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Elliott, football playoffs and… your weekly HS update.

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Here’s what to look for in today’s Connecticut Post:

There are few truly exceptional girls basketball teams out there, Daphne Elliott (above) happens to lead one of them. Here’s Mike Cardillo’s story on the Warde sparkplug.

Steve Filippone and some of his colleagues in the Connecticut High School Coaches Association football committee are pitching another proposal to expand the high school football playoffs. While Filippone’s proposal is better than last year and it’s probably the best you’ll ever get under the constrained guidelines of the CIAC’s 12-week season. But does that mean we should support it. Read the column here.


In other news…


Here is my boys basketball notebook, plus standings and scoring leaders.

Here is Cardillo’s girls basketball notebook, plus standings and scoring leaders.

Here’s Emmett Spillane’s Hockey notebook And, finally, Andrew Lindberg’s wrestling notes

Here’s the weekend high school schedule.

Boys basketball … Couple of good games Friday (get out there tonight, because Tuesday looks like a major dud): Central’s at Danbury, Immaculate’s at ND-Fairfield. …Vito Montelli goes for 800 again when St. Joseph travels to New Canaan. …New Fairfield at Kolbe Cathedral. …Hamden at ND-West Haven. …Stratford at Pomperaug

The game of the night, of course, is No. 1 Trinity Catholic (10-0, 8-0) at Harding (6-2, 6-1) in a rematch of last year’s FCIAC championship game.

As for Saturday’s boys hockey slate: Amity is at Milford. …Immaculate is at Fairfield Prep. …Fairfield faces Norwalk/McMahon at Darien Ice Rink, 3:50. …Masuk vs. Newtown at Danbury Ice Arena, 2:10. …ND-Fairfield goes to South Windsor at 5. …Xavier vs. ND-West Haven at Bennett Rink, 2:30. …Guilford vs. Shelton at The Rinks at Shelton, 8. …Westhill vs. St. Joseph at The Rinks at Shelton, 8:45. …Stamford vs. Staples/Weston at The Rinks at Shelton. …Ridgefield vs. Trumbull at The Rinks at Shelton, 6:45. …West Haven vs. Hamden at Lou Astorino Ice Rink, 2:30.

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