SPB's High School Football

Oh, and before I forget, for the fifth-straight year I’ll be on “The Coach” George DeMaio’s high school football preview show today between 7-8 a.m. alongside his Friday night football crew.

If you’re up, listen to it on WELI 960-AM or at WELI.com.

SPB

This has been sticking in my craw for years now, but after what I saw and heard tonight, it’s time to speak up:

I don’t care what the CIAC says. This… was… a… game…

I mean, sheehsh, it had everything a real game is supposed to have: concessions, a 20-minute halftime, an announcer (WELI commentator Nick Aprea is now doing the honors for the late Ed Marocco), cheering fans, uniforms… everything.

The only thing missing was a band and, more importantly, playoff points.

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In what’s becoming an annual stop for me, I hit the annual “scrimmage” between Shelton and Ansonia tonight and while things have changed for the two-time defending state champion Ansonia Chargers, the more they’re going to stay the same.

Yes the Chargers lost all those seniors and the all-time leading rusher in Connecticut history. But Tristan Roberts is back. It looks like he and his linemen are going to be writing their own history this year.

I don’t have the final stats, because this technically was a scrimmage, but Roberts must have had close to 200 yards rushing tonight. He scored four touchdowns. Ansonia looked great on both sides of the ball.

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I’m going to make this short and sweet because there are stories to write, capsules to finish and analyses to make.

But the score you Prep fans have all been waiting for is here.

STAPLES 21, FAIRFIELD PREP 14

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Yes, indeed it has finally happened. After 15 long years, “The Wall” has come down and progress will now bloom across the SCC.

We have overtime.

Pause for applause (Cheers! Hip-hip, Hooray! Whoo hoo! Unbelievable! Incredible! Amazing! FINALLY! Whoopie! God bless their wittle hearts!)

Although I disagree his use of the word “utilize,” I’m lazy, so I’m publishing commish Al Carbone‘s press release from this afternoon verbatim. Hey, it’s complete with an official league quote!

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I don’t envy the guys over at MaxPreps, the revolutionary high school sports statistical database. With rankings and their Mad Libs attempt to turn stats into recaps, they’ve always tried to expand their services to beyond that of your weekly statistical reports. But now, with the backing of new owner CBS (hence why the site now looks like CBS Sportsline) and the the help of a regional director and a few freelancers, they’re attempting to delve into actual “staff” content.

Hence, why I got a call from Steve Spiewak, a national MaxPreps writer based in Jersey and responsible for the northeast. It was at the start of summer baseball season and right between the all-star games and I was about to go on vacation. So the call caught me off guard.

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