For the second time in two weeks, New Canaan beat Thanksgiving rival Darien, but Saturday’s win gave the Rams their second straight Connecticut Class L state football championship. Saturday’s 28-21 win was a big closer than NC’s 31-17 win on Thanksgiving morning.
New Canaan scored two touchdowns in the final 5:30 to win its 14th overall state championship.
The win was New Canaan’s 12th straight after losing its season opener 26-23 to Shelton.
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.
