
Three Hall tacklers try to take down Simsbury’s Mark Bedson in Friday night’s CCC Division I contest. Hall won, 31-26.
NEW HAVEN, Sept. 10 – Simsbury High coach Dave Masters and his Trojan football team didn’t get a break when the 2018 schedule was being drawn up.
Simsbury played Hall on opening day for the second straight year on Friday and dropped a 31-26 decision thanks to several mistakes. It won’t get any easier for the Trojans.
Simsbury (0-1) hosts No. 11 Southington (1-0) on Friday at Holden Field beginning at 7 p.m. and the following week will travel to face No. 6 East Hartford. Southington moved up two spots to No. 11 after their opening week victory over Glastonbury, 41-7. Simsbury will be looking for their first win over the Blue Knights since 2009.
East Hartford (1-0) also moved up two spots to No. 6 following their dominant 41-7 decision over South Windsor.
The GameTimeCT/New Haven Register’s top 10 football poll was released Monday with St. Joseph-Trumbull moving up to the No. 1 spot for the first time since 1991 after a resounding 28-0 victory over New Canaan on Saturday.
Five teams got votes for first place with St. Joseph getting 12, No. 2 Greenwich getting 10, No. 3 Darien receiving five votes and No. 4 Hand pulling in three first place votes. No. 8 Killingly also received a first place vote.
Avon (0-1) also has some potential top 10 opponents on their upcoming schedule. Avon will host No. 10 Bloomfield on October 20 and will host No. 15 Berlin on October 6.
Week 2, Monday, September 10, 2018
The New Haven Register and GameTime CT’s week 2 football top 10 poll. First-place votes in parentheses and points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis.
Team
|
Rec.
|
Pts.
|
LW
|
Class
|
1. St. Joseph (12)
|
1-0
|
880
|
3
|
M
|
2. Greenwich (10)
|
1-0
|
862
|
2
|
LL
|
3. Darien (5)
|
1-0
|
806
|
4
|
LL
|
4. Hand (3)
|
1-0
|
766
|
5
|
L
|
5. Shelton
|
1-0
|
621
|
6
|
LL
|
6. East Hartford
|
1-0
|
573
|
8
|
LL
|
7. New Canaan
|
0-1
|
453
|
1
|
LL
|
8. Killingly (1)
|
1-0
|
426
|
9
|
M
|
9. Naugatuck
|
1-0
|
361
|
10
|
L
|
10. Bloomfield
|
1-0
|
330
|
nr
|
S
|
Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.

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