Things got pretty much back to normal Saturday with all of the favorites winning, restoring some sanity to Week 7.
So as we move on to Week 8, here’s a look at the local league playoff races.
Here are the FCIAC playoff standings through Week 7.
FCIAC PLAYOFF HUNT
(Through Week 7)
| Team | FCIAC | Pts | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darien | 6-0 | 720 | 122.0 |
| Staples | 7-0 | 840 | 120.0 |
| Trumbull | 6-1 | 790 | 112.9 |
| New Canaan | 5-1 | 560 | 93.3 |
| Greenwich | 5-2 | 630 | 90.0 |
| Central | 5-2 | 570 | 81.4 |
| Ridgefield | 4-2 | 480 | 80.0 |
Darien (Westhill, Norwalk remaining) and Staples (Wilton, Trumbull remaining) are in the lead and control their own destinies. But so does Trumbull (Ridgefield, Staples remaining), which will likely clinch if it wins out.
New Canaan (Greenwich, Central) needs to win out and hope for lots of help, likely Trumbull to lose to Ridgefield and Staples to lose to Trumbull to get a shot at outpointing Staples with one-loss.
There’s virtually no chance of any 2-loss team to make it.
NOTE: The FCIAC Championship will be played Friday, Nov. 19 at Trumbull’s McDougall Stadium.
SWC PLAYOFF HUNT
(Through Week 7)
| Team | SWC | Pts | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masuk | 7-0 | 970 | 138.57 |
| Newtown | 6-1 | 770 | 110.00 |
| Pomperaug | 6-1 | 730 | 104.29 |
| Brookfield | 5-2 | 600 | 85.71 |
| Bunnell | 5-2 | 590 | 84.29 |
| Oxford | 5-2 | 590 | 84.29 |
Masuk (Oxford, Immaculate remaining) will clinch a berth with just one more victory. Let’s be honest. They’re practically guaranteed a berth.
Pomperaug and Newtown are in a tight race for second place. If they finish tied, since they don’t play each other the tiebreaker will go down to CIAC playoff points. Newtown (Barlow, Stratford remaining) has decided slight point edge. Pomperaug (Brookfield, New Fairfield remaining) will need lots of help. The Panthers would likely lose out in a points race.
NOTE: The SWC championship will be played Thursday, Nov. 18 at Brookfield. Unless, the two qualifying teams play on Thanksgiving. In that case the Thanksgiving game is your championship. I’m told SWC changed this in the offseason.
NVL PLAYOFF HUNT
(Through Week 7)
| Brass | Div | All | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ansonia* | 5-0 | 7-0 | |
| Derby/O’Brien | 3-1 | 3-4 | |
| Watertown | 2-2 | 4-3 | |
| Crosby | 2-2 | 2-5 | |
| Wolcott | 2-3 | 4-3 | |
| Wilby | 1-3 | 1-6 | |
| Seymour | 0-4 | 0-7 |
| Copper | Div | All |
|---|---|---|
| Naugatuck | 4-0 | 7-0 |
| Woodland | 4-0 | 5-2 |
| Torrington | 2-2 | 5-2 |
| Holy Cross | 1-3 | 4-3 |
| Sacred Heart | 1-3 | 4-3 |
| Kennedy | 1-4 | 2-5 |
| St. Paul | 1-4 | 2-5 |
This is pretty simple. No playoff points involved here. *Ansonia has clinched the Brass Division title with its 33-32 victory over Derby/O’Brien Tech. The Copper Division title will be decided this week when Woodland visits Naugatuck.
If Woodland wins that game, the NVL Championship will be a Woodland-Ansonia rematch, Thursday, Nov. 18 at Municipal Stadium in Waterbury (Ansonia won the first game 41-36 in Week 1).
If Naugatuck wins, it’ll be Naugy-Ansonia on Thanksgiving Day.
Yes, indeed.
I think the SWC and NVL will be one game for both reg. season and league honors. FCIAC will be Darien vs Staples.
Brookfield has a vary vary hard 3-games left to play. Don’t be to suprised to see them go down on all three!
NVL Title in Ansonia on Turkey Day would be a good one.
Disagree, Pomp as the better shot.
I did poor job of explaining this in a prior post. If Pomp and Newtown both win out, I think Pomp will get in to the SWC Champ game.
Pomp is down 40 pts, but will pick-up 30 pts more than Newtown after next week’s games, in essence down 10 pts. After taking out common opponents each team has 3 teams that the other doesn’t play before the SWC champ game or have lost to, they are (with games remaining in parentheses):
For Pomp:
Weston (Stratford, Oxford)- both too close to call
Bethel (New Milford, Barlow) – will beat both – 20pts (10 guaranteed)
New Milford (Bethel, ND Fld)- will beat ND Fld – 10 pts
For Newtown:
Immaculate (Bunnell, Masuk) – 0 pts
Bunnell (Immaculate/Brookfield)- say 20 pts, Brookfield will be tough
Oxford (Masuk/Weston) – will not beat Masuk
So based on this scenario, Pomp get 30 pts to Newtown’s 20 pts, meaning they are tied, with the Weston’s games deciding the outcome.
If Weston beats either Stratford or Oxford, Pomp plays Masuk in the SWC champ game.
Not what Masuk wants. They don’t want the extra game, and Pomp is a much improved team since they met earlier in the season. In addition, they beat on each other when they get together, which will hinder their playoff runs (yes Pomp makes the LL playofs).
@SPB
After the Derby game there was a minor discussion about the 2006 vs. the 2007 Ansonia team as to which one was better. 2006 beat Bloomfield and 2007 beat New London. From seeing both of those teams which do you feel was the better team
@AnsoniaFan – It’s close but I thought 2006 Ansonia was just slightly the best of the two. Had both Alex and Tristan for the whole year which gave it a little more balance. Not that Ansonia ever needed balance with Alex. Tough question.
Has anyone seen Hand this yr..If so, what are your feelings of a Hand-Masuk match up.
@ HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER
That’s a tricky question.What Hand team will show up in the playoffs
A} Defeated West Haven by 22
b} Defeated Cheshire by 1
C} Lost to Notre Dame by 24
Its not a typical Hand team with strong running attack and a physical line.This years Hand team depends on the Running and passing of their QB .They have a few very sure handed receivers.
I agree with HSFF. I just have a hunch and I could be 100% wrong but I think Hand will give masuk a game. Their well coached and scheme well and they tackle well in the open field judging from what I saw vs west haven who has all kinds of speed. NDWH also has speed but it sounds like Hand just didn’t play well that day. Look for them to go 9-1 and be a 2-3 seed.
Thanks hsff and brian ! i got the link to hand-ndwh game . I think that would be a great game . I think Hand is very good . We’ll have to wait and see.