (Cheshire Herald), Ken Lipshez (Farmington/W. Hartford Patch), Robert Mayer (Berlin Patch), Eric Montgomery (Minuteman Newspapers), Sean Patrick Bowley (Connecticut Post), Dave Phillips (Shoreline Newspapers), Pat Pickens (Fairfield Citizen-News), Mike Pucci (New Haven Register), Paul Rosano (Meriden Record-Journal), Dave Ruden (Stamford Advocate), Mike Suppe (Hersam Acorn Newspapers), Peter Vander Veer (Hersam Acorn Newspapers), Tom Yantz (Hartford Courant), Rich Zalusky (Willimantic Chronicle), Jimmy Zanor (Shore Line Times)

VIDEO: Knights trounce Bobcats, 34-0

The Southington Blue Knights football team bounced back from a tough loss with a 34-0 win over South Windsor on Friday night to improve to 4-1. For the full story, click here. In the beginning of the video, head coach Mike Drury talks about quarterback Andrew Walowski.

Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance HS Football Poll Week 4

Week #4
Released October 10, 2011

Rank Team Record Points Prev. Rank
1. Xavier (18) 4-0 410 1
2. Masuk (10) 4-0 402 2
3. Ansonia 4-0 335 3
4. Daniel Hand 4-0 313 5
5. New Canaan 4-0 310 4
6. New London 4-0 283 6
7. Windsor 4-0 241 8
8. Staples 3-0 227 7
9. Bunnell 4-0 172 10
10. North Haven 4-0 117 NR
(First Place Votes)

Also Receiving Votes: Pomperaug 4-0 89; Darien 4-0 79; Middletown 4-0 76; Conard 4-0 72; West Haven 3-1 35; Berlin 4-0 32; Norwalk 4-0 29; Greenwich 3-1 25; Montville 4-0 25; Norwich Free Academy 3-0 22; Valley Regional/Old Lyme 4-0 14; Notre Dame-West Haven 3-1 11; Farmington 4-0 7; Bloomfield 4-0 6; Cromwell 4-0 6; Cheshire 2-2 5; Naugatuck 4-0 5; Trumbull 2-1 5; Ellington/Somers 4-0 2; Ridgefield 3-1 2; Coventry/Windham Tech 3-0 1; Fairfield Warde 2-2 1; Northwest Catholic 3-1 1

Voters: Brian Barreto (NVL Blog), Bob Barton (CT H.S. Football Record Book), Bill Bloxsom (Hersam Acorn), Jim Bransfield (Middletown Press), Kyle Brennan (Waterbury Republican-American), George DeMaio (WELI Radio), Gerry deSimas (Collinsville Publishing Co.), Bill Donovan (WXLM 980 AM), Mark Fijalkowski (CT Sports Network), Ted Glanzer (The Granbys Patch), Mike Guerrera (Southington Citizen), John Holt (WFSB Channel 3), Larry Kelley (SE Conn Patch), Bob Lazzari (Valley Times), Greg Lederer (Cheshire Herald), Ken Lipshez (Farmington/W. Hartford Patch), Robert Mayer (Berlin Patch), Eric Montgomery (Minuteman Newspapers), Sean Patrick Bowley (Connecticut Post), Dave Phillips (Shoreline Newspapers), Pat Pickens (Fairfield Citizen-News), Mike Pucci (New Haven Register), Paul Rosano (Meriden Record-Journal), Dave Ruden (Stamford Advocate), Mike Suppe (Hersam Acorn Newspapers), Peter Vander Veer (Hersam Acorn Newspapers), Tom Yantz (Hartford Courant), Rich Zalusky (Willimantic Chronicle)

VIDEO: Drury talks about 40-7 loss to Conard

Southington football suffered its first loss Friday afternoon, being defeated by Conard 40-7. In the game, the Blue Knights lost sophomore quarterback Stephen Barmore to injury as he hurt his right shoulder diving into the endzone for a touchdown. Early prognosis on Barmore wasn't great, but only tests will actually reveal what happened. Freshman Connor John stepped in and played admirably. Southington turned the ball over too much and the score is not indicative of a game that featured a few big plays from Conard, but a more or less even match-up. Blue Knights head coach Mike Drury talked about the loss, that dropped Southington to 3-1. Conard improved to 4-0.

Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance HS Football Poll Week 3

Released October 3, 2011

Rank Team Record Points Prev. Rank
1. Xavier (19) 3-0 452 1
2. Masuk (12) 3-0 446 2
3. Ansonia 3-0 374 4
4. New Canaan 3-0 359 3
5. Daniel Hand 3-0 315 T6
6. New London 3-0 298 9
7. Staples 3-0 261 5
8. Windsor 3-0 240 8
9. West Haven 3-0 151 10
10. Bunnell 3-0 120 NR
(First Place Votes)

Also Receiving Votes: Trumbull 2-0 108; Cheshire 2-1 106; North Haven 3-0 103; Middletown 3-0 72; Conard 3-0 57; Pomperaug 3-0 46; Montville 3-0 39; Darien 3-0 33; Berlin 3-0 30; Northwest Catholic 2-1 23; Norwich Free Academy 2-0 19; Valley Regional/Old Lyme 3-0 19; Southington 3-0 14; Farmington 3-0 7; Cromwell 3-0 6; Glastonbury 2-1 4; Naugatuck 3-0 4; Norwalk 3-0 4; Notre Dame-West Haven 2-1 4; Newtown 3-0 3; Hall 3-0 2; Coventry/Windham Tech 2-0 1

Voters: Marc Allard (Norwich Bulletin), Brian Barreto (NVL Blog), Bob Barton (CT H.S. Football Record Book), Bill Bloxsom (Hersam Acorn), Don Boyle (Sporting News CT), Jim Bransfield (Middletown Press), Kyle Brennan (Waterbury Republican-American), George DeMaio (WELI Radio), Gerry deSimas (Collinsville Publishing Co.), Bill Donovan (WXLM 980 AM), Mark Fijalkowski (CT Sports Network), Ted Glanzer (The Granbys Patch), Dave Greenleaf (Bristol Press), Mike Guerrera (Southington Citizen), John Holt (WFSB Channel 3), Larry Kelley (SE Conn Patch), Bob Lazzari (Valley Times), Greg Lederer (Cheshire Herald), Ken Lipshez (Farmington/W. Hartford Patch), Robert Mayer (Berlin Patch), Eric Montgomery (Minuteman Newspapers), Sean Patrick Bowley (Connecticut Post), Dave Phillips (Shoreline Newspapers), Pat Pickens (Fairfield Citizen-News), Mike Pucci (New Haven Register), Paul Rosano (Meriden Record-Journal), Dave Ruden (Stamford Advocate), Mike Suppe (Hersam Acorn Newspapers), Peter Vander Veer (Hersam Acorn Newspapers), Rich Zalusky (Willimantic Chronicle), Jimmy Zanor (Shore Line Times)

VIDEO: Blue Knights Beat Newington, 13-6

Southington football got a 13-6 win over Newington Saturday night (Oct. 1), thanks to another great defensive effort and a couple of long touchdown runs. QB Stephen Barmore had one of the runs, going 80-yards for the first score of the game for either team. Barmore talks about that run and then Blue Knights head coach Mike Drury talks about the win as his team improved to 3-0.